"Tears and laughter, they are so much Gaelic…" — Samuel Beckett

More Gaelic Quotes

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• Singing in Gaelic is very, very natural to do. I think lends itself very much so to being sung. — Enya
• I have always loved Scottish music - all sorts of Celtic, Gaelic music. — Carter Burwell
• My first language is Gaelic. — Enya
• Although, of course, my definition of evil is not everybody else's. Evil is being involved in the glamour and charm… — Kenneth Anger
• When I was a kid, if you didn't speak Irish, you really wanted to. And you played Gaelic games and… — Roddy Doyle
• Sometimes, however, the Gaelic blood asserts itself. The Frenchmen will then attack. But the French attacking spirit is like bottled… — Manfred von Richthofen
• The Gaelic League is founded not upon hatred of England, but upon love of Ireland. Hatred is a negative passion;… — Douglas Hyde
• My father could swear in Gaelic and English, by the way, ladies and gentlemen. — Denis Leary
• Everything that we inherit, the rain, the skies, the speech, and anybody who works in the English language in Ireland… — John McGahern
• Dubh is do?" I was incredulous. It was no wonder I hadn't been able to find the stupid word. "Should… — Karen Marie Moning
• Sassenach." He had called me that from the first; the Gaelic word for outlander, a stranger. An Englishman. First in… — Diana Gabaldon
• There is an oath upon her," he said to Arch, and I realized dimly that he was still speaking in… — Diana Gabaldon

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