By now, he was also a ‘Protestant Atheist’, which he remained all his life.

Poor Irish, but proud of it. I boarded the Titanic at Queenstown as a third class passenger with nothing more than the clothes on my back. And the law at my heels.” Titanic Rhapsody

I come from a long line of staunch Irish Catholics.

If my last name were Bedient, I’d want to Irishize it and have you call me O’Bedient. Of course, just because you call me, doesn’t mean I’ll come.

For you can’t hear Irish tunes without knowing you’re Irish, and wanting to pound that fact into the floor.

I don’t think potatoes require muchgrazing room, genius,” she deadpanned.

…that it is not the literal past, the ‘facts’ of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.

Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why.

The History of Ireland in two words: Ah well. The Invasion by the Vikings: Ah well. The Invasion by the Normans. The Flight of the Earls, Mr Oliver Cromwell. Daniel O’Connell, Robert Emmett, The Famine,...

Lost: Heartbeat. Last seen being chased away by an Irishman’s shameless grin. Reward if returned.

Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.

Hating is easy. It’s loving that’s hard

The Irish are a fair people- they never speak well of one another

The first permanent structure in Jacksonville was a school/saloon. It was built by the Irish.

dirty” before, I will compare it with dynamite in your ovaries. They say it with like, seven Rs.

Funny how I keep forgetting you’re insane.” – Colleen O’Brien

H. L Mencken’s Dictionary of the American Language supplies a long list of slang terms for being drunk, but the Irish are no slouches, either. They’re spannered, rat-arsed, cabbaged, and hammered; ruined, legless, scorched, and...

Your battles inspired me – not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.

Corned beef and cabbage and leprechaun men.Colorful rainbows hide gold at their end.Shamrocks and clovers with three leaves plus one.Dress up in green—add a top hat for fun.Steal a quick kiss from the lasses in...

Atty’s eyes rested on Darby with all the subtlety of a dog watching his food bowl being filled!

She let her mind drift, thinking about new lingerie designs, wishing she’d brought along her sketchpad. Inspiration could strike at the most inconvenient times–in the shower, in the car, on this road–but she was grateful...

I appreciate the support, … This victory moves me closer to my goal to become the first Irish-born heavyweight champion of the world.

Cad é an mhaith dom eagla a bheith orm? Ní shaorfadh eagla duine ón mbás, dar ndóigh.

Love is a rainbow of emotion. My favorite part is the pot of gold and the Irish midget.

I’m Irish, so I’m used to odd stews. I can take it. Just throw a lot of carrots and onions in there and I’ll call it dinner.

and…and…a gun. A big one.” – Colleen O’Brien

Bí ann nó astáimse ag triall Ortagus má tácuirim geasa Ortmé a shábháilón dreama deirgur fear fuarsa spéir Thú.

The sea, the snotgreen sea, the scrotumtightening sea.

The Ireland I now inhabit is one that these Irish contemporaries have helped to imagine.

But if republicans are to prevail, if the peace process is to be successfully concluded and Irish sovereignty and re-unification secured, then we have to set the agenda – no-one else is going to do...

They came from all backgrounds. Some had an Irish heritage, but not necessarily so.

Irish and English are so widely separated in their mode of expression that nothing like a literal rendering from one language to the other is possible.

My father was totally Irish, and so I went to Ireland once. I found it to be very much like New York, for it was a beautiful country, and both the women and men were...

But let’s just say, I’m Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist.

Food shouldn’t be that shade of green, lass.” – Faolán MacIntyre

So go love someone that wants to love you back. Whoever that lad is will be one lucky person.

I’ve been told I have an Irish temper, I know I have Scottish thrift, and, like the English, I love a good show.

I shall ne’er chase rainbows again, Knowing no pot o’ gold awaits at the end. My Irish treasure is not there. For ye, my love, abide with me here.

He kissed her like he owned her, and in that moment, he did. The kiss was rough and punishing, his tongue forcing her lips open and sweeping into her mouth with greedy precision. Electricity raced...

The Minister needs to work with Irish-speaking communities, not simply instruct them, as past Ministers did.

Many people die of thirst but the Irish are born with one.

To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.

Oh, now my Erin, she’d smile down on me no matter where I walked.” Grandpop smiled that little smile again. “But I’d be separated from her, and I’d feel that separation in my soul, you...

Submitted for your approval–the curious case of Colleen O’Brien and thegorgeous time traveling Scot who landed in her living room.” – Rod Serling

Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.

I’ve heard some duff Irish accents. The worst must be Mickey Rourke.

The Irish way of telling a story is a complex and elaborate one, complete with wild exaggerations, a certain delight in improbable fantasy, and a heightened sense of drama.

Bailey went quiet, her expression softening. “You’re right,” she finally said. “It wouldn’t have been smart.””Well, fuck me — are you actually admitting that I was right about something?””It’s like an eclipse,” she muttered. “Happens...

Irish is entitled to parity of esteem. But that does not mean parity of print runs. Semi-state companies were forced to print equal numbers of Irish and English versions of annual reports, when there was...

Author? Author? Did you write these legs?”Yes.”‘Well, I don’t like dem. I don’t like ’em at all at all. I could ha’ writted better legs meself.