Convinced Quote by James Stephens

I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could.

— George Bernard Shaw

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

I grew up in Ireland, and there were so many things we believed in.

— Caitriona Balfe

The land of Ireland for the people of Ireland.

— James Larkin

To subvert the tyranny of our execrable government, to break the connection with England, the never-failing source of all our political evils and to…

— Wolfe Tone

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

— Seamus Heaney

With the Celtic Warrior thing, I wanted to convey a positive sense of Ireland.

— Sheamus

I've been really inspired by my roots - my ancestors and Irish history.

— Kate Nash

In Northern Ireland, I truly, effortlessly, knew who I was. I knew where I belonged. I felt completely and utterly secure.

— Kenneth Branagh

I came to Ireland 20 years ago as a student, hitch-hiking round for a week and staying in Dublin.

— Greta Scacchi

I love going back to Northern Ireland.

— Adrian Dunbar

I am immensely proud of my Irish roots.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan