Northern ireland Quotes · Page 3

I was one of the many kids in Northern Ireland who grew up in the countryside and had an idyllic childhood well…

— James Nesbitt

'Game of Thrones' was a game-changer for Northern Ireland. There's going to be a massive gap when it goes.

— Kristian Nairn

I'm involved in Northern Ireland Screen and have been for a long time, so I keep my eyes open and ears to…

— Kenneth Branagh

A day like today is not a day for soundbites, really. But I feel the hand of history upon our shoulders. I…

— Tony Blair

We used to spend a lot of time as kids in Northern Ireland, on the border and in southern Ireland as well.

— Leo Sayer

We dont vote in Northern Ireland for what we want, we vote against what we dont want.

— David

Barney was interested in bringing professional boxing back to Northern Ireland in a big way.

— Barry McGuigan

I believe that Northern Ireland has come to a time of peace, a time when hate will no longer rule.

— Ian Paisley

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

I'm far from believing that we've solved the problem of violence in the 20th century and that's why I'm not discouraged that…

— Pierre Trudeau

On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we…

— Kate Adie

My sights have always been on acting, on the creative process, never the lifestyle. Growing up in Northern Ireland when I did,…

— Colin Morgan

My parents were Northern Ireland Labour party people. We read the 'Guardian' and the 'New Statesman,' listened to the BBC. The house…

— Tom Paulin

While the E.U. Withdrawal Act ensures that Brexit will work for all the devolved nations and our U.K. devolution settlements, the special…

— David Lidington

I would say that something important for me and for my generation in Northern Ireland was the 1947 Education Act, which allowed…

— Seamus Heaney

It... is the best opportunity we've had in the last 25 years to bring about a settlement in Northern Ireland, and I…

— Dick Spring

I hope the unionist parties, for example, who would be keen to protect and preserve the Union would see that it's much…

— Leo Varadkar

After the allied victory of 1918, at the end of my father's war, the victors divided up the lands of their former…

— Robert Fisk

I felt when I was elected that the most important task on this island [Ireland] was to extend the hand of friendship…

— Mary Robinson

I know it feels like two steps forward and one step back, but we are making progress. In my lifetime, I have…

— Patrick Stewart

Ireland and its people have much to be proud of. Yet every land and its people have moments of shame. Dealing with…

— Sean Brady

When I was growing up, Belfast City Hall was surrounded by security, and we had no access to it. But now, people…

— James Nesbitt

“He’d known they would bring her in, sooner or later. People with a command of the languages in that part of the…

— Stephen England

I served 18 months in Northern Ireland and that was very scary. I remember when we were told do you want the…

— Nigel Benn

I believe that the Union Flag should change now to reflect the four nations of the United Kingdom - England, Scotland, Northern…

— Ian Lucas

Queen's University flies the flag for the arts in Northern Ireland and beyond.

— Liam Neeson

... in Northern Ireland, if you don't have basic Christianity, rather than merely religion, all you get out of the experience of…

— Bernadette Devlin

It was easy for some to jump on the Brexit result and use it to make a land-grab for Northern Ireland, and…

— Leo Varadkar

It's obviously a huge honour to score your first goal for Northern Ireland and it's a special moment for me.

— Stuart Dallas

That's football, Mike, Northern Ireland have had several chances and haven't scored but England have had no chances and scored twice.

— Trevor Brooking

In Northern Ireland, I truly, effortlessly, knew who I was. I knew where I belonged. I felt completely and utterly secure.

— Kenneth Branagh

Northern Ireland is the world’s best kept secret, both in the character of its people and its scenery.

— Liam Neeson

I grew up in Northern Ireland, didn't have a lot of money and getting over to Glasgow to watch a game was…

— Kyle Lafferty

“If peace came it would have to do so when there had been time to allow the hatred to grow out of…

— Sara Sheridan

I loved my time growing up in Northern Ireland doing youth drama, that is where it all began for me.

— James Nesbitt

Northern Ireland is part of Ireland, not Britain, as can clearly be seen from aerial photographs.

— Jeremy Hardy

But if I ever fight in Northern Ireland again, I want it to be at Windsor Park.

— Carl Frampton

We are the Conservative and Unionist party. No Conservative would do anything to harm the union, and that crucially includes Northern Ireland.

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

Much is said about English severity, but not a word about Irish provocation.

— Robert Peel

The reality is that no Brexit deal can be achieved if Northern Ireland is never allowed to leave the Customs Union.

— Penny Mordaunt