Irish Protestant

Famous quotes containing the words irish and/or protestant:

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

    “blow as he would, though it made a great noise,
    The flute would play only ‘The Protestant Boys’.”
    —Unknown. The Old Orange Flute (l. 23–24)