An Irishman will always soften bad news, so that a major coronary is no more than 'a bad turn' and a near hurricane that leaves thousands homeless is 'good drying weather'.Hugh Leonard
There are so many strange things in the world beyond our knowledge, and maybe there are ghosts too, though I do not understand why they should come back to this world when they have gone from it. Peig Sayers
My grandmother made dying her life's work.Hugh Leonard
there is a village in Kerry called Inch and on a road sign outside the village there is this "Inch 1 Mile".
Irish aviation fact = Shannon became the worlds first duty free airport in 1947
Bushmills, Couny Antrim is the Worlds Oldest Whiskey Distillery based on the undisputed fact that a seven year licence to distil dating from April 20th 1608 is attributed to the distillery. Located near the village of Bushmills in Co. Antrim. It is though that distilling may have begun on the site as early as the thirteenth century, but the first permit was granted by James VI and I to Sir Thomas Phillipps, a local landowner, in 1608.
Irish Quotes from Famous Irishmen