Eire

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  eire \eire\, n.
     Air. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Eire \Eire\, prop. n.
     the Irish name for Ireland; the name used in 1937 to 1949 for
     the Republic of Ireland.
  
     Syn: Erin, Ireland. [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Eire
       n : a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the
           island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United
           Kingdom in 1921 [syn: {Ireland}, {Irish Free State}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  EIRE, or EYRE, English law. A journey. Justices in eyre, were itinerant 
  judges, who were sent once in seven years with a general commission in 
  divers counties, to hear and determine such causes as were called pleas of 
  the crown. Vide Justices in eyre.