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You can't have a Paddy's Day pint unless you can identify 8/10 of these Irish quotes

No cheating or you’ll get the wooden spoon.

Mar 17th 2018, 6:00 PM 12,535 Views 0 Comments

1. Who said, "I feel more and more the time wasted that is not spent in Ireland"?
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Lady Gregory
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Michael D Higgins

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2. Who, when asked by a journalist what it's like to be black and Irish, wittily responded with 'Kind of like a pint of Guinness'?
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Paul McGrath
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Ruth Negga

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Phil Lynott
3. Which English frenemy said "We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English."?
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Margaret Thatcher
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Winston Churchill

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Queen Elizabeth II
4. Which Fianna Fail politician said of the banking crisis - "We all partied"?
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Brian Cowen
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Brian Lenihan

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Bertie Ahern
5. "Everyone argues, then we do what I say", said which Irish singer speaking of their band?
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Bono and U2
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Ronan Keating and Boyzone

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Dolores O'Riordan and The Cranberries
6. Which Irish playwright said - “That’s the Irish people all over – they treat a serious thing as a joke and a joke as a serious thing.
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Sean O'Casey
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Samuel Beckett

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Oscar Wilde
7. What Irish bad boy said - "Trash talk? Smack talk? This is an American term that makes me laugh. I simply speak the truth. I'm an Irish man."
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Bob Geldof
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Conor McGregor

Colin Farrell
8. Which Irish Oscar winner said - “When you are lying drunk at the airport you’re Irish. When you win an Oscar you’re British.”
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Glen Hansard
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Daniel Day-Lewis

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Brenda Fricker
9. Which Irish novelist said, “When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.”
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Edna O'Brien
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Sally Rooney

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Marian Keyes
10. Who claims that “The emotional, romantic, whimsical part of me is Irish.”?
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John Travolta
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Paris Hitlon

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Princess Diana
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Maith an cailín/buachaill!
Congratulations! Michael D Higgins should have you over for a sip of Baileys in Áras an Uachtaráin
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You deserve some whiskey - the luck of the Irish was with you.
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Roy Keane is not impressed with your knowledge, but he's not gonna refuse you a Guinness
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Morto for ya!
Jaysus! You're calling yourself Irish? With that Irish knowledge you're about as welcome as a UTI on Valentine's Day.
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