History Main / FightingIrish

** Wrestling/FergalDevitt now known as "Finn Balor" is a more downplayed example. He doesn't seem to be particularly belligerent, and his Irish descent ''accentuates'' his fighting instead of being the reason for it.

This may very slowly be becoming a DiscreditedTrope; while in the eighteenth century both the French and Spanish armies fielded expatriate "Irish Brigades," and nineteenth century Irish soldiers did indeed make up numbers of soldiers in the [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire British]] and [[UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar American]] armies (and are still allowed to join the British Army) times have moved on even if the stereotype hasn't. [[RealityIsUnrealistic Ironically]], Ireland is one of very few countries to become independent in the 20th century to have ''never'' been in an international war. During UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo it remained neutral and turned down a 1949 offer to join UsefulNotes/{{NATO}}. In fact, the Irish military has a good reputation as peacekeepers.[[note]]It isn't lost in places like Africa that the Irish are one of the European countries that never went out creating colonial empires. This gives Irish soldiers trust and respect as part of any U.N. peacekeeping forces and helps explain why Irish troops are sought after for U.N. purposes. [[/note]] The island also has a low rate of violent crime by international standards; nevertheless, do BewareTheNiceOnes.

* ''Theathre/{{Hamilton}}'': Hercules Mulligan is an Irish tailor and spy who helps Hamilton and crew fight the war.

* ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansomUnderground'' as the red-haired and freckled Mike, who likes to fight very dirty and his standard stance even is putting up his fists an old-school Irish boxer.

* Aran Ryan in the ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' series who was introduced in ''Super Punch Out'', he was described in his debut as being an [[AxCrazy utter lunatic]] willing to [[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught cheat]] but it was an InformedAttribute since he was one of the cleanest boxers in the entire franchise back then and wasn't any less violent than the other boxers. But then, the Wii sequel came around and made him a [[AxCrazy deranged lunatic]] as well the [[NoCheatingUnlessYouWereCaught biggest cheater]] in the franchise, complete with a stereotypical Irish music remix of the Punch Out theme as his leitmotif.

* Aran Ryan in the ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' series who was introduced in ''Super Punch Out'', he was described in his debut as being an [[AxCrazy utter lunatic]] willing to [[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught cheat]] but it was an InformedAttribute since he was one of the cleanest boxers in the entire franchise back then and wasn't any less violent than the other boxers. But then, the Wii sequel came around and made him a [[AxCrazy deranged lunatic]] as well the [[NoCheatingUnlessYouWereCaught biggest cheater]] in the franchise, complete with a stereotypical irish music remix of the Punch Out theme as his leitmotif.

* Aran Ryan in the ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' series, with the added bonus of being an [[AxCrazy utter lunatic]] willing to [[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught cheat]].

** Before her was the original Irish Lass Kicker, former women's champ Velvet McIntyre.

This may very slowly be becoming a DiscreditedTrope; while in the eighteenth century both the French and Spanish armies fielded expatriate "Irish Brigades," and nineteenth century Irish soldiers did indeed make up a disproportionate number of soldiers in the [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire British]] and [[UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar American]] armies (and are still allowed to join the British Army) times have moved on even if the stereotype hasn't. [[RealityIsUnrealistic Ironically]], Ireland is one of very few countries to become independent in the 20th century to have ''never'' been in an international war. During UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo it remained neutral and turned down a 1949 offer to join UsefulNotes/{{NATO}}. In fact, the Irish military has a good reputation as peacekeepers.[[note]]It isn't lost in places like Africa that the Irish are one of the European countries that never went out creating colonial empires, and were, in fact, colonial subjects themselves until, like many African nations, they won independence from somebody else's Empire. This gives Irish soldiers trust and respect as part of any U.N. peacekeeping forces and helps explain why Irish troops are sought after for U.N. purposes. [[/note]] The island also has a low rate of violent crime by international standards; nevertheless, do BewareTheNiceOnes.