I've often said it: that it is seen to be a place of energy, of excitement, of enthusiasm. That there's something about Ireland.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I loved the energy of Dublin and the fact that it's so close to the sea, with beauty spots such as Howth so close to hand.
The land of Ireland for the people of Ireland.
I have encountered on this long road an enthusiasm for an Irishness which will be built on recognising again those sources from which spring the best of our reason and curiosity.
I love Ireland. I feel very at peace there. It's just magical and beautiful.
Ireland, once you live there, you're seduced by it.
I love to go to Ireland just to relax.
Making an Irishness to be proud of in a real Republic. It is the vision of a real Republic where life and language, where ideals and experience have the ring of authenticity which we need now as we go forward.
Dublin people think they are the center of the world and the center of Ireland. And they don't realize that people have to leave Ireland to get work, and they look down on people who do.
Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.
I went further and further back through the centuries to get a sense of perspective but now at least I understand why Irish history evokes such strong passions and emotions.
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