#irish

I come from a long line of staunch Irish Catholics. ↗

— Robert Vaughn

#come #i #irish #line #long

When I was a kid, if you didn't speak Irish, you really wanted to. And you played Gaelic games and you didn't pay any attention to what was happening in the outside world, because really, Ireland was the center of the universe. And I don't think that's the case anymore. Although, admittedly, it is the center of the universe. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#although #any #anymore #attention #because

I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture and this show will feature a lot of Irish dancing. ↗

— Michael Flatley

#dancing #feature #heritage #i #irish

I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast. ↗

— Colin Firth

#biggest #coast #east #east coast #exceptions

The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots. ↗

— Sean Connery

#fire #irish #more #scots #seem

My Irish derivation has nothing to do with me. Why should it? ↗

— Carroll O'Connor

#me #nothing #should #why

My wife and I both come from Irish families. There are two kinds of Irish families: the hitting kind and the kidding kind. If you're fortunate - and both of us are - you come from the kidding kind of Irish family. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#come #families #family #fortunate #hitting

Irish women are always carrying water on their heads, and always carrying their husbands home from pubs. Such things are the greatest posture-builders in the world. ↗

— Peter O'Toole

#carrying #greatest #heads #home #husbands

Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists. ↗

— Alan Parker

#also #because #difficult #even #exists

They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken. ↗

— Bobby Sands

#break #broken #imperial #irishman #nothing