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"Black Irish" are fair-skinned Irish people with dark hair and often very blue eyes. They are Celtic in origin, and may be a holdover from when the race inhabited the Middle East.
Whereas most Celts are a fair-skinned and fair- or
red-haired people, there are exceptions. Black Irish are also called "black Celts."
In Gaelic, "dubh" translates to either black or dark. James Joyce was a black Irishman who wrote about the phenomenon in his novels.
An old Irish folk song says, "Some say he's black/ But I say he's bonny/ And the finest of them all/ Is my handsome, winsome Johnny."
In Northern Ireland, "black" can also mean Protestant.
In Cromwell's Irish campaigns, thousands of peasants were departed to Barbados, where they were called Black Irish or Redlegs. Irish men married African slave women on the island of Montserrat, and the resulting Afro-Irish community is known as the Black Irish.
Whereas most Celts are a fair-skinned and fair- or
red-haired people, there are exceptions. Black Irish are also called "black Celts."
In Gaelic, "dubh" translates to either black or dark. James Joyce was a black Irishman who wrote about the phenomenon in his novels.
An old Irish folk song says, "Some say he's black/ But I say he's bonny/ And the finest of them all/ Is my handsome, winsome Johnny."
In Northern Ireland, "black" can also mean Protestant.
In Cromwell's Irish campaigns, thousands of peasants were departed to Barbados, where they were called Black Irish or Redlegs. Irish men married African slave women on the island of Montserrat, and the resulting Afro-Irish community is known as the Black Irish.
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