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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
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I was freelancing for years in Cork and around. I also wrote freelance pieces for 'The Irish Times.' — Kevin Barry 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
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I'm from outside of Boston, and in Boston, people are so passionate about their Irishness. — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“Kenneth Tynan once said that the only people who can do Russian drama, outside of the Russians themselves, are the Irish. I… — Malachy McCourt Copy Share Image
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My parents were both first-generation Irish Catholics raised in Brooklyn. But it was more for me - it was that women of… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
“Our national poet WB Yeats said that every Irish writer had a decision to take: whether to express Ireland or exploit it.… — Declan Kiberd Copy Share Image
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“Oh, now my Erin, she'd smile down on me no matter where I walked." Grandpop smiled that little smile again. "But I'd… — Lora Leigh Copy Share Image
The Irishman frees himself from slavery when he realizes the truth that the capitalist system is the most foreign thing in Ireland.… — James Connolly Copy Share Image
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