#irish

I will be a President for all the people, whether they voted for me or not, whether they are young or old and particularly for the Irish abroad. I'm looking forward to it and I think it will be exciting and wonderful. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#exciting #forward #i #i think #irish

The mandate I have received and for which I will speak with heart and head to implement over the next seven years had its four pillars - an inclusive citizenship, equality and participation and respect in a creative society creating an excellence in everything we Irish do. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#creating #creative #equality #everything #excellence

The presidency is an independent office and the Irish people whom I appreciate so much and I take with such responsibility have given a very clear mandate on a very clear set of ideas to me, as the ninth president. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#clear #given #i #ideas #independent

Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#black americans #irish #more #than

I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl. ↗

— Lara Flynn Boyle

#had #i #irish #skin #time

Being Irish was a big thing for me, particularly growing up in Chicago. ↗

— Lara Flynn Boyle

#big #big thing #chicago #growing #growing up

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#devise #irish #nation #now #old

Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure. ↗

— Yancy Butler

#figure #go #i #irish #name

I hope 'The Voice' has a fifteen-year run, don't get me wrong. But I come from nothing, and maybe it's the Irish in me, but my attitude is always like, 'They'll figure me out soon.' ↗

— Carson Daly

#attitude #come #figure #get #hope

To marry the Irish is to look for poverty. ↗

— J. P. Donleavy

#look #marry #poverty