Explore Irelands through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Irelands meaning
plural of Ireland
Using Irelands
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of Ireland
- In the example corpus, irelands often appears in combinations such as: two irelands, of irelands.
Context around Irelands
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 2 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Irelands
- In this selection, "irelands" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, two, young, membership, farm and won stand out and add context to how "irelands" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are two irelands the republic and four all irelands in five. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "irelands" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with irelands
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Jim Gavin managed the Dublin senior footballers from 2012 to 2019, winning six All-Irelands in that time. (18 words)
As players, we wanted to win All-Irelands and we weren’t shy of saying that to each other. (19 words)
Since then, some of Irelands leading musicians have performed there including Donal Lunny, Dervish, Altan, Sean Keane and others. (19 words)
The partition of Ireland means there are two Irelands – the Republic in the south of the island and Ulster in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, like there are two Kashmirs, two Punjabs and two Bengals. (39 words)
On a historical note a plaque was unveiled in Clonturk Park Dublin to commemorate the early All Ireland finals being played there - including the 1891 All Ireland senior football final Clondrohid v Young Irelands. (34 words)
Following a bilateral meeting with the Irish foreign minister, Simon Coveney, in the margins of a meeting at Luxembourg, Borrell said: “It is impossible to put the border between the two Irelands – impossible. (33 words)
Example sentences (12)
Jim Gavin managed the Dublin senior footballers from 2012 to 2019, winning six All-Irelands in that time.
Oleksandr Shapovalov and David Mitchell from Redz Catering at the Cranmore Community Co-op celebration to mark 50 years of Irelands membership of the EU.
That was Gaelic football manager and former player Jim Gavin, who with Dublin became the first person in GAA history to manage a team to five successive All-Irelands.
The partition of Ireland means there are two Irelands – the Republic in the south of the island and Ulster in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, like there are two Kashmirs, two Punjabs and two Bengals.
Lincolnshire Young Farmers Clubs Rally was held on Saturday (May 18) at Stourton Estates, with the event sponsored by Irelands Farm Machinery in association with Stewart Trailers and Kubota.
On a historical note a plaque was unveiled in Clonturk Park Dublin to commemorate the early All Ireland finals being played there - including the 1891 All Ireland senior football final Clondrohid v Young Irelands.
Wallace won four All Irelands in five attempts with the Cork minors so he knows all about the talent coming through in Waterford.
As players, we wanted to win All-Irelands and we weren’t shy of saying that to each other.
Half of the All-Irelands won in the ’80s and ’90s were delivered by counties outside the big three, yet Whelahan was the only player from the era chosen.
Since then, some of Irelands leading musicians have performed there including Donal Lunny, Dervish, Altan, Sean Keane and others.
Following a bilateral meeting with the Irish foreign minister, Simon Coveney, in the margins of a meeting at Luxembourg, Borrell said: “It is impossible to put the border between the two Irelands – impossible.
In reality, the two Irelands already share the same electrical grid, the same healthcare system, even the same tourism office.
Common combinations with irelands
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- two irelands 3×
- of irelands 2×