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Thread #64952 Message #1202636
Posted By: GUEST
08-Jun-04 - 08:23 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Black Irish: Etymological Consensus?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Black Irish: Etymological Consensus?

49 years living in Ireland and never heard this term used except by returned emigrants that described described "black Irish" as a derogatory racist term.