Quotes about Ireland

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God and religion before every thing!' Dante cried. 'God and religion before the world.' Mr Casey raised his clenched fis — James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Bí ann nó astáimse ag triall Ortagus má tácuirim geasa Ortmé a shábháilón dreama deirgur fear fuarsa spéir Thú. — Caitlín Maude, Dánta, Drámaíocht agus Prós
The tune was sad, as the best of Ireland was, melancholy and lovely as a lover's tears. — Nora Roberts, Born in Fire
I was born Katie O’Reilly,” she began. “Poor Irish, but proud of it. I boarded the Titanic at Queenstown as a third clas — Jina Bacarr
You were so intent on what your purpose would be. I remember it nearly word for word.""Recite it for me then, my Lainna. — Leigh Ann Edwards, The Farrier's Daughter
Alainn, it is no herb that has made me so entirely insatiable, 'tis just being with you. — Leigh Ann Edwards, The Farrier's Daughter
Our place is here, our time is now!" Killian firmly declared. — Leigh Ann Edwards, The Chieftain's Daughter
I've no plans to couple with anyone other than my new bride for the next century or so, and it feels as though it's taki — Leigh Ann Edwards, The Chieftain's Daughter
In truth, I doubt I'd notice if a herd of giant Irish elk stomped through the entire chamber when I'm in the act of lovi — Leigh Ann Edwards, The Chieftain's Daughter
By God, Lainna, have you truly no notion how badly I want you, then?""Oh, but did you not once tell me the anticipation — Leigh Ann Edwards, The Chieftain's Daughter
I think I could spend an eternity with you, Killian, and never tire of hearing you speak to me. — Leigh Ann Edwards, The Chieftain's Daughter
As she glanced down at the great distance to the ground below, she whispered in his ear, "You have obviously taken the h — Leigh Ann Edwards, A Chieftain's Wife
Cad é an mhaith dom eagla a bheith orm? Ní shaorfadh eagla duine ón mbás, dar ndóigh. — Peig Sayers, An Old Woman's Reflections: The Life of a Blasket Island Storyteller
Mad Ireland hurt you into poetry. — W.H. Auden
World is suddener than we fancy it. — Louis MacNeice, Collected Poems of Louis MacNeice
Take that rage, put it on a page, take the page to the stage, blow the roof off the place. — The Script
In prehistoric times, early man was bowled over by natural events: rain, thunder, lightning, the violent shaking and mov — Signe Pike, Faery Tale: One Woman's Search for Enchantment in a Modern World
I painlessly came to realize that the reverence I felt for the holiness of life is not ever likely to be entirely at hom — Eudora Welty, On Writing
If the surprise outcome of the recent UK referendum - on whether to leave or remain in the European Union - teaches us a — Alex Morritt, Impromptu Scribe
So does nobody care about Ireland?""Nobody. Neither King Louis, nor King Billie, nor King James." He nodded thoughtfully — Edward Rutherfurd, The Rebels of Ireland