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Irish Quotes

I'm most comfortable with the Southern dialects, really. It's easy, for example, for me to do Irish because we've got Irish heritage where I come from.

Me Easy Heritage Comfortable Irish

William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan, and Mary Lavin, another Irish writer. There were a lot of writers that I found in 'The New Yorker' in the Fifties who wrote about the same type of material I did - about emotions and places.

Think American Emotions New Irish

When I went to America, I spoke so much about who I was and gave so much away in a confessional, Irish, story-telling way that I suddenly realised I had given up a lot of myself. I had to shut up.

Myself America Way Irish Shut Up Up

I'm Irish. That means I'm Catholic. But, truth is, now I'm a retired Christian.

Truth Truth Is Christian Now Irish

I love Ireland. I'll always be 100pc Irish. I get really excited when I go to Sligo; it's my home.

Love Home Go Irish Always Excited

I wrote a script. I actually enjoyed writing it more than acting. It's about the Irish rebellion of 1920, which is a fascinating period and place for me.

Me Writing Acting Place More Irish

My dad lives in Sicily, so I'm half Italian and half Irish - it's a fiery combination.

Nico Mirallegro

Irish Half Combination Italian Fiery

I remember vividly as a 15-year-old, in 1964, seeing Derry play Glentoran in the Irish Cup Final at Windsor Park in Belfast. Glentoran were one of the two big Belfast teams, along with Linfield. Any rural team playing them was up against the odds.

Martin McGuinness

Team Remember Seeing Play Irish Big

The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer.

Life Prayer Acting Actor Irish Out

Being Irish, I always had this love of words.

Kenneth Branagh

Love Words Irish Always Being Had

I go to Spain a lot, in winter, for a blast of sunlight to banish the blues brought on by the Irish greys and drizzle. I love the cities of the Spanish interior.

Love Winter Blues Go Sunlight Irish

I have a bit of a love affair with fairy tales and some of the ideas of Irish mythology, like Oscar Wilde and W.B. Yeats, who captured a lot of that very beautifully.

Love Ideas Irish Fairy Mythology

The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership.

Leadership Commitment Army Irish

The revelations of the Cloyne report have brought the government, Irish Catholics, and the Vatican to an unprecedented juncture.

Government Irish Report Vatican

Theatre has no national identity. It is something for the world, whether it is Irish, English, or French.

Identity Theatre World Irish English

I have a thing for red-haired Irish boys, as we know.

Know Irish Thing

My mum and my husband are from Irish backgrounds, so we have a lot of potatoes. Chips, mashed, boiled, new potatoes, I love them all. Even the slightly wonky ones like Duchess potatoes that go up in a little spiral.

Love Husband Go New Irish Potatoes

There is not a single injustice in Northern Ireland that is worth the loss of a single British soldier or a single Irish citizen either.

James Callaghan

Loss Worth Injustice Citizen Irish

I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American.

Myself Me American Irish Raised

I used to have an Australian accent for school and an Irish accent for home.

Genevieve O'Reilly

Home School Irish Used Australian

I had an Irish Catholic education. Horrible nuns, vindictive and cruel.

Education Irish Cruel Horrible Nuns

Most of my jokes are racist - usually about the Irish.

Irish Jokes Most About

The first music I was ever exposed to was Irish folk music, like the Clancy Brothers. My father plays that and Christmas songs.

Father Music Christmas Irish First

There are so many wonderful, wonderful musicians in the world, I cannot possibly make a distinction between the fact that they might play classical music, or bluegrass, or Irish traditional, or Indian music.

Music World Musicians Play Irish

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