irish superhero???

The_Goose

hey just was thinking has there ever been an irish superhero in x men or any where???

GuanYin

Yup, Banshee was an X-man who could use his voice to warp reality.

[edit] he had a daughter Siryn, who was Irish too, I guess.

Kold

I always thought Banshee was Scottish from his accent in the cartoon...

Ping Chow Chi

nah he was Irish

monkeymagic

he's definitly Irish, supposedly from Mayo although Americans writing an Irish accent does seem to turn it Scottish. Siryn also appeared in X2 in the mansion. I'm sure there's another Irish superhero but so far can't think of it...

MarVeL

Well there was also Black Tom Cassidy who wasn't alwasys totally bad and there was also Shamrock who appeared in Contest of Champions and take a very odd dislike to Capt Britain.

Can't think of anyone in DC or anywhere else. Maybe we should start one For some reason the only name coming to mind is Skangerman and his arch enemy could be Langerman. Or maybe I should go and get some coffee

Epitaph

Cassidy in Preacher, although even Cable wouldn't take him on

The_Goose

I thought the same about Banshee thats cool thanks!!!
Who is cassidy???

simu

Originally posted by Centurion
I thought the same about Banshee thats cool thanks!!!
Who is cassidy???

http://pc59te.dte.uma.es/cdb/series/vertigo/cassidy.htm

Info on Cassidy there. He's a pretty cool character!

monkeymagic

Black Tom is strangely enough Scottish... don't think Marvel ever explained why...

Exit

Not a superhero, but how about Sláine of 2000AD?

http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/sputnik/53/slaine.htm

the_syco

Originally posted by Exit
Not a superhero, but how about Sláine of 2000AD?

http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/sputnik/53/slaine.htm

Totally agree. Slaine rules. Read a few comics with him in it

MarVeL

Originally posted by monkeymagic
Black Tom is strangely enough Scottish... don't think Marvel ever explained why...

Are you sure of that? I've tried all the references I normally use and he keeps coming back as Irish. The "accents" I'll grant you but there seems to be a concensus that he is Irish

][cEMAN**

Real Name: Thomas Samuel Eamon Cassidy
Occupation: Professional criminal
Identity: Publicly known
Legal Status: Citizen of Ireland with an international criminal record
Other Aliases: None
Place of Birth: Dublin, Ireland
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Sean Cassidy (Banshee, cousin), Theresa
Rourke (Siryn, niece), Maeve Rourke Cassidy
(cousin by marriage, deceased)
Group Affiliation: Frequent partner of the Juggernaut
Base of Operations: Mobile
First Appearance: X-MEN #99 (in shadow), #101 (fully seen)

monkeymagic

Pretty certain in Generation X 25 and during the following storyline which actually went on into Onslaught, they said he was Scottish. Then again it is Marvel next week he'll be Pakistani.

Unpossible

I remember reading a story in a judge dredd (or was it a 200ad) annual which was based in Ireland and had an Irish judge. The story involved trinity medical students putting pieces of dead bodies into meat pies

Ping Chow Chi

I think there was some minor irish superhero in IronMan, the guardman or something ... I seem to remember that he ran security at the vault (where they imprisioned the super villians)

GuanYin

Originally posted by Unpossible
The story involved trinity medical students putting pieces of dead bodies into meat pies

Based on a true story then.......

I've said too much :eek:

superfly

i dont think Slaine was Irish i think he was more Celtic and later banished to Ireland

here is another minor hero Irish Wolfhound (scroll down)
http://rivendell.fortunecity.com/battlespire/85/annuals.htm

simu

There was an Irish magician who used to get drunk all the time in Hellblazer - Brendan Finn.

jill_valentine

They made Banshee Scottish for the X Men cartoon so they could better explain his relationship with Moira McTaggart.

Plus, though neither are really superheroes, Nina and her sis from Tekken.

Cant believe nobody has mentioned of Marvel's Cuchulain character . If you want to read about him try this link .Pretty funny

http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/cuchulai.htm

jill_valentine

He was mentioned further up as the Irish wolfhound...
Very funny though, either way.

monkeymagic

*read link* now I feel dirty.

][cEMAN**

Not a very fun read tbh. Part I thought was waaaay OTT in the history bit was

He clashed against her rival, Aoife, a female warrior, and raped her to humiliate her.

jill_valentine

Was that even actually part of the mythology?

AngryBadger

Originally posted by syke
Yup, Banshee was an X-man who could use his voice to warp reality.

[edit] he had a daughter Siryn, who was Irish too, I guess.

Dude...Banshee didn't use his voiuce to "warp" anything, he had a sonic scream, also his daughter Theresa Cassidy had the same power...

hughobrien

I remember reading a story in a judge dredd (or was it a 200ad) annual which was based in Ireland and had an Irish judge. The story involved trinity medical students putting pieces of dead bodies into meat pies

Yeah there were a couple of issues that had stories about Ireland. They were hilarious. Ireland had been turned into an amusment park and Stephens green had been reduced to twelve blades of grass and a shrub named "Kevin". And terrorists used a spud gun that had 3 settings: Acidic Mash, Rapid-Firing Chips and a particularly nasted baked potato.

They don't make them like they used to!

jill_valentine

Judge Dredd in Ireland...bizarre...worth picking up?

(I still say my fave depiction of Ireland was in Family Guy...:D )

hughobrien

It's not the greatest of stories, but it is funny. I thought it was funny seeing the Green Dolphin pub in Raheny, in a comic.

sixpack's little hat

"The device at the guinness brewery mysteriously fails to explode."