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title: "21 Irish American Quotes by 20 authors"
description: "Browse 21 Irish American quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Irish American sayings and thoughts."
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> [My mom's family was 100 percent Irish, in the American way of being Irish, and then my dad was half Irish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-hunt/my-mom-s-family-was-100-percent-irish-in-the-american-way-of-being/)

[Brendan Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-hunt/)

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> [I'm an Irish-American, and I grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-devane/i-m-an-irish-american-and-i-grew-up-in-an-irish-american-neighborhood/)

[William Devane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-devane/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-kennedy-smith/next-to-president-of-the-united-states-ambassador-to-ireland-is/)

[Jean Kennedy Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-kennedy-smith/)

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> [I don't see myself as either Irish or American, I'm a New Yorker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/i-don-t-see-myself-as-either-irish-or-american-i-m-a-new-yorker/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

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> [I'm a history buff, so I've been reading lots of books on Irish and American history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheamus/i-m-a-history-buff-so-i-ve-been-reading-lots-of-books-on-irish-and/)

[Sheamus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheamus/)

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> [“You were an American now and don’t let him hear you call yourself an Irish-American or a German-American.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-beth-smith/you-were-an-american-now-and-don-t-let-him-hear-you-call-yourself-an/)

[Mary Beth Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-beth-smith/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/i-m-one-hundred-percent-irish-and-i-m-very-proud-that-i-m-irish/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

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> [“and by the time the kind, curly-haired Irish-American soldier showed up in their village just south of Düsseldorf and fell for Ilse”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/molly-ringwald/and-by-the-time-the-kind-curly-haired-irish-american-soldier-showed/)

[Molly Ringwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/molly-ringwald/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/it-s-not-enough-to-be-american-you-always-have-to-be-something-else/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-mcclellan/roughly-1-in-6-americans-have-irish-blood-i-d-say-it-s-probably-safe/)

[Scott McClellan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-mcclellan/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-munnery/i-ve-got-nothing-against-any-individual-american-except-that-there/)

[Simon Munnery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-munnery/)

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> [Most boys' first hero is their father. That was definitely true of my dad. He was a proud Irish American and he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-reilly/most-boys-first-hero-is-their-father-that-was-definitely-true-of-my/)

[John C. Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-reilly/)

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> [When I started writing, most of the police department in New York City, especially above the rank of detective, were Irish, Irish-American.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-hunter/when-i-started-writing-most-of-the-police-department-in-new-york-city/)

[Evan Hunter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-hunter/)

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> [“In the secular trinity of Irish-American values, loyalty and humor are father and son. Self-deprecation is the spirit that works in mysterious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-dezell/in-the-secular-trinity-of-irish-american-values-loyalty-and-humor-are/)

[Maureen Dezell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-dezell/)

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> [People take pride in being Irish-American and Italian-American. They have a particular culture that infuses the whole culture and makes it richer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/people-take-pride-in-being-irish-american-and-italian-american-they/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [My grandparents on my fathers side come to America from Germany, so that made them, German-American. My grandparents on my mothers side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-kreger/my-grandparents-on-my-fathers-side-come-to-america-from-germany-so/)

[David Kreger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-kreger/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-jones/my-grandmothers-are-irish-american-and-german-american-my-grandfather/)

[Sarah Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-jones/)

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> [Hillary Clinton was actually inducted into the Irish American Hall of Fame yesterday. Hillary said she's very proud of her Irish heritage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-fallon/hillary-clinton-was-actually-inducted-into-the-irish-american-hall-of/)

[Jimmy Fallon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-fallon/)

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> [I was raised in an Irish-American home in Detroit where assimilation was the uppermost priority. The price of assimilation and respectability was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-hayden/i-was-raised-in-an-irish-american-home-in-detroit-where-assimilation/)

[Tom Hayden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-hayden/)

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> [An entirely new factor has appeared in the social development of the country, and this factor is the Irish-American, and his influence.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/an-entirely-new-factor-has-appeared-in-the-social-development-of-the/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [Well I think that's probably one of a few, where I grew up in the City of New York, it's got a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcenroe/well-i-think-that-s-probably-one-of-a-few-where-i-grew-up-in-the-city/)

[John McEnroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcenroe/)

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