Very interesting and thanks for your work. However I do find the background chanting loud and irritating
@CollieJennКүн бұрын
5:18 ''A normal 16 year old kid carted off to Ireland...'' What for.. a holiday? You can say it; he was carted off as a slave to Ulster. And 'a normal 16 year old kid' back 1300 years ago was actually middle aged !
@HenryVynerBrooks2 күн бұрын
Glad you're enjoying it. And thanks for leaving comments. Any questions just ask. Best regards Henry Vyner-Brooks
@patrickyoung35032 күн бұрын
This is a deep dive into the history of St Columbanus & his travels through France to Rome . I'm doing my best to keep abreast with you . Very informing I'm learning all the time .
@patrickyoung35032 күн бұрын
As they say the plot thickens . Not being any way academic. I'm intrigued with programme .
@patrickyoung35032 күн бұрын
On my God , I'd be worn out before I left with all it entails to start your voage . The best of luck . Stay safe .
@HenryVynerBrooks2 күн бұрын
Thanks Patrick, when I look back I have exactly the same thoughts! Best regards Henry Vyner-Brooks
@patrickyoung35032 күн бұрын
I'm in , hook line & sinker . Continued success with the series . I'd like to think that I'm a biker on the road & you picked me up . God bless the work .
@HenryVynerBrooks2 күн бұрын
God bless you Patrick, make it all worth while when we hear from folk who have enjoyed it. Blessings, Henry and Ruth Vyner-Brooks
@patrickyoung35032 күн бұрын
Hi there ,I'm interested in your work into " Irish history . I'm now into my 87 year & would love to know more . This 1st episode has waited my appetite for more .
@nicholahenry5393 күн бұрын
Wow that was amazing just think walking in the footsteps of our ancestors beautiful thank you Henry
@Louiseskybunker3 күн бұрын
"Graven images" huh...
@HenryVynerBrooks3 күн бұрын
Hi Louise, not quite sure what you meant by the comment.... Perhaps not a fan of idolatry ? Me neither. Anyway, thanks for watching. Best regards Henry Vyner-Brooks
@amarshmuseconcepta619714 сағат бұрын
@@HenryVynerBrooks Ditto And .re comment Prolly them Red🛡️clan AKA Rothschild cabal: *Still* running the *proppergander* *&* *war-machiners* WORLDWIDE *TO-DATE.*
@seanmccann83683 күн бұрын
The british, in common with many other failed imperial powers, find it impossible (at present) to face their reduction to their true status in world affairs. Perhaps in a few centuries, when the sun has set forever on their murderous greed and power lust, they can learn who and what they are.
@seanmccann83683 күн бұрын
This is a wonderful series, really enjoying your enthusiasm for the subject and I am learning so much. One tiny criticism (meant with the best of intentions), an Irish Cashel is a single word with emphasis on the first syllable, it isn't an ancestor of Superman ;-)
@HenryVynerBrooks3 күн бұрын
Thanks Sean, I am all at sea with Irish pronunciations. I thought I was ok with Italian though , only to get back from Italy and realize that I had been getting their former prime ministers name wrong. Dyslexics rule K.O.😅 any really appreciate your encouragement, makes it all worth while. Every blessing, Henry Vyner-Brooks
@jamessheffield41733 күн бұрын
Watch therefore, I beg you, Pope, watch, and again I say, watch; since perhaps Vigilius was not very vigilant, whom our friends, who lay blame on you, describe as the main stumbling-block. Watch first for the Faith, then for bidding works of faith and for spurning vices, since your watchfulness will be the salvation of many, just as on the other side your carelessness will be the destruction of many. May Isaiah send you to the mountain, who publish good tidings to Zion’’ Letters of Columbanus
@henryfarrell13 күн бұрын
In Ireland we pronounce the name Donghal is pronounced Donal! One seen an English comedian taking the piss out of us for how we spell and pronounce names 😅
@savingeurope3 күн бұрын
Oh good Henry, I thought it was just me who was confused because of my dyslexia! Everyone seemed to have had three different spellings for each name! anyway, thanks for the advice, as much help needed as possible! enjoy the rest of the series. best regards Henry VB
@gotasification3 күн бұрын
The English are so just so proud to be servants..they love masters
@savingeurope3 күн бұрын
Hi, thanks for the comment, but unsure what you are referring to. It wouldn't be the most usual criticism of the English!
@gotasification3 күн бұрын
@@savingeurope apologies for the comment..I got lost in translation.sorry again
@pjmcgoldrick19674 күн бұрын
"He in those days who knew the arts was an Irishman or had been taught by an Irishman" - Holy Roman Emperor Charles the Bald 875-877. He also wrote “There is no one more learned in the liberal arts than the Irish." 🇮🇪 In the interest of historical accuracy for those who do not know, the Romans called Ireland Scotia Major and Scotland Scotia Minor.
@HenryVynerBrooks3 күн бұрын
Thanks for that info. Eiharts life of Charlemagne also has some lovely contemporary insights into the Irish. This series visits Aachen in series 2 and has a sequence in Charlemagne's chapel.
@savingeurope3 күн бұрын
oops, Einhard's life of Charlemagne
@denislaw84 күн бұрын
And mass immigration into Europe and Ireland is destroying our civilization and culture.
@savingeurope3 күн бұрын
I agree Denis, but to say more here is probably not necessary as most people understand was is happening now. Enjoy the rest of series and keep the comments coming. Henry
@nicholahenry5394 күн бұрын
Hello Henry wow that was amazing. Have you ever thought of doing history of Ireland
@HenryVynerBrooks4 күн бұрын
Ooh, that sounds like a mighty big subject! (To which I do not feel quite equal.) Hoping to finish off other literary projects and then write another album...and do some painting... And we're getting some pigs and 🦙 alpacas!
@nicholahenry5393 күн бұрын
@@HenryVynerBrooks it sounds like you have a lot going on I wish you all the best for the future.
@SuperMikado2824 күн бұрын
They didn't save Europe from Napoleon or Hitler. Or U2.
@savingeurope3 күн бұрын
Or U2...excellent point! thanks for watching.
@1907jdee5 күн бұрын
Fabulous work and history brought to live by the human stories👏
@savingeurope4 күн бұрын
Thank you so much 😀for the encouragement, best regards Henry
@dennisburt46145 күн бұрын
And now people are still being held prisoner for speach or teacher in prison till he soghns a piece of papper saying he will suport mutilateing children europe hasnt changed enough the same powers that have always held people back continue to this day
@georgesherrill33715 күн бұрын
Absolutely fascinating account of Ireland’s profound contribution to Western civilization. However, the music does not enhance the narrative, quite the contrary! Lose the music and let the facts emerge on their own!
@savingeurope5 күн бұрын
Thanks for advice George, it was a first effort in film making! I note also that some speaker systems and particularly TV speakers make it sound better or worse. I think we used the Adobe premiere standard settings later for background music but often I will hear an epsiode on another sound system and just wince! anyway, thanks for watching and the input...we get better together ! best regards Henry VB
@JohnDowFirst5 күн бұрын
'How Ireland saved civilisation' would be more correct. People were pushed back from mainland Europe by the Saracens, Norse and Huns. It was truly backs-to-the-walls time.
@HenryVynerBrooks5 күн бұрын
Thanks John, I love Cahill's book by that name but, after speaking to the top medieval scholars, I chose to be a bit more circumspect. I think episode 3 or 4 has more to say on the subject, the book more so. But either way, it is an awesome story to needs to be better understood. God bless the wonderful Irish! Thanks for leaving the comment, best regards Henry (from Saving Europe)
@davidbowden225 күн бұрын
The Pagans and Druids didn't fail, Henry the 2nd and Rome failed them.
@HenryVynerBrooks5 күн бұрын
Hi David, not quite sure what you mean about Henry is and Rome. I suppose we could say that forms of pagan practice persisted in every culture, even in certain shades of Christian history. CSLewis made a few sialiant points regarding this. First is that paganism is a step up from materialistic atheism, and second, that God used/inspired currents within pagan thought and imagery to prep them for 'the true myth' ie the fulfillment of the dying/rising God etc. It was a major link in his own Christian conversion. Tolkien called is mythopoea. I noticed some stunning instances of this in the Saving Europe book that I must have pinched from Thomas Cahill's 'How the Irish saved civilization ' . Anyway, hope that helps a bit, and thanks for watching. Best regards Henry, (from Saving Europe)
@markmcallan9736 күн бұрын
The Irish had a big part in making Australia the country Is today! 👍🤘❤️👊
@Aeontheosophical6 күн бұрын
Patrick was determined to go back to repeat the pattern of abuse, that’s pretty normal for victims of abuse, Christianity is evil and he returned to enforce this religion on the rest of the population
@superbad35916 күн бұрын
Ireland is the jewel in the crown of Western Civilization, We are lovers, we are fighters, we are the land of Saints and scholars, We make the best of friends and the worst of enemies. A beautiful wildness runs through our veins. We laugh in the face of adversity and succeed in spite of it. God Bless our little island
@HenryVynerBrooks6 күн бұрын
God bless the wonderful Irish! Thanks for adding your comments, hope you enjoy the rest of the series. God bless, Henry
@imwelshjesus6 күн бұрын
And here's me thinking it was the baby jesus.
@HenryVynerBrooks6 күн бұрын
Not quite sure what your point is here but, thanks for making the comment and I hope you enjoy the rest of the series. God bless, Henry
@fieldagentryan6 күн бұрын
" hail Colombia " .....dicken ..Martin chuzzlewit
@HenryVynerBrooks6 күн бұрын
Not sure what your comments mean? Anyway, thanks for interacting and I hope you enjoy the rest of the series. God bless, Henry
@fieldagentryan6 күн бұрын
You waste your life spouting nazi graverobbing crap..... ots colmcoill or colm bia and the slavers were set up in Dublin and the salt mines were in bem bulban
@fieldagentryan6 күн бұрын
Colm a ... colm b .... anus .... fake history ...thanks to the great true English men who read the star histories on our stones .... the prophet jetemiah lived and worked in ireland in the 5th century b.c..
@fieldagentryan6 күн бұрын
Lies , lies , lies and more lies.... the Irish harp is well known in Eastern Europe..now go shear a goat in Turkey and call.it a goat...childten ate not " kids" ...satanic cannibalism ....its libernia , qualified Irish archaeologist .... the star is the star of 8 not 6 ...To hell with your lies...
@fieldagentryan6 күн бұрын
Established civilisation ..... liar
@brianwhelan53826 күн бұрын
Most of our official history is fiction.
@2010marksean6 күн бұрын
Actually Ireland had already had Christianity well before Patrick. Egyptian Coptic desert fathers had been in Ireland decades previously. Patrick wrote about these Christians. By the way check out Brrhon laws and how Ireland was civilly organised. Women had equal and in certain scenarios superior rights to men that arrived in the rest of Europe GB and the European mainland in the 20th centuries.
@HenryVynerBrooks6 күн бұрын
Thanks Mark, that is true, it was before so forgive me having to paint with such a broad brush for the documentary. I did give more detail in the book...but even then the sources are not totally clear. Certainly they were reading the Vita of Anthony very early on which would explain the heroic asceticism and neoplatonic dualism. Anyway, thanks for making the comment and I hope you enjoy the rest of the series. God bless, Henry
@123brizy3 күн бұрын
@@HenryVynerBrooksIs this why insular Catholicism on the island of Ireland is often likened more to Orthodox Christianity than the Roman Catholic Church?
@savingeurope3 күн бұрын
ooh, that is an interesting observation. But I cannot speak to it as I am very ignorant on this (and many other) subjects! thanks for the comment all the same. Perhaps someone else will pick it up and give an Irish perspective on this. God bless, Henry
@nicholahenry5396 күн бұрын
Thank you Henry for this amazing video God bless 🙏🏼
@HenryVynerBrooks6 күн бұрын
Hi Nicola, glad you are still enjoying the series. Anyway, thanks for making the comment, God bless, Henry
@nicholahenry5396 күн бұрын
Thank you Henry for another wonderful video this part reminds me of the way they go for the pilgrimage
@savingeurope5 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@michaelcandon29717 күн бұрын
Silly talk(ish).😊😊
@michaelcandon29717 күн бұрын
Every home should have 'how,the irish saved civilisation '...before...
@HenryVynerBrooks6 күн бұрын
Indeed , a great book by Tom Cahill. Anyway, thanks for making the comment and I hope you enjoy the rest of the series. God bless, Henry
@michealhand10017 күн бұрын
We needSaving again from the Hoards of illegal immigrants flooding Europe especially the Bearded ones.
@nicholahenry5397 күн бұрын
What a treat wow amazing thank you 🙏🏼 what an impression you are imprinting on your children how to live life what a journey God bless you all 🙏🏼
@HenryVynerBrooks6 күн бұрын
I know, but imagining actually being there, Nicola...it was amazing..a real highlight of the trip!
@nicholahenry5396 күн бұрын
@@HenryVynerBrooks I can only imagine
@ronginther19868 күн бұрын
Classic story every child in school in Europe needs to hear. Forget Minoan Crete. This tops that human sacrificing civilization.
@HenryVynerBrooks6 күн бұрын
Agreed, but it is very unlikely if druids in Ireland (as elsewhere in Europe) were not also practicing human sacrifice too. Anyway, thanks for making the comment and I hope you enjoy the rest of the series. God bless, Henry Ps. Keep the comments coming! 😀
@grlfcgombeenhunter28975 күн бұрын
I’m only back from Crete what did I miss.
@jimclark13748 күн бұрын
More Evangelism than history.
@michaelcandon29717 күн бұрын
No.truth,had to be documented....cant let this one go..historical truth..
@michaelcandon29717 күн бұрын
No.
@HenryVynerBrooks6 күн бұрын
I hope I wear my biases honestly as an blu collar scholar and present er, but am happy to discuss specific inaccuracies as they come up. Anyway, thanks for making the comments and I hope you enjoy the rest of the series. God bless, Henry
@jimclark13748 күн бұрын
Hibernia, a misnomer if ever there was one. A country with the mildest climate in the British Isles.
@HenryVynerBrooks6 күн бұрын
Good point, maybe the Romans did the naming so they wouldn't have the bother civilizing it! Anyway, thanks for making the comment and I hope you enjoy the rest of the series. God bless, Henry
@zuppymac-xi8rk4 күн бұрын
Ireland doesn't use the term British Isles. In regards itself as an island for one, but an isle like Britain.
@nicholahenry5398 күн бұрын
Thank you for another informative video fantastic
@alllovingcowherdboy44758 күн бұрын
This idea that the pagans were sacrificing humans is fake news...propaganda
@alllovingcowherdboy44758 күн бұрын
And then the Europeans went all over the world and wiped many Civilizations out
@HenryVynerBrooks6 күн бұрын
That is a big subject. I Would recommend prof Biggar's book Colonialism: a moral reckoning ...which I intend to read someday if someone would get it for my Christmas stocking! Anyway, thanks for making the comment and I hope you enjoy the rest of the series. God bless, Henry
@nicholahenry5399 күн бұрын
Thank you another amazing video
@nicholahenry5399 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing your personal journey with us and I congratulate you for beating your cancer as a fellow cancer worrier I have not made ten years yet but I am counting down the days nearly there. Unlike you I never did anything so spectacular as doing what you have God bless you and your family 🙏🏼
@HenryVynerBrooks9 күн бұрын
Amen, you too Nicola x
@nicholahenry53911 күн бұрын
Thank you I am really enjoying these videos
@HenryVynerBrooks10 күн бұрын
That's great Nicola, so glad they are helpful. Thanks for encouragement, best regards Henry