Irish Set Dancing

Famous quotes containing the words irish, set and/or dancing:

    “I went to a very militantly Republican grammar school and, under its influence, began to revolt against the Establishment, on the simple rule of thumb, highly satisfying to a ten-year-old, that Irish equals good, English equals bad.”
    —Bernadette Devlin (b. 1947)

    “Never so rich a gem
    Was set in worse than gold.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Come, let me sing into your ear;
    Those dancing days are gone,
    All that silk and satin gear;
    Crouch upon a stone,
    Wrapping that foul body up
    In as foul a rag....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)