Famous Non-White Irish People?

NorthernBuzz

Nodin wrote: »

A few years back, the bould Peter made a few remarks about the 'coloureds' on the Irish team...meant in less than a complimentary manner..evidently somebody remembered. Would have been funnier if they said he had a civil partnership with Nigel Dodds though.

To be fair to Peter Robinson (which is rare!) complaints were made at the time 'he' made those remarks about the Irish football team and it was subsequently found that the paper in question falsely attributed the 'coloureds' remark to him so he didn't actually make those comments in all fairness.

Stinicker

Jason Sherlock

Dr. Bhangee an Indian doctor who got elected as a TD in Clare with the labour party

Liz Bonnin

Alan Shatter (He's a Jew)

GLaDOS

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

The guitar duo Rodrigo Y Gabriela are from Mexico but made a name for themselves after they emigrated to Dublin and befriended Damien Rice.

Were busking round temple bar before they got big I believe

Lord Derpington

MCMLXXV wrote: »

That was a Gary Moore song wasn't it?

Written by Gary Moore yes, but performed by Gary Moore and Phil Lynott together.

I also happens to be the name of Gary Moore's compilation album
"Out in the Fields: The Very Best of Gary Moore"

Irish Guitarist

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Were busking round temple bar before they got big I believe

Yes. I think Damien Rice saw them busking and asked them to support him on one of his tours.

Seaneh

enda1 wrote: »

Yeah Setanta is down under but calling him not white. Hmmm. He's more sallow skinned really, no?

Jason Sherlock, to continue the GAA trend.

He's about as white as you are arab...

Yakult

Has their ever been a black presenter on RTE outta curiosity?

WindSock

Red from Shawshank.

Nodin

R_H_C_P wrote: »

Has their ever been a black presenter on RTE outta curiosity?

Lisa Bonin, Kevin Sharkey, Baz whatisface with the sexy sister...

Morlar

Constantin Gurdiyev was born in Russia but is pretty Irish considering he spends his entire time bitchin about the economy and the govt. I am too lazy to read the entire thread so don't know if Leo Varadkar has been mentioned yet. He is Irish with an indian parent (can't remember which).

steddyeddy

WindSock wrote: »

Red from Shawshank.

"maybe because im irish"

storm2811

Stinicker wrote: »

Jason Sherlock

Dr. Bhangee an Indian doctor who got elected as a TD in Clare with the labour party

Liz Bonnin

Alan Shatter (He's a Jew)

Still white though?

Captain Darling

enda1 wrote: »

If the title was famous red-haired Irish people would you reply the same?

No, i wouldnt reply the same. I'd say why would the colour of someones hair matter?

Simples really.:pac:

who the fug

Bottle_of_Smoke wrote: »

Immigration is a relatively recent development here so not too surprising.

BS

The volume increased but there has always been immigration into Ireland

My name is URL

John Rocha.. not Irish born but I believe he is now an Irish citizen

Hannibal

Mike Tyson's biological fathers surname was Kirkpatrick

Kasabian

prinz wrote: »

Paul McGrath? Dr. Mosajee Bhamjee?

Based in Our Lady's hospital in Ennis? Same guy?

Had a mate that used to take LSD and magic mushrooms before appointments with this guy. Just to fcuk with his head.

ascanbe

Shaquille of the O'Neill clan.

Quazzie

WindSock wrote: »

Red from Shawshank.

He was originally white.

AnonoBoy

Apanachi wrote: »

Laura Izibor

Originally born in Africa but we'll claim her because of her accent!

Nodin

ascanbe wrote: »

Shaquille of the O'Neill clan.

O'Shea Jackson.

Kasabian

Tiger Woods

AnonoBoy

Quazzie wrote: »

He was originally white.

Morgan Freeman was white alright - did you see that old footage of him in that insurance ad on TV?

Nodin

Kasabian wrote: »

Tiger Woods

Don't know if theres Irish in Tiger woods.....Probably been Tiger Woods in some Irish though....

Quazzie

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Morgan Freeman was white alright - did you see that old footage of him in that insurance ad on TV?

Who mentioned Morgan Freeman?

AnonoBoy

Quazzie wrote: »

Who mentioned Morgan Freeman?

Me quite obviously. Look there. In my post.

You even quoted it.

Napper Hawkins

Stinicker wrote: »

Alan Shatter (He's a Jew)

You do know that Judaism is a religion, not a skin colour or race, right?

Course you do.

SuperGrover

Zig and Zag

Up-n-atom!

Think Ray Shah moved to England as a child or moved over here around the same age - he defo sounds Dublin-ish anyhew. His ma is Irish.

As for the O Halpins, their mam is Fijian, and native Fijians have darker skin than a lot of Africans.

It's kinda funny that a lot of other nationalities would see Ireland as being very white still (particularly the kind of Americans who think we all live in thatch cottages eating potatoes) even though we've had quite a mix of famous faces over the years.

Skid

R_H_C_P wrote: »

Has their ever been a black presenter on RTE outta curiosity?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQeyUVZQ108

About a minute in, don't remember her on anything else though.

Napper Hawkins

Are there any genuinely non-white famous Irish?

Everyone mentioned so far is either English with Irish heritage or half-white.

chillywilly

ye Jimi Hendrix was Afrish American

Xavi6

tommyhaas wrote: »

Terry Phelan

HE'S IN DA RA!!!

flas

Fratton Fred wrote: »

The Irish are the blacks of Europe and Dubs are the blacks of Ireland and north Dubs are the blacks of Dublin, so say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud.

no their not!

Monty Burnz

enda1 wrote: »

Jason Sherlock, to continue the GAA trend.

A great bunch of lads.

Stinicker

storm2811 wrote: »

Still white though?

Napper Hawkins wrote: »

You do know that Judaism is a religion, not a skin colour or race, right?

Course you do.

The Jewish people are their own race, obviously it is also a religion but there is a clear race of Jews in the world. My guess is that Shatter is an Ashkenazi, note his tight hair and tanned complexion. He is not ethnically not Irish thats for sure, and his lack of Aryan features indicate this.

It depends on how vague you want to be with white of course, I am a firm believer of the single drop rule.

rainbowdrop

Ruth Negga?

She was in Love/Hate and the last series of Misfits. Ethiopian father and Irish mother according to wiki......

Tchaikovsky

Naomi Lazy Electrician wrote: »

Olunkunle “Kunle” Elukanlo

The Nigerian crook?

Tchaikovsky

rainbowdrop wrote: »

Ruth Negga?

She was in Love/Hate and the last series of Misfits. Ethiopian father and Irish mother according to wiki......

She's tiny, but **** she's hot.

AckwelFoley

Coaly's Hole.

He has to be irish.

Dyr

Bottle_of_Smoke wrote: »

Immigration is a relatively recent development here so not too surprising.

Leo Varadkar half Asian.

Half asian-half paddy and all b**lox

af_thefragile

Eddie Murphy.


Well, this video says so:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eRxPDLYM9Q

Fight_Night

Stinicker wrote: »

The Jewish people are their own race, obviously it is also a religion but there is a clear race of Jews in the world. My guess is that Shatter is an Ashkenazi, note his tight hair and tanned complexion. He is not ethnically not Irish thats for sure, and his lack of Aryan features indicate this.

It depends on how vague you want to be with white of course, I am a firm believer of the single drop rule.

No, do you have any idea what you are talking about? 'Aryan' features? Do you even know what the word aryan means?

jackiebaron

definitely not white:

Definitely Not White.jpg

SEPT 23 1989

Terry Phelan

Stinicker

Fight_Night wrote: »

No, do you have any idea what you are talking about? 'Aryan' features? Do you even know what the word aryan means?

Yes, I do, the word Aryan can have several meanings depending on the context and view point.

Aryan features, blue eyes, fair skin both of which Mr. Shatter lacks in his media pictures, (maybe they are photshopped?) I have never met him but he is a respectable politician with more credibility than most of the crooks in the Dail. The thread was about Famous non White people and I just reference Alan Shatter along with a few more people.

Aryan can mean Indo European or as it is used most commonly in popular culture as a theory that was common in the last century especially with Nazi ideology. The more PC inclined may refer to the Aryan race as Caucasian or "White".

Aryan can also mean to do with the Iranian people, and some historians seem to suggest that Europeans may have originated in Iran which has some of the oldest civilisations on Earth so it would make sense, and may also fit in with the theory that the three main global races evolved from Monkeys in Africa and spread globally.

The Aryan race may have originated in Iran and Caucasus before migrating Westwards into Europe, the Mongolid Asian race then migrated eastwards across the steppe into Mongolia and China before spreading throughout the Far east with various interracial admixtures between Mongolid and Caucasian giving the different Asian races, similarly interaction between the races at meeting points in the Middle East gave the distinctly Arabian group of people. Mongolids also spread into Siberia and across into Alaska and Canada where the natural environment caused them to adapt to their environments.

AgileMyth

Screaminmidget wrote: »

Theres a guy down here called peter and he plays a mean game of scrabble, people travel from all over the world to play him.

wobzilla1 wrote: »

He's probably good because he uses all the difficult letters on ghetto words like shizzle

That really was exceptionally racist. Well played sir, bravo.

Terry

enda1 wrote: »

If the title was famous red-haired Irish people would you reply the same?

I would, and will here.
What does skin colour have to do with anything?
Is anyone going to give an honest answer to this question?

Stinicker wrote: »

The Jewish people are their own race, obviously it is also a religion but there is a clear race of Jews in the world. My guess is that Shatter is an Ashkenazi, note his tight hair and tanned complexion. He is not ethnically not Irish thats for sure, and his lack of Aryan features indicate this.

It depends on how vague you want to be with white of course, I am a firm believer of the single drop rule.

Jews are not a race.
Judaism is a religion.
I could be a Jew in the morning if I wanted to. So could you.

Semitics on the other hand are.
The thing is, Semitics are not exclusively Jewish. Semite is actually a language group of the people of South Western Asia and North Africa.
I'm an anti-Semite for pointing that out though.

ascanbe

Stinicker wrote: »

Yes, I do, the word Aryan can have several meanings depending on the context and view point.

Aryan features, blue eyes, fair skin both of which Mr. Shatter lacks in his media pictures, (maybe they are photshopped?) I have never met him but he is a respectable politician with more credibility than most of the crooks in the Dail. The thread was about Famous non White people and I just reference Alan Shatter along with a few more people.

Aryan can mean Indo European or as it is used most commonly in popular culture as a theory that was common in the last century especially with Nazi ideology. The more PC inclined may refer to the Aryan race as Caucasian or "White".

Aryan can also mean to do with the Iranian people, and some historians seem to suggest that Europeans may have originated in Iran which has some of the oldest civilisations on Earth so it would make sense, and may also fit in with the theory that the three main global races evolved from Monkeys in Africa and spread globally.

The Aryan race may have originated in Iran and Caucasus before migrating Westwards into Europe, the Mongolid Asian race then migrated eastwards across the steppe into Mongolia and China before spreading throughout the Far east with various interracial admixtures between Mongolid and Caucasian giving the different Asian races, similarly interaction between the races at meeting points in the Middle East gave the distinctly Arabian group of people. Mongolids also spread into Siberia and across into Alaska and Canada where the natural environment caused them to adapt to their environments.

The more 'wishing to communicate in common parlance' inclined, may also.

Red Hand

Terry wrote: »

Semitics on the other hand are.
The thing is, Semitics are not exclusively Jewish. Semite is actually a language group of the people of South Western Asia and North Africa.
I'm an anti-Semite for pointing that out though.

Just to clarify, semetics aren't a race. They speak one of the semetic languages...aramaic, hebrew, arabic.