I know Irish-American people. I know what their homes look like. I know what they have for dinner. I know how they turn a phrase.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm a product of my Irish culture, and I could no more lose that than I could my sense of identity.
Irish people give big hellos and very little goodbyes. Unless they're female, and then they spend five hours talking in the doorway to the person that's leaving their house.
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.
Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.
I own a lot of my house, because I'm Irish and from people who never owned anything.
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.
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.
My dad is Irish. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Ireland and America.
I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true.
We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.