I think the Northern Ireland accent is one of the most beautiful in the world. — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
I'm an Irish-American, and I grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood. — William Devane Copy Share Image
There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. — John Millington Synge Copy Share Image
I'm from Salford, and I don't have any immediate Irish connection. — Tom Glynn-Carney Copy Share Image
My blue-grey Irish eyes are from my grandfather, who was a travelling tinker. — David Essex Copy Share Image
I kick myself that I don't speak Irish. Ah, man, I'd love to. I am going to learn. — Barry Keoghan Copy Share Image
English, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish football gains so much from being in Europe. Clubs and fans all benefit from European action,… — Karren Brady Copy Share Image
I don't buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
To make a career as an Irish actor, generally it's the case that you move to London. When you make that move,… — Aidan Turner Copy Share Image
That's the Irish all over -- they treat a joke as a serious thing and a serious thing as a joke. — Sean O'Casey Copy Share Image
In the country places of Ireland, writing is held in certain awe: a writer was a dangerous man from whom they instinctively… — Patrick Kavanagh Copy Share Image
I bought a flat in Camden when I was 26, which I was extremely lucky to do. I think it's an Irish… — Laura Whitmore Copy Share Image
If you could drink dreams like the Irish streams Then the world would be high as the mountain of morn In the… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Ah, Ireland... That damnable, delightful country, where everything that is right is the opposite of what it ought to be. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions...… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
My middle name is Nicole. It's so weird because my mom is from El Salvador, but my sisters and I have Irish… — Christy Turlington Copy Share Image
I feel more Irish than English. I feel freer than British, more visceral, with a love of language. Shot through with fire… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
Both the U.K. and the E.U. have made a sincere commitment to the people of Northern Ireland: there will be no hard… — David Lidington Copy Share Image
Learn what not to expect. Irish catholic they get sh**** little rings. Irish women get crappy rings. Baptist get the worst because… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
“A ógánaigh... ná bris an ghloine ghlan 'tá eadrainn (ní bhristear gloine gan fuil is pian) óir tá Neamh nó Ifreann thall… — Caitlín Maude Copy Share Image
I was a huge fan of J. Courtney Sullivan's novel 'Maine,' and like that novel, 'Saint' is a family saga set in… — Elin Hilderbrand Copy Share Image
I don't really go around feeling very Irish at all. I don't go to Irish pubs. I've lived so many places, and… — Stuart Townsend Copy Share Image
“Lunch looks grand, Meg. You’ve really outdone yourself,” James commented, loading his plate. He frowned down at an escaping carrot extending precariously… — Shannon MacLeod Copy Share Image
Those who came to the United States didn't realize they were white until they got here. They were told they were white.… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“I still don't know why we didn't hire a car to get around Ireland." "When I was a kid, I always dreamed… — Nina Bangs Copy Share Image
“Americans may say they love our accents (I have been accused of sounding 'like Princess Di') but the more thoughtful ones resent… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share Image
“For the Irish, life is a matter of perpetual grievance. We remember the Famine, but forget the Draft Riots. We seal off… — Mary Gordon Copy Share Image
Dublin ... is not only the capital of a nation, but the capital of an idea. The idea of Irishness is not… — Jan Morris Copy Share Image
“XXVIII Why the Irish Drink Leaves talking to one another in the summer breeze Stands of grass caught in floods of spring… — Michael Bee Copy Share Image
“The Irish were regarded as shiftless and drunken; moreover, they were papists, and their fealty to Rome, it was said, meant they… — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr Copy Share Image
