There are more red haired people in Scotland, England and Wales than there is in Ireland but guess what country gets the pejorative stereotype?

Prince Harry and Margaret Thatcher have red hair for fuck sake. Name one Irish celebrity apart from the Gleeson acting family who have red hair.

"Black Irish"

There are the same amount of people with dark hair in Ireland as there is in the UK, Scandinavia, Germany, Netherlands, Austria and the Slavic countries. There is significantly more in France but that's because they've had centuries of immigration and intermarrying between Spaniards, Africans etc. - so a dumb colloquialism.

"Scotch Irish"

What people who emigrated to America from Ulster are called for some reason. They're just Irish not Scottish. If they're "Scotch Irish" then Gerard Butler and Sean Connery are "Irish Scottish" since they have Irish ancestry and George Harrison, Paul McCartney and John Lennon are "Irish English" since they have Irish ancestry - so another dumb colloquialism.

It's amazing how much racist slang still remains to this day; "Paddywagon", "Black Irish" etc. etc.

Rant over.