Are Irish and British distinguishable?

[billErobreren]

They look more like each other than they do any outsider. In spite of Brittany speaking a sister tongue to Welsh, the Irish and English still look more like the Welsh, English look more like Scots than the Dutch on average and so on. The Irish have a look of their own to my reckoning. Caroline Aherne, Sinead Cusack, Natascha McElhone and Victoria Smurfit look distinctively Irish, even with their blonde manes, they look too Irish.

England(especially the east) and to a lesser extent; Scotland kind of produce more Teutonic looking people like Kirsty Hume. Scotland also has this tiny, old stock of raven haired people that pop out almost randomly.

[Ruggery]

The British, especially the English, tend to have more Germanic aspects, more blond on average, whereas the Irish have on average more dark hair and also red hair.

Individually I think that they are indistinguishable but not in groups.

[Grace O'Malley]

The British, especially the English, tend to have more Germanic aspects, more blond on average, whereas the Irish have on average more dark hair and also red hair.

Individually I think that they are indistinguishable but not in groups.

Do you think these teams are interchangeable?

Irish Women's Hockey Team





Irish Men's Hockey Team






I think the men are more distinguishable than the women.

[Ayetooey]

Individuals can pass in each others countries but group photos can look slightly different; probably depends on the region also. I'd say people from south-east England/East Anglia are the most distinct to the Irish both genetically and phenotypically. But I can't imagine an individual from one country who couldn't pass in the other in some way; though there's definitely certain looks that are more distinct in different regions.

[Mans not hot]

If the English didn't have anglo saxon types, they would be 100 percent similar to the Irish.

[Ayetooey]

There are some distinctive types. For example, Jonathan Sexton looks very distinctly Irish:


And Mary Berry looks very distinctly English:


But for the most part, the peoples of the British Isles are very similar to one another.

Conan O'Brien (who scored 100% Irish when tested) looks distinctly Irish to me as well.

[Maintenance]

The irish dont seem to have the tall thin head massive dumbo ear look.

[Mans not hot]

The irish dont seem to have the tall thin head massive dumbo ear look.

Uwot mate

[Norb]

I do not pass as Irish

[Ayetooey]

I do not pass as Irish

I agree; your looks are very south-east English/Anglo-Saxon only imo; though you pass well in other Germanic countries.