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Not so much an ‘urban legend’ as a long standing myth. The only bizarre feature of the so-called ‘Black Irish’ is typically just black hair. Granted there are quite a few variations of hair-eye-skin coloration within Ireland, the fact that these people are generally limited to pale tones has made the variations notable. Ireland’s long-standing ethnically insular nature (though changing) has been noted by outsiders, and some presume that typical European immigration/emigration somehow skipped this place. All the tones of human coloration found in Western and Northern Europe can be found in Ireland. Those odd dark shades of Irish are now typically refered to as ‘Black Irish’ colloquially. But note, in America there are slightly different uses. This phrase has also been used to describe persons of both Irish and Italian or Spanish descent (like Eamon deValera), especially those with Irish surnames. Further, I have known this phrase to be used by African-Americans with Irish surnames, but wholely in a humorous manner. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0F17FD3C550C748DDDAA0894DB404482

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