County Clare/local Government and D%c3%a1il %c3%a9ireann Representation

Famous quotes containing the words county, clare, local and/or government:

    “Hold hard, my county darlings, for a hawk descends,
    Golden Glamorgan straightens, to the falling birds.
    Your sport is summer as the spring runs angrily.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “I never saw so sweet a face
    As that I stood before:
    My heart has left its dwelling-place
    And can return no more.”
    —John Clare (1793–1864)

    “The local snivels through the fields:
    I sit between felt-hatted mums....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society, and made by the legislative power vested in it; a liberty to follow my own will in all things, when the rule prescribes not, and not to be subject to the inconstant, unknown, arbitrary will of another man.”
    —John Locke (1632–1704)