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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.

As an Irish person, there's a historical fascination with America: America is the default green and promised land for Irish people and Italians; that's what we grow up with.

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

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

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.

I'm just a true Irish boy at heart.

I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American.

I see myself as part English and part American, with a dash of Irish thrown in, and a pinch of Italian from my mother's ancestry.