Born Quote by Stuart Dallas

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

— Michael Connelly

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

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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

— Pat Connaughton

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

— Katherine Ryan

I'm from an Irish family and, even though I grew up in 80s London, I spent a lot of my childhood in southwest Ireland.

— Roisin Conaty

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

— Dominic West

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

— Brian McDermott

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

— KT Tunstall

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

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

— Colm Wilkinson

My lineage is partially Irish.

— Devin Townsend

I am a proud Englishman, having been born and raised in London. However, I am just as proud of my family's Irish heritage and…

— Declan Rice