Irish America

Famous quotes containing the words irish america, irish and/or america:

“Irish Americans are about as Irish as black Americans are African.”
—Bob Geldof (b. 1954)

“Earth, receive an honoured guest:
William Yeats is laid to rest.
Let the Irish vessel lie
Emptied of its poetry.”
—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)

“Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises ... the best excellence in the children of any other land.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)