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“The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals internationally.”

Way Political Winning Goal Support Building Republican Democratic Objectives Ireland Hymns Way Forward

Book:An Irish Eye

Source: An Irish Eye

“That feeds anger, and I mean when we went and at last thank heavens got towards peace in Northern Ireland we went for justice within Northern Ireland as well as using security well, as well as a political settlement, but surely that is the lesson.”

Wells Mean Lasts Political Heaven Peace Justice Security Lessons Anger Ireland Settlement Northern Ireland

Author:Clare Short

“It is absolutely no accident that the peace and reconciliation, and indeed the economic progress, that eluded us generation after generation for hundreds of years, has at last come to pass in an Ireland where the talents of women are now flooding every aspect of life as never before.”

Years Lasts Progress Generations Economic Talent Aspect Accidents Ireland Reconciliation Aspects Of Life Flooding Economic Progress

Author:Mary McAleese

“Indeed, American companies make three times as much profits from their investment in one E.U. country, Ireland, than they do from all their investments in China.”

Country Three Company Investment Profit China Usa Ireland Three Times

Author:John Bruton

“Ireland has a role to play in making the E.U. united and strong.”

Play Strong United Roles Ireland

Author:John Bruton

“The field was even greener than my boy's mind had pictured it. In later years, friends of ours visited Ireland and said the grass there was plenty green all right, but that not even the Emerald Isle itself was as green as the grass that grew in Ebbets Field.”

Years Mind Said Boys Fields Grew Green Plenty Grass Ireland My Boys Isle Greener Emeralds

Author:Duke Snider

“At Leeds I've tried to concentrate on my club form, but you get caught up in all the World Cup fever once you come back to Ireland and see all the Irish boys again.”

World Form Boys Caught Clubs Cups Ireland Caught Up Fever World Cup Leeds

Author:Robbie Keane

“I mean I grew up in Ireland, so one would have to be consciously blinkered not to have reflected on the issue of political violence because that was the story since I was 19 years old or 20.”

Years Mean Stories Political Issues Violence Grew Grew Up Ireland Political Violence

Author:Neil Jordan

“In Ireland the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs.”

Happens Inevitable Unexpected Ireland Toasts Being Irish Ireland And The Irish Funny Irish

Author:John Pentland Mahaffy

“The French selectors never do anything by halves; for the first international of the season against Ireland they dropped half the three-quarter line.”

Firsts Three Lines Half Seasons International Quarters Ireland Rugby

Author:Nigel Starmer-Smith

“In Ireland we have a very old saying, When you can see the mountains it's going to rain and when you can't see the mountains it's raining.”

Mountain Rain Entrepreneur Ireland Old Saying

Author:David Allen

“They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict.”

Want Conflict Ireland Plunge Northern Ireland Armed Conflict

Author:Peter Mandelson

“While my hand is on the stick, my feet on the rudder, and my eyes on the compass, this consciousness, like a winged messenger, goes out to visit the waves below, testing the warmth of water, the speed of wind, the thickness of intervening clouds. It goes north to the glacial coasts of Greenland, over the horizon to the edge of dawn, ahead to Ireland, England, and the continent of Europe, away through space to the moon and stars, always returning, unwillingly, to the mortal duty of seeing that the limbs and muscles have attended their routine while it was gone.”

“I'm disrespectful towards authority. I think the prime minister of Ireland is a gobshite.”

Thinking Authority Ministers Prime Ireland Prime Minister Disrespectful

Author:Michael O'Leary

“The airline industry is full of bullshitters, liars and drunks. We excel at all three in Ireland.”

Three Industry Aviation Liars Ireland Airline Airline Business Airline Industry

Author:Michael O'Leary

“Both sides of my family had come from Ireland in the 19th century for the same reason: There was nothing to eat over there. Since then, I've tried to make up for the potato famine by making the potato the only vegetable that passes these lips.”

Reason Sides Century My Family Lips Vegetables Ireland Both Sides Potatoes Famine 19th Century Potato Famine

Author:Art Donovan

“Ireland, sir, for good or evil, is like no other place under heaven, and no man can touch its sod or breathe its air without becoming better or worse.”

Men Evil Heaven Air Becoming Breathe Ireland Being Irish Ireland And The Irish Sod Becoming Better

Book:John Bull's Other Island

Source: John Bull's Other Island

“The British Government has no right in Ireland, never had any right in Ireland, and never can have any right in Ireland.”

Republican British Ireland

Author:James Connolly

“You cannot conquer Ireland; you cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom, then our children will win it by a better deed.”

Ifs Children Passion Winning Republican Our Children Deeds Conquer Sufficient Ireland Ireland And The Irish

Author:Patrick Pearse

“As long as Ireland is unfree the only honourable attitude for Irish men, women to have is an attitude of rebellion.”

Men Long Attitude Republican Rebellion Ireland Men Women Unfree

Author:Patrick Pearse

“The republic stands for truth and honour. For all that is noblest in our race. By truth and honour, principle and sacrifice alone will Ireland be free.”

Race Principles Sacrifice Republican Republic Honour Ireland

Author:Liam Mellows

“I'll wear no convicts uniform nor meekly serve my time that Britain might brand Irelands fight 800 years of crime.”

Years Might Fighting Crime Republican Brands My Time Britain Ireland Uniforms Convicts

Author:Bobby Sands

“It did not seem to me that prejudice, poverty, discrimination, repression and racism were confined to the North of Ireland. I could see them everywhere I spoke and still cannot comprehend the mentality that argues that I should have pretended not to see them, because it wasn't my business.”

Should Stills Seems Poverty Republican Racism Should Have Prejudice Arguing Discrimination Spokes Mentality Ireland Confined Repression

Author:Bernadette Devlin

“But while Ireland is not free I remain a rebel, unconverted and unconvertible. There is no word strong enough for it. I am pledged as a rebel, an unconvertible rebel, to the one thing - a free and independent Republic.”

Enough Strong One Thing Republican Independent Republic Rebel Ireland Strong Enough

Author:Constance Markievicz

“Whoop it up for liberty! After Ireland is free, says the patriot who won't touch socialism, we will protect all classes, and if you won't pay your rent you will be evicted same as now. But the evicting party, under command of the sheriff, will wear green uniforms and the Harp without the Crown, and the warrant turning you out on the roadside will be stamped with the arms of the Irish Republic. Now, isn't that worth fighting for?”

Ifs Fighting Party Pay Liberty Class Arms Protect Green Socialism Command Revolutionary Republic Ireland Crowns Uniforms Patriot Warrants Harps Worth Fighting For Sheriffs Roadside

Author:James Connolly

“Ireland unfree shall never be at peace”

Revolutionary Ireland Unfree

Author:Patrick Pearse

“The ending of partition was inevitable because Ireland was one nation by history and tradition , by facts of race, geography, and economy”

Facts Nations Race Economy Tradition Inevitable Revolutionary Ireland Geography Partition

Author:Seamus Costello

“But the most horrible spot .... lies....immediately south west of Oxford Road and is known as Little Ireland. The race that lives in these ruinous cottages, behind broken windows, mended with oilskin, sprung doors, and rotten door-posts, or in dark, wet cellars, in measureless filth and stench....must surely have reached the lowest stage of humanity.”

Littles Lying Humanity Dark Race Cities Behinds Known Doors Stage Broken Window West South Horrible Spots Posts Ireland Wet Lowest Rotten Oxford Cottages Filth Cellars Sprung Broken Windows

Author:Friedrich Engels

“However it may be for others, for us of the Citizen Army there is but one ideal - an Ireland ruled, and owned, by Irish men and women, sovereign and independent from the centre to the sea, and flying its own flag outward over all the oceans.”

Men May Sea Citizens Ocean Men And Women Ideals Army Independent Flying Flags Ireland Sovereign Centre

Book:Collected Works: Labour and Easter Week

Source: Collected Works: Labour and Easter Week

“I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!”

Left Ireland Ashes Reign Shepherds

Author:Elizabeth I

“What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since the overwhelming majority of people in Ireland and Northern Ireland voted in favour of the agreement signed on Good Friday 1998, paving the way for Northern Ireland to become the exciting and inspirational place that it is today.”

People Way Years Today Exciting Majority Agreement Overwhelming Ireland Favour Friday Hope For The Future Good Friday Northern Ireland Paving Paving The Way

Author:Queen Elizabeth II

“But one of the most fantastic things about Ireland and Dublin is that the pubs are like Paris and the cafe culture. And Dublin, in many ways, is a pub culture.”

Way Culture Fantastic Paris Ireland Pubs Cafes Dublin

Author:Hugh Dancy

“We moved to Ireland when I was two and we settled in Killarney, Co Kerry. Where we were living in Germany is very industrial and very grey and my parents wanted to have countryside around for my sister and I to grow up in.”

Two Wanted Grows Parent Growing Up Moved Germany My Sister Ireland Grey Countryside

Author:Michael Fassbender

“Going back to Ireland involves at least six to seven emotional breakdowns for me per day.”

Emotional Six Seven Ireland Breakdown

Author:Anjelica Huston

“I never think about themes. I let the music create itself. I like it to be a potpourri of all kinds of sounds, all kinds of colors, something for everybody, from the farmer in Ireland to the lady who scrubs toilets in Harlem.”

Thinking Kind Sound Color All Kinds Theme Farmers Ireland Toilets Harlem Potpourri

Author:Michael Jackson

“It was great to work in Ireland because it's such a beautiful country, but it's not particularly easy to film in because the weather changes all the time.”

Country Beautiful Film Easy Weather Ireland Beautiful Country

Author:Anjelica Huston

“I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.”

People Country Energy Conflict South Republic Coming Out Ireland South Africa Czech Czech Republic

Author:Brian Eno

“In Ireland, it's been like U2 and The Cranberries, which is rock, but you know they're Irish.”

Knows Rocks Ireland Cranberries

Author:Caroline Corr

“I love to go to Ireland just to relax.”

Love Relax Ireland

Author:Ronnie Wood

“When I was younger, I was in love with everything about the British Isles, from British folklore to Celtic music. That was always where my passions were as a young girl, and so I studied folklore as a college student in England and Ireland.”

Love Young Girl Passion Students College England British Ireland My Passion Folklore Celtic College Students Isle Celtic Music

Author:Terri Windling

“It... is the best opportunity we've had in the last 25 years to bring about a settlement in Northern Ireland, and I think we should leave no stone unturned to achieve that.”

Thinking Should Years Lasts Opportunity Achieve Stones Ireland Settlement Northern Ireland Best Opportunity

Author:Dick Spring

“I love L.A. I mean, in Ireland it just rains all the time, it's crap weather, so it's nice to go to L.A. where it's just sunshine every day, and then it's kinda easier to live a kinda healthy lifestyle. As opposed to New York, where you just drink all day.”

Mean Nice New York Easier Drink Healthy Rain Lifestyle Weather Sunshine Ireland Crap Healthy Lifestyle

Author:Jack Reynor

“Yes, but also one of the problems for a novelist in Ireland is the fact that there are no formal manners. I mean some people have beautiful manners but there's no kind of agreed form of manners.”

People Kind Mean Facts Problem Beautiful Form Manners Novelists Ireland Formal

Author:John McGahern

“Ireland is such a young society. The British were the ruling class up until they left about a hundred years ago, and we've been trying to work out what our class hierarchy is ever since.”

Trying Years Young Left Class Hundred Years Ago Work Out British Ireland Ruling Hierarchy

Author:Tana French

“I speak many times about Stephen Ireland, that he is shy like a hedgehog.”

Speak Shy Ireland Hedgehogs

Author:Giovanni Trapattoni

“Northern Ireland is the world’s best kept secret, both in the character of its people and its scenery.”

People World Character Secret Ireland Scenery Northern Ireland Kept Secrets Best Kept Secrets

Author:Liam Neeson

“I grew up in Ireland, so I do not have a lot of respect for most politicians.”

Grew Politician Grew Up Ireland

Author:Jasmine Guinness

“I am a proud product of Irish golf and the Golfing Union of Ireland and am hugely honoured to have come from very rich Irish sporting roots I am also a proud Ulsterman who grew up in Northern Ireland. That is my background and always will be.”

Rich Products Grew Proud Grew Up Roots Unions Golf Backgrounds Ireland Golfing Northern Ireland

Author:Rory McIlroy

“Funnily enough, Northern Ireland is a great example of where politics can win over conflict. The decision to down arms and follow a political path would have been unthinkable once. It shows just what is possible.”

Has Beens Enough Shows Political Winning Decision Path Example Arms Conflict Ireland Unthinkable Northern Ireland

Author:James Nesbitt

“I love our shared island, our shared Ireland and its core decency. I love it for its imagination and its celebration of the endless possibilities for our people.”

People Imagination Possibility Core Endless Islands Celebration Ireland Decency Endless Possibilities

Author:Michael D. Higgins

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