Ireland National Football

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

    “In Ireland they try to make a cat cleanly by rubbing its nose in its own filth. Mr. Joyce has tried the same treatment on the human subject. I hope it may prove successful.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    “A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.”
    —Alexander Hamilton (1757–1804)

    “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.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)