Ireland Quote by George William Russell

Nationalism must now be added to the refuse pile of superstitions. We are now citizens of the world, and the man who divides the…

— George Bernard Shaw

Not in vain is Ireland pouring itself all over the earth. The Irish, with their glowing hearts and reverent credulity, are needed in this…

— Lydia M. Child

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

— Alex Haley

I don't think Ireland has really embraced me, but it is not really for me to say. Obviously, people shouldn't embrace me just because…

— Roisin Murphy

I think there is a very strong sense of Irish identity, and I think partly that's to do with the fact that we have…

— Ardal O'Hanlon

Ireland has made its choice for the future and it has chosen the version of Irishness it will build. I know, and I will…

— Michael D. Higgins

Irish? In truth I would not want to be anything else. It is a state of mind as well as an actual country. It…

— Edna O'Brien

I can only have admiration for the Irish as a nation.

— Kasper Schmeichel

From my earliest youth I have regarded the connection between Ireland and Great Britain as the curse of the Irish nation, and felt convinced,…

— Theobald of Bec

Ireland still remains the Holy Isle whose aspirations must on no account be mixed with the profane class-struggles of the rest of the sinful…

— Friedrich Engels

I don't think we in Ireland have to follow slavishly what other countries have done. Ireland has its own strengths - in family life,…

— Mary Robinson

When the Irishman is found outside of Ireland in another environment, he very often becomes a respected man. The economic and intellectual conditions that…

— James Joyce