The Bronze age Irish woman art is available either on a novelty St Patrick's day 'Kiss me i'm Irish' or on a premium quality shirt with no text. Both in a variety of colour choices - and in men's or women's cuts. Get one in time for St Paddy's day! teespring.com/kiss-me-st-patrick-s-day-shi?pid=389&cid=100019
Survive the Jive Hey Jive, another awesome video dude! Keep up the great work. You should do a history video on the legendary five invasions of Ireland.
@Adam Defibaugh Yes. It was created the moment TVs became widely commercially available to offset the cost of setting up a national broadcaster. There also used to be a radio licence until it became too difficult to enforce. It made a certain amount of sense back in the day when RTE were the only thing you could watch on a TV, but that's clearly no longer the case. A lot of homes over here no longer have TVs as a result, they just use computers.
@Umbrella Corporation The administration of the TV licence was awarded to "An Post" (our equivalent of USPS). Basically they go around door to door and ask to perform inspections. It's a legal grey area whether they can demand entry or not, but if you refuse them entry they'll assume you have a TV and start sending out letters threatening legal action. They've tried to force me to pay for a nonexistant TV twice and I've refused. Both times they eventually backed down. They also had equipment which could be used to perform "Van Eck phreaking," basically snooping on the signal produced by your TV to confirm you were using it, but I think that only works with CRT displays and it was minimally used anyhow. Another tactic they use is demanding information from cable providers about their customers. They then correlate this to the database of licenced addresses and see which households don't match up. It generally boils down to intimidation and the nuisance factor. People pay because it's a relatively small amount of money to avoid getting into a legal tangle with a government corporation.
My Irish ancestor left Ireland and came to South Africa with 1823 settlers. We traced our family to the first kings of Breffney. I would love to move to Ireland.
@Patrick Mullen yea from Birmingham UK was askin coz my partner is Mullen and her brothers name is Patrick. we were both born here but it seems us Irish are clicky always end up together. is ur family from Ireland
Probably the best short documentary I've seen on the topic of Old Ireland's history and legends. Amazing how clever and passionate RU-vidrs can create content that can contend with/surpass the content of those who work for TV stations. Thank you for this and keep up the amazing work! You just gained a new subscriber 👍
Yeah , if a TV company made a program on this topic pretty much all you would have seen was a series of close ups of about half a dozen presenters each saying a couple of sentences usually about something that was pretty obvious and self evident anyway . Why they seem compelled to turn out such trashy programs all in the same style I do not know . Maybe it’s a case of “empty barrels making the most noise”.
This was a very cool documentary, with a very interesting look into your family history. Thanks for sharing. I am Irish-American, and only 3rd generation American by birth. I want to see Ireland one day. The mother land just seems to call us home.
@@forgottenknowledge8917 be better To wait for all the corrupt bs to dissipate until the government people give a right to have a fair choice I'd wait. Be safe my friend
I wouldn't bother, lad. They've turned the country into an absolute dump through mass migration. Don't go to Dublin City anyway, very few Irish left it in it.
Love ya Work Tom . As usual. Brilliant . I am Irish , English, Scottish, My blood is from Those Isles . And the Ancients that Visited there like the Norse , As in the Gall Gael Viking DNA . I feel an Affinity with all those tribes . Being a Southern Hemisphere dweller , I so miss this History you can go for a drive And See . You do The Great Work Mister Thomas . I salute You Brother.
16:42 Just want to let anyone know who is curious, hose 'hand grenades' are Crotals, a type of musical bell or rattle. They are extremely important ethnomusicological finds pertaining to the Ancient Celts, and Roswell probably knows this, he just hasn't got time to cover it in the video.
Wish you would do a couple of videos about celts and celtiberian in Iberia! Love your videos man I feel such a big pull towards celtic, and nordic culture and I have been super interested in the way you are able to tie it up all together under a common indo european light. thank you for that!
I live about ten miles from Newgrange, Dowth, Tara..... They are close to the mediaeval town of Drogheda. I appreciate the mystical and fascinating history of my ancestors. Excellent wee documentary. Cheers!
I'm very interested in Ireland, the Celts and all history interwoven in that land. My maiden name is McGlynn. I'm American, and come from a big Irish family from NY. My grandparents have visited Ireland a few times in their early retirement years. They absolutely loved it, and said how beautiful it was. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing all that. Very interesting. There’s never enough history content for Britain and Ireland. Loved hearing the family history shared here.
You create fantastic documentaries STJ, I like how you incorporated your family's histroy into the tale of Ireland's past; the supernatural aspect was interesting as well, Ireland has many tales of such events. Keep up the great work!
I was in Ireland back in 87, and I was able to go into Newgrange. I knew it was a burial mound, but I still felt, at ease inside it. I was not able to spend much time in Ireland, and I want to go back. Since on my Dads side of the family I have a Irish blood in me. Good video by the way. Audio was just right.
I have been to Japan many times, if you ever have time to look into a place called Nara Japan. Japanese shinto religion remind me of Tara in Ireland with burial stones. I'm not saying they are connected but the similarities between Tara and Nara are amazing. As you said about tying objects to trees as for prayers and the phallic symbols which are also use in the Shintoism. There's a town called Tara in Japan as you travel between Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
I've noticed those similarities too. I think it's mainly due to the fact that the Celts were also animists like the early Japanese and many Native Americans and Siberians. They worshipped nature. They held that spirits lived in the forests and in all living things and the earth itself. This great reverance for nature and the land, was a deep part of the culture. The Japanese ironically later adopted an Indo-European origin religion Buddhism, which started in India, but they fused Shintoism to it. Later Christianity was brought by the Portuguese. Now the further irony, the Portuguese prior to their Romanization were largely Ibero-Celts. So their ancestors were probably also once animists, and they also had the Indo-European pantheon prior to their Christianization.
That is why it was called Babel-because there Ehyeh the Creator confused the language of the whole world. From there He scattered them over the face of the whole earth. Genesis 11:9
Just rewatched this and found this both fascinating and haunting. Please keep doing what you're doing, Jive. This is the only way people like me can learn the truth of our past. There is so much nonsense out there--your channel is like a breath of fresh air. Thank you so much for being here.
Great video. We Irish see ourselves as 'Celts'. However there is little or no evidence of a migration of 'Celtic/Keltoi folk into the island. There was however a transformative invasion of 'Celtic' culture into Ireland. The last 50 years has seen a transformative invasion of modern North American culture.
Brilliant documentary! Did you see the corded armlet on Old Croghan Man? Makes you wonder how far back these emblems of identity go - perhaps to the Corded Ware Culture itself. I gave the Bog Butter a mention in my speech this week in Athlone.
@@SurvivethejiveAnd did you see the hole drilled in the mouth of the Corleck head? I like to think they put the nib of a bone or reed whistle in his mouth, so the god seemed to sing or intone when the wind blew around the sanctuary.
The Memnon Statue in Egypt ‘sung’ in the wind and Lucian in his work ‘Alexander the False Prophet’ mentions a charlatan who made a sacred effigy speak pronouncements through a tube-like voice caster. In Irish tradition the severed head of Sualtaim gave the warning in the Táin Bó Cúailnge.
@@ngatiarihi8502 Not sure whether to interpret your comment as positive or negative, but just to let you know, we don't refer to ourselves as 'Pikey'. That is a derogatory slur given to us by settled people. Knacker would be another one.
This was fascinating. I am an Englishman myself but with Celtic features, so learning about the religion and folklore of our Hibernian brothers is fascinating. Their strong belief in the fey seems even stronger than the Germanic belief in Elves and it is a topic that obsesses me. Obstructing these spirits is never a wise move and it always brings ill luck on people. I have known people in this day and age die of serious illness not long after disturbing such creatures. Is there any chance of a video on the Elves, Fairies and all the other forms they take within Indo-European cultures?
@@scarlett2299 Irish here. Not to burst your bubble here (Probably with a nuke this WILL be devestating) but atleast through what i've observed (when i think about it your cope is probably leagues ahead of my actual experience) Celts aren't actually swarthy manlets looking like dravidians or something. That might've been a migrant or you've been been misled by fiction... somehow.
I couldn't click fast enough! I was fortunate to visit Newgrange before it became the huge attraction it is now, complete with a very full and educational center. I've been three times, so I have seen its attraction grow. Well done, Ireland. Having said that, the first time I was there, the ticket booth was a small shed by the roadside, and about 8 of us were led on a very informal, intimate tour. We were able to walk through the burial chamber. The feeling is still palpable. There was something special in seeing this site in its more natural setting. Well done, and you've gained a subscriber!
If you're ever in Dublin you can see them (or at least one of them) in the museum of History and Archeology on Dawson's st. While you're there, pop around the corner and have a look in the Natural History Museum. They have the preserved skeleton of a great Irish Elk with a 12 ft pair of antlers, I think it was also found in a bog.
Biological matter is rarely preserved except in bogs, so yes, bog finds are exceptionally interesting, especially when you consider that nearly everything made in prehistory was organic.
Thanks for giving us this historical treatise on what were significant moments of Irish history. It's very important that we preserve these monuments as I feel that we all need to have an appreciation of where we came from.
Really enjoying your documentary. My paternal grandmother came from Fermanagh just after WW2. Her family were taken from Scotland to work the plantation's. It's interesting that you descend from nobility.
I get inspiration for my art from m mythology & folktales, and am so grateful to have stumbled across this video! My afternoon just got much more epic as I will be watching many of your other videos “for research” 🤣
Pretty incredible that you find the same sort of idea with the golden sun as a central symbol in Denmark aswell as Ireland, especially as a part of high status clothing.
Wow amazing! Love the way you impart so much knowledge, supplemented with thematic music to set the tone for each topic discussed. Really love the editing style you use and informative nature of the video. This is the best video I’ve ever seen on the history of my ancestors
Your Ancestor came over with mine, in the retinue of Henry II. I am decended from Paganus de Hacket, Lords of Tipperary. Their effigies are in the Walls of Cashel.
Extremely good documentary. I was born in Meifod Powys. The adoption of celtic myth and supernatural beings by Christian evangelisers is not usually appreciated by other video essayists, who get caught up in a Romantic view of Celtic Christians. Thesecevangelisers were often repressed hermit individuals scared of life and the blessing of existence. They groaned and atoned. However we visited Ardmore and St Declans cell. The vibes from it were of compassion. I read somewhere Ireland was proselytised before Patrick ...by Declan and others. We also visited a remote church set in woods in Cornwall near Tintagel and Boscastle. It was founded by Welsh christians. B3266, Boscastle PL35 0BN, United Kingdom Again christian church built over ancient holy places.
I was lucky enough to born and spent all my life in County Meath near the river Boyne and Tara and Newgrange as were my ancestors.. I have always been Pagan Celt so for me County Meath is the most special place in the world.
My ancestors were related to King Henry 1st, Hugh of Kevloc Le Meshines,through the Norman side,1169. That's on my dad's side,which i know more of. Have alot of Irish & English mainly. I know we immigrated over to the USA in early 1600's,but prior to that had tried in the 1400's but alot were killed off.
I really enjoyed your presentation lucky for me I’ve entered Newgrange also travelled to Viking site in Newfoundland which is of course a recreation. The restoration at Newgrange totally reflects the significance of the build we need to learn from History not tear it down like the idiots of late cheers
Another great video. I would suggest that the exchange of gold between Cornwall and Ireland which already had plenty of gold might be accounted for by a number of mechanisms. Could be raiding and it might be tribute (Cornwall would be a great possession for a Bronze age high king to control because of the tin). Guest friendship between Bronze age kings required the regular exchange of costly gifts and would probably have been a key feature of safe trade between peoples. It might even just be bride price? If the Cornish had an excess of wealth from the tin trade, what else could they spend it on apart from wives once they had plenty of weapons and jewellery, and as many slaves and cattle as their land could carry? Marriage to powerful tribes keeps a small people safe.
I found out about a year ago, that on my mom’s side I am mainly Irish and Dutch. I was given some books (I love to read) that had the name of a man inside. I will not tell you the name, but I was curious so I tried to do research to find out who this man was, as these books were passed down to me. Turns out he was an Irish immigrant from the 1930s. I’m also related to some famous people in history, (one of them being Native American) so I know that he had to have married an American. I’ve been trying to learn about these two cultures ever since I love history, so it’s very fun for me :)
Hutton is quite harsh. He is precise and won't make any great leaps in his scholarship, but he is always taking other peoples' ideas apart. He is just a little too negative and it isn't the attitude we need, though he is of the previous generation of Pagan scholars. We are the new order now.
@@thegreenmage6956 Can you please explain to me the difference between these two "generations" you mentioned, and what their different objectives are? I'm sorry to ask but I don't really know a whole lot about the subject.
@@austrianpainterinhiding88 On one side you have people who come from the post-modern school of thought we've had in academia for the past 40 years or so, who were always questioning everything, with the Deconstructionism of Derida. Essentially, they just want to work hard at making sure we resemble Nazism the least possible and it's sort of the only thing they care about, but they would never admit it.They are entrenched in the Humanities at Universities, but don't worry, we will dismantle them. They're against the idea of Grand Narratives, which is the concept that history and archaeology, culture, can all be used to tell a big story, or that that story can be used to understand the past. They prefer to think, 'everything is relative!', all the time. In Celtic Studies, that philosophy was probably at the root of Celtoscepticism, the approach that all the past information about 'Celts' should be dissembled or discarded and we shouldn't even use the word, 'Celt'. On the other side are a new, younger generation not held-back by those post-WWII limitations, because the truth is more important than making sure we just look good for Politically Correct reasons. They understand that identity and culture are ESSENTIAL to any people, that they are a form of strength, and that people deserve to know about their heritage. The theories of a prominent Nazi historian have recently been proved true by modern Genetic Science and it has caused a big stir. People can't believe they were right about something, there has been many a crisis of identity for some. It's a great time to be alive, frens.
I was wondering whether the Gold of the Beaker folk was swapped with the Tin of Cornwall.?Tin seems to be more rare than Copper and is needed to make Bronze? Thanks again for a great informative video. The Myths of Ireland are so complex and fascinating, but lost somehow with Christian super imposition.
@@dancorwell4550 everyone is celtic under their skin in the British isles and even in France. The only place that is mostly germanic is Yorkshire with 40% anglo saxon and 20% norse together
@@dancorwell4550 your name is a new one for people that went to know where your name come from go to house of names. if your name does not come up is a new like Corwell my name Bushby The ancestors of the Bushby surname lived among the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. The name comes from when they lived in either of the places called Bushby in Leicester and/or at Busby in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The Yorkshire branch of the Bushby family stemmed from Great Busby, a township in the parish of Stokesley in the North Riding of the county. The Leicester branch of the family came from the hamlet of Busby, which was in the parish of Thurnby.Early Origins of the Bushby family The surname Bushby was first found in Leicestershire at Bushby, a hamlet, in the parish of Thurnby, union of Billesdon, hundred of Gartree. house of names uk
All going well in 400 years we will still be here on our island. Otherwise the 800 years of blood spilled to make this our indigenous home would have been wasted.
In 200 years the native black and brown population of Ireland will claim that white people have always been a minority and that indo-european theories are pseudohistory
I'm American, and after being told I was mostly German with Scottish thrown in - I got a DNA test and lo and behold, I am mostly British and Irish, lol (absolutely no Scottish). I do have German and French as well, but those come in second - the French is a complete surprise. But, so is the Irish. So, now my eyes are open to everything Irish, and I want to learn more about Ireland and her people. Thanks for this video - it satisfies my new-found hunger for learning about this country (and, no wonder I only burn in the sun and have never tanned - and those freckles too!). I plan to continue digging deeper - especially in the areas that have been pinpointed in Ireland where my ancestors lived.
im english but i love learning about celtic cultures in the uk, especially ireland and scotland. my mums family is from scotland (my grandma was the last to live there, and she moved when she was young), and i love scotland. we go up to see family every so often, but i recently found out that we were only in Scotland from somewhere between 1843-1847. theres not alot of information out there as irish records arent easy to get ahold of, but my great great something grandparents were from county down (ballyhalbert, ards peninsula if ur being precise), had two children there, and then moved straight across to wigtownshire in scotland, which is directly across from where they lived in ireland, and then had two more children. from the time frame, i assume they fled the famine? purely from the fact we know they moved around the 1840s, and they moved in a straight line from ireland to scotland. i honestly wonder if they had plans to move back? how did they manage to sail across with two young children? did they move because of the famine or just because? what did they do for a living? what did they look like? did they have siblings that stayed? its such a rabbit hole to think about, i cant imagine having to leave ur home because of that, and how scary it mustve been. i wonder if they spoke gaelic? i could go on and on. their last names were stewart and mckeand if that gives anymore information? ny great x however many grandmas name was elizabeth (mckeand), but thats not particularly irish? could it have been anglicised? or was that a common name in ireland? id love to know!!
Suvive the Jive/Thomas Rowsell, in one of your previous videos/talks, where you were talking about various books you've read, either you or someone else mentioned a guy from Finland, of Swedish descent, I think, who travelled to India and got initiated into one of their sects. This man decided he then had to find the Gods in Europe. His journey lead him to discover that Freya, or a similar Germanic Goddess, was his patron. I cannot remember the gentleman's name and I wonder if you do.
@@Survivethejive Thank you, very much. I've considered this a viable path forward to rebuild our priest class without being a subversive. Once I've read his book(s) I may do something very similar to receive a proper initiation. Incidentally, I am, broadly speaking, Celtic, insular, of course. But I do not trust neo-Druidry. Perhaps if I go down this road, I could be a source of serious spiritual guidance for them to take the neo- out of the Druids, so to speak. Anyway, you have been most helpful to me in the journey to (re-)discovering my/our roots and our place in the world. Thank you for all that you do, here, Mr Rowsell. The work of the Gods most definitely moves through you.
WOW! What a fantastic video...we info maniacs can't get enough. My ancestors were Durkins...or Durcan or, I read, it is derived from MacDuncan.....Cty Mayo.......Your vid is the best TY TY TY
Finn, Chieftain of the Fiana hear our call. For we stand at the boundary between Order and Chaos, the civilized and the wild. As the tribe gathers we come to observe and protect. We shall fear no man, nor beast, and nor spirit. We shall challenge any who come to do the people ill. Gods and ungods of the people, know that we are here and we are allies. With spear and shield we will protect the people, aid the people and sacrifice ourselves for the people. We stand at the boundary between Order and Chaos, the civilized and the wild.
I'm a westmeath man. And your family isn't that fondly remembered. There was bad blood with the locals after the famine. But saying that they weren't the worst.
There are no British colonial family that ever occupied in Ireland that are fondly remembered! They caused such menace and left such a mess behind themselves. Is is always entertaining to see how their descendants never want to discuss or acknowledge the bad behaviour of their ancestors in this country.
@@katinss9983 Its better to look forward than behind, especially when talking about our English and mostly Scottish settlers to the island. Clearly you are stuck looking behind, no one alive back then is here today.
@@katinss9983 People like you are always quick to point the finger at ordinary British people and howl vaguely about the crimes of their ancestors. Why not lead by example? Lay out the sins of your ancestors for us, and apologise. I mean after all, prior to British oppression of the Irish, the Irish were raiding and kidnapping Britons. Care to apologise for that? Or maybe we could get our heads into the present day and stop haranguing people for the sins of the father.
My family O` Raghallaigh ( O'Reilly) date back to the 6th century. My name Kevin ( Caoimhing ) in Irish after Co Cavan, the central power base of Bre`ifne , , although various spellings of both 1st & 2nd names can be found. We woz kings back then 🤴🇨🇮 There is still a stone on a hill were new kings/chieftains were inaugurated. We had a castle but the bastard Normans destroyed it .. Tara is very important to the Irish historically and archaeologically. I don't know nearly as much as I should about the ancient history, so I really enjoyed this video , loads of info I didn't have a clue about until watching your video 👍 Did the early beaker people go to Ireland or England first ? Or roughly around the same time ?
