Irish Appearence

je suis awesome

just curious to see what people think are general irish features, such as pale skin?

not a thread to bash irish or talk about that irish are an ugly people, just want to see.

is there a difference between those from dublin and other parts of the country?

BluesBerry

In galway there is a lot of dark featured people someone once told me it was because of he spanish armarda when they settled

In Dublin they have big teeth for some reason

biko

Irish have a love of the bohemian look. Baggy trousers and cord jackets.
Guitar on the back and an unkempt beard.

MaybeLogic

je suis awesome wrote: »

just curious to see what people think are general irish features, such as pale skin?

not a thread to bash irish or talk about that irish are an ugly people, just want to see.

is there a difference between those from dublin and other parts of the country?

Bit of a loaded question.
T'es Irlandais,toi?

bonerm

There main underlying cause that contributes to the "Irish appearance" is a general neglect to ones health in the form of excessive consumption of alcohol & bad food. The "Scottish appeance" is the more pronounced example of this phenomenon. Take care of your body and you'll soon find yourself not being noticed as Irish (in a bad way that is).

Diabhal Beag

The paleness is often covered up by fake tan

bonerm

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

The paleness is often covered up by fake tan

Saw a shortarsed bloke the other day walking along St. Stephens Green. He clearly hit the gym like an mf and was in a suit but had a fake-tan that would give any Irish Oompa Lumpa and run for her money. Talk about over-compensating.

Diabhal Beag

I wouldn't mind but I don't really care about how tanned a girl is. The weather is brutal and its not like there are women in bikinis everywhere. We are all pale

stripysocks85

Can't imagine that overall people within Ireland would differ physically. It's only a small area. Line 10 people up and you wouldn't be able to guess correctly or accurately where they are from.

I quite like the pale look.
I think red heads with tans look awful silly [fake tans included]
I think tans in winter time of any sort look silly unless they've been on a sun holiday.

bonerm

The thing I already love about this thread is that every Irish woman reading it is thinking "yeah fake-tans look stupid ..... when you apply them incorrectly! I however do it correctly".

stripysocks85

bonerm wrote: »

The thing I already love about this thread is that every Irish woman reading it is thinking "yeah fake-tans look stupid ..... when you apply them incorrectly! I however do it correctly".

Have to fall victim to that on the rare occasion that I do use fake tan! I use it about once a year, if I feel like having a nice glow.

I honestly apply it correctly though! Well my boyfriend does half and I do half but it doesn't look stupid, honest! To be fair, I don't like it dark anyway. I like it so it looks like I'm not wearing any, but it just doesn't look like i'm milk bottle white, if that makes sense :P Then again, seeing as I wear it so sparingly, me looking milk bottle white doesn't seem to bother me that much after all for the other 364 days :P

Crucifix

A ginger beard is very irish. Lot of non-red heads with a bit of red in their beard

TheZohanS

je suis awesome wrote: »

just curious to see what people think are general irish features, such as pale skin?

not a thread to bash irish or talk about that irish are an ugly people, just want to see.

is there a difference between those from dublin and other parts of the country?

Much better looking than the Belgians anyhow.

Dyr

Don't forget our unique ability to smile with our eyes, that's pretty distinctive

Agricola

Crucifix wrote: »

A ginger beard is very irish. Lot of non-red heads with a bit of red in their beard

Yep. Guilty as charged! I fúckin hate it. I have fairly dark hair and would like matching dark stubble / goatee. I aint goin to dye it though. That would be too marty whelanish.

Latchy

You find women in other pale skinned European women use fake tans to and it seems to be mainly an Irish hang up about using them .
Nothing wrong with having a mild fake tan complexion .
It's when it's plastered on like an inch thick of heavy makeup that it looks rediculous .

Crucifix wrote: »

A ginger beard is very irish. Lot of non-red heads with a bit of red in their beard

Like in my teens and early 20's although my hair was dark , the moustache I grew always came out a mixture of blonde/ red .

Must have being all the viking blood coming out

brummytom

I'd say (as a foreigner): Pale Skin, Blue Eyes, Dark Brown/Black hair
A la The Corrs, The Connors from Corrie.

Think we had a Poll on here a while ago, the majority of people had Blue Eyes and Dark hair

Mrmoe

Crucifix wrote: »

A ginger beard is very irish. Lot of non-red heads with a bit of red in their beard

Don't forget the ginger pubes as well.

Agricola

brummytom wrote: »

I'd say (as a foreigner): Pale Skin, Blue Eyes, Dark Brown/Black hair
A la The Corrs, The Connors from Corrie.

Think we had a Poll on here a while ago, the majority of people had Blue Eyes and Dark hair

As a nation, I think we would all kill to look even remotely like the Corrs or the Connors on Corrie!

brummytom

They were just examples :pac:

You think of Ronnie Drew, Ciaran Bourke, Barney McKenna, Mary & Frances Black, Rory Gallagher, Sharon Shannon, Mundy, Bono, Mary Harney, Brian Cowen... lots of pale-face, dark-haired blue eyed fuckers there :pac:

Latchy

brummytom wrote: »

I'd say (as a foreigner): Pale Skin, Blue Eyes, Dark Brown/Black hair
A la The Corrs, The Connors from Corrie.

You have the look of Ryan about ya alreet Tom :pac:

Agricola

brummytom wrote: »

They were just examples :pac:

You think of Ronnie Drew, Ciaran Bourke, Barney McKenna, Mary & Frances Black, Rory Gallagher, Sharon Shannon, Mundy, Bono, Mary Harney, Brian Cowen... lots of pale-face, dark-haired blue eyed fuckers there :pac:

Ah right. I see what ya mean now. Brian Cowen and Mary Harney. Thats abit more like it alright!

Capt'n Midnight

je suis awesome wrote: »

is there a difference between those from dublin and other parts of the country?

The rednecks thinks so.

Luno

Pale skin, dark hair and light eyes (green or blue)
I would say that is distinctive of the Irish appearance

bonerm

bonerm wrote: »

The thing I already love about this thread is that every Irish woman reading it is thinking "yeah fake-tans look stupid ..... when you apply them incorrectly! I however do it correctly".

That's so true. So many Irish women are deluded about their fake tan. I see people lecturing others on how to put it on, then I see a pic of them looking like an Oompa Loompa. I've only seen a handful of good fake tans, that looked in any way natural, and they were usually on dark haired, dark eyed people. If you're ginger, any sort of fake tan looks plain ridiculous. It's the first thing I notice when I go back to Ireland after being elsewhere in the EU.

Abi

I have pale skin, blue eyes, and naturally blondey/light-browny hair. I quite like my skin being pale, and its fitting with our climate. I've worn professionally applied tan before once or twice to weddings, and I hated it. I'd never wear it out.

While my skin is pale, its spot and blotch free and its healthy. The obsession with having tanned skin is ridiculous.

Latchy

The fake tan is just part of the whole ' healthy look /appearance industry ' in the same way that people want to have nice white teeth , go to a gym to get the body look , look fashionable in clothes .I'm naturaly pale with blue eyes and like the plain pale look as much as anybody with a tan, fake or real .

D-A-V-E

Its mad but id be able to identify the difference between someone from galway city, limerick city and dublin city, something about those three places.

galway people tend to have dark kinda curly hair and their noses are quite wide,

limerick people have dark tight hair with dominant cheek bones

dublin people would be similer to limerick people but always have some freckles and one of those rats tail things at the back of their hair (not long, same length as hair but kinda wierd)

Red_Marauder

Is it just me or is it possible to distinguish Irish people from a lot of British people? And do other people also think that the French have their own distinct facial appearance as distinct from the Germans and Scandanavians? (I'm not just talking about berets, cigarettes and body odour)

I once had an interesting conversation with a friends mother talking about appearance and religion who claimed that she knew my sisters were Protestant because they looked Protestant whereas I looked Catholic (and she got it right... I thought that was fairly bizarre, but interesting).

Out of interest, does anybody know why the Hell God chose Irish people in particular to have red hair? Does it occur to this exntent in any other of the formerly Scandanavian-occupied/ captured countries?

chocgirl

Interesting topic. I think the typical Irish appearance seems to be pale skin, blue/grey eyes and mousy hair. Scattering of red heads and scattering of very dark haired people. I think darker, olive complexions are quite rare. Don't know though I'm just guessing from what I see.

I've really dark hair and eyes and pale skin (always wear fake tan though) and people always assume I'm not Irish, noticing too how many blonde children seem to be around at the minute, dark hair seems to be unusual!

The guy

Red_Marauder wrote: »

Out of interest, does anybody know why the Hell God chose Irish people in particular to have red hair? Does it occur to this exntent in any other of the formerly Scandanavian-occupied/ captured countries?

The highest percentage of redheads are found within Scotland.

TheZohan

TheZohan wrote: »

Much better looking than the Belgians anyhow.

And the Swiss. Man they are ugly.

Jesus Wept

Bambi wrote: »

Don't forget our unique ability to smile with our eyes, that's pretty distinctive

It really isn't a nationality related thing.

liah

Every nation has a distinct look if you look hard enough. Obviously, there's always going to be people with which you couldn't tell where they were from, but you just need to look at it statistically instead of individually.

Dark hair, light eyes, freckles, light skin, smaller average stature, ginger beards even with the blackest hair.

It's the dark hair and a body covered in light freckles that to me rings Irish immediately, I never noticed it before anywhere else but here.

TheZohanS

liah wrote: »

Every nation has a distinct look if you look hard enough. Obviously, there's always going to be people with which you couldn't tell where they were from, but you just need to look at it statistically instead of individually.

Dark hair, light eyes, freckles, light skin, smaller average stature, ginger beards even with the blackest hair.

It's the dark hair and a body covered in light freckles that to me rings Irish immediately, I never noticed it before anywhere else but here.

That's like saying all Canadians have flappy heads.

dolliemix

Bambi wrote: »

Don't forget our unique ability to smile with our eyes, that's pretty distinctive

Red_Marauder wrote: »

Is it just me or is it possible to distinguish Irish people from a lot of British people? And do other people also think that the French have their own distinct facial appearance as distinct from the Germans and Scandanavians? (I'm not just talking about berets, cigarettes and body odour)

I travel a lot and sometimes I might not see an Irish person for a few weeks. But as soon as I do, I can normally tell straight off that they're Irish. I can't put my finger on why though. It's a mixture of skin colour (pale), eyes (light coloured as well), strong, well built (maybe), but most of all it's probably what Bambi said - the smiling eyes. I know it's such a cliche, but you very rarely come across an Irish person who has that stressed look on their faces, that other cultures have. The body language of an Irish person is normally very warm.

That and the GAA jerseys or the Claddagh rings!

Nodin

je suis awesome wrote: »

just curious to see what people think are general irish features, such as pale skin?

Distended belly, hairy arse.

bonerm

Nodin wrote: »

Distended belly, hairy arse.

And what about the men?

Captain_Generic

dolliemix wrote: »

The body language of an Irish person is normally very warm.

Thats because we're usually trashed

rossie1977

all the men look like colin farrell, stuart townsend and pierce brosnan

all the women look like sharon ni bheolain, claire tully and Emma Ledden

liah

TheZohan wrote: »

That's like saying all Canadians have flappy heads.

How, precisely, considering not once did I use the word "all"..? Did you even read the first half of my post?

I like how I was one of the last people to say the Irish have a distinct look, and I get the dig for it. Go fig.

Tchaikovsky

The Brendan Behan look (dark suit, loose tie)!

Oh, and that sideways nod we give when we see someone we know, hehe.

Tchaikovsky

The guy wrote: »

The highest percentage of redheads are found within Scotland.

Most Scots are of Irish origin anyway (and I mean, pre-Famine emigration aswell).

PK2008

In my part of Ireland, I am mostly just handsome

I hope this remains

bonerm

TheZohan wrote: »

That's like saying all Canadians have flappy heads.

Hear hear buddeh, I've had just aboot enough of this Canadian bashing in the media!

Cheap Thrills!

The blah-ness of us is what stands out most off all. Blah.

Sofiztikated

Not sure about anyone else, and yes this will be a SWEEPING generalisation, but I can spot a Dub from a crowd!

They are either:

Thinnier than is probably healthy
Black hair, greased up, OR slighly longer in that stupid mullet thing, with bleached bits
Tracksuit
Mental expensive trainers from Footlocker
Elizabeth Arden sovs/chains
Pack of Johnny Blues somewhere on them

OR

Stocky, play rugby, captain of the S
Tight haircut, with a bit flicked up
Slacks, rugby shirt/polo shirt
Chinos

with

Blonde girl, big messy hair
Petite
Tanned
A&F oversized hoody
skinny jeans/leggings/those linen tracksuit bottoms, with Uggs(TM)
coffee welded to their hands with a marlboro light somewhere.

zonEEE

Tbh when ever your away on holidays in Spain or other country's you can always spot the paddy in his 40-50's with a big porter head and eyes, wearing a shirt with shorts and sandals with white socks on.

je suis awesome

old germans do the white socks as well, in fact they have a repuation for it.

TheZohanS

liah wrote: »

How, precisely, considering not once did I use the word "all"..? Did you even read the first half of my post?

I like how I was one of the last people to say the Irish have a distinct look, and I get the dig for it. Go fig.

Lol, eh maybe you should have a chat with your fellow Canadians - the creators of South Park!

flanum

Dubs in their 50's all have moustaches and a gap in their front teeth.. fact!