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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:10429
AUTHOR:Appendix
QUOTATION:Emerald Isle.
ATTRIBUTION:Dr. William Drennan (1754–1820) says this expression was first used in a party song called “Erin, to her own Tune,” written in 1795. The song appears to have been anonymous.
 

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