The word " electron " was coined in 1891 by the Irish physicist George Stoney whilst analyzing elementary charges for the first time.

Since the early 20th century it has been commonly accepted that Old Irish Bel ( l ) taine is derived from a Common Celtic * belo-te ( p ) niâ, meaning " bright fire " ( where the element * belo-might be cognate with the English word bale in ' bale-fire ' meaning ' white ' or ' shining '; compare Anglo-Saxon bael, and Lithuanian / Latvian baltas / balts, found in the name of the Baltic ; in Slavic languages byelo or beloye also means ' white ', as in Беларусь ( White Russia or Belarus ) or Бе ́ лое мо ́ ре Sea ).

Kenneth Jackson concludes, based on later development of Welsh and Irish, that it derives from the Proto-Celtic feminine adjective * boudīka, " victorious ", derived from the Celtic word * bouda, " victory " ( cf.

The term baccalaureus is a pun combining the prosaic baccalarius with bacca lauri ' " laurel berry "— according to the American Heritage Dictionary, " bacca " is the Old Irish word for " farmer " + laureus, " laurel berry ," the idea being that a " baccalaureate " had farmed ( cultivated ) his mind.

This is the first use of the word Albania, the Latin form of the Old Irish Alba, in the Chronicle which until then describes the lands ruled by the descendants of Cináed as Pictavia.

In modern Irish, the word for the colour brown is " donn ".

One etymology asserts it is derived from the root of the Irish word gob or gab ( mouth ), which the same source asserts is the root of jabber, gibber and gobble.

The terms geab and geabaire are certainly Irish words but the phrase " geab ar ais " does not exist, and the word gibberish exists as a loan-word in Irish as gibiris, defined by Ó Dónaill as " Gibberish.

Although Irish and Manx are often referred to as Irish Gaelic and Manx Gaelic ( as they are Goidelic or Gaelic languages ), the use of the word Gaelic is unnecessary because the terms Irish and Manx, when referring to language, only ever refer to these languages, whereas Scots has come to refer to a Germanic language, and therefore " Scottish " can refer to things not at all Gaelic.

The Irish word lamhchrann came into use at an unknown date to indicate this pillar which would have supplied the bracing to withstand the tension of a wire-strung harp.

In Irish there is a word cílí meaning sly.

Alternatively, the word may be derived from an Irish word for a wooden anchor.

According to the Austin Hockey Association, the word puck is derived from the Scottish Gaelic word " puc " or the Irish word " poc ," meaning to poke, punch or deliver a blow.

The Irish language word for " session " is seisiún.

A further exception occurs in the case of those counties created after 1994 which often drop the word county entirely, or use it after the name ; thus for example internet search engines show many more uses ( on Irish sites ) of " Fingal " than of either " County Fingal " or " Fingal County ".

Loch (, also the non-standard but common ), is the Scottish Gaelic and Irish word for a lake or a sea inlet.

Lowland Scots orthography, like Scottish Gaelic and Irish, represents with ch, so the word was borrowed with identical spelling.

Irish imbolc derives from the Old Irish i mbolg " in the belly ".

The word " Tory " derives from the Middle Irish word tóraidhe ; modern Irish tóraí: outlaw, robber or brigand, from the Irish word tóir, meaning " pursuit ", since outlaws were " pursued men ".

The Irish County Kildare derives its name from the town of Kildare which originally in Irish was Cill Dara meaning the Church of the Oak or Oak Church.

* The Church of St. James, also called Schottenkirche, a Romanesque basilica of the 12th century, derives its name from the monastery of Irish Benedictines ( Scoti ) to which it was attached ; the principal doorway is covered with very singular grotesque carvings.

The latter part of the name derives either from the Irish tír or the Old Norse staðr, both of which translate as " land " or " territory ".

The name " Armagh " derives from the Irish word Ard meaning " height " and Macha, together meaning " height ( or high place ) and Macha.

The Irish name, Manannán, derives from an earlier name for the Isle of Man.

Linguist Eric Hamp derives the second element, bulga, from a Proto-Celtic compound * balu-gaisos meaning " spear of mortal pain / death spear " ( comparable to Old Irish fogha " spear, dart ", from Proto-Celtic * uo-gaisu -).

The name Grim / Gryme for his successor Kenneth III probably derives from " greimm " ( Middle Irish: authority ).

The term oireachtas derives from the Old Irish word airech, meaning " nobleman ".

The first organised police forces in Ireland came about through the Peace Preservation Act in 1814 for which Sir Robert Peel ( 1788 – 1850 ) was largely responsible ( the colloquial name " Peeler " derives from his surname ), and the Irish Constabulary Act in 1822 formed the provincial constabularies.

After the Dark Ages the original Welsh name of the kingdom in whose territory Brecon stands was ( in modern orthography ) " Brycheiniog ", which later became Anglicised to Brecknockshire or Breconshire, and probably derives from the personal name of the Irish Brychan, the eponymous founder of the kingdom.

Her singing often featured turlutage, which derives from Irish and Scottish musical traditions.

Owen Dudley Edwards suggests that the choice of surname and nationality of the twins derives from Blyton's desire to resist national stereotyping, following an Irish Republican Army bicycle bomb attack in Coventry in 1939

Cabbagetown's name derives from the Irish immigrants who moved to the neighbourhood beginning in the late 1840s, said to have been so poor that they grew cabbage in their front yards.

The name derives from the fetch of Irish folklore.

In Scottish Gaelic the name is Athall, which derives from the Old Irish Ath-fhotla, or ' New Ireland ', ( Fotla being a traditional name for Ireland ).

The name of the book derives from the Irish Gaelic word cath ( pronounced KAH ) meaning ‘ battle ’.

The Irish accent is, as one would expect, combined with slight inflections from the French.

He was also at the same time gaining practical experience as a safe breaker and highwayman, and learning how to shoot to kill from a Neanderthal convicted murderer named Gene Geary, later committed to Chester Asylum as a homicidal maniac, but whose eyes misted with tears when the young Dion sang a ballad about an Irish mother in his clear and syrupy tenor.

It attracts competitors from all of the main show jumping nations and is carried live on Irish national television.

Historians identify several waves of migration to the United States: one from 1815 – 1860, in which some five million English, Irish, Germanic, Scandinavian, and others from northwestern Europe came to the United States ; one from 1865 – 1890, in which some 10 million immigrants, also mainly from northwestern Europe, settled, and a third from 1890 – 1914, in which 15 million immigrants, mainly from central, eastern, and southern Europe ( many Austrian, Hungarian, Turkish, Lithuanian, Russian, Jewish, Greek, Italian, and Romanian ) settled in the United States.

There have been several players in the VFL / AFL who were born outside Australia and since 1982, an increasing number of players have been recruited from outside Australia through initiatives such as the Irish experiment and more recently, international scholarship programs.

* New World Disorder-Feature website on the movement from RTÉ, the Irish national broadcaster.

The band took its name from the Irish constitutional law guaranteeing freedom of the press.

Born from a noble family of the province of Soule, his father Michel was born in Arrast-Larrebieu and his mother was Irish.

In Ireland the oath was imposed of state office holders, teachers and lawyers, and on clergy of the established church in from 1703, the following year it was on all Irish voters and from 1709 it can be demanded from any adult male by a magistrate.

The British and Irish Lions ( formerly known as the British Isles and the British Lions ) is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

To avoid the ambiguity of the term British, and to more emphatically associate the team's identity with both the United Kingdom and Ireland, from the 2001 tour of Australia the name British and Irish Lions has been used.

With support from Colonel Blood's batteries, the Hessian, Hanoverian and Dutch infantry – now commanded by Count Berensdorf – succeeded in pushing the French and Irish infantry back into Oberglauheim so that they could not again threaten Churchill's flank as he moved against Tallard.

Bronski also remixed the track " Flowers in the Morning " by Northern Irish electronic band, Electrobronze in 2007, changing the style of the song from classical to Hi-NRG disco

The " cow " derivation depends most immediately on the Old Irish legal term for " outsider :" amboue, from proto-Celtic * ambouios, " not a cattle owner.

The banshee ( ), from the Irish bean sí (" woman of the sídhe " or " woman of the fairy mounds ") is a feminine spirit in Irish mythology, usually seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld.