My mom's family was 100 percent Irish, in the American way of being Irish, and then my dad was half Irish. — Brendan Hunt Copy Share Image
I'm an Irish-American, and I grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood. — William Devane Copy Share Image
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
I'm a history buff, so I've been reading lots of books on Irish and American history. — Sheamus Copy Share Image
“You were an American now and don’t let him hear you call yourself an Irish-American or a German-American.” — Mary Beth Smith Copy Share Image
I'm one hundred percent Irish, and I'm very proud that I'm Irish American, though I don't know exactly where my ancestors came… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
“and by the time the kind, curly-haired Irish-American soldier showed up in their village just south of Düsseldorf and fell for Ilse” — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
It's not enough to be American. You always have to be something else, Irish-American, German-American, and you'd wonder how they'd get along… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
Roughly 1 in 6 Americans have Irish blood. I'd say it's probably safe to assume that the average Irish-American who only comes… — Scott McClellan Copy Share Image
I've got nothing against any individual American, except that there aren't any. They're always Irish-American, African-American... There's never an American-American you can… — Simon Munnery Copy Share Image
Most boys' first hero is their father. That was definitely true of my dad. He was a proud Irish American and he… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
When I started writing, most of the police department in New York City, especially above the rank of detective, were Irish, Irish-American.… — Evan Hunter Copy Share Image
“In the secular trinity of Irish-American values, loyalty and humor are father and son. Self-deprecation is the spirit that works in mysterious… — Maureen Dezell Copy Share Image
People take pride in being Irish-American and Italian-American. They have a particular culture that infuses the whole culture and makes it richer… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My grandparents on my fathers side come to America from Germany, so that made them, German-American. My grandparents on my mothers side… — David Kreger Copy Share Image
My grandmothers are Irish-American and German-American; my grandfather is from the Caribbean. My father is African-American. My family looked funny. I just… — Sarah Jones Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton was actually inducted into the Irish American Hall of Fame yesterday. Hillary said she's very proud of her Irish heritage… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
I was raised in an Irish-American home in Detroit where assimilation was the uppermost priority. The price of assimilation and respectability was… — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
An entirely new factor has appeared in the social development of the country, and this factor is the Irish-American, and his influence.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Well I think that's probably one of a few, where I grew up in the City of New York, it's got a… — John McEnroe Copy Share Image
