Bits Quote by Nancy Mitford

My mum and my husband are from Irish backgrounds so we have a lot of potatoes. Chips, mashed, boiled, new potatoes, I love them…

— Jo Brand

I'm Irish, so I'm used to odd stews. I can take it. Just throw a lot of carrots and onions in there and I'll…

— Liam Neeson

Lord, you're Irish," said Will. "Can you make things that don't have potatoes in them? We had an Irish cook once when I was…

— Cassandra Clare

The rule for hospitality and Irish "help," is, to have the same dinner every day throughout the year. At last, Mrs. O'Shaughnessylearns to cook…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are always giving foreign names to very native things. If there is a thing that reeks of the glorious tradition of the old…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

I like Guinness, and that will make anyone Irish. That and soda bread, and I'm good to go.

— Peter Riegert

“Patrick thought about the meals around Geraldine and Stephen's kitchen table. The roast chickens fragrant with tarragon and lemon, the rich casseroles, Stephen's tangy,…

— Roisin Meaney

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

— Elizabeth Bowen

For my last meal, I'd want an Irish breakfast with soda bread and one of my dad's omelettes with three or four eggs.

— Erin O'Connor

I've got that Irish thing going on. Lots of Irish in my background.

— Jodie Foster

Perhaps our Irish friends should not so completely turn their backs on their historical dishes, no matter how many jokes they might have to…

— Nick Clooney

Dinner for me is usually some version of chicken or fish - I love salmon - with grilled vegetables and salad.

— Parker Young