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Irish island where drinks are on the house? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

innisfree

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'irish island' is the definition.
'innisfree' can be an answer for 'island' (Irish island). I'm unsure of the 'irish' bit.

'drinks are on the house?' is the wordplay.
'drinks are' becomes 'innis' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on the house?' becomes 'free' (something on the house is given away free).
'innis'+'free'='INNISFREE'

'where' is the link.

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(Other definitions for innisfree that I've seen before include "Island" , "The Lake Isle of --, (W. B. Yeats)" , "` `I will arise and go now / and go to .........' ' (Yeats)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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