Irish Words in English
- banshee – "female fairy"
- bard – "poet"
- bog – "soft"
- boycott – "unfair landlord"
- brogue – "rough, stout shoe"
- callow – "bald"
- dig (to understand) – "come to understand"
- drumlin – "small back"
- galore – "to sufficiency"
- gob – "beak"
- hubbub – from interjection indicating aversion
- keen – "to wail mournfully"
- kibosh – "cap of death"
- leprechaun – "small body"
- phoney – "ring"
- poteen – "small"
- shamrock – "trefoil"
- shillelagh – "hitting stick"
- sporran – "purse"
- slew (amount) – "a large number"
- slob – "mud"
- slogan – "battle cry"
- teetotal – "totally"
- trousers – "close-fitting shorts"