Irish Peers

Famous quotes containing the words irish and/or peers:

“I was the rector’s son, born to the anglican order,
Banned for ever from the candles of the Irish poor;
The Chichesters knelt in marble at the end of a transept
With ruffs about their necks, their portion sure.”
—Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)

“A beautiful woman peers out her window, as full of envy as the harridan who peers up at her from the street.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)