Do irish men generally prefer tall blondes?

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I know each person supposedly has different tastes in what they like or don't like but it seems a lot of irish men (esp in the celeb industry) seem to go for tall, blonde women. These woman can often have very plain or masculine looking faces but still look relatively nice due to being blonde.. is there any specific reason behind this? I know everyone might have preferences but to that extent where it's such a strong preference? Just curious :) thanks

With prince harry (not irish) but seemed like nearly every woman he dated was tall and blonde, yet he went for very dark haired meghan in the end and committed to her more than the 10 or so blondes he was with before.

But the rest are small with difficult names.

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I got me a Viking outlier too - o holiday touts shout 'hey Dutch man' at him. (He's from the same area as Liam Neeson, hmm).

In all seriousness though, my year at school/uni there were A LOT of tall guys, it may be changing.

Anyway to answer your question OP, in my experience if Irish men, northern and southern, they are exactly the same as men everywhere; in that they prefer a range of looks, entirely dependent on the man.

I think a certain class of celeb goes for the tall, blonde type - of which I didn't realise Aidan turner fitted til now (though he has been with other types so it's not an exclusive tall, blonde preference).

You're right OP and this has been going on since the days of Oísin and Niamh Cinn-Óir. That's why all brunette and red haired women had to become nuns because no Irish man would have them.

Fess up OP. You had a fleeting thought about Ronan and Storm, then thought of one other example and then just posted your theory without any more thought, right?

I live in Ireland and can't think of a single man I know who is with a tall blonde woman. I know someone married to a Korean woman, someone dating a Thai woman and someone married to a black woman so no Irish men don't just go for white women either.

This is my favourite random thread ever I'm a tall blonde, and as far as I know have never been sought after by an Irish an or even Irish men. Maybe I need a squarer jaw

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harold yes most American Presidents claim Irish heritage, however Donald trump is Scottish not Irish.

He's American not Scots. We're not taking any responsibility for that, despite his Scottish Mother and many golf courses. We just ignore that bit and hope he'll go away.
Paddy McGuinness is far less offensive

Chris O'Dowd is married to the very pretty brunette Dawn O'Porter. The Edge one dated Naomi Campbell. One of my cousins is married to a teeny 2nd gen Sri Lankan woman. Graham Norton cares not for women of any height or coloring.
Bang, case closed

My DH is Irish (as am I). I am short and —grey— mousy brown

Strike through fail!

It was Adam Clayton from U2 who dated Naomi Campbell. He was born in England though and moved to Ireland as a child.

I'm Northern Irish and most of the men in my family are very tall - my Stepdad is 6'4, my Stepbrothers are 6'5 and 6'6, two cousins of 6'3 and 6'5 and two uncles of 6'4 and 6'5. Some of them are or have been with blonde women, but none of those are/were particularly tall that I can think of. I'm 5'7 and brunette but I haven't dated an Irish man since I left for university almost 20 years ago... maybe a good thing I left or I'd never have got another boyfriend

I'm Irish. Non of my cousins are with a tall blonde. Theres 18 first cousins. I am the only girl and cant think of one of their partners who is blonde. A couple have been blonde at various points though.

My DP is very tall, but dark. His is parents are Irish. I am 5ft 8 with black hair. So relish for a woman, but tiny compared to him.

This is only anecdotal obvs but my Irish male relatives seem to go for beautiful petite brunettes, like the Corrs sort of thing.

Very small group sample though !

Fess up OP. You had a fleeting thought about Ronan and Storm, then thought of one other example and then just posted your theory without any more thought, right?*

I was also going to ask if they had a specific irish man in mind especially the referance to "manly" its something thrown around to insult both Yvonne and Storm. Although the people that were sayimg it about Yvonne 7 years ago now tell everyone how beautiful and dignified she is.

But and i'll point out that you often date some one that looks similar to you and Ronan alrhough not pwrtically tall, not tall at all in fact, Is blonde. Well strawberry blonde.

But if we"re going down the boyband route

Shane lynch first easther from enternal - and is his second wife is afroc carribean

Mikey Graham's wife is a brunnette of italian decent

Keith duffys wife is blonde but very er not tall.

Stephen gately's partner wasn't even female tall and blonde though.

Mark feehilly's partner not female blonde or tall

Kian Egans partner wife - tall i guess but brunette

Shane filan wife tall and blonde

Nicky byrnes wife tall and blonde

Brian mcfadden first short but blonde
Second tall and blonde
Girlfriend reasonalbly tall and blonde

Just in a very small selection of irish celeb men theres actally only 4 that have ever dated tall blonde females.

Very odd. Are Irishmen in some way different to other men in terms of being programmed to only like one "type"? The Irishmen in my family have partnered the usual range of fabulous women of all shapes, sizes and ethnicities. And those not so fabulous are not fabulous because of who they are not how they look. Kind of like the rest of the world.

Well this is a strange thread!

I'm an Irish brunette of average height, and I've had a few Irish boyfriends as have my other brunette and redhead friends. My OH's teenage crush was Liv Tyler (tall but definitely not blonde).

I imagine Irish men go for tall blondes at the same rate that other nationalities do.

Also to a PP, Nicky Byrne's wife has dark (almost black) hair.

Seriously though....???

Well I was with an Irish man for 10 years and I'm average height, dark hair and dark eyes. He is now married to an Asian lady with dark skin. And my other Irish male friends seem to be with a mix of females, some are dark, some are blonde and most are average height

Also to a PP, Nicky Byrne's wife has dark (almost black) hair

Ever heard of hair dye??? Shhhhh she dyes it shes naturally blonde!! I know its a shock but hair dye is avilable in ireland and some people use it geogrina byrne ahern aongst them weird that isnt it totally unimaginable

Whilst talking of hair dye though i should prehaps mention that yvonne connolly (the first mrs keating) is naturally brunette lile her oldest daughter who is pretty much a spitting image of her.

So actually this makes this tread even more weird as i like at least one other person suspects it was a rather specific irish man ie Ronan, first wife tall brunetts second wife tall blonde

It's true. All of it.

It's why I've concealed my height from DH since we've met in case he realises I'm a foot too short and ditches me for a woman of the required height.

The stilts can be problematic but you get used to them.

'Gentlemen prefer blondes, but marry brunettes...'
Weird thread.

Ever heard of hair dye??? Shhhhh she dyes it shes naturally blonde!! I know its a shock but hair dye is avilable in ireland and some people use it geogrina byrne ahern aongst them weird that isnt it totally unimaginable

U ok hun?

Well, Georgina was a (natural) brunette when I knew her as a teenager, I'm pretty sure hair dye works both ways...

I've just realised I have male cousins married to women from Japan, Iran and Italy, none of whom are blond. Are we Irish at all, I wonder? My whole belief system has been shaken...