102 quotes found
"I tried not to get into this war, and couldn't. Now I try to get out, and can't."
"It's easy to know what you are against, but quite another to know what you are for."
"The Treaty does not express the will of the people, but the fear of the people."
"Your presence here is a crime, a foreign occupation. You tell me what I'm supposed to do as a democrat. Turn the other cheek for another 700 years? Is that it?"
"Strange creatures we are, even to ourselves."
"[to Sinead, about Chris] We buried him in this chapel in the mountains. And I went down and... and I told his mother. His mother, who has cooked meals for me and her son. And when I told her she... she just looked at me. and then she went in and she put on her shoes. Then she came out and she said, "Take me to my child." And we walked for six hours and she didn't say one word. Then we got to the chapel. [sighs] And I showed her the grave. And I'd put a... cross and some flowers on it. And she turned to me and she said, "I never want to see your face again." [sighs] I've crossed the line now, Sinead."
"If we ratify this treaty, all we're changing is the accents of the powerful and the colour of the flag."
"[The IRA have just destroyed a Black-and-Tan mechanised infantry patrol] Mercenaries! That were paid to come over here to make us crawl, and to wipe us out. We've just sent a message to the British cabinet that will echo and reverberate around the world! If they bring their savagery over here, we will meet it with a savagery of our own!"
"Cillian Murphy – Damien O'Donovan"
"Pádraic Delaney – Teddy O'Donovan"
"Liam Cunningham – Dan"
"Orla Fitzgerald – Sinéad Ní Shúilleabháin"
"Laurence Barry – Micheál Ó Súilleabháin"
"Mary Murphy – Bernadette"
"Mary O'Riordan – Peggy"
"Myles Horgan – Rory"
"Martin Lucey – Congo"
"Roger Allam – Sir John Hamilton"
"John Crean – Chris Reilly"
"Damien Kearney – Finbar"
"Frank Bourke – Leo"
"Shane Casey – Kevin"
"Máirtín de Cógáin – Sean"
"William Ruane – Johnny Gogan"
"Fiona Lawton – Lily"
"Seán McGinley – Father Denis"
"Kevin O'Brien – Tim"
"Mother, I don't care what tragedy hangs over this family. I want to get married. I'm engaged to be married. I'm going to get married."
"Castle Haloran is a bit perplexing, a very strange place really, old and musty, the kind of place you'd expect a ghost to like to wander around in."
"The typewriter. He wouldn't forget that. He'd have to write letters on the plane. I wonder if he'll rot under water?"
"You know, the one thing in the world that really chills my bones to the marrow is when a pretty girl in a wedding dress looks at me and finds me repulsive."
"Drink's the only road to survival in this climate. Despite your useless American education, you're still Irish, you know. Drink up."
"I've known this family for a very long time. I've been aware of the atmosphere of depression and the slightly demented quality that hangs over it."
"I've discovered things in this house that make me uneasy."
"These nursery rhymes are notoriously expressive."
"Billy Haloran: [singing] Fishy, Fishy, In the brook, Daddy caught you, On a hook..."
"Kane: Sometimes I get the feeling you think I'm some sort of a Christmas Tree decoration. Hang me up and look at me on all happy days and tie me up and put me in a box when it gets gloomy."
"Simon: Forgive me, Miss. The last thing in the world old Simon would want to do is to frighten a fresh, young beauty - like yourself."
"Simon: Don't turn me over to the bulls."
"Are You Afraid of Death by Drowning?... Have You Ever Attempted Suicide?... Have you Ever Thought of Committing Murder?"
"You Must Pass the "D-13" Test To Prepare You for the Horrifying Experience of Dementia 13. If You Fail the Test...You Will Be Asked to Leave the Theater!"
"William Campbell — Richard Haloran"
"Luana Anders — Louise Haloran"
"Patrick Magee — Dr. Justin Caleb"
"Bart Patton — Billy Haloran"
"Mary Mitchell — Kane"
"Eithne Dunne — Lady Haloran"
"Peter Read — John Haloran"
"Karl Schnazer — Simon, the poacher"
"Ron Perry — Arthur"
"Derry O'Donovan — Lillian, the maid"
"Barbara Dowling — Kathleen Haloran"
"The limits of His mercy have not been set."
"I think she's bipolar, or lactose intolerant, one of the two."
"Leo: Whadda ya hear, whadda ya say, Father?"
"Parishioner: There's no point in killing a bad priest. Killing a good one? That would be a shock! I’m going to kill you father."
"Brendan Gleeson - Father James"
"Chris O'Dowd - Jack Brennan"
"Kelly Reilly - Fiona Lavelle"
"Aidan Gillen - Dr. Frank Harte"
"Dylan Moran - Michael Fitzgerald"
"Isaach de Bankolé - Simon"
"M. Emmet Walsh - The Writer, Gerald Ryan"
"Marie-Josée Croze - Teresa"
"Domhnall Gleeson - Freddie Joyce"
"David Wilmot - Father Leary"
"Pat Shortt - Brendan Lynch"
"Gary Lydon - Inspector Stanton"
"Killian Scott - Milo Herlihy"
"Orla O'Rourke - Veronica Brennan"
"Owen Sharpe - Leo"
"David McSavage - Bishop Garret Montgomery"
"The man. The myth. The legend."
"Patrick Bergin — Saint Patrick"
"Malcolm McDowell — Quentin"
"Alan Bates — Calpornius"
"Susannah York — Concessa"
"Eamonn Owens — Benignus"
"Chris McHallem — Auxilius"
"Michael Caven — Iserninus"
"Stephen Brennan — Briain"
"Adam Goodwin — Brother Peter"
"It was all going fine until he chopped off all his fingers."
"Some things there's no moving on from. And I think that's a good thing."
"I do worry sometimes I might just be entertaining myself while staving off the inevitable."
"Dominic Kearney: Me, I pay no attention to wars. I'm agin' 'em. Wars and soap."
"Siobhan Súilleabháin: [in a letter] Dear Padraic, I am safely ensconced in the mainland and, Padraic, it's lovely here. There's a river running past my window as I write, and the people already seem less bitter and mental. I'm not sure why, but I think it's 'cause a lot of them are from Spain. Mostly, I wanted to say there's a spare bed here for you, Padraic. And with the war almost over, I think there'd be work for ya here. Because there's nothing for you on Inisherin. Nothing but more bleakness and grudges and loneliness and spite and the slow passing of time until death. And sure, you can do that anywhere. So come, Padraic. Leave there."
"Everything was fine yesterday."
"Can't spell friend without "end"."
"Colin Farrell - Pádraic Súilleabháin"
"Brendan Gleeson - Colm Doherty"
"Kerry Condon - Siobhán Súilleabháin"
"Barry Keoghan - Dominic Kearney"
"Gary Lydon - Garda Peadar Kearney"
"Pat Shortt - publican Jonjo Devine"
"Sheila Flitton - Mrs. McCormick"
"Bríd Ní Neachtain - postmistress Mrs. O'Riordan"
"w:Jon Kenny - Gerry"
"Aaron Monaghan - Declan"
"David Pearse - priest"
"Lasairfhíona Ní Chonaola - female singer"
"John Carty - older musician 1"