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In Ireland, in the 21st century, Black Irish is now more commonly used to refer to Irish nationals of African descent. According to the 2022 census, 67,546 people identify as Black or Black Irish with an African background, while 8,699 people identify as Black or Black Irish with any other Black background. [4] [24]
Black Irish, 2017 music album by American singer-songwriter Shannon McNally; Black Irish, 2007 independent film by Brad Gann; Black Irish Band, American folk music musical group; Black Irish Books, publishing house of American author Steven Pressfield; Black Irish Elm, wych elm cultivar originally discovered in Ireland
Black people in Ireland, also known as Black Irish, [1] Black and Irish [3] or in Irish: Daoine Goirme/Daoine Dubha, [4] are a multi-ethnic group of Irish people of African descent. Black people, Africans and people of African descent have lived in Ireland in small numbers since the 18th century.
This category is for Black people in Ireland. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Irish people . It includes Irish people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Black Irish is a 2007 American independent coming-of-age drama film directed, written, and co-produced by Brad Gann. [1] It stars Michael Angarano, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Guiry, Emily VanCamp, and Melissa Leo and tells the story of a South Boston youngster trying to win the affection of his emotionally remote father and maintain intimacy with other members of his dysfunctional clan.
The African American Irish Diaspora Network is an organization founded in 2020 that is dedicated to Black Irish Americans and their history and culture. Black Irish American activists and scholars have pushed to increase awareness of Black Irish history and advocate for greater inclusion of Black people within the Irish-American community. [233]
This term of black Irish, has only ever refered to the Irish tribe of people with dark hair and mainly blue eyes and very white freckled skin. There are many black Irish actors to refer to for this point. Black Irish has never and will never refer to Africans in Ireland. This is just American culture trying to rewrite historical facts.
The Irish bardic system, along with the Gaelic culture and learned classes, were upset by the plantations and went into decline. Among the last of the true bardic poets were Brian Mac Giolla Phádraig (c. 1580–1652) and Dáibhí Ó Bruadair (1625–1698). The Irish poets of the late 17th and 18th centuries moved toward more modern dialects.