Grandparent Quote by Anne Enright

My last name is originally Irish. I'm not exactly sure whereabouts it's from, but I've got family branches that were traced back there.

— Matthew McConaughey

My father's parents were Irish. Only a year before my father died, he and I went back to Ireland for a week to look…

— Anonymous

People like to trace their ancestry.

— Richard Dawkins

My father was from Belfast; my mother was from Crossmolina. I grew up in Dublin.

— Colm Wilkinson

My grandparents were all born in the U.S., but their parents came from Ireland.

— Michael Connelly

People know I'm from Ireland or have Irish roots.

— Pat Connaughton

I've got my roots in Northern Ireland - my biological father's side of the family were from Belfast.

— KT Tunstall

My father is from Newark in Nottinghamshire and my mother is from the very north of Ireland. They've ended up in Scotland, where my…

— Ali Smith

My parents are Irish, my grandparents are Irish, my great-grandparents are Irish. I was born in England; my blood is Irish.

— Brian McDermott

My mum's parents were from Ireland, my dad's mum was American-Irish.

— Dominic West

Genealogists concentrate on the meanings and origins of surnames because they are inherited and the easiest way of identifying people who are related. Judith…

— Judith Land

On my mum Marie's side, my nana was from the Republic of Ireland, and my granddad was from the north. Lots of families in…

— Paul Scholes