Sheamus Quotes

… the annihilation of Ireland.

I'm one hundred percent Irish, and I'm very proud that I'm Irish American, though I don't know exactly where my ancestors came from. I just know County Cork.

I read all the time... I read a lot of history books.

I love general history. That's all I read really. I don't read novels, I read history. I love it. I live in an area that's really rich in Civil War history. I live in Kentucky on a farm. A lot of revolution, a lot of military history I love.

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

Ireland is such a young society. The British were the ruling class up until they left about a hundred years ago, and we've been trying to work out what our class hierarchy is ever since.

I'm so proud of myself. I thought, 'I've got to learn about American history.' I literally took two months off and watched every documentary known to man. I really didn't know Benjamin Franklin was so cool.

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.

The Ireland I now inhabit is one that these Irish contemporaries have helped to imagine.

I'm proud to be Irish.

Being Irish-American myself, Irish-American material is readily at hand to me.

When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history.

When we fled from the oppressions of kings and parliaments in Europe, to found this great Republic in America, we brought with us the laws and the liberties, which formed a part of our heritage as Britons.

I'm from outside of Boston, and in Boston, people are so passionate about their Irishness.

My grandfather John came from Cork. I have six degrees of separation in Ireland.

We live in the United States. British settlers founded the first colony in North America. And English is our language.

Getting involved with 'Black 47' was like getting involved with 'Dunkirk' for me. I learned a lot. But 'Black 47' was my own history from my own country.

I was a Social Science major in college, with an emphasis in secondary education. I took as many courses on the American colonial era and westward expansion as I could. This turned out to be wonderful preparation for writing fantasy novels.

I would love to be an historian. I'm a bit of a history geek and love books and programmes on the subject.

The Irish are people who will never have leaders, for at the great moment they always desert them. They have produced one skeleton--Parnell--never a man.

Other than fiction and poetry I tend to read history.

More Irishmen died fighting for Britain in World War I than died fighting against her in all of Ireland's bids for independence combined.

Being Irish and a citizen of the world, has made me truly appreciate Irish culture, music and history. Whether you're first, second generation Irish or even with no connection to Ireland, you should visit in 2013 for a unique experience.

I can't claim to be disenchanted "with the current state of fiction" because I read so little of it. My reading is mostly drawn to history.

For those of us who are fortunate to share an Irish ancestry, we take great pride in the contributions that Irish-Americans.