Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.
Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.
We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.
Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.
If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.
Some mornings you wake up and think, gee I look handsome today. Other days I think, what am I doing in the movies? I wanna go back to Ireland and drive a forklift.
A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.
There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.
Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.
That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the Irish way?