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I'm first and foremost an Irishman, by birth, by nature, by soul, but an American citizen through and through as well.

I'm just a true Irish boy at heart.

The Ireland I now inhabit is one that these Irish contemporaries have helped to imagine.

Being Irish, I always had this love of words.

I am an unusual Irishman. I'm probably Ireland's third most famous Jewish son.

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

I'm still a proud Irishman, of course, but I've become an American citizen. I'm very, very proud of that.

I'm proud to be Irish.

When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in pursuit of Irish freedom and unity.

I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English.