1 noun situationfuadar masc1 c m uliútar éatar c m urírá masc4 c m uruaille buaille c m ushe found herself at the centre of a political maelstromtharla i lár rírá polaitiúil í2 noun NAUTmaelstrom masc1coire guairdillcoire guairneáincuilithe ghuairneáinwe were caught in a maelstromrug maelstrom orainn, rugadh orainn i gcoire guairneáin