“...I live in Ireland every day in a drizzly dream of a Dublin walk...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
Save the trees of Ireland for the future men of Ireland on the fair hills of Eire, O. — James Joyce Copy Share Image
I cannot shy away from controversy. I don't know if it's my Irish blood, but I love it. — Gina McCarthy Copy Share Image
If you're Irish, it doesn't matter where you go - you'll find family. — Victoria Smurfit Copy Share Image
“75% of Irish people wish they were 76%. The other 25% wish they were 24%. ” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I'm Irish, working for a Spanish brand, owned by a French company. — Jonathan Anderson Copy Share Image
It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish Nation. — Thomas Davis Copy Share Image
There is an Irish way of paying compliments as though they were irresistible truths which makes what would otherwise be an impertinence… — Katharine Tynan Copy Share Image
Making it [St. Patrick's Day] a great day for the Irish, but just an ok day if you're looking for a quiet… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
“Irish. I should have known it. Such a gift of gab you’ve got, and all the charm in the world.” — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I love flying the flag for Irish designers like Joanne Hynes, Simone Rocha, Natalie B Coleman, Lennon Courtney and Helen Steele. — Laura Whitmore Copy Share Image
“Why would she do that?" "Because she's a Yankee - a Maine Yankee, the worst kind. On a given day, they can… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
My ancestors came from Co Roscommon, transported to Van Diemen's Land for stealing food. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
Clericalism has rendered some of Ireland's brightest, most privileged and powerful men either unwilling or unable to address the horrors cited in… — Enda Kenny Copy Share Image
“There are only two types of people in Ireland... Those who watch The Late Late Show. And there are those who have… — David Walsh Copy Share Image
My middle name is Nicole. It's so weird because my mom is from El Salvador, but my sisters and I have Irish… — Christy Turlington Copy Share Image
I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions...… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I feel more Irish than English. I feel freer than British, more visceral, with a love of language. Shot through with fire… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
Both the U.K. and the E.U. have made a sincere commitment to the people of Northern Ireland: there will be no hard… — David Lidington Copy Share Image
“It’s like an Irish family. They fight like hell among themselves. They want nothing to do with each other. But you throw… — Laurence Gonzales Copy Share Image
“One of my colleagues in the Senate, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, once made this simple but profound observation about us Irish: “To fail… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
My mum and my husband are from Irish backgrounds so we have a lot of potatoes. Chips, mashed, boiled, new potatoes, I… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
“Irish-looking,' Halley said, by which she meant a collection of indistinct features - pale skin, mousy hair, general air of ill-health -… — Paul Murray Copy Share Image
My dad's half-Lebanese, my mom is full Lebanese. I'm three-quarters Lebanese. Irish-Lebanese. — Tom Shadyac 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
Irish mythology is gorgeous, and so are the fairies, but they are very misrepresented in the U.K. They are not little creatures… — Kate Thompson 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
I basically have the diet of a 19th-century Irish navy, apart from the litre of stout a day. It's meat and potatoes… — Daniel Radcliffe 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
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
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
U2 and Sinead O'Connor - I haven't a clue why we're compared to them. Apart from us all being Irish, we've nothing… — Dolores O'Riordan Copy Share Image
I come from a big Irish family who force-fed me as a kid, so not eating was never an option. — Kate Nash Copy Share Image
They don't like anyone who isn't Korean, and they don't like each other all that much, either. They're hardheaded, hard-drinking, tough little… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Well, I couldn't speak English before I went to Belfast. So I learned English with a Northern Irish accent. — Katie Melua Copy Share Image
My last name is originally Irish. I'm not exactly sure whereabouts it's from, but I've got family branches that were traced back… — Matthew McConaughey 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