1.   Any Irish roots for Holtz?

2.   Both acts have Irish roots, mingled with a determination that leaves most of their peers back at the starting gate.

3.   But those memories were too painful for many early Irish immigrants, so much so that some tried to hide their Irish roots.

4.   Carmody, whose slight accent betrays his Irish roots, knows all about importing priests.

5.   He parlayed that success into a gig dancing with the Chieftains, an Irish roots band.

6.   He thinks his books sell so well in the United States because so many Americans have Irish roots.

7.   Her only remaining emotional tie is to her aging father, Pete, a retired Boston policeman who raised her on anti-British sentiment and pride in her Irish roots.

8.   It helped that they share a curiosity about their Irish roots.

9.   Mary Walker, who belongs to a Catholic group called the Immaculate Mary Crusade, says it pays too much homage to Irish pagan roots.

10.   Richard Fitzsimons, of Lynbrook, N.Y., kept his Irish roots well watered.