Best Irish Humourous Quotations Author:Des MacHale This is a collection of humour from Irish authors, including Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Jonathan Swift, Brendan Behan, Spike Milligan, Samuel Beckett, Keane, Flann O'Brien, Niall Toibin and Hugh Leonard. Des MacHale is the author of "Humorous Quotations" and "The Book of Irish Bull".