The part which American friendship played in helping us to win the freedom we enjoy in this part of Ireland has been… — Eamon de Valera Copy Share Image
The Irish question is this: Do the Irish know the answer to everything? ... And the answer to that is that we… — Olivia Robertson Copy Share Image
My grandfather was from outside of Moscow, and my grandmother, although some of her family were French, was from Odessa. They met… — Alexis Denisof Copy Share Image
Many times man lives and dies Betweeen his two eternities, That of race and that of soul, And ancient Ireland knew it… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Pomegranate Soup is glorious, daring and delightful. I adored the Iranian sisters, Marjan, Bahar and Layla, who are looking to build a… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
Northern Ireland as a whole is a great snooker country because of Alex Higgins and Dennis Taylor and now of course there… — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
I've never put Northern Ireland into a novel because it's not my territory. I come from the South, so my imaginative territory… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
In an environment where everybody's jersey is up for grabs, like what Joe Schmidt is currently doing with Ireland in rugby, a… — Brian Cody Copy Share Image
Dublin people think they are the center of the world and the center of Ireland. And they don't realize that people have… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
Failure to curb temperature increases will impact all countries, Ireland included, but with the most immediate and drastic effects being felt, in… — Enda Kenny Copy Share Image
We, at least, are not loyal men: we confess to having more respect and honour for the raggedest child of the poorest… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
We played a festival in Ireland once, and in the middle of 'New Slang,' the Scissor Sisters kicked in across the field… — James Mercer Copy Share Image
I like the idea of people having romantic tendencies towards a place they don't know that well. I think it's great. Why… — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
We all have views on what our Irishness means to us. Two members of the band were born in England and were… — Larry Mullen, Jr Copy Share Image
Going through secondary school in Ireland, everyone's like, 'What are you gonna do when you finish school? Go to college? Study business?… — Finn Balor Copy Share Image
It used to be the case that for an Irishman to come to the U.S. involved a perilous journey on a ship.… — Joseph O'Neill Copy Share Image
I was living in Britain and then America, but it wasn't until I returned to live in Ireland in the late '70s… — Ian McElhinney Copy Share Image
It is not known, now, for what length of time the Tuatha de Danaan had the sway over Ireland, and it is… — Lady Gregory Copy Share Image
Someone who is Irish can have a loyalty to Ireland. The problem is when you raise the subject of dual loyalty, many… — John Mearsheimer Copy Share Image
My family influenced me very deeply because my dad came from a musical background, from the hillbilly music part of it, and… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
I played in rock bands in college and then right out of college I moved over to Europe and lived in Ireland… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I hope that at the end of the seven years, people will say that I have been of some inspirational value to… — Michael D. Higgins Copy Share Image
My father is from Newark in Nottinghamshire and my mother is from the very north of Ireland. They've ended up in Scotland,… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
I want to give Irish kids something to be proud of back home. I want to bring out a stronger image of… — Sheamus Copy Share Image
Packing is important because a lot of times I have to go places where I have to be in four different climates… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I mean, I was nominated McDonald's All-American, top 100 basketball players in the U.S. I played professionally for one year in Ireland.… — RaMell Ross Copy Share Image
“So does nobody care about Ireland?" "Nobody. Neither King Louis, nor King Billie, nor King James." He nodded thoughtfully. "The fate of… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
Brexit is not ideal. I'm famously not a Brexit negotiator, but relations between Ireland and the U.K. have been getting stronger, and… — Aisling Bea Copy Share Image
The fact is, I've always felt more British than Irish. Maybe it was the way I was brought up, I don't know,… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
It is in that English Parliament the chains for Ireland are forged, and any Irish patriot who goes into that forge to… — Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Copy Share Image
Membership in the European Community, now the European Union, has helped Ireland to take its place as a European country with all… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
In the 19th century, we didn't much like the loud annexationist voices south of the border or American support for Sinn Fein… — Margaret MacMillan Copy Share Image
I know that many Irish-born New Yorkers are caught in the trap of our federal immigration policies. If we are going to… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
My first record was made in Termonfeckin, which is a small town on the north-east coast of Ireland. I had been in… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
“I was born Katie O’Reilly,” she began. “Poor Irish, but proud of it. I boarded the Titanic at Queenstown as a third… — Jina Bacarr Copy Share Image
After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality… The spirit of nationality… — George William Russell Copy Share Image
Iceland, though it lies so far to the north that it is partly within the Arctic Circle, is, like Norway, Scotland, and… — Harry Johnston Copy Share Image
Unfortunately in my case, because of what I do for living, here in Ireland is very hard for me to find a… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
Nationalism must now be added to the refuse pile of superstitions. We are now citizens of the world, and the man who… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
We don't know what is going to happen with Brexit, it's not going to be good for the North anyway whatever happens.… — Adrian Dunbar Copy Share Image
