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"You think the Welsh are friendly, but the Irish are fabulous."

"You think the Welsh are friendly, but the Irish are fabulous."

Bonnie Tyler, Welsh Musician

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"In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame."

"In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame."

Phil Donahue, American Entertainer

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"I come from a long line of staunch Irish Catholics."

"I come from a long line of staunch Irish Catholics."

Robert Vaughn, American Actor

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"There's something about the Irish that is remarkable."

"There's something about the Irish that is remarkable."

Fiona Shaw, Irish Actress

Irish, Remarkable

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

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

Yancy Butler, American Actress

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"We play our Irish songs a bit more loosely."

"We play our Irish songs a bit more loosely."

Caroline Corr, Irish Musician

Irish, Play, Songs

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"It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody."

"It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody."

Brendan Behan, Irish Dramatist

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"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."

"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."

John B. Keane, Irish Playwright

Irish, Now, Play, Slavery

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"If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks."

"If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks."

Brendan Behan, Irish Dramatist

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"My Irish derivation has nothing to do with me. Why should it?"

"My Irish derivation has nothing to do with me. Why should it?"

Carroll O'Connor, American Actor

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"For a man to come right out and say he does not believe in the Old Testament, I think many Catholics across the nation as well as the world are offended by Bill O'Reilly claiming he's an Irish Catholic."

"For a man to come right out and say he does not believe in the Old Testament, I think many Catholics across the nation as well as the world are offended by Bill O'Reilly claiming he's an Irish Catholic."

Stephen Bennett, American Composer

Irish, Man, Nation, Old

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"I had that stubborn streak, the Irish in me I guess."

"I had that stubborn streak, the Irish in me I guess."

Gregory Peck, American Actor

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"To marry the Irish is to look for poverty."

"To marry the Irish is to look for poverty."

J. P. Donleavy, American Dramatist

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"I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish."

"I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish."

James Franco, American Actor

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"Finally, Colin Farrell showed up on my doorstep, only he wasn't Colin Farrell - he was just this Irish kid who had read the script and wanted to do it."

"Finally, Colin Farrell showed up on my doorstep, only he wasn't Colin Farrell - he was just this Irish kid who had read the script and wanted to do it."

Robert Towne, American Actor

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