Oh' The Irish


"Dublin was turning into Disneyland with super-pubs, a Purgatory open till five in the morning."
Joseph O'Connor, "Two Little Clouds"


"Traveling - I was all my life at it. I'd still rather be traveling around. I'm always thinking of it. It was a better and a nicer time on the road - more freedom along the roads. We'd be selling tinware, saucepans, cans - country people knew us well at those times and were very nice."
Former Irish Traveler (or "Tinker") Nan McDonagh


"I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted."
Soccer superstar George Best


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


"You know, I have a theory about Charlie Haughey. If you give him enough rope, he'll hang you."
BBC Ireland reporter Leo Enright.


"I have a thing for red-haired Irish boys, as we know."
Actress Sandra Bullock


"All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed."
Sean O'Casey

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