between 1983 and 2001, mistrustfulness increased markedly…

I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.

— Brian Eno

In Ireland there’s no such thing as bad weather ~~~ only the wrong clothes. (In the Company of Others)

— Jan Karon

I'm a massive Greggs fan! I never actually knew about Greggs when I lived over in Ireland but the minute I came over everyone…

— Maura Higgins

“The host is rushing 'twixt day and night, And where is there hope or deed as fair? Caoilte tossing his burning hair, And Niamh…

— W.B. Yeats

Home, for me, is with the people who I really love - whether that's in England with my family, Ireland with my relatives, or…

— Alice Merton

Ireland's always going to be my home, but so much is filmed in L.A., so you have to spend time out here.

— Sarah Bolger

The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to have only one child.…

— Ed Koch

I love playing in Ireland and I've had great support here, like I get everywhere.

— Jimmy White

The cause of Labour is the cause of Ireland, and the cause of Ireland is the cause of Labour

— James Connolly

“Do you know what Ireland is?' asked Stephen with cold violence. 'Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.”

— James Joyce

Ireland starts for me with the end of 'The Dead,' which my father read to me from his desk in his basement office in…

— John Jeremiah Sullivan

“Ireland is probably named the “Emerald Isle” because there are lots of precious stones found there, such as sapphires and rubies.”

— Jarod Kintz

In coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the differences of…

— John Hume

I nominate the Reverend Ian Paisley for the position of First Minister of northern Ireland

— Gerry Adams

They call them the haunted shores, these stretches of Devonshire and Cornwall and Ireland which rear up against the westward ocean. Mists gather here,…

— Dodie Smith