Branches Quote by Matthew McConaughey

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'm part German and part Irish. In fact, there's even a town in Germany that was named after my family, Limbach or so forth.…

— Rush Limbaugh

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 from. I…

— Michael Connelly

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 know I'm from Ireland or have Irish roots.

— Pat Connaughton

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

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from.

— Anne Enright

My lineage is partially Irish.

— Devin Townsend

My mom's half-Irish, and my dad's half-Irish. We don't know much about my mom's side, but my dad's mom came from Belfast and married…

— Coco Rocha

My dad's Irish, so I was visiting Ireland a lot as a kid, so it's not totally foreign to me.

— Katherine Ryan

My family on my mother's side is Irish.

— Sarah Lancashire