From their diaspora, ancient tomb, coastal route, to their last names, here are ten things that you probably didn't know about Ireland. Music by Yuzzy: bit.ly/2nUbGqD
Love right back from Ireland! Wish you, your family, and all those in Turkey the very best, and especially with those horrible earthquakes right now, I wish you all safety and comfort at a time like this ♥️
Damn, an Irish Facts video by an American with real true facts and good Gaeilge pronunciation (also referring to it as Gaeilge and not Gaelic!), very rare to see
the whole Catholic vs Protestant thing is very complicated. It isnt just about religion, religion is just often used to classify the Irish (Catholic) and British/Ulster-Scots/Anglo-Irish (Protestant). The whole thing involves centuries of war, revolution, colonisation, ethnic cleansing and often religion plays a minor role in things.
@@yourlocallesbian6448 It wasn't just the British that loved colonialism, every powerful country was at it. America is still at it, they have just modernised it a bit.
@@fionamb83 The founding father of Irish Republicanism was a well off Protestant that led a revolution against the British Empire. Many Loyalists like to ignore this.
the village in the frame about the wild Atlantic way is called Glencolmcille, its a very beautiful village with a nice restaurant and has very good walks in the surrounding area
I love Irland. Irish are hardy people. Irish people share so much in common with Armenians. Armenians too, have a bigger diaspora than living inside Armenia. So much conquests and survival indured by both people. Also, there is some resemblance in patterns between Celtic art and Armenian cross-stones. Different cultures from totally different places and yet they are very similar in some ways, among other similarities. 🇮🇪 🇦🇲
The shit Armenia is being put through from Azerbaijan is terrible at the moment, yet it is given no attention, nor palestine, its all about Ukraine and their comedian president, awful stuff.
@@pipeqez911 was not aware of Amenia & Azerbaijan and I follow International politics closely. Thanks! I'm gonna look them up now. In Ireland, the atrocities of what is going on in Palestine is given a lot of attention (rightly so) but agree huge focus on Russia-Ukraine atm. In fairness, I think it's so because it directly affects us. Fuel prices through the roof and millions of Ukrainians displaced and seeking refuge in the EU. It's more of an immediate concern for us because of this but agree that there needs to be a wider lens. The issues in Iran (how scary is that?) is another huge focus of mine atm and various countries such as Germany, Austria are sponsoring imprisoned protestors facing execution, rape and torture for showing their hair, dancing, protesting peacefully... etc.,. Mind boggling the difficulties some face.
The average Irish person would know where Armenia and Azerbaijan are and would know of the conflict. Ireland also has an affinity with Palestine, being one of the few Western countries to fully support the Palestinian cause and the general consensus in Ireland is that Israel is a pariah state!
@@kerirae4777 it's magical place it doesn't get enough respect certain archaeologist said if the Greeks knew about it would be the 8th wonder of the world newgrange
@@kerirae4777 Have you ever visited the pyramids at Giza? They are absolutely fascinating. You really feel the weight of history when you stand in their shadow or go inside. Newgrange too is beyond wonderful. I first went inside Newgrange as a small boy and it has fascinated me ever since.
@@GraveVisitations That's a great spot. Have you been up the lighthouse? It's well-worth the visit. And with your interests on your great RU-vid channel Loftus Hall is nearby too.
@@Michaelburke531 legit tho, they're crying up there that immigrants are ruining ireland whilst they torch the streets and loot anything that isn't nailed down
The 'tomb' called Newgrange (Si an Bhru) is actually older than the great Pyramids in Egypt, we also have in the West of Ireland an area/system of walled fields, thought to have been for livestock farming - known as the Ceide Fields, which is nearly six thousand years old.
@@MZophiel *_"No one knows when the pyramids were built."_* Everyone knows when the pyramids were built, because the ancient Egyptians could _WRITE._ The only people who claim what you just wrote are liars, charlatans and frauds making money out of people's ignorance. Grey-sham Hack-crock, Lyin' Brien Fraudster, Bligh Inshyte, UneducatedX and so on. They have all been thoroughly debunked a million times. {:o:O:}
Passage tombs at Gormanstown are older than newgrange and apparently date to 4000 years ago. The pyramids of Egypt are way way older Probably 12000 or so ☘️
The population of Ireland was bigger in the early/mid 1800's before the famine than it is today....not many other countries like that in the world id say?
There are none who's population is less today than was in 1800s ! But we are higher population now because of the illegal plantations of illegal migrants etc etc a very sad fact!
It’s about the same now as it was at the time of the famine (people forget that the population back then was a combination of both the north and the republic, not just the republic)
One of the biggest Halloween festivals in the world happens here in Derry, its getting bigger every year, attracting 200,000 people. Give it a go, bring a good coat.
Other fun fact: the most popular sport is actually Gaelic, Gaelic is kinda like football but there is goals and points and you use your hands and feet. A goal is 3 points and over the bar is 1 point and even counties from Northern Ireland play it (I think it's counties IDK)
Also, for Americans: If your parents or grandparents were born in Ireland, but moved to the US, they're Irish. If you were born in America to Irish parents, you're American. If you were born in Ireland, but moved to the US, you're Irish. In Ireland, we don't consider Irish Americans to be Irish. You're just Americans. Every year, we see thousands of American tourists visiting Ireland, but are then disappointed to discover that, to us, you are just Americans, not Irish Americans. You really do have to have lived here, absorbing our unique culture, foibles, mannerisms, English language idiosyncrasies and ability to slag each other, before we would remotely consider you to be slightly Irish. The amount of Americans who visit here with preconceived notions of the country as a backwards, rustic and un-progressive country, but are then bemused to see one of the richest countries in Europe, is quite funny. The reason why a the main tech and pharma companies set up their European bases here? Education. We have the best educational system in Europe.
@@Hiram1000 Yes, (unsurprisingly) really. Im a proud Tipperary woman and I am proud of the hospitality that our people have for the Irish Diaspora and all those related to them. I'm ashamed to even have come in contact with someone like you. You seem to be the odd one out. Iv never met someone with such an awful attitude. I hope that our American cousins continue to visit the homeland for years to come. The love their parents or grandparents (or indeed great grandparents and so forth) have for their homeland runs in the veins of our visitors and their ancestors would be proud to welcome them home.
@@fichthe How exactly are we better off? Young families can't afford to buy a house unless both parents work. I had one young woman complain to me that her youngest is more attached to her creche worker that to her. There is little rental property available and what there is is very expensive. there is far too much immigration when we can't house our own. I could give plenty more examples. And do you recall the EU response to the financial crisis?
I as an American say Cork should be the capital of Ireland for Cork carries a lot of the weight for Irish history more than Dublin the capital that failed to keep the Irish-Gaelic language alive while Cork did a better job at keeping the Irish-Gaelic language alive. I actually recently got an Irish-Gaelic dictionary to learn the language as to at least honor the ethnic Irish blood in me and I even wear a Paddy-cap even though I look like someone from the early 1900s when I wear it then again I like to dress traditionally.
@Seth Frisbie now a days cork is not a worthy capital, due to its capital status being taken away its infrastructure is way behind, and trading would be more difficult due to corks location. Dublin is a good location for ports.
@@sethfrisbie3957 shut up man I’m Irish in Ireland from Dublin (clondalkin) look the up shut the f up your not Irish as for cork they held the English back because a lot of people moved back as they were bushed back and obviously there not near England so the English hand to move through Ireland to get to cork
@@liamK1916 it was a mix of both but the genocide wouldn't of happened it there was no famine. I've learned the history of the famine because I literally live in Ireland
@@TheTwoFingeredBulldog The British seen the famine as Gods way of punishing the Irish, Their penal laws and economic policies, removal of grain most definitely made this a genocide. The potatoes had blight all over the world and the only place people starved was in Ireland. Directly attributed to actions of the British. Just as their actions lead to genocide in Bengal in the 1940s
Honestly I thought it was a joke that Irish people say that till I was watching Michelle fairely aka catelyn stark in a random interview video and she randomly said “ oh we had a great Craic” like outta nowhere
I love how most of the audience is likely Irish people seeing how much is right. I have to say I’m not so sure about the beer one but the rest is spot on
There was no famine in Ireland...it was Genocide...famine would indicate there was no food in Ireland but at this time there was a huge amount of food produced in Ireland which was exported to Britain and its empire
Well no that's simply made up . Genetic research has proven that the descendants of the first waves of peoples to arrive in Ireland many millenia ago, are indeed the native Irish people who live in Ireland today. And yes I know what u said is actually a fairly hillarious myth regularly told down the kneebreakers on a Saturday night after 15 pints of cheap beer by one particular faction of our planter cousins up north.
@@LordWellington15 The best one I've heard is the English are actually all descendants of the Chinese. Though tbf it's about as believable as the one which is told (by some) about Ireland 😁
Correction , the "potato famine " as it was called was not a famine but an attempted genocide by the British, thousands of tonnes of grain , meat and fruits were taken out by the British army each day and and shipped to Britain while the Irish were robbed of our wealth our land our religion and our culture, look it up this is pretty easy to find and many books detailing where the food was shipped out from , the British named it a famine to cover for their crimes.
For some reason I really like the Irish culture and I have so much respect and admiration for you guys. I hope one day I'll be able to visit and see all the beautiful nature wonders in Ireland. And I hope that Ireland will free itself from the shackles of the occupation and will be completely free. Love from Turkey 🇮🇪❤️🇹🇷
For those wondering; the #1 spot for tea consumption per capita is actually held by Turkey by a considerable margin (Turkey is 3.16kg per capita, Ireland is 2.19kg). The United Kingdom, the steriotypical tea drinkers, actually ranks at #3, 1.94kg per capita.
Newgrange was built around 5,200 BC. Stonehenge was built around 5,000 BC and the pyramids at Giza were built around 4,500 BC so no it isn't "a clear thousand years older" Than either
@@lightfootpathfinder8218 back in 5000 bc the most advanced stone age tech was the city of Talianki in Ukraine that held 15,000 people. Newgrange was thousands of years later around 3200 bc. The earliest pyramids in Giza began in 2500 bc. Stone Henge was the same time. Newgrange is clearly older and theres an even bigger gulf in tech than there is time between it and giza than there is time. It means the modern idea of a steady evolution of tech inevitably leading to industrialisation and western democracies is provably untrue. Tech was discovered, lost, and rediscovered throughout history. Its an illustration that how we live now isnt the best possible way, the pinnacle of civilisation that will never come again. Its just a way. Not unique, not special. Not worth killing, dying, or damaging the world for. Itll fall and come again.
@@ByrneMJames I agree with your point about technology however Stonehenge is rumoured to be fair older and far bigger than the government admit. They actually think it was the foundations of a massive hall type structure
'tis an average 100l/year is barely two pints a week. I'd have two pints deciding what to drink, another two deciding where to drink. Then go have a half dozen pints of something, somewhere. Fish and chips then home. I wouldn't do it every week, but that's a pity.
Ireland is great if ur gonna visit I’m from Cork there is SOOO much history there but it’s so pretty in Kerry I’d recommend the two counties also Dublin is great
Love this. Two things. O' means son of AND daughter of in the anglification of a name (both genders, not just males) and in Ireland we use 3 syllables in the pronunciation of the name of the country Ireland - the reason being, here, we still use the gaelic consonant pronunciation of 'r', which produces the second of the three syllables.
For the flag, don't be misled, it moreso represents: Green - The Irish people/Nationalists(those in favour of a united Éire), Orange - Unionists/orangemen/loyalists. Don't bring religions into it, because I'm an Irish presbyterian, and being Irish doesn't make your automatically catholic. I'm represented by the green.
I know this story quite well. My ancestors immigrated to Canada from Ireland in 1849 because of the Potato Famine. They started a farm in Ontario and started breeding. Eventually, even though the farm was prosperous, there were too many of them, so some of the young folks had to find their way elsewhere in the world. None, as far as I know, went back to Europe, but some went south into the US. I am an American and I have Grandparents and Great Grandparents that were born in Canada. On both sides, actually.
It wasn’t really a famine. It was a genocide. There was plenty of food, the Irish people just weren’t allowed to have it. A lot of people have stopped calling it the famine. And never the potato famine.
*_"My ancestors immigrated to Canada from Ireland in 1849 because of the Potato Famine."_* There was NO FAMINE! There was a potato blight, but the English allowed the Irish to eat only potatoes. There was plenty of meat, fish, eggs, poultry and vegetables, but it was all exported out of Ireland to England under armed guard. {:o:O:}
@@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 You seem pretty sure of yourself. However, you are wrong. My ancestors were potato farmers and that was all they had access to. I have read the diary of the man who brought my family to North America, and it was DEFINITELY a famine. If it weren't, they wouldn't have bothered to leave Ireland. They were pretty much forced to.
@@carrieod1380 I am not mistaken. I know the history. ansfrida doesn't, and neither do you. My family history is well recorded. Your knowledge is incomplete.
Thank you for pronouncing Samhain so well. Nice video. Thank you. Newgrange (the tomb) is also about around three to five hundred years older than the Pyramids too. ☘️🇮🇪☘️
Look around the world.... Homelessness is EVERYWHERE.. not just Ireland. The UK is FAR Worse....... I've walked London and Dublin streets of late.... And yeah I know its not just capital cities.... Try Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, South Wales, Edinburgh.... Homelessness is everywhere...
@@odonnchada9994 we do anyway.... We go out, we feed our homeless hot meals, and ensure they know where they can sleep inside, some choose not to go, but we do try
On the Irish diaspora, there was no "potato famine", the was a potato crop failure but the displacement and deaths of so many Irish was due to the systematic theft of crops, livestock and farmland by the British, enough food to feed up to 18 million people was taken, so "famine" is inaccurate, genocide is the actual word.
The green has nothing to do with the Catholic religion....it represents the nationalists , who are both catholic and protestants, the orange represents the unionists , the white represents peace between both cultures,, get your facts right
The green on the flag represents Catholicism and the Orange Protestantism. The orange represents William of Orange / Protestantism a Dutch man that was invited to take the crown of England so they didn’t have to have a Catholic King. William defeated James who was Catholic who was to assume the crown. The flag does not come from nationalist or unionists. The flag was used before the island was even partitioned. The flag was hoisted during the 1916 rising, the country wasn’t partitioned until 1921. It was created long before that too, it was gifted to an Irish revolutionaries in 1848 by French women who were sympathetic to the Irish cause.
@@jordanomasuin8023 According to the Irish government, green on the national flag symbolizes the Gaelic political and social order of Ireland,if the Catholic church Were aligned with the nationalist's, then I guess you could include them, but it does not represent the Catholic church in any way.
