You can have Irish identity in the north and also have your Irish passport. — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
I grew up in Ireland, and there were so many things we believed in. — Caitriona Balfe Copy Share Image
“Both my parents were Irish, and the Irish word for “suntan” is “burn.” — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
The English treatment of the Irish was appalling. It was absolutely appalling. — Perdita Weeks Copy Share Image
You have the most amazing Irish actors. Cillian on 'Peaky Blinders.' And the most amazing actress. — Adrian Dunbar Copy Share Image
“For everyone knew Fiachnae would rise again, it’s what the Irish did, and mac Báetáin was cannier than most.” — Nicola Griffith Copy Share Image
the Irish ... are full of the fear of the Lord and the joy of living, and they don't know how to… — Mercedes McCambridge Copy Share Image
I go to Spain a lot, in winter, for a blast of sunlight to banish the blues brought on by the Irish… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
In this context the British and Irish governments will have to promote a new, imaginative and dynamic alternative in which both governments… — Gerry Adams Copy Share Image
I've been canyoning, snorkelled a shipwreck, and learnt to Irish dance, all in the same week. — Ashley Roberts Copy Share Image
“Declan Kiberd: Irish writers were an early warning system about abuse Artists played a vital role in the State's formation and since… — Declan Kiberd Copy Share Image
The Italian tough guys, dey talk real deep like dis down in dere chests... while the Irish speak way high-ah, up here… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
“Fookin' Irish, they're a race of political masochists, they love their fookin' chiefs and princes an' a strong hand belting. It's like… — Gwyneth Jones Copy Share Image
Years later, when I was working as a trolley wally in a supermarket, I tackled the boredom by talking to the customers… — Romesh Ranganathan Copy Share Image
When Coach Mike Brey at Notre Dame was recruiting me, he was like, 'There will be Irish on the front of the… — Pat Connaughton Copy Share Image
My father was sick when I was little, and we had a woman, a nanny-type, who was from Ireland. Her daughter was… — Annie Wersching Copy Share Image
Today, Church policy in Ireland is to report allegations of abuse to the civil authorities. It recognises the Gardai and H.S.E. as… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
“Irish people will tell you that, because of their sad history of dispossession, owning a home is not just a way to… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
I think it's best for me to kind of just plough on doing whatever interests me, just following my own whims, because… — Sally Rooney Copy Share Image
Irish writing is so strong that it can feel like the country has all been covered, but in fact, there are so… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
“Just try and think of me as an Irish Batman, and you'll be all right.” — C.M. Stunich Copy Share Image
“Surely there’s no need to abandon one’s reason simply because one is in Ireland.” — J.G. Farrell Copy Share Image
I come from an Irish Catholic family, and hell-raising is part of the DNA. — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
Ireland is where strange tales begin and happy endings are possible. — Charles Haughey Copy Share Image
Sir Patrick Rackrent lived and died a monument of old Irish hospitality. — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
[On the Irish:] Strange race ... Don't know what they want, but want it like the devil. — Mary Roberts Rinehart Copy Share Image
I make a mean Irish soda bread every Christmas and give it out to friends and family. — Matt Walsh Copy Share Image
“...to be Irish is to know the world will break your heart before you are thirty.” — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
The Irish and British, they love satire, it's a large part of the culture. — Ben Nicholson Copy Share Image