Many black people I know are proud of the Irish part of their heritage - an Irish grandparent, say - but they… — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
The Irish were treated horribly, even here in Boston. For example, in the late nineteenth century they were treated pretty much like… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Irish tory employers hid[e] their sweatshops behind orange flags, and Irish home rule landlords us[e] the green sunburst of Erin to cloak… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
I'm Irish and always will be, but America has taught me so much. Maybe it's here in the U.S. that we find… — Fionnula Flanagan Copy Share Image
I will never forget walking out on a Saturday night with Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne, household names who were opinionated and… — Louis Walsh Copy Share Image
I got makeup tests and hair tests for 'Versailles,' and the main thing they were obsessed with was that my hands were… — George Blagden Copy Share Image
Hopefully, I can build a house there with my dad so that he can retire there. That's what he wants and I… — Thomas Grennan Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, in the north and the south of Ireland, intolerant habits are part of the fabric of emotion, part of the identity… — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
My mother's father was from Sligo, and he used to say it was the hardest thing in the world to find a… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
I'm still an Irish republican; I absolutely believe in Irish unity and am working to achieve that. But over the course of… — Martin McGuinness Copy Share Image
American audiences are great. They get what I am doing, but as my band will tell you, nowhere tops the Irish audience.… — Imelda May Copy Share Image
I like that kind of weather. Constant drizzle. At the Olympic trials in 2012, my mom was, like, 'It's pouring rain out… — Mary Cain Copy Share Image
“Och, lass. Yer going to have to not do that.” Faolán exhaled. “Creeping up on a man is a dangerous thing, and… — Shannon MacLeod Copy Share Image
The Irish question is this: Do the Irish know the answer to everything? ... And the answer to that is that we… — Olivia Robertson Copy Share Image
“The Irish-Indians, who were of dark complexion, would many times claim to be Black Dutch or Black Irish and deny their rightful… — Rickey Butch Walker Copy Share Image
I've never put Northern Ireland into a novel because it's not my territory. I come from the South, so my imaginative territory… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
Dublin people think they are the center of the world and the center of Ireland. And they don't realize that people have… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I was attracted to black music for the same reason that I loved those old Irish ballads. Both were social statements of… — Michael McDonald Copy Share Image
'The Irish Duke' is a sequel to 'The Decadent Duke' about Lady Georgina Gordon who married the Duke of Bedford. 'The Irish… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
“...there was always hunger in Ireland. She was a country that liked to be hurt. The Irish heaped coals of fire upon… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“Capitalism has come, not only to serve Britain's purpose by keeping the people divided, but, by setting worker against worker, it has… — Michael Collins Copy Share Image
I lived in the Republic of Ireland. I wrote a book about the North but as an outsider. The hatreds there were… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
I believe in all of these Irish myths, like leprechauns. Not the pot of gold, not the Lucky Charms leprechauns. But maybe… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
I want to give Irish kids something to be proud of back home. I want to bring out a stronger image of… — Sheamus Copy Share Image
When I go home, I go to my house in the countryside. I don't hang out in Dublin. I go home to… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh, No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I, No harp like… — Thomas Campbell Copy Share Image
Yes, I am Irish and Indian, which would be the coolest blend in the world if my parents were around to teach… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I like the idea of people having romantic tendencies towards a place they don't know that well. I think it's great. Why… — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
It used to be the case that for an Irishman to come to the U.S. involved a perilous journey on a ship.… — Joseph O'Neill Copy Share Image
For myself, I always write about Dublin, because if I can get to the heart of Dublin I can get to the… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
I never thought about becoming a professional singer, but I am in touch with Bono about releasing a musical movie. It will… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
It is not known, now, for what length of time the Tuatha de Danaan had the sway over Ireland, and it is… — Lady Gregory Copy Share Image
Someone who is Irish can have a loyalty to Ireland. The problem is when you raise the subject of dual loyalty, many… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
The novel space is a pure space. I'm nobody once I go into that room. I'm not gay, I'm not bald, I'm… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
“Ivy slumped back against the cabinet doors. “What land have I fallen into?” Erin extended her arms wide. “Why a land filled… — Mary Morgan Copy Share Image
I know that many Irish-born New Yorkers are caught in the trap of our federal immigration policies. If we are going to… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
“I was born Katie O’Reilly,” she began. “Poor Irish, but proud of it. I boarded the Titanic at Queenstown as a third… — Jina Bacarr Copy Share Image
There are certain functions that a writer has to do. In a time of crisis, it is great to have heroic poems,… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
“ I fancy that the Irish language must have 57 different words for 'rain', in the same way that Inuit has for… — Stephen Price Copy Share Image
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