Buried Quote by Lady Gregory

Many times man lives and dies Betweeen his two eternities, That of race and that of soul, And ancient Ireland knew it all. Whether…

— William Butler Yeats

“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…

— Thomas Cahill

Where would the Irish be without someone to be Irish at?

— Elizabeth Bowen

I think Irish people started to move to the United States - many things that were of consequence. And it was a tiny and…

— Werner Herzog

I read the story and reread the story, but I still could not find the universality that the little Irishman had spoken of. All…

— Ulysses S. Grant

Sir Patrick Rackrent lived and died a monument of old Irish hospitality.

— Maria Edgeworth

My father's parents were Irish. Only a year before my father died, he and I went back to Ireland for a week to look…

— Anonymous

My father left Ireland because he did not want to muck horse manure for the rest of his life, and he wanted to come…

— Denis Leary

“Cromwell's punitive expedition marked a watershed in Irish history. An estimated 40 percent of the Irish population died either in the war or in…

— Thomas Sowell

I think there's something about the Irish experience - that we had to have a sense of humor or die.

— Frank McCourt

World War One is an important part of Ireland's multi-layered history during which tens of thousands Irish people lost their lives.

— Martin McGuinness

“Finally, in August 1607, the cream of Ulster’s Irish aristocracy, including Hugh O’Neill himself, left Ireland for permanent exile. Other Irish were to follow…

— James Webb