Irish Traditions Quotes

I'm Irish and I was born on St. Patrick's Day. I'm lucky sevens.

Dublin's a great place. It really is. It's a great place. And Ireland, especially, is a great place. I've realized that growing up more. I'm loving my country more as I'm getting older.

I've got that Irish thing going on. Lots of Irish in my background.

I'm from an Irish Catholic family.

Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.

Today I am so at home in Dublin, more than in any other city, that I feel it has always been familiar to me. But, as with Belfast it took me years to penetrate its outer ugliness and dourness, so with Dublin it took me years to see through its soft charm to its bitter prickly kernel - which I quite like too.

I grew up in Ireland, and there were so many things we believed in.

I think there is a very strong sense of Irish identity, and I think partly that's to do with the fact that we have evolved differently from Britain and other countries in Europe.

The Irish sometimes make and keep a vow against whiskey; these vows are usually limited to a short time.

Oh, all kinds of lunacy happens in Ireland, all kinds of lunacy.

I was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland and it is still home to me. My writing has taken me all over the world, but this is the place I come back to and the place where I find it easiest to write.

I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture.

[On the Irish:] Strange race ... Don't know what they want, but want it like the devil.

The prime minister of Ireland will be celebrating St. Patrick's Day at the White House. So finally the Secret Service agents will have a drinking buddy.

I always gravitate towards anything from Ireland. With Irish lit, I love the use of language, but also in many instances, the Irish writers are writing about people and circumstances that I can relate to.

The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times.

On this day, millions of people...throughout the world will gather to commemorate the life of Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. From his days as a slave in Ireland to his work as missionary years later, St. Patrick demonstrated a courage, commitment, and faith that won the hearts and minds of the Irish people. St. Patrick's Day also serves as a time for people of Irish descent from all traditions and religions to honor their native land and shared heritage. Their devotion to family, faith, and community has strengthened our country's character.

I'm a typical Irishman in that I only get home for weddings and funerals.

Tears and laughter, they are so much Gaelic to me.

I feel more and more the time wasted that is not spent in Ireland.

My father was totally Irish, and so I went to Ireland once. I found it to be very much like New York, for it was a beautiful country, and both the women and men were good-looking.

Did the Warwickshire militia, who were chiefly artisans, teach the Irish to drink beer, or did they learn from the Irish how to drink whiskey?

The wild Irish … are barbarous and most filthy in their diet.

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.

They're a dark people with a gift for suffering way past their deserving. It's said that without whiskey to soak and soften the world, they'd kill themselves. (Irish)