Irish Quotes

I love the mystery, the legend of Irish music.

Steve informed me his mother was Irish, which I was unaware of. All of a sudden I started looking at the boy a bit differently, and I have kept an eye on him since.

"Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.'.

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

The trouble with me is that I am a vindictive old shanty-Irish bitch.

I went to an Irish Pub after the race and they saw me limping and they bought me drinks. I always looked at it as I didn't think I could do it and when I qualified I thought, 'I better do it, I might not never get this chance again.

He was ethnically very much a product of his Swedish and Irish grandparents, who raised him while his mother worked.

The trophy is coming back to France so I am very happy about that. The Irish win their Triple Crown so it's a good day for rugby.

Midlife Irish: Discovering My Family and Myself.

Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern should demonstrate his country's commitment to the world's fight against terrorism.

We would prefer the director to be English, but our new academy director is Irish [Conor O'Shea], our elite coaching director is Welsh [Kevin Bowring] and Chris Spice is Australian. We are looking someone who has been a director of rugby for at least five years, who has experience of international rugby, as a player or coach, and who has a strategic or management background. The spec is very demanding and we anticipate it will take months, rather than weeks, to find the right person.

Like the name, Irish Ale, it's nothing fancy, just a great tasting sweet, caramel-y beer.

Here we're in an Irish bar, we're celebrating St. Patrick's day and it's smoke free. And it certainly is a good thing for all people that are in here.

In order to stay with the roots of Irish music -- it's kind of like classical music -- you need to study it in its pure form. What we try to do is keep it to its original roots.

I think the Irish are going to bring the most enormous passion for and enjoyment of sport to next year's Ryder Cup.

I was in Studio 3 cutting a song with, I think, the Irish Rovers, ... I saw a record on the wall in the hall by Johnny Rivers. It had this song 'By the Time I Get to Phoenix.' And that made me curious. I wondered if it was about the city or the bird. So I listened to it, and I cried because it made me homesick. And if you can cry to Johnny Rivers, you know that's a good song. I recorded it the next day. And lo and behold it was one of the biggest records I ever had.

The White House has decided not to invite the Irish parties to the White House; that would be a disappointment. But do I interpret this as a movement by this administration away from the peace process? No, I don't. I don't. And if I did, I would be very very perturbed.

I expect that every Irish-American coming to Ireland says visiting makes them feel good to be here. But I feel drawn to Dingle, I feel a sense of coming home. For me that is what it is.

A lot of my fondness for music came from them, and no doubt from their Welsh and Irish ancestry, too. When I reached 12, I finally knew I wanted to be a singer.

Today was to be the day when the gun was to be finally taken out of Irish politics.

If you're lucky enough to be Irish, then you're lucky enough.

May you always walk in sunshine. May you never want for more. May Irish angels rest their wings right beside your door.

Wherever you go and whatever you do, May the luck of the Irish be there with you.

Bless your little Irish heart and every other Irish part.

May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.