Irish

Metadata

Coding system
SNOMED CT (UK Clinical Edition)
Coding system release
41.2.0
Author
Brian MacKenna
Codelist ID
user/brian-mackenna/irish
Version ID
22e76b90
Number of codes included
115

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  1. 22e76b90 Published
    Created: 15 Jan 2026 at 21:05

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Description

This codelist is to help me identify patterns of codes related to being "Irish". I have liberally included all codes identified with appropriate keywords with the exception of Northern Ireland census categories.

I am Irish and know a reasonable amount about the social and cultural contexts about "Irishness" - please treat this codelist as a pragmatic good faith codelist to explore health data., not an actual definition of Irishness.

Signed off by

  • Brian MacKenna, (Jan. 15, 2026)

Codelists are developed by a broad community of users for individual study purposes, which may or may not meet the needs of other studies. They should not be thought of as universal definitions of a particular condition.

We don't offer any guarantees about what they do or don't identify. Users should carefully check that any codelist meets their needs, and seek clinical input where appropriate.

code term
103181000000108 Irish - ethnic category 2001 census
103231000000101 Northern Irish - ethnic category 2001 census
103311000000104 Irish Traveller - ethnic category 2001 census
103421000000102 Mixed Irish and other White - ethnic category 2001 census
1067581000000104 Injury whilst playing Gaelic football
11477006 Irish setter
131663006 Irish Goat breed
131908002 Irish Draft horse breed
131909005 Irish Hunter horse breed
131987005 Irish Cob horse breed
132503004 Irish Red and White Setter dog breed
133236005 Irish Moiled cattle breed
138473009 Born in Ireland
138483008 Born in Northern Ireland
138487009 Born in Republic of Ireland
154162007 White Irish
154191005 Irish (NMO)
154208003 Irish traveller
161201006 Born in Ireland
161211004 Born in Northern Ireland
161215008 Born in Republic of Ireland
185986006 White Irish
186014006 Irish (NMO)
186031004 Irish traveller
202681000000108 Irish Gaelic as a second language
212281000000108 Irish Gaelic as a second language
212291000000105 Irish Gaelic as a second language
223674000 Northern Ireland
223676003 Ireland
223789004 Counties of Republic of Ireland
223790008 Carlow
223791007 Cavan
223792000 Clare
223793005 Connaught county
223794004 Cork - county
223795003 Donegal
223796002 Dublin
223797006 Galway
223798001 Kerry
223799009 Kildare
223800008 Kilkenny
223801007 Laois
223802000 Leinster
223803005 Leitrim
223804004 Limerick
223805003 Longford
223806002 Louth
223807006 Mayo
223808001 Meath
223809009 Monaghan
223810004 Munster
223811000 Offaly
223812007 Roscommon
223813002 Sligo
223814008 Tipperary
223815009 Waterford
223816005 Westmeath
223817001 Wexford
223818006 Wicklow
223917000 Regions of Northern Ireland
223918005 Counties of Northern Ireland
223919002 County Antrim
223920008 County Armagh
223921007 County Belfast
223922000 County Down
223923005 County Fermanagh
223924004 County Londonderry
223925003 County Tyrone
227663008 Irish stew
229919008 Irish whiskey
297475001 Irish Gaelic language
307098003 Church of Ireland
315237009 White Irish
315283003 Irish traveller
315448004 Born in Ireland
315493007 Born in Northern Ireland
315507004 Born in Republic of Ireland
343721000000107 Gaelic language interpreter needed
34870009 Irish water spaniel
357471000000107 Main spoken language Irish
357481000000109 Main spoken language Irish
357491000000106 Main spoken language Irish
368141000000102 Church of Ireland, follower of religion
408522002 Main spoken language Gaelic
439813003 Gaelic language
494161000000100 White Irish - ethnic category 2001 census
494171000000107 White Irish - ethnic category 2001 census
494181000000109 White Irish - ethnic category 2001 census
521000220104 Black Irish
52952001 Irish wolfhound
698667006 Main spoken language Irish
704559000 Irish sign language
75494002 Irish terrier
88911000000101 Irish Traveller - ethnic category 2001 census
92401000000106 Irish - ethnic category 2001 census
92561000000109 Northern Irish - ethnic category 2001 census
94021000000104 Mixed Irish and other White - ethnic category 2001 census
94771000000102 Main spoken language Gaelic
971581000000106 Reads Irish
972731000000105 Irish interpreter needed
976631000000101 White: English or Welsh or Scottish or Northern Irish or British - England and Wales ethnic category 2011 census
976641000000105 White: English or Welsh or Scottish or Northern Irish or British - England and Wales ethnic category 2011 census
976651000000108 White: Irish - England and Wales ethnic category 2011 census
976661000000106 White: Irish - England and Wales ethnic category 2011 census
976671000000104 White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller - England and Wales ethnic category 2011 census
976681000000102 White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller - England and Wales ethnic category 2011 census
977951000000104 White: Irish - Scotland ethnic category 2011 census
977961000000101 White: Irish - Scotland ethnic category 2011 census
977971000000108 White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller - Scotland ethnic category 2011 census
977981000000105 White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller - Scotland ethnic category 2011 census
98271000000101 Irish - ethnic category 2001 census
98321000000107 Northern Irish - ethnic category 2001 census
98401000000108 Irish Traveller - ethnic category 2001 census
98511000000109 Mixed Irish and other White - ethnic category 2001 census
99641000000101 Main spoken language Gaelic

This page shows the search terms that were used to build the codelist. Concepts that match the search terms, but which were excluded, are in faint grey.

eire

Included 31 out of 37 matching concepts.

Show matching concepts
  • Carlow (223790008)
  • Cavan (223791007)
  • Clare (223792000)
  • Connaught county (223793005)
  • Cork - county (223794004)
  • Counties of Republic of Ireland (223789004)
  • Donegal (223795003)
  • Dublin (223796002)
  • Galway (223797006)
  • Ireland (223676003)
  • Kerry (223798001)
  • Kildare (223799009)
  • Kilkenny (223800008)
  • Laois (223801007)
  • Legionella quateirensis (113807006)
  • Leinster (223802000)
  • Leitrim (223803005)
  • Limerick (223804004)
  • Longford (223805003)
  • Louth (223806002)
  • Mayo (223807006)
  • Meath (223808001)
  • Monaghan (223809009)
  • Munster (223810004)
  • Natrialba hulunbeirensis (433434008)
  • Neurofaciodigitorenal syndrome (725908007)
  • Odontotrichomelic syndrome (239028001)
  • Offaly (223811000)
  • Roscommon (223812007)
  • Sligo (223813002)
  • Streptomyces luteireticuli (437994001)
  • Tipperary (223814008)
  • Trichodermodysplasia and dental alterations syndrome (763620003)
  • Waterford (223815009)
  • Westmeath (223816005)
  • Wexford (223817001)
  • Wicklow (223818006)

gaelic

Included 10 out of 17 matching concepts.

Show matching concepts
  • Gaelic language (439813003)
  • Gaelic language interpreter needed (343721000000107)
  • Injury whilst playing Gaelic football (1067581000000104)
  • Irish Gaelic as a second language (202681000000108)
  • Irish Gaelic as a second language (212291000000105)
  • Irish Gaelic as a second language (212281000000108)
  • Irish Gaelic language (297475001)
  • Main spoken language Gaelic (99641000000101)
  • Main spoken language Gaelic (94771000000102)
  • Main spoken language Gaelic (408522002)
  • Main spoken language Scottish Gaelic (970941000000103)
  • Reads Scottish Gaelic (972141000000102)
  • Scottish Gaelic as a second language (208571000000108)
  • Scottish Gaelic as a second language (208581000000105)
  • Scottish Gaelic as a second language (205251000000109)
  • Scottish Gaelic interpreter needed (973051000000109)
  • Scottish Gaelic language (297476000)

ireland

Included 52 out of 244 matching concepts.

Show matching concepts
  • Administrative forms - Northern Ireland (4621000000108)
  • Alderney (223354003)
  • Anegada (223355002)
  • Anglesey (223989006)
  • Anguilla (223356001)
  • Arran (223960009)
  • Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977731000000108)
  • Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977741000000104)
  • Asian or Asian British: Chinese - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977751000000101)
  • Asian or Asian British: Chinese - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977761000000103)
  • Asian or Asian British: Indian - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977591000000103)
  • Asian or Asian British: Indian - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977601000000109)
  • Asian or Asian British: Pakistani - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977711000000100)
  • Asian or Asian British: Pakistani - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977721000000106)
  • Asian or Asian British: any other Asian background - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977771000000105)
  • Asian or Asian British: any other Asian background - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977781000000107)
  • Avon (223864001)
  • Bedfordshire (223865000)
  • Berkshire (223866004)
  • Bermuda (223360003)
  • Black or African or Caribbean or Black British: African - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977791000000109)
  • Black or African or Caribbean or Black British: African - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977801000000108)
  • Black or African or Caribbean or Black British: Caribbean - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977811000000105)
  • Black or African or Caribbean or Black British: Caribbean - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977821000000104)
  • Black or African or Caribbean or Black British: other Black or African or Caribbean background - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977831000000102)
  • Black or African or Caribbean or Black British: other black or African or Caribbean background - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977841000000106)
  • Border region (223932007)
  • Born in Ireland (161201006)
  • Born in Ireland (315448004)
  • Born in Ireland (138473009)
  • Born in Northern Ireland (315493007)
  • Born in Northern Ireland (161211004)
  • Born in Northern Ireland (138483008)
  • Born in Republic of Ireland (138487009)
  • Born in Republic of Ireland (161215008)
  • Born in Republic of Ireland (315507004)
  • British Indian Ocean Territory (1186987000)
  • British Overseas Territories (439767004)
  • Buckinghamshire (223867008)
  • CHS form (17841000000108)
  • Caicos island (223997004)
  • Cambridgeshire (223868003)
  • Carlow (223790008)
  • Cavan (223791007)
  • Cayman Islands (1187206009)
  • Central region (223933002)
  • Channel islands (223367000)
  • Cheshire (223869006)
  • Church of Ireland (307098003)
  • Church of Ireland, follower of religion (368141000000102)
  • Church of Ireland, follower of religion (708831000000102)
  • Clare (223792000)
  • Cleveland (223870007)
  • Clwyd (223969005)
  • Connaught county (223793005)
  • Cork - county (223794004)
  • Cornwall (223871006)
  • Counties of Northern Ireland (223918005)
  • Counties of Republic of Ireland (223789004)
  • County Antrim (223919002)
  • County Armagh (223920008)
  • County Belfast (223921007)
  • County Down (223922000)
  • County Fermanagh (223923005)
  • County Londonderry (223924004)
  • County Tyrone (223925003)
  • Cumbria (223872004)
  • Dependent territories of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (223990002)
  • Derbyshire (223873009)
  • Devonshire (223874003)
  • Donegal (223795003)
  • Dorsetshire (223875002)
  • Dublin (223796002)
  • Dumfries and Galloway (223934008)
  • Durham (223876001)
  • Dyfed (223970006)
  • East Falkland (223993000)
  • East Sussex (223877005)
  • English counties (223863007)
  • English islands (223911004)
  • Essex (223878000)
  • Ethnic category - 2011 census Northern Ireland (976591000000101)
  • Ethnic category - 2011 census Northern Ireland (976601000000107)
  • Ethnic category - 2011 census Northern Ireland simple reference set (999002401000000108)
  • FP1001 form (4631000000105)
  • FP1002 form (17851000000106)
  • FP1003 form (4641000000101)
  • Falkland islands (223992005)
  • Fife (223935009)
  • Galway (223797006)
  • Gibraltar (441648008)
  • Gloucestershire (223879008)
  • Grampian (223936005)
  • Grand Turk (1208405007)
  • Great Britain (223861009)
  • Greater London (223880006)
  • Greater Manchester (223881005)
  • Guernsey (223380002)
  • Gwent (223971005)
  • Gwynedd (223972003)
  • HS123 form (4661000000100)
  • HS128 form (17881000000100)
  • HS14 form (17861000000109)
  • HS15 form (4651000000103)
  • HS22X form (4671000000107)
  • HS23 form (17871000000102)
  • Hampshire (223882003)
  • Health boards of Northern Ireland (223926002)
  • Hemoglobin J-Baltimore (86836009)
  • Hereford and Worcester (223883008)
  • Hertfordshire (223884002)
  • Highland (223938006)
  • Humberside (223885001)
  • Ireland (223676003)
  • Irish Traveller - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977371000000109)
  • Irish Traveller - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977381000000106)
  • Island in region of British Virgin Islands (1187357006)
  • Island in region of Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (1204485003)
  • Island in region of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (1187647002)
  • Island in region of Turks and Caicos Islands (1204482000)
  • Islands of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (223991003)
  • Islay (223961008)
  • Isle of Man (223912006)
  • Isle of Wight (223384006)
  • Isles of Scilly (223913001)
  • Jersey (223385007)
  • Kent (223886000)
  • Kerry (223798001)
  • Kildare (223799009)
  • Kilkenny (223800008)
  • Kintyre (223962001)
  • Lancashire (223887009)
  • Laois (223801007)
  • Leicestershire (223888004)
  • Leinster (223802000)
  • Leitrim (223803005)
  • Limerick (223804004)
  • Lincolnshire (223889007)
  • Longford (223805003)
  • Lothian (223939003)
  • Louth (223806002)
  • MMS form (17891000000103)
  • MS form (4681000000109)
  • Mayo (223807006)
  • Meath (223808001)
  • Merseyside (223890003)
  • Mid Glamorgan (223973008)
  • Mixed multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977431000000100)
  • Mixed multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977411000000108)
  • Mixed multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977391000000108)
  • Mixed multiple ethnic groups: any other Mixed or Multiple ethnic background - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977561000000109)
  • Mixed multiple ethnic groups: any other Mixed or multiple ethnic background - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977551000000106)
  • Mixed multiple ethnic groups: white and Asian - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977441000000109)
  • Mixed multiple ethnic groups: white and black African - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977421000000102)
  • Mixed multiple ethnic groups: white and black Caribbean - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977401000000106)
  • Monaghan (223809009)
  • Montserrat (223391009)
  • Mull (223963006)
  • Munster (223810004)
  • NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme Austria, Belgium, Ireland, France, Germany, Netherlands family origin (749671000000103)
  • NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme Austria, Belgium, Ireland, France, Germany, Netherlands family origin (749681000000101)
  • NV1 form (17901000000102)
  • Norfolk (223891004)
  • North Yorkshire (223892006)
  • Northamptonshire (223893001)
  • Northern Ireland (223674000)
  • Northern Ireland HSS Trust (394239007)
  • Northern Ireland HSS Trust (393289006)
  • Northern Ireland HSS Trust (930491000000103)
  • Northern Ireland HSS Trust (930291000000104)
  • Northern Ireland Health Board (393288003)
  • Northern Ireland Health Board (394770000)
  • Northern Ireland Health Board (930281000000101)
  • Northern Ireland Health Board (930681000000103)
  • Northern Ireland Health Board (394238004)
  • Northern Ireland Health Board (930481000000100)
  • Northern Ireland Health and Social Services Trust (930691000000101)
  • Northern Ireland Health and Social Services Trust (394771001)
  • Northumberland (223894007)
  • Nottinghamshire (223895008)
  • Offaly (223811000)
  • Orkney (223964000)
  • Other ethnic group: Arab - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977851000000109)
  • Other ethnic group: Arab - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977861000000107)
  • Other ethnic group: any other ethnic group - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977871000000100)
  • Other ethnic group: any other ethnic group - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977881000000103)
  • Oxfordshire (223896009)
  • Patient returned from being absent without leave under Section 87 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (England and Wales) (466301000000108)
  • Patient returned from being absent without leave under Section 87 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (England and Wales) (303022006)
  • Pitcairn (1204486002)
  • Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (1204484004)
  • Powys (223974002)
  • RF form (4691000000106)
  • Regions of England (223862002)
  • Regions of Northern Ireland (223917000)
  • Regions of Scotland (223931000)
  • Regions of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (223859000)
  • Regions of Wales (223967007)
  • Removal of patient to Northern Ireland under Section 81 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (England and Wales) (4461000000103)
  • Roscommon (223812007)
  • Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (1204481007)
  • Sark (223399006)
  • Scottish island (223959004)
  • Sheppey (223916009)
  • Shetland (223965004)
  • Shropshire (223897000)
  • Skye (223966003)
  • Sligo (223813002)
  • Somerset (223898005)
  • South Georgia (223998009)
  • South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (1193539009)
  • South Glamorgan (223975001)
  • South Sandwich Islands (1187646006)
  • South Yorkshire (223899002)
  • St. Marys (223914007)
  • Staffordshire (223900007)
  • Strathclyde (223940001)
  • Suffolk (223901006)
  • Surrey (223902004)
  • Tayside (223941002)
  • Tipperary (223814008)
  • Tortola (223408006)
  • Tresco (223915008)
  • Turks and Caicos Islands (1204483005)
  • Tyne and Wear (223905002)
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (223860005)
  • Virgin Gorda (223409003)
  • Virgin Islands, British (1187456001)
  • Warwickshire (223906001)
  • Waterford (223815009)
  • Welsh counties (223968002)
  • Welsh island (223988003)
  • West Falkland (223994006)
  • West Glamorgan (223976000)
  • West Midlands (223907005)
  • West Sussex (223903009)
  • West Yorkshire (223904003)
  • Western Isles (223942009)
  • Westmeath (223816005)
  • Wexford (223817001)
  • White - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977351000000100)
  • White - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977361000000102)
  • Wicklow (223818006)
  • Wiltshire (223908000)

irish

Included 57 out of 69 matching concepts.

Show matching concepts
  • Black Irish (521000220104)
  • Chondrus crispus (110393008)
  • Diapterus auratus (53573000)
  • Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus (13665003)
  • Hemilepidotus jordani (34054008)
  • Hemilepidotus spinosus (86115005)
  • Hemilepidotus zapus (55904001)
  • Hereditary amblyopia with quadriplegia in the Irish Setter (34933004)
  • Irish (NMO) (186014006)
  • Irish (NMO) (154191005)
  • Irish (White) ethnic category of Scotland's census 2022 (2078751000000109)
  • Irish - ethnic category 2001 census (92401000000106)
  • Irish - ethnic category 2001 census (98271000000101)
  • Irish - ethnic category 2001 census (103181000000108)
  • Irish Cob horse breed (131987005)
  • Irish Draft horse breed (131908002)
  • Irish Gaelic as a second language (202681000000108)
  • Irish Gaelic as a second language (212291000000105)
  • Irish Gaelic as a second language (212281000000108)
  • Irish Gaelic language (297475001)
  • Irish Goat breed (131663006)
  • Irish Hunter horse breed (131909005)
  • Irish Moiled cattle breed (133236005)
  • Irish Red and White Setter dog breed (132503004)
  • Irish Traveller - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977371000000109)
  • Irish Traveller - Northern Ireland ethnic category 2011 census (977381000000106)
  • Irish Traveller - ethnic category 2001 census (88911000000101)
  • Irish Traveller - ethnic category 2001 census (103311000000104)
  • Irish Traveller - ethnic category 2001 census (98401000000108)
  • Irish interpreter needed (972731000000105)
  • Irish setter (11477006)
  • Irish sign language (704559000)
  • Irish stew (227663008)
  • Irish terrier (75494002)
  • Irish traveller (315283003)
  • Irish traveller (186031004)
  • Irish traveller (154208003)
  • Irish water spaniel (34870009)
  • Irish whiskey (229919008)
  • Irish wolfhound (52952001)
  • Main spoken language Irish (698667006)
  • Main spoken language Irish (357471000000107)
  • Main spoken language Irish (357491000000106)
  • Main spoken language Irish (357481000000109)
  • Mixed Irish and other White - ethnic category 2001 census (94021000000104)
  • Mixed Irish and other White - ethnic category 2001 census (98511000000109)
  • Mixed Irish and other White - ethnic category 2001 census (103421000000102)
  • Northern Irish - ethnic category 2001 census (103231000000101)
  • Northern Irish - ethnic category 2001 census (98321000000107)
  • Northern Irish - ethnic category 2001 census (92561000000109)
  • Reads Irish (971581000000106)
  • Solanum tuberosum (1590002)
  • Thermohydrogenium kirishiense (440948000)
  • White Irish (154162007)
  • White Irish (315237009)
  • White Irish (185986006)
  • White Irish - ethnic category 2001 census (494161000000100)
  • White Irish - ethnic category 2001 census (494171000000107)
  • White Irish - ethnic category 2001 census (494181000000109)
  • White: English or Welsh or Scottish or Northern Irish or British - England and Wales ethnic category 2011 census (976631000000101)
  • White: English or Welsh or Scottish or Northern Irish or British - England and Wales ethnic category 2011 census (976641000000105)
  • White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller - England and Wales ethnic category 2011 census (976671000000104)
  • White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller - England and Wales ethnic category 2011 census (976681000000102)
  • White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller - Scotland ethnic category 2011 census (977971000000108)
  • White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller - Scotland ethnic category 2011 census (977981000000105)
  • White: Irish - England and Wales ethnic category 2011 census (976651000000108)
  • White: Irish - England and Wales ethnic category 2011 census (976661000000106)
  • White: Irish - Scotland ethnic category 2011 census (977951000000104)
  • White: Irish - Scotland ethnic category 2011 census (977961000000101)