[Kyle]

I think ‘Black Irish’ refers to the Irish with really fair skin, but coal-black hair. Some PBS program I was watching a while back was saying that red-hair is less prevalent in Ireland today than it is amongst Irish-Americans. They said it was because of the ‘Potato Famine’. The fair-haired Irish lived away from the coast where potatos were a staple food and were the ones most likely to emmigrate to America to avoid starvation. The Irish on the coast weren’t as likely to emmigrate as they had access to abundant seafood. The coastal Irish tended to be darker haired as their ancestry including more mixing with Spanish and other foreign sailors.

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Name : Kyle, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 36, City : Chicago, State : IL, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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