Best Ireland Quotations
400 Ireland quotes by 237 unique authors
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No person knows better than you do that the domination of England is the sole and blighting curse of this country. It is the incubus…
— Daniel O'Connell
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I am Patrick, yes a sinner and indeed untaught; yet I am established here in Ireland where I profess myself bishop. I am certain in…
— Saint Patrick
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Armed struggle is a necessary and morally correct form of resistance in the Six Counties against a government whose presence is rejected by the vast…
— Gerry Adams
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I nominate the Reverend Ian Paisley for the position of First Minister of northern Ireland
— Gerry Adams
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No Irish nationalist could support any treaty which institutionalizes British government claims to a part of Irish national territory. Indeed, the term - 'constitutional nationalism'-…
— Gerry Adams
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Only the Irish working class remains as the incorruptible inheritors of the fight for freedom in Ireland.
— James Connolly
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All these mountains of Irish dead, all these corpses mangled beyond recognition, all these arms, legs, eyes, ears, fingers, toes, hands, all these shivering putrefying…
— James Connolly
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The cause of Labour is the cause of Ireland, and the cause of Ireland is the cause of Labour
— James Connolly
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The Irishman frees himself from slavery when he realizes the truth that the capitalist system is the most foreign thing in Ireland. The Irish question…
— James Connolly
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When we stage the Olympics it will inspire kids all over the country. A kid in Scotland or Ireland will be encouraged to take up…
— Daley Thompson
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Australia integrated the - brought on the ships and unleashed in the society the dogs of sectarianism, which had existed in other places - in…
— Thomas Keneally
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It is in that English Parliament the chains for Ireland are forged, and any Irish patriot who goes into that forge to free Ireland will…
— Unknown Author
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The fierce pulsation of resurgent pride that disclaims servitude may one day cease to throb in the heart of Ireland - but the heart of…
— Unknown Author
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I know of two tragic histories in the world - that of Ireland, and that of Macedonia. Both of them have been deprived and tormented
— Roger Casement
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I would love to write the story of my upbringing in Ireland.
— Fiona Shaw
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By adopting the 'free trade,' or British, system, we place ourselves side by side with the men who have ruined Ireland and India, and are…
— Henry Charles Carey
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No one who has any self-respect stays in Ireland, but flees afar as though from a country that has undergone the visitation of an angered…
— James Joyce
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I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me, not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived…
— Van Morrison
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The part which American friendship played in helping us to win the freedom we enjoy in this part of Ireland has been gratefully recognized and…
— Eamon de Valera
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For far too long, the people of Northern Ireland have been denied an equal voice and equal representation in government. It is time for the…
— James T. Walsh
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I have nothing to regret, to retract or take back . . . I can only say; God Save Ireland!
— Edward Condon
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After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality.... The spirit of nationality in Ireland will…
— George William Russell
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It is not only our duty to America, but also to Ireland. We could not hope to succeed in our effort to make Ireland a…
— Thomas Francis Meagher
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Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother.
— Boyle Roche
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The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.
— Boyle Roche
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