"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 othe…"

"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.…"

"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 her…"

"Cillian Murphy – Damien O'Donovan"

"Pádraic Delaney – Teddy O'Donovan"

"I tried not to get into this war, and couldn't. Now I try to get out, and can't."