When Irish eyes are smiling, watch your step.

I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system.

— Mary Robinson

You know it is summer in Ireland when the rain gets warmer.

— Hal Roach

I think the genetics of being Irish are that you sort of prefer when it's rainy and cloudy. It's just genetic.

— Kate Flannery

“There's no sense to being Irish unless you know the world's going to break your heart.”

— Thomas Adcock

Why do we like being Irish? Partly because It gives us a hold on the sentimental English As members of a world that never…

— Louis MacNeice

This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever.

— Sigmund Freud

I find being Irish quite a wearing thing. It takes so much work because it is a social construction. People think you are going…

— Anne Enright

I'm Irish and very proud of being Irish, but as an actor, your extraction should be secondary, really. You should be able to embody…

— Cillian Murphy

St. Patrick... one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all…

— Charles Madigan

Ireland is a fruitful mother of genius, but a barren nurse.

— John Boyle O'Reilly

In heaven there is no beer. That's why we drink ours here.

— Frank Yankovic

Sheep are not considered the most intelligent animals but British scientist say humans may have underestimated the woolly creatures. In fact, the British scientific…

— Jon Stewart

When I die, I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin. I wonder…

— J. P. Donleavy

God invented whiskey to keep the Irish from ruling the world.

— Ed McMahon

What's the use of being Irish if you can't be thick?

— Billy Conn