In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from.
Anne Enright
It wasn't so long ago that it was not popular to speak Gaelic in Ireland because the areas that Gaelic is spoken in were much poorer areas.
Enya
I put all my eggs in one basket and invested in property. I didn't do anything internationally - it was all in Ireland.
Shane Filan
I actually don't think Ireland has a summer. I never experienced a summer there. It was just so wet.
Travis Fimmel
Ireland is also quite nice. So is Amsterdam.
Diane von Furstenberg
A person from Northern Ireland is naturally cautious.
Seamus Heaney
In Northern Ireland, helicopters are not usually used to promote poetry.
There's never going to be a united Ireland, you know.
I love our shared island, our shared Ireland and its core decency. I love it for its imagination and its celebration of the endless possibilities for... →
Michael D. Higgins
You are not speaking for yourself, but for Ireland.