I'm from NI - my bus journey was 20 minutes. Obviously, it depends on where you live, but you don't just go to the nearest school. You do a test in your last year of primary school that determines whether or not you go to a grammar school. Schooling is still quite separate here, so Catholics mostly go to Catholic schools, Protestants go to state schools, and then there are integrated where Catholics and Protestants both go. People who aren't Catholic (Muslim, Jewish, non-denom) can go to any of them but they'll usually try for the best school which is a grammar. The best schools tend to be Catholic grammar's, so most Catholics will try to go to one, even if it's an hour away on the bus. It's one of the reasons integrated education is still not very advanced - Catholic parents want to send their kids to the best schools, so they'll send them to a Catholic grammar if it's an option.
Some folk are more about body building, and some folk are about education, leading to creative arts. btw, I went to acting school with Tommy ( the dad ), early 90s, a funny young lad, but not a comedian then.
It was the 1600s under Oliver Cromwell when the people from the East and North East of Ireland were moved off their land and were replaced by English and Scottish friends of Cromwell and later kings. When Ireland got independence, the 6 North East counties were chosen to remain in the UK as the majority of the population were loyal to the crown.
@@annedunne4526 No the plantation of Ireland generally started in the 1550s under Mary I but the Plantation of Ulster started in 1610 under...wait for it...James I.
Please do watch the rest. It's not only very funny but very moving at times too. Just a bunch of girls (and one honorary girl) trying to live a normal life surrounded by all the chaos, fear and distrust suffered during the Troubles. Being a teenager is hard enough without having to worry about getting blown up. For the record 'Northern Ireland' (where this is set) is part of the UK - what people usually mean when they say 'Ireland' isn't. Two different countries. The Troubles came about when people living on the island of Ireland fought over whether Northern Ireland should be part of the UK or not. Some 2500 people died.
Definitely keep the captions on, it really helps since there is so much overlapping dialogue and local “slang” but also so you don’t miss all the humor and wit.
I was the same age as these girls in the 90s, maybe a year or so older, and the music reminds me so much of my friends and parties. I love these Derry Girls so much
The wooden spoon is most DEFINITELY the Irish chancla.🤣 I'm from Wexford in the south east, but it's a universal symbol across the island of Ireland. As kids, me and my brothers were never actually hit with a wooden spoon(TM), because my Mam only needed to raise it slightly and the messing stopped immediately. That's the power of the wooden spoon. 😅
@@WivesThatWatch The spoon and all else was out of fashion by the mid 90's. In the 80's early 90's, it was the belt, shoe, fire poker.. Thankfully, the very long tradition of beating children faded within an incredibly short space of time.
The Northern Irish actresses that play Erin and Michelle are both actually from Londonderry/Derry, and the actress who plays Erin’s mother, Mary, is from Belfast. There are several others from various places in Northern Ireland - Jenny Joyce, Dennis, Uncle Colm, David Donnelly. The others are from various locations in the “south” - the Republic of Ireland.
@@Dej24601 yeah apart from James (obviously) I think it’s only Jerry, orla, Claire and sister Michael that are from the south - perhaps there are some other more minor characters but I’m pretty sure all the major ones aside from those mentioned are from the north.
@@goldboy150 and a special cameo is from a star who is from the North! 😘 I think it is great that the casting department looked for a lot of talent who was familiar not only with accents, but the background. 👏
The reaction to the bomb on the bridge is how everyone in northern ireland reacted to the bombings and killings, my grandad used to say to me “another day, another bomb” everyone just got on with their lives unless they were affected by an explosion, my mum and nan were almost shot by soldiers because my grandad made a wrong turn on his way to his sisters 😂 and they acted like the soldiers werent even pointing their guns, thats just how it was, there was so much death everyone just… kinda got used to it, it doesnt happen anymore and i was born in 2002 so i wouldnt know but its the same for my generation who were born 4/5 years after the peace agreement with stuff like threats and riots and stuff, no one really cares cause you hear about it so much it gets annoying 😂
Oh dang, thank you for that context. It’s insane that some people in this world are forced to just live with those conditions, so much so that they get *used to it* (not sure if that’s the best way to phrase it but it’s early and my brain isn’t fully firing).
I thought this was a fabulous reaction and one of my favourite shows! They aren't doing any more seasons but the 3rd season did feel rounded off well and the seasons don't really become inconsistent or have a huge dip in quality. I think the way you guys described the characters at the end was very accurate, as well as what you said about the characters being exaggerated. The actors did quite a good job in that way and they all do a pretty good job at acting even when they're not saying their lines. I quite like seeing what Orla's doing while the others are talking because it's usually something funny.
Great reaction. A quick guide to Derry and the north of Ireland you might find useful for future episodes. 6 of the 32 counties of Ireland remain under British control, this includes Derry. These 6 counties were ruled over by the protestant/unionist population who believe themselves to be British and want to remain under the UK. This meant the catholic population who generally identify as Irish and wanted Irish reunification were treated as second class citizens, in terms of jobs, housing, general discrimination. Derry is particularly significant because it had a catholic majority but is an important place for the protestant orange order (a protestant group which hates Catholics that much it's believed to have inspired the KKK).... because of it's importance, elections in Derry were gerrymandered so that the protestant/unionist areas returned more elected representatives then the catholic areas to ensure they had control. Following the civil rights movement in America, the people of Derry formed their own to demand equality, however, 13 of them were shot dead by the British army who came to the north a few years before because of the rioting carried out by the protestant/unionist marches. The British army and government blamed the protesters, lied, that the victims were firing on them and this began the troubles, 30 years of war between the Irish Catholic community against the protestant/unionist one and the British army. This is set in the mid 90's so by this time the war was coming to an end, lot of the bombs were hoaxes round this time and people were used to bomb scares etc. that's partly why they're so casual about it. School buses all depends on where you live and go to school. Anything from 10-45 minutes though. These girls live in Derry city within the county Derry, there's areas of South Derry which are more rural and could definitely take lor longer.
Michelle and Erin are FROM Derry... that is what the accent is... Orla and Clare are from the south of Ireland so it sounds harsher because they over do it because the southern accent is softer Like Scotland vs South of England That and the accent comes from the planters (Scottish)
Great show. Sister Michael is a personal fav. I'm from Finland and used to walk or bike about 2.5km (1.5 miles give or take) to school in primary (years 1-6) and bike or take the bus (public, we don't have school busses) in secondary (years 7-9) that was about 5km (bit over 3 miles) away. It's pretty normal for kids to go school by themselves. Our parents used to ski to school every day, uphill both directions, temperatures low enough to stop time itself.
oh my goodness i couldn't believe when i saw the thumbnail!! such a nice surprise, it's definitely one of my favourite shows ever:D so so funny but also heartwarming
No apologies necessary! That’s super interesting! In the US, there’s a range of experiences with bus rides but 30 minutes is pretty typical! Thank you for commenting 💛
So I grew up in a market town that was surrounded by villages. I used to walk to school that was about 30 minutes. One side of town to the other. However the kids that lived in the villages would get buses, depending on the village depends on the travel time. Some of them where only 20 minutes however others were an hour. As some of the buses went to multiple villages.
If you stick with this there is a lot of great episodes to come. Whether you take a bus to school depends on where you live and the type of school you go to. In most of the UK taking a bus to Catholic school would not be unusual, but in Northern Ireland there are a lot more religious schools so you are more likely to live near one. Some of the NI schools select on ability which means you are more likely to have to take a bus. Obviously the more rural the area you live in the more likely you are to need to take the bus and as you get older the schools become larger and therefore further apart so you are more likely to need to take the bus.
Just came across your channel and I love your guy’s reactions! I would 100000% recommend you react to teenage bounty hunters and dead boy detectives. They are both very queer shows that I think you would enjoy.
I am from the WA, US and I have about a 45 minutes school bus ride in the morning, we have pick ups from 2 different cities. But I know from what I know its more common that is you live within 15 minutes of your school you probably don't have a bus that will pick you up.
Its a fun series for sure, I feel obliged now to at least share my school bus journey too!🤣 I grew up in North Wales and Up until age 11 my schools were always walking distance and then my comprehensive school was a 10-15 minute ride, in the summer I'd usually walk and keep the money though, some of the kids who lived in remote villages in the locals mountains had up to 1hr bus rides home though, all the Celtic countries of the UK have a healthy dislike for the English! 🤣
Not from the UK but the south US. Grade school was a three minute ride. Then middle school the bus would pick us up and take us to the grade school and another bus would take us to the middle school, that was 20 minutes away. Same with High school.
The seasons each have 6 (fairly short) episodes each, with great finales, and after season 3, there is one more hour-long episode which concludes the series.
9:28 depends where u live. My girlfriend before she moved, her bus took 3 hours just to go around and pick up to her kids because she lived in the kinda deep woods. My bus on the other hand used to take like an hour and a half. I lived in the kinda city- ish
I enjoy a lot of the Irish insults against the British tbh 😂 it’s cheeky but also reflective of a grim collective experience. The colonization & ethnic cleansing of the Irish by England is historical background that informs the common attitude towards Britain & its current (esp during ‘The Troubles’ when the show is set) occupation
The 90s loved boys and girls in flannel, it was a different time. So much flannel and denim, and for the year in the late 90s that bellbottoms came back in. It synched up with the age of the Macarena.
All my childhood I lived just a few minutes from my school but since I was close to school I got picked up first a little over an hour before school and stayed on the bus for an hour in the morning as it drove out into the country and back. I’m in Kansas, USA but I did get dropped off first after school. :)
Here in Ireland you have to attend a local school but u can usually attend a school your parents ar other siblings went to. Not to sure how it works up in the north of Ireland
Angela: “I love Clare the most and Lindsey says I’m most like Erin” lol cause I’m anxious but a little more put together Lindsey: “Favorite character is Clare and Angela says I’m most like Clare” 😭 Lindsey is just as much of an anxious mess
Not from UK but Europe anyway... from my parts is pretty common the school bus thing. Many people that live in smaller towns round the cities use a lot of public services to get to school, in some cases longer than the hour ride.
I want to watch you two because I wonder if you are also going to expect Jenny to be a lifelong closeted lesbian. She always tries to defend the (perceived) underdog but is terrified to defy expectations.
Imperialism is an obligation of capitalism. You can't run a successful capitalist economy without loot coming in from weaker countries who've had their sovereignty over their natural resources taken away by force or coups, and bad trade terms dictated to them. England happened to be the second capitalist country in the world after Holland and in a position to be able to snatch the most colonies and inject capitalism into them via sea power. If it wasn't us, it would have been someone else. Where we went the US followed, and half of its empire is islands and airbases and naval bases around the world we handed over to the US during or after WW2. We took Hawaii first, when we called it the Sandwich Islands, for instance, but we gave the US literally hundreds of islands. We never perfected the US system of indirect rule though, where you rig just enough elections and do the occasional coup to each country, and get everyone to accept US military bases "temporarily" because of some "threat", which are all permanent even if countries sometimes demand they leave. We walked to junior school, most people, but took public transport to high schools, with some extra walking from home to the bus stop or train station and then to the school after getting off the bus or train. It looks like it was different in Northern Ireland during The Troubles due to the sectarian divide, with kids needing to be kept away from each other and from unfriendly areas along their school route. Everyone being in school uniforms makes it easy to tell who's who. Schoolkids get into fights with kids from other schools on buses and at bus stops in Great Britain, but that's without the animus in Northern Ireland then.
