Celtic Tiger English

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What does Celtic Tiger mean?

Celtic Tiger properNoun

— (economics) The economy of the Republic of Ireland from the mid-1990s to the late-2000s, a period of rapid real economic growth fuelled by foreign direct investment.

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The hubris of the Celtic Tiger years is a distant memory, owing to the worst recession in Ireland's history as an independent state.