Beauty Quote by Patrick Kavanagh

The greenness of Ireland is a false greenness, after all. Not that it isn't green - the place can still make you have to…

— John Jeremiah Sullivan

“The arrival of Christianity in Ireland brought with it the painful disconnection from the earth that still resonates today. Until then, people lived in…

— Mary Reynolds

Again and again, I find something eerie in many Irish occasions - the unrelenting whiteness, the emotional tribal attachments, the violent prejudices lurking beneath…

— Tom Paulin

If we turn to early Irish literature, as we naturally may, to see what sort of people the Irish were in the infancy of…

— Sean O Faolain

It's a great wonder to me, the Irish attachment to our history. What is it but a series of lamentations?

— Dorothy Salisbury Davis

Like the warmth of the sun and the light of the day, may the luck of the Irish shine bright on your way.

— Anonymous

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

“He saw the black water and the declining sun and the swan dipping down, its white wings flashing, and slowing and slowing till silver…

— Jamie O'Neill

“There was a certain untamed energy about the west of Ireland – full of tragedy and struggle, sown with the flesh of the departed.”

— Rhian J. Martin

Ireland is a series of stories that have been told to us, starting with the Irish Celtic national revival. I never believed in 'Old…

— Anne Enright

“Outside, I take in the fact that the night is deeply dusky and warm, and that feels like a balm after the cold air…

— Gilly Macmillan

“THE RETURN OF THE GODS Like a white bird upon the wind, the sail of the boat of Manannan mac Lir (Pronounced Mananarn mak…

— Sarah Owen