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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times.
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.
We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
I'm a product of my Irish culture, and I could no more lose that than I could my sense of identity.
I don't feel I have to defend myself for being English or for being Irish, because, in a way, I don't feel either. And, in another way, of course, I'm both.
Being Irish means you belong to the clan. It's what you feel. They feel Irish.
I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English.
I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true.
I'm just a true Irish boy at heart.
Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.