Yes, it’s beautiful

I don’t know, is it strong in your subject area? It’s certainly a nice city, you’ll love that aspect.

Ah many thanks Eric, please keep watching.

With Dot?

Many thanks, I really appreciate that. Merchandise? Not sure if enough people would be interested. I think I’d end up having a loft full of unsold T-shirts and hoodies!

@@nakedireland No, Naked Ireland mugs. We would deffo buy some and don't expect them at supermarket prices as you need to make a profit. Just and idea. You should try Croagh Patrick and Doo Lough or Cong. BTW what's the name of the background music?

Sorry I forgot, I use a few pieces of music as soundtrack, just depending on the length of the videos. The jazzy stuff is off and album called Child’s Play, and the classical guitar stuff is off an album called First Construction in Nylon. You can search for them on Bandcamp and they’re downloadable from there. Mugs! Yeah it’s a good idea, but I’ve a large amount of viewers from places like US or Australia, and shipping stuff out there might not be viable. Probably very time consuming too. I think at some point it might be workable, but maybe not just yet. I’ll review when I hit 10k subs.

@@nakedireland Irish composer Greg Caffrey...Is that you?

Guilty as charged

It’s a cracker Lorraine!

Interesting info Tom. I don’t think I remember the low bar. Thanks for your comment.

Thanks so much for your continued support - I really do appreciate it. 👍🏼

Many thanks for watching.

@@nakedireland 💫💫💫

Ah thanks so much!!!!

Phew! Another 200! Not even sure if that’s possible!

@@nakedireland Yes, by Christmas 😝 Plenty left to see in Ireland, perhaps a series on history taking a topic each week or town/area?

⁠oh yeah there’s plenty of subject mater, I just need to find the energy!

@@nakedireland As Popeye needed spinach for strength you need Guinness 😆😆

⁠that’s actually very true!!

Thank you so much, so kind.

The baps are what has sustained me! Many thanks for your support.

Many thanks, yes, there’s a lot! I surprised myself!! Thanks for your support.

Yes I noticed the fondness for flat roofs. I assumed that Achill had a roofer that hadn’t learned how to do pitches ones yet!

Thank you so much, so glad you enjoy it all and I hope you’ll keep watching.

Well I guess all churches were Catholic before the reformation? Should they all be given back to the Catholic Church? Or a more important question might be, does the Catholic Church need this place? As long as we have it as a beautiful piece of Irish history, what does it matter who prays in it?

@@nakedireland In Ireland specifically the majority population remained Catholic after the Reformation and these Churches were taken at gun point by the British army as part of oppressive colonial government and reapportioned to the English State Church making Churches built by the Irish for the Irish inaccessible to the Irish That’s not remotely defensible, it’s a legacy of British rule and their not so subtle anti-Irish policies Anyone can go in there now sure, but that’s beyond on the point, Churches are more then just a pretty building, they’re sites of sacred worship and too this day all of Ireland’s historical Churches hold Protestant services utterly useless to the Catholic majority A tiny minority of Ireland’s population controls ALL the Medieval Churches which again they literally stole At the very least there could be a more even distribution, for example Dublin has two historical Cathedrals and both are controlled by Anglicans? Why can’t it be split 1-1? Too the day there is no Catholic Cathedral in Dublin only a smaller scale Pro-Cathedral out of protest to this

⁠Well, you make a convincing argument, but I think the churches (i.e. organisations not the buildings) of all denominations have plundered and stolen throughout the ages, so I see no real difference here. Personally, given that congregations of all denominations are on the decrease, I’d be happy to see the place become a shelter for the homeless and needy. I suppose that’s probably something in line with Christ’s teaching too. If it was a place for the homeless then it wouldn’t much matter if the cathedral was catholic or Protestant. I guess it could just be Christian. Though of course that wouldn’t preclude non Christian’s from seeking shelter. Just an idea - thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching. Cheers!!

Good tip on the food! No I missed the tree unfortunately, but I’ll be back.

Ha ha, you don’t mince your words! Thanks for watching.

Lol hate it yet u watched a video of the city, Bro, you're not a hater you're a fan

Yes I guess you’re right about sacrificing ambience 🥺

Yes I think Limerick’s a place that’s improved a lot, like many Irish towns and cities.

@@nakedireland 22 yrs since I was there and not in a good mood 😆 Great B&B we had though with awesome breakfast, lots of home made brown. Ended up hiring a car from Shannon airport, a model of car I fell in love with and still drive today! 😁So my visit wasn't all bad and it began ten days of seeing Ireland on only R and unclassified roads, happy days.

What was the car?

@@nakedireland Nissan Micra K11. Had a ball with it and owned 4 since and the best cars ever had.

Ha, you’re a Garron fan, he’s a laugh. Anyway, follow me, I’m delicious too!

Yes, they were doing construction work at the top of O’Connell street when I made my film about it - which you can seek out. St Marys Cathedral is coming soon. Thanks for watching.

Thanks Stephanie, I already made a short film on Donegal castle, which you can seek out, but Cahir in Tipperary is on the list. Many thanks for tuning in.

Many thanks for that - great tips for further study! On the new building -I quite like the design, but not sure about some of the materials. Realistically, if we build a new part of an historic building then it should be able to outlast the original. But let’s face it, that won’t happen here, however sleek and clever it looks. Thanks for watching and contributing as always.

It's always a buzz waiting to see what your going to show next! I only hope I'm not too much. Thanks for the feedback, your humour is always appreciated 🤪

⁠I enjoy your insights and look forward to your feedback every week Des!

Every year for the past 30 years my wife and I and our kids have attended and taken part of what has become the largest Mediaeval Tournament/ Reenactment in the Southern Hemisphere. The Abbey Tournament. So Castle's, Cathedrals and ancient landscapes that you visit and share have a special meaning to us. Cheers!!

Oh one last thing, Van Morrison's Da used to clean our windows in Bingnian Dr!!

More historic perhaps! But beauty is in the eye of the beholder and Galway, Queens in Belfast, Cork and indeed Maynooth all are very beautiful campus in their own way.

It’s here waiting for you. Come visit.

Yeah, I think, like most of these popular places, off season is the time to go. You might even luck out on the weather as I did.

There are a lot of Jack B Yeats paintings in the National Gallery in Dublin too, and perhaps a few in Hugh Lane. All worth a visit.

What a gorgeous place to live!

Ha ha Fergus, good to see you here.

Agreed!

It’s a lovely town, time to get over for a visit!

@@nakedireland Maybe I should start a go fund me page to pay for it 🤭It seems the lottery plan isn't working 🤣That part of Ireland remains virgin territory to me and need exploring for sure.

Yeah, sure no hurry, it’s always there for you. The lottery win is just round the corner - I’m sure of it!

​@@nakedireland The Guinness is on me when I win 👍😁

⁠I’ll hold you to that.

Many thanks Timothy, so glad you liked it.

You and I both know the disadvantage in segregated education. Many thanks again for tuning in.

That's so true Greg. We can only move on, and hopefully learn from the past. I was thinking about the migration of the Quakers in the last show. They had it tough too. Thanks to them we have nice chocolate! The only trade they were allowed to partake in! Thanks again! Great show always look forward to the next release!

Many thanks, and here’s to the Quakers and their chocolate!

Many thanks for watching Mandy. Yes, it’s a lovely gallery.

Thank you so much Margaret

Not sure about that. I visited on bike I hired at the gates of the park.

Thank you Patricia.

Cheers Declan.

Plenty of nice holidays for you Joe, visiting your relatives?

“The only thing warmer than a Foxford blanket is a Foxford welcome, “ as Sean Flanagan, Mayo captain, said last time we won Sam Maguire.

It’s evidently an even more international location than I first thought!

Richard English, Professor of Politics at QUB, did a good biography of him, think it was called “IRA Intellectual”. Newport is also well known for award winning black pudding, think Kelly’s Kitchen won some national title for it. And of course, Grace Kelly, as you mention in the video.

⁠It’s a town with many claims to fame.

There are thousands of military age Islamic men in every village??? Now just who is making leaps here. Get real, be truthful. Please don’t stoke hatred. I can assure you there were many more Quakers in Newport on their arrival in days of old relative to the Islamic military age men you claim to be there today!!

@@nakedireland they are bringing them into Knock a one street village, the people are terrified. All military aged men who will be reunited with family members, thats a colonisation. Lisdoonvarna now minority Irish. Clonmel has over a hundred acre site of housing for these men going in, the people demonstrated but ignored. Newtownmountkennedy, same thing, Dublin 1 is now Irish minority. Every town and village will be swamped. Our young educated leave for Australia coz never will they be able to buy a home here. And still they come in to our country. Business men making millions from renting out properties to the gov to house these men, paid for by us the plebs. Coolock people peppeŕsprayed and bashed up for being concerned. Anne Marie Murphý murdered. Children knifed. Gay men beheaded, priest knifed. Rapes and sexual assaults. Islam is an ideology, it says that woman is worth half a man, why are you happy to allow that in our country?????? Child brides, fgm, jihad, Knife attacks, you are happy for us to suffer all that. You must be from Killiney or Dalkey where you don't have to live with this danger. Or being a man you probably won't be raped by the Taliban when you're out jogging. Lucky you. Working class and rural people are suffering now because of your leftoid indoctrination that we don't want. Like how many do we have to accept? Give us the number is ten million? The Quakers were Christian at least they weren't knifing kids and raping women and children. They are part of the community.

Ha ha, that’s priceless. So amazing when things like that happen.

That’s great. You should visit.

That’s a good auld cycle just for a pound of sausages, particularly since there are butchers in Westport? But I’m guessing the sausages were a bonus and not the real reason for the trip Paul?

Weren't hostels the best , weird, oddest places to arrive in on a jaunt around the Irish country side as a Youth!! I bet there are ton of stories we could all tell!!! A bike ride for a pound of snags ..... There's more to this tale !!

@@nakedireland didn’t think nothing about cycling those distances back then.., Then went on to Clifton via Louisburg and camping at Renvyle..of course l went up Croagh Patrick… Lovely trip. And yes the bangers were decent!!’

@@desmcharris well you need a decent feed after a night in Matt Molloy’s boozer and you need fresh air to clear your mind 😂😂

Kelly’s?