'They said they'd never seen orange hair in Sierra Leone'

Wexford's Murt Kehoe tells us the story behind the most famous 'Irish man on holidays' picture on the internet.

'They said they'd never seen orange hair in Sierra Leone'

We tracked down the man in the picture - 19-year-old Martin 'Murt' Kehoe from Enniscorthy in Co Wexford, to find out what he thought of the attention - and what the hell he was doing on a beach in Sierra Leone.

You've probably all seen by now the picture of an Irish guy on holiday in Sierra Leone - chatting to some locals on the beach, wearing O'Neill's shorts, a flat cap and a farmer's tan and looking like The Most Irish Person On Holiday Ever.

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