Designating a movement to assert the primacy within Irish national life of, and stimulate the interest of Irish people in, the traditional culture and language of the country; (more generally) designating the ideology asserting the primacy of traditional Gaelic over Anglo-Irish culture.
Origin
Early 20th century.
Definition of Irish-Ireland in US English:
Irish-Ireland
adjective
Designating a movement to assert the primacy within Irish national life of, and stimulate the interest of Irish people in, the traditional culture and language of the country; (more generally) designating the ideology asserting the primacy of traditional Gaelic over Anglo-Irish culture.