Irish people work the second longest hours in the EU and have the most productive workers in the EU. We also drink a lot compared with the rest of the EU. Work hard play hard. Been drunk in public is definitely not as socially acceptable has this film makes out, but yes traditionally the Pub is a big part of Irish culture. It is the one place where everyone no matter what their social status gets to come together and meet. In more rural areas it often is the unofficial community centre
When you're born in Dallas, spent 15 summers in West Cork, your ma is from Dublin (Rathfarnham) but you're also half Peruvian so Irish don't believe you cause of your skin color :(((( ahh sure I can't please everyone like
It bothers the fuck out of me when people say that. Like when I say I'm Irish, I'm not starting a competition, it means I hold a Passport and citizenship because of my mom hahaha
Ye there so thick American Irish people called Patrick are nick named patty instead of paddy because there is a t and not a d ,they don't understand the culture at all there so full of it ,it's funny but it actually does trigger me quite bad haha love from Kildare Fein!
@@Lobo_Loco1 Im Irish and I mostly hate my country as there is little to no opportunities for the youth but you shouldn't base claims off of stereotypes and also we're not racist although there is basically no black people im not being racist but I've barely ever seen a black person. Don't make assumptions before you know the facts
C. D. R. : Are you for real saying that there’s no opportunities for young people in Ireland? Ireland is one of the top performing economies in the world with most of the top companies having their headquarters there. You’re such an ass!
Lopt The Treacherous i am irish decent yet i am aussie so really ya ain' wrong mate some of us are irish also type how i talk so sorry fer bad english even though i could ably use ma english fully on YT and the good ol web
There were so many Irish immigrants to America in the 1800s, every white person in America has a little Irish in them, or they would like a little Irish in 'em............Heyooooo
they were NOT british. they were ENGLISH. the english ruling class, to be correct. and england did to her own working classes what she did to the scots, welsh, cornish, manx and irish and anyone else colonized by mother england. there was an english empire,not a british one.
Britan England whatever they fucked up our country nothing in return just bloody dopes saying us British people love the Irish in there fucking shit they hate us just admit it
roodie, you have a complex about being irish. you have NOTHING to be ashamed of. no culture has. be proud,not ashamed, to be irish - northern or southern.
Fucking bullshit we Irish are hard working people who were Able to bring our country from the ground up after hundreds of years of occupation and make it great
Taking opinions from Americans of course. I have heard many Americans claim to be part, yet they know virtually nothing about the cultural background and furthermore they can't speak a single word of Irish or pronounce Irish names.
Ryan Privee Barely anyone in Ireland is claiming to be American though (who aren’t actually American.) If they did you’d expect them to know what they’re on about. It’s reasonable to expect the same form Americans who claim to be Irish, but they routinely prove that they’re only enamored with stereotypes and assume they know how we live.
@@Kat-yv1yq That's because half of Ireland either died or left the country a century ago in a mass exodus or were forced to leave by the British to penal colonies or be slaves/indentured servants. Most Americans have no desire to move to Ireland, hence not many Irish claiming to me part American...it's also more of an American concept to research one's background and claim to be part this or that. You're not as likely to see that anywhere else except perhaps Canada or Australia which are melting pots too, or maybe France, Germany, Norway and Holland with the influx of black and Arab Muslims...Different cultures, demographics and perhaps stereotypes intermixed...
so he based his conclusion on whether or not the stereotype was true, on the opinions of random americans he met in an irish theme bar/ on the street?? even though the only irish guy he interviewed actually denied them???
@@ademaya4773 Guess what Ade, its not funny. It's moronic. You hate racism right? This is the epitome of racism, undermining another ethnic group because of some perceived stereotypes. It's completely unacceptable. Fucking bullshit.
its a joke man no american says that seriously at least when they see the truth. it's kinda funny that ur offended by this. anywho im asian and i consider myself wholey irish by drinking a corona... yeah.
As an Irishman this was hard to watch. If you want to know about the Irish, then actually ask an Irish person. Not a bunch of deluded Americans who think they’re Irish
mick, you don't know those people's heritage. How do you know they're grandfather didn't come off the boat? I'm 3/4 Irish, with a wee hint of scottish, Some people in America who claim to be Irish ARE Irish.
Mike Epps does a good job of addressing these stereotypes however he completely fails (at least in this vid) at looking at the history of where the negative stereotype originated in the first place. Also it's interesting how True Irish people in many of these comments view Americans who claim they are Irish when they have never stepped foot on Ireland or have only "been to Dublin once" . Are Americans so disgraced globally that other countries want no association with us? That's understandable given the current state of things in America. Or do Americans really have such low self awareness and ignorance that we really do come across as silly when claiming to be Irish or Italian or whatever ancestry we hold from generations back? It's a fascinating subject to me. At any rate, and going back to this series I do wish Mike Epps would go further into the history of these racist jokes and sit with more historians and experts to focus on facts in order to dispel these silly generalizations. I believe the joke that "all Irish are drunks" goes back to the first Irish immigrants in America. Back then they were viewed as the lower class by English settlers and were discriminated against, many were quite poverty stricken and perhaps this stereotype was attributed to Irish immigrants to discredit and demean them. As time progressed Irish Americans were eventually accepted to be a part of the white supremacist establishment. Most of American history and culture is deeply rooted in racism and divide. I think however flawed the video is, that Mike Epps is attempting to shed some light on that in a light-hearted way and I admire him for that. At the very least it creates a dialogue and makes you think.
NOT IRISH! AMERICAN.. how can the most sickeningly patriotic nation in the word still see themselves as a different nationality.. Don't live in Ireland? No Irish passport? NOT IRISH.
Why do so many Americans with 200 yr old Irish ancestors claim to be Irish and call themselves as such? As someone who was born and raised in Ireland it really annoys me, FAR more than the alchoholic stereotype.
It's more likely a British or early British American stereotype...the British have always looked down upon and mistreated the Irish. Americans today love the Irish. The potato famine was caused by the British (Americans sent Ireland a lot of food at the time).. there actually was enough food for the Irish even w/ the potato blight but it was being taken by the Brits, the rest of the Irish were left with rotten potatoes and eating grass or seaweed...That's why many died and many left for the states or Australia/NZ. And don't forget Australia was essentially a prison colony--"criminals"--often poor Irish who were starving and stealing a bit of food or some other petty crime, were sent to Australia to kill off or breed with the aborigines by the British so that they could later turn it into a "new" England.
exactly I'm Irish from Dublin the british caused the famine they took away our land then when our land was small a potato blight hit and took out the potatoes then our only food was taken by the british to feed british people with no famine they took our food and anyone who tried to get the food back was killed and they say we are bad FUCK them
***** yes, but contradicting my last comment, you can still see the hate between the irish and the british today up in the northern part of ireland. Like in fairness you did steal a part of our country. Thats bound to piss people off, even today! Me myself, would love if you guys would fuck off with yourselves (as in your government) but the public is fine.
That merely makes you an Irish citizen. Native Irish have common ancestry and blood. Simply being born and growing up in Ireland doesn't make you Irish
I'm Canadian, my mum immigrated from Galway Ireland to Canada 🇨🇦. I have Irish citizenship and passport now. But I'm born and raised in Canada. Cheers Ireland
Guinness is the best beer. You can’t stop drinking it after you had one. That’s why Irish are always drunk and anyone who likes good beer for that matter.
I'm Canadian, and my neighbours from America were a very odd bunch. They'd come to my house and all they'd talk about is how they are "Irish", and use the word craic despite them never having been to Ireland so it was forced into their vocabulary to make them sound more Irish, and once even pointed out my sunburn and said "aaah an Irish burn. I get those too because I'm Irish." They showed me their ancestry....and it was mostly scottish....and only one Irish person. I was honestly so frustrated. Even I, a complete mishmash of so many ethnicites, was more genetically Irish than they were. Americans are strange.
American with duel Irish citizenship (grandparents were from Killarney) I don't even get this....but I have come across folk from small mining towns or rural farming communities that speak with very diluted Irish accents and share vocabulary...some even speak Gaelige, like my self. It's not so much them trying to be Irish as it's their family's/communities never really tried to be American. It's not common place, but it does happen.
Please know that these 4 people or whatever number of people do not represent all Americans, once you start doing this you will stop hating on everyone just because of what a few people do
+Have a nice day ya man drink is a big problem here.i think it`s mostly due to this retarded government who can`t run 4.5 million people so we have no jobs and were bored shitless so we drink
+Have a nice day A hell of a lot of Irish people do end up alcoholics and have problems with alcohol. The same is true of Native Americans and Australian Aborigines. the common thread that connects these groups is that they were colonised and their land, traditions and way of life was lost. That's why there's a big drinking culture in Ireland. Also a big heroin problem atm.
@@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344 Scotland wasn’t colonized, they voluntarily entered into a union with England and were given equal rights and disproportionate representation in parliament.
Irish are Drunks. Ruusia hold mu Vodka. Scotland hold my Scotch. Japan hold my Saki. Black dude in America hold my 40 oz. Lady at final call hold my Cosmopolitan lol
Me, who is 100% Irish, grew up with Grandparents with Irish accents, etc: "These people aren't Irish, being 10% Irish from a distant relative and being in Ireland once doesn't qualify you to being Irish its annoying" Irish People: "These are just damn Americans not Irish, you never lived in Ireland, grew up here, etc" Me: "Wait, that's illegal" In all seriousness, we are all Americans and its okay to have pride in your ethnicity but everyone needs to realize that we are Americans, not Irish. Our ethnicity is Irish and we might even be raised by Irish parents, but if we were not born and grew up in Ireland we aren't really Irish, we are are Americans who just have Irish ancestors. I take pride in being Irish, but that's just as my ethnicity, I take more pride in being an American because that is what me and my parents are. So Americans, stop being dumb and considering yourself more Irish than American, Irish folk, stop getting angry because these people even though they have never been through living like an Irish person, they want to take pride in it because they still consider Irish people and Ireland awesome.
My grandparents moved to the states in the late 40's or early 50's (can't honestly remember) from Killarney. And my grandfather always told me "you're never gonna be Irish enough for the Irish and you never gonna be American enough for the Americans. Just make your peace with it now."..........at the time I had a duel citizenship and was able to speak Gaelige... but I understood his mentality, even by the time they made it over most Irish-American/Irish immigrants lived in the same neighborhoods or small farming/mining communities and mostly tried to keep to themselves.....not every family that integrated into American society did so fully. Most immigrant communities tended to form much the same way. I think that's why Americans tend to trace their lineage back and claim I'm 40% of this and 20% of that. It's a hold over from a different Era of identifying yourself in society.
when i went to Ireland, every other door was a bar. a house, a bar, a house, a bar, on every street, in every city, on every block. in the entire country.
I'm Irish and I find this video racist. I know a lot of Irish people that don't drink! if there was a hate button as well as a subscribe button I would press hate!
I'll tell he exacly why I am Irish . In Ireland we had no clean water for a long long time and we had too turn dirty water into alcohol and kids would be given it too just to hydrate them. The native Irish language word for whiskey translates in English too the water of life
Listen I don't mind jokes and I'm cool with the leprechaun and the pot of gold stuff but when you get an American to represent the irish that's when you start upsetting a lot of us
James hoban a Irish Catholic from co Kilkenny in 1782 designed the white house not a African not a Englishman not a German but a Irish man ....a Irish man designed your most important building
That guy doing the dance he's not irish! "Im irish" but he sounds like he's from feck'n the state's. I am Irish we don't drink all the time, when we go out on the weekend not it's not every feck'n weekend we'd drink alot but it's not to drink it's to have the craic and craic means fun in ireland if you don't know. but this was at least a good laugh irish people like to make fun of themselves and others so yeah if you want to make friends with a irish person insult them then say "Im only taking the piss outa you"
I lived in america for a few months as a student exchange programme. Some of the kids said ‘hey leprochaun, do you want a beer?’ Or ‘hey, alcaholic; you wanna go to the pub?’ Or ‘whats up, want a cup of guiness?’ Im a 23 year old IrishWoman and ive never had a drop of alcahol in my life!
idk, my great great grandfather came to the US to profit during prohibition by making booze. Around 85% of my family even tracing back a few generations to Ireland were all drunks. So I suppose they fit both Irish and Irish-American stereotypes.
@@Yvonne19712010 buddy have you read the last 3 sentences of your comment? So many spelling errors and grammatical mistakes that I have no clue what you could possibly be saying.
It was used as a control mechanism by the British. After they've drank away their weekly paycheck, cripple them again by introducing them to borrowing (English currency) money. How do I know this? My father's from Belfast & TEETOTALER also!
In Ireland and the UK going to pubs is not as closely related to getting drunk as going to bars and getting drunk is in the USA. The pubs in Dublin are mostly full of tourists.
Gasest thing is in Ireland an Irish person is generally seen as someone born in Ireland to two Irish parents, maybe one, but if you're parents are English and you were born in Ireland, then you're seen as English, and yet in America if you've an Irish heritage you'll be viewed as Irish
*I'm Irish and I've never drank or smoked...* This stereotype pisses me off. ... Especially when people ask if you drink a lot the moment you tell them you're Irish. I mean I've lived in Spain for years and the people here...the young especially.. they drink a ton! And so do the brits.. especially the brits! I know so many brits that religiously would go to the pub at 9 in the morning and come home at 12 at niight nearly falling over. Those same people would assume you, because you're Irish, you drink a lot.
The numbers done by the World Health Organization (WHO), show that Ireland is not even in the top 20 drinking countries, across all levels, consumption per capita, etc. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption_per_capita 1. Belarus 2. Moldova 3. Lithuania 4. Russia 5. Romania 6. Ukraine 7. Andorra 8. Hungary 9. Czech Republic 10. Slovakia 11. Portugal 12. Serbia 13. Grenada 14. Poland 15. Latvia 16. Finland 17. South Korea 18. France 19. Australia 20. Croatia 21. *Ireland* It all seems to be very successful Anglo propaganda that's somehow survived.
Since i see some Irish here peeved about Americans saying "I'm Irish". Allow me to shed some light on the subject. Americans of Irish descent are proud of "being Irish" because when Irish immigrants reached the US they were placed in ghettos and discriminated against, so they took much pride in _being Irish_ and accomplishing things (As, during that era, is _was_ difficult to accomplish things in the US as someone of Irish descent). This attitude is passed down through Irish American families to this day, even if the conditions are no longer the same. Also the real drunks are Russians
there are 33 million people in america claiming to being irish which is 10% of the whole population and 60million people in the world claiming to be irish we get angry because in 170 years that is not possible
If they have an American accent and they didn’t school in Ireland - they’re not Irish. Saying ‘I’ve been to Dublin’ and having an Irish relative does not make you Irish.
I'm Irish and actually live here in Ireland. We're not all drunks, I'm a dad of 3 and can't afford to be stuck in pubs and drinking. I have an occasional drink at home that's it. I used to go out when younger but today's standards drinking is a lot harder with young people with beer, spirits and drugs. I'm actually concerned about the younger Irish generation today. Lot more to life than alcohol I'm my opinion. Irish Americans know fuck all about Ireland unless you live here.
Im personally an American of Scottish and Irish ancestry but I know that if I want to learn about those cultures than I need to readbooks and visit. Right now, Im just an American.
