Sumtin in memory says that was because sum spanish blood got up/over there.....
"the darker Irish" "Sumtin in memory says that was because sum spanish blood got up/over there....."
Yes, that is one theory. And it was in the Northern part of Ireland (Ulster)where the huge Spanish Armada was laid waist buy the storm. So if many sailors made it to shore as the story goes it could account for the darker Irish. But wait a minute - These guys were Latin, maybe just one or to Spanish sailors making it to shore would of been enough.