Thanks Patrick, when I look back I have exactly the same thoughts! Best regards Henry Vyner-Brooks

God bless you Patrick, make it all worth while when we hear from folk who have enjoyed it. Blessings, Henry and Ruth Vyner-Brooks

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

​@@HenryVynerBrooks Ditto And .re comment Prolly them Red🛡️clan AKA Rothschild cabal: *Still* running the *proppergander* *&* *war-machiners* WORLDWIDE *TO-DATE.*

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

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

Hi, thanks for the comment, but unsure what you are referring to. It wouldn't be the most usual criticism of the English!

@@savingeurope apologies for the comment..I got lost in translation.sorry again

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.

oops, Einhard's life of Charlemagne

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

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!

@@HenryVynerBrooks it sounds like you have a lot going on I wish you all the best for the future.

Or U2...excellent point! thanks for watching.

Thank you so much 😀for the encouragement, best regards Henry

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

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)

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)

God bless the wonderful Irish! Thanks for adding your comments, hope you enjoy the rest of the series. God bless, Henry

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

Not sure what your comments mean? Anyway, thanks for interacting and I hope you enjoy the rest of the series. God bless, Henry

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

​@@HenryVynerBrooksIs this why insular Catholicism on the island of Ireland is often likened more to Orthodox Christianity than the Roman Catholic Church?

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

Hi Nicola, glad you are still enjoying the series. Anyway, thanks for making the comment, God bless, Henry

Glad you enjoyed it

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

I know, but imagining actually being there, Nicola...it was amazing..a real highlight of the trip!

@@HenryVynerBrooks I can only imagine

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! 😀

I’m only back from Crete what did I miss.

No.truth,had to be documented....cant let this one go..historical truth..

No.

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

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

Ireland doesn't use the term British Isles. In regards itself as an island for one, but an isle like Britain.

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

Amen, you too Nicola x

That's great Nicola, so glad they are helpful. Thanks for encouragement, best regards Henry