My mother was from upstate New York; she's of Irish and German descent. My father was from Ghana. — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
“A driver had been sent to meet us. He was gray-haired, short, and nimble and introduced himself. "I am Patrick and so… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
“If there were only three Irishmen in the world you'd find two of them in a corner talking about the other.” — Brandan Araoz Maria Copy Share Image
“You're a Scott," the Dark said, his lips peeled back in displeasure, as if just saying the word was revolting. "And you're… — Donna Grant Copy Share Image
My dad was a very funny man - he's the one who taught me life would be awfully hard without humor! I'm… — Joan Cusack Copy Share Image
“You are a different kind of Irishman, Goll," was all she said. "Every Irishman is a different kind of Irishman," said Goll.” — Charles Brady Copy Share Image
If you are a Northern Irish actor, maybe subconsciously more than consciously, you do have an instinctive responsibility at some point to… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
I have Czech, I have Russian, I have English, I have Italian. Uh, what am I missing? A little bit of Irish.… — Joe Lhota Copy Share Image
“Keep dreaming, Irish,” she said dryly, though her breath was ragged. “I will, but it remains to be seen whether they’ll come… — Whitney K-E Copy Share Image
“A proper Irishman always does what a lady asks him. Sure an' it's been the ruin av us. We're at the mercy… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
“Overheard at O'Banion's Beer Emporium: "Pardon me, darlin', but I'm writin' a telephone book. C'n I have yer number?” — Henry D. Spalding Copy Share Image
“Boxers, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers.” — Irish" Wayne Kelly Copy Share Image
If Britain votes to leave the European Union, then that could have huge implications for the entire island of Ireland and, given… — Martin McGuinness Copy Share Image
I always think of Ireland as a place for complex ideas and prose. I like Irishness. I like Irish culture and Irish… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
In this context the British and Irish governments will have to promote a new, imaginative and dynamic alternative in which both governments… — Gerry Adams Copy Share Image
I'm Irish in the mythic, romantic sense, but in the living sense, I'm a Londoner. — Sean Scully Copy Share Image
“...to be Irish is to know the world will break your heart before you are thirty.” — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
Long live the Irish. Long live their cheer. Long live our friendship. Year after year. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam. A country without a language is a country without a soul.” — Pádraig Pearse Copy Share Image
“. . . I still hold two truths with equal and fundamental certainty. One: the British did terrible things to the Irish.… — John Dominic Crossan Copy Share Image
I've always been fond of my heritage, particularly my Irish heritage. But I'm also from all over the world. — Eugene Simon Copy Share Image
I have a very big family, Italian and Irish, and they're on you at any event, whether it's a party or a… — Rachel Sennott Copy Share Image
