[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

eire \eire\, n.
   air. obs. --chaucer.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

eire \eire\, prop. n.
   the irish name for ireland; the name used in 1937 to 1949 for
   the republic of ireland.

   syn: erin, ireland. pjc

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

eire
     n : a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the
         island of ireland; achieved independence from the united
         kingdom in 1921 syn: ireland, irish free state
see also:
ireland irish free state 

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

eire, or eyre, english law. a journey. justices in eyre, were itinerant 
judges, who were sent once in seven years with a general commission in 
divers counties, to hear and determine such causes as were called pleas of 
the crown. vide justices in eyre. 

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