We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.
The fact is that most 'Irish-Americans', in spite of dropping the word 'Irish' into half of all sentences, couldn't find Europe on an atlas, let alone Ireland.
The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times.
You think the Welsh are friendly, but the Irish are fabulous.
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.
There's a real mischievousness about Irishmen, don't you find?
In Ireland, it's been like U2 and The Cranberries, which is rock, but you know they're Irish.
I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true.
Sometimes the archaism of the language when it's spoken is why we are all in love with the Irish today.