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God made the Italians for their beauty

Leprechaun — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:26:35 +0000

God made the Italians for their beauty. The French for fine food. The Swedes for intelligence. The Jews for religion. And on and on until he looked at what he had created and said, “This is all very fine but no one is having fun. I guess I’ll have to make me an Irishman.”

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

Here’s to good Irish friends

Leprechaun — Sun, 10 May 2009 15:37:13 +0000

Here’s to good Irish friends
Never above you
Never below you
Always beside you

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)

Irish are too poetical – Oscar Wilde

Leprechaun — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:28:43 +0000

We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Irish and conspiracy – Samuel Johnson

Leprechaun — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:26:59 +0000

The Irish are not in a conspiracy to cheat the world by false representations of the merits of their countrymen. No, Sir; the Irish are FAIR PEOPLE; they never speak well of one another.
Samuel Johnson

Irish and psychoanalysis – Sigmund Freud

Leprechaun — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:12:54 +0000

This [the Irish] is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever.
Sigmund Freud

Leprechauns, castles, good luck and laughter

Leprechaun — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:59:25 +0000

Leprechauns, castles, good luck and laughter
Lullabies, dreams, and love ever after.
Poems and songs with pipes and drums
A thousand welcomes when anyone comes.
That’s the Irish for you!

If you’re enough lucky to be Irish

Leprechaun — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:55:55 +0000

If you’re enough lucky to be Irish…
You’re lucky enough!My wild Irish rose
The sweetest flower that grows
You may search everywhere
But none can compare to my wild Irish rose
My wild Irish rose
The sweetest flower that grows
Someday for my sake she may let me take
A bloom from my wild Irish rose

When Irish eyes are smiling

Leprechaun — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:51:52 +0000

When Irish eyes are smiling,
Tis like a morn in spring.
With a lilt of Irish laughter
You can hear the angels sing
When Irish hearts are happy
All the world is bright and gay
When Irish eyes are smiling
Sure, they steal your heart away.