Garret Fitzgerald/taoiseach 1982-87

Famous quotes containing the words garret and/or fitzgerald:

    “That garret of the earth—that knuckle-end of England—that land of Calvin, oat-cakes, and sulphur.”
    —Sydney Smith (1771–1845)

    “Sometimes I think that idlers seem to be a special class for whom nothing can be planned, plead as one will with them—their only contribution to the human family is to warm a seat at the common table.”
    —F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)