1 Írar
m. pl. Irishmen; Írland, n. Ireland; Íra-konungr, m. the king of the Irish; Írskr, adj. Irish; Írska, u, f. the Irish tongue, Ld. 72, Fs. 78, Bs. i. 227, the Sagas passim.
2 Írar
II. Írland it mikla, Great Ireland, was the name of Southern America, just as Eastern Russia was called Great Sweden.