Victoria Smurfit Quotes

Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.

Three-quarters of my family is Irish. Of course, the 'Kazee' is not.

Yes, I am an Irish lass through and through.

I'm proud to be Irish.

Supporting Celtic, waving a tricolour because your parents are Irish - that's a valid culture.

I'm a typical Irishman in that I only get home for weddings and funerals.

My parents are Irish, my grandparents are Irish, my great-grandparents are Irish. I was born in England; my blood is Irish.

My soul is still Irish.

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

I'm crazy about Dublin. If you went back 3,000 years in my ancestry you wouldn't find a drop of Irish blood in the veins, but I love the place.

I gotta lot of Black Irish in me.

All my people are from Ireland. I was born in Manchester, but I am Irish.

My family on my mother's side is Irish.

I am immensely proud of my Irish roots.

My nan and granddad are from Cork.

On my mum Marie's side, my nana was from the Republic of Ireland, and my granddad was from the north. Lots of families in Manchester have strong Irish connections, but it never occurred to me to play for anyone other than England.

I've got my roots in Northern Ireland - my biological father's side of the family were from Belfast.

My father was from Belfast; my mother was from Crossmolina. I grew up in Dublin.

I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture.

I'm Irish, yeah, but I don't need to get up on a soapbox about it.

I'm Irish as hell: Kelly on one side, Shanley on the other. My father had been born on a farm in the Irish Midlands. He and his brothers had been shepherds there, cattle and sheep, back in the early 1920s. I grew up surrounded by brogues and Irish music, but stayed away from the old country till I was over 40. I just couldn't own being Irish.

I feel warm toward my Irish side, but I don't know the country or the people. Hearing a traditional Irish fiddle, I feel very connected to Ireland, but that's a nostalgia many people feel who aren't Irish at all.

I'm just a true Irish boy at heart.

I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.

The fact is that most 'Irish-Americans', in spite of dropping the word 'Irish' into half of all sentences, couldn't find Europe on an atlas, let alone Ireland.