Bi leprechauns and other Irish bisexuals for St. Patrick's Day

   The Cluracan is modeled after a bi leprechaun 

It's time to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, and who'd have thought that there are some major bisexual links? You don't have to bend over backwards and kiss the Blarney stone to find singers, politicians, historic figures and yes, even leprechauns, who swing their shillelaghs both ways.

 

* In 2010, nearby in London, the International Conference of Bisexuality  put on by BiCon will be held, and a lot of bi Irish will be participating in person.

 

Here are 14 famous bisexuals from Ireland. For more information about each of them mentioned below, check out the URLs by clicking on the names below (or on the list on my home page) and read more about them. And, check out the handsome photo gallery of Bisexual Irish below, too.

 

Bisexual Leprechaun. The Cluracan, from the "Sandman" comics, was inspired by the legend of the Irish leprechauns. Neil Gaiman first scripted the character in 1989, and although he was only a minor recurring character, he was an immediate hit in the GLBT crowd. He tends to drink a lot, tells a lot of tall tales and brags about his sex conquests with guys and gals, so ultimately he's no better a role model than, say, Andy Dick (who by the way, blames his arrest and rehab after going to an Irish funeral!) 

 

Kevin Sharkey. A Dublin-born painter, he wrote songs for Bob Geldof and Boney M and became a celebrity as well as an activist for same-sex causes in the United Kingdom. He first came out as gay, saying that he dated a police sergeant, and has been married to a woman in the past.

 

Nuala O'Faolain. An unabashed bi journalist, reviewer, writer and TV producer, she hit it big as a New York Times Best Selling author with her memoirs "Almost There," "Are you Somebody?" and "My Dream of You." She died of cancer last May, but not without talking about her relationships with female journalist Nell McCaffery (who wrote her own memoir, "Nell") and male lawyer John Low-Beers.

 

Michael Collins. The famed revolutionary leader, who was assassinated in 1922, was declared bisexual by a renown historian, but the idea was so controversial for the Catholic country that depictions of him have emasculated his diverse sexuality. In the original script of "Mick," his bisexuality was pretty well spelled out, but even "Crying Game" director Neil Jordan was afraid of going to far with it and it was excised so it could be more palatable and understandable to U.S. audiences.

Eoin O'Duffy. Not a model bisexual, he was the leader of the Blueshirts, and a police commissioner. He was also Fascist who admired Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.

 

Sinead O'Connor. Nothing compares 2 this controversial pop singer who pissed off the Pope and announced she was bi after being married twice and had two children.

 

Cathleen Finn. This activist, in 1992, helped lead the protest against the discrimination against GLBT marchers at the Boston St. Patrick's Day parade.

 

Kris Fisher. A fictional bi tranny on the long-running Channel 4 soap opera "Hollyoaks" and is played by very cute Gerard McCarthy.

 

Want more bi Irish? What luck!

 

There's an online magazine that caters specifically to bi women called Gaelick (www.gaelick.com) and there's a nationwide bi group, too at: bi-irish.bi.org.