“It is one of their beauties, the Irish, the way they crush and expand the language all at once How they mangle… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
I always tell people, you know, [J.F.Kennedy's] grandfather was born in Ireland and he was Irish-Catholic, and I thought, so maybe I… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
In 2016, let us all join the Rising, and the only final message is this very clear: Up the Rebels. Up a… — Martin McGuinness Copy Share Image
Before the Great Chicago Fire, no one took notice of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary, two Irish immigrants who lived with their five… — Karen Abbott Copy Share Image
I am an Irish Catholic person. I've been a man and a woman. I speak Russian, sort of. And then I'm very… — Katya Zamolodchikova Copy Share Image
“Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam. A country without a language is a country without a soul.” — Pádraig Pearse Copy Share Image
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
The revelations of the Cloyne report have brought the government, Irish Catholics, and the Vatican to an unprecedented juncture. — Enda Kenny Copy Share Image
My mother came from an Irish family of 11 kids and, of course, had a sister who was a nun, so I… — Ellen Pompeo Copy Share Image
You've got to use alcohol and not let it use you. I come from a country that's been doomed by alcohol. The… — Gavin Friday Copy Share Image
I've been a Leeds fan for as long as I can remember. When you are about five or six, you adopt a… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
I have no prouder boast to say I am Irish and have been privileged to fight for the Irish people and for… — Francis Hughes 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
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
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
Los Angeles is not going to be a big naive step for me. I know it's tough out there, but I do… — Dervla Kirwan Copy Share Image
My dad's Irish, so I was visiting Ireland a lot as a kid, so it's not totally foreign to me. — Katherine Ryan Copy Share Image
“We survive. We're Irish. We have the souls of poets. We love our misery, we delight in the beauty of strange places… — Eilis Flynn Copy Share Image
But I believe Ireland is getting more European, and the young are looking toward Europe for jobs - just as there are… — Jean Kennedy Smith Copy Share Image
Ireland is a small but insuppressible island half an hour nearer the sunset than Great Britain. — Tom Kettle Copy Share Image
Howth is a wonderful part of the world. I love the Irish. Howth is extremely charming so anyone would be lucky to… — Spencer Matthews Copy Share Image
I'm Irish, so I'm used to odd stews. I can take it. Just throw a lot of carrots and onions in there… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
I'm representative of 21st century Irish design, so I promote Irishness all over the world wherever I go. — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
Many other cultures value poetry more than we do. In Ireland, poetry is a top cultural pursuit, the art to end all… — Campbell McGrath Copy Share Image
I have differences of opinion within my own family, an Irish Catholic family. So, I do respect those that disagree. — Gavin Newsom Copy Share Image
I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
I'm actually more German than Scottish. I'm half-Japanese, 25 percent German, 12 percent Scottish, and 12 percent Irish. — Kimiko Glenn Copy Share Image
“If you own a bar on your own, you're a player; if you own it with your beloved twin sister, you're–" "Irish.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Look, I'm Irish. I grew up holing putts back home to win the Open. It was always the Open, wasn't it? — Shane Lowry Copy Share Image
Father Ted' would be impossible to remake it in America. The whole situation of being Irish and being a priest in Ireland… — Graham Linehan Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to break in Europe unless you break in England, and it's very difficult to break in England if you're… — Dolores O'Riordan Copy Share Image
“Bí ann nó as táimse ag triall Ort agus má tá cuirim geasa Ort mé a shábháil ón dream a deir gur… — Caitlín Maude Copy Share Image
There's a certain kind of guy, a certain kind of humor, that goes with Irish cops and firemen. — Ken Howard Copy Share Image
May the leprechauns be near you, to spread luck along your way. And may all the Irish angels, smile upon you on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've often said it: that it is seen to be a place of energy, of excitement, of enthusiasm. That there's something about… — Enda Kenny Copy Share Image
“There are more people of Irish descent in Boston and surrounding New England than there are in Ireland.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The economy in Ireland has been rampaging ahead for the last 15 years. Barring an international, political or natural catastrophe, things can… — Eddie Murphy Copy Share Image
The whole world has American dreams. This country has people from all parts of the world. We have Irish who live here,… — Rafael dos Anjos Copy Share Image
“We Irish are the only people in the world who are actually nostalgic about the future.” — Joe Biden Copy Share Image