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
I absolutely love Ireland. It's one of the most beautiful places on Earth, and I have strong ties here. Both my grandmothers… — Emily Ratajkowski Copy Share Image
The United States' poetry emerged when there was a high literacy rate in the United States, even in the 19th century. People… — Eavan Boland Copy Share Image
“She drank in the sight of him, the power, the virility, the sheer sexiness. She knew just how well those lips of… — Donna Grant Copy Share Image
Whenever I dream of playing a perfect round of golf, which I rarely do more than a dozen times a day, I… — Henry Beard Copy Share Image
“I am a contradictory creature, I think," Alainn continued, "for the witch and druid in me can create fire, the fairy in… — Leigh Ann Edwards Copy Share Image
I would like to break out of this "dark, brooding" image, cause I'm actually not like that at all. In Ireland, brooding… — Gabriel Byrne Copy Share Image
The Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg and others, exactly. We have to take a close look at their tax regimes, particularly if we want… — Wolfgang Kubicki Copy Share Image
I mean I grew up in Ireland, so one would have to be consciously blinkered not to have reflected on the issue… — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A Canada-style deal for the whole of the UK results in a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.… — David Gauke 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
They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in my heart. The day… — Bobby Sands Copy Share Image
My father was the orphaned son of immigrants to the United States from Ireland. My father never knew his parents. His mother… — George J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
A number of very good managers have done well to lead Ireland to tournaments - Jack Charlton, Mick McCarthy, Giovanni Trapattoni -… — Martin O'Neill Copy Share Image
There is more talent per square metre in Ireland than there is anywhere else. We just don't harness or help them ...… — Louis Walsh Copy Share Image
In Ireland, novels and plays still have a strange force. The writing of fiction and the creation of theatrical images can affect… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
I grew up in Ireland, and the ocean was never more than an arm's length away. As lovely as the mountains are… — Roma Downey Copy Share Image
“The children looked like remnants of themselves. Spectral. Some were naked to the waist.Many of them had sores on their faces. None… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to… — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
I was raised as a Catholic. I went to a Jesuit school - obviously, being from Ireland, was brought up in quite… — Jack Reynor Copy Share Image
Ireland is such a young society. The British were the ruling class up until they left about a hundred years ago, and… — Tana French Copy Share Image
“You may have noticed there are three things an Irishman always puts his soul in: his religion, his sports, and his politics.… — Mary Deasy Copy Share Image
When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
When people are faced with a choice between the Northern Ireland they have got and the perfect Northern Ireland, they complain. But… — John Reid Copy Share Image
I'm really not big on nationalism, to be honest with you. I really don't think it gets people anywhere except near a… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
Ireland was an idyllic place for us as children. We had all these cousins and all this green countryside. Given what I've… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
I mean Ireland, in all honesty I owe Ireland a lot because I think, and I'm not just saying this flippantly, Ireland… — John Bishop Copy Share Image
I always loved my mother, felt loved, but she was judgmental. Her father in Ireland didn't approve of women generally, and she… — Julie Walters Copy Share Image
The re-establishment of a hard border on the island of Ireland would be a step backwards and present an opportunity for others,… — Enda Kenny Copy Share Image
When I was a senior in high school, I went to Ireland to study Irish Gaelic. And after one semester at Trinity… — Rosemary Mahoney Copy Share Image
There's a certain status to suffering in Ireland, that the person who - if you're sitting around a table, the person with… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
In Ireland here, the Revenue Commission have always been completely independent of the state since 1923, and they are quite adamant and… — Enda Kenny Copy Share Image
We must encourage energy conservation and sustainable development. Young people are the ones who are most environmentally conscious in Ireland, so that… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
My father was a creature of the archaic world, really. He would have been entirely at home in a Gaelic hill-fort. His… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
Many nations use language simply to convey information, but it's different in Ireland. With most conversational exchanges you get an 'added extra'… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
Many of the Victorian and Edwardian activists who campaigned for Irish home rule, for instance, also wanted what they called 'home rule… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
I was born in the island of Ireland. I have Irish traits in me - we don't all have the traits of… — Ian Paisley Copy Share Image
My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
