Sentence examples similar to not as Irish from inspiring English sources

A single great-great-great grandfather from County Offaly may not make President Obama as Irish as is claimed by the Corrigan Brothers in their catchy song There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama.

I'd no idea people were perceiving it as Irish and charming, because I thought Irish meant shite, not as good as, less than".

Though not ethnic Irish, Maureen was as Irish as anyone I've ever known.

The Irish are not as married to zone as in past years because of their increased team athleticism.

Spain kept alive its hopes of moving into the second round of the World Cup, defeating Northern Ireland, 2-1, todandand proving to itself that the Northern Irish are not as invincible as previous games between the teams had suggested.

Even if it's not as many as 13, the Irish contingent are almost certain to go home laden with big-race trophies, and it is likely there will be something for Gigginstown House to celebrate.

Irish banks were not as well supervised as they should have been.

I'm not sure why, because I'm as Irish as Guinness, potatoes and getting beaten up on Grafton Street by a mugger.

And the Irish monks were not as isolated as people have hitherto imagined either.As Mrs Brown points out, there is a short but intriguing list of facts that link the ascetics of Egypt and the western fringe of Europe.

Typically CNBC states Irish whiskey is not as smoky as a Scotch whisky, but not as sweet as American or Canadian whiskies.

She added: "The people who live in the north of Ireland wish to continue in a society that is someway prosperous, that's stable and where many people identify not just as Irish but also as Europeans.