How do you use Irishmen in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Irishmen in a sentence
Irishmen meaning
plural of Irishman
Using Irishmen
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of Irishman
- In the example corpus, irishmen often appears in combinations such as: irishmen and, of irishmen, irishmen in.
Context around Irishmen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Irishmen
- In this selection, "irishmen" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, four, famous, wild, moved, serving and engaged stand out and add context to how "irishmen" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 60 000 irishmen more than and able bodied irishmen without distinction. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "irishmen" sits close to words such as aat, abenomics and abraxas, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with irishmen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After Lampart, the most famous Irishmen in Mexican history are probably "Los Patricios". (13 words)
A preview/trailer for "A Boatload of Wild Irishmen" can be viewed online. (13 words)
Email “The Irishmen with the Premier League in their sights as the Championship returns”. (14 words)
Those Irishmen engaged in white-collar trades or working as skilled labourers were much more likely to be involved in cultural nationalist groups like the Gaelic League than farmers or fishermen, and thus to have a stronger sense of Irish nationalism. (41 words)
A rebellion in 1798 led by the cross-community Belfast-based Society of the United Irishmen and inspired by the French Revolution sought to break the constitutional ties between Ireland and Britain and unite Irish people of all religions. (39 words)
The IRA was not a sectarian group and went out of its way to proclaim it was open to all Irishmen, but its membership was largely Catholic with virtually no Protestants serving as "active" IRA men. (36 words)
Example sentences (14)
Email “The Irishmen with the Premier League in their sights as the Championship returns”.
Accordingly, everyone from Shane McGowan to Brendan Gleeson has swung by, though there are countless stories of Irishmen in town heading up to test the stuff against their exacting standard.
Intercom, which was founded by four Irishmen but is headquartered in San Francisco, runs a business messaging platform for sales, marketing and support.
After Lampart, the most famous Irishmen in Mexican history are probably "Los Patricios".
A preview/trailer for "A Boatload of Wild Irishmen" can be viewed online.
A rebellion in 1798 led by the cross-community Belfast-based Society of the United Irishmen and inspired by the French Revolution sought to break the constitutional ties between Ireland and Britain and unite Irish people of all religions.
English sometimes distinguishes between regular plural forms of demonyms ethnonyms (e.g. "five Dutchmen", "several Irishmen"), and uncountable plurals used to refer to entire nationalities collectively (e.g. "the Dutch", "the Irish").
Essay on Irish Bulls rejects an English stereotype of Irishmen and portrays them accurately in realistic, everyday settings.
It included people with a range of political views, and was open to "all able-bodied Irishmen without distinction of creed, politics or social group".
More than 60,000 Irishmen – more than from loyal Ulster – also saw action in the Second World War; like their compatriots in the Great War, all were volunteers.
Most descendants of these Irishmen moved off the islands as African slavery was implemented and blacks began to replace whites.
The IRA was not a sectarian group and went out of its way to proclaim it was open to all Irishmen, but its membership was largely Catholic with virtually no Protestants serving as "active" IRA men.
The Irish still represent the largest contingent of foreign volunteers to the British military, with more Irishmen serving in British uniforms than Irish ones.
Those Irishmen engaged in white-collar trades or working as skilled labourers were much more likely to be involved in cultural nationalist groups like the Gaelic League than farmers or fishermen, and thus to have a stronger sense of Irish nationalism.
Common combinations with irishmen
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- irishmen and 3×
- of irishmen 2×
- irishmen in 2×
- irishmen but 2×