History Summarized: Ireland
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While the rest of Europe was flailing aimlessly through the Dark Ages, Ireland was both preserving the ancient world and setting the stage for the Medieval Period. Then England showed up.
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Fun fact: One of the groups to come to Ireland's aid during the Potato Famine was the Native American Choctaw Nation. Fresh off their own atrocity of the Trail of Tears, the Choctaw sent food aid and advisors to Ireland to help feed a fellow oppressed people and develop more sustainable farming methods so that such a calamity might not happen again. A Choctaw embassy was even established in Dublin and today there is a monument to the Choctaw and the help they gave to the Irish.
sirrliv I remember a couple years ago the Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) visited the Choctaw people during a diplomatic tour around the US. It was his first stop and he publicly thanked the Choctaw for their great showing of compassion even to those who’s descendants took part in taking and settling Choctaw land. It was a cool moment.
People say they landed in a town near Cork City called Midleton which I love very near. That's why we have 'The Feathers' which is these large metal feathers and look very nice. I don't know how true it is but that's what people say is the reason they are there.
@@alexmcbride7563 didnt the ottomans send food too ?
@@firstlast-pq1tx Well, they try. And as the Queen forbid them to do, they had to do some smuggling to pass their food aid XD
That is one beutiful piece of history. It say much about human ability to empathize due to similar experiences, and seeing compassion despite such vastly different athnical and cultural backgrounds always make me happy.
My favorite Irish joke: "Hey stranger, before we become friends, I need to know. Are you Catholic or Protestant?" "I'm an atheist, actually." "Okay... but are you a Catholic atheist or a Protestant atheist?"
natkatmac did you know you actually CANT exit the catholic church ever even if you are an atheist so it is actually possible to be a catholic atheist lol
Eldy yeah it's annoying
@@ZenLeee what to do you mean, explain
thats not a joke i have literally been asked this
Also Dara O'Brien's joke: "Now I don't believe in God or Religion or any of that sort of stuff. I'm still Catholic though!"
Additionally, Ireland has started a scholarship system for Choctaw students to welcome them to study in some of our third level colleges. They receive their fees paid and a €10,000 stipend. Ireland and the Choctaws have a really powerful and positive relationship with each other, it’s very beautiful.
Also last year, crediting the Choctaw relationship for inspiring them, Ireland donated €2.5 million euro to the Hopi and Navajo tribes during coronavirus struggles.
Fun Fact: The U.S. government denied proper aid for two native american groups during the height of the COVID Pandemic and Ireland caught wind of this and raised several million dollars to help the Navajo and Hopi tribes as a thank you for the $170 raised by the Choctaw during the famine. There is definitely a special bond between the Irish and Native Americans. I am half Anishinaabe and Half Irish so I go by Irishinaabe. I visited Ireland back in 2015 and was welcomed with open arms everywhere I went. I hope to go back again one day.
I’m very proud of my people to help out others.. we know how hard it can be.. very happy you were welcomed my friend.. be sure to come back and have a point of the black stuff.. I’m from co.Meath :) all the best from Australia 🇦🇺
Haha, Irishinaabe. That's good.
Nice
Yeah I went and traced my geneology and found out it basically encompasses the British Isles So since this is the history side of OSP and we know the early relations the British had with Ireland and Scotland, and keep in mind this is really more of a joke than you know, self-loathing, I basically hate myself
(Not so) fun fact: The population of Ireland is still lower than it was before the Great Famine. That's how devastating it was.
Blew my mind when I found this out a while ago. Mind bogglingly sad
No wayyyy
It's one of the very few places that has less people than it did 200 years ago what with the population of most countries absolutely exploding during that time. Although it's very close to matching prefamine levels now. Just under five million in the Republic of Ireland and just under two million in Northern Ireland versus about eight million before the famine.
Ireland doesn't have a high birth to death rate is about 0.4 so a very small increase
Keep mind not all of those people died. Many emigrated and struck a pretty big blow to an already very damaged economy
Therapist : how did these issues start? England : nice island you got there Ireland : and that's where the trouble started
England itself traumatised by its own invasions...and then decides to go and conqueror the world in catharsis...though not the areas which invaded England.
"And he just kinda never left"
Troubles*
@@frederickhudson5017 the British murdered thousands of people for their religion and we're then scared of Irish home rule cus "we'll be discriminated against!" Britain are histories "good guys"
@@hiddensinix2767 Yeah, never said they didn't do any of that or were wrong in what they did...just an idea (more joke than anything) on what the legacy of Englands own experiances with being conquered might have had on their conquests of other lands. Though on a note about "good guys"...I think its fair to say that not many nations in the world can be considered to have held upstanding morality throughout their existance. But I think its fair to say at some specific points x nation is more (sometimes by little, sometimes by alot) morally right or good than y nation or does something good at a certain point. To take an example America has had some pretty fucked up moments in its history (slavery and segregation for example) but at the same time also had some good moments in its history (ww2 (and yes I do know the United States was not perfect but I think its fair to say they were better than the Nazis or Japanese)). The same applies to Britain, it has done barbaric things at points (such as colonisation and slaughter of native peoples in building an empire). but also at some points it was "moral" or did the right thing (such as not surrendering/ceasing fighting with Germany in 1940). As such there is no real "good guy" throught history rather times were some nations are more good than others. Apologies if that was long winded or made no sense but I just wanted to say what I thought on that.
“I drove all the snakes out” “We don’t have any snakes tho” “Your welcome”
This is a great comment!! I didn't actually know until today (41 years old) about the whole thing of "actually there WERE no snakes, we think it was just a euphemism for pagans?" Wow! KZhead is amazingly educational.
You’re
I thought it was, "You're welcome". Am I wrong?
@@walangchahangyelingden8252 nope, they can’t spell in ireland
@@kenrehill8775 How do you know he's Irish?
The most infuriating thing about the famine is we actually were producing enough food, but it was all being exported to britain. At no point did they stop and think “ hey, maybe we should let the starving people producing our food have some of it so they dont all die”
It was SOLD to Britain
@@compendioussuccient6784 no it wasn't lol wtf
@@compendioussuccient6784Only by the rich Not by the ordinary starving people.
compendious succient it was sold by british landlords in ireland to other british people in britain while the actual farmers barely got paid enough to be allowed to live on their own land which was taken from them :)
Ellie strange definition of British but ok
“It’s time to complain about England!” Is it a day ending in Y already?
Yeah seems like it happens every other, other day
My favorite day
A popular activity in any area that was once colonized by England. Also England itself.
As an American, I can confirm.
"Screw England" should be a secondary EU slogan.
Another fun fact: During the Irish famine and irish migration to the US, many irishmen were enlisted to fight on Mexico's invation. The poverty and opression they found in Mexico, their catholic religion and the abuses american soldiers made during the war reminded them their own opression and suffering in Ireland. So many soldiers led by Captain John Riley desserted the US Army and fought on the mexican side as "Saint Patrick's Batallion". In Mexico City we have a monument with the names of all of them and a street called "Irish martyrs" were their last battle was fought.
this is neat
@@reginaldbentworth9159 And definitely sounds like something the Irish would do.
The Chilean War of independence was led by O'Higgins, a Chilean of Irish descent.
This should be a film.
Majority of Irish fought for the us
Fun Fact: During the Great Famine, when the potato crop failed and the people starved, what many people don’t know is that there was food in the country, they just exported 90% of crops and produce were shipped off to England. Hence many Irish refer to the Famine as ‘The Great Starvation’
It just plain old genocide
important context: true before the famine, but by 1847 ireland had become a net importer of food
Wales is a forgotten child playing with clay in the corner at this point.
FearOfFacts you can’t be replaced by immigrants. The whole point of immigration is that you want to be part of the country, so most of the time you’ll be assimilated into the culture, not destroy it. For every young couple that comes to Wales, their children will be part of the culture, even if their parents are not. Immigration is really only bad if the country’s overpopulated, which it definitely isn’t.
Llanfieafechan
Rachel Haslingden I believe it’s pronounced Llanfechell, an actual place. (Cl (Cl = hiss) - ah - nv - eh - ch (like you’re trying to get a glob of phlegm out of the back of your throat) - eh - cl.)
@@oldfridge5059 i live there
@@oldfridge5059 are in south or north
Irish history summarized "But wait, it gets worse!"
To be fair, that describes a lot of world history. “Oh shit, this sucks! This is a deep pain... Oh, cool, it gets worse!”
I heard the same thing about Poland's history.
@@jackpollard550 Your reference makes me giggle.
"Hey Russia, they're talking about you." "Что?"
@@jackpollard550 no you're wrong. Theres...umm...you know... Oh...
Irish History in 5 words: "And then The Troubles started..."
Kinda like how Russia's motto is "and then it got worse"
ethan hatcher I mean, one of your kings was called Ivan the *terrible*, I think that’s not a good sign for things to come
@@OttoGraff-fu8pj I think recent translations have that as 'Formidable' now... from 'Terrible'.
What? No. It's "and then the English came along"
@taniths 1st and only sgt iron on duty No, that's Ancient Greece. Or, more accurately: "Unfortunately, Zeus was feeling horny..."
This is the perfect example of why the phase “I wish you the luck of the Irish” Is a insult
Well when you think about it with all that was thrown at us, we are lucky our culture survives
@@thejazzy6012 honestly I think that’s just shear force of will at this point
@@gwenjoyce4719 yeah you*re right 😂😂
@@thejazzy6012 that's more of a lack of fucks to give anymore I think lmao
I wish you the luck of the Irish. Specially the luck from before the 1600's
Fun fact: it's possible Ireland had the first legally upheld right to healthcare in history, as well as protections and rights for the mentally ill. This was about 1300 years ago.
Really? That’s interesting, do you have a link? Seems like an interesting read :)
The Brehan laws ,divorce was legal ,compensation for all manner of things ,the British dragged us back to the stone age ,
And yet our healthcare now is some of the most expensive and abysmal in western europe woopie
Three Tragedies made in Belfast; 1. The Troubles 2. The Titanic 3. GoT Season 8
Too soon.
They did give us a cute pug though.
you forgt storment
>me
As a Born in bred Belfast native, I approve of this comment. 😂
I'm English and my history teacher is Irish. You can probably imagine all the fun conversations we've had.
Teacher: And that's when the British began to colonise Ireland, *isn't that right, William.*
William Pym Would you like some fertilizer?
Hey William you like potatoes? Good I left a present in your car
I can imagine all the salt
Oh William, what happened in *insert year here*
I believe they actually did have a written language: Ogham. A fairly mind blowing vertical writing structure. It's named for the Celtic God of language: Ogma. Ogma set up a competition where the winner got to have Ireland named after them. Ériu won, obviously.
That is such a cool story
Yes, Ogham is a fascinating language, I found it very easy to learn! However, whilst Ogham was used for writing it did not allow for a literary tradition. The vast majority of culture was oral, so even though there are some ancient pieces of Ogham text, they are few and far between, leading most of our cultural knowledge from that time to be from secondary or foreign sources. Also, unsurprisingly, Ogham filled a similar role to futhark, nordic runes, as they were highly ritualised and representative as well as alphabetical. Due to this it was mainly druids who were capable of reading and writing it, and much of what they did produce was for ceremonial purposes, not records of events or educational material
Correct! Ogham is also unique because it is written entirely on trees!
Great video, born and raised in Ireland my whole life, same as my family before me. One thing I’ll never forget is when a white American woman called me a coloniser, crazy how little people know of Irish history across the world
Reminds me of how weird people, especially Americans, got about that scene in Bend It Like Beckham where the guy says he understands oppression because he's Irish. For some reason people insisted he couldn't horribly understand it because he's white and like...and? It's really frustrating to see people be so flat out racist and reductive. And it's not like Americans don't know what's happened to the Irish over the years either! That's even more frustrating.
They assume we all have the same history it’s craziness
“Woke” politics rots the brain and corrodes society. Resist it wherever you find it.
Because to some people, all white people must obviously have the same history. Daft.
On behalf of sane Americans (whose lineage comes from Ireland as well as other places) I whole heartedly apologize for our pampered ignorant people...🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤷♂️💯
“Drove the snakes out of Ireland” Me: “looks around” Me: nah, the British are still here.
Robert Michaels The only time Ireland has ever been united and at peace was when it was apart of the United Kingdom 🇬🇧
@@britopia1341 did you even watch that video? and even that's not true there were countless rebellions during the occupation, Do the fenians ring the thick bell that is your skull
Frosthawk2815 On a few occasions there was trouble. For the vast majority of the time it was peaceful. You can make a point without having to insult people. The RoI is very peaceful now but it isn’t the whole of Ireland. Northern Ireland is very peaceful for the most part nowadays too. Whether Northern Ireland was apart of the UK or RoI there would still be sectarian trouble. That’s just the way it is there. And Irishman can come in my house and eat out of my fridge if he wants. The rest of our isles are pretty peaceful. I think more people from the RoI and Great Britain should move to Northern Ireland make love and make money and turn the place into something more prosperous.
RH It’s you that’s trying to rewrite history. Northern Ireland isn’t a state. I don’t know of anybody who says it is. The UK is a state and Northern Ireland is apart of it. A united Ireland will happen. But it’ll be when the whole of Ireland is in the UK.
@@britopia1341 The only way thats ever going to happen is over the bodies of 6 million Irish people, not a single one of us now or every will ever led an Brit hold sovereign power over the island ever again. Imediate and terrible war will befall any british force that attempts it, your entire nation will be in flames in moments there are so many of us in the uk. Try us we dare you.
Celtics : *Exist* 🅰nglo-Saxons & Romans/Italians : *Its Free Real Estate*
Northern Ireland it's free real estate
The Romans never invaded Ireland
@@techmaster9775 Celtic is also used to describe all of Britain Pre Rome.
@@joeevans5770 good point
@@joeevans5770 And almost the entirety of Western Europe (syncretic cultures like the Celtiberians included).
You skipped over the whole 'taking the soup situation". Starving Catholics were given soup on the basis of them renouncing their religion in favour of Protestantism
Holy fuck Ireland really got shafted by the heel of Britain's boot didn't they
Thank you for mentioning Taking the Soup. Some people might think the whole "anglicize your name and switch from Catholic to Protestant" is no big deal, but to these people it was like losing their national identity in order to *not starve* to death. What an awful, insidious way to forcibly assimilate another culture. The amount of pain the Irish have had to suffer as a result of merely believing in a _different flavor_ of the same deity... and to a large extent, even coming to America with our so-called religious freedom didn't help them escape systemic discrimination just because of their beliefs...
I also find it odd to describe the Christian takeover of Ireland as peaceful while acknowledging driving the "snakes" out.
@@DeadCatX2 As a Jew, I fucking feel this. Being forced to change your identity in order to survive is never an acceptable option.
@@Ash-yh5oyit's considered peaceful because Saint Patrick only converted a few chieftains, they in turn converted their people. It was remarkably bloodless.
A friend of mine visited Ireland at some point during the Troubles and, while walking down the street, a group of guys called out to her "Are you Catholic or Protestant, then?" Startled and characteristically forthright, she called back "I'm Jewish." They had no idea what to do with that information, so she kept walking and was un-harassed for the rest of the trip. She said it was the one and only time she's ever felt that being Jewish made her safer than if she were a Christian.
That was such a close call 😭
Yes sectarianism is a huge problem facing Irish society especially in Ulster. We need to remind people of the Irish heroes that were protestant such as Theobald Wolfe Tone.
History of Ireland. As an English an I shall find a corner to hide in.
Englishman living in NI here, close to the border and all. I think I'm gonna need a drink.
This wouldn't happen if you left us alone for 5 minutes
@ghost clown i also live close to the border in ni
@@eoinhanna5161 They are leaving you alone. It's just that the damned NI Assembly can't get over itself long enough to do anything to help with reunification. Or anything else for that matter. Example: won't the DUP be surprised to find the Westminster Parliament has passed an abortion bill.
no u ain't, GET BACK 'ERE
I’d hate to *harp* you on the *Eires* of the Irish, but there is a severe lack of Irish history and I’m glad you talked about it.
Maybe I'm biased, I do live here after all, but I find Irish culture to be one of if not the most interesting culture in the world
@@lizardlegend42 Can you tell some interesting things about it?
Totally. I looked for GOOD Irish history documentations for a long time. There are none that aren't beyond biased and made from an English perspective.
@@ErinOC_1306 - Canadian here, I know more about Irish history than I do American history. Canadian history was shoved down my throat so I know a bit about that but... Irish history is grand so...
@@user-jh9nx6tl1nThe Mythology. It's so amazingly unique compared to almost any other, especially when you see the weird way it merged with a version of Catholicism while keeping it's stories generally intact Also as well our culture values "Just being good craic" above all else. As long as you're able to have a laugh you're pretty much sorted. (Also a lot of this applies mainly to rueal areas, the urban culture isn't nearly as great). Everyone in the rural areas know each other and the country is so small you'd be surprised by how many people have connections to your area. For the best summary of Irish culture look up Sgt. Ducky on YT
That's what I thought too, that one poor island getting a lot of abuse. I just came back from a trip to Ireland. I've been to both Republic and North. And I have to say that the way they empathize with other oppressed nations (which at the moment includes Ukraine) after going through such a tumultuous history themselves is inspiring. In Dublin there are many signs of support to Ukraine. It felt surreal to learn about Irish history during my stay there and live in a world where a similar thing is happening at the same time. The Irish are fun and friendly people and the country is beautiful and full of interesting and beautiful places. The way these people persevered and managed to hold on to their culture and traditions is amazing.
Irelands a nice country people just dont go anywhere stupid if you want to keep your money..
@@tacotuesday2489 whats that supposed to mean???
@@bubblesnstuff1458 There are some rough parts of Dublin, like every city, not so big a problem in the countryside but walking the wrong place at night in the city as a foreigner will probably get you robbed
My family came to America during the famine, and we held on to Irish culture quite tightly. Most of my family speaks Irish (I speak very little on account of living in Florida away from most of my family, but I do want to learn), and we still practice a lot of Irish traditions. Ive been there like 4 times and I want to go back. Permanently. Seems like a nice place to chill, play D&D and collect a massive library, and have a rabbit farm.
If i were u i wouldent live in Ireland till your eighteen unless you want your teeth kicked in at school..
Sounds like a dream! Good luck...
Irish history super summarized: "God dammit, Britain"
I accidentalky read Brian instead of Britain XD
“God dammit, Brian”
That’s modern history summarised too, fortunately. Or unfortunately. Yeah, unfortunately.
Hey! Don’t rope Scotland and Wales into this
Or England
The Irish population still hasn’t returned to pre-famine Numbers.
Ireland importing disposable economic migrants. Will hit that mark soon.
@Adam Sloan You got nothing of use to say? Or are you going to keep on bringing up an irrelevant thing that has nothing to do with this? I think its probably the latter. Now, shoo
@Adam Sloan I don't play Assassin's Creed.
@Adam Sloan We can only hope migrants will push up our population numbers, and help to export our superior sports (football and hurling) to their home countries. Everyone deserves those, and unfortunately the uhh... migrants (god that part of our history is loaded as fuck, basically they were both the victims of and the tools of British imperial colonialism)... to Australia kinda forgot the rules for football on route and had to make them up again (at least they didn't defect to soccer) and and the Candians got cold and confused so made a sport based off hurling that used ice. As it stands our population is too low; it feels like a single great catastrophe could end our traditions. More migrants who are willing to embrace and enrich our culture can make us so much stronger.
@@cam4234 the irish do
5:07 Blue's excitement at getting to complain about England is contagious and honestly, relatable
During my time living in Ireland, I learned about the history of the country and found it strangely similar to my own country, Korea. Being invaded by foreign powers, intellectual development and a love of music and storytelling.
Cabbage and stew as well according to Tumblr. It's strange how eerily similar the two are. Perhaps being brutally oppressed causes certain traits to form? Like, maybe the history of oppression leads to certain art forms or whatever (which could explain why Irish music and art is so good imo). How many other countries have similar stories and developments? Also, I wonder how well the Koreans and Irish got along when people began having children together-- plenty to bond over.
Me, an Irishman: *sees this video pop up* Me: … Me: *get's the kettle on*
Tae agus plé bai
Me: *gets the car and balaclava ready*
Next time offer us all one, will you?
Friday Knight same
Connas atá tú? Ba maith liom Cupán tae
I guess Blue's permanently standing now
I mean, I remember when Red stole his chair and format for the Trope Talks, and I guess she just kinda ended up keeping it? I kinda picture Red like a cat sitting on the edge of his chair and then slowly expanding and pushing him off
@@isa7165 I think so. Which is why it kinda feels like Red slowly pushed Blue out
@@paulinebonafous6623 it's cause Blue kept stealing the chair during trope talks.
Small correction, only 6 of Ulster’s 9 counties formed Northern Ireland, the other 3 are in the Republic of Ireland. Love the video 👍
I've got a friend who lives in Derry and when I was visiting him, he told me that the death toll from the famine/genocide was so bad that Ireland is still affected by it and their population still hasn't recovered.
The population has recovered now but only in 2021 but it’s still wild 1845-2021 that’s how long it took to recover from the “famine”
@@bobbi1824 Jesus
@@bobbi1824 is it not still 1.5 million people less?
Bro I live in Derry, we are good hahaha
the famine also had some major effects on the irish language itsself as a lot of the irish speakers either died or fled and i think to this day it hasnt recovered enough, and it probably wont with the globalisation of english
Any land ever: *exists* Britain: it's free real estate.
What about the Dutch, Germans, French,Americans,Spanish,Portuguese,Italians,Japanese and Chinese. The UK isn’t the only country to have done imperialism.
@@Valencetheshireman927 it had the biggest empire in world history
Yes, your point being? I mentioned that every country has done imperialism at some point in its history so it’s not fair to criticise and single out Britain for what all of our nations have done . Forgiveness is a word besides imperialism has brought the world benefits, for starters without it not a single country in this planet would exist .
@@Valencetheshireman927 mate it's a joke and I'm to tiered to rage in the comments of a video it's a joke about Britain wanting more land for their empire because the British empire is really big and 65 people kinda liked it and that's it. I'm not attacking the UK this is probably one of the most benine jokes about imperialism that there is. I'm done bye.
J 19 the video is specifically about Britain, the meme is about claiming the most land, it aims for the victor, be happy we had at one time won
I still am amused by the fact that with all it's internal struggles, it was the Ottomans who sent out a significantly charitable help as far as I'm aware, even though Queen Victoria was against it. See, Abdulmejit I for some reason, decided to help out the starving Irish people, either out of the softness of his heart. Or just to spite English Queen. Victoria herself send out a help of 2,000 pounds, so they demanded Ottomans to evade helping them worthier than that. So the Ottomans did send 1,000 pounds of cash, and also smuggled 5 ships of food to Irish lands. I even saw an Irish newspaper from some date around the Great Hunger, thanking the Sultan for showing Christian values and not being indifferent to people in need. History is weird.
Eh, people are weird
Well I dont care what his reasons were, but knowing queen victorias history it was probably to spite her
An Irish football team, Drogheda United, have the star and crescent moon of the Ottomans in honour of their donation
So did natives in America ... in Ireland a plaque was erected to remember this kind gesture..
@@karylhogan5758 yes, the Choktaw nation (think I spelled it wrong) we also donated a few million euros to them earlier this year as they were experiencing a drought in quarantine. The money was raised by the public, the Irish and American governments didnt do anything to help them
Fun fact: William III of Orange, after becoming King of the United Kingdom, actually wanted to return the confiscated land to the original Irish owners but was blocked by parliament.
Honestly that’s a part of colonial history that fascinates me: that there were always people who disliked the actions that the government / parliament / king did but were outvoted or blocked from doing anything. I’ve read transcripts from parliamentary debates in the 1890’s where people rightfully point out that ‘hey if the public knew the things we were doing to these foreign countries and how much these crimes against humanity were costing us they’d be appalled’ It’s easy to think that European colonialism was a monolith when it was actually the actions of a greedy leadership doing monsterous things while dragging oblivious citizens along for the ride. And it was nearly always the rich upper class idiots who could afford to be politicians leading the way to get yet more money and power.
Obviously this doesn’t excuse anything, but I always find it interesting to remember that colonial powers weren’t this completely greed-driven hive mind but rather a boys club of rich kids taking the world for a selfish joyride
If this is true, the continued existence of the Orangemen is fucking hilarious
@@justbeyondthecornerproduct3540 what, because they actually wanted the lives of the Irish to be somewhat better?
@@TheJH1015 yeah because today they are just sectarian people who want to oppress Irish catholics. Yet they worship this guy William who actually himself wanted to given the stolen land many of those orangemen have today back to the Irish
The history of Ireland and the UK is amazing. The rivalry in sport they have is so understandably massive due to their past conflicts. Most fascinating place in the World by far IMO.
The picture at 9:31 is of my grand uncle Peter Dwyer. I have it framed above me fireplace. He joined the Irish Volunteers with his two brothers in 1914. He took part in the Kilcoole gun running, where the Irish Volunteers imported over 300 rifles and 2000 rounds of ammunition from Imperial Germany. During the 1916 Easter Rising, he was based in Enniscorthy in Wexford. He and his brothers lead of group of 50 men to capture the town of Ferns. After the Dublin rebels surrendered, he and his men were transported to prison in Dublin by boat. He was imprisoned in Frongoch interment camp in Wales but released in 1918 after a general amnesty for prisoners was called. After he was released he quickly joined the North Wexford Brigade of the IRA and was appointed Commander of C Company in the 1st Battalion. He stole some explosives from a shipment heading to a quarry in early 1919. The explosives would be later used to blow railway lines to prevent the rapid transportation of Britain soldiers. In late 1920, he and his brothers rescued an IRA Volunteer named William Kavanagh from capture, who had been so badly beaten by the Black and Tans he had to go to hospital. After the Anglo-Irish treaty, the brigade was split. Peter and his men served with the Pro-treaty forces. He served in the Battle of Dublin, where he took place in fighting on Sackville (now O'Connell) street.
May Peter, a hero to these lands, rest in peace. Fíor-ghrá agus bród. Go raibh maith agat.
Thaats sooo coooool!
My great great great aunt jennie millner was also a volunteer but was K.I.A
Interesting that they were transported to Dublin by boat. About 80 KM . despite there being intercity roads between the towns. The British did not control the land, nowhere was safe for them. In the 1970s, Gallagher tabacco used to export tobacco between Belfast an d Dublin. The I R A seized so much of it, Gallagher's started sending the tabac from Belfast to Dublin via Liverpool. A two hour journey took 3 days, But the Brits did say the tobacco was being delivered without incident or hindrance of any kind. They were, in fact quite correct in that respect. But not in the problems with the logistics. Not a word about them in the press release.
I was in the 21st Infantry Battalion C Company. (21 INF. BN. C. COY) I proudly wore the Dwyer Insignia. 🇮🇪
I’m Irish and I approve of this message.
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Agreed.
Any country: *exists* England: “allow us to introduce ourselves”
One of my favourite story's of my family is about a prison nearby my home that has a wall that has a large patch of cement that stands out from the rest of the wall I learned through my grandfather that my great great grand father had fought during the Easter rising and had evaded arrest he had blown a hole in the wall to break everyone out it's one of the many things that caused my interest in history
Huh. This is strangely similar to a story about my great uncle, down to the prison with the weird cement patch in the wall. Wonder if we’re thinking of the same place
Blue: mentions potato Me: ah yes, the whole reason my family lives in america
We left Ireland before it was mainstream...
I have ancestors that left Ulster once the famines and the "hey, nice land. We're stealing it and renting it back to you" folks showed up.
My dads side of the family moved from Ireland to Scotland in the 1916 uprising
Same
Liam C it is a popular name
Scotland, Ireland, England, Wales. The four nations lived together in harmony, But everything changed when the English attacked... Edit: Is that “God bless ye merry gentleman” playing in the background or are my ears just broken?
Only Daniel O'Connel, master of all 4 nations, could bring peace. But when the world needed him most he vanished.
More like four groups that used to get along then the Romans wiped out Celtic influences on England then when they left Germanics came in took their place. England is basically a Germanic filler in a Roman mould
The poor Wales
Please, peace was never an option
Aye, where’s Cornwall on this list
I'm an Irish History graduate from Ireland and I love this whole video, great job!
"Henry the 8th wanted to make himself a big deal" Literally and figuratively.
0:55 "I'm just gonna try and say as few Irish names as possible so I don't embarrass myself." *Red has flashbacks to the Cú Chulainn episode*
Oh dear. I was like "Red I respect you mate but that is not how that name is pronounced"
Ahh what the hell, there's no pronunciations online seeing as it's a near dead language so how was she supposed to know really? It drove me mad too but I'd hardly pronounce Spanish sentences fluently on my first try.
@@ASmartNameForMe I imagine that yes, of course there are pronunciations online, why wouldn't there be? Still 30,000 people speak it daily and the rest of us all have some and it's taught every day in schools. Are you just ignoring all this? Had conversations with Irish language hating Irish people who would complain that it doesn't matter how the language is pronounced and that it's only pedantic to care. To which I replied "so if I made a glaring mistake in French or Spanish would you think that was okay?" Names are important and caring about them is too. I've had my name butchered so many times it's not funny (and not particularly hard either) all it takes is a little attention to detail and, weirdly, listening.
@@ASmartNameForMe it is not a dead language. Cmon buddy, that is colonial garbage.
Diamonds And Dynamite Cosplay “near dead” I’m not saying it’s gonna die anytime soon but even in its main country only around a few thousand can actually speak it fluently
Ireland, also known as British imperialism's tutorial level.
Given how frequently they kicked the crap out of us in rebellions, I think we consider imperialism to be the Ninja Gaiden of history.
France being the tragic backstory of course.
We really were tbh. We were where the first major British colony and part of us is also the last
I thought that was Wales? Then again, they were considered part of england for a while while ireland was seen more as a colony so nvm ignore me
@@lv2draw1 You are right in some regards for sure. Unlike even Ireland which was "unified" with England (and eventually Great Britain, UK etc) Wales was just straight up annexed into England. Though Ireland was invaded earlier Wales was the first to be fully conquered (and unlike Ireland that conquest was maintained). It mostly depends on what you considered to have happened "earlier" though I'd say both count equally.
History of Ireland : It has been 0 days since the Brits have been at it again
The potato famine was not as simple as you suggest. Ireland produced quite a lot of other food like wheat and barley but much of it had to be sent to Britain. Also, the landowners were trying to force people off the land anyway.
these people don't care about the facts, all they want is the narrative to make england and britain look evil - it's sme kind of internet joke spouted by people with half knowledge that they use to fuel their persecution complexes
Couldn’t even fish if caught by a “landowner” you’re fecked
Me, a professional Irishman seeing this video title “ohhh noooo”
This Irish-American atheist saw it and thought, Well, let's give the guy a chance to get stuff wrong. What could it hurt?
@@stephenwright8824 cringe
@@stephenwright8824 Plastic Paddy
@@stephenwright8824 By Irish-American do you mean your parents are Irish or you have one great grandparent who knew someone who owned a pub?
What’s wrong with the title
As An Irish Person, Great Video Detailing My Countries Long And Rich History!... I'd Like To Point Out That Ireland Was Populated Thousands Of Years Before 400BC, The Earliest Date So Far Known For Human Activity On The Island Is Around 7000BC This Era Is Known As The Mesolithic Era In Irish History, We Then Have The Neolithic Era Where One Of Our Most Iconic Landmarks Were Built (The Burial Complex Of Newgrange, Knowth & Dowth Known As "Brú Na Bóinne"/Bend Of The Boyne In Irish Gaelic) Built In 3500BC... Making It Thousands Of Years Older Than The Pyramids Of Giza And Stonehenge...
Why Must You Write Like This ?
It actually goes back to 12,500 BC
@ no, its believed to be 9000
Peep this comment it needs to be seen
This is a very long song title
You did an amazing job summarising Irish history without making it seem boring. Were so intertwined with the british that we dont really have our own history separate from them. Fun Fact #1, They dont teach anything related to Ireland in british schools since we are the only country that fought our way out of the commonwealth. Fun Fact #2, Before the british invaded, Ireland had Brehon Law, which allowed women to be judges and leaders and everything incredibly fair.
Fantastic video! as an Irish man myself, may I say thank you for making such a well informed and through explanation of our history and culture, it even thought me some things I wasn't aware of. Go raibh maith agat!
2:57 Whenever I Think Of This I Just Imagine Saint Patrick Walking Around Ireland Swinging A Staff Around Or Something, And Some Guy Asks Him What He's Doing, And He Says "Getting Rid Of The Snakes!", When The Guy Points Out There Are No Snakes, He Simply Says "See? It's Working!"
I laughed harder then I should have at this
I mean, have you ever seen any photo of him? All he does is point at snakes by the sea apparently
*The Vikings* The Irish: oh, Hi? Are you lost or- AH Jesus! *the Normans* The Irish: ah, here lads *the British* The Irish: *AH FIR FU*-
The Irish: ÓRÓ SÉ DO BHEATHA 'BHAILE!
@@rosiecooper8030 Could you say that again in English......please
An Irish king invited the Normans n to help him become high king though
@@Ella-by9yk Thats an irish song
@@Ella-by9yk It's basically hey come look at the state of your country, literally, it's closer to oy! welcome home
I wanted to thank you two for this lovely video. There are a lot of videos on Ireland, but it should come as no surprised that yours is the most entertaining, informative, and respectful. Love your channel and wish you all the best.
7:00 "if this all sounds short sighed, exploitative, and extremely fragile" welcome to British history
“It’s time to complain about Britain!” -Every country liked that-
never before I am insulted by something I 100 percent agree with
Ah yes, the world's leading exporter of Independence Day holidays.
@@flankspeed Yeah we can't celebrate other countries independence from us or we would never bloody get to work
Everybody says Britain but we all know its England's fault
@@finlaybower imagine being stupid
Blue: "Ireland never had snakes" Me, thinking about deValera: if you say so
Oh shit! Shots fired!
@@JackSilver1410 Literally
Rj Peterson at Collins.
EJOArkhamGamer nice one baii
Me thinking about Dev and many, many, MANY more, and plenty far too recent
2:44 the animations and tone of your voice goes so perfectly adorable together.
Tuatha= tooha This has been a really great summary, Ireland has such a rich and fascinating history
"It's time to complain about Enlgand!" ~Irish people from three counties over break through every wall like a small army of Kool-Aid men~ What? I heard my name. Are we complaining yet? I'll get the tea started
🙄
Some people live to hate and be stuck on the past unable to forget or forgive but still able to make lies and complain about everything. 🤦♂️
@Fiona Hopkins that's not a thing
My headcanon is that something like that happened with the berlin wall
me an indian: may I join?
"I came here to murder my wives and trash Catholicism and I'm all out of wives." I'm dead, this is perfect
So are his wives.
@@jackpollard550 *especially his wives
But now they're... EX-WIVES!
He only murdered 2. He didn't run out of wives. His last wife outlived him.
Announcing his lordship the Duke of Nuken! Protector of Earth against the invading armies of Alien B@st@rds.
This was a truly fascinating video, and has served to only further my love of learning all things Irish (both historical and mythological) even more The effort put into both researching and making this visually striking is (as with all your other videos) obvious, combined with the charm and charisma that each of the OSP narrators bring to their respective videos, makes you're content addictive, and easy to watch, whilst also being highly informative and entertaining What remains of Irish folklore is also highly interesting, and it just so happens that OSP also have videos on that! (And to anyone who is seeking a new language, I would highly recommend (as predictable as it sounds) Irish, it's a wonderful language that is sadly fading, and it would be a shame to see it die now after it endured everything it has) It's thanks to content like yours that has kept my passion for learning about the past alive And for that i thank you
"I'm going to try to say as few Irish names as possible." Red laugh-cries in the distance...
Please do Wales soon, we need all the help reclaiming a national identity that we can get.
Ah, the Canada of the British Isles.
As an Irishman who has lived in Wales, I'd say your national identity is alive and well. Celts are playing the long game.
You were founded by Romano-British refugees, you've always been Brits.
@@slook7094 not really. there's a FUCKTON of evidence of the welsh being one of the biggest splinter group's of the celt's after the Anglo-Saxon invasion, with record's of the slow change from Brittonic (the original Celtic language) into welsh
@@matthewmac5787 They were Romano-British. They retreated from the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings to the other side of England and turned into the Welsh.
AH me country lets see how this goes edit: Fisean iontach, go raibh maith agat.
Thank god i listened in irish class😂
Google translate to the rescue! "Great video, thanks."
Is rud dearfach é i gcónaí nuair a fheicim ár dteanga nádúrtha ar an Idirlíon! Go raibh míle as do "margaíocht"!
Bless you... or whatever
@@daedalus7286 Google translate to resuce yet again. "It is always nice to see our native langue on the internet! That was miles away from your "marketing.""
I've binged Red's videos dozens of times. They have brought me a lot of inspiration when writing for my dnd campaign. So I'm here hoping Blue can be just as inspiring.
what a genuinely great explanation of our long and complicated history. good job
Today on "How the English ruin everything"...
Not just the English
Craddady fishfries but it’s mostly England
The Irish: "Hooh, finally, we have our freedom, we have our culture, we no longer have this endless feud with Northern Ireland, FINALLY we can-" The English: **Brexiting intensifies, this would mean a border with Northern Ireland which could reignite the conflict** The Irish: "MOTHERF-"
"ThE bRiTiSh EmPiRe WaS gOoD aCtUaLlY."
@@AegixDrakan But if Boris mops enough floors it should be ok? Right?!
“ Its time to complain about england” fuckin love it hahaha
"Time to complain about England" is my favourite part of the day.
Thank you for this. I didn’t always understand what the most recent conflicts were about. I know, Irish American Daughter should know. I only knew a small scope & actually knew more about my family coming over quite early during the Ulster take overs. My family were part of the first Scotch-Irish “Ulster Irish” settlement in South Carolina 💙🙏🏼💙
The best video on the history of Ireland out there. Good job!
I haven't been able to find ANY history on Ireland for some reason so I found this video really interesting and useful, this channel is so cool
It's also run by a feminist.
Exactly, this channel is brilliant!
@@goofybutserious4807 and?
@@dantemaquiavelli9039 ok
@@goofybutserious4807 woman and feminist aren't synonymous
History of Ireland summarized England: No Ireland: Yes England: Yes Ireland: No
UN(?) or NATO(?): Look guys...
England:sigh* maybe
@Finn MickCool has nothing to do with scotland. Not everything has to be about you
@Finn MickCool I'm more english than scottish
@@matthewmclean9012 hahahaha
Much respect to the Irish. One of the few people who felt oppression and learned to sympathize and aid others undergoing it as well. San Patricios, Choctaw support, Solidarity with Palestine.
They also got on with the Indians very well
What about WW2 where they were neutral
@@Chambo1990 were the irish in germany?
@@mkn.567 no but they could see the oppression in Germany at the time and decided to stay out and then punished any soldiers who want to fight in the war. How about how an Irish member of the EU parliament voted against sanctions against Russia and said you should not punish Russia for the invasion
@@Chambo1990 Yeah... They also didn't get involved with Rwanda or Darfur or Bosnia or Armenia. And? So for any credit to be given to anyone they must meet your arbitrary metric of absolute consistency?
Thank you for posting this! I learned a lot from this video and thoroughly enjoyed it! Not Irish but I love learning about their history and culture.
2:56 - Ireland didn't have snakes. Or St. Patrick was damn good at his job.
I brought all the dead snakes back to life just to drive them out
The Snakes were non-catholics... Not actual Snakes. Its a wierd phrase for the actual story
St. Patrick: I drove the snakes out of Ireland. Modern folks: There were never snakes in Ireland. St. Patrick: You're welcome.
Exactly
St Patrick was an English man sold into slavery in Ireland, the viking trade ??????? You mean slavery Dublin, Cork etc were all built as slave storage
Ireland:Well things can’t get worse England:IS THAT A CHALLENGE
The history of Ireland I love it I’m half Irish and half Mexican so I’m always down to learn about 1 of my heritages also I’m big into mythology so I saw the Viking video so I’ll be watching that next
Me too Irish mexican......mirish!
Come over here your country is a tough one you'd get on just fine with us..
@@tacotuesday2489 that is my goal in life my guy save up & move to the Emerald Isle
"and speaking of vikings.." I'm so happy there was not a vikings war of clans advert there. I'd have cried.
I've never heard someone so effectively sum up irish history in less then 10 sentences before. Well done.
"It's time to complain about England!" (blood congeals in English-Irish mixed heritage)
Kimarous Oof tell me about it I’m irish- English and a Mancunian on top of it Like there’s precarious mix of her stuff and then there’s ‘my grans a Irish Roman Catholic and we’re from Manchester’
I’m a norn Irish/Englishman aswell and it definitely gets confusing. Especially rugby
Me, watching this: Is 1/4ths English and Irish Also me: No wonder I hate myself sometimes
The reality of the human race in general is that due to our tendency to "explore" and conquer, we all have mixed DNA somewhere down the line that possesses both the enslaved and the oppressor. For instance, apart from the obvious Irish/English connection that is being discussed that I share in my heritage as well, I have slavic heritage as well. The word "slave" stemmed from the Slavs who were enslaved at one point by the Romans. It is a viscous cycle that never seems to break. Might as well accept that no heritage is without its bloody and painful truths. And we can't assume that just because one aspect was enslaved by another that there weren't early days where the same wasn't done amongst there own people either. Did you know that some people have a genetic code that protects certain individuals from getting shaking sickness accrued from eating human flesh? How do you think that developed? There are multiple indications in certain cave sights of early humans where bones were found with scrapings indicative of cannibalism... and that they were likely from warring tribes. Overall, humanity is beautiful and terrible alike and we all have that in common that we share.
Think that’s hard? Try having mixed heritage of every country in the British isles... help
We have both types of irish in our family (black and red. i think my grandfather got a genetic test). I've recently felt a pull to look into my celtic heritage. this video was very helpful
just graduated from notre dame, amazing history and people, i’m in awe and inspired
My favourite part about growing up in Northern Ireland is that our history unit doesn’t include 80% of this but instead we learn about world war 2 about 4 times throughout your entire education but you end up learn half of this stuff because everyone still is salty about the English but we won’t say it out loud.
Why wouldn't you learn about it?
@@BJGvideos it's complicated but basically CCEA (the exam board for secondary school who set the exams & therefore what we have to learn) serve all schools, Catholic and Protestant so they have to make a history course that isn't offensive to Protestants while recognising what Catholics suffered, but they tend to lean more towards Protestants than Catholics so all we get taught about the Troubles in GCSE History (CCEA) is the undeniable truth, not the entire story.
@@evincollins5198 That's odd. Still doesn't explain why they don't teach the full story but I guess "narrative" or something.
@@BJGvideos there would be protests and ensentially CCEA would be forced back to the middle ground, not full truth
@@evincollins5198 Seems like it would still be worth it. It's vital to tell the truth in history class.
So we got Scotland and Ireland. Is Wales next?
No. Nobody cares about Wales!
I stills can't figure out if wales is supposed to be another country
England's first victim and last colony.
Gallwn ni cael fideo am cymru os gwelwch yn dda, glas? Can we have a video about Wales please, Blue?
So does England get a video, then?
Nice video. Congrats for your work.
A few things: (i) You mentioned that the Scots were planted in Ireland in the 17th century, but didn't mention that the Scots were originally an Irish tribe who invaded Caledonia about a thousand years previously (ii) Ulster is NOT the same as Northern Ireland; Ulster was an ancient kingdom that consisted of 9 counties, only 6 of which make up Northern Ireland. (iii) The terms Northern Ireland, The North of Ireland, Ulster and The 6 Counties, are used about the same place by different groups of people with different political views. As they used to say during the Troubles 'If you're not totally confused, you don't understand what's happening.'
I agree with what most of what you have to say except the idea that the ulster Scots were orginally irish, they weren't they were scots, an off shot of Anglo saxon.
@@pete4580 The area north of Hadrians wall was inhabited by two main tribes; the Caldones and the Picts. In the 6th century the Irish tribe called the Scots set up the kingdpm of Dalriada (my spelling is probably wrong) in what is now Argyll. From there they spread out, gradually conquering the rest of Caladonia and renaming it Scotland.
@@moonkeele i know that but he was referring to the ulster Scots who are anglo saxons in origin and weren't gallic He was claiming they were originally Irish which is a fantasy
Your third point sounds a lot like how Spaniards and Catalonians talk about Castilian versus Spanish as languages. Catalonia has a unique culture and some would argue a different language (and I would agree, Catalan is deffo not Spanish). But some argue that Castilian (the dominant Spanish dialect) is the language spoken by all of Spain. In Latin America, Spanish (Español) and Castilian (Castellano) are used as synonyms for the Spanish language. But in Spain, where Catalonia has been pushing for independence from Spain for decades, calling Spanish "Castellano" carries separatist undertones, while simply calling it "Español" is more conciliatory and less politically charged.
It's worth noting that Ulster is still a modern precisely defined province rather than just an ancient kingdom consisting of the same six northern Irish counties and the same three Irish counties. As a result the terms aren't as interchangable as you suggest; Cavan is part of Ulster but is not part of Northern Ireland for instance.
“It’s time to complain about England!” Is that my European history teacher I hear?
except if youre portuguese or german/dutch :P
@@fuzzyhair321 Oh trust me, the Dutch have PLENTY of things to complain about the English... the Dutch Year of Disaster 1672, the Boer Wars and the Fall of Srebrenica come to mind.
European history is just a game of which country can be the biggest dick to everyone else. England is definitely one of the best at the game but has some competition.
My History teacher is part viking
Let’s just be honest here and say that everyone hates England (I say England because Wales and Scotland were just roped into this).
This is a pretty good summary! There is a LOT more detail regarding the war of independance, the civil war, and the separation of the north and republic, but there's so much in it it'd probably require a whole other video ahah
That phrase "Kiss me I'm Irish" I'd see in my Irish grandparents' house has a whole other meaning now because Ireland sure did need some kind of love and support 95% of the time
just to let ye all know "Tuatha" is actually pronounced "two-a"
I love that Celtic/Gaelic/Irish has so much in common with French...by ignoring most of the consonants in their words 😅
@@ThatGreyGentleman I guess, but that's all they have in common. French is much more similar to English than Irish is with its patterns and many pronunciations.
And people gripe about the English language!
@@ASmartNameForMe Hmm not so sure. Irish, like French, is more Latin based than English which is more influenced by the Germanic languages.
Oh BTW it's "thoo-ha" t has always a "th" sound in Irish but not like the English or Americans say "th" a thicker way like the French or Spanish do.
I remember when we did Ireland in year three, and I heard “celts” as belts that one time.
the 🅱elts
I can't believe I just found this channel I love it!
Thank you for shedding light on my heritage
Yas finally a vid bout my wee island of potatoes -Edit: Thanks for all the likes lads/lassies-
Just so you know, We dont like big E either.
And bad ass castles
Prince Edward Island? Joking aside, it was a good video.
Same!!
Fun fact I actually live and am completely Irish!