Builder Quote by Peter O'Toole

The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times.

— Roddy Doyle

I think Irish women are strong as horses, incredibly loyal and for the most part, funny, witty, bright and optimistic in the face of…

— Fionnula Flanagan

The Irish are a philosophic as well as a practical race. Their first and strongest impulse is to make the best of a bad…

— Theodore Dreiser

As long as Ireland is unfree the only honourable attitude for Irish men, women to have is an attitude of rebellion.

— Patrick Pearse

It is a time when Irish women can link - as they are linking - through networks. They can do this through having an…

— Mary Robinson

I find being Irish quite a wearing thing. It takes so much work because it is a social construction. People think you are going…

— Anne Enright

“I feel more strongly with every recurring year that our country has no tradition which does it so much honour and which it should…

— James Joyce

The great thing about the beach they use in 'Home & Away' is that they can't kick you off it, so there were always…

— Vogue Williams

I suppose British people generally, probably have very stereotypical notions about the Irish that go back to Victorian times.

— Ardal O'Hanlon

Don't fight with an Irish women, she's to stubborn to lose.

— Catira

“There are only three kinds of Irishmen who can't understand women. Young men, old men and men of middle age.”

— Elizabeth Berg

Being an Irishwoman means many things to me. An Irishwoman is strong and feisty. She has guts and stands up for what she believes…

— Maureen O'Hara