“ Well, they may not be civilized, but they certainly are confident—and this confidence is one of the open-handed pleasures of early Irish literature. Thomas Cahill
“ 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. Rashers Tierney
“ Banshee cries?”“You know, those creatures that cry really loud when someone from an important Irish family is about to die? Patricia Morais