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O Ireland isn’t it grand you look – John Locke

Leprechaun — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:22:10 +0000

O Ireland isn’t it grand you look –
Like a bride in her rich adornin?
And with all the pent-up love of my heart
I bid you the top o’ the mornin!
John Locke

I have a total irreverence for anything – Brendan Behan

Leprechaun — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:21:49 +0000

I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society,
except that which makes to road safer, the beer stronger,
the old men and women warmer in the winter, and happier in the summer.

Brendan Behan

Give an Irishman lager for a month – Mark Twain

Leprechaun — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:25:45 +0000

Give an Irishman lager for a month, and he’s a dead man. An Irishman is lined with copper, and the beer corrodes it. But whiskey polishes the copper and is the saving of him.
Mark Twain

The quiet Irishman – James Dunne

Leprechaun — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:23:26 +0000

The quiet Irishman is about as harmless as a powder magazine built over a match factory.
James Dunne

Irishness is not primarily a question of birth – Conor Cruise O’Brien

Leprechaun — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:57:02 +0000

Irishness is not primarily a question of birth or blood or language; it is the condition of being involved in the Irish situation, and usually of being mauled by it.
Conor Cruise O’Brien

One of the worst things that can happen – Danny McGoorty

Leprechaun — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:54:23 +0000

One of the worst things that can happen in life is
to win a bet on a horse at an early age.
Danny McGoorty – Irish Pool Player

When I realized what I had turned out to be – Danny McGoorty

Leprechaun — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:52:52 +0000

When I realized what I had turned out to be was a
lousy, two-bit pool hustler and a drunk, I wasn’t
depressed at all. I was glad to have a profession.
Danny McGoorty – Irish Pool Player

My one claim to originality – George Moore

Leprechaun — Sun, 31 May 2009 07:22:12 +0000

My one claim to originality among Irishmen is that I have never made a speech.
George Augustus Moore (24 February 1852 – 21 January 1933)

I showed my appreciation – George Bernard Shaw

Leprechaun — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:15:38 +0000

I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way by getting out of it as soon as I possibly could.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Teach Irish how to listen – Oscar Wilde

Leprechaun — Sat, 09 May 2009 18:30:13 +0000

If one could only teach the English how to talk and the Irish how to listen, society would be quite civilized.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)