Eire
Eire noun - A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921.
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Ireland
Ireland noun - A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921.
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- Seamus thinks that Kyle is mispronouncing Eire, a nickname for Ireland; but Kyle's paternal family is from Ohio which borders Lake Erie.
Source: Deal With The Devil / Film - Kyle correctly gambled on Seamus to assume he simply mispronounced Eire (the Irish name for Ireland), whereas Kyle meant one of the Great Lakes, as his father was born in Cleveland, Ohio.
Source: Exact Words / Live-Action Films - Chekhov's Gun: It's mentioned that when Kyle's mom, Kate, had told her father, Reilly, about her then finacé, that he had misheard her state he came from Eire (the old name for Ireland) when in fact it was Erie as in Lake Erie, Cleveland.
Source: Film / The Luck of the Irish
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