Air Quote by George Bernard Shaw

“by 1891, nearly two-fifths of all living people born in Ireland were living outside Ireland.”

— Thomas Sowell

The Ireland I now inhabit is one that these Irish contemporaries have helped to imagine.

— Seamus Heaney

My soul is still Irish.

— Ciaran Hinds

Ireland, sir, for good or evil, is like no other place under heaven, and no man can touch its sod or breathe its air…

— George Bernard Shaw

“Irish demographics reveal two startling facts: There are around 70 million people worldwide who claim Irish descent, and Ireland today has barely half the…

— Ryan Hackney

Nothing is eternal but that which is done for God and others. That which is done for self dies.

— John H Aughey

After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality… The spirit of nationality in Ireland…

— George William Russell

I was born in Northern Ireland in 1951. I lived most of my life there until 1986 or 1987

— Paul Muldoon

Ireland's just a place...people go there all the time.

— Crispin Glover

I can't feel Irish to save my soul, but it's a fact.

— Alex Haley

“Eternal Life" is life itself, real life, which can also be lived in the present age and is no longer challenged by physical death.”

— Pope Benedict XVI

The Irish are just good people, they always have been.

— Spencer Matthews