“Oh, there’s nothing worse than those damned, Pope-kissing, potato-sucking Irish.” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I'm a history buff, so I've been reading lots of books on Irish and American history. — Sheamus Copy Share Image
Don't talk about a rope in the house of someone whose father was hung. — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
“By now, he was also a 'Protestant Atheist', which he remained all his life.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting. — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
I have a bit of a love affair with fairy tales and some of the ideas of Irish mythology, like Oscar Wilde… — Hozier Copy Share Image
The Irish didn't read and write for a couple of thousand years, and I think we developed good memories and recall. We… — Kevin Starr Copy Share Image
The Irish and Russian communities are huge in New York, so this is truly one of the only places where I can… — Artem Lobov Copy Share Image
I suppose British people generally, probably have very stereotypical notions about the Irish that go back to Victorian times. — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
“Boxers, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers.” — Irish" Wayne Kelly Copy Share Image
I try to attack all races and creeds, except the Irish. Clearly they are closest to the angels and don't deserve abuse.… — Michael O'Donoghue Copy Share Image
Extraordinary scenes there at the end. I think some of the crowd chanting 'Italy! Italy!' were actually Irish. — Tom McGurk 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
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
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
“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
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
My father was totally Irish, and so I went to Ireland once. I found it to be very much like New York,… — James Cagney Copy Share Image
Learn what not to expect. Irish catholic they get sh**** little rings. Irish women get crappy rings. Baptist get the worst because… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
We Irish will never achieve anything; but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I grew up in a big, blended Irish Catholic family just outside of Los Angeles. — Peggy Johnson Copy Share Image
The Irish don't know what they want and are prepared to fight to the death to get it. — Sidney Littlewood Copy Share Image
I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom. — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
“Do you ever feel that everything would be okay, if only you had an Irish accent?” — Graham Parke Copy Share Image
The Irish are the damnedest race. They put so much emphasis on so many wrong things. — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
