Bad Quote by Rory O'Malley

I have encountered on this long road an enthusiasm for an Irishness which will be built on recognising again those sources from which spring…

— Michael D. Higgins

To be Irish today is the abandonment of shame and the younger people are moving it out and they're moving the fear away. They're…

— Malachy McCourt

I think that's why you see so many Americans in Dublin look so sad: they are looking for the door through which they can…

— Frank McCourt

I am immensely proud of my Irish roots.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

I don't really go around feeling very Irish at all. I don't go to Irish pubs. I've lived so many places, and I'm still…

— Stuart Townsend

I'm just an old Irish guy who believes if you have children, you need to be there to raise them.

— Eddie Rabbitt

My lineage is partially Irish.

— Devin Townsend

To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Ireland really is my problem; the breaking point of the huge suppuration which all British and all European society now is

— Russell Baker

The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times.

— Roddy Doyle

Anyone born and bred in Northern Ireland can't be too optimistic.

— Seamus Heaney

“This happened to your father and to you, Galway-sick to stay, longing to come up against the ends of the earth, and climb over.”

— Galway Kinnell