How come a lot of Irish people have blonde or red hair?

I don't understand why a lot of Irish people have either red or blonde hair. I'm part Irish and on my Irish side of the family, everyone has dark brown hair. I do also. Why is this?

How come a lot of Irish people have blonde or red hair?

Because you are a true Irish, blonde hair people come from the northern countries, Viking countries. Remember that your places were invaded by the Vikings and those with blond hair are the decedents of them.

How come a lot of Irish people have blonde or red hair?

Actually, a lot of irish have dark hair

How come a lot of Irish people have blonde or red hair?

The "dark Celts" were the origional people. Then Nordic invaders filtered in, from my understanding.

How come a lot of Irish people have blonde or red hair?

because they have had the fire copulated out of them.

How come a lot of Irish people have blonde or red hair?

Viking raids in the 10-12th centry of Ireland brought red and blonde hair to Ireland. Moor raids brought the black hair to Ireland. Originally, Celtic hair was a brown hair (shown through DNA evidence) type.

How come a lot of Irish people have blonde or red hair?

A lot of Irish have dark hair. Scots tend to have the red hair.

How come a lot of Irish people have blonde or red hair?

the red and blonde are because thesun is very little in northern europe countrys it also comes with pailer skin tones and get sunburn ezer. its scottish and norwigain german.eng.france i am a red head with blue eyes myself its a good thing you do not have red hair wemon do not like red heads very much or at all. but men love redhead woman. with out much pigment. iam scots/german desendent.

How come a lot of Irish people have blonde or red hair?

Don't feel bad. So did I before I turned gray. My son's hair, on the other hand, is redder in the summertime and auburn come fall. I believe there were a lot of Nordic influence in early Ireland (that accounts for the blonde coloring, anyway). As for the red hair, who knows? A true Irish person is said to have red hair and green eyes and I have honestly only known 1 such person! Then again, she could have had contacts in, too, for that matter.