The Irish love to praise those brought up gentle (7)
I believe the answer is:
gradual
'gentle' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'the irish love to praise' is the wordplay.
'the irish love' becomes 'gra' (I've seen this in another clue).
'to praise' becomes 'dual' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'gra'+'dual'='GRADUAL'
'those brought up' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gradual that I've seen before include "Progressing slowly" , "Advancing slowly" , "Proceeding in small stages" , "Taking place by degrees, not sudden" , "Continuous" .)