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March 16, 2016 By Meg Waite Clayton

5 Irish-leaning Quotes (and 2 Songs) to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day

TypewriterImaWriterI’ve collected a few nice Irish quotes — and two versions of one Irish song — to go with your silly hats and green beer. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

“Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.” – W.B. Yeats
“When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.” – Edna O’Brien
“I think being a woman is like being Irish… Everyone says you’re important and nice, but you take second place all the time.” – Iris Murdoch
“The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad,
For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.” – G.K. Chesterton
“To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.” – Daniel Patrick Moynihan

And, because the one thing the Irish do as well as anyone (in addition to writing, and of course drinking) is singing, here’s a double hitter of “When Irish Eyes are Smiling” — sung by Bing Crosby, and again by three Irish tenors.

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Meg Waite Clayton


Meg Waite Clayton is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of eight novels, including the Good Morning America Buzz pick and New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice THE POSTMISTRESS OF PARIS, the National Jewish Book Award finalist THE LAST TRAIN TO LONDON, the Langum-Prize honored THE RACE FOR PARIS, and THE WEDNESDAY SISTERS, one of Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Essential Best Friend Novels of all time. Her novels have been published in 23 languages. She has also written more than 100 pieces for major newspapers, magazines, and public radio, mentors in the OpEd Project, and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and the California bar. megwaiteclayton.com

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