#irish

The basic policy of the British Government was that since the majority of people in Northern Ireland wished to remain in the United Kingdom, that was that. We asked what would happen if the majority wanted something else, if the majority wanted to see Irish unity. ↗

— John Hume

#basic #british #british government #else #government

They believed that Britain was in Ireland defending their own interests, therefore the Irish had the right to use violence to put them out. My argument was that that type of thinking was out of date. ↗

— John Hume

#believed #britain #date #defending #had

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

— Bob Geldof

#black americans #irish #more #than

My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence. ↗

— Dido Armstrong

#huge #huge influence #influence #irish #music

The British Government and the Irish Government have accepted very clearly the Mitchell Report. ↗

— Dick Spring

#british #british government #clearly #government #irish

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

Perhaps our Irish friends should not so completely turn their backs on their historical dishes, no matter how many jokes they might have to endure. ↗

— Nick Clooney

#completely #dishes #endure #friends #historical