luck of the Irish

Example Sentences

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But the luck of the Irish is turning due to poor leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

"I'm half-Irish myself, but I truly understand the luck of the Irish now. It's pretty cool."

From BBC • May 11, 2025

Lowry even enjoyed some luck of the Irish on the 16th when he pushed his tee shot so far right that he missed the water around the green.

From Washington Times • Sep. 29, 2023

“Well, that’s just the luck of the Irish isn’t it,” Clint laughed, as the two sat in lawn chairs in front of a mangled pile of Florida pine branches from flattened trees late Thursday morning.

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2018

“I wouldn’t go out in a rowboat for a dozen fish suppers, but you seem to have the luck of the Irish on such occasions, so get to going!”

From The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf by Gordon, Harry