Famous Irish Quotes - Famous Quotes about Irishmen
Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence.
- Bernadette Devlin McAliskey
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God is good to the Irish, but no one else is; not even the Irish
- Anonymous
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If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.
- Brendan Behan
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In Ireland the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs.
- John Pentland Mahaffy
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No man is an Ireland.
- Richard Daley
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The English may batter us to pieces, but they will never succeed in breaking our spirit.
- Maud Gonne
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The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet.
- Oliver Herford
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When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.
- Edna O'Brien
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You know it is summer in Ireland when the rain gets warmer.
- Hal Roach
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