Irish Quotes

515 Irish quotes by 364 unique authors

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
Such a scheme.. the betrayal of the national democracy of Industrial Ulster, would mean a carnival of reaction both North and South, would set back… — James Connolly
Only the Irish working class remains as the incorruptible inheritors of the fight for freedom in Ireland. — James Connolly
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
Yes, ruling by fooling, is a great British art with great Irish fools to practice on. — James Connolly
The Irish Republic must be made a word to conjure with - a rallying point for the disaffected, a haven for the oppressed, a point… — James Connolly
The Irish people will only be free, when they own everything from the plough to the stars — James Connolly
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
Irish tory employers hid[e] their sweatshops behind orange flags, and Irish home rule landlords us[e] the green sunburst of Erin to cloak their rack-renting in… — James Connolly
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
My Irish passport makes me look like a chief of staff for the Provisional IRA. — Jack Higgins
There's something about the Irish that is remarkable. — Fiona Shaw
It has always been my dream and ambition to introduce Irish dancing to the world. — Michael Flatley
I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture... — Michael Flatley
I grew up in a big Irish, Catholic family. My dad was a pretty rough guy. So one of my brothers left home when he… — Gerry Cooney
You ask people what their ethnicity is, and a lot of Scots-Irish people either don't know or if they know it they just don't acknowledge… — John Shelton Reed
Supreme egotism and utter seriousness are necessary for the greatest accomplishment, and these the Irish find hard to sustain; at some point, the instinct to… — William V. Shannon
We were playing a festival in Dublin the other week. There was this other group, like, warming up in the next sort of chalet, and… — Mark E. Smith
I'm Irish but I design something that is quintessentially English and I love hats. — Philip Treacy
Theatre has no national identity. It is something for the world, whether it is Irish, English, or French. — Cyril Cusack
Most of my jokes are racist - usually about the Irish. — Frank Carson
For the multiculturalist, white Anglo-Saxon Protestants are prohibited, Italians and Irish get a little respect, blacks are good, native Americans are even better. The further… — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
The Scots (originally Irish, but by now Scotch) were at this time inhabiting Ireland, having driven the Irish (Picts) out of Scotland; while the Picts… — W. C. Sellar
The Irish innovation was to make all confession a completely private affair between penitent and priest - and to make it as repeatable as necessary.… — Thomas Cahill
In becoming an Irishman, Patrick wedded his world to theirs, his faith to their life…Patrick found a way of swimming down to the depths of… — Thomas Cahill

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