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Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story - I don't think they exist.
I'm a typical Irishman in that I only get home for weddings and funerals.
I thought I was God's gift to mankind and the greatest Irishman since George Best.
Now here I am playing a passionate young Irishman who would die for what he believes in.
Have you heard about the Irishman who reversed into a car boot sale and sold the engine?
Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.
An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.
I'm an Irishman who came up from a small little country, followed his dream, and now I hold the title.
I'm still a proud Irishman, of course, but I've become an American citizen. I'm very, very proud of that.
As you know, I am neither Roman Catholic, Protestant Episcopalian, nor Presbyterian, nor am I an Irishman.
To be a young Irishman in London and go to the theater to see 'Rosemary's Baby'... it scared the crap out of me.
Third Irishman to wear the green jersey, after 31 years, that's very special for me, and I'm focused on keeping it.
I'm first and foremost an Irishman, by birth, by nature, by soul, but an American citizen through and through as well.
They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken.
It is somewhat remarkable that Cornwall has produced no musical genius of any note, and yet the Cornishman is akin to the Welshman and the Irishman.
Pain seems to be easier, or melancholy seems to be easier to portray in a character. I don't know if that's because I'm a human being or because I'm an Irishman or both.
My father was a gruff Irishman who was unable to express feelings and always insisted we be tough. Being a parent, for me, means creating what I didn't have. I want my children to feel love and be able to express it.
I was born in 1951 in Kalgoorlie, a prosperous mining town 370 miles east of Perth, Western Australia. Kalgoorlie was a gold rush town which sprang up in the desert after the Irishman Paddy Hannan struck gold there in 1892.
I've had the privilege of working with Bono for the past few years in the One Campaign to fight AIDS and hunger and disease around the world. Bono is an Irishman and a great humanitarian. And I remember him telling me of his admiration for America.
After high school, I went to Stanford University and majored in English. Of course, that gave me a chance to do lots more reading and writing. I also received degrees in London and Dublin - where I moved to be near a charming Irishman who became my husband!
I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me just the right thing for a poet. Passion! He was always on the right side. He may be wrongheaded, but his heart was always on the right side. He wrote beautiful poetry.
But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me just the right thing for a poet. Passion! He was always on the right side. He may be wrongheaded, but his heart was always on the right side. He wrote beautiful poetry.
When I did the film 'Hear My Voice' a few years ago, I disappeared fully up my own backside for a while. Because I thought my career was taking off, I became a bit of an egomaniac and a pain in the neck. I thought I was God's gift to mankind and the greatest Irishman since George Best.
