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I am a proud product of Irish golf and the Golfing Union of Ireland and am hugely honoured to have come from very rich Irish sporting roots... I am also a proud Ulsterman who grew up in Northern Ireland. That is my background and always will be.

I'm proud to be Irish.

I am proud that Ireland is playing its part to drive an ambitious and comprehensive agreement at COP21.

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

I've been proud to be national champion. I've really enjoyed it. I have very little opportunity to remind people that I'm British and it's a nice way of staying in touch. I'm going to defend it fiercely. I want to keep it.

I hope that at the end of the seven years, people will say that I have been of some inspirational value to them at home in terms of inclusiveness and abroad, I look forward to representing Ireland.

I'm so proud, and it feels brilliant to be a world champion.

I sure love Ireland. The first trip I ever made was last year when I did this record in Dublin.