O Come Ye Back to Ireland Quotes

“that easy Irishry that shrugs its shoulders at the practical world and goes on down the road in the cool of an evening whistling a tune.”
― Niall Williams, O Come Ye Back to Ireland

“the overwhelming sheer aloneness that hangs in the air in rural Ireland is a potent force. It is at once the greatest positive and negative thing about the countryside. For with it comes not only the peacefulness of life here, the undeniable sense of the spiritual, but also the consequent darker aspects of hopelessness and madness.”
― Niall Williams, O Come Ye Back to Ireland