Welsh name | Irish name | English name |
---|---|---|
Iwerddon | Éire | Ireland |
Gweriniaeth Iwerddon | Poblacht na hÉireann/Éire | Republic of Ireland / Ireland |
Gogledd Iwerddon | Tuaisceart Éireann | Northern Ireland |
Dulyn | Baile Átha Cliath | Dublin |
Belffast | Béal Feirste | Belfast |
Corc | Corcaigh | Cork |
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Famous quotes containing the word ireland:
“Come, fix upon me that accusing eye.
I thirst for accusation. All that was sung.
All that was said in Ireland is a lie
Breed out of the contagion of the throng,
Saving the rhyme rats hear before they die.”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)
“There is no topic ... more soporific and generally boring than the topic of Ireland as Ireland, as a nation.”
—Ezra Pound (18851972)
“It is often said that in Ireland there is an excess of genius unsustained by talent; but there is talent in the tongues.”
—V.S. (Victor Sawdon)