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Irish fare well finally after firm shot (9)

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I believe the answer is:

colcannon

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'irish fare' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'well finally after firm shot' is the wordplay.
'finally' says to take the final letters.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'firm' becomes 'co' (a firm is a company).
'shot' becomes 'cannon' (cannon is a kind of shot).
The final letter of 'well' is 'l'.
'l' put after 'co' is 'col'.
'col'+'cannon'='COLCANNON'

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(Other definitions for colcannon that I've seen before include "Irish cabbage, potato dish" , "Food for Irish" , "Vegetarian dish for 19 [PADRAIC]" , "plate for Seamus?" , "fed to the Irish?" .)

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