Irish women are always carrying water on their heads, and always carrying their husbands home from pubs. Such things are the greatest posture-builders in the world.
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The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times.
I think Irish women are strong as horses, incredibly loyal and for the most part, funny, witty, bright and optimistic in the face of devastating reality.
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 was raised in a very old fashioned Ireland where women were reared to be lovely.
I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true.
There's a real mischievousness about Irishmen, don't you find?
If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.
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 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.
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