Being nice Quote by Fionnula Flanagan

Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today.

— Diane Wakoski

“Ah, kiss me, love, and miss me, love, and dry your bitter tears. (Irish Pub Song)”

— Nora Roberts

The Irish have a flair for wringing from death the last drop of emotion and they do not quite understand those who react otherwise.

— Dervla Murphy

Being Irish, I always had this love of words.

— Kenneth Branagh

“Irish people have been leaving their homes in search of better lives for many, many years. We're very good at it.”

— Matthew Quick

But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as…

— Anne McCaffrey

It seems to me you do not care what banality a man expresses so long as he expresses it in Irish.

— James Joyce

“I’m sorry, Irish. It’s just you and me now.” This”

— Layla Reyne

Although the Irish language is connected with the many recollections that twine around the hearts of Irishmen, yet the superior utility of the English…

— Daniel O'Connell

To be Irish today is the abandonment of shame and the younger people are moving it out and they're moving the fear away. They're…

— Malachy McCourt

I kick myself that I don't speak Irish. Ah, man, I'd love to. I am going to learn.

— Barry Keoghan

Maybe part of my animus against the English is the way they have always treated the Irish and they way they still think about…

— Jane Jacobs