Quotes About Community

I'm from Salford, and I don't have any immediate Irish connection.

There is something restless and curious about the Irish. Like everybody else, we want to make money and make our way in the world but it's not the be all and end all. We also want to have fun, we want to make friends, make connections, share stories.

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

The Ireland I now inhabit is one that these Irish contemporaries have helped to imagine.

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

I think the Irish woman was freed from slavery by bingo. They can go out now, dressed up, with their handbags and have a drink and play bingo. And they deserve it.

When I'm in L.A., I'm part of the Irish community out there, and I just love it.

I feel myself part of something. Not only being part of a community but part of an actual moment and a movement of Irish writing and art. That sense of being part of the whole thing is the deepest joy.

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.

The most shocking fact about Summer Bay is not that it looks so much like Brittas Bay. It is that it seems to be almost exclusively populated with Irish people.

I couldn't fit in the Irish community in New York. I was never one of the boys because they would talk about baseball or basketball, and I knew nothing about it.

The whole world has American dreams. This country has people from all parts of the world. We have Irish who live here, we have Brazilians.

The sport wouldn't be what it is without the fans, and at UFC 189, watching the Irish fans screaming 'Ole Ole Ole' was pretty amazing.

There's a certain kind of guy, a certain kind of humor, that goes with Irish cops and firemen.

When I was growing up, for example, everybody on our street was Irish. And all the girls did Irish step dancing. It was pre-Lord of the Dance - it was before anybody knew what gillys were - but we did, and there was such pride among the members of my family and people I grew up with.

There's a lot of Irish in London and have been for years - they're very much a part of the city.

Irish people are still very prickly about Catholic Church. Despite all the scandals and cover-ups that have rocked the church, you can only push it so far.

The Irish are just good people, they always have been.

I can only have admiration for the Irish as a nation.

The Irish and Russian communities are huge in New York, so this is truly one of the only places where I can fight in front of all of my fans.

I still identify as Irish. But I'm a Londoner too. It really is a great place to grow up.

I grew up in a big, blended Irish Catholic family just outside of Los Angeles.

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.