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  • Another pertinent fact which had entered into Little Danny's calculations was that just then the Irish troubles were fierce in Parliament and the old sod of the Green Isle was the scene of evictions and riots that would make the modern American strike look like a game of pingpong.

    Tattlings of a Retired Politician 1904

  • His most famous legend, that he drove the snakes from Ireland, is really a metaphor for driving the Druids, the shaman and magicians of the Celts from the Green Isle.

    It's St. Patrick's Day, so.... Ann Althouse 2009

  • But I've a direct male ancestor who was born on the Green Isle.

    grouse Diary Entry grouse 2007

  • I am now leaving the Green Isle and my old friends, and would fain say a word of them as I do so.

    Castle Richmond 2004

  • First, I didn't know where to cart the two pieces, exactly, and, second, my making inquiries about the Green Isle would have set off a few rumors I would rather have avoided.

    The Death of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1995

  • And through all the Green Isle, where dwelt the Dedannan people, there also was spread the fame of the beauty of the children of Lir.

    Celtic Tales, Told to the Children Louey Chisholm

  • One day, as they looked toward the Green Isle, they saw coming to the coast a troop of horsemen mounted on snow-white steeds, and their armour glittered in the sun.

    Celtic Tales, Told to the Children Louey Chisholm

  • 'Go, Ardan,' said Nathos, 'go to the harbour, and there welcome Fergus from the Green Isle, for he indeed it is and none other.'

    Celtic Tales, Told to the Children Louey Chisholm

  • Speak to an Irishman of the wonders of the tropics, and he will at once begin the praises of the Green Isle.

    The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles H. J. Wilmot-Buxton

  • Eagerly did the exiled sons of Usna beg for tidings of their friends in the Green Isle.

    Celtic Tales, Told to the Children Louey Chisholm

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