(353 quotes found)
“May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the hollow of his hand.”
Irish Blessings
“The Irish ignore anything they can't drink or punch.”
Proverb
“Many an Irish property was increased by the lace of a daughter's petticoat.”
Irish Proverb
“Bless your little Irish heart and every other Irish part.”
“The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.”
Harold Nicolson
“The Irish are a fair people- they never speak well of one another”
Samuel Johnson
“Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists.”
Alan Parker
“I've always liked it here. Part of me is Irish. . . . My family comes from the west coast, so whenever I come to Ireland I get a wee tingling in my heart that I'm where I belong.”
Billy Connolly
“The Irish are often nervous about having the appropriate face for the occasion. They have to be happy at weddings, which is a strain, so they get depressed; they have to be sad at funerals, which is easy, so they get happy.”
Peggy Noonan
“If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.”
Brendan Behan
