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Celtic tiger
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Proper noun
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en Celtic Tiger
en-GB Emer McHugh The emblem of modern Ireland? Not fiddles and Guinness but a soulless shopping plaza The Guardian 2025-08-25 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/25/the-emblem-of-modern-ireland-not-fiddles-and-guinness-but-a-soulless-shopping-plaza 0261-3077 “Meet me behind the mall,” Taylor Swift once sang, with all of the American mystique that carries, but for Irish people, there is something distinctly soulless about an out-of-town shopping precinct in the post-recession era. It represents the hubris and corruption of the Celtic tiger bubble, and the struggles faced by Irish people in the years since it burst