Irish Proverbs

The Irish have contributed many notable quotes and proverbs both in their native Gaelic and English. Whether it is the wit of writers such as Brendan Behan, or just the famous wisdom of the Irish Mammy, we are collecting the best of all these in one place for you. 

May the road rise with you

You'll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. - Samuel Beckett

Take the world nice and easy, and the world will take you the same

 

There are no strangers here. Only friends you haven’t yet met - William Butler Yeats.

The longest road out is the shortest road home

A feast is no use without good talk

May you live to be 100 years with one extra year to repent

 

 

If you do not sow in the spring, you will not reap in the autumn.

A Good Friend Is Like A Four Leaf Clover, hard to find and lucky to have. 

What fills the eye fills the heart.

What whiskey & butter cannot cure cannot be cured.

 

There's no fireside like your own fireside. 

If you have greatly desire something, then stake everything you have on obtaining it. - Brendan Behan

Our Greatest Glory Is Not in Never Falling, But in Rising Every Time We Fall - Oliver Goldsmith