Quotation authors – irish (page 2)

John Edward Redmond SEP 1, 1856 Politician John Hume JAN 18, 1937 Politician John Joly NOV 1, 1857 Scientist John McCormack JUN 4, 1884 Musician John McGahern NOV 12, 1934 Writer John Millington Synge APR 16, 1871 Poet John Philpot Curran JUL 24, 1750 Public Servant John S. Bell JUN 28, 1928 Physicist Johnny Giles NOV 6, 1940 Soldier Jonathan Swift NOV 30, 1667 Writer Josephine Hart MAR 1, 1942 Writer Joyce Cary DEC 7, 1888 Novelist Kate O'Brien DEC 3, 1897 Novelist Kenneth Branagh DEC 10, 1960 Actor Kenny Cunningham JUN 28, 1971 Athlete Lady Gregory MAR 15, 1852 Playwright Larry Mullen OCT 31, 1961 Musician Laurence Stern NOV 24, 1713 Clergyman, Writer Liam Neeson JUN 7, 1952 Actor Lord Dunsany JUL 24, 1878 Novelist Lord Kelvin JUN 26, 1824 Scientist Maeve Binchy MAY 28, 1940 Novelist Malachy McCourt SEP 20, 1931 Actor Maria Edgeworth JAN 1, 1767 Novelist Martin McGuinness MAY 23, 1950 Politician Mary McAleese JUN 27, 1951 Statesman Mary Robinson MAY 21, 1944 Statesman Maureen O'Hara AUG 17, 1920 Actress Michael Collins OCT 16, 1890 Leader Michael D. Higgins APR 18, 1941 Politician Michael Flatley JUL 16, 1958 Dancer Nahum Tate – Poet Neil Jordan FEB 25, 1950 Director Ninette de Valois JUN 6, 1898 Dancer Oliver Goldsmith NOV 10, 1730 Poet Oscar Wilde OCT 16, 1854 Playwright, Writer, Poet Padraic Pearse NOV 10, 1879 Writer Pat Buckley – Clergyman Patrick Kavanagh OCT 21, 1904 Poet Patrick MacGill – Journalist Paul Cullen APR 29, 1803 Clergyman Peter O'Toole AUG 2, 1932 Actor Phil Lynott AUG 20, 1949 Musician Pierce Brosnan MAY 16, 1953 Actor Rebecca West DEC 21, 1892 Author Richard Brinsley Sheridan OCT 30, 1751 Playwright, Writer, Politician Richard Chenevix Trench SEP 9, 1807 Clergyman Richard Harris OCT 1, 1930 Actor Robbie Keane JUL 8, 1980 Athlete Robert Boyle JAN 25, 1627 Philosopher Robert Emmet MAR 4, 1780 Activist Robert Graves JUL 26, 1895 Novelist, Poet Robert James Graves – Scientist Robert Mallet – Scientist Robert Manning – Celebrity Robert Wilson Lynd APR 20, 1879 Writer Roddy Doyle MAY 8, 1958 Novelist Roma Downey MAY 6, 1960 Actress Rory McIlroy MAY 4, 1989 Athlete Roy Keane AUG 10, 1971 Athlete Sam Neill SEP 14, 1947 Actor Samantha Mumba JAN 18, 1983 Musician Samuel Beckett APR 13, 1906 Playwright, Writer Samuel Lover FEB 24, 1797 Artist Seamus Heaney APR 13, 1939 Poet Sean O'Casey MAR 30, 1880 Playwright Sean O'Faolain FEB 22, 1900 Writer Shane Filan JUL 5, 1979 Musician Shane Leslie SEP 24, 1885 Diplomat Shane MacGowan DEC 25, 1957 Musician Sinead O'Connor DEC 8, 1966 Musician Spike Milligan APR 16, 1918 Comedian Stephen Rea OCT 31, 1946 Actor Stuart Townsend DEC 15, 1972 Actor Terry Wogan AUG 3, 1938 Entertainer Thomas Francis Meagher AUG 3, 1823 Soldier Thomas John Barnardo JUL 4, 1845 Celebrity Thomas Moore MAY 28, 1779 Poet Tim O'Reilly JUN 6, 1954 Businessman Tom Paulin JAN 25, 1949 Poet Vincent McNabb JUL 8, 1868 Clergyman Vivian Campbell AUG 25, 1962 Musician William Allingham MAR 19, 1821 Poet William Butler Yeats JUN 13, 1865 Poet William Connor Magee – Clergyman William Hamilton Maxwell – Novelist William Howard Russell MAR 28, 1821 Journalist William Lyons SEP 4, 1901 Businessman William Mulholland SEP 11, 1855 Scientist William Rowan Hamilton AUG 4, 1805 Mathematician