Well, I might have a claim to the surname, but I have the "dark Irish" coloring which I have heard many times is the result of Spanish sailors shipwrecked post-Armada. One invasion after another...
From what little I know in the Republic these days the question isn't what coloring one has, but whether one is a) Irish b) European (read "white" for these two to some extent) or c) foreign. Though among "native" Irish local allegiances still run strong.
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Well, I might have a claim to the surname, but I have the "dark Irish" coloring which I have heard many times is the result of Spanish sailors shipwrecked post-Armada. One invasion after another...
From what little I know in the Republic these days the question isn't what coloring one has, but whether one is a) Irish b) European (read "white" for these two to some extent) or c) foreign. Though among "native" Irish local allegiances still run strong.