Irish Quote Authors

	Author	Profession	Quotes	Year
	Adam Clayton	Musician	7	1960
	Aidan Quinn	Actor	4	1959
	Albert Reynolds	Politician	3	1932
	Amanda Burton	Actress	4	1957
	Andrea Corr	Musician	12	1974
	Andrew Cherry	Dramatist	1	1762 - 1812
	Arthur Murphy	Writer	4	1727 - 1805
	Barry McGuigan	Athlete	1	1961
	Bernadette Devlin	Politician	8	1947
	Bob Geldof	Actor	31	1951
	Bobby Sands	Activist	5	1954 - 1981
	Bono	Musician	19	1960
	Boyle Roche	Politician	13	1736 - 1807
	Bram Stoker	Writer	17	1847 - 1912
	Brendan Behan	Dramatist	23	1923 - 1964
	Brendan Gleeson	Actor	12	1955
	Brian Moore	Novelist	8	1921 - 1999
	Caroline Corr	Musician	30	1973
	Catherine McAuley	Clergyman	6
	Charles Macklin	Dramatist	2
	Cillian Murphy	Actor	13	1974
	Colin Farrell	Actor	7	1976
	Conor Cruise O'Brien	Politician	5	1917 - 2008
	Countess of Blessington	Novelist	2	1789 - 1849
	Cyril Cusack	Actor	17	1910 - 1993
	Danny Blanchflower	Athlete	1	1926
	David Trimble	Politician	7	1944
	Dick Spring	Politician	6	1950
	Dion Boucicault	Dramatist	1	1822 - 1890
	Dominic Monaghan	Actor	13	1976
	Douglas Hyde	Politician	5	1860 - 1949
	Dylan Moran	Comedian	22	1971
	Eamon de Valera	Statesman	19	1882 - 1975
	Edmund Burke	Statesman	78	1729 - 1797
	Edna O'Brien	Novelist	10	1932
	Edward Dowden	Critic	3	1843 - 1913
	Elizabeth Bowen	Novelist	34	1899 - 1973
	Enya	Musician	31	1961
	Ernest Shackleton	Explorer	9	1874 - 1922
	Evanna Lynch	Actress	13	1991
	Fiona Shaw	Actress	35	1958
	Frank Carson	Comedian	4	1926
	Frank Harris	Author	7	1856 - 1931
	Frank McCourt	Author	21	1930
	Frank O'Connor	Author	1	1903 - 1966
	Gabriel Byrne	Actor	16	1950
	Garth Ennis	Writer	17	1970
	George A. Moore	Novelist	8	1852 - 1933
	George Berkeley	Philosopher	15	1685 - 1753
	George Bernard Shaw	Dramatist	167	1856 - 1950
	George Boole	Mathematician	5	1815 - 1864
	George Farquhar	Dramatist	16
	George William Russell	Writer	10	1867 - 1935
	Gerry Adams	Politician	27	1948
	Glenn Quinn	Actor	4	1970 - 2002
	Graham Norton	Celebrity	10	1963
	Henry Brooke	Novelist	2
	Herbert Trench	Poet	1	1865 - 1923
	Hugh Leonard	Dramatist	20	1926 - 2009
	Iris Murdoch	Author	32	1919 - 1999
	Isaac Butt	Politician	1	1813 - 1879
	Jack Lynch	Statesman	4	1917 - 1999
	James Galway	Musician	16	1939
	James Joyce	Novelist	33	1882 - 1941
	James Larkin	Activist	30	1875 - 1947
	James Stephens	Poet	10	1882 - 1950
	Jane Porter	Novelist	8
	Jim Walsh	Politician	17	1947
	John Atkinson	Judge	3	1844 - 1931
	John Bruton	Politician	28	1947
	John Desmond Bernal	Scientist	20	1901 - 1971
	John Edward Redmond	Politician	4	1856 - 1918
	John Hume	Politician	28	1937
	John Joly	Scientist	5	1857 - 1933
	John McGahern	Writer	25	1934 - 2006
	John Millington Synge	Poet	19	1871 - 1909
	John Philpot Curran	Public Servant	9	1750 - 1817
	John Robert Gregg	Inventor	2	1867 - 1948
	Jonathan Swift	Writer	62	1667 - 1745
	Josephine Hart	Writer	2
	Joyce Cary	Novelist	9	1888 - 1957
	Kate O'Brien	Novelist	8	1897 - 1974
	Kenneth Branagh	Actor	26	1960
	Kenny Cunningham	Athlete	10	1971
	Lady Gregory	Dramatist	2	1852 - 1932
	Laurence Sterne	Novelist	32	1713 - 1768
	Liam Neeson	Actor	31	1952
	Lord Dunsany	Novelist	2	1878 - 1957
	Lord Kelvin	Scientist	7	1824 - 1907
	Malachy McCourt	Actor	1	1931
	Marguerite Gardiner	Writer	13	1789 - 1849
	Maria Edgeworth	Novelist	11	1767 - 1849
	Martin McGuinness	Politician	15	1950
	Mary McAleese	Statesman	5	1951
	Maureen O'Hara	Actress	35	1920 - 2015
	Michael Collins	Leader	2	1890 - 1922
	Michael D. Higgins	Politician	24	1941
	Neil Jordan	Director	30	1950
	Ninette de Valois	Dancer	20	1898 - 2001
	Oliver Goldsmith	Poet	36	1730 - 1774
	Oscar Wilde	Dramatist	167	1854 - 1900
	Padraic Pearse	Writer	1	1879 - 1916
	Pat Buckley	Clergyman	22
	Patrick Kavanagh	Poet	3	1904 - 1967
	Patrick MacGill	Journalist	11
	Peter O'Toole	Actor	22	1932 - 2013
	Pierce Brosnan	Actor	13	1953
	Rebecca West	Author	31	1892 - 1983
	Richard Brinsley Sheridan	Playwright	31	1751 - 1816
	Richard Chenevix Trench	Clergyman	1	1807 - 1886
	Robbie Keane	Athlete	13	1980
	Robert Boyle	Philosopher	2	1627 - 1691
	Robert Emmet	Activist	4	1780 - 1803
	Robert Graves	Novelist	15	1895 - 1985
	Robert James Graves	Scientist	4
	Robert Wilson Lynd	Writer	6	1879 - 1949
	Roma Downey	Actress	21	1960
	Saint Patrick	Saint	8
	Sam Neill	Actor	7	1947
	Samantha Mumba	Musician	13	1983
	Samuel Beckett	Playwright	32	1906 - 1989
	Samuel Lover	Artist	6	1797 - 1868
	Seamus Heaney	Poet	24	1939
	Sean O'Casey	Playwright	12	1880 - 1964
	Shane Leslie	Diplomat	4	1885 - 1971
	Sinead O'Connor	Musician	18	1966
	Spike Milligan	Comedian	20	1918 - 2002
	Stephen Rea	Actor	20	1946
	Thomas Francis Meagher	Soldier	9	1823 - 1867
	Thomas John Barnardo	Celebrity	4	1845 - 1905
	Thomas Moore	Poet	23	1779 - 1852
	Tom Paulin	Poet	10	1949
	Vivian Campbell	Musician	9	1962
	William Allingham	Poet	6	1821 - 1889
	William Butler Yeats	Poet	58	1865 - 1939
	William Hamilton Maxwell	Novelist	5
	William Trevor	Writer	4	1928

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