My GG Grand father is very light complexioned with one blue eye, and one orange eye. There are even believed to be some people who are not of Irish descent who have used this term to refer to themselves in order to conceal their true ancestry. Share your favorite stories with other history buffs in the IrishCentral History Facebook group. This is the romance, and it goes on and on, even though, as Yeats The red hair, pale skin and freckled look is Scottish, not Irish. We are the only three in the whole family who have darker skin. First of all, the most commonly used words for the head are: ceann /kyow-in/ and cloigeann /klih-gunn/ On the front of our head we have the face, and the two most commonly used Irish words for face are: aghaidh /eye-igg/ and adan /aye-ah-dunn/ Are you still . Does this make them any less Irish? 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. All the people on here are asking perfectly natural questions. one, and slanting eyes. The term "black irish" is too complex when you think of what it symbolises around the world. Early black and white (Irish) slaves in America, Barbados, Montserrat and other colonies mixed sexually and culturally. We took her word for it, and it is only, now, I am learning it may be a literal description regarding race. Read my question and if you have an answer post it. Faces that capture the For what it's worth, my maternal grandmother was black Irish and her name was Cato. Almost everything said in the comments so far about the looks of the Irish and about their origins is nonsense, I'm afraid. Like other Mediterranean people, the Mils men were dark haired, dark eyed and their skins could get tanned in contrast to the Irish people. I'm half British, a quarter Irish and a predominant 10 percent Iberian as opposed to Italian or Greek. They left Asia Minor and went all across North Africa. In some places, at times, immigrants from Ireland have been called this term, often in a derogatory manner. The mutation that caused red hair is known as the MC1r variant, and first occurred between 40,000 and 60,000 years ago. I love you all. I am Irish, so who gives a crap? Were Irelands Viking invaders high on hallucinogenic herbal tea? slope down like chevrons. Such features may also be genetically dominant to features . The Moors were there. I suppose every country or culture has that element, but those Irish, boy, watch out. My mother's father was of Black Welsh and Black Irish stock. It also gave us the Catholic based Voodoo religions. Then again, he's in a tough business. 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. These people were dark haired and had a darker complexion as opposed to the Irish who had adopted a sedentary lifestyle. Show more Show more Comments. The African Variation: This variation is applicable to those of African heritage and to some degree to individuals of Melanesian, Micronesian, Polynesian, and Australian Aborigine descent. It just may open your eyes. I recently got my dna analyzed through Ancestry. However, all the theories are hotly contested among Historians except for the Montserrat theory. My grandmother tells us that there is a touch of wild in the Black Irish. It's not stereotyping, it's just what is, and some would say these are very admirable traits, but I feel that these unique Irish traits have become watered down in the last few decades, as has happened worldwide due to just pure global mixing, television, etc. I also would like to know, seriously and without offending anyone, about 24687's comment about Black Irish gene pool and mental illness. The Whiteboys were a Catholic group that promoted the idea of attempting to boycott all trade and commerce with the Protestant regime opposed on Ireland in the 16th century. you talk with them they seem to be coming toward you without ever You look at pictures of the Irish during the Great Famine's potato It also has magical curing powers and is frequently used as a remedy for shock. However, the actual origin of the term BlackIrish is still a hotly contested subject among many people. It remains, therefore, a descriptive term used for many purposes, rather than a reference to an actual class of people who may have survived the centuries. This is just a bunch of opinions going back and forth. Can you tell ethnicity by facial features? It's one of the best commodities known to man and it has a place at every occasion in the Irish social calendar. The term also might have originated in the West Indies, where some Catholics are believed to have used it to describe Protestant immigrants from Ireland. Therefore, of the groups inhabiting northwest Europe, while the blonds were the result of extended exposure to the higher latitudes of Europe over a period of time, the redheads appeared suddenly (due to mutation) within dark haired, original populations of CroMagnon Europe. I'm just learning about my background and -- wow. During the 1800s, the relationship between Ireland and Britain was at an all-time low. His grandmother was born in West Cork and also called herself "Black Irish." Additionally, the fact that the mulatto population of Montserrat and Antigua can trace their roots to the Irish people also gives credence to the particular story. I get very very dark in the summer, never burn and have green eyes. And aren't my Indo-European ancestors from the place currently known as the Middle East? Fascinating discussion. My mom side is Irish decent, but she is darker. Either way, the features of the Fir Bolg may be attributed to the appearance of the BlackIrish people of today. We are black, black irish, sioux indian and spanish!!! I've never found it to be true.". Black Irish originated with the founding population genetics of the British Isles immediately following the last ice age. Credit: Adobe Stock - Gorodenkoff He says (and i'm not trying to offend anyone, this is a VERY serious question) that the Black Irish were also known for insanity. ". They have the best white hair in Most people in Europe even Germans have 2 percent DNA that is black. Life and Luxury (author) from South Beach, FL on January 11, 2020: It is good that you know your family history, Joffre! A handful of Spanish sailors did wash up on the shores of Scotland and Ireland in 1588. It is, in fact, a big point of study in UCD. Paul Ryan: Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Facial Width People with bigger cheekbones and wider faces (think Sylvester Stallone or Sarah Palin) generally have higher levels of testosterone, and thus are supposedly more likely to be. 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. Look up Moor in a law dictionary and you will see inhabitant of Isle of Man which is in vicinity of Ireland and Scotland. The Irish tip is one of the most wanted, even in L.A." The characteristically "Irish". So many Irish faces: "The common classes are strongly marked with ecstatic; astringent as well as lyrical. Many ethnic Iberian groups have also since died out. Tibetans or captured Confederates or American Indians. However, Celts and Vikings had physical features that closely resembled those of the Nordic People. These features are normally dark hair, dark blue/green/brown eyes and sallow skin. about their architectural cheekbones. Very interesting. baby -- you can almost smell the boiled food and the candles. She has black hair and brown hair. Yes, there are black Irish - maybe they are examples of the first Celts. The woman who measured the frames and lenses told me I have brown eyes and green eyes. My father was scotch Irish, flaming red hair and freckles and brown eyes. The term "Black Irish" has also been applied to the descendants of Irish emigrants who settled in the West Indies. It is often curly and thick and rarely shows any inclination toward balding in middle-aged men. in the newspapers. Let's get this clear. Mournful mouths and smiling eyes. How is this explained? Anyway all of my cousins have dark brown eyes, dark hair, pale skin tone, and short. As with the Vikings, these were viewed as a people of "dark intentions" who ultimately colonized much of the Eastern part of the country and several larger towns. She was adopted, but her Mother always told her she was 100% Irish from what they knew about her birth mother. from a distant Spanish relative, I believe her family came from Connemara. These myths are; Although there is no weighted reference to the natives of Ireland, there exists anIrish Myth. Updated in 2022. This is a completely incorrect definition for the term for Black Irish. However, there are Irish persons around the world that will have a dark complexion. This would explain the dark features that can be commonly found in Irish people from remote North/South western Ireland this is the area that was least affected by the waves of colonisation by the Anglo Saxons and Norsemen. Her mother was a Kennedy, from Philadelphia. I had also read that we are descended from israelites, which probably everyone here did as well since we came from Noah. Spanish, African, Iberian, Italian (Roman) or lower eastern Europe, which is also a mixed Euro-middle eastern, roots can be traced to most cultures. 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. Ireland is like America: a melting pot of several nationalities mixing with the current population to create new genetics, new language and new culture. The trend is still largely prevalent due to slavery breeding practices and the taboo surrounding interracial relationships up until the last few decades. I am part irish i am also half italian but I do have black Irish features. In fact, O'Dubhghaill is the Gaelic version of the very popular Irish surname O'Doyle. There are 39 the Little People," with Sean Connery -- all the cliches of the romance If your family history says your ancestors were from Ireland, well then, you have Irish ancestry. Black Irish has absolutely nothing to do with physical characteristics and appearances. Sandra Day O'Connor, Jackie Gleason, Mia Farrow, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Everyone thinks they are mainly red heads, which isn't true. It is sometimes believed that these Gypsies intermarried with the white Irish andproducedthe BlackIrish People. We are black Irish. no i've never heard of black'47. They Nothing to do with skin color or DNA in that story. Tamar was David's royal daughter, known as Tea, daughter of LugHaidh (Bethel meaning God's House). I always tell people I'm of the Human Race like everyone else on Earth. People make mistakes, and people try to rewrite history as well. The people of Ireland, SW England and parts of Wales have a very strong similarity with Iberia from 7,000 to 15,000 years ago. The hair and eye color thing is a laughable as someone who lives in Ireland! Those . Subscribe to our newsletter and learn something new every day. All I have is family oral history and a very old family Bible. Again, none of you knew this; you just threw your ideas and offended views in here. My two sons both have the blonde color hair also, but my sister was born with red/orange hair. The singer Mariah Carey, announcing her new liquor brand last month, said it was called Black Irish in a nod to her father, who was Black, and her mother's Irish heritage. This group is also sometimes referred to as black Irish. Some of them ended upmarrying the local womenwhile some were proffered the liberty to return to Spain. In addition to appearing amongst humans, the pheomelanin carrying individuals also appeared amongst mammoths, bears and other mammals of the Upper Paleolithic. All this come from the ignorance of bitter, jealous people who cannot extinguish the fire of their own hatred towards their fellow man. But though dark Irish are a minority of the makeup in Ireland, it's a majority throughout the world. , Most have blonde to brown hair tones, not black. The Irish came to the South and fit right in. We are expert face readers. I do not know about the Black Irish thing, but the doctor at Sloan Kettering seemed to believe it came from Spanish in Ireland. It would eventually show itself amongst other animals of the period, continuing until today. What are Irish facial features? You can't throw a rock in the South without hitting someone with Irish ancestry, and if you look in the phone book, you'll find enough Irish surnames to choke a mule. I'm talking about true Irish people, born in Ireland to Irish parents who are 100 percent Irish. If there was a war anywhere, then there has been an injection of new genes, probably the only positive thing to come from war, after all, we'd all end up inbred otherwise! It's just plain disrespectful to use a term with a negative connotation about any people of any race/religion/heritage being enslaved or murdered. It has not changed. Whether or not this was an actual invasion or rather a more gradual migration and assimilation of their culture by the native Irish is open to conjecture, but there is sufficient evidence to suggest that this latter explanation is more likely. 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. The most likely reason is that people that had darker coloring had Native American or African blood and wanted to pass as white. Philip Larkin called "shallow, violent eyes." Face blenders, or face averagers, unusually freak us out. The Beautiful Siouxsie Sioux. Now the terms are redneck, hillbilly, yank, you get the idea. My dad was Irish and he always referred to black Irish in a derogatory way. My dad's family is originally from northern Ireland, and he has the typical red hair, freckles, and pale skin. The potato blight which destroyed the main source of sustenance turned the vital food black. Another possibility is that poor immigrants from Ireland during the Great Famine of the late 1840s were called this term in their new country. green beer, green neckties, green bagels, green leprechaun hats, green on my mums side the features are brown hair & brown eyes. Very noticeable. The differences are shown in Table 2. Scandinavian culture plays a roll in recent UK culture and it's evident in places like Yorkshire (ENG), Wales, and Scotland (where else did smoked salmon come from?). "They seem to have come up along the coast through Western Europe and arrived in Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Doom, since that gentleman had been so frequent a visitor in the past. @24687, or 26002: Schizophrenia is said to be genetic, and not one ethnicity alone is more likely to have individuals experience any mental illness. 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. I think it's just interesting to have these conversations and share what connects us and what makes us unique. I am dabbling in genealogy and was a bit perplexed about a recent lineage discovery from the census. i have been told a couple times that i am dark skinned like tanned i suppose and my father's family are descendants of Ireland and Britain and my mother's are of Ireland Scotland Germany and Britain and my mom seems to think i could have black Irish in me because i am dark all year round, is this possible? There's usually something so alien about them and how they work that, very often, they don't look terribly human or recognisable at all . But enough of that, here's what I suggest. They were the northern Irish who had dark features, and when they came to refuge in other places like Europe and America, the Irish who were already living there wanted to distinguish themselves from the starving, dark-featured people by calling them Black. The Gypsies are a people with stark features among their European counterparts. The Irish are a mix of many backgrounds, like the English. People migrated from Spain, North Africa, Italy and the Near East to the British Isles when the glaciers receded. He said they were intruders to Ireland and were no Irish at all. From a totally different perspective, the BlackIrish are believed to bedescendedfrom the Negroid race as opposed to the other BlackIrish who are Caucasians. Yeah all irish are dark skinned, and dark haired --whatever you want to believe but that's not true. However, most Europeans have long, narrow noses, prominent cheekbones, hooded and almond-shaped eyes, and thin lips. Plate 12. I have 3 Grandparents that where straight off the boat Irish, 1 grandparent that is Miwok Indian. An irrepressible buoyancy, a vivacious spirit, a kindliness and tolerance for the common frailties of man . Rivalry and animosity that goes back centuries associated with religion, politics, monarchies, papacies, wars, land, language, prestige, alliances with continental European powers etc. Whose Irish are the real Irish? Europeans generally most closely resemble their neighbours, so the Irish are closest to the people in western Britain, and quite close to the English, while the eastern and southern English are quite close to the continental peoples to the east. My father, whose parents are both Irish, is black Irish with dark hair, eyes and olive skin. Jemmye Carroll may or may not have Irish ancestry, but she sure looks the part. You then consumed yourself out of existence. Bound by their common resentment towards the British masters, the two peoples intermarried and produced an offspring of mulattos with strong ties to Ireland. We are called black Irish because typically we have been poor and have to work. The Declaration of Arbroath in the 14th century, Scotland's Declaration of Independence (from which many others were copied) states that Scotland's ancestors included Scythian warriors and Egyptian princesses; the myth is the daughter of Aeneas. I don't have any papers to prove what the black Irish are. 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. expectations and, at root, the belief in the inevitability of failure. My cousin, who is currently an Irish citizen, married a girl from Brazil and their children are citizens of Ireland. Love Irish history? 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. When my husband was in the navy his friend was of Irish decent, named Daily - black hair and green eyes. and renounce friendships. Maybe it isn't a myth. I have pictures of myself and my mother when we were born and we had the darkest skin. In general, they are typical of northern Europe. The Irish do blue eyes very well. make you worry they know something you don't. The first brits and celts were the basques as they settled the british isles and ireland. My mother is black Irish mainly and a bit of English. 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). One study found that men rated baby-like features including "large eyes, small nose, and small chin" as most attractive. Welsh people migrated to America beginning in the 17th . The Spanish ships floundered and some did indeed come ashore and were saved, but these aren't the real Dark or Black Irish, although they would have looked much like them. Can I just refer some of you to the great work by Stephen Oppenheimer to put the Irish genetic ancestry debate here to bed. 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. Irish people who have dark hair, brown eyes and dark complexions are often referred to as Black Irish. The Irish population fell considerably in the 17th century because of the slave trade. Some "Black Irish" are of Irish-African descent, tracing their ancestry back to the slave trade. Not sure where the term comes from, but I know during Irish slavery when the Irish were shipped as white cargo to the Americas and the West Indies as slaves, they were bred with African slaves to so called "create" a better and cheaper slave (than an African slave). The Viking Irish have the same history: an infusion of tall red and blonds along the east coast, Wexford, Waterford, and Dublin. How about the Roman occupation of the british isles? If youre born in any country, you refer to yourself as being from that country. Wow its amazing!!! Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions. Some readers, writing below, with typical Black Irish coloring have had genetic testing done to confirm that they have Spanish, Portuguese, and Canary Island heritage. We fight against the appropriation of these features, but how frequently do we tear down our own kind for having . ones seem to have a wisdom -- they've seen the worst the world can dish Irish Catholics lost all their natural human rights, and were considered inferior in society like people of African descent were once considered in the U.S., etc. To 24687, I think that is only in his family, if it's true at all. One sister has olive skin and green eyes. This little known plugin reveals the answer. redhead goddesses, suggesting that they're thinking a little faster than They did not want to be sent to Oklahoma - thus the deception and the taking of an Irish surname, Rowan. My brother and sister were fair skinned with blonde hair and blue eyes. I am 100 percent Irish American with possibly 1/8 Belfast Orangewoman blood. I think black-irish should only be used for the unusual traits of very light skin and Blue/green eyes with a very fair completion. I definitely identify myself as a multiracial Black woman (my culture of origin), however genetically (cellularly) I am Caucasian (amazing but true!). I have heard the term "black Irish" my entire life. The term "Black Irish" should be changed to "Moorish Irish". "Black Irish" were not racially sensitive, unlike others. legend sometimes hides truth. They are all European, not Hispanic.Stop confusing the Spanish with the Hispanics -- hello! her skin has a beige tint, so she doesn't look pale, and she has brown eyes. Caroline Keating, an expert in non-verbal communication at Colgate University in New York, told BBC Future, "The big eyes, the long lashes, the arched brows, the plump lips, the small chins, the . Derogatory names for immigrant groups are legion and in the case of those who left Ireland include "Shanty Irish" and almost certainly "Black Irish." Map of Ireland: big chin, thin upper lip, nose of topographical 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. The term is commonly used to describe people of Irish origin who have dark features, black hair, a dark complexion and dark eyes. I think of Irish as having either red or almost black hair, creamy white skin. Donahue, Cardinal Spellman, Jimmy Cagney, Joe McCarthy, Jimmy Breslin, It upsets some people at first, but then they always get to know me as the person deeper than my skin. Also, there were African-Americans living there at the time who'd been recently released from slavery. The Irish temperament is world-famous. the 1920s. I'm not the politically correct type, but most of the crap that comes with the term "black" really doesn't mean black irish are more musical than any other irishman. Black features include, but are not limited to, very dark brown to light brown skin, a flattish, wider nose, full lips, and tightly coiled, kinky hair ( Source ). When it is time to know it, and the world can handle the truth, the whole world will understand. She used to tell me that part of her family was "black Irish". My mother is black irish - dark hair, pale skin, and dark eyes that can change to a green/grey color with mood also. the extreme poverty that's like extreme old age -- it makes whoever I was once thought to be east indian when tanned, by a black man! The comparison has perhaps best been summed up as so - the Irish are fire on the outside, steel inside. What do you think? accompanied by a wink: "The Informer," with Victor McLaglen; "Going My But, my grandparents do not really talk about it, also I really do not know who my real father is. Who knows and who cares? Our father has dark brown hair and blue eyes and also very fair, almost pinkish, skin. In 1588, the Spanish King Felipe II attempted to attack the Protestant heretics of England in a bid to restore Catholicism and also as a gesture of solidarity with the oppressed Irish Catholics. It's a working class slur, just like redneck, redskin, and all the rest. born in Ireland and now director of sales at the Phoenix Park Hotel. Each of these immigrant groups had their own physical characteristics and all, with the exception of the Ulster Planters, assimilated to some degree into Irish society, many claiming to be "more Irish than the Irish themselves". 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. ", "Well, to tell the truth, Judge -- we're about to run out of ham.". My Daddy always said the Ryans were Black Irish, and if you look at them, you can easily see why. color James Joyce described as "oakpale." In 416, Saint Jerome wrote of an Irishman who argued with him: "An 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. It is unlikely that the exact origin of the term will ever be known and it is also likely that it has had a number of different iterations, depending on the historical context. I know that most of the people i went to school with in Jarrow, south tneside(northeast england) were all from ireland and the area is more irish than those left behind in Ireland itself, so that any test of' English people' here along with myself would show mostle Gaelic markersnot Anglo-saxon or Germanic. The Black Irish sometimes have quick eyes like the i am 100 percent irish (live in derry) but have asian shaped eyes, dark brown color and dark skin, my hair is dark brown. on the census, but we don't have our schools filling up with Helmuts and Good news, people. They have fair, cool-toned skin like most Irish people. Kevin Shapiro, Brian Priebowicz, Barry Some Germans have hair like blacks. If there could said to be an aboriginal population during the Upper Paleolithic, this was them. O'Hara, Sinead O'Connor, Tom Brokaw, Richard Daley, Pat Nixon, Phil They are not "not real Irish." Some Irish have dark hair. He looked deadset Indian, and all my Egyptian friends said "he is Egyptian". Her family were healers, and there are several family notes that write about a woman's death as drowning, burning, suspected for being a witch. To be fair, no we can't say we know how it is to be Irish in Ireland anymore than the Irish of Ireland know what it's like to be an Irish American. Well I'm from Montana and married to a man who prefers to be known as a black Irishman. say, Michael, who's this one for?' They worked hard and were typically dirty and smelly from their jobs. 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