Irish Roots Quotes

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

I was inspired by Colin Farrell in the fact that he's Irish and has freckles but with black hair. I'm a bunch of different things, Irish, Polish, Native American, and French, but I wanted to tap into that Irish side and be freckle-y with black hair, so that's what I did.

I've got that Irish thing going on. Lots of Irish in my background.

I'm from an Irish Catholic family.

I've got a huge family back in Ireland, and I've made loads of movies in Ireland.

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 know there's some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition.

I never really knew about my ancestors until this year, when I learned that the name Cobain was Irish. My parents had never bothered to find that stuff out.

My mother was very proud of being Irish and being a Gunnigan in a straightforward way.

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'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.

Ireland is such an amazing country, and I have this little dream in the back of my head that someday I'll end up living there. When I've established myself in America and I don't need to live near the action, so to speak, and if you're good, the work will come to you. I feel very Irish; maybe that's why I've been so lucky with my career.

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

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.

Being Irish, I grew up eating a Sunday roast.

I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture.

I have lived in Ireland, visited all my life, and when I fight, I represent Ireland.

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

My nan and granddad are from Cork.

I love Ireland. I'll always be 100pc Irish. I get really excited when I go to Sligo; it's my home.

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

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

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

My dad was Dublin born and bred - a Dublin boy - but he always pushed me to play for what was Wales Under-15s in my day.

My last name is originally Irish. I'm not exactly sure whereabouts it's from, but I've got family branches that were traced back there.