Quote Originally Posted by Bazza2541
Irvine has self-identified as being Irish:

“ But at the end of the day, I’m Irish. I mean, I’ve got a British passport, but if you’re from Ireland, north or south, you’re Irish. And ‘British’ is. . . such a nondescript thing, isn’t it? ”
—1995 interview.[14]

From Wikipedia on Eddie Irvine.
nice to hear someone thinking above the petty conflict.