Ireland Quotes

We were brought up to think we were amazing. Maybe I was too confident, too full of myself. I found school difficult. I'd get followed home by 20 kids throwing stuff at me. The teachers didn't like me, either. We left Ireland for Manchester when I was 12, and I was happy to go. Roisin Murphy
Myself Home Me Happy School Amazing Difficult Think Too Kids Followed Brought Throwing Stuff Like Go Were Left Up Ireland Get Confident Manchester Maybe Either Full Teachers Found
My family were wheeler-dealer class. They were their own bosses and very glamorous. We lived in a beautiful, big townhouse in Arklow, in Ireland, that we couldn't afford to heat. My father had a business fitting bar furniture, and my mother is an antiques dealer. Roisin Murphy
Beautiful Family Class Business Mother Father Big Own Furniture Bosses Glamorous Had Dealer Were Fitting Ireland Very Antiques Afford Heat Bar Lived
The Church controlled so much in Ireland for so long. I'm not going to get into whether or not religion per se is a bad thing, but my point is the political aspect in Ireland was way out of kilter, and it wasn't right. Roisin Murphy
Religion Political Church Long Way Out Bad Per Point Bad Thing Ireland Get Controlled Going Whether Much Aspect Right Thing
I don't think Ireland has really embraced me, but it is not really for me to say. Obviously, people shouldn't embrace me just because I'm Irish, but it is where I'm from. I'm extremely proud to be Irish. Roisin Murphy
Me People Think Extremely Say Embrace Embraced Obviously Because Proud Ireland Irish Just Where Just Because Really
Ireland is a great place to be odd. Roisin Murphy
Great Great Place Odd Ireland Place
I'm proud that I've even had a career, but 'proud' isn't the first word I'd use. I feel lucky that I moved to Manchester when I was 12 because I don't think I could have done this in Ireland. And I feel lucky that the government took care of me from the age of 16 to when I signed my first record deal at 19. Roisin Murphy
Government Me Age Word Care First Think Took Signed Record Record Deal Could Had Feel Because Deal Proud Ireland Done Manchester Moved Use Lucky Even Career
We're nondenominational. I come from Northern Ireland, and we've had religious wars for years. I didn't want to create an illusion that my God is better than your God. So our show is a spiritual show, not a religious show. Roma Downey
God Spiritual Better Illusion Our Religious Religious Wars Had Come Years Ireland Than Northern Northern Ireland Want Create Your Show Wars
Growing up in Ireland, when my family received important news, good or bad, we would boil water and make tea. It was the first thing I did when my father died in 1984. This ritual allowed me a moment to take in the enormity of what had happened. Roma Downey
Good News Family Me Water Father First Important Tea Enormity Bad Would Ritual Take Had Allowed Make First Thing Up Ireland Did Died The First Thing Happened Moment Boil Growing Growing Up Thing Received
How can I intimidate Tiger Woods? I mean, the guy's got 75 or whatever PGA Tour wins, 14 majors. He's been the biggest thing ever in our sport. How could some little 23-year-old from Northern Ireland with a few wins come up and intimidate him. Rory McIlroy
Few Whatever Our Intimidate Some Guy Wins Could Tour He Come Sport Majors Him Tiger Tiger Woods Got How Been Up Ireland Northern Northern Ireland Woods Biggest Little Biggest Thing Mean Ever Thing
The fact is, I've always felt more British than Irish. Maybe it was the way I was brought up, I don't know, but I have always felt more of a connection with the U.K. than with Ireland. Rory McIlroy
Way Brought More Fact Know Felt Always Up Ireland Irish Than Maybe Connection British
Home will always be Northern Ireland but my schedule means for the next few years I won't be there as much. I can't do the same things that I did a year ago. That is I'm something conscious of, but I'm not sad about it. It's fine. Rory McIlroy
Sad Home Will Year Few Fine About Something Schedule Always Years Ireland Did Same Northern Northern Ireland Same Things Much Next Means Conscious Things
This is the great thing about Northern Ireland. I walk down the street and people stop me and say things like, 'I know you. You're that wee golfer, aren't you?' I say, 'Yeah, that's me.' They say, 'Keep it up, wee man.' It's very funny and that's why I want to stay here as long as possible. Rory McIlroy
Funny Great Me You Man People Walk Long Down Say Possible Stay About Wee Like Know Great Thing Yeah Up Ireland Very Northern Northern Ireland Stop Want Golfer Keep They Say Why Street Thing Things Here
I grew up in New England at the edge of the Atlantic and have for many years been an avid rower. I've rowed in various places, including the Ganges in India, the River Shannon in Ireland, and the Sea of Galilee. Rosemary Mahoney
Edge India Atlantic Various River New New England Been Years Up Ireland Grew Places Sea Avid England Many Including
When I was a senior in high school, I went to Ireland to study Irish Gaelic. And after one semester at Trinity College, I went way out to the west coast of Ireland and rented a little house by myself. Rosemary Mahoney
Myself School College Way Out High Trinity High School Study House West West Coast Ireland Irish Semester Senior After Gaelic Little Coast
People ask me where I'm from. I say Ireland, and they are like 'Really? You don't look Irish.' Then you have to explain... people are intrigued, but sometimes you think, 'Why do I have to tell my whole story every time I open my mouth? Ruth Negga
Time Me You People Sometimes Mouth Every Think Every Time Say Intrigued Tell Open Like Look Ireland Irish Where Story Explain Ask Then Really Whole Why
I had a very peripatetic childhood, so I bounced around. Lived in Ethiopia until I was, like, three or four and then lived between Ireland and London. Ruth Negga
Three London Had Between Like Until Around Ireland Very Childhood Then Ethiopia Lived Four
Ireland was, of old, called the Isle of Saints because of the great number of holy ones of both sexes who flourished there in former ages or who, coming thence, propagated the faith amongst other nations. Sabine Baring-Gould
Faith Great Old Other Sexes Both Because Isle Coming Saints Ireland Nations Former Ages Holy Who Amongst Number
I know most of the photographers in Ireland. And if I don't want my photograph taken, they will leave me alone. Saoirse Ronan
Alone Me Will Photograph Photographers Taken Know Most Leave Leave Me Alone Ireland Want
Ireland's always going to be my home, but so much is filmed in L.A., so you have to spend time out here. Sarah Bolger
Time Home You Spend Out Out Here Always Ireland Going Much Here
Loyalism, or Unionism, or Protestantism, or whatever you want to call it, in Northern Ireland - it operates not as a class system, but a caste system. Seamus Heaney
You Class Whatever System Caste Call Ireland Northern Northern Ireland Want Unionism
Anyone born and bred in Northern Ireland can't be too optimistic. Seamus Heaney
Too Born Ireland Optimistic Northern Northern Ireland Anyone Bred
My point is there's a hidden Scotland in anyone who speaks the Northern Ireland speech. It's a terrific complicating factor, not just in Northern Ireland, but Ireland generally. Seamus Heaney
Hidden Point Factor Generally Terrific Ireland Scotland Northern Northern Ireland Just Anyone Speaks Who Speech
What I've said before, only half in joke, is that everybody in Ireland is famous. Or, maybe better, say everybody is familiar. Seamus Heaney
Better Joke Half Before Everybody Say Only Said Ireland Familiar Maybe Famous
My father was a creature of the archaic world, really. He would have been entirely at home in a Gaelic hill-fort. His side of the family, and the houses I associate with his side of the family, belonged to a traditional rural Ireland. Seamus Heaney
Home Family World Father Side Would Rural Archaic Entirely He Houses Traditional Been His Ireland Gaelic Really Creature Belonged Associate
A person from Northern Ireland is naturally cautious. Seamus Heaney
Cautious Ireland Person Northern Northern Ireland Naturally
I don't do as many readings as I used to. There was a time when I was on the road a lot more, at home in Ireland, in Britain, in Canada and the States, a time when I had more stamina and appetite for it. Seamus Heaney
Time Home States More Had Road Readings Lot Ireland Canada Stamina Used Many Appetite Britain
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