He said: "I was in my early 20s and had been busking around with some Irish guys.

Well, this yeoman, he's a fat Irish guy, bald, maybe forty years old.

Irish guys from Bridgeport ran this city for a long time.

You know how it is with these Irish guys.

I had a discussion about this last summer with an Irish guy who was living in Spain.

Every other bunch of bad asses is doing it, so why not your Irish guys?

I mean, weren't you supposed to be married to that Irish guy, Chinese, whatever?

I'm a white, Irish guy with 29 years on the force who comes with a lot of baggage in certain minds.

Like many tough Irish guys, my father scoffed at psychiatrists.

In the midst of them is a 6-foot-4 Irish guy - me.