Holding grudges Quote by Jojo Moyes

“according to the genetics, there wasn’t a point where a group of genetically similar people spread into the extremities of the British Isles and…

— Adam Rutherford

“Their bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the border between England and Scotland, and then in the bitter settlements of England’s…

— James Webb

Celtic was a part of our family. It still is.

— Andrew Robertson

“As one observer noted, “In traveling across America, the Scots-Irish have consistently blown my mind as far and away the most persistent and unchanging…

— J.D. Vance

Well, maybe way, way back. I'm related to the Scots that came to Ireland to try to tame the Irish.

— James Doohan

“Interestingly, some of the worst anti-Irish discrimination came from the Scotch-Irish, who wanted to make clear that they were a different group from the…

— Ryan Hackney

“One has to imagine the impact of Paddy on an old count from eastern Europe, barely able to live off his much-diminished lands and…

— Artemis Cooper

I suppose British people generally, probably have very stereotypical notions about the Irish that go back to Victorian times.

— Ardal O'Hanlon

My lineage is partially Irish.

— Devin Townsend

“It is a mistake to suppose that, in a country where the usual evidences of civilization exist, the condition of a very large body…

— Henry David Thoreau

Both sides of my family had come from Ireland in the 19th century for the same reason: There was nothing to eat over there.…

— Art Donovan

My mum's family are from Blaenau Ffestiniog, the slate town. My grandfather was Elis Humphreys Roberts, so that's quite Welsh isn't it?

— Simon Fowler