Irish Immigrant Quotes

“In life, we all have a cross to bear and a unique story to tell. We just hope that someone will take the time to listen.”
― Greg McVicker, Through the Eyes of a Belfast Child: Life. Personal Reflections. Poems.

“The city had not yet woken on the frigid Sunday morning of February 20, 2011, when the body of a young Irish woman was found outside St. Brigid's Church in Manhattan's East Village. The news reports cited alcoholism, homelessness, and hypothermia as contributing factors in her death. They said that earlier that month, on St. Brigid's feast day she had turned thirty-five years old. They said she wanted to be an artist. They said her name was Grace Farrell.”
― Carmel Mc Mahon, In Ordinary Time: Fragments of a Family History