Like I've said before. While many Europeans think they have all the answers to America's problems, Ireland does not think that way. There are very close ties between the US and Ireland
@@ericweiler6571 Thank you for having that mentality. I hate when Europeans hate on us mostly with the idea of being world police, but when danger breaks out they get mad or wonder why the Americans aren’t involved.
Im Native American and i always liked the Irish. Im Navajo and wanted to say thank you for helping our tribe during Covid. One of my aunts was married to a Irishman. He had a cool accent.
@@1916TheMan wait on did navajo help the irish during the famines ? ive never heard of this.. russia did,, the ottoman empire did.. hmmm.. but navajo ive never heard of this?
@@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 yes their ancestors did hence why there is a monument in Ireland out of respect of them people it's in drogheda a simple Google will tell you this and the Queen at the time stopped half the donations so less than half got through if you really want to get technical
@@1916TheMan oh, no i beleive you are very mistaken (and google will tell you this) at the time of the famine the navajo were still in conflict with the us government. It was the choctaw- a tribe related to the cherokee that donated money, not the navajo, native americans were a diverse range of cultures just like the verity in like europe, some nomads some settled people, some with governments some small bands.. , the choctaw and the navajo are two entirely different cultures.... 😉
Wait, hold on. This is a group of friendly, genuine people talking about Americans being friendly and genuine. I was really struck that they could be describing themselves! Great video, loved it.
I'm a Brazilian living in Germany. When I got here, I met an American person. I felt like I met a friend. I know you are very different from us, but here I feel better having Americans around. I have American friends I met in my hometown and I really like them. I can say that I like Americans. :)
I love how the long haired fella touched on how America is like 6 different countries but we all speak the same language, but with different dialect and slang is dramatically different
I love that the Irish love us Americans, we love you as well. I would like to dispel one thing from this video, there are a tremendous amount of Irish descendants here in the states and they have very strong family ties to Ireland. Grandparents and great grandparents born in Ireland passed the love of their native land to the next generations. Irish should embrace this connection, encourage it whenever possible. Ireland is in American culture, rooted very deeply and should be celebrated. I cant wait to go back to Ireland
Being a Chicago native i can tell you the Chicago accent is heavily influenced by west coast Irish immigrants as well as Irish culture during the great depression when the immigrants moved to Chicago from the rural areas
@@Jamie-gm1wm (obscene?) Is it really that offensive for someone to claim Irish heritage? I am truly trying to understand why some Irish don’t like the idea of Americans of Irish decent being proud of that fact. Irish law allows citizenship if a person had grandparents that were born in Ireland.
@@Jamie-gm1wm well if you think about the numbers it makes sense.1.5 million left during the great hunger. In my family alone great great grandpa and grandma left with all 13 children. My grandfather was one of 8 children. So if you assume that the other 13 children had 8 children each that amounts to a lot of people and thats just one family. Granted Americans love a party and there are many people out celebrating on St Patrick's day that are not of Irish heritage but millions are
If I met an Irish person visiting the US, I might mention I had a few Irish ancestors, but would never claim to be Irish. I am proud to be American. This was a fun video and these people seem friendly and genuine.
Same. I'm not gonna claim that I'm scottish, but if 40% of my DNA comes from Scotland and I've gone as far back as my 16th great grandfather I'm not gonna act like I got a blank slate the moment my ancestors moved to America.
Love the Irish..I'm a Mohawk Indian and love how us natives and the Irish have looked out for each other in the past.. Guess we recognize that we have shared oppressors and a love for the drink!!
I don't know if this is true or not but i use to have neighbors that were natives and they told me stories passed down from their ancestors of a small group of Irish and Scottish outcast especially Scottish that help them fight the english centuries ago. I don't know the whole story all i heard from them was this was in the 1600s and that they help a few tribes fought off the English before they took to the seas again. All i know was that the hated the British with a burning passion and would constantly help some natives and even freeing some slaves of the English They said their ancestors never forgot their help and their kindness toward them and helping them without wanting anything in return as long as they got to fight the English.
I respect native Indians. in famine times they have helped us and we don't forget even before I knew anything about them I felt a connection and can't explain it
@@woundedwarrior8916 This American lad with Irish ancestry on my parents side both thank you. On my Father's side his mother's mom came during the potato famine from County Clare and her last maiden name was Boland.🇮🇪
In the last two years I've been all over the continent and the UK. By FAR the Irish people were the most happy to see Americans. Thank you, I had a lovely time in Dublin, Belfast and Galway.
I lived in Ireland for a year on a working holiday visa, and most of the people were like this - so friendly and awesome. It felt so nice to visit a country where you felt welcomed, and many people I met were eager to tell me about family they have here or places they've visited. I also felt that it really wasn't that huge a culture gap either. I love Ireland dearly!
The girl saying Halloween and st patricks day being commercialized is very true.. im Mexican American and the whole Cinco de Mayo is funny to us bc us Mexicans don’t really celebrate it like the Americans do 😂
I'm education myself about Europe and have an interest in history. Any Irish want to give a brief "run down" on this. I live on the other side of the world and had no clue Halloween traditions originated in Ireland (going to double-check this myself) and thought that a leprechaun for St Patrick's day was legit. I know the States has quite a bit of Irish history due to immigrants/migrants escaping poverty from the potato famine.
I think there is sort of a misunderstanding between Irish people and us Irish Americans. when people from Ireland talk about being Irish their talking about national Identity when Irish Americans say they are Irish they mean an ethnic identity which is weird to a lot of people in Europe who don't come from an immigrant nation like the US and Canada where there surrounded by all kinds of people with different ethnic origins and people are just looking for a way to stand out and to hold on to their heritage so that it doesn't become forgotten. I'm Irish American meaning that my ancestors came to America not from England or Germany but from Ireland but I don't at all see myself as being Irish in a national sense in that sense I'm 100% American . I think this ticks some Irish people off who think that were trying to say we are the same as them and of course we not but we do have a shared heritage.
Its kind of sad. I have a lot of friends in Ireland and with them I noticed most of my friends there only go to the coasts. There is more to the USA. I'm from Chicago and Chicago has a great Irish community.
I'm from Ireland and have been to only Florida and Vegas. And returning to Florida this year. Would love to see New York , Chicago, Boston and some other states like Michigan, Iowa, Idaho , Tennesse etc. Something looks so different than your commercialised states.
@@gridone769 i think you would love Chicago. There is so much to see and do in Chicago and great food. A days drive from Chicago takes you to Lake Superior which has beautiful scenery. You would want to go up there in summer it can get really cold there.
@@gridone769 come to Utah if you want to see something you have never seen before. We have 5 major National parks. They are Arches and Canyon Land, in Moab UT; Bryce Canyon in Bryce UT; Capitol Reef, in Torrey UT; and Zion in Springdale UT. Not to mention that Arches is just a 2 hour drive from the amazing sights at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. They have amazing Anasazi cliff dwellings. It's fascinating. These areas are like visiting a beautiful alien landscape. Also all not that far from The Grand Canyon in Arizona. Best time for someone from Ireland to visit these parks is March through May. The heat would be difficult in summertime. Temps are generally 95 to 105F+ then. Autumn would be good, but winter months can have snow and bad driving conditions.
As an American, after watching this video, I am so proud of my Irish ancestry. I can not wait to get to Ireland for a visit. You are such lovely people. Love you here in the States!
@@gringopapi8058 But if you have Irish ancestry, how can they expect you to deny that? It not like you were saying you were Irish, but just of Irish decent!🤨
Irish people sometimes don’t really fully-appreciate or lose sight of the fact that Americans are referring to their ethnicity and cultural background when they speak of themselves as being Irish and that they are not trying to claim to be Irish in the same way as someone who was actually born and bred here. It’s just a slight disconnect in the way Americans and Irish speak about the subject and understand each other in that context. Genuinely though, I wouldn’t worry about it in the slightest - Irish people are well used to this aspect of how Irish-Americans express themselves and, at worst, it usually gives rise to nothing more than a little jovial ribbing. At the end of the day most of us understand fully how important heritage is to Americans and we also value greatly our cultural and historic connections to the U.S. and its people.
Finally...a video of foreigners actually speaking nicely about Americans... they actually seem like truly good young people. I can't wait to visit there.
Loved video! Most Americans over 40 actually know some history and know you are separate from England. Also..we just grew up saying " I'm half German half irish....my great grandparents came from Poland..etc" We mean no harm....its just that we know our heritage came from other parts of the world but we are also Americans....if that makes any sense? I totally understand what yall mean though💕 Please look at it this way...Americans love sharing where their ancestors came from. For instance....my great grandparents didnt migrate here until 1900. That's only 122 years ago. We dont know any different...its just always been like this here. It's gratitude not shameful if I make any sense. Most of us truly love yall and enjoy learning about history and traditions from other countries❤💋
The plastic Paddy thing is so true though. I'm Irish living in America now and the amount of people that have told me they're Irish in unreal. Also had multiple people tell me Saint Patricks day originated in America. That was a good laugh the first time I heard that one.
I do believe there are more Irish people in American than there are in Ireland. I was offended by the plastic paddy comment. I'm really proud of my German ancestry. I know I'm not a German but my origins are German. It's probably not easy to understand if you're not an American.
I'm in Philly and we have a lot of "Irish" -Americans but to me, you aren't X-American unless you're born elsewhere and moved here. To me, you're just American. Yes your heritage is Irish, Italian, Nigerian, Korean, etc. but your grandparents were X, not you. Anyway, I dated a guy from Ireland (Northern if it matters) and this boiled his blood something fierce lol He was the first person I'd ever heard use the term "plastic paddies" so your comment gave me a great giggle.
@@lennybuttz2162 Darlin I'm pretty sure if there are more Irish decendants here it's just because the Brits tried to starve the actual Irish out. The numbers don't mean anything in that regard. America is it's own oddly unique thing. Of course you can be proud of your heritage (I'd never say not to), but at the end of the day, you're more American than German and that's okay! Just my opinion of course
@@shahana_style The only real Americans are the Native Americans the rest of us are children of immigrants. I am certain if you went into an Irish pub in American and told all those Irish Immigrants they weren't really Irish you'd need to be carried out of that pub. If you're not American you can't understand so STFU. Darlin
At 12:12 she said the realist observation out of everything, the system is still the same. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. That is something we can all agree on!!
“Plastic Paddies” LOL! Never heard that one before but she’s right. We all brag about our Irish ancestry. Hopefully the Irish also take some pride though how we all feel that Ireland is important to us. I’ve loved my trips to Ireland and love the people we’ve met.
I am Welsh, Scottish, Celt , Anglo-Saxon Viking and English. To claim you are Irish just just doesn't make sense. Maybe one of your ancestors was born in Ireland so..
@@simonpowell2559 Sorry friend, but not many people feel the urge to associate with the other countries you mentioned.. Also, if you can prove Irish heritage, you get Irish citizenship..
@@cliddily to a certain extent. You have to have at least 1 parent or grandparent have Irish citizenship. If you are 7 generations deep, i'm sorry but you are SOL unless you move to Ireland and get it through residency.
@@simonpowell2559 I was born in America with a clear Irish Last name. My great grandparents on my moms side were from Limerick and my dad's parents were raised by Irish parents from Munster Ireland. My ancestry proved that I am 99% Irish Heritage. I came from a predominant long line of Irish Lineages. I resent the term "plastic Paddies" if used uncarefully because my bloodlines tried to retain tradition and honor to our lineage and Ancestry despite leaving from Famine & War. Some Irish need to understand American born are not all faking being Irish for some sort of display but out of being raised to know our family History,DNA,and Culture (before America even existed). My family lineage had 11 castles on my dads side alone in Ireland. Territory marked with my last name, the graves of my ancestors and the blood they shed that I share. I'd be damned before someone called me a plastic paddy without disrespecting my family. My grandma Eleanor Ryan spoke fluent Gaeilge and carried the traditions on such as sewing. I live in America where people who come from China are still respected as Chinese by their families, where Mexicans are still respected as Mexicans when American, Where Indians are still respected as Indians when in America, so tell me those who provoke "plastic paddies" insults carelessly, What do you call Irish blood when displaced and moved to America through Famine and War? IRISH. Which coincidentally, is why I get discriminated against in the SW, because I am Irish which makes me a minority here. Sucks when your own Irish Roots don't care to claim their missing descendants. My bloodline didn't fight for me to be mocked.
This I copied and pasted from Qora...but there are many similar stories (a comment from and Irish...I'm Scots by the way) "To be brutally honest, I don’t think we think of them very often, and if we do it’s with mild amusement at their various delusions. For example. I recently met an Irish-American in my local while enjoying a glass of Belfast Porter. He was wearing a polo shirt and a great pair of Black Watch tartan trews. And he was loud, explained that his family had emigrated to the US before it was the US. Told me I should be ashamed of myself for serving in an army that had been so beastly to his relations. Was a bit flummoxed when I pointed out that he was wearing the uniform trousers of a unit specifically raised to harass the Gael. actually we were enjoying the craiq and he told me his name and where he thought he came from. That gave me a bit of pause, so, it being a wet day and with nothing much to do, I invited him home to take a look at a house built before the US existed. once there and with a bit of googgling I was able to demonstrate that his Irish ancestors were not down trodden Catholics, but were good Presbyterian Ulster Scots who far from escaping from the beastly Brits were wealthy economic migrants. I think it broke his heart not to be able to sing rebel songs authentically any more".
I’m a fifth generation Texan and both sides of my family are from Irish/Scotland/England (we call it the old country). I love to hear all of these accents. Our bluegrass music and some of our food come from my ancestors! I wish I could go over there and meet any of our family!!
They mentioned in the video the fact that Americans keep bringing the subject of ancestry to any conversation with foreigners. I'm Brazilian and really love to talk about my ancestry. I think Europeans just don't understand that. Our countries in American continent are not that old. We like to know where we came from. And I'm proud of all my ancestors. I'm proud to have Portuguese, Nigerian, Native American, Jewish, Dutch, Italian and Scandinavian heritage.
@@igormedeiros8021 I agree 100%. Our country is still fairly young and we are such a melting pot, it’s nice to consider where we came from and that so many of those cultures shaped how our generations have changed and also stayed the same!!
@@igormedeiros8021 we’re not so bothered about Americans having an interest in their ancestry it’s when they claim to be from a country they weren’t born in and their family haven’t lived in for generations let alone visited. I was born on the south coast of England my family within 5 generations have moved from the north to wales to the east coast of England before coming down to the south. In that time a Scot and an Italian having been in the family. But I am still English to the day I die.
@@simonpowell2559 not surprised mate my last name is danish probably from when the Dane’s invaded the Saxons all those years ago. No Englishman is a true Englishman because we move around too much however we do not claim to be anything else because we are proud to be English.
As an American of Irish descent I appreciated viewing these clips. I've been fortunate to visit my family in County Kerry a few times & experience their culture which in many ways had been embedded in me. My grandparent's emigrated here to the U.S. in the 1920's 4:23 The squirrels are so aggressive 😁 9:40 "That Sh_T is unbelievable" & 10:04 Chik Fil A is a big hit in the Emerald Isle 😅
"Everyone's quite friendly - kind of like Irish people I think". I believe the Irish immigrants influenced the friendly nature of the American personality quite a bit.
You can definitely tell that some of the younger people (and this is probably true globally) get their new stereotypes and assumptions of the states from social media. Super interesting imo
I wish that any of these people in this video who may come to the U.S. would visit the countryside, not the big cities. The Southern Tier in New York, as well as many rural areas in New York, are very beautiful. The rural areas are where they would find kind and humble people, much like themselves. Not the rich. Too many people think that New York is all like New York City. It's very different. I have ancestors originating from Cavan, Monaghan, and Waterford, and my most loved hobby is searching for my living family members there.
just from listening to these people, especially the younger ones, they seem offended when someone from outside Ireland or Scotland expresses their heritage from either country. Now I realize that people from Ireland and Scotland are very proud people and rightly so but much of America has ancestors from both countries and is very proud of their heritage. I do believe just as in America other countries take a lot of their heritage for granted for one reason or another. Just because someone expresses their heritage doesn't mean they think they are Irish or Scot, it's just that they are proud, I would think it would be a compliment. I've always heard the Scots and Iris were very direct and not easily offended, which I like a lot. I am very proud of my Scot/Irish heritage. I don't see what the tift is with some Scots or Irish when someone talks about their distant ties to Scotland and Ireland.
After reading several comments about us English. I can't help feeling that it's Americans paranoia. Maybe the leg pulling, piss taking is something you just don't get. Look at it this way, if you put yourselves up as a big target 🎯. We can't resist having a shot. We all love you guys, If it makes you feel better, I travelled the States coast to coast. Met the most kind, friendly, generous people you could ever wish to meet. And I am happy to tell everyone that. But I love to "bash" then, because it's so easy.
I work at a company that actually buys a lot of equipment from Ireland and we had a bunch of Irish people there for a few weeks to set up new equipment and they were so polite and loved asking us about america and what life was like for us here its was very lovely.
This "Plastic Paddy" thing is such a load of crap. I really don't get it and to be honest I'd never heard the expression until I returned to Ireland after living in the States for almost 30 years. Why would you get your knickers in a twist over someone claiming their Irishness, when in reality all they are doing is declaring pride for their heritage. Personally, it warms my heart when I meet someone who tells me " I'm Irish too", eventhough they say so with a distinct American accent. Who am I to steal their thunder? Their heritage, their roots are as important to them, as mine is to me. So for all you American born folks who proudly claim your Irish connection, I say, tá fáilte romhat.
Thank you!!! I was born in America with a clear Irish Last name. My great grandparents on my moms side were from Limerick and my dad's parents were raised by Irish parents from Munster Ireland. My ancestry proved that I am 99% Irish Heritage. I came from a predominant long line of Irish Lineages. I resent the term "plastic Paddies" if used uncarefully because my bloodlines tried to retain tradition and honor to our lineage and Ancestry despite leaving from Famine & War. Some Irish need to understand American born are not all faking being Irish for some sort of display but out of being raised to know our family History,DNA,and Culture (before America even existed). My family lineage had 11 castles on my dads side alone in Ireland. Territory marked with my last name, the graves of my ancestors and the blood they shed that I share. I'd be damned before someone called me a plastic paddy without disrespecting my family. My grandma Eleanor Ryan spoke fluent Gaeilge and carried the traditions on such as sewing. I live in America where people who come from China are still respected as Chinese by their families, where Mexicans are still respected as Mexicans when American, Where Indians are still respected as Indians when in America, so tell me those who provoke "plastic paddies" insults carelessly, What do you call Irish blood when displaced and moved to America through Famine and War? IRISH. Which coincidentally, is why I get discriminated against in the SW, because I am Irish which makes me a minority here. Sucks when your own Irish Roots don't care to claim their missing descendants. My bloodline didn't fight for me to be mocked.
As a born and bred Irishman, I agree with your comment 100%. And I too am quite proud of all our American cousins who continue to value their heritage and origins in Ireland. To be fair, though, I think the girl in the video might have misused the term “Plastic Paddy”. I at least have never heard the phrase used to refer to someone just because they claim to be Irish despite being born and bred in a different county. My understanding has always been that “Plastic Paddy’” is a reference to people who represent themselves as Irish in a way that is based upon stereotypes that are not true to life or indeed to representations of what an Irish person is like that is stereotypical but not accurate. For example, the often rolled out phrase: “top of the morning to ya” is not something that any Irish person ever says other than to be deliberately farcical or to take the piss. And, indeed, I don’t believe it is a phrase that has ever been widely used historically by people in Ireland. So when someone not from Ireland says to an Irish person “top of the morning to ya” in a non-ironic way, Irish people will regard that person as being a Plastic Paddy.
I'm amazed nobody mentioned the gun violence (over 400 mass shootings so far this year & that's not counting individual deaths) & also how divided America is now. I've been to America 5 times. Lovely people there. Amazing scenery & nature.
Most of Americans are descendants of the Irish, English, Italian, and the French. Give Max them all together and made us what we are. The large cities are not indicative of who we are as people
I have always wanted to visit ireland, I am not Irish, but I always felt like from everything I have seen, that I would fit in more there than anywhere else in europe.
They are ON it. It's wonderful to see citizens from other countries can see through the bureaucratic BS and political and economic injustices we are ALL affected by.
They definitely should try our Chik-fil-a!!! Best Southern fried chicken.. other than my Mawmaw’s. And, a lot of us Southerner’s do come from Irish, Scottish, or English decent. My grandmother is Irish, she passed down her red, naturally curly hair down to my youngest daughter. You should come out and see more of the rural areas.. visit Nacogdoches, Texas:)
Honestly they sound pretty southern to me there's a few words here and there that let me know they are Irish but I definitely think they influenced our accent here in the south
@DS I guess it's the same thing everywhere, in Ireland we love getting praised for being a welcoming country. I think with some of the larger countries they may have a jealousy to America being so powerful, while in Ireland we look with affection on alot of the eccentricities in America
I’m Irish and as a people we have a long historical relationship with America that most people over here value. People will have all sorts of views and opinions on various aspects of American society, politics, media etc. but for the most part people in Ireland tend to be very fond of the Americans we know and meet.
When we say that we're Irish it's due to our ancestry and not nationality. My surname is Ferrell yet I'm 59% English and 9% Irish with American citizenship. As far as I've been able to trace back, we've been here since the 1600s.
I have no Irish blood in me I am American I have been to Ireland 6 times And it is awesome All my brothers and sisters that I have metAnd are still there free Ireland From a American nationalist
When people say that they want to go "see" America... it's not something that can be experienced in a week. Most Americans haven't traveled throughout the majority of their own country. It's that big.
