Elizabeth Bowen Quotes

Being Irish means you belong to the clan. It's what you feel. They feel Irish.

I'm proud to be Irish.

You can take a man out of Ireland, but you can't take the Irishness out of the man.

I'm Irish in the mythic, romantic sense, but in the living sense, I'm a Londoner.

There's a lot of Irish in London and have been for years - they're very much a part of the city.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Yes, I am an Irish lass through and through.

I gotta lot of Black Irish in me.

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

Identities reside in relations with others: you-me and us-them, and identities center on boundaries separating us from them.

When I was growing up, for example, everybody on our street was Irish. And all the girls did Irish step dancing. It was pre-Lord of the Dance - it was before anybody knew what gillys were - but we did, and there was such pride among the members of my family and people I grew up with.

The necessity of defining the enemy also leads to the necessity of defining who we are.

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

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.

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

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

Irish people never think we're Irish. Americans think we're European or French.

I was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland and it is still home to me. My writing has taken me all over the world, but this is the place I come back to and the place where I find it easiest to write.

James Joyce wrote the definitive work about Dublin while he was living in Switzerland. We're all where we come from. We all have our roots.