Irish Patriotism Quotes

Stop at home. Arm for Ireland. Fight for Ireland and no other land.

People who think I have insulted Ireland or Limerick or my family have not read the book!

We went out to break the connection between this country and the British Empire, and to establish an Irish Republic …. We succeeded in proving that Irishmen are ready to die endeavoring to win for Ireland those national rights which the British Government has been asking them to die to win for Belgium. As long as that remains the case, the cause of Irish freedom is safe…. I personally thank God that I have lived to see the day when thousands of Irish men and boys, and hundreds of Irish women and girls, were ready to affirm that truth, and to attest it with their lives if need be.

Oh Ireland my first and only love Where Christ and Caesar are hand in glove!

I have lived in Ireland, visited all my life, and when I fight, I represent Ireland.

The spirt of 1916 is as relevant and inspiring today as it was a century ago.

No agency less potent than the red tide of war on Irish soil will ever enable the Irish race to recover its self respect …

I'm Irish, yeah, but I don't need to get up on a soapbox about it.

I'm just a true Irish boy at heart.

They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in my heart. The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then we'll see the rising of the moon.

Supporting Celtic, waving a tricolour because your parents are Irish - that's a valid culture.

After the spiritual powers, there is no thing in the world more unconquerable than the spirit of nationality. The spirit of nationality in Ireland will persist even though the mightiest of material powers be its neighbor.

I'm proud to be Irish.

When I went to the all-Ireland final - Kerry against Dublin - I couldn't get away for an hour and a half with people coming up and wishing me all the best. Not one of them said, 'Martin, when did you leave the IRA?' But every one of them knew I was in the IRA at one stage.

[Describing the Irish Fenians:] … prating mock-rebels

I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic countrymen and disliked the English nation; it is a national trait of character, and I cannot help it.

I look forward to a time when Irish patriotism will as easily combine with British patriotism as Scottish patriotism combines now.