#ireland

My grandfather was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who lived in Northern Ireland and apparently when he sang in the synagogue he made everyone cry. ↗

— Jessie Ware

#cry #everyone #grandfather #immigrant #ireland

At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure. ↗

— Seamus Heaney

#authority #avoidance #figure #habit #home

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. ↗

— Dave Barry

#being #consumed #geographically #ireland #island

Ireland is a great country to die or be married in. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#die #great #great country #ireland #married

I remember my first show was a live TV show in Ireland, and I was just petrified. It was horrific. ↗

— Caroline Corr

#horrific #i #i remember #ireland #just

We are bound to lose Ireland in consequence of years of cruelty, stupidity and misgovernment and I would rather lose her as a friend than as a foe. ↗

— William E. Gladstone

#consequence #cruelty #foe #friend #her

The best thanks we could offer those who went before and raised the Irish working class from their knees was to press forward with determination and enthusiasm towards the ultimate goal of their efforts, a Co-operative Commonwealth for Ireland. ↗

— James Larkin

#best #class #co-operative #commonwealth #could

We shall not fight for the preservation of the enemy, which has laid waste with death and desolation the fields and hills of Ireland for 700 years. ↗

— James Larkin

#desolation #enemy #fields #fight #hills

They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#back #because #conflict #derail #into

Home will always be Northern Ireland but my schedule means for the next few years I won't be there as much. I can't do the same things that I did a year ago. That is I'm something conscious of, but I'm not sad about it. It's fine. ↗

— Rory McIlroy

#ago #always #conscious #did #few