I love Britain. I'm an Irish citizen, but I was born in Canada, and I'm a British comedian, really. My entire career… — Katherine Ryan Copy Share Image
I still identify as Irish. But I'm a Londoner too. It really is a great place to grow up. — Roisin Conaty Copy Share Image
“Finding her voice at last, she asked, “What dreams are you having, sir?” “I dreamt I was in a spring field and… — Shannon MacLeod Copy Share Image
London in the '70s was a pretty catastrophic dump, I can tell you. We had every kind of industrial trouble; we had… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
I went to Irish dance when I was four. I was playing the tin whistle when I was five. So I think… — Dolores O'Riordan Copy Share Image
I want to give Irish kids something to be proud of back home. I want to bring out a stronger image of… — Sheamus Copy Share Image
“A ógánaigh... ná bris an ghloine ghlan 'tá eadrainn (ní bhristear gloine gan fuil is pian) óir tá Neamh nó Ifreann thall… — Caitlín Maude Copy Share Image
I come as one package deal. An Irish lesbian who wakes up every day and goes to work. And I don't spend… — Christine Quinn Copy Share Image
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… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
“This may come as a surprise to generations of Irish pupils, but the Irish language wasn't invented just to infuriate people forced… — Darach Ó Séaghdha Copy Share Image
I've had support from all sides, from people who call themselves Irish, from Northern Irish, to the whole of the UK, to… — Rory McIlroy Copy Share Image
I lived in the Republic of Ireland. I wrote a book about the North but as an outsider. The hatreds there were… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, if you didn't speak Irish, you really wanted to. And you played Gaelic games and you didn't… — Roddy Doyle Copy Share Image
Anyone who starts badmouthing Latino immigrants is not only a racist but ignorant. You need to refer them to what was written… — James Gray Copy Share Image
My mum and my husband are from Irish backgrounds so we have a lot of potatoes. Chips, mashed, boiled, new potatoes, I… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
“Capitalism has come, not only to serve Britain's purpose by keeping the people divided, but, by setting worker against worker, it has… — Michael Collins Copy Share Image
Trash talk? Smack talk? This is an American term that makes me laugh. I simply speak the truth. I'm an Irish man. — Conor McGregor Copy Share Image
I'm Irish as hell: Kelly on one side, Shanley on the other. My father had been born on a farm in the… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image