| LAIR | The French and Irish in secret haunt (4) |
| ORAL | Testy time for Irish, in a manner of speaking? (4) |
| ERSE | It means "Irish" in Irish |
| IRIS | Plant is Irish in the first place |
| HINT | Suggestion accepted by Irish in Tipperary (4) |
| VLADIMIR | Waiter in play, very obscure, embraced by the French and Irish (8) |
| TIPI | England to win World Cup for Irish in America? That's intent! (4) |
| BLUNDERERS | Group containing number of French and Irish mostly, group involved in trip? (10) |
| UNCORK | Remove stopper from a French and Irish port (6) |
| RETRIED | French and Irish characters into claret perhaps given another shot |
| ORALEXAM | What's said at trial is assessment of the Irish, in a manner of speaking (4,4) |
| VANUATU | New Irish in vessel heading for uninhabited islands in the Pacific (7) |
| PEGLER | Back-row David, who captained Wasps and London Irish in the amateur era, mends rep leg (6) |
| CRITERIA | Irish in tune with the others, raised standards |
| PRIMUS | Scottish bishop finds Irish in reservoir, doing the backstroke? (6) |
| STIRUP | Incite Irish in places following revolution (4,2) |
| HIRSUTE | Irish in the US, remarkably hairy (7) |
| TOMHOMER | Bath Rugby full-back and wing signed from London Irish in 2015 |
| AIRHOLE | Irish in a predicament in sort of passage (7) |
| SHINTY | Scottish game played by some of the Irish in Tyrone (6) |
