Northern ireland Quotes · Page 2

It's a complicated relationship with the place one grows up in, particularly if it's Northern Ireland.

— James Nesbitt

It's an extraordinary thing, this tiny little province of Northern Ireland, where carnage happened. And I was part of it. I grew…

— Liam Neeson

No-one wants to see a return to the hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.

— Dominic Raab

I nominate the Reverend Ian Paisley for the position of First Minister of northern Ireland

— Gerry Adams

People in Northern Ireland vote for their church, they don't vote with their heads; it is ridiculous.

— Frank Carson

We used to spend a lot of time as kids in Northern Ireland, on the border and in southern Ireland as well.

— Leo Sayer

A day like today is not a day for soundbites, really. But I feel the hand of history upon our shoulders. I…

— Tony Blair

I'm involved in Northern Ireland Screen and have been for a long time, so I keep my eyes open and ears to…

— Kenneth Branagh

“Their bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the border between England and Scotland, and then in the bitter settlements…

— James Webb

While I cannot comment in detail about the inter workings of the State Department, it is a matter of public record that…

— Jean Kennedy Smith

In coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the…

— John Hume

“There were so many wrongs piling up on both sides, so much of the past being dragged into the present, that living…

— Sara Sheridan

Can any of us refute the wisdom of Madison and the other framers? Can anyone look at the carnage in Iran, the…

— Barry Goldwater

I know now that gang warfare is not the Middle East or Northern Ireland. There is violence in gang violence, but there…

— Greg Boyle

The reality of life in Northern Ireland is that if you were Protestant, you learned British history, and if you were Catholic,…

— James Nesbitt

I'm going to be looking forward, asked to be judged on my record, not taken back as has been the - in…

— Peter Hain

I think I realised there were two communities in Northern Ireland when I was about nine or 10, not because there was…

— Liam Neeson

Here is the full list of the banned words I used: active homosexual; career women; Third World; blacks; Asians; Australasia; Bangalore; primitive…

— Rod Liddle

I served 18 months in Northern Ireland and that was very scary. I remember when we were told do you want the…

— Nigel Benn

When I was growing up, Belfast City Hall was surrounded by security, and we had no access to it. But now, people…

— James Nesbitt

Ireland and its people have much to be proud of. Yet every land and its people have moments of shame. Dealing with…

— Sean Brady

“He’d known they would bring her in, sooner or later. People with a command of the languages in that part of the…

— Stephen England

After the allied victory of 1918, at the end of my father's war, the victors divided up the lands of their former…

— Robert Fisk

I felt when I was elected that the most important task on this island [Ireland] was to extend the hand of friendship…

— Mary Robinson

'Game of Thrones' was a game-changer for Northern Ireland. There's going to be a massive gap when it goes.

— Kristian Nairn

We really need to come behind and press for marriage equality in Northern Ireland.

— Leo Varadkar

I was one of the many kids in Northern Ireland who grew up in the countryside and had an idyllic childhood well…

— James Nesbitt

The flight I'm most excited about is the one that takes me back to Northern Ireland to visit family and friends.

— Rory McIlroy

It's Northern Ireland, it's Ireland, it's Scotland, it's Wales, there's Scousers, Londoners, all behind me.

— Carl Frampton

I've got my roots in Northern Ireland - my biological father's side of the family were from Belfast.

— KT Tunstall

Northern Ireland were in white, which was quite appropriate because three inches of snow had to be cleared from the pitch before…

— John Motson

I always wanted to better myself as a young lad growing up in Northern Ireland and kept believing that I could make…

— Stuart Dallas

It's an honour to play for Northern Ireland and scoring makes the experience extra special.

— Stuart Dallas

We're on the verge of civil war in Northern Ireland. Why? Because if you take away the forums of democracy you don't…

— Ian Paisley

I grew up in Northern Ireland, didn't have a lot of money and getting over to Glasgow to watch a game was…

— Kyle Lafferty

Northern Ireland is the world’s best kept secret, both in the character of its people and its scenery.

— Liam Neeson

I loved my time growing up in Northern Ireland doing youth drama, that is where it all began for me.

— James Nesbitt

In Northern Ireland, I truly, effortlessly, knew who I was. I knew where I belonged. I felt completely and utterly secure.

— Kenneth Branagh

That's football, Mike, Northern Ireland have had several chances and haven't scored but England have had no chances and scored twice.

— Trevor Brooking

It was easy for some to jump on the Brexit result and use it to make a land-grab for Northern Ireland, and…

— Leo Varadkar