Little Johnny asked his teacher if he could go to the bathroom, so she said yes. When he went to wipe his fanny, there was no toilet paper... so he used his hand. No man is an Ireland. - Richard Daley I am very proud to be Irish. - Philip Treacy Everyone is wise until he speaks. - Irish Drinking Toast Yes, I am an Irish lass through and through. - Erin Andrews Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow. - James Joyce Being Irish, I always had this love of words. - Kenneth Branagh Yelling Irish, you can sound like an angry Leprechaun. - Norman Reedus Bless your little Irish heart and every other Irish part. - Irish Blessings The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots. - Sean Connery You think the Welsh are friendly, but the Irish are fabulous. - Bonnie Tyler There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. - John Millington Synge I miss Irish milk. Probably not as much as Superquinn sausages. - Tristan MacManus I'm from durable stock. I'm made to work. I'm Irish. - Mary McCormack Dublin University contains the cream of Ireland - rich and thick. - Samuel Beckett It is a symbol of Irish art. The cracked looking-glass of a servant. - James Joyce Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history. - Fiona Shaw Politics is the chloroform of the Irish people, or, rather the hashish. - Oliver St. John Gogarty Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis. - Brendan Behan Under the English legal system you are innocent until you are shown to be Irish. - Ted Whitehead If you're Irish, it doesn't matter where you go - you'll find family. - Victoria Smurfit Wherever you go and whatever you do, may the luck of the Irish be there with you. - Irish Blessings The English should give Ireland home rule - and reserve the motion picture rights. - Will Rogers My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess. - Mariah Carey We Irish will never achieve anything; but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks. - Oscar Wilde I'm not Irish. Just because I have red hair doesn't mean I'm a lucky charm. - Rebecca Mader I am who I am: an Irish Catholic kid, working class from Long Island. And I made it big. - Bill O'Reilly The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill. - Harold Nicolson Jameson's Irish Whiskey really does improve with age: the older I get the more I like it. - Bob Monkhouse Ireland is a small but insuppressible island half an hour nearer the sunset than Great Britain. - Thomas Kettle I am the indoctrinated child of two lapsed Irish Catholics. Which is to say: I am not religious. - Meghan O'Rourke I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture and this show will feature a lot of Irish dancing. - Michael Flatley Definition of an Irish fact: That which tells you not what is the case but what you want to hear. - Hugh Kenner I grew up in an Irish Catholic family, and I think they force you to watch every James Cagney movie. - Jimmy Fallon May you always walk in sunshine. May you never want for more. May Irish angels rest their wings right beside your door. - Irish Blessings Isn't it a very curious thing that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland an' the English brought in the fleas. - Frank McCourt I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same. - Iris Murdoch With such riches as I have in life, you're always nervous. Being Irish, you're waiting for something to knock it sideways. - Pierce Brosnan It is Ireland's sacred duty to send over, every few years, a playwright to save the English theatre from inarticulate glumness. - Kenneth Tynan 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? - Lara Flynn Boyle I'm Irish, so I'm used to odd stews. I can take it. Just throw a lot of carrots and onions in there and I'll call it dinner. - Liam Neeson see also Irish, Little Johnny & St. Patrick’s Day Sections Going Green for Ireland Green Beards Irish Alzheimers Irish Bar Irish Birth Control Irish Blessings and Sayings Irish Drink Irish Exam Irish Flood Irish Rugby Fans Irish Sky Garden Crater Irish Virgin Irish Weather Forecasting St. Patrick’s Day Joe-ks St. Patrick’s Day Riddles St. Patrick’s Dog Swimming Buddies Teddy Bear Dance The Fert What’s Under The Kilt? |
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