The Irish seem to want their artists to function as surrogate priests - sources of authority, founts of wisdom, people who will… — Alex Johnston Copy Share Image
Leprechauns, castles, good luck and laughter.Lullabies, dreams and love ever after. Poems and songs with pipes and drums. A thousand welcomes when… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think I've got an Irish sensibility for language - I like how people talk. I'm not saying I've got it, but… — Roisin Conaty Copy Share Image
“One was definitely Irish….The second man was unmistakably American. It wasn’t so much his tan or dark hair that gave him away… — Rachael English Copy Share Image
A Canada-style deal for the whole of the UK results in a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.… — David Gauke Copy Share Image
“Fookin' Irish, they're a race of political masochists, they love their fookin' chiefs and princes an' a strong hand belting. It's like… — Gwyneth Jones Copy Share Image
I think Irish people started to move to the United States - many things that were of consequence. And it was a… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
We made 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' about the war of independence and the civil war, which were the pivotal moments… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
Because I'm Irish, I've always done an accent. Not doing an accent is off-putting because I sound like me. I love doing… — Eve Hewson Copy Share Image
In Ireland, novels and plays still have a strange force. The writing of fiction and the creation of theatrical images can affect… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
I grew up in Ireland, and the ocean was never more than an arm's length away. As lovely as the mountains are… — Roma Downey Copy Share Image
It's an amazingly consistent thing with Irish people. We will talk to strangers at parties for hours. It's what we were bred… — Greg Fitzsimmons Copy Share Image
“You may have noticed there are three things an Irishman always puts his soul in: his religion, his sports, and his politics.… — Mary Deasy Copy Share Image
Ireland was an idyllic place for us as children. We had all these cousins and all this green countryside. Given what I've… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
My grandparents never understood why my mother Noreen chose such exotic names for her children: Damon and me. My granny insisted on… — Natascha McElhone Copy Share Image
“I seriously believe that you will retard the course of civilisation in Ireland by preventing the Irish people from having one good… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
I mean Ireland, in all honesty I owe Ireland a lot because I think, and I'm not just saying this flippantly, Ireland… — John Bishop Copy Share Image
When I was a senior in high school, I went to Ireland to study Irish Gaelic. And after one semester at Trinity… — Rosemary Mahoney Copy Share Image
“The Irish had tough times, but little compares to the experience on our soil of black Americans. That experience should be part… — Historica Press Copy Share Image
By 2007, an uncompetitive, bloated, over-borrowed and distorted Irish economy had been left at the mercy of subsequent international events without the… — Enda Kenny Copy Share Image
Though my grandmother had picked up modern ideas in America, she still had some conflicting 19th-century Irish notions. She believed that daughters,… — Rosemary Mahoney Copy Share Image
To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They… — Fiona Shaw Copy Share Image
As in some Irish houses, where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show; But, for eating a… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“Margaret looked at the ring on her finger. "Gran gave me this before we boarded the ship. It's the most special thing… — Meredith Jaeger Copy Share Image
Many nations use language simply to convey information, but it's different in Ireland. With most conversational exchanges you get an 'added extra'… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
Many of the Victorian and Edwardian activists who campaigned for Irish home rule, for instance, also wanted what they called 'home rule… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
“Nkechi never tried to hide her bottom. She was proud of it. Fascinating to me. Irish girls' lives were a constant quest… — marian keyes Copy Share Image
The Irish are hearty, the Scotch plausible, the French polite, the Germans good-natured, the Italians courtly, the Spaniards reserved and decorous -… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I went into the world confident my tea training would open many doors. And I did particularly well with the Irish and… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
I was born in the island of Ireland. I have Irish traits in me - we don't all have the traits of… — Ian Paisley Copy Share Image
Father Ted' was written by Irish people, so that was fine, but around the time we were shooting it 'EastEnders' went to… — Ardal O'Hanlon Copy Share Image
My mom is African-American, Native-American, Irish, and Creole, and my father is of Jewish, Russian, and Polish descent. It's made me who… — Jurnee Smollett-Bell Copy Share Image
What is unique about Drogheda is the very large number of Protestants in the garrison and the fact that it's commanded, by… — Ronald Hutton Copy Share Image
My parents spent an awful lot of money sending me to the best possible schools, and I came out of my exams… — Terry Wogan Copy Share Image
My wife and I both come from Irish families. There are two kinds of Irish families: the hitting kind and the kidding… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
This is the great thing about Northern Ireland. I walk down the street and people stop me and say things like, 'I… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
Everything that we inherit, the rain, the skies, the speech, and anybody who works in the English language in Ireland knows that… — John McGahern Copy Share Image
Being Irish and a citizen of the world, has made me truly appreciate Irish culture, music and history. Whether you're first, second… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
I would love to go back to any time in European history, especially in Irish history, to the second or third century,… — Gabriel Byrne Copy Share Image
The Butcher Boy is a very great novel indeed and a very important Irish novel. The ambiguity of that is, he's writing… — Stephen Rea Copy Share Image
