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Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.

— William Butler Yeats

“posit by W. B. Yeats: “Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.”

— Anonymous

“Such was the cyclical nature of Galway life: finding tragedy in the simple things and simplicity in the tragic things.”

— Rhian J. Martin

Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.

— Fiona Shaw

I went further and further back through the centuries to get a sense of perspective but now at least I understand why Irish history…

— James D'arcy

The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination

— George Bernard Shaw

There's a certain status to suffering in Ireland, that the person who - if you're sitting around a table, the person with the greatest…

— Michael Lewis

Now here I am playing a passionate young Irishman who would die for what he believes in.

— James D'arcy

Supreme egotism and utter seriousness are necessary for the greatest accomplishment, and these the Irish find hard to sustain; at some point, the instinct…

— William V. Shannon

“You may have noticed there are three things an Irishman always puts his soul in: his religion, his sports, and his politics. If you…

— Mary Deasy

I think there's something about the Irish experience - that we had to have a sense of humor or die.

— Frank McCourt