Royal Irish Rifles

Famous quotes containing the words royal, irish and/or rifles:

    “Oh, I know my family’s not of royal blood, but you needn’t throw it in my face all the time.”
    —Robert N. Lee. Rowland V. Lee. Queen Elyzabeth (sic)

    “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)

    “I think that for once the Sharp’s rifles and the revolvers were employed in a righteous cause.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)