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Old Irish


n.

The Irish language from 725 to about 950.


 
 

Old Irish, term used for aristocratic families of Gaelic stock in Ireland as distinct from the Old English and the New English, the latter being planted stock of the 16th cent. and after.

 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: Irish Gaelic up to about 1100


 
 

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