Violence and irrationality were so long and thoroughly cultivated among the Irish, and so perfectly ingrained into their nature, that modern civilization… — Thomas Mellon Copy Share Image
If we turn to early Irish literature, as we naturally may, to see what sort of people the Irish were in the… — Sean O Faolain Copy Share Image
“Treall Tabhair dom casúr nó tua go mbrisfead is go millfead an teach seo, go ndéanfad tairseach den fhardoras 'gus urláir de… — Caitlín Maude Copy Share Image
I'm such an odd mix of things. My grandfather was Indian: I've got more family living in India than I do in… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
Old Dublin City there is no doubtin' Bates every city upon the say. 'Tis there you'd hear O'Connell spoutin' And Lady Morgan… — Charles Lever Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, if you didn't speak Irish, you really wanted to. And you played Gaelic games and you didn't… — Roddy Doyle Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland and it is still home to me. My writing has taken me all over… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
The Irish people didn't get on that well with each other either. They hated the Catholics, was the main issue, as I… — Jaclyn Moriarty Copy Share Image
... in general, the Anglo-Irish do not make good dancers; they are too spritely and conscious; they are incapable of one kind… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
What I discovered all over Ireland is that people living simple lives by the sea or in the remote countryside seem a… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
It was in a stonecutter's house where I went to have a headstone made for Raftery's grave that I found a manuscript… — Lady Gregory Copy Share Image
Ireland, Ireland. That cloud in the west, that coming storm. That minister of God's retribution upon cruel, inveterate, and but half-atoned injustice!… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
I've got nothing against any individual American, except that there aren't any. They're always Irish-American, African-American... There's never an American-American you can… — Simon Munnery Copy Share Image
Who can doubt that between the English and the French, between the Scotch and the Irish, there are differences of character which… — Goldwin Smith Copy Share Image
Many black people I know are proud of the Irish part of their heritage - an Irish grandparent, say - but they… — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
I hope 'The Voice' has a fifteen-year run, don't get me wrong. But I come from nothing, and maybe it's the Irish… — Carson Daly Copy Share Image
Irish tory employers hid[e] their sweatshops behind orange flags, and Irish home rule landlords us[e] the green sunburst of Erin to cloak… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
The Irish were treated horribly, even here in Boston. For example, in the late nineteenth century they were treated pretty much like… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I will never forget walking out on a Saturday night with Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne, household names who were opinionated and… — Louis Walsh Copy Share Image
I'm Irish and always will be, but America has taught me so much. Maybe it's here in the U.S. that we find… — Fionnula Flanagan Copy Share Image
I got makeup tests and hair tests for 'Versailles,' and the main thing they were obsessed with was that my hands were… — George Blagden Copy Share Image
My mother's father was from Sligo, and he used to say it was the hardest thing in the world to find a… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, in the north and the south of Ireland, intolerant habits are part of the fabric of emotion, part of the identity… — Tom Paulin Copy Share Image
Hopefully, I can build a house there with my dad so that he can retire there. That's what he wants and I… — Thomas Grennan Copy Share Image
I'm still an Irish republican; I absolutely believe in Irish unity and am working to achieve that. But over the course of… — Martin McGuinness Copy Share Image
Roughly 1 in 6 Americans have Irish blood. I'd say it's probably safe to assume that the average Irish-American who only comes… — Scott McClellan Copy Share Image
For a man to come right out and say he does not believe in the Old Testament, I think many Catholics across… — Stephen Bennett Copy Share Image
“Setanta Ó hAilpín…the original Setanta from the old Gaelic stories was ten foot tall, had ten fingers on each hand and ten… — Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh Copy Share Image
First a piece of Irish wisdom: you should always listen to a bookie. For they have a saying, 'Money tells a good… — Frank Delaney Copy Share Image
I hate that blacks and Hispanics are pitted against each other I really do, call me naive, I grew up in an… — Andrew Breitbart Copy Share Image
I really enjoyed shooting in Ireland. The people are so lovely. I hope I don't offend anyone in saying this, but the… — Maya Hawke Copy Share Image