We're kicking off St. Patrick's Day by raising a pint to Irish celebs—including a couple showing their shillelaghs. As purists, our boys are born and bred on the Emerald Isle. No Americans allowed. (Except for Zac Efron.)
Of course, we're starting off with Colin Farrell, here in a still from his infamous, and much appreciated, sex tape. He's been low on the radar for a while now, so we can only hope tonight he'll get drunk enough to whip out his delicious dong. If so, we'll be on our knees doing our Leprechaun impression quicker than you can say "blarney!'
Cillian Murphy of County Cork sure pops ours. We'd much prefer him and his baby blue eyes over a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. We're not sure where this still is from, but if we end tonight's celebrations with Cillian sitting on our bed, we've got the luck of the Irish with us.
Defying all logic, Pierce Brosnan keeps getting handsomer in his agelessness. He's the Irish answer to Dick Clark. Very few men in their late 50s can pull off ripping off their shirts. We'd do it with our teeth.
Another regular on these Irish celeb lists is Jonathan Rhys Meyers. We'll forgive our own unoriginality by bringing back these nudie shots of the native Dubliner in 2001's Tangled. Although we loved Disney's 2010 Tangled, full-frontal JRM will always remain the classic.
Stuart Townsend of Howth, County Dublin makes the grade in our League of Extraordinary Irish Gentlemen. Any Irishman willing to go shirtless on "Will and Grace" (as seen here) for the gawking eyes of millions of gay men is a better find than a four leaf clover.
Okay, Zac Efron isn't anywhere near Irish, but new shirtless photos of him were just released in Aussie mag NW. He sporting a new tattoo that, just because it's leafy, we'll interpret as a shamrock.
More Zac, letting his muscles ripple doing chin-ups. By the way, "Efron" has the same number of letters as "Irish," with the same vowel/consonant ratio. See, he does relate!
Finally, what's a gay discussion of Ireland without a mention of Oscar Wilde. Tah-Dah!—here's a shirtless Stephen Fry, who played Wilde in 1997's Wilde. At Fleshbot, we wouldn't dare overlook your shirtless literary celebrities.