Find Out What Edgy Colin Farrell Has To Say About The Irish In These Irish Quotes

Here is a wide, colorful and eclectic collection of Irish Quotes some of which are also Irish proverbs.

Author John McGahern:
"Ireland is a peculiar society in the sense that it was a nineteenth century society up to about 1970 and then it almost bypassed the twentieth century."

Irish Proverb
"If you're lucky enough to be Irish, then you're lucky enough."

Oliver Herford:
"The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scotts as a joke, but the Scotts haven't seen the joke yet."

Irish proverb:
"Like the warmth of the sun and the light of the day, may the luck of the Irish shine bright on your way."

Hugh Leonard:
"The problem with Ireland is that it’s a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent."

Irish proverb:
“It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life”

Harold Nicolson:
"The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill."

Winston Churchill:
"We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English."

Colin Farrell:
"Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me."

Sidney Littlewood:
"The Irish don't know what they want and are prepared to fight to the death to get it."

Hal Roach:
"You know it's summer in Ireland when the rain gets warmer."

Irish proverb:
“Who gossips with you will gossip of you”

Alex Levine:
"Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat."

Sir John Pentland Mahaffy:
"In Ireland the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs."

James Joyce:
"An Irishman needs three things: silence, cunning and exile."

Fiona Shaw:
"Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy."

Adrienne Cook:
"St. Patrick's Day is an enchanted time,a day to begin transforming winter's dreams into summer's magic."

Marianne Moore:
"I'm troubled, I'm dissatisfied. I'm Irish."

Regardless of whether or not it's St.Patricks day, you'll probably get some good use out ofthese Irish quotes.

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