Famous Irish People Who Were Black

DoctorBoo · 30-04-2014 04:47PM #1

Was thinking about Phil Lynott the other day after seeing his statue off Grafton Street. Given the generation he grew up in, he was one of a small group of people who were black and Irish at that time. Only a couple of other people like Paul McGrath and Christine Buckley come to mind as being similar. Obviously things began to change in the eighties with Irish society slowly opening up but I'm really interested in the experiences of previous generations of black Irish people.
Any other names come to mind?

WesternZulu · 30-04-2014 04:48PM

Blackie Connors.

Lapin · 30-04-2014 04:48PM

Mary and Frances.

uch · 30-04-2014 04:49PM

Mary Black

Not G.R · 30-04-2014 04:49PM

The great Samantha Mumba. Will go down in Irish Music history.

smellmepower · 30-04-2014 04:49PM

The priest from Donegal in Father Ted.

Samantha Mumba

beakerjoe · 30-04-2014 04:50PM

A thread for this??? Really ??? Good luck

Simply Red · 30-04-2014 04:50PM

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BaFDOB_CYAA2b8O.jpg

Speak Now · 30-04-2014 04:50PM

Chris Hughton, Samantha Mumba.....

wazky · 30-04-2014 04:51PM

O'bama clan.

Freddie Dodge · 30-04-2014 04:51PM

This is clearly going to run to 40 pages....

Edit: fcuk it, - too slow.

Slicemeister · 30-04-2014 04:51PM

De Lyons Tea Minstrels

Dr Turk Turkelton · 30-04-2014 04:51PM

Barack O'Bama?

edit:damn you wazky!

alchemist33 · 30-04-2014 04:51PM

Kevin Sharkey, but shur how would he know? He's from Donegal.

uch · 30-04-2014 04:52PM

smellmepower wrote: »

The priest from Donegal in Father Ted
Samantha Mumba

She wasn't the Priest in Fr. Ted Silly !

uch · 30-04-2014 04:52PM

A Golly Bar

I Heart Internet · 30-04-2014 04:53PM

who "were" black?

Only dead people allowed?

Alf. A. Male · 30-04-2014 04:53PM

Yer man, ye now him, the black one. Irish as yer hat he was. Gas craic.

uch · 30-04-2014 04:54PM

I Heart Internet wrote: »

who "were" black?

Only dead people allowed?

Or had a wash, me Da used to be Black coming home from work

Freddie Dodge · 30-04-2014 04:54PM

Clear evidence of white superiority :pac:

wazky · 30-04-2014 04:55PM

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

Barack O'Bama?

edit:damn you wazky!

Great minds and all that...

Pat Mustard · 30-04-2014 04:55PM

Eddie Murphy, or Éamonn Ó Murchadha, as he is affectionately known in West Cork.

MonstaMash · 30-04-2014 04:56PM

Yare Michael Jegbefume

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3307735/

rizzee · 30-04-2014 04:57PM

Phil Lynott

Edit: Didn't even bother reading the first post and it's there

corner of hells · 30-04-2014 04:57PM

Not G.R wrote: »

The great Samantha Mumba. Will go down in Irish Music history.

Samantha Mumba ? Did he not have a heart attack playing for Bolton ?

Nichololas · 30-04-2014 04:58PM

I Heart Internet wrote: »

who "were" black?

Only dead people allowed?

Michael O'Jackson

Duckworth_Luas · 30-04-2014 04:58PM

The guy's at 1:22 great-great-grandfather.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nda_OSWeyn8

DoctorBoo · 30-04-2014 04:58PM

Dead and living people allowed!

Why not a thread for this?! Seems as good a subject for a thread as any I've seen!

Kevin Sharkey is the priest from Fr Ted I believe!

Alf. A. Male · 30-04-2014 04:59PM

MonstaMash wrote: »

Yare Michael Jegbefume

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3307735/

Do you know how he got his name? Anytime he'd say he's Irish, someone would say "Y'are alright" and it stuck. True story.

Santa Cruz · 30-04-2014 04:59PM

Not G.R wrote: »

The great Samantha Mumba. Will go down in Irish Music history.

Not forgetting her equally talented younger brother Omeru.

MonstaMash · 30-04-2014 05:01PM

Alf. A. Male wrote: »

Do you know how he got his name? Anytime he'd say he's Irish, someone would say "Y'are alright" and it stuck. True story.

Actually I do, I'm his godfather

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