Sentence examples for irish ground from inspiring English sources

The contradictions Gill manages to unearth in one small, placid patch of Irish ground are simply astonishing.

The murders shocked the public on both sides of the Irish Sea, and to claw back the moral high ground Irish nationalist MPs launched a campaign to identify homosexuals in the Irish government or part of the establishment in Dublin – starting with the senior detective in charge of the Phoenix Park case, James Ellis French.

Scottish Saltire flags are absent from either club's ground; Irish tricolours predominate at Celtic Park, Union Jacks and even the cross of St George are evident at Rangers' Ibrox stadium.

From kick-off Frizell scored Wales' third try as he barged through the Irish defence to ground left of the sticks, although this time Webster's conversion was just wide.

Dick Roche, the centre-ground Irish Europe minister, said: "There is a completeaversion across Europe to the idea of going through the kind of process we have just gone through for the last 10 years".

The Spanish celebrated while the Irish slumped to the ground.

The stadium soon became a holy ground for Irish nationalists: its turf was said to be "drenched in patriot blood".

I have a Hearty Contempt of all Superstition the Farce of a Consecrated Ground the Irish Barbarism of Sure and Certain Hopes &c.

His success at last year's Festival confirmed that the Irish raider needs decent ground, but he has none the less shaped very well this winter, variously over shorter distances or in the mud.

For 50 years, Bord na Mona has provided bricks of the dried plant matter, cut from the ground of Irish bogs, to power plants that burn it to generate electricity.

We found a room, with old furniture and thin curtains, in a mildly down-at-heel hotel that dated to 1888 and had an "Irish pub" on its ground floor, where I sat at the bar while Julia left with her camera to hike around the town.