Ireland National Football

Famous quotes containing the words ireland, national and/or football:

    “The tragedy of Northern Ireland is that it is now a society in which the dead console the living.”
    —Jack Holland (b. 1947)

    “Humanism, it seems, is almost impossible in America where material progress is part of the national romance whereas in Europe such progress is relished because it feels nice.”
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    “In this dream that dogs me I am part
    Of a silent crowd walking under a wall,
    Leaving a football match, perhaps, or a pit,
    All moving the same way.”
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