Quotes About Heritage

My mom is Filipino and my dad is half Russian and half Irish.

Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.

Being Irish means you belong to the clan. It's what you feel. They feel Irish.

The fact is, I've always felt more British than Irish. Maybe it was the way I was brought up, I don't know, but I have always felt more of a connection with the U.K. than with Ireland.

Irish people never think we're Irish. Americans think we're European or French.

I'm a very proud Irish person, and also used to be an expat. We are a great nation, sound in fact!

I am an Irish person. I'm an Irishman, but I'm also an Ulsterman.

I'm just a true Irish boy at heart.

I'm proud of my Irish heritage and culture and this show will feature a lot of Irish dancing.

I am half Scottish. My father is an expat from Glasgow, and on my mother's side there's a bit of French, a bit of Scottish, a bit of Irish.

Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.

I have three older brothers. I'm Irish. I'm feisty.

Yes, I am an Irish lass through and through.

My dad is Irish. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Ireland and America.

My parents are Irish, my grandparents are Irish, my great-grandparents are Irish. I was born in England; my blood is Irish.

I don't feel I have to defend myself for being English or for being Irish, because, in a way, I don't feel either. And, in another way, of course, I'm both.

For me, being Catholic was who I was and who I am, just like I'm Irish and Slovak. It's just so ingrained in us.

I'm a product of my Irish culture, and I could no more lose that than I could my sense of identity.

I'm proud to be Irish.

I gotta lot of Black Irish in me.

I'm Irish, I'm from New York, and I definitely have issues.

My parents were both first-generation Irish Catholics raised in Brooklyn.

I'm actually more German than Scottish. I'm half-Japanese, 25 percent German, 12 percent Scottish, and 12 percent Irish.

London's been really good to me - England as a whole - but the Scots and the Irish especially are very appreciative because that's kind of where it all came from.