Irish American Mayors

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

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

“The Irish ... are the damnedest race. They put so much emphasis on so many wrong things.”
—Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949)

“I note what you say of the late disturbances in your College. These dissensions are a great affliction on the American schools, and a principal impediment to education in this country.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)