I think the genetics of being Irish are that you sort of prefer when it's rainy and cloudy. It's just genetic.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.
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.
The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times.
I'm just a true Irish boy at heart.
I don't really go around feeling very Irish at all. I don't go to Irish pubs. I've lived so many places, and I'm still so curious about the bigger world. It's grand to be alive in a time when mobility is so accessible.
I have encountered on this long road an enthusiasm for an Irishness which will be built on recognising again those sources from which spring the best of our reason and curiosity.
We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm.
Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists.
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.
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.