Good evening! Tonight I'll be giving you a very brief overview of the history of Ireland, and go over its geography! Follow me on Instagram! @asmrgeographica Happy St. Patrick's Day!
An interesting fact about the potato famine - The Irish town of Drogheda has a Star and Crescent on their coat of arms (as does the football team from the town). Now this seems odd right, Ireland is famously Catholic and the Star and Crescent is a symbol of Islam. Except it wasn't initially, initially the Star and Crescent was the symbol of the Ottoman Empire (of which Turkey kept the flag, explaining the Star and Crescent on their own flag). As the ottomans claimed to be the Caliphate of Islam, it's banner became the generic symbol for Islam. Anyhow, during the potato famine, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire wanted to send aid to the Irish. He sent 5 ships and £10,000, somewhere around £1,000,000 adjusted to modern currency. A generous gift for an island so far away. Except the British intercepted the ships and the money, and requested instead only £1,000 be sent for the simple reason that Queen Victoria could only be bothered to send £2,000 and this would make the Queen look bad in the eyes of the Irish. Let that sink in, the British were willing to let the Irish starve, prevented Ottoman aid, and forced them to cut what they did send by 9 10ths to save face for a Queen who was literally the most powerful person in the world who only cared to send £2,000 (about £200,000 in modern currency - puny when you consider she owned a diamond worth billions). It's a shambles. So as a thanks to the attempts the Ottomans made, this Irish town adopted their symbols. Throughout Ireland similar things can be found, a Star and Crescent etched into the stonework on a Town Hall, a street named after the Sultan. A letter exists in the Turkish Archives from Irish notables thanking the Sultan for his gift, it's worth a look.
NI consists of six counties. An easy way to remember is 'Fat Dad'. Fermanagh, Antrim, Tyrone, Derry, Armagh & Down. There is 32 counties across the whole island itself. Dublin lad here, born and bred. 🇮🇪🌚
"When I heard you get knock down " I immediately knew where you were going and started to sing along as well. 😂 Great video. Love your channel. You've earned a sub from me.
@@ASMRGeographica Dublin has a lot of history, but if you want a true experience of Ireland, get out of Dublin as fast as possible. There is a rich history in most counties in Ireland and Dublin is a tourist trap. I would recommend the west of Ireland, especially Galway and Kerry. But the southeast also has a rich history, like Kilkenny. Of course, these are just my opionions, I'm sure other people would give alternative suggestions.
The cliffs of Moher is exactly right! That’s where that section of the Princess Bride was filmed. I think they used other locations around the country too.
I'm sorry, I hate being a know-it-all and I hate correcting people but you did say in your video that if you were doing something or pronouncing something wrong to correct you so I did LOL but now you know hey that's half the battle by the way I love your videos
I am from Ireland and its beautiful but a lot of rain but if u were to go look up historical places cuz Ireland has a lot and its not conna its Connacht Edit: it triggers be so much when u say Ulster is part of the united kingdom
@@seanmolloy6884 to be frank no it’s not. Irish guy here - we all agreed (by an even vaster majority) a territorial settlement and way forward in 1998. So no, legally there are two different jurisdictions on the island as of 2021 and it’s not offensive to state that, it’s called being factual.
