Éire

See also: eire, Eire, and Eiré

English

Proper noun

Éire

1. Alternative spelling of Eire.
   • 1989, Thomas E. Hachey, Joseph M. Hernon, Jr., Lawrence J. McCaffrey, “The de Valera Era, 1932–1959: Continuity and Change in Irish Life”, in The Irish Experience, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, →ISBN, section “The Irish Republic, 1948–1959”, page 217:

     British subjects in Éire could not vote, hold public office, or work in the government service of Éire, whereas Éire citizens in Britain could do all of these.

   • 2011, Gavin Hughes, “Commitment, Casualties and Loss: Comparative Aspects of Irish Regiments at Dunkirk 1940 and in Western Europe, 1944–1945”, in Gerald Morgan, Gavin Hughes, editors, Southern Ireland and the Liberation of France: New Perspectives (Reimagining Ireland; volume 33), Peter Lang, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 85:

     In the light of modern scholarship it now seems highly likely that the total recruitment figure for both Northern Irish and Éire citizens in the British Armed Forces stood at around 100–120,000 men and women.

   • 2018, Wendy Webster, “Introduction: ‘The Big Proposition’”, in Mixing It: Diversity in World War Two Britain, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 9:

     Since Éire remained in the Commonwealth during the war—leaving in 1949—it could be argued that volunteers and war workers from Éire belong in this list. Éire was the only Commonwealth country to remain neutral throughout the war.

Irish

Alternative forms

• Éirinn (Cois Fharraige, Waterford, formerly in Leinster)

Etymology

From Old Irish Ériu, probably, although the É is unexpected and unexplained, from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːɾʲə/

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Proper noun

Éire f (genitive Éireann)

1. Ireland (an island in Europe)
2. Ireland (a country in Europe)

Usage notes

The definite article is used only in the genitive case. This is one of the few nouns in Irish with a distinct dative case in the standard language.

Inflection

Declension of Éire

Fifth declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative Éire Vocative a Éire Genitive Éireann Dative Éirinn

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an Éire Genitive na hÉireann Dative leis an Éirinn don Éirinn

Derived terms

• Éireannach (“Irish (person)”)
• Saorstát Éireann
• Éire go brách

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Éire	nÉire	hÉire	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.