A wife bears six or so children- husband then deserts them.
My cousin Eileen and her brood were surprised to learn they had become the unfortunate subjects of an Irish divorce.
by Emmett Everett McWhorter August 4, 2006
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When you and your spouse over time start leading completely separate lives and sleeping in different rooms, but don't divorce because you're Irish Catholics
"I saw Paddy going home from the bar with Eileen McGregor the other night."

"I thought Paddy was married to Siobhan O'Malley?"

"He is, but they had an Irish Divorce."
by tiocfaidharla38 January 5, 2017
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