--- title: "5 Born Ireland Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 5 Born Ireland quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Born Ireland sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed8/kelli-o-hara-8395_actually_my-great-grandfather-peter-o-hara-was-bo_749870.png" --- > [My great-grandfather, Peter O'Hara, was born in Ireland, I believe, in County Clare. His father, my great-great-grandfather, had actually come to America…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelli-o-hara/my-great-grandfather-peter-o-hara-was-born-in-ireland-i-believe-in/) [Kelli O'Hara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelli-o-hara/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed8/kelli-o-hara-8395_actually_my-great-grandfather-peter-o-hara-was-bo_749870.png) > [Eternal is the fact that the human creature born in Ireland and brought up in its air is Irish. I have lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/eternal-is-the-fact-that-the-human-creature-born-in-ireland-and/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d7/george-bernard-shaw-68_air_eternal-is-the-fact-that-the-human-creat_1302964.png) > [ The poor old Duke \[of Wellington\]! What shall I say of him? To be sure he was born in Ireland, but being… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-o-connell/the-poor-old-duke-of-wellington-what-shall-i-say-of-him-to-be-sure-he/) [Daniel O'Connell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-o-connell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/daniel-o-connell-31958_born_the-poor-old-duke-of-wellington-what-sha_1932419.png) > [“by 1891, nearly two-fifths of all living people born in Ireland were living outside Ireland.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/by-1891-nearly-two-fifths-of-all-living-people-born-in-ireland-were/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69a/thomas-sowell-247_ireland_by-1891-nearly-two-fifths-of-all-living_2381406.jpg) > [ I always tell people, you know, \[J.F.Kennedy's\] grandfather was born in Ireland and he was Irish-Catholic, and I thought, so maybe I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/i-always-tell-people-you-know-j-f-kennedy-s-grandfather-was-born-in/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/mike-pence-577_born_i-always-tell-people-you-know-j-f-kenned_3101243.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/born-ireland/#itemlist", "name": "Born Ireland Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My great-grandfather, Peter O'Hara, was born in Ireland, I believe, in County Clare. 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