luck of the Irish
Example Sentences
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“I guess it’s just luck of the Irish or something,” he said after that one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
"I'm half-Irish myself, but I truly understand the luck of the Irish now. It's pretty cool."
From BBC • May 11, 2025
Or the luck of the Irish, given the corned-beef-and-sauerkraut kind of day it was as Notre Dame prepared to run through a late-afternoon practice here to prepare for the Crimson Tide.
From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2022
According to an Association Press report at the time, she smashed a bottle of champagne against its side after saying, “May the luck of the Irish always be with you and your crew.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 5, 2019
I have heard of the luck of the Irish.
From A Yankee Flier in Italy by Montgomery, Rutherford George
