Irish Republican Army 1922-1969

Famous quotes containing the words irish, republican and/or army:

    The difference of the English and Irish character is nowhere more plainly discerned than in their respective kitchens. With the former, this apartment is probably the cleanest, and certainly the most orderly, in the house.... An Irish kitchen ... is usually a temple dedicated to the goddess of disorder; and, too often, joined with her, is the potent deity of dirt.
    Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

    A Republican by principle and devotion, I will, until my death, oppose all Royalists ... and all enemies of my Government and the Republic.
    Jean Baptiste Bernadotte (1763–1844)

    Like an army defeated
    The snow hath retreated,
    William Wordsworth (1770–1850)