随后出现的“凯尔特之虎”奇迹，使爱尔兰在短时间内一跃成为欧盟第二富裕之国。

Then came the miracle of the “Celtic Tiger”, which briefly made Ireland the second-richest country in the European Union.

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随后出现的“凯尔特之虎”奇迹，使爱尔兰在短时间内一跃成为欧盟第二富裕之国。

Then came the miracle of the "Celtic Tiger", which briefly made Ireland the second-richest country in the European Union.

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但是就如一位爱尔兰经济学家所认为，‘凯尔特之虎’这个时候已经是后继乏力了。

But as one Irish economist notes, the Celtic Tiger had already vanished.

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