#ireland

When I was younger, I was in love with everything about the British Isles, from British folklore to Celtic music. That was always where my passions were as a young girl, and so I studied folklore as a college student in England and Ireland. ↗

— Terri Windling

#always #british #celtic #celtic music #college

My father's parents were Irish. Only a year before my father died, he and I went back to Ireland for a week to look at the old homestead. ↗

— John C. Hawkes

#before #died #father #homestead #i

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

I believe we've spent many years trying to bring about talks which have all the Parties in Northern Ireland involved so that there'd be inclusive talks. ↗

— Dick Spring

#believe #bring #i #i believe #inclusive

I want to say to all of you that when I take my oath of office I will do my absolute best to use all of my abilities for all of the people of Ireland. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#best #i #ireland #oath #office

I'm 100% Celt. In fact, I'm directly related to the progenitor of the high kings of Ireland, Niall of the Nine Hostages. ↗

— Brian Cox

#fact #high #hostages #i #in fact

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 problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent. ↗

— Hugh Leonard

#country #full #genius #ireland #problem

Ireland is a peculiar society in the sense that it was a nineteenth century society up to about 1970 and then it almost bypassed the twentieth century. ↗

— John McGahern

#almost #century #ireland #nineteenth #nineteenth century