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Ireland Quotes by Lady Gregory
- I feel more and more the time wasted that is not spent in Ireland.
- We would not give up our own country - Ireland - if we were to get the whole world as an estate, and the Country…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- It was in a mist the Tuatha de Danaan, the people of the gods of Dana, or as some called them, the Men of Dea,…
- It is not known, now, for what length of time the Tuatha de Danaan had the sway over Ireland, and it is likely it was…
- My husband was in the war of the Crimea. It is terrible the hardships he went through, to be two months without going into a…
More Ireland Quotes
- It's just very homey in Ireland. It's very comforting and comfortable. There's lots of fireplaces with fires. It's just really cozy. — Amy Adams
- For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms. — Gerry Adams
- Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. — Dave Barry
- Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick. — Samuel Beckett
- On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we… — Kate Adie
- Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that… — Theodore Bikel
- My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family… — Tony Blair
- I'm home a lot. Because I live in Ireland, we can live under the celebrity radar. I might go missing for a… — Bono
- Ethiopia didn't just blow my mind; it opened my mind. Anyway, on our last day at this orphanage a man handed me… — Bono
- Ireland is a great country to die or be married in. — Elizabeth Bowen
- I hadn't realized quite how extraordinary Charles Lindbergh's achievement was in flying the Atlantic alone. He had never flown over open water… — Bill Bryson
- The need for peace in Northern Ireland goes well beyond political stability. It now speaks to regional Europe and even global stability. — Hillary Clinton