As an Irishman, I'm really impressed. Especially when you said "if you're in the republic, just don't talk about the north" (and vice versa) that's incredibly correct! An mhaith ar fád (very good!) 🙂
All shit on the side a dam good jab "job " on your assumptions have a few yank friends in New Jersey that have visited us on numerous occasions over the past 30 years we have schooled them in craic and when a smart arse "smart ass" irish man tries to take the piss outta them they are fit for him .
If an Irish person is making fun of you, "slagging you", it means they like you and are interested in you. We don't make fun of people we don't like. That's why we make fun of our family and friends more than anyone else.
I agree you hear all kinds of crazy s*** you don't believe all that crazy s*** you hear people say do you.I think of an Irish person found somebody intelligent to talk with they talk with him if they found somebody stupid they'll get away from him easy said.
*every Irish person reads title and clicks to see if he got anything wrong than realises he might be the first person to make a video on RU-vid that is correct*
I'm from the North and I'm as Irish as anyone from the South. Over 50% of the population in the North are fiercely Irish and proud of it. The other % are descended from Britain's plantation of Ulster which took place in the 1600s. They are fiercely British and proud of it. Therein lies the crux of the troubled past on this island. Things were getting better though, until Brexit happened. Now the 'British' people in the North feel betrayed by Britain for 'selling them out' in order to get Brexit done. It's an awful mess. Anyway, both communities are just as friendly and welcoming to tourists as those in the South, so these issues shouldn't concern anyone planning to come here.
If a tradesman says he'll be there tomorrow at ten, he means he might call you the day after that to see if you're ok for next Thursday. He then may show up the Monday after that.
@@christianfreedom-seeker934 If by "quickly" you mean decades, I absolutely agree. Otherwise I'd guess you haven't dealt much with construction contractors. Or you are one.
@@christianfreedom-seeker934 They are so hard to find in parts of Ireland that yu have no choice! BUT I live now on a small offshre island and they are prompt and efficient...The last time they arrived in a helicopter...( NB I am 80 and we are specially provided for)
Im Irish and about 2 years ago a couple of other friends and I went over to Washington state to visit a friend who was working out there. We went into a bar and ordered beer. The waiter went, "Are you guys Irish?", We said yes and he went on ahead. Came back with our drinks, free pints of Guinness for each of us, and the owner of the bar came out and gave us a tour of how they brew their own beer in the back of the bar. He was talking as if we understood the process of brewing beer and then he gave us free drinks for the rest of the evening. If your lucky enough to be Irish then your lucky enough! 😁🇮🇪
That's legit. I got free drinks and shots in an irish pub in Howth when I mentioned I was from seattle, and yeah. we like Irish people here in the states quite a lot.
haha mate, your name literally means "Son of Guinness" and yer man goes straight for it as your free drink. Lol. However free bev, hope ye didn't catch the fear.
Yeah it's strange how we're treated like celebrities in America. We're not 'that' remarkable a people. Certainly not anymore with the way we're letting the eu rape and pillage our country and continuously voting in the same traitors ALL the bloody time. Fighting Irish? They're with O'Leary, in the potholes God love them.
One thing that seems to be always overlooked when someone discovers Gaelic games is that they are amateur sports. The players don't get paid for playing. They all have jobs to go back to on Monday. They are playing and competing for their counties and parishes. For pride. There's no transfer market or drafts. You play for where you are from. Maybe I'm being slightly biased, but Hurling is arguably the greatest sport in the world.
It's interesting he suggested ice-hockey, the fastest sport in the world, because hurling is the second fastest, and fastest field game in the world. And yes, it really is an amazingly exciting sport to watch, particularly now, following the incredible standard set by Cody's ten in a row Kilkenny team.
We are all slightly biased when it comes to most things. Being born and raised a Protestant in the North, we literally weren't allowed to play "fenian" sports. Schools didnt teach it and God forbid you played football (not the English football) or hurling on the estate. (The first time I seen a hurley bat was when I was 12/13 and a Catholic friend showed me his.) Very likely the U.D.A. or U.V.F. would be round to your house in a serious capacity. Not good. It still makes me mad to this day because I feel cheated out of something that is part of my heritage. I would have loved to have a go at hurling. It always looked like the sport of warriors to me. Proper lads playing a proper sport.
@@beakyturf6336 I'm not gonna comment on the 'should' and 'shouldn't' of life up North as I'm as far away from it as can be on this island. But it's sad to hear of an individual feeling like he or she can't pursue an interest because of what side of a line they were born. The things some of us take for granted eh?
i feel like most people know each other in small towns. i live in america but i’m an irish citizen and when i was at a small shop in my dads home town, the clerk heard my american accent and said “ohhhh are you michael’s son? i heard you were in town this week!” I HAD NO CLUE WHO SHE WAS but like everyone knows everyone in both my dads hometown and also in my mums hometown 🇮🇪
You have to find really small towns in America to have that happen it seems. In the town where I grew up in Iowa (with a population around ~300 or so) you couldn't do anything without everyone and their second cousin knowing about it. And whenever someone new moved to town it was like a Community Event lol.
It's not that we don't like Americans it's just the accents and personalities of some seen as though we are below them. We don't all live in little huts sitting by the fire telling stories or getting pissed
james greene bro I don’t think you live in huts and by no means to I think you’re below me. Americans like The Irish. I personally find you interesting and really likable. I also like the way you talk especially your women. I fucking love red heads
@@hawthornetree8188 In all honesty it just seems that the last 2 generations of Irish people for the most part are just stubborn and shut in with their opinions. Now before some brogue wearing knacker sees this and tries to jump down my throat I myself AM Irish, born and raised gCuntaí Liatrioma. Anyway it seems to come down to stubbornness and a lack of willing to open their view so to speak. Close minded would be a good term for it. Hope this answered your question, statement, questament? -shrugs-u
@@mikeb769 Aye, things like James' comment tend to come from close-mindedness and stubbornness to changenopinions and is just generally inherited from the last 2 generations who were.... let's say it is easier.to make a donkey shite gold then change their mind.
Irish person here. Self deprecating humor is the second funniest thing to us. The funniest is the annoying orange America currently has as its president
Things _I_ noticed as an American living in Ireland: 1. You can become best friends with pretty much everyone there. Never met friendlier people in my life...and not in the fake BS way. 2. Not as entitled as Americans. I burned my hand picking up a plate at a buffet breakfast. In the US there would be a lawsuit. In Ireland it's your own damn fault for being an idiot and picking up a hot plate. 3. My ONLY complaint...the plumbing sucked.
Kristin Eileen Sheckler Biondo according to trump though alls y’alls plumbing is fairly shite too! 🤷♀️🤔 It’s never taken me 15 flushes no matters how many hambeders I have eaten
@@HockeyJock That's what I find embarrassing, the amount of bad grammar. I've pointed that out to a few of them here where they are using There instead of Their.
If you go to Ireland don't worry about saying the wrong thing, if your a foreigner they will understand, the Irish are a great people in all parts of Ireland just enjoy your visit.
@@janeybubbles1 no I didnt know this. But from my experience with Irish here in America they seem to be pretty racist. Good to hear they are diversifying things now but u wouldnt feel comfortable there as of yet.
@@playmateoftheyearduh Are Prime minister Is half Indian, 20% of are population are foreign born, I'm 17 and In my year at school out of 120 kids there's probably 20 black kids, what I'm basically trying to say Is there Is a lot of black people and eastern european In the bigger towns and Cities In Ireland and very few people are racist, I'm sorry to hear about what you've went through with Irish americans, but we are completely different people :)
@@420gamermadlad4although 20 out of 120 isn't alot but its actually more than what I expected. that's really good to hear tho I might and good they've got people like you to give your country a much better name 🤗🤗🤗
THANK THE F***ING LORD THAT THIS AMERICAN PERSON DID NOT JUST STRAIGHT UP TALK ABOUT F***ING LUCKY CHARMS!!!!!!!!!! i feel respected as an irish person
The reason that comes up is it use to be a commercial on tv about breakfast cereal back in the 70’s. They played it to death back them. Most younger people don’t know about that.
Barry Werdell my friends father did that and ordered an irish car bomb, needless to say the whole bar stopped and turn around and looked at him (like the music screeching to a stop and everyone stopped what they were doing to look at you cuz you f-ed up) and basically told to not f-ing do that ever again. He was obviously not thinking at the time.
Irish guy here! Great video with a great understanding of our "slang" , also, we all "take the piss" lol,. Sure, if you can't laugh at yourself, who else can you laugh at?
I had the pleasure of knowing an Irishman (from Dublin) when he was in fellowship training for pediatric ophthalmology in the U.S. (about 30 years ago). He was one of the nicest people I've ever met, and a couple of his expressions have stuck with me ever since. He called our boss "Himself," and he called Ireland "The Old Sod." I've been wanting to go there all these years, but sometimes life interferes.
lol yeah in Ireland "himself" or "herself" can refer to anyone generally up the hierarchy, or of note/importance. If you walk into a shop and say "Is himself around"? it'll mean the boss. Ringing a friend's doorbell as a kid, and his mom answers: "Is himself in?" means your friend etc.
I'm from Texas and we don't get snow but we have indoor ice rinks that are air conditioned throughout the year. There's even a San Antonio Rampage Hockey team
The same in England these days...banter taken to extremes with insults that are supposed to be humor....but are insults none the less....easier that being witty I suppose....
An Irish person would never say " you woke up really ugly..... " at least not that way, "roasting" is an unknown form of comedy here, however this was as good a description of Irish people as I have heard!😁 don't think we will ever get this roasting thing!
This is actually one of the best American perspective of Ireland since a lot are just trashy or whatsoever but this is decent. I’m irish myself so I’m pleased to watch these facts generally being correct.
The Americans are actually really nice and friendly. The first American I met introduced me into an investment plan which I have benefited massively from.
All these government jobs and other private owned organizations aren't dependable anymore. We noticed it during this global pandemic, unemployment rate increased rapidly
'If your in the south don't talk about the north, and if your in the north just don't talk about the south' 😂😂Solid advice, most of us are still somewhat bitter the country is separated 😅
As a born n bread Irish dude , I'm over the moon about this video, finally a good insight for other Americans to fully understand our culture . well explained man!
sorry sean not everyone in ireland comes from the back arse of cork, drinks bulmers with ice and listens to mumford & sons. Some people in the younger irish generation tend to take influence from other cultures especially with the rising popularity of american music on this island, dude
Sean Drea I’ve been to Ireland. I love it and it’s people. I made friends every night I was there. I’m planning on going back April of next year. I can’t wait.
Americans talking about ireland: Its really green and theres rainbows and leprechauns Irish people taking about ireland: Rainy and nackers everywhere Edit: ok everyone, this is completely a joke and was not intended to offend anyone, I have read all of the comments and yall dont need to fight in the comments Everyone havs their own thoughts and beliefs and personally I think that this is just a funny comment on a video, not intended to hurt anyone
Contrary to popular belief, ireland is home to leprechauns. However we done call them leprechauns. They dont live on the end of a rainbow. And they dont own a pot of gold. We call them travelers, They live on roundabouts, And they will probably steal ur dog.
Best pubs and restaurants are in the rural areas. Most look like dumps from the outside BUT the drinks, quality of food and characters you'll bump into will make it all an A1 experience to remember.
The reason alot of Irish people don't particularly like Americans in general is due to most Americans we meet being very loud and in our faces and constantly going on about how they are "half Irish, quarter Irish, eighth irish" or "their grannies cousins aunties friends dog was from Ireland" like we really don't care😂 I know alot aren't like this, but these kind of Americans tarnish our views
Hi! I see how that can be annoying about us. But in terms of age we are a VERY young country compared to yours and many more. So I think why we say that has to do with "American" not being an actual ethnicity in our minds. We take pride in the places our ancestors came from. We love Ireland! I hope that makes sense. I get what you are saying 100%! I think it's weird qhen I actually step back and think about it but to us it means a lot. We are culturally rooted to our origins.
That's funny. The stuff you said, knocking people who are trying to strike up conversation by mentioning that they're part Irish? Knocking them for being excited about visiting your country? Those kind of Irish people tarnish my view of the whole lot.
Everyone belongs somewhere. They're just trying to connect to us and fit in and hopefully be welcomed and accepted by their fellow relations and enjoy the feckin place lol. You have to remember that alot of Irish moved to America back in the day. So most Americans that say that they're half/quarter/eighth or whatever Irish are in fact right. American is a lot different to Ireland because it's huge! People aren't as (Find the correct word for me here) as Irish people, which is fine and ok because that's the way you have to be over there to survive and thrive haha.
We visited Ireland with friends and I will say that is hands down the most favorite country I have had the fortune to visit. I could not believe how warm, friendly, helpful and genuine the people are. The runner up is Italy. I am American and I can only wish we could find peace here.
@@lryan110458 kind off, the roughness of the sport is similar, but it is played on a MUCH bigger field, different scoring, etc. And your knuckles and shins will be black and blue by the end of the match.
I had a Grandmother from Cork. The only time she ever got mad was when I asked her, back in the 70's, "What's going on in Northern Ireland?" She said it's non of my F'n business and stay the F out of it. I was like, hey I was just asking because it was all over the news back then. Wasn't like I was going to join the IRA or anything or even make a donation to the IRA. She did use the word rubbish quite a bit.
It's quite sensitive, kinda like the Us Civil War. Asking someone from the Republic about the troubles is like asking someone from the south about the Civil War.
@@COOLMCDEN Youngfella is one word, and a woman is pronounced yer wan......did ya hear about yer wan? So I did, such scandal.......jaysus I was mortified.
@@Sweeneytv You are though in fairness. You were quite comprehensive as time would allow, insightful, tactful and really 'get it' - the craic that is!! You must have been staying with a good bunch too I'd say., credit to them too. Good man, new subscriber here
Well America is very very diverse, so stereotyping all of America is really ridiculous. I have never met a fellow American who says I can’t stand the Irish? Most of us understand that every Irishman/Irishwoman has their own personality. I don’t understand why I see so much hate from the Irish on us Americans.
Another thing about the GAA sports is that the players aren’t payed at all so it is truly that you are playing for your own county so it makes it way better.
Ok I just have to say I’m Irish and I think you explained Ireland so well I think if you want to know a bit about Ireland to watch this video your video is 100% Irish approved
"If you want to know a bit about Ireland...watch this video" she says in the comments section. He needs advertising m'lady, billboards, TV cameos, radio mentions, the Superbowl... Christ, the COMMENTS SECTION!!
Sarah Thomas Except it clearly isn’t when he speaks about the North and South as being two separate fucking countries entirely when - like it or not - the North has more in common with the South than it does ‘the rest of the UK’. Not to mention he thinks people from North and South don’t speak to or about eachother. Completely misguided video and you sound like a tit for agreeing with it.
Am well im entitled to my opinion just as well as u r to urs. Just coz thats your opinion it doesn't means its right. I respect ur opinion but u don't have to be rude about it and u should respect mine too. Its probably his first time in Ireland, so how would he know everything about it? If it was your first time in America u would hardly know everything about america and its history. Obviously its not gonna be 100% accurate but I just pointed out that its pretty close. Im not gonna keep arguing with u because guess what? Im above this and I don't have time for people that have nothing nice to say. Say whatever you want but just know u WILL NOT be respected if u keep going like this.
Comprehension skills @@Pmccaff2009 ..... He said don't talk about it, not *they* don't talk about it. In other words if a person doesn't understand the politics then don't talk about. You are pretty much a walking example of why.
Saying a IRA joke in any Irish pub is a sucide in disguise Also don't go up to people in belfast when there having a bad time when and say sorry for your troubles....just don't.
@@loodytheleprican3079 why so , is people more sensitive Tipperary Town then rest of Ireland , I cant see they did any thing for the people doing the Bloody sunday in Derry or internment of the irish people during the 70s
@@missingwords6723 It seems to me looking from the outside that N-Ireland want to stay part of the UK perhaps not the country but the politicians there and not be part of the Rep. of Ireland.
Ron Weasley That's not a joke, what's thank ya? I never heard that, here's something really stupid the British monarchy is German and Brits give them money from their wages ?? At lease mine was honest .
random person They only changed their name to Windsor after WW1 because the name of the bombs had the royal families name on it , same name as the German Royal family 😱 If you live with Irish doesn't make you Irish 📸✌️.
"the hood" = the American hood, duh. It was a counter to the assertion that American's don't use the expression at all. But okay, we get it, there are no poor areas in Irealand, lol.
Char Day Except he hasn’t got a fucking clue about Irish history or the fact the North is just as much part of Ireland as the South is - even the most idiotic American knows that.
Idk if anyone else has commented it but the 2 things that bug us most about Americans is the mispronunciation of Irish names/surnames, and the unavoidable conversation when we go to America... the one where you hear our accents, ask if were Irish, we confirm that were Irish, then you say "Oh! Im Irish too!", and were like "Really?", and then you harp on about your great, great, great, great, great grandmother that came over 2 centuries ago.
id say the cork accent is hardest to understand and then i would be the north. also you say "your man" if its a guy and you say "your won" if its a girl
I remember as a kid in the 1950s, visiting Americans loved to tell us how much better America was and how poverty did not exist in The States. It became super annoying when they brought their Cadillacs over and tried to fit in our roads. This was in contradistinction to Canadians who didn't talk too much about home. These early tourists certainly helped form our family impressions of Americans that lasted until the 1960s when we first visited their country.
tea and biscuits?? come to my house you will get breakfeast.. dinner.. lunch.. supper.. tea in between all of those and hot whiskeys at night with bags of taytos... and you can not say no.
am saying all these spuds making fun of irish Americans and saying they're not real irish is so ignorant. Nobody stayed in Ireland by choice. No person in the history of Ireland is more famous or respected than the Irish American President John F Kennedy. NOBODY! And IRISH AMERICAN CULTURE has a lot more flavor than Irish culture. WE BUILT New York City!!!!!!!!!! We built AMERICA. We went through so much racism in America and over came so much hatred and these spud eating Micks wanna act like WE AREN'T IRISH ENOUGH???? Lastly why would ANYBODY be jealous or being an Irish Citizen??????????? What is there to be jealous of??????? And if you kept it real in Ireland you'd be speaking Irish not English but you bent over for those bad tooth brits.
@@bigcarlo2882 there's nothing to be jealous of. There's no problem with having Irish heritage but when you say that makes you Irish is were the problem is. I'm also surprised at how many Americans fake being Irish. I'm not explaining how we know but it's like a Radar with the ability to detect them 😂. Also what do you mean "nobody stayed in ireland by choice" that's a ridiculous comment and makes no sense. John f Kennedy is never talked about in Ireland, yes maybe he is part irish (I don't know, i never researched it) but all most people here know is that he was an American President. You weren't the only one that went through racism, signs in English shops said stuff like "no dogs,no smoking, no Irish" And what's the reason for that? Because Winston Churchill couldn't get over that Irish people didn't wanna be English. we were in famine and the crown rejected any help coming from foreign nations but thankfully America and other countries took alot of immigrants which we are thankful for.... So stop getting triggered it's just banter ffs. Also you're right we would be speaking Irish if it wasn't for them.
As an Irish person, I have a very narrow view on people if you could put it that way as in I don’t like a lot of other country’s people because of the stereotypes they put on my country but I can say that this guy was very respected by me and if he shows the same respect for us as he does in the video he will be respected by fellow Irishmen too so good on ya
As an Irish person i can safely say that this video is extremely accurate. However in the North of Ireland you don’t necessarily have to avoid mentioning the south of Ireland, the north is commonly split into two religions (Protestant and Catholic), and usually Catholics would see Ireland all as the one country and class themselves as just ordinary Irish, whereas Protestants would usually class themselves as Northern Irish or just British, its mostly Protestants who wouldn’t want anything to do with the South (Only depending on who you’re talking to of course, some don’t mind at all). Another thing is that we definitely do not hate America, most Irish people would most likely tell you that their most hated country is England, the reason being because of the history between the two countries, again that kind of refers back to the whole Catholic and Protestant thing, however most of that hatred has thankfully passed, but it isn’t completely gone. Theres some really good history behind it all, i would really advise anyone that doesn’t know about it to do some research on it as the worst of it only happened from the 1970’s-1990’s which isn’t really that long ago, that time was known as “The Troubles”
I found that to be my experience, too! When I visited Ireland, they were so friendly and were some of the only foreign people I met who were interested in America.
Its not well known but I read somewhere on the internet that an Irish immagrant in Newfoundland invented ice hockey by playing hurling on ice when he was bored
This was actually the most accurate American perspective on Ireland video I've ever seen :P We do in fact take the piss out of people, but pants are trousers unless you are English. Ice hockey is also something I've always want to try...
I'm English, living in Ireland. My kids no longer call trousers trousers, since being in school in Ireland they call them "pants" because that's what their friends call them. I've adjusted to calling your underwear, "underpants" or "knickers" (in the case of girls) I don't think the Irish hate Americans but Americans in Ireland behave like they're on holiday...because they are and this can sometimes be either amusing or irritating. (For example, we often have Americans stop to take photos of our house!!?) Overall I think this is an articulate and thoughtful video... Hurling is the fastest ball sport in the world, ice hockey wouldn't compare even if we did have ice. Also, my kids call football "soccer" and they call Gaelic football "Gaelic" and 'football' is known as "American football" although it doesn't often/rarely comes into a conversation
Ireland does have Ice hockey. There is a team in Belfast, Northern Ireland who has players such as Theo Fleury and Kevin Westgarth. The team is called the Belfast Giants, there is also a a lot of recreational teams in the Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The rink up Belfast has hosted NCAA, the Boston Bruins and the world championships division 1B. There is two rinks in whole of Ireland and they are both in Belfast.
Yeah the giants play in the eihl not the ahl or nhl which is maybe why he didn't know but I'm suprised he didn't hear about the Belfast giants if he was down in Northern Ireland they're pretty well talked about and have quite a lot of huge fans including myself 😂😂😂
Matty Carleton You do realise a United Ireland is not only more inevitable now because of Brexit - but has been overwhelmingly in public demand for the past 3 years? You may aswell get use to dropping the word ‘Northern’ now mate as it won’t be around much longer. Uneducated Clown.
I lived in Ireland for 10 years. The Irish people are highly educated compared to Americans. Several of my siblings went to School in Ireland. Any Irish High School Grad, (what they call Secondary School) could win a debate with any American College Graduate. I have maintained all my friendships for over 30 years.
@@clovers-zi5fe Your statement "It ain't like that" is about the Writing Level of a 3rd Grader. Perhaps you should purchase 2 books a Thesaurus to enhance your limited language abilities and a book on English Grammar. After many years of hard work you may sound like an intelligent and educated individual. I resided in Ireland for 10 years you have never been there I stand by my statement.
@@teresafoster5818 Sweetheart, this is RU-vid, not the halls of Oxford. I have a master's in organizational leadership, lived in four European countries and traveled to 32 worldwide. You're not communicating with some local yokel from an Arkansas trailer park. And if you actually lived in Ireland and got out beyond its city walls, you'd know there exists folks just like the local yokels from an Arkansas trailer park.
