List of Windmills in The United Kingdom - Northern Ireland

Famous quotes containing the words northern ireland, northern and/or ireland:

“For generations, a wide range of shooting in Northern Ireland has provided all sections of the population with a pastime which ... has occupied a great deal of leisure time. Unlike many other countries, the outstanding characteristic of the sport has been that it was not confined to any one class.”
—Northern Irish Tourist Board. quoted in New Statesman (London, Aug. 29, 1969)

“The northern sky rose high and black
Over the proud unfruitful sea,
East and west the ships came back
Happily or unhappily....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Sport and death are the two great socializing factors in Ireland ...”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)