To work out wordplay that expects familiarity with Irish names, remember the ones you will meet most frequently in crosswords.
PAT
Guardian 25696 (Paul): Irishman I caught climbing over hospital memorial (8) CENOTAPH
PAT (Irishman) ONE (I) C (caught) climbing over i.e. reversed H (hospital)
LIAM
FT 13347 (Dante): Irishman back in the post (4) MAIL
LIAM (Irishman) reversed
Guardian 25363 (Rufus): Irishman at church for spiritual guidance (6) SEANCE
SEAN (Irishman) CE (church)
RORY
Independent 7699 (Klingsor): Female takes Irishman with nothing out for a drink (6) SHERRY
SHE (female) RORY (Irishman) – O (nothing)
The next couple of words that could stand for "Irishman" in a clue are considered offensive. We do see them in crosswords but many comments on UK solving blogs object to such usage; the Independent crossword editor once said that he would not let Irishman = Mick appear in the Indy.
MICK
FT 13185 (Orense): Renegade state embraced by Irishman (5) MAVERICK
AVER (state) in MICK (Irishman)
PADDY
THC 9292: Paddy and Company among Nilgiris horticulturists (5) IRISH
hidden in 'nilgIRIS Horticulturists'
Solve These
Take a crack at these clues with Irishmen in them.
Everyman 3348: More than one loyalist Irishman disturbs the peace (8) ___R____
Telegraph Toughie 115 (Campbell): Irishman entertaining daughter in saloon (5) ___A_
Times 24141: Irishman takes a journey in returning to a far-off land (9) ___A___I_
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PAT RIOTS
SE(D)AN
PAT A GO (IN reversed) A
PAT RIOTS
SE(D)AN
PAT A GO(NI<)A
Loved the symbolic red nose and lantern jaw on the cartoon
Hi Shuchi,
Got 2 and trying 3rd
Everyman 3348: More than one loyalist Irishman disturbs the peace (8) ___R____
Ans: PARTRIOTS (PAT+ RIOTS)
Telegraph Toughie 115 (Campbell): Irishman entertaining daughter in saloon (5) ___A_
Ans: SEDAN (SEAN+D)
Everyman 3348 (8): PAT + RIOTS
Telegraph Toughie 115(5): SE(D)AN
Times 24141 (9): PAT+A+GO+(NI<-)+A
(PAT)(RIOTS)
SE(D)AN
(PAT)(A)(GO)(NI<=)(A)
Well solved gnomethang, Kishore, Lakshmi, raghunath, Venkatesh.
Any other Irishmen to add to the list?
With Pat, I always think of Murphy, given the talk/back talk shows of yore
Not sure how relevant this is, but Colleen is a common Irish girl's name and at times used to mean Irish itself. The last I have heard of this usage was in Economic Times dated 13/02/13
She isn't quite a colleen (4)
Hi Shuchi, you could have MAC/MACK also, I guess. It supposedly stands for "Son of" and is popular as the prefix 'Mc'.
@Bhavan: Thanks for that. Funny thing, name associations. Pat makes Kishore think of Pat Murphy, Colleen makes me think of Colleen Khan.
@Shyam: I've seen MAC/MACK clued as Scotsman, can't recall a clue that defined it as Irishman. I searched for the name online and found sites say that the Irish version is Mc and the Scottish version Mac. But there was a lot of contradictory information so not sure.
Speaking of which reminds me of Skulldugger's latest. One of the clues had Irishman = IAN. That too is usually Scotsman.
The Irish version is O' for "son of" (and Ni for "daughter of")
Bannsider
Thanks for the clarification Bannsider - and warm welcome to my blog.
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