Famous Irish Quotes

Roddy Doyle

Tallanstown

…(born 8 May 1958) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. Doyle is the author of ten novels for adults, seven books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into successful films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle’s work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Man Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. After achieving worldwide critical acclaim, Doyle is now recognized as one of Ireland’s greatest living writers

Near Ravensdale

Good ideas are often murdered by better ones.

Near Omeath

Some of the people who look the most normal are probably the maddest people trying to look normal.

Mourne Mountains

I’m not recognised that much. I’m just a bald man in glasses and there’s a rash of them in Dublin. It’d be different if I had a mohican.

Mellifont Abbey

It’s a big con job. We have sold the myth of Dublin as a sexy place incredibly well; because it is a dreary little dump most of the time.

County Louth

It’s great meeting children because you never know what they will say.

Louth Village Church

Schools don’t really allow failure and yet it’s a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing.

Knockbridge

When I was a kid, if you didn’t speak Irish, you really wanted to. And you played Gaelic games and you didn’t pay any attention to what was happening in the outside world, because really, Ireland was the center of the universe. And I don’t think that’s the case anymore. Although, admittedly, it is the center of the universe.