Even as my father grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, signs told him: 'No Irish Need Apply.'

We've already sold out some seating times. But like any good Irish pub, there's always standing room at the bar.

I grew up in a household where reading was encouraged. My mother believed in the power of words, and my father obviously did too.

I'm Irish, yeah, but I don't need to get up on a soapbox about it.

I grew up skateboarding, but I don't even do that anymore.

I went to Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Massachusetts and Emerson College in Boston.