Ireland Quotes

The British Government has no right in Ireland, never had any right in Ireland, and never can have any right in Ireland.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.

The cause of Labour is the cause of Ireland, and the cause of Ireland is the cause of Labour

Ireland unfree shall never be at peace

I had that stubborn streak, the Irish in me I guess.

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.

There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.

Why should Ireland be treated as a geographical fragment of England - Ireland is not a geographical fragment, but a nation.

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.

Ireland is where strange tales begin and happy endings are possible.

Mad Ireland hurt you into poetry.

The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.

In Ireland the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs.

Ireland is also quite nice. So is Amsterdam.

I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World.

I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.

When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.

It's better to spend money like there's no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there's no money.

I think the Irish woman was freed from slavery by bingo. They can go out now, dressed up, with their handbags and have a drink and play bingo. And they deserve it.

A Kerry footballer with an inferiority complex is one who thinks he's just as good as everybody else.

What's the use of being Irish if you can't be thick?

The land of Ireland for the people of Ireland

Irishness is not primarily a question of birth or blood or language; it is the condition of being involved in the Irish situation, and usually of being mauled by it.

And the merry love the fiddle, and the merry love to dance.