Rebuilding Lives in Northern Ireland
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on May 7th, 2011
From a letter that Patrick Pearse wrote to his mother while in prison after the Easter Rising, “You must not grieve for all of this. We have preserved Ireland’s honour and our own. Our deeds of last week are the most splendid in Ireland’s history. People will say hard things of us now, but we […]
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Mar 31st, 2011
If God sends you down a stony path, May He give you strong shoes.
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Mar 21st, 2011
“There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.” John Millington Synge.
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Mar 17th, 2011
“St. Patrick’s Day is an enchanted time — a day to begin transforming winter’s dreams into summer’s magic.” Adrienne Cook
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Mar 14th, 2011
“Maybe it’s bred in the bone, but the sound of pipes is a little bit of heaven to some of us.” Nancy O’Keefe
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Mar 13th, 2011
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, “The Exile’s Return”
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Mar 11th, 2011
On she went, and her maiden smile In safety lighted her round the Green Isle; And blest forever was she who relied Upon Erin’s honor and Erin’s pride. Thomas Moore.
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Mar 7th, 2011
“Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.” Alex Levine.
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Mar 3rd, 2011
“Ireland is rich in literature that understands the soul’s yearnings, and dancing that understands a happy heart.” Margaret Jackson
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Jan 26th, 2011
“No man is so old as to believe he cannot live one more day.” quote by Sean O’Casey.
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