All Lady Gregory Quotes
- As to the old history of Ireland, the first man ever died in Ireland was Partholan, and he is buried, and his greyhound along with… Along
- From the sons of Ith, the first of the Gael to get his death in Ireland, there came in the after time Fathadh Canaan, that… Bird
- I hold that the beginning of modern Irish drama was in the winter of 1898, at a school feast at Coole, when Douglas Hyde and… Acted
- I was told in many places of Osgar's bravery and Goll's strength and Conan's bitter tongue, and the arguments of Oisin and Patrick. And I… Argument
- I'll take no charity! What I get I'll earn by taking it. I would feel no pleasure it being given to me, any more than… Across
- In my childhood there was every year at my old home, Roxborough, or, as it is called in Irish, Cregroostha, a great sheep-shearing that lasted… Bin
- In the whole course of our work at the theatre we have been, I may say, drenched with advice by friendly people who for years… Advice
- In writing a little tragedy, 'The Gaol Gate,' I made the scenario in three lines, 'He is an informer; he is dead; he is hanged.'… Dead
- Irish history having been forbidden in schools, has been, to a great extent, learned from Raftery's poems by the people of Mayo, where he was… Been
- It is what the poets of Ireland used to be saying, that every brave man, good at fighting, and every man that could do great… Brave
- It was among farmers and potato diggers and old men in workhouses and beggars at my own door that I found what was beyond these… Among
- It was at Inver Slane, to the north of Leinster, the sons of Gaedhal of the Shining Armour, the Very Gentle, that were called afterwards… Afterwards
- It was on the first day of Beltaine, that is called now May Day, the Tuatha de Danaan came, and it was to the north-west… Bag
- Once in my childhood I had been eager to learn Irish; I thought to get leave to take lessons from an old Scripture-reader who spent… Been
- Queen Victoria was loyal and true to the Pope; that is what I was told, and so is Edward the Seventh loyal and true, but… Body
- The first play I wrote was called 'Twenty-five.' It was played by our company in Dublin and London, and was adapted and translated into Irish… Adapted
- The time the moon is going back, the blood that is in a person does be weakening, but when the moon is strong, the blood… Along
- Thomas Davis was a great man where poetry is concerned, and a better than Thomas Moore. All over Ireland his poetry is, and he would… All
- What the Danes left in Ireland were hens and weasels. And when the cock crows in the morning, the country people will always say 'It… Always Say
- She is a girl and would not be afraid to walk the whole world with herself. Afraid