The Celts arrived on the island about the year 500 B.C. Many families, however, integrated into Gaelic society and changed their Norman name to Gaelic and then Anglo equivalents: the Powers, the Fitzpatricks, Fitzgeralds, Devereux, Redmonds. However, as Great Britain and Ireland were at war with Spain, these castaways were mostly handed over to the authorities. The three older ones have blue eyes and my younger sister my brother have green eyes. The Irish temperament is world-famous. imaginary Irishman of romance. The hair and eye color thing is a laughable as someone who lives in Ireland! These features are normally dark hair, dark blue/green/brown eyes and sallow skin. My Dad had black hair and blue eyes, thick curly hair as I did. My wife is stocky, square shouldered, big of hand, big feet, fair skinned, but dark hair and eyes, very strong physically, and very, very strong emotionally. They tended to avoid the census takers, but when confronted, rather than being shipped off to Indian Territory (Oklahoma, at the time), they claimed to be "Black Irish.". The anomaly that makes it particularly different is that it appears in later life, whereas the normal onset of schizophrenia, if anyone is at all familiar will know, is usually between 18-21 years old. Some of these offspring were sold in private auctions as sex slaves for the elite. Irish ancestry in the 1990 census. This mutation, pheomelanin, is responsible for the yellow-red pigmentation, while eumelanin is the default coloring for most humans - the brown-black end of the pigmentation scale. If your Gt Grandpa was described as Mulatto on the census, and your Gt Grandma was not, then maybe he really was genuinely Mulatto. are full of tweed-capped schemers with crooked grins, and wisdom camera as much as it captures them. We are the only three in the whole family who have darker skin. Does this finally help explain the dark Irish phenomenon? These are historical facts. The potato blight which destroyed the main source of sustenance turned the vital food black. Rock musician Bob Geldof was quoted in the Irish Echo as saying: "There are a lot of memories of a rural Ireland and a lost time The extent to which it is different . I have a photo of her mom--Charlcye Elrod, and nobody doubts she's part-Black. My mDNA has many Irish and Scottish hits, but also some Spanish, North African, and even some in present day Syria. drunken Irish feuding: "I implore you to discard forever . o' the Morning," with Bing Crosby; and Walt Disney's "Darby O'Gill and Both sides,in fact all my family branches - whatever date they cam to England - are irish catholics, having the oldest gaelic names in Irelandandmostly the very west too. My family are from Ireland. Almost everything said in the comments so far about the looks of the Irish and about their origins is nonsense, I'm afraid. They tried to take over Munster in northern Ireland, but they didn't want their butts kicked by women because women fought alongside the men. Nothing to do with skin color or DNA in that story. My maternal grandmother told me as a small child, that her family was authorized to wear both Kennedy and Stuart Tartans. I am dabbling in genealogy and was a bit perplexed about a recent lineage discovery from the census. Yes, you can tell ethnicity by facial features. Faces that capture the Black Irish merely refers to a group of families who moved from Ireland to Scotland at some time (I don't know exactly when) in the past. Wow its amazing!!! Small world, isn't it? The term has nothing at all got to do with dark hair nor eyes, The term here in ireland is in connection with the irish slave trade, and the signs saying, No irish, no blacks, no dogs. We are known as the blacks of europe, purely on racist terms. This type has dark brown hair, sometimes even jet black. Many have black hair. that may never have existed. My dad isn't pale like me but he has blue eyes and black hair. They did not want to be sent to Oklahoma - thus the deception and the taking of an Irish surname, Rowan. Sln, Debra. A handful of the survivors fled to Scotland, but it is believed to be unlikely that any of them ever made it past the beaches of Ireland and unlikely that any of them could have made a significant genetic contribution to the people of Ireland. They are huge, like barns shingled with jowls, layer on layer, chin on chin, eye bags on eye bags, sometimes with the vast, red nose that has provoked the definition of an Irishman as Thirty pounds of face and 40 pounds of liver. I have very dark/black hair and pale skin with hazel/green eyes. the world. him and doesn't know why.). Historical artifacts such as the La Tene, aboriginal stone age inhibition, and the Newgrange monuments gives this notion credence. After all, the British Isles were connected to the continent after the last ice retreated and the seas have been very very well traversed in any case over the many millennia since the separation from the continent. If you go to Irish speaking communities, you will see a significant number of the population with dark features. My Maternal mDNA family line is almost pure Irish/Scot. You look at pictures of the Irish during the Great Famine's potato So, there seems to be a Southern, Moorish, vector which populated modern Ireland in the last half millennia. First, My family came to America in the 1600's from Ireland. The term "black Irish" is just another term for poor, hardworking people. Given that Celtic lanuages have as much in common with Semitic languages as with IndoEuropean languages, it is no great stretch to imagine an ancestral group with general coloring in line with Jews and Arabs. He walked off in a broil of cameras and lights, and something about I do not agree that the term "Black Irish" was used to describe people with darker features. Diane has a B.A. Also, Spaniards are white, as are the French, the Italians, the Portuguese etc. He said they were intruders to Ireland and were no Irish at all. I was a blond baby, which gradually turned to blue-black hair and thick. One has dark hair, olive skin and dark brown eyes. people; they never speak well of one another. Our heritage keeps us grounded. To 24687, I think that is only in his family, if it's true at all. The Irish were Israelites of King David, keeping the Sabbaths of Moses, and the whole nine yards. That does *not* preclude the general coloring of Irish individuals to include those with darker hair and coloring. Why do Irish have red hair? I was told I was from the SE part of Missouri and I researched that Black Irish settled there. . He has dark hair, darker skin and lighter eyes, while his brother looks the part of a full blooded Indian (NAtive American) and our daughters are light skinned, shaded hair, and blonde, with dark blue eyes. If the irish were such cave men as what the romans claim, then it should have been a piece of cake to take them down since roman army had lots of weapons to do so. I have always thought that I my cousin and my aunt look so different. The grandsons are all brown haired and blue eyed, as Irish as they come. I think I read somewhere that this was because of Irish people and the Moors integrated. We are of a very old family, as everyone knows Ireland did have several tribes of people living on Ireland. ecstatic; astringent as well as lyrical. Even Caesar spoke about him when he came to Europe in the last millennium to teach the caved wellers how to read, and write. . Despite the widely held belief that the Irish are descended from Celts who invaded Ireland about 2,500 years ago, a 2004 genetic research study at Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) appears to argue against it. And they're all descended from kings! Black Irish: Directed by Brad Gann. The Irish are Celtic, and therefore dark haired. Also, his wife, my paternal grandmother came from a family of three siblings - one red haired and freckled like me (like my grandmother), one blond haired, blue eyed with pale skin who looked Scandanavian and one who was dark haired, with dark eyes and skin. I have brown hair with very, very light hints of red, no freckles, and my skin is incredibly tan. I tend to think that there is an ancient dark Pictish strain in this. or Nigerian faces. Look up Moor in a law dictionary and you will see inhabitant of Isle of Man which is in vicinity of Ireland and Scotland. not sure when, and also i came across an irish lady here in Sydney who says her name, Dolores, was a tradition carried down in her family. "Black Irish" were not racially sensitive, unlike others. Its uses and meanings vary so widely that it might have been created in different places and at different times for different reasons. History has become hijacked by political bandits with a motive. the next." It could also be a German ancestry thing. on my mums side the features are brown hair & brown eyes. no1 has yet answered my question does any1 have an answer 4 me? He had curly black hair, clear, bright blue eyes. Most people in Europe even Germans have 2 percent DNA that is black. Updated in 2022. The large numbers of new arrivals led the locals to label them the Black Irish. ones seem to have a wisdom -- they've seen the worst the world can dish I'm just learning about my background and -- wow. The suggestion of a Basque/Iberian is now known to be spurious. You are all wrong, the original Irish natives are all dark haired and dark featured. Does this make them any less Irish? He casts himself in the role of From what I know from my grandfather, the Dark Irish are the original Irish the Picts, dark haired, eyed and small, who came from the Mediterranean after the Ice Age, and through successive invasions of other peoples, they were superseded by other peoples and the name became derogatory, to mean inferior. Up for the craic - the craic is nothing but mighty with us. Adams has mastered the look of lightly bearded, thick-spectacled I have dark brown hair, hazel eyes, pale skin and freckles. --liam. My late younger sister had brown hair. You don't hear of wealthy people moving to a new country for a better life and say Im black Irish. I just always thought it had something to do with being a traveler. ", "A lot of them have been activists," said Rep. Thomas Manton of New Irishness you see instantly in the faces of John Kennedy, Maureen redhead goddesses, suggesting that they're thinking a little faster than He says, That guy's father was our They are gone. I think there is truth to the Irish/Spanish connection like my parents spoke of. The theory that the "Black Irish" are descendants of any small foreign group that integrated with the Irish and survived is unlikely. His YDNA results go all the way East, into Russia. But all my brothers and me took after him and my dad's sisters. Both my mothers family and my fathers family came to the U.S. after "the troubles. My grandmother said it wasn't safe to be Catholic in Ireland anymore, after the kidnapping, bombs and shootings going on in Ireland at the time. Peter Frost also supports this in his study titled European hair and eye color . Since the majority (65%) of Irish people have brown hair (only 15% have black hair, and almost all of them are fair-skinned and blue or green-eyed), classifying this subgroup with the term "black Irish" made them instantly distinguishable. Black Irish has absolutely nothing to do with physical characteristics and appearances. The dark hair is a striking contrast to their skin. from Brooks Brothers. I don't know where the term 'black Irish' comes from, but it was hardly a taunt used by the English, since the vast majority of English are dark-haired. Paul Ryan: Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. The term black Irish is a slur on any person of Irish descent who was poor and worked with their hands. My mother is black irish - dark hair, pale skin, and dark eyes that can change to a green/grey color with mood also. The history speaks for itself. It seems more likely that "Black Irish" is a descriptive term rather than an inherited characteristic that has been applied to various categories of Irish people over the centuries. he looks just like he stepped off the Armada! It's a working class slur, just like redneck, redskin, and all the rest. Black Irish has nothing to do with Africa or an African connection. "Black Irish" aren't "Moors", "Africans", or Spaniards; just one of the subtypes found throughout all the British Isles. Beyond that, there is no reason to believe they would be significantly darker than your average Scotsman or Irishman. My father was scotch Irish, flaming red hair and freckles and brown eyes. Americans.". In Ireland, 1847 was called Black '47 because thousands of people died from famine and disease, and people who emigrated from Ireland to escape these conditions might have been referred to as Black Irish. said, "Romantic Ireland's dead and gone.". The worst of it is that . (1856). When they are sad or angry, the dark (black) side of life takes over. and renounce friendships. In fact, they generally lived in ghettos (like non-English-speaking immigrants of that time), and some worked alongside black (African) slaves in the coal mines. 2. Their hair was curly/wavy instead of straight and lank. What Do Irish People Look Like? Black Irish is a term synonymous with a dark-haired phenotype exhibited by certain individuals native to or descended from Ireland. Most Irish people actually have dark brown or black hair, dark eyes and fairly pale skin. In Gaelic, the Irish native language, the word for black (or dark) is 'dubh', and foreigner is 'gall'. The term is commonly used to describe people of Irish origin who have dark features, black hair, a dark complexion and dark eyes. The Whiteboys began committing terrorist acts against those farmers and business men who traded with the Protestants. R they really known for insanity? (The face of a tough, smart priest, the youngest It is not "black Irish" but Irish in general. For example, people of African descent typically have a round face, while people of Hispanic descent typically have a more angular . . I don't appreciate your tone either. One study found that men rated baby-like features including "large eyes, small nose, and small chin" as most attractive. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. My family is from Cork and the majority fall into this category. My bloodline goes back at least a 900 years in that country I like to call Hibernia. Another possible origin of this term is that it was created by people who wanted to hide their true ancestry. in Washington, inching his way toward legitimacy, and opening an office The true origin of this term might never be known. The black race has the best nose because they have a lot of narrowness in the nostrils which allows them to breathe better. recognized in other countries." The reason I am interested in this is because when my sister was dying of cancer at Sloan Kettering, they discovered she had thalassemia, and asked us if we were Black Irish. Many people believe that the term "Black Irish" was created to refer to those whose features were darker than those of typical Irish people, possibly because of ancestors who emigrated from Spain or Portugal. My point is the term black Irish is old; it's another way for separating a type of people. The term "Black Irish" has been in circulation among Irish emigrants and their descendants for centuries. getting any closer. A quick review of Irish history reveals that the island was subject to a number of influxes of foreign cultures. Also, everyone of every color faces some degree of racism in their lifetime (unless they're living underground from birth, but that's unlikely). It is definitely a product of the western hemisphere and therefore not a race of Ireland. Let's learn some Irish words for facial features and learn how to pronounce them. On the census Gt grandpa was described as a Mulatto yet on the marriage certificate lines which specifically asked the race both were identified as white by the priest. There were Black Kings of Ireland. These myths are; Although there is no weighted reference to the natives of Ireland, there exists anIrish Myth. Tibetans or captured Confederates or American Indians. During the 1800s, the relationship between Ireland and Britain was at an all-time low. Nothing Iberian about it. However, most Europeans have long, narrow noses, prominent cheekbones, hooded and almond-shaped eyes, and thin lips. accompanied by a wink: "The Informer," with Victor McLaglen; "Going My A face resembling a happy expression, with upturned eyebrows and upward curving mouth, is likely to be seen as trustworthy while one resembling an angry expression, with downturned eyebrows, is. Consequently, the blonds in northern Europe took longer to develop than the mutant redheads (I say this with tongue in cheek, being of the red persuation myself, lol). for the sort of violence he's trying to quell -- the romance of destiny, This group is also sometimes referred to as black Irish. The sculpture of King Dubh or King Kenneth Dubh was created during his time. The Irish potato famine was also a time of many deaths due to a disease known as Black Fever. Gerry Adams, head of the IRA's political wing, Sinn Fein, has been their empty white skies) of hapless, sunstruck rebels about to be hanged The motive is to discredit the Irish accomplishments, by placing them as subhuman, which in modern times is demeaning to people of color, and to the Irish themselves. African slaves were far more expensive than Irish slaves, so to cut the cost African males were bred with Irish females so their owners wouldn't have to purchase an African slave. you're talking. The face shape, eye color, complexion, etc., depending on their genetics and region. It's one of the best commodities known to man and it has a place at every occasion in the Irish social calendar. Anyway, I assume my grandfather, who looked Egyptian/Indian/Dark Latino to be of Gypsy stock. original sin. Best. O'Hara's face was of the Map of Ireland variety. Historically, mixed-race European-American Indian and sometimes full blood Indian families of the South adopted the terms "Black Dutch", and to a lesser extent, Black Irish, first in Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Nothing was given to us. They are white Irish people with very very dark brown eyes, dark hair. The Normans originated in France, where black-haired people are not uncommon. Many of these people live on Barbados and Montserrat. I would love to see all your photos, as i could read your face (Antonio}. James D. I have always been told that I was Black Irish, and I just looked it up today to see what it meant. The Vikings were often referred to as the "dark invaders" or "black foreigners." They went to Ireland. It has taught me hard work, and also that it's not a sin if I've worked hard for it! all critics -- who knows how many people chased Sinn Fein leader Gerry my father is tanned all year round, that guy gets a tan in the winter, me though, i am not as dark as my father, but when i am in the sun i get an instant tan. His mother's maiden name was Finnigan and his dad was an Irish and Native American mix, so they just call themselves black Irish. In addition to appearing amongst humans, the pheomelanin carrying individuals also appeared amongst mammoths, bears and other mammals of the Upper Paleolithic. To the native Irish, the term Irish applies to anyone born on the island of Ireland. Sometimes the eye shape known as the smiling eye looks like a mix between asian, and european features but it could be just a unique irish trait. Of course, the Irish, just like all people, can come in different hair colors and eye colors. Very noticeable. i'm black irish myself and when talking to my dad he says it does refer to the color of our skin/hair/eyes. The name Doyle is in Irish "O'Dubhghaill" which literally means "dark foreigner" which reveals their heritage as an invading force with dark intentions. They are not "not real Irish." Back home in Syracuse, my For example, it is believed that some American Indians including Cherokees described themselves as Black Irish during the early 1800s to avoid being driven off their land. Thank-you so much to all of you. I'm 100 percent Irish, except that my family always said there had been Gypsies on my dad's side, and that we were Black Irish. It really does annoy me when folk post fake info on stuff they clearly know nothing about. Europe was occupied by two species of human. You don't talk much about English faces, Polish faces, Korean faces Black Irish is exactly what it sounds like. Deaths and wakes are an art form with the Irish, who traipse past I have also tried looking deeper into our blood line by our blood types. Women's lips are at their most fleshy, and men's facial hair are at their strongest; dark-haired men often have a shadow around the jaw even when they're shaved. ornaments. That, along with other characteristics, show the modern day Irish and Scottish and others of the original Celtic nations to be a distinct people unto themselves, rather than some variation of Teutonic origins, as with the English. In 1862, John Beddoe, an esteemed ethnologist, published Races of Britain, in which he described people of Celtic descent as having features similar to those of African descent. ", "Well, to tell the truth, Judge -- we're about to run out of ham.". in the newspapers. legend sometimes hides truth. May the wind be always at your back, the sun shine warm upon . Similar, yet so very different. These people had olive Mediterranean features and were the founding populations of Britain. We are all blonde haired and brown, a few reds, with all types of eye color. That is utter rubbish. The romans also never made it on to the island of Ireland because the Irish were considered to be too rough and wild to be civilized and were considered to not be worth the effort it would take the romans to civilise them. Hence the folklore about us being touched by fairies *fond childhood memories.*. My grandmothers last name is Haley, another old and not very common Irish last name. A recent RTE program revealed that genetic records show that the *true* Irish Gaels are indeed dark curly haired with complexion varying from season to season. Germanic Americans . Yeah all irish are dark skinned, and dark haired --whatever you want to believe but that's not true. Having a youthful-looking face a babyface, as it were is desirable. It was also used in Ireland by Catholics in Ulster Province as a derogatory term to describe the Protestant Planters. The Gaelic word for foreigner is "gall" and for black (or dark) is "dubh.". i am anon24687. Theobald Mathew in the New York Tribune, on They are mostly stout and hardy, dark haired, dark skinned and dark-eyed. I also heard that this is what the Irish that have the traditional coloring called them. We are from County Roscommon- the O'Boyles - we have dark black hair and hazel eyes- freckles and pale skin. The Irish, too, have been compared to apes, suggesting that this comparison is a generalizable tactic of oppression, not one inspired by the color of the skin of Africans. or Brooke Shields, to take from a list of names in "The Book of Irish A quick review of Irish history reveals that the island was subject to a number of influxes of foreign people. That said, most groups that have a relatively high incidence of redheads are groups with mostly dark hair (brown and black). As a child I looked Indian in the summer. The Irish drink tea on a daily basis, it's what gets us out of bed in the morning. jowls, layer on layer, chin on chin, eye bags on eye bags, sometimes My grandparents tell me in old times there was a class system, and that's when the term started. We often get an image of grizzled warriors when we see Vikings on TV, but analysis of skeletal remains shows that the Norse had more gender-neutral facial features than Scandinavians today, meaning males and females had more similar characteristics (Danish National Museum). If I were in your shoes, I'd make a shirt that says "Proud Black Man/Woman of Irish Heritage", that is, if you want to represent what you stand for. The term "Black Irish" might have been derived from this viewpoint. It is sometimes believed that these Gypsies intermarried with the white Irish andproducedthe BlackIrish People. I am only looking at this post because i myself have quite distinguished features. I am American, with maternal and paternal Irish ancestors. Look at people like Gabriel Byrne. you are the green beer drinking "so called" (Irish) wannabees who will never be entitled to the knowledge of the natural existence of Tuatha De Danaan. He got it from his mom, not my blue eyed, dark haired, pale skinned irish uncle. the coffin in the heft of their mourning clothes. He is vain, a Myth mixing with history again is that stories of the "Faerie/Faery comes from the fact that the original inhabitants, being overwhelmed by successive invasions, simply retreated to the fringes of the new societies, gaining their reputations for mystery and magical powers. All this come from the ignorance of bitter, jealous people who cannot extinguish the fire of their own hatred towards their fellow man. i have a spanish last name as well. -- "A Pictorial Geography of the World" One theory about the origin of this term focuses on an event that took place in 1588, when more than 20 ships carrying members of the Spanish Armada wrecked on the coast of Ireland. "The Irish are great at supporting each other when they're down, It's not impossible for Mulatto people who are Irish to look more like their Irish parent, or vice versa. It might not have been right, but we earned it, and by god, no bloody Englishman is going to take it away again. My dads last name is Baker, because way back when my family were bakers, his family lived in Ireland and Scotland and moved to the U.S. And I should know because our family is Black Irish. Like in the time of Martin Luther King Jr. when there was a "coloured" drinking fountain and a "whites only" drinking fountain. 'Black Irish' is often a description of people of Irish origin who had dark features, black hair, dark complexion and eyes. he is the only one who took after his grandfather. I would need hours ofwriting here to make my point;( lets just say - that if it shows your dNA test has 44% irish , 22 scottish, 4 spanish, 3 african etc etc..it does NOT mean you are not 100% irish, because these are just indications of similarity- not bloodlines at all. Cookies on this site may be used for personalized and non-personalized advertising. id never heard of black irish until recently, but all my family are from ireland, some born there and all have black hair. However, Celts and Vikings had physical features that closely resembled those of the Nordic People. Pink, round, breathless faces. And yes, this family considered themselves to be "Black Irish", from the time of the wrecks of the Spanish Armada. 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