“Patrick was top of our priority list for the winter transfer window.”
Gerard Houllier
“May the good Saints protect you and bless you today, and may troubles ignore you each step of the way.”
Irish Blessings
“The Gaelic League is founded not upon hatred of England, but upon love of Ireland. Hatred is a negative passion; it is powerful - a very powerful destroyer; but it is useless for building up. Love, on the other hand, is like faith; it can move mountains, and faith, we have mountains to move.”
Douglas Hyde
“Don't be surprised if I demur, for, be advised my passport's green. No glass of ours was ever raised to toast The Queen.”
Seamus Heaney
“All things bright and beautiful, / All creatures great and small, / All things wise and wonderful,/ The Lord God made them all.”
Cecil Frances Alexander
“Oh! St. Patrick was a gentleman, Who came of decent people; He built a church in Dublin town, And on it put a steeple.”
Henry Bennett
“St. Patrick... one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all under the guise of acting Irish.”
Charles M. Madigan
