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“I've never seen a nation more quick at finding joy in a sad situation than the Irish at a funeral.”

Joy Funeral Joyful Living Irish Funerals Finding Joy Irish Culture Making The Best Of Situations Death Is Not The End Sad Situations

Book:Vocation of a Gadfly

Source: Vocation of a Gadfly

“It's not that we weren't capable of warmth as a family. But we were regularly seduced by the concept of being wronged.”

Family Irish Culture

Book:The Rachel Incident

Source: The Rachel Incident

“If history belongs to the winners, legend belongs to the losers.”

History Labor Coal Coal Miners Irish History Irish Culture Pennsylvania History Molly Maguires

Book:The Sons of Molly Maguire: The Irish Roots of America's First Labor War

Source: The Sons of Molly Maguire: The Irish Roots of America's First Labor War

“Timeless There’s a place in the far west of Ireland. A place called Mayo -- a rain-soaked, misty county on the wild Atlantic. The name alone is of another time and conjures up mystery and myth. This is a place to disappear, to live unseen, where few questions are asked. You can lose yourself in Mayo.”

Celts Irish Humor Irish Culture

Book:Sumerian Vortex: Music From A Lost Civilization

Source: Sumerian Vortex: Music From A Lost Civilization

“The original Guinness Brewery in Dublin has a 9,000-year lease on its property at a perpetual rate of 45 pounds per year--one of the best bargains in Irish commercial history!”

Guinness Irish History Irish Culture Irish Trivia

Book:F*ck You I'm Irish: Why We Irish Are Awesome

Source: F*ck You I'm Irish: Why We Irish Are Awesome

“For a tiny speck in the Atlantic, Ireland has made an outsize contribution to world literature. It's a legacy we can all be proud of, one that would take many pages (or indeed a whole library of books) to recount in full.”

Irish Writers Irish History Irish Literature Irish Culture

Book:F*ck You I'm Irish: Why We Irish Are Awesome

Source: F*ck You I'm Irish: Why We Irish Are Awesome

“The Irish have played a part in every military conflict on American soil since the founding of the republic. Donegal-born Richard Montgomery was the first American general to lose his life in the Revolutionary War. In fact, one British major general at the time told the House of Commons that "half the rebel Continental Army was from Ireland.”

Irish America Irish Culture Irish In American Us Military History

Book:F*ck You I'm Irish: Why We Irish Are Awesome

Source: F*ck You I'm Irish: Why We Irish Are Awesome