Early Modern Irish

Famous quotes containing the words early, modern and/or irish:

“When first we faced, and touching showed
How well we knew the early moves ...”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Bureacracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.”
—Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)

“The difference of the English and Irish character is nowhere more plainly discerned than in their respective kitchens. With the former, this apartment is probably the cleanest, and certainly the most orderly, in the house.... An Irish kitchen ... is usually a temple dedicated to the goddess of disorder; and, too often, joined with her, is the potent deity of dirt.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)