Irish Unionist Party

Famous quotes containing the words irish and/or party:

“O Paddy dear, an’ did ye hear the news that’s goin’ round?
The shamrock is by law forbid to grow on Irish ground!
No more Saint Patrick’s Day we’ll keep, his colour can’t be seen,
For there’s a cruel law agin the wearin’ o’ the Green!”
—Unknown. The Wearing of the Green (l. 37–40)

“There was an old party of Lyme
Who married three wives at one time.”
—Edward Lear (1812–1888)