black Irish

alternative Black Irish

1. An Irish person or person of Irish descent with dark hair, eyes, and skin.

   Those are the Black Oirish an' 'tis they that bring dishgrace upon the name av Oireland.

   1888, Joseph Rudyard Kipling, Soldiers Three, page 84

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   The same usage still prevails among the vulgar as in the phrases, ‘black Irish’, ‘black Dutch’, describing certain well known types of Celts and Teutons (Hollanders, probably), differing widely from the prevailing type of either race in respect of their black eyes and hair, and gypsy-like, tawny complexions.

   1875 December, American Bibliopolist, p. 260

1. Alternative letter-case form of black Irish.
2. An Irish citizen with African ancestry.