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get one's Irish up

Variant of Irish

adjective

of Ireland or its people, language, or culture

noun

  1. the Celtic language spoken in Ireland
  2. the English dialect spoken in Ireland
  3. Informal temper: chiefly in , to arouse someone's temper

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