Course Quote by Lady Gregory

I never bought the idea of individual genius from which the novel spews forth. It's always an act of curation.

— Zadie Smith

I think if we had an All-Ireland economy and the North was in the U.K. and in the E.U. that would be very good…

— Adrian Dunbar

In Ireland, novels and plays still have a strange force. The writing of fiction and the creation of theatrical images can affect life there…

— Colm Toibin

What the Danes left in Ireland were hens and weasels. And when the cock crows in the morning, the country people will always say…

— Lady Gregory

What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.

— Lady Gregory

It was at Inver Slane, to the north of Leinster, the sons of Gaedhal of the Shining Armour, the Very Gentle, that were called…

— Lady Gregory

It was on the first day of Beltaine, that is called now May Day, the Tuatha de Danaan came, and it was to the…

— Lady Gregory

I love playing in Ireland and I've had great support here, like I get everywhere.

— Jimmy White

The cause of Labour is the cause of Ireland, and the cause of Ireland is the cause of Labour

— James Connolly

“Do you know what Ireland is?' asked Stephen with cold violence. 'Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.”

— James Joyce

Ireland starts for me with the end of 'The Dead,' which my father read to me from his desk in his basement office in…

— John Jeremiah Sullivan

“Ireland is probably named the “Emerald Isle” because there are lots of precious stones found there, such as sapphires and rubies.”

— Jarod Kintz

In coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the differences of…

— John Hume

I nominate the Reverend Ian Paisley for the position of First Minister of northern Ireland

— Gerry Adams

I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.

— Brian Eno