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My lineage is partially Irish.

I'm just a true Irish boy at heart.

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

I'm Irish and Cherokee Indian. I can't faint.

Being Irish, I always had this love of words.

Our Irish blunders are never blunders of the heart.

I have three older brothers. I'm Irish. I'm feisty.

I had that stubborn streak, the Irish in me I guess.

Most of my jokes are racist - usually about the Irish.

I am Irish as a person, but I feel Jewish as an actor.

Yelling Irish, you can sound like an angry Leprechaun.

Gaelic football is a very Irish sport, which I played.

I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt.

If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.

The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots.

There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.

Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans.

It is a symbol of Irish art. The cracked looking-glass of a servant.

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

If you're Irish, it doesn't matter where you go - you'll find family.

My father named me Kelli because 'Kelli O'Hara' just sounded so Irish.

I had an Irish Catholic education. Horrible nuns, vindictive and cruel.

Being Irish was a big thing for me, particularly growing up in Chicago.

I've been really inspired by my roots - my ancestors and Irish history.

I come from an Irish Catholic family, and hell-raising is part of the DNA.

The Irish and British, they love satire, it's a large part of the culture.

I was actually a single man until I was 41. Rather late. Irish marry late.

The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership.

You can have Irish identity in the north and also have your Irish passport.

I used to have an Australian accent for school and an Irish accent for home.

People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue.

Angel was the first Irish feature film. Neil's first movie and my first movie.

I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.

Tommy Tiernan is an Irish comic who I believe is one of the finest in the world.

My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess.

I just wasn't cut out to be a Chinese Tiger Mom. I'm more of an Irish Setter Dad.

My usual trick with the Irish plays is to set things on islands I've never been to.

I'm not Irish. Just because I have red hair doesn't mean I'm a lucky charm, you know?

My kids are Irish; I want them to grow up playing Gaelic football and learning Irish.

I make a mean Irish soda bread every Christmas and give it out to friends and family.

My dad lives in Sicily, so I'm half Italian and half Irish - it's a fiery combination.

I'm Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I'm Italian on Columbus Day. I'm a New Yorker every day.

Even as my father grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, signs told him: 'No Irish Need Apply.'

My mother is Italian and my dad's Irish. In my family, we're expressive. Nobody holds back.

But let's just say, I'm Irish. I grew up in the 1950s. Religion had a very tight iron fist.

There might well have been an Irish great-great-grandfather of mine back then in the 1800s.

The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.

The Irish are the only men who know how to cry for the dirty polluted blood of all the world.

I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture and this show will feature a lot of Irish dancing.

I've been canyoning, snorkelled a shipwreck, and learnt to Irish dance, all in the same week.

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