[RossN]

I cme from Ireland a country with a near non-existant comic industry of our own so I'm always pretty interested in how we are (and were) represented abroad.

One thing I've noticed is that in foreign (non-Irish) comics Irish characters are almost inevitably either Irish-American cops or Northern Irish terrorists and I was wondering if anyone knew some comic characters or storylines that go in a different direction or at least try to put a different spin on things.

[RickDeckard525]

Well the X-men count a number of Irish mutants among their ranks such as Banshee, but they are not on this site and you've probably already known of them.

[paw broon]

Jack O'Lantern was an Irish hero in Super Friends, and later in a Justice League title:-
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Jack_O%27Lantern
But I'm sure you already know of him.
And Judge Joyce from Judge Dredd
I'm struggling a bit now.

[RossN]

Banshee I know, especially since he fufills two Irish-American cliches at once (he's a cop and has a terrorist connection.)

I'm open to all sorts of comics, not just superhero ones.

[SuperScrounge]

Hmmm...

I believe Mickey Dugan aka The Yellow Kid aka the first comic strip character was of Irish descent.

Same with Maggie & Jiggs of Bringing Up Father and Pat Ryan of Terry And The Pirates.

With his red hair I assume Archie Andrews is of Irish descent as well, but I can't recall any story backing that up.

[jimmm kelly]

I would lay money that Archie's family is of Scottish descent.

[RossN]

Yes I'm not sure we can just go by hair colour - Jimmy Olsen and Lana Lang are iconic redheads after all, with (respectively) a Scandinavian and a German surname.

There are a few though... Starlet O'Hara (who I first found out about on this very site) can hardly be anything other than Irish American.  And he isn't a redhead but Eel O'Brien (Plastic Man) is likely of Irish descent too.

Really though I'm more interested in Irish characters from Ireland itself rather than Americans of Irish descent.  The only one I can think of at the moment is the New 52 version of Silver Banshee.

[jimmm kelly]

The one that comes immediately to mind for me is the one Paw Boon already mentioned--Jack O'Lantern from the Global Guardians. But what with what DC has done to its continuity, I have no idea if that hero exists anymore. Given the dark nature of the times, I wouldn't put it past them to turn him into a terrorist, a corrupt cop, or both.

[profh0011]

Ever since Steve Englehart did DARK DETECTIVE, I've been telling people, the series confirmed what I've always believed.  "Earth-1" DOES still exist.  They just don't tell stories about it anymore.  (AND WHY THE HELL NOT???)

[irish]

I cme from Ireland a country with a near non-existant comic industry of our own

so do i. Hi.
I remember years ago getting comics about
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