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title: "6 Ireland Great Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [Ireland is a great country to die or be married in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-bowen/ireland-is-a-great-country-to-die-or-be-married-in/)

[Elizabeth Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-bowen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f47/elizabeth-bowen-1197_country_ireland-is-a-great-country-to-die-or-be_454975.png)

> [Northern Ireland as a whole is a great snooker country because of Alex Higgins and Dennis Taylor and now of course there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-white/northern-ireland-as-a-whole-is-a-great-snooker-country-because-of/)

[Jimmy White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-white/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c7/jimmy-white-6900_always_northern-ireland-as-a-whole-is-a-great-s_459841.jpg)

> [Ireland. Great for the spirit - very bad for the body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-dancy/ireland-great-for-the-spirit-very-bad-for-the-body/)

[Hugh Dancy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-dancy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/186/hugh-dancy-20398_body_ireland-great-for-the-spirit-very-bad-fo_1014437.png)

> [Ireland is a great place to be odd.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roisin-murphy/ireland-is-a-great-place-to-be-odd/)

[Roisin Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roisin-murphy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d06/roisin-murphy-4949_great_ireland-is-a-great-place-to-be-odd-15208_1520875.png)

> [Tony Blair has made a good contribution to the cause of peace in Ireland. He has made a great effort to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-mcguinness/tony-blair-has-made-a-good-contribution-to-the-cause-of-peace-in/)

[Martin McGuinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-mcguinness/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/martin-mcguinness-9531_conflict_tony-blair-has-made-a-good-contribution_2575777.jpg)

> [“Once he said to me in the height of his imperial propaganda, 'Tell those young men in Ireland that this great thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats/once-he-said-to-me-in-the-height-of-his-imperial-propaganda-tell/)

[W.B. Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-b-yeats/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/844/w-b-yeats-8179_ireland_once-he-said-to-me-in-the-height-of-his_3214887.jpg)

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