Ireland Quote by Bernadette Devlin Download Open image “The Irish aren't great singers, but they have great songs.” — Bernadette Devlin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ireland Singers Song
The Irish are great for their tunes, but all their lovesongs are sad and their warsongs happy. — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
Irish artists have a tradition of being very heavily engaged in what is happening in their own society. So it was important that they… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
There were very few real folk singers you know, though I liked Dominic Behan a bit and there was some good stuff to be… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
All the girls over there in Ireland are well versed in American country music. Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline are like king and queen… — John Prine Copy Share Image
People often ask me why I sing with a strong Irish accent. I suppose when I was five years old, I spoke with a… — Dolores O'Riordan Copy Share Image
I've always been conscious of the fact that there aren't enough Irish voices on British television compared to the amount of Irish people who… — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents-if the term is to be used at all. — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
Irish Catholics are more interested in the rosary beads than in the rosary. — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
... in Northern Ireland, if you don't have basic Christianity, rather than merely religion, all you get out of the experience of living is bitterness. — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
I went to a very militantly Republican grammar school and, under its influence, began to revolt against the Establishment, on thesimple rule of thumb,… — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
One American said that the most interesting thing about Holy Ireland was that its people hate each other in the name of Jesus Christ.… — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done. — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
It did not seem to me that prejudice, poverty, discrimination, repression and racism were confined to the North of Ireland. I could see them… — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
We were born into an unjust system; we are not prepared to grow old in it. — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and… — Bernadette Devlin Copy Share Image
I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy. — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
I nominate the Reverend Ian Paisley for the position of First Minister of northern Ireland — Gerry Adams Copy Share Image
In coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the differences of… — John Hume Copy Share Image
Ireland starts for me with the end of 'The Dead,' which my father read to me from his desk in his basement office in… — John Jeremiah Sullivan Copy Share Image
“Do you know what Ireland is?' asked Stephen with cold violence. 'Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.” — James Joyce Copy Share Image
The cause of Labour is the cause of Ireland, and the cause of Ireland is the cause of Labour — James Connolly Copy Share Image
I love playing in Ireland and I've had great support here, like I get everywhere. — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
The Chinese describe themselves as political refugees. Many base that claim on China's strict population laws, which allow them to have only one child.… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
Ireland's always going to be my home, but so much is filmed in L.A., so you have to spend time out here. — Sarah Bolger Copy Share Image
Home, for me, is with the people who I really love - whether that's in England with my family, Ireland with my relatives, or… — Alice Merton Copy Share Image
“The host is rushing 'twixt day and night, And where is there hope or deed as fair? Caoilte tossing his burning hair, And Niamh… — W.B. Yeats Copy Share Image
I'm a massive Greggs fan! I never actually knew about Greggs when I lived over in Ireland but the minute I came over everyone… — Maura Higgins Copy Share Image
