Bad Quote by Roisin Murphy

Irish people are still very prickly about Catholic Church. Despite all the scandals and cover-ups that have rocked the church, you can only push…

— Ardal O'Hanlon

“In the summer of 2007, I was sitting in a studio in Dublin, debating with a lay spokesman of the Roman Catholic Church who…

— Christopher Hitchens

One of the biggest problems I found with Irish politics and the economic thing was after the war, after World War II, most of…

— Gavin Friday

“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

Catholicism is more than a religion, it is a political power. Therefore I'm led to believe there will be no peace in Ireland until…

— Oliver Cromwell

Religion dies hard in the Irish.

— Katharine Tynan

People in Northern Ireland vote for their church, they don't vote with their heads; it is ridiculous.

— Frank Carson

When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church…

— Harri Holkeri

Ireland and its people have much to be proud of. Yet every land and its people have moments of shame. Dealing with the failures…

— Sean Brady

I think Catholicism took root very quickly in Ireland because it's a very superstitious religion, the holy ghost, the holy spirit, it has a…

— Conor McPherson

Ireland is becoming like everywhere else, but that's the one I grew up in: the one that's hugely illogical. Rather wonderful, in a way.…

— Neil Jordan

“But outside of the North of Ireland there is no religious question, and in the North it is fundamentally more political than religious.”

— James Stephens