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
Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy. — Fiona Shaw Copy Share Image
I'm Irish. That means I'm Catholic. But, truth is, now I'm a retired Christian. — Peter O'Toole 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
I love flying the flag for Irish designers like Joanne Hynes, Simone Rocha, Natalie B Coleman, Lennon Courtney and Helen Steele. — Laura Whitmore Copy Share Image
“Why would she do that?" "Because she's a Yankee - a Maine Yankee, the worst kind. On a given day, they can… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Trash talk? Smack talk? This is an American term that makes me laugh. I simply speak the truth. I'm an Irish man. — Conor McGregor Copy Share Image
I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting. — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
I have a bit of a love affair with fairy tales and some of the ideas of Irish mythology, like Oscar Wilde… — Hozier Copy Share Image
The Irish didn't read and write for a couple of thousand years, and I think we developed good memories and recall. We… — Kevin Starr Copy Share Image
“Boxers, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers.” — Irish" Wayne Kelly Copy Share Image
I suppose British people generally, probably have very stereotypical notions about the Irish that go back to Victorian times. — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
My mother was Irish; she had this great sense of humor, and both my parents loved films. There was a very vibrant… — Martin Donovan Copy Share Image
The English playwrights of the '50s and '60s didn't really keep writing or getting produced, while the Irish did. There's encouragement for… — Garry Hynes Copy Share Image
“Pride should be reserved for something you achieve or obtain on your own, not something that happens by accident of birth. Being… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
In Manhasset you were either Yankees or Mets, rich or poor, sober or drunk...You were 'Gaelic' or 'garlic," as one schoolmate told… — J. R. Moehringer Copy Share Image
I knew I had that Cajun heritage, that Acadian heritage; I just feel it. And my gut says Irish on the other… — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
We Irish prefer embroideries to plain cloth. To us Irish, memory is a canvas--stretched, primed, and ready for painting on. We love… — Frank Delaney Copy Share Image
Although the Irish language is connected with the many recollections that twine around the hearts of Irishmen, yet the superior utility of… — Daniel O'Connell Copy Share Image
Even if I did speak Irish, I’d always be considered an outsider here, wouldn’t I? I may learn the password but the… — Brian Friel Copy Share Image
“Chance and Destiny have between them woven two-thirds of all history, and of the history of Ireland wellnigh the whole. The literature… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
“Those institutions—the so-called “industrial schools,” orphanages and “Magdalene” laundries—were run by certain religious orders in Ireland for the better part of a… — Christina McKenna Copy Share Image
I realized I was growing up or something like that. You have responsibilities...you've got to think about getting your act together. I… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
“She let her mind drift, thinking about new lingerie designs, wishing she'd brought along her sketchpad. Inspiration could strike at the most… — Heather Barbieri Copy Share Image
I could have wealth beyond my dreams, but where is the joy in that? And I could travel the seven seas, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“McGahern still lives on and works a farm in Leitrim, and friends say that even though he has held high profile academic… — John McGahern Copy Share Image
“A city built upon mud; A culture built upon profit; Free speech nipped in the bud, The minority always guilty. Why should… — Louis MacNeice Copy Share Image
Not to Learn Irish is to miss the opportunity of understanding what life in this country has meant and could mean in… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
