Irish Famine

Famous quotes containing the words irish and/or famine:

    “Hindered characters
    seldom have mothers
    in Irish stories, but they all have grandmothers.”
    —Marianne Moore (1887–1972)

    “I knew the poor,
    I knew the hideous death they die,
    when famine lays its bleak hand on the door;
    I knew the rich,
    sated with merriment,
    who yet are sad.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)