“Nowadays, we are all very familiar with the newsreels of the period showing the brave troops frantically waving their hankies from trains and smiling excitedly at the cameras. It just somehow didn't occur to people at the time, least of… — Arthur Mathews Copy Share Image
“I never met anyone who gets up out of their bed after a night on the town and says, 'Oh I wish I'd had… — Arthur Mathews Copy Share Image
“Nowadays, we are all very familiar with the newsreels of the period showing the brave troops frantically waving their hankies from trains and smiling… — Arthur Mathews Copy Share Image
“Gaelic football...may seem like a primitive, violent, mindless exercise in unspeakable brutality. However, to the initiated enthusiast, it is all this and more.” — Arthur Mathews Copy Share Image
“His cottage in Gweedore was made completely out of turf. This puzzled me, as a turf fire burned constantly in the grate, and I… — Arthur Mathews Copy Share Image
“In my experience, when people take offence at something, it is invariably because they know that there is a large grain of truth in… — arthur mathews Copy Share Image
“I have always thought foreigners with their unusual skin colours, mad languages and ignorant customs absolutely hilarious, and I think it's a shame that… — Arthur Mathews Copy Share Image
“My best man, of course, was Gloinn...who accompanied us on our honeymoon to Kildare...often popping into the marital bed with myself and Noreen when… — Arthur Mathews Copy Share Image
“I told him that when I was young I had seen two dogs copulating in a field, and whenever I contemplate myself having intercourse,… — Arthur Mathews Copy Share Image