A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.

There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.

That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the Irish way?

Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.

Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.

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

Being Irish he had an abiding sense of tragedy which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.

No men and women of the Irish race we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruction of the British Empire and the construction of an Irish republic.

I receive huge support from Irish and British sports fans alike and it is greatly appreciated. Likewise I feel I have a great affinity with the American sports fans. I play most of my golf in the U.S. nowadays and I am incredibly proud to have won the U.S. Open and U.S. PGA Championship in the last two years.