Identifies person of Irish descent possibly, performing yodel (5)
I believe the answer is:
doyle
'identifies person of irish descent' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'performing yodel' is the wordplay.
'performing' indicates an anagram (the letters move around or 'perform').
'yodel' anagrammed gives 'DOYLE'.
'possibly' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for doyle that I've seen before include "Detective writer" , "Arthur Conan --, novelist" , "A. Conan - - (writer)" , "Detective story perpetrator" , "Sir Arthur Conan -, author" .)