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bodhranistnounSomeone who plays a bodhran.
goatskinnounThe skin of a goat, especially when cured and used as a material for clothing, tents, etc.
irish flutenounA wooden flute used for playing traditional Irish music.
irish bouzoukinoun(music) A bouzouki adapted for use in Irish traditional music with a short neck, and a flat back and sides.
uilleann pipesnounThe bagpipes of Ireland, which have a bellows strapped around the wrist and arm to inflate the bag rather than the player blowing to do so.
drumsnanounA village in County Leitrim, Ireland.
drumnoun(music) A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
bodachnounA trickster or bogeyman figure in Gaelic folklore.
bohereennounAlternative form of boreen. [(Ireland) A narrow, frequently unpaved, rural road in Ireland, often characterised by a ridge of grass growing in the middle.]
drumgoolenounA surname from Irish.
union pipesnounDated form of uilleann pipes. [The bagpipes of Ireland, which have a bellows strapped around the wrist and arm to inflate the bag rather than the player blowing to do so.]
jorramnoun(historical) A Gaelic boatmen's song to accompany the strokes of rowing.
tradnoun(music) Irish traditional music
birlinnnoun(Scotland, historical) A type of boat used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages.
drumshanbonounA small town in County Leitrim, Ireland.
gaelic handballnounA sport played in Ireland in which two or four players hit a ball against a wall with their hands.
barknounThe short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog, a fox, and some other animals.
boreennoun(Ireland) A narrow, frequently unpaved, rural road in Ireland, often characterised by a ridge of grass growing in the middle.
irish carnoun(now rare, historical) A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle in which passengers sit on a pair of benches.
crathurnoun(Ireland, obsolete) creature

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