I used to be Irish Catholic. Now I'm an American - you…

I went to a Catholic University and there's something about being a Catholic-American. You know, St. Patrick's Day is, I'm Irish-Catholic. There's alcoholism in…

— Jim Gaffigan

Cursing is heavily used in the Irish language. It's not a stretch for me, and I have no qualms about it. It doesn't fall…

— Paula Malcomson

“Back home, this Catholic kid was accustomed to a Protestant culture's condescension, but here he could see for himself the world-historic glories of Catholicism...…

— James Carroll

The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer.

— Liam Neeson

I have differences of opinion within my own family, an Irish Catholic family. So, I do respect those that disagree.

— Gavin Newsom

I grew up Irish Catholic.

— Nicola Coughlan

Irish Catholics are more interested in the rosary beads than in the rosary.

— Bernadette Devlin

I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt.

— Edna O'Brien

I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting.

— Pierce Brosnan

I was a huge fan of J. Courtney Sullivan's novel 'Maine,' and like that novel, 'Saint' is a family saga set in Boston. Irish…

— Elin Hilderbrand

Worse than the ordinary, miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.

— Frank McCourt

My mother's family were full-on Irish Catholics - faith in an elaborate old fashioned, highly conservative and madly baroque style. I sort of fell…

— Geraldine Brooks

“As of 1641, the indigenous Irish Catholics owned an estimated three-fifths of the land of Ireland but, just 24 years later,”

— Thomas Sowell

I come from Chicago and am a child of Irish Catholic parents who were able to wield guilt like a Ginsu knife.

— Brendan Hunt

I come from a long line of staunch Irish Catholics.

— Robert Vaughn