Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
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'm a product of my Irish culture, and I could no more lose that than I could my sense of identity.
Being Irish means you belong to the clan. It's what you feel. They feel Irish.
I'm proud to be Irish.
We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
I'm first and foremost an Irishman, by birth, by nature, by soul, but an American citizen through and through as well.
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.
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.