Queen's County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
Famous quotes containing the words queen, county and/or ireland:
“I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
“Anti-Nebraska, Know-Nothings, and general disgust with the powers that be, have carried this county [Hamilton County, Ohio] by between seven and eight thousand majority! How people do hate Catholics, and what a happiness it was to show it in what seemed a lawful and patriotic manner.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“Sport and death are the two great socializing factors in Ireland ...”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)