WE ARE WELL aware that the Irish celebrity male has fully embraced the man bun.

Hozier loves it

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Conor McGregor has worn it in battle

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Aidan Turner has clearly felt some love for it

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Even Colin Farrell has worn it out and about

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Recently, we’ve been told that the man bun is truly the hairstyle of 2015 for the discerning gent.

Yesterday, in fact, Good Morning America declared it as such

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An expert on such matters told them:

You can see it in Hollywood now. Actors like Leonardo DiCaprio, Chris Hemsworth and even David Beckham has been rocking it.

The article attracted over 1000 comments, a lot of which can be summed up by this contributor’s passionate stance:

This is the all time WORST look ever seen on men!! I’m a huge fan of long hair on men, but absolutely NOT in a bun!

Universally, it seemed, both men and women weren’t fans.

But still it’s declared as the trend of the year:

But what about Ireland? Have Irish lads embraced it?

From the evidence on social media, it seems that some most certainly have:

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With photographic evidence of the buns popping up on Twitter mostly:

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But it’s still not an overwhelming number to declare it popular here just yet:

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They’ve been spotted on the streets though:

So, the bun might only grow from here:

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We’ll watch closely to see how this one develops.

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