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Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.

Yes, I am an Irish lass through and through.

I'm just a true Irish boy at heart.

I'm just a loud Irish guy.

The way I see it is that all the ol' guff about being Irish is a kind of nonsense. I mean, I couldn't be anything else no matter what I tried to be. I couldn't be Chinese or Japanese.

I find being Irish quite a wearing thing. It takes so much work because it is a social construction. People think you are going to be this, this, and this.

I'm proud to be Irish.

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

I'm a product of my Irish culture, and I could no more lose that than I could my sense of identity.

I'm from an Irish Catholic family.