We made our Moriarty very different to [Conan] Doyle's. He's Irish, and he brings all his charm, his twinkle and his humor… — Mark Gatiss Copy Share Image
The last dog I had was an Irish wolfhound - now that is a dog. Rather spoils a person for a lesser… — Laurie R. King Copy Share Image
Ireland has always been a nation of great athletes from the past: in the nineties, we had Sonia O'Sullivan and Steve Collins. — Finn Balor Copy Share Image
With such riches as I have in life, you're always nervous. Being Irish, you're waiting for something to knock it sideways. — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
I am half Scottish. My father is an expat from Glasgow, and on my mother's side there's a bit of French, a… — Adelaide Kane Copy Share Image
I'm from an Irish family and, even though I grew up in 80s London, I spent a lot of my childhood in… — Roisin Conaty Copy Share Image
As a working-class boy, golf was never really on my radar, and when I was growing up, Irish football was my sporting… — Ronan Keating Copy Share Image
I'm from outside of Boston, and in Boston, people are so passionate about their Irishness. — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
The truth is that I am in love with Dublin. I think it is the most beautiful town that I have ever… — George A. Moore Copy Share Image
Protestants attacked Catholics during the 1844 Nativist riots in Philadelphia. Guess what that was about? Anti-immigrant sentiment. Back then, it was the… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
From day one working in TV, I have been very conscious of the way the Irish are represented, In every show I've… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
There is something restless and curious about the Irish. Like everybody else, we want to make money and make our way in… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
“I would have agreed to any sum if a night with you were on the table." His voice was husky in her… — Amy E. Reichert Copy Share Image
Anyone who starts badmouthing Latino immigrants is not only a racist but ignorant. You need to refer them to what was written… — James Gray Copy Share Image
I kind of have an interest in all history. And I suspect it comes from being Irish - we like stories, we… — Colm Meaney Copy Share Image
In Ireland every place you visit and every person you meet has a story. And they love to tell you their stories.… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
“A proper Irishman always does what a lady asks him. Sure an' it's been the ruin av us. We're at the mercy… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
A huge part of Irish dance is balance, which is so good for any kind of combat - just being aware of… — Annie Wersching Copy Share Image
The Irish sometimes make and keep a vow against whiskey; these vows are usually limited to a short time. — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
I was freelancing for years in Cork and around. I also wrote freelance pieces for 'The Irish Times.' — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
But one of the most fantastic things about Ireland and Dublin is that the pubs are like Paris and the cafe culture.… — Hugh Dancy Copy Share Image
To be Irish today is the abandonment of shame and the younger people are moving it out and they're moving the fear… — Malachy McCourt Copy Share Image
I loved the energy of Dublin and the fact that it's so close to the sea, with beauty spots such as Howth… — Honeysuckle Weeks Copy Share Image
I took my two daughters to the 2003 All-Ireland between Armagh and Tyrone and they were blown away by the whole pageantry… — Martin O'Neill Copy Share Image
The problem is that in Ireland everybody thinks you have to have a 'take' on something. But if you have a 'take'… — Adrian Dunbar Copy Share Image
I spent my entire Irish Catholic youth in a constant state of guilt over imaginary sins. I learned that nothing is a… — Terry Wogan Copy Share Image
I think it's an Irish thing. We don't really care. We say it as we mean it, and you have to deal… — Conor McGregor Copy Share Image
I've always been conscious of the fact that there aren't enough Irish voices on British television compared to the amount of Irish… — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
Irish women are always carrying water on their heads, and always carrying their husbands home from pubs. Such things are the greatest… — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
You're an actor who's Irish, not an Irish actor. And you shouldn't be limited by your extraction. — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
One of the big things for me that's been exciting is seeing the Asian-American community coming out, because I'm Filipino and Swedish… — Isa Briones Copy Share Image
Many cultures believe that on a certain day - Halloween, the Irish Samhain Eve, Mexico's 'Dia de los Muertos' - the veil… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
I was Irish; I was a woman. Yet night after night, bent over the table, I wrote in forms explored and sealed… — Eavan Boland Copy Share Image
It seems to me you do not care what banality a man expresses so long as he expresses it in Irish. — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Ancient Ireland sweeping In again with all its unbaptized beauty: The calm evening, The whitethorn blossoms, The smell from ditches that were… — Patrick Kavanagh Copy Share Image
Anakana Schofield is part of a new wave of wonderful Irish fiction-international in scope and electrically alive. — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
I made my final collection in college in London using Irish handwoven wool. That is how I discovered Ireland first; I just… — John Rocha Copy Share Image
“Sure and you've got to keep your own spitis up, for there's no one else will do that for you!” — Jaclyn Moriarty Copy Share Image
I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you're going to be an Irish writer. — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold onto one blade of grass to keep from falling off the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image