CountriesIrelandRank 19 of 9810 words9 placesIreland10 English words in this atlas point back to Ireland, spread across 9 places.ShareWordThe placeRelationshipConfidencedonnybrookA free-for-all is named after a Dublin suburb's fair.DonnybrookFrom the placeWell attestedlimerickThe verse form is named for an Irish city, for reasons no one has pinned down.LimerickFrom the placeProbableulsterThe overcoat is named for a province of Ireland.UlsterFrom its productWell attestedbalbrigganThe knitted cotton is named for a town north of Dublin.BalbrigganFrom its productWell attestedmuensterThe cheese is named for an Alsatian valley town.MunsterFrom its productWell attestedblarneySmooth talk is named for a village in County Cork.BlarneyFrom the placeWell attestedAran jumperThe "ancient clan patterns" are a 20th-century marketing invention.Aran IslandsFrom the placeWell attestedIrish setterThe solid red coat is a Victorian fashion; the original dog was red and white.IrelandFrom its peopleWell attestedIrish wolfhoundThe breed outlived its job: the last wolf in Ireland was killed around 1786.IrelandFrom its peopleWell attestedQ-shipThe letter is usually explained by an Irish port that has since changed its name back.CóbhDisputedDisputedElsewhere in the atlasUnited States153United Kingdom108Italy63France57Germany29Greece29Canada22Turkey22People's Republic of China21Spain20Japan18India16Mexico13Belgium12All 98 countries →