Louis MacNeice Quotes

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

My soul is still Irish.

It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish.

Yes, I am an Irish lass through and through.

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

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

I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture.

I grew up my whole life in Ireland and obviously sound very, very Irish. I feel like it's just one of those things that just charms the socks off of people.

I'm German in my mind, but from a Germany that doesn't exist any more.

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

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

I'm representative of 21st century Irish design, so I promote Irishness all over the world wherever I go.

My dad's side of the family had lots of artists and musicians. There's an emotional, quite sentimental quality to Slavic culture. It's very open, it loves art, it loves music, it loves literature. It's very warm, it's very up, it's very down. I would celebrate that.

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

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

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

I'm proud to be Irish.

When I was a kid, if you didn't speak Irish, you really wanted to. And you played Gaelic games and you didn't pay any attention to what was happening in the outside world, because really, Ireland was the center of the universe. And I don't think that's the case anymore. Although, admittedly, it is the center of the universe.

Nationality is the first great object—a Nationality which will not only raise our people from their poverty … but inflame them and purify them with a lofty and heroic love of country… a Nationality which may embrace Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter… the Irishman of a hundred generations and the stranger who is within our gates… a Nationality which would be recognized by the world and sanctified by wisdom, virtue, and prudence

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

I am immensely proud of my Irish roots.

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

My Irish identity is important as it's a part of who I am.

My pride at wearing the Irish shirt was always 100 per cent genuine. It was a great honour for myself and my family and something I will always cherish.

The Irish, as a race, have the oral tradition in their blood. A direct question to them is an anathema, but in other cases, a mere syllable of a hero's name will elicit whole chapters of stories.