Departed Quote by Rhian J. Martin

I'll tell you what, it doesn't get more beautiful than the west of Ireland. Connemara and County Derry are quite stunning, really.

— Anonymous

I grew up in the west of Ireland, and Galway was our local seaside resort. We'd go for one day of the year during…

— Philip Treacy

I grew up in a small village in the west of Ireland.

— Louis Walsh

I grew up in a little village in the west of Ireland.

— Philip Treacy

Yes, but also one of the problems for a novelist in Ireland is the fact that there are no formal manners. I mean some…

— John McGahern

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.

— Dave Barry

I feel like the luckiest child in the world because I got to grow up in Ireland. In summer is when you really grow…

— Olivia Wilde

I love our shared island, our shared Ireland and its core decency. I love it for its imagination and its celebration of the endless…

— Michael D. Higgins

“It is an ancient land, honoured in the archives of civilisation. Every great European race has sent its stream to the river of the…

— Thomas Davis

Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother.

— Boyle Roche

“He decides it is better to die in Ireland than in Paris because in Ireland the outdoors looks like the outdoors and gravestones are…

— Alison MacLeod

“I think being a woman is like being Irish... Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the time.”

— Iris Murdoch

“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