I have differences of opinion within my own family, an Irish Catholic family. So, I do respect those that disagree. — Gavin Newsom Copy Share Image
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Next to President of the United States, Ambassador to Ireland is surely one of the best jobs an Irish American can hold. — Jean Kennedy Smith Copy Share Image
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The Irish are great talkers and incredibly friendly, it's just in the DNA. — Charley Boorman Copy Share Image
I'm still an Irish republican; I absolutely believe in Irish unity and am working to achieve that. But over the course of… — Martin McGuinness Copy Share Image
Irish people never think we're Irish. Americans think we're European or French. — Winston Marshall Copy Share Image
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I just wasn't cut out to be a Chinese Tiger Mom. I'm more of an Irish Setter Dad. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
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“The Irish-Indians, who were of dark complexion, would many times claim to be Black Dutch or Black Irish and deny their rightful… — Rickey Butch Walker Copy Share Image
My mother was very proud of being Irish and being a Gunnigan in a straightforward way. — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
A son is a son till he takes him a wife, a daughter is a daughter all of her life. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My dad had a dream of living in an Irish castle, even when we were in Argentina, and in 1960 he found… — Chris de Burgh Copy Share Image
Being the U.S. champion is a big deal for me. Knowing that my ancestors built this country, it's kind of like, the… — Sheamus Copy Share Image
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I've always been fascinated with Ireland, especially Northern Ireland, having lived in London in the '80s when there was an Irish republican… — John Gordon Sinclair Copy Share Image
St. Patrick's Day is an enchanted time, a day to begin transforming winter's dreams into summers magic. — Adrienne Cook Copy Share Image
The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
I wasn't embraced as an Irish artist back in the Moloko days. Modern electronica isn't what you think of when you think… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
I've got many different voices - I have a Southern girl, an Irish girl. I have a gibberish language that you'd have… — Rachel Miner Copy Share Image
Protestants attacked Catholics during the 1844 Nativist riots in Philadelphia. Guess what that was about? Anti-immigrant sentiment. Back then, it was the… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
Poetry is not Irish or any other nationality; and when writers such as Messrs. Clarke, Farren and the late F. R. Higgins… — Patrick Kavanagh Copy Share Image
