Born Quote by John Collison

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

— Colm Wilkinson

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

— KT Tunstall

I grew up in a little village in the west of Ireland.

— Philip Treacy

I was born in Northern Ireland in 1951. I lived most of my life there until 1986 or 1987

— Paul Muldoon

My grandfather John came from Cork. I have six degrees of separation in Ireland.

— Duff McKagan

I grew up in a small village in the west of Ireland.

— Louis Walsh

My father was educated in Cork, in the University of Cork, in the '50s.

— Chris Abani

I spent a lot of time growing up in Ireland in Donegal.

— Matthew Broderick

We moved to Ireland when I was two and we settled in Killarney, Co Kerry. Where we were living in Germany is very industrial…

— Michael Fassbender

I was born in Northern Ireland, also known as Ulster, and I'm Scots-Irish, therefore.

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

I was born in a small town. My parents, my father was a teacher. My mother was a housewife.

— Milos Forman

My great-grandfather, Peter O'Hara, was born in Ireland, I believe, in County Clare. His father, my great-great-grandfather, had actually come to America a generation…

— Kelli O'Hara