Quotation authors – irish

Adam Clayton MAR 13, 1960 Musician Aidan Quinn MAR 8, 1959 Actor Alan Lewis JUN 1, 1964 Athlete Albert Reynolds NOV 3, 1932 Politician Alexander Turney Stewart OCT 12, 1803 Businessman Amanda Burton JAN 8, 1957 Actress Andrea Corr MAY 17, 1974 Musician Andrew Cherry JAN 11, 1762 Playwright Arthur Murphy DEC 27, 1727 Writer Aubrey de Vere – Poet Augustus Saint-Gaudens MAR 1, 1848 Sculptor Barry McGuigan FEB 28, 1961 Athlete Bernadette Devlin APR 23, 1947 Politician Bob Geldof OCT 5, 1954 Actor Bobby Sands MAR 9, 1954 Activist Bono MAY 10, 1960 Musician Boyle Roche – Politician Bram Stoker NOV 8, 1847 Writer Brendan Behan FEB 9, 1923 Playwright Brendan Gleeson MAR 29, 1955 Actor Brian Moore AUG 25, 1921 Novelist Caroline Corr MAR 17, 1973 Musician Catherine McAuley – Clergyman Charles Handy – Author Charles Haughey SEP 16, 1925 Politician Charles Macklin – Playwright Charles Stewart Parnell JUN 27, 1846 Politician Charles Wolfe DEC 14, 1791 Poet Cillian Murphy MAR 13, 1974 Actor Colin Farrell MAY 31, 1976 Actor Colm Meaney MAY 30, 1953 Actor Conor Cruise O'Brien NOV 3, 1917 Politician Countess of Blessington SEP 1, 1789 Novelist Cyril Cusack NOV 26, 1910 Actor Daniel O'Connell AUG 6, 1776 Politician Danny Blanchflower FEB 10, 1926 Athlete David Trimble OCT 15, 1944 Politician Dick Spring AUG 29, 1950 Politician Dion Boucicault DEC 26, 1822 Playwright Domhnall Gleeson MAY 12, 1983 Actor Dominic Monaghan DEC 8, 1976 Actor Douglas Hyde JAN 17, 1860 Politician Dylan Moran NOV 3, 1971 Comedian Eamon de Valera OCT 14, 1882 Statesman Edmund Burke JAN 12, 1729 Statesman Edna O'Brien DEC 15, 1932 Novelist Edward Dowden MAY 3, 1843 Critic Edward Mulhare APR 8, 1923 Actor Elizabeth Bowen JUN 7, 1899 Novelist Enya MAY 17, 1961 Musician Ernest Shackleton FEB 2, 1874 Explorer Evanna Lynch AUG 16, 1991 Actress Fiona Shaw JUL 10, 1958 Actress Flann O'Brien OCT 5, 1911 Writer Frances Power Cobbe DEC 4, 1822 Writer Francis Hutcheson AUG 8, 1694 Philosopher Frank Carson NOV 6, 1926 Comedian Frank Harris FEB 14, 1856 Author Frank McCourt AUG 19, 1930 Author Frank O'Connor SEP 17, 1903 Author Gabriel Byrne MAY 12, 1950 Actor Garth Ennis JAN 16, 1970 Writer George A. Moore FEB 24, 1852 Novelist George Berkeley MAR 12, 1685 Philosopher George Bernard Shaw JUL 26, 1856 Playwright, Writer George Best MAY 22, 1946 Athlete George Boole NOV 2, 1815 Mathematician George Farquhar – Playwright George William Russell APR 10, 1867 Writer Georgia Salpa MAY 14, 1985 Model Gerry Adams OCT 6, 1948 Politician Glenn Quinn MAY 28, 1970 Actor Graham Norton APR 4, 1963 Celebrity Henry Brooke – Novelist Herbert Trench NOV 12, 1865 Poet Hugh Leonard NOV 9, 1926 Playwright Iris Murdoch JUL 15, 1919 Author, Writer, Philosopher Isaac Butt SEP 6, 1813 Politician Jack Lynch AUG 15, 1917 Statesman James Galway DEC 8, 1939 Musician James Joyce FEB 2, 1882 Novelist James Larkin JAN 21, 1875 Activist James Stephens FEB 2, 1882 Poet Jane Porter – Novelist Jim Walsh JUN 19, 1947 Politician Joey Dunlop FEB 25, 1952 Celebrity John Atkinson DEC 13, 1844 Judge John B. Keane JUL 21, 1928 Playwright John Bruton MAY 18, 1947 Politician John Desmond Bernal MAY 10, 1901 Scientist