“Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.”– Pope John Paul II Related Quotes “Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.”– Dave Barry “There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.”– John Millington Synge “Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.”– William Butler Yeats