I kick myself that I don't speak Irish. Ah, man, I'd love to. I am going to learn. — Barry Keoghan Copy Share Image
Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother. — Boyle Roche Copy Share Image
I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true. — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
“It’s simply this: the Irish kiss, a snog o’ bliss, be blessed luck from any miss.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Lot of Irish in Mexico. The Mexican name, Obregon? It comes from O’Brien.” — John Sandford Copy Share Image
I'm 100% Celt. In fact, I'm directly related to the progenitor of the high kings of Ireland, Niall of the Nine Hostages. — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
I see myself as part English and part American, with a dash of Irish thrown in, and a pinch of Italian from… — Allegra Huston Copy Share Image
I'm one hundred percent Irish, and I'm very proud that I'm Irish American, though I don't know exactly where my ancestors came… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
A city built upon mud; A culture built upon profit; Free speech nipped in the bud, The minority always guilty. Why should… — Louis MacNeice Copy Share Image
It's a complicated relationship with the place one grows up in, particularly if it's Northern Ireland. — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
I grew up my whole life in Ireland and obviously sound very, very Irish. I feel like it's just one of those… — Saoirse Ronan Copy Share Image
It's just very homey in Ireland. It's very comforting and comfortable. There's lots of fireplaces with fires. It's just really cozy. — Amy Adams Copy Share Image
The Irish have a flair for wringing from death the last drop of emotion and they do not quite understand those who… — Dervla Murphy Copy Share Image
“Now, Benny was no eejit. He wasn't expecting the Tunisian nationals to be Irish. What he did expect was darkish people with… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
I'm just a true Irish boy at heart. I'm just myself, I stick by my guns and I treat people the way… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I despised Irishness. I felt our music, our television and our books were just poor imitations of… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
One of the problems that comes up time and time again seems to be this notion of being 'pure' Irish. If you… — Ian McElhinney Copy Share Image
It was a chance encounter with a biotech entrepreneur from Ireland that got me started as an entrepreneur in India, because I… — Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Copy Share Image
My brother and I were born in an Irish county called Tipperary. We were both very math- and science-inclined in high school.… — John Collison Copy Share Image
Irish folk is probably the biggest influence musically that I've ever had. My mother's Irish. And when I was very young, both… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
I said that when I looked at photographs of the firefighters who went into the Twin Towers, their faces looked to me… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
“Chance and Destiny have between them woven two-thirds of all history, and of the history of Ireland wellnigh the whole. The literature… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
“Those institutions—the so-called “industrial schools,” orphanages and “Magdalene” laundries—were run by certain religious orders in Ireland for the better part of a… — Christina McKenna Copy Share Image
“McGahern still lives on and works a farm in Leitrim, and friends say that even though he has held high profile academic… — John McGahern Copy Share Image
“A city built upon mud; A culture built upon profit; Free speech nipped in the bud, The minority always guilty. Why should… — Louis MacNeice Copy Share Image
Not to Learn Irish is to miss the opportunity of understanding what life in this country has meant and could mean in… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
“She let her mind drift, thinking about new lingerie designs, wishing she'd brought along her sketchpad. Inspiration could strike at the most… — Heather Barbieri Copy Share Image
I could have wealth beyond my dreams, but where is the joy in that? And I could travel the seven seas, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
