Gay Heroes: Shamrock Hudson

Shamrock Hudson's true identity was well known
in Dublin's gay bars but a conspiracy of silence
ensured it was protected. If he was referred to
at all, it was in hushed tones, and only as Doris Gay

As Bash Helmet grew and grew over the years, so the challenge of keeping on top of so many supervillains became too much for just one man, albeit the world's first gay superhero.

Time and again Bash needed a helping hand, beyond that offered by his friendly fag hags on a quiet Friday.

One more than one occasion he got one from Ireland's own leading man, Seamus Hudson. Seamus had the perfect cover.

To the world he was a rich, successful actor from Dublin who was linked to a string of beautiful women. But behind the facade, Seamus was really the country's premier superhomo-hero, Shamrock Hudson.

Shamrock Hudson was just one of the international gay heroes who featured in the 2008 animated movie, Bash Helmet's Round the World Cruise.

Bash teamed up with Shamrock during a visit to Ireland where together they tackled the evil leader of the banshees, the Screaming Queen. Before he left the country, Shamrock Hudson took Bash to a traditional Irish bar and introduced our hero to the strong, black, creamy-headed Guinness ... but Bash never did catch his first name.

Although the film never found a theatre distributor, it attracted repeated releases on DVD, principally due to the significant part of Shamrock Hudson cropping up in almost every scene.