Irish men are ditching beards: a guide to barefaced cheeks
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The shaved faces of Irish men are once again peeking out. File photograph: Getty Images
Irish men know their grooming. This wasn’t always so. I can well recall the days of my childhood when you would see many a moustache (tragically, they were in fashion for a time) festooned with a supplementary moustache of Guinness, or milk. Quite unsanitary. I have yet to see a man (the only exception of the last 50 years, of course, being the rugged, twinkly-eyed Tom Selleck), who can get away with a moustache without looking a bit suspect.