#ireland

Romantic Ireland's dead and gone It's with O' Leary in the grave (September 1913) ↗

— W.B. Yeats

#irish-politics #yeats #romantic

Some ghosts are so quiet you would hardly know they were there. ↗

— Bernie Mcgill

#historical-fiction #ireland #irish #literary-fiction #mother

Cowan son of Branieucc, you're the only one of my people that I know for sure still lives. ↗

— Sandi Layne

#historical-fiction #ireland #norway #romance #historical-romance

On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone ahead, believing in the right to information. ↗

— Kate Adie

#always #believing #british #contact #gone

I heard you went to Ireland...I haven't seen it in many years. Is it still green then, and beautiful? Wet as a bath sponge and mud to the knees but, aye, it was green enough. ↗

— Diana Gabaldon

#ireland #beauty

Ireland is also quite nice. So is Amsterdam. ↗

— Diane von Furstenberg

#amsterdam #ireland #nice #quite

My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a religious family because she was a Protestant from Ireland but wasn't especially religious. ↗

— Tony Blair

#because #bought #dad #especially #family

I've been asked why does Ireland produce so many great musicians, and the answer is it doesn't. When you count the great musicians Ireland has given the world in the last 20 years, you can do it on one hand. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#asked #been #count #does #given

My dad was a labourer and my mum had exactly the same job as Noel Gallagher's mum - she was a dinner lady at our local school. Everyone comes over from Ireland and they get the same jobs. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#dad #dinner #everyone #exactly #get

Ireland has a role to play in making the E.U. united and strong. ↗

— John Bruton

#making #play #role #strong #united