Ireland Quotes

“The Irish are a rude people, subsisting on the produce of their cattle only, and living themselves like beasts.”

“The great evil in Ireland is the want of some system of education that would bring up the people to be good Catholics.”

“Let's work together and build a new Ireland... which will be a shared Ireland, an Ireland for all, an Ireland of which we can all be proud.”

“I love the Irish for their simplicity, their genius for generosity, and their realism.”

“I am resolved that we shall not be a provincial party... We have a nation for our party and a nation for our care.”

“The judgement of God sent the calamity to teach the Irish a lesson, that calamity must not be too much mitigated.”

“An Anglo-Irishman is a Protestant with a horse.”

“The present form of partition is unacceptable.”

“The Irish are a fair people; they never speak well of one another.”

“The fools, the fools, the fools! — they have left us our Fenian dead, and while Ireland holds these graves, Ireland unfree shall never be at peace.”

“The real division of Ireland is not a line drawn on the map, but in the minds and hearts of its people.”

“Being a Kerryman, in my opinion, is the greatest gift that God can bestow on any man.”

“In Ireland, the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs.”

“We're Irish. It's part of who we are. It's in our music and it's in our soul.”

“That we have now reached the brink of civil war is a statement of the obvious. The present situation cannot be allowed to continue.”

“I have a vision of an Ireland where we can all live together in peace.”

“That's the Irish People all over - they treat a serious thing as a joke and a joke as a serious thing.”

“How are things in Glocca Morra?”

“I am an islander. I have a special relationship with the sea.”

“Ireland is a great country to die in. It is a terrible country to be in poor health in.”