8 Famous People with Irish Roots | British Pathé

THE EMERALD ISLE - IRELAND MONTH ON BRITISH PATHÉ (APRIL 2016): 8 Famous People with Irish Roots.
There are people of Irish ancestry spread all over the world. These are a few of the most famous ones. JFK, Walt Disney, Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, Muhammad Ali, General Farrell, John Curtin and Gene Kelly.
Check out the newsreels used to make this video here: • Kennedy In Ireland (1963)
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[@timothydriscoll]

I guess that's how Ali got his gift of gab.

[@nadinecollins4443]

Timothy Driscoll well for a anti white racist he is part white ha ha

[@tyronef1798]

nadine vennard how is he anti white ??? All he advocated was equality.

[@padraic3232]

@@tyronef1798 he joined Islam didn't he?

[@baibac6065]

@@padraic3232 So what?

[@baibac6065]

@@nadinecollins4443 Standing for the rights of his people is "racist"? Hmmmmmmmmmm

[@loconnolly7474]

I was baptised by one of Kennedy's cousins. Spitting image of Bobby Kennedy, apparently

[@chillywilly5258]

Good job and very enjoyable...thanks.

[@bill90405]

Didn’t mention Henry Ford, whose grandfather was from Cork. Ford opened the first Ford factory in Europe there.

[@peterfitzgerald5632]

Glad to be Irish, Up the Rebels.

[@blazednlovinit]

+Zyko Zipe Some Irish are loyal.

[@Zombehnation1001]

+blazednlovinit they're Ulster Scottish mostly, not Irish.

[@blazednlovinit]

Zombehnation1001 Except they have Irish names mostly...My great grandfather was Irish, making me a Higgins. Like I said, some Irish are loyal and they don't all hate the English.

[@Zombehnation1001]

blazednlovinit Your dads last name doesnt mean you're immediately 100% Irish. If you have 4 great grandfathers and 1's last name is Irish, doesn't mean the other 3 great grandfathers arent all Ulster Scottish. They openly refuse to allow the Irish language on roadsigns along side Ulster Scots. So they culturally Identify with Scottish culture more than Irish and are for the most part Scottish/English in Heritage.

[@blazednlovinit]

Zombehnation1001 Who mentioned "100% Irish"? Oh right, you, not me. No one is "100% Irish" if that term even makes sense. Why would they subject themselves to isolating themselves from the world by learning a dead language? That'd be like me convincing parts of England to speak Latin, it would be of no use to anyone because Latin is a dead language xD

[@eruptrhiino5709]

I thought it was fecking grand when I found out that Muhammed Ali's grandparents are from County Clare just like me

[@sf6903]

Gene Kelly, just became a new hero of mine.

[@bk1147]

A true republican

[@lallyoisin]

Knew that Ali fella's eyes were smiling too much!

[@dacelticcross]

Paddy McGuinness,Chris Moyles,The Nolans.The list goes on and on.

[@ko0974]

Exactly Jimmy car, Sean Walsh and most guests Irish, Roisin

[@trevordoolan5011]

Ernesto “Che” Guevara Lynch, Johnny Lydon, Woody Guthrie, Justin Sane, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, John Fogerty, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Dropkick Murphy's, Jeff Buckley, Everlast, Billy Gibbons, Jimi Hendrix, etc, etc... ☘🇮🇪☘ .

[@Obtaineudaimonia]

I was hoping for Father Ted Crilly

[@JimmysEssay]

Careful now

[@cormacdoheny470]

+Eudaimonia He was born in Ireland but moved to London in later years.

[@fred08official74]

Down with that sort of thing

[@timothynicholas2127]

"And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven." Mat 23:9

[@marieward8343]

you forgot elvis presley his ansestors are from co carlow

[@michelleflood8220]

marie ward actually not true maybe his mums side but the Presley's were found to be of Scottish background I think you'll find !

[@columbannon9134]

Elvis Presley roots come from Germany. Look it up

[@michelleflood8220]

colum bannon actually they have found he can be traced back to a Andrew presley in Scotland

[@williamlane9844]

@Walter James Lawler elvis Presleys ancestors were scottish,

[@MikeyJMJ]

Elvis had Scottish, German and Irish ancestry among others. I don't know why people are trying to compete in the replies. You can have more than 1 you idiots

[@michelleflood8220]

My nanna who was a Kennedy used to joke to us that we were related to JFK but we aren't as they are from a totally different county to her family lol 😂 her little injoke to amuse the grandkids ! she had that typical Irish/ Celtic sense of humour

[@michelleflood8220]

Why do you have to argue the point over and over with me plenty of examples of it around you must be blind ! are you telling me every Irish person has tanned or olive skin because that is a joke ! which you've proven over and over so I'm done debating this with you !

[@neilmaclean5338]

I,m proud to say my mother was second generation Irish-born her family left Letter Kenny county Donegoll and setteled in Aberdeen she had the singing voice of an angell a hard working woman who raised us almost single handed. rest in peace my darling.

[@seanwaters4737]

Nice spelling

[@MrResearcher122]

@Neil Maclean My grandfather's clan, the Cannons, founded LetterKenny. Name in Irish means the 'Hillfort of the Cannons'.

[@michelleflood8220]

Neil Maclean oh aren't you a sweet lad ! Miss my nan too she was second generation Irish Australian as my great grandad Patrick Kennedy emigrated from templetuohy in county Tipperary to Australia so for me makes me fourth generation Irish aussie. She had that very Celtic sense of humour that most Irish and also Scottish people have it's part dry wit , part sarcasm with a little self deprecation mixed in and very much like the Australian sense of humour . my your mum rest in peace , treasure the memories of her and yes I think most Irish people and Scots too have that hard work ethic about them know my grandad and my Irish ancestors that came here most certainly did.

[@am.d7512]

Letterkenny is a shithole , nothing to be proud of

[@Ghost_of_Michael_Collins]

Donegall not Donegoll

[@ivano4773]

Also Will Ferrell , John c. Reilly, Chris Farley ( rip ) Conan o' Brien , Billy the kid ( mother was from Ireland ) , Jesse James ( Both parents came from Ireland ), Mel Gibson, George Clooney, John L. Sullevin ( who beat Irish Paddy Ryan to become the first world heavy weight boxing champion )... to name a few

[@richardkeith9490]

The narrator saying he turned his back like he was sick of us 🤣🤣

[@paulhanley3830]

Jesus has Irish roots...his father was Irish,God from Galway was his name.. So there ye go,God him self was forged in good old Éire so he was 😇

[@michelleflood8220]

paul hanley I'm not going to disagree with your analogy slice of heaven here on earth is good old Eire

[@PanglossDr]

The proof that he was Irish? His mammy was a virgin and he did what she told him to do

[@dantesinferno7480]

paul hanley i thought the christ's were cavan people.

[@prodigalson6166]

PanglossDr I have definitive proof that Jesus was Irish. He was over 30 and not married, he had 12 drinking buddies, and his mother thought he was God! 😇

[@am.d7512]

he's from westside

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

That was entertaining.

[@ronbros]

Henry Ford

[@Sharon-ks2du]

He WaS fRoM cARk baiii!!

[@martinmccarthy8759]

Even E.T and He's mate's were alien leprechauns,😂

[@anthonywhelan5419]

Australian prime ministers with Irish ancestry also include Joseph Lyons. Billy McMahon and Paul Keating. Our most famous outlaw was Ned Kelly. BTW the first two full length movies ever made were filmed in Melbourne Australia. One was about the life of Jesus Christ and the other about Ned Kelly and his gang.

[@talals6881]

Man the music in the start is beautiful. Any one know the name?

[@James-hm3jk]

In Ireland leprechauns give us piggyback back rides to school and work and pretty much anywhere and their pots of gold are our pockets

[@DasTubemeister]

Not forgetting Paddy McGintys Goat.

[@lh.0508]

The Bestles?🥺🥺🥺❤️

[@chicorico78]

Success has many fathers : failure is an orphan

[@MikeGreenwood51]

Dead fathers made orphans. If a person isn't an orphan after their parents die its because the person is dead. Written by an orphan.

[@thetwoboyos8366]

Gene Clark of The Byrd's... ✊🇮🇪

[@michaelpower4372]

The greatest snooker player of all time Alex hurricane Higgins.Barry mcGuigan, Robbie Kean, oh ah Paul McGrath, Samrock, Guinness, Michael Power, Johnny Giles, best Leeds utd player of all time.and lods more

[@davidp4043]

John ford,Hollywood film director

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

You forgot robo cop lol

[@joekieran1897]

I can think of 4# George best Roy Keane McGregor martin O'Neill im from Ireland too

[@thinkofitthisway7804]

John McEnroe also

[@chanio1179]

What's the name of the song that plays in 0:15 ?

[@ok1725]

La Festa De Comiat-Capítol Xxxii

[@burdrchitect1680]

It's alot more than 8 people. Truth will be told one day.

[@ohno2112]

They were force out by the economic stranglehold, the Brits had on the country!

[@1000dannycawley]

I bet most black American thought Obama was a African name funny how Irish and black names can look the same, O'Bama

[@drmodestoesq]

And outdoor chairs and tables. Patty O'furniture.

[@lacemitchell9895]

And that's ok. I have nothing against the irish. Fascinating people they are.

[@007mia7]

Eazy D Cawley You would be surprised how many Black Irish are in America.

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

He follows a furry. Irish card revoked automatically.

[@jenniferadesina4467]

Obama is a central african name in lou Obam means to lean or bend but similar names can pop up im different countries you're right.

[@WakoGriffin]

UP WEXFORD

[@jenny6692]

Add Elvis Presley

[@walterrankin2070]

John wayne mother was irish

[@Michaelhead-mq9sq]

Why

[@jenny6692]

@@Michaelhead-mq9sq Elvis Presley has strong Irish roots.

[@martinmccarthy8759]

Almost every country has Irish connection or biological D.N.A paddy's been there sand done it👍

[@231rft]

buggeroff what? 😂

[@Elvis-guy1973]

Who's paddy?

[@unkownperson1874]

not everyone

[@patdiggins9252]

Henry Ford,niell mulhollond so many left out.

[@seandillon1735]

wait Walt Disney's grandparents were from Kilkenny

[@thomasbrennan819]

His ancestral home is in Co. Carlow. Maybe they were from kk originally?

[@Michaelhead-mq9sq]

Maybe that’s why there’s a Disney shop here

[@gwynwilliams4222]

St Patrick was Welsh

[@drmodestoesq]

Saint George, according to legend, was a Roman soldier of Greek origin and officer in the Guard of Roman emperor Diocletian, who was sentenced to death for failing to recant his Christian faith.

[@am.d7512]

and a cuk

[@markoforeskin3597]

Romano-Briton

[@WallStwizkid]

It isn't actually clear what he was. Many accounts refer to him as a Romanized Briton. Others say he was specifically Welsh. One of the latest claims argues that he was French (well, from Brittany). One thing that is fairly certain, is that he changed his name to Patricius while he was studying in Gaul (modern France).

[@briandavis3832]

But Santa 🎅 is Irish 🍀 real name is Paddy Santa Claus 😂

[@JoelTGM]

I thought everyone has, at some point, had a little Irish in them.

[@michelleflood8220]

Joel I have at least 90 % Irish ancestry mainly from tiobraid Arann and an cabhan ( tipperary and Cavan ) the other 10% is German through my paternal grandmothers and some English ( one family ) through mums paternal grandmother the rest at least three to four generations back is from those counties I listed !

[@TrueSonOfSkyrim]

Well in the western world and occeania yes... you don't see any Irish i Greece

[@mlgvincent4827]

Michelle Flood im 100% irish my family has been born there for over 100 years

[@mlgvincent4827]

CHRIS ZWILLIAMS in the north (east coast of usa) in NYC where i live there is alot of irish most likely every 20-30 people ull see at least 3 irish people in it in NYC

[@TrueSonOfSkyrim]

MLG Vincent that's still western world, I am talking about Greciaaaaa

[@paradise8876]

The fab 4 .... John Huston .... John Wayne .... John Ford .... Gregory Peck is related to Thomas Ashe ....

[@GerryBolger]

Gene Kelly was a provo? That's...unexpected..

[@kathleenirish1981]

8 is rather short list

[@dinocarlucci2105]

Kathleen Firth Half of them are dodgey Dino Carlucci

[@johnthorpe8930]

How about an item on some of the best known radio personalities of the war? Please include 'Romany of the BBC' who was incredibly popular but never gets the credit he deserves for entertaining young and old alike with his Óut with Romany' series on Childrens Hour. John Thorpe,Bury,Lancs.

[@vincenthigginbotham8729]

What about Henry Ford

[@Daniel-bt4wk]

liam neeson is from the north too

[@michelleflood8220]

pewdiepie wannabe correct he is from ballymena in county Antrim

[@oog2370]

But he is Irish. These are of Irish descent

[@ohno2112]

America could have kept Dev !

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

without dev irish Independence probably would have failed.

[@sl_721]

We haven’t had a Taoiseach as good as Dev in 50 years

[@marcroigcebrian]

James cagney and chris mullin

[@philiphalpenny9761]

A Hollywood photographer once said of Cagney, "his face looks like the map of Ireland". True...

[@KM-bx6kk]

me...I'm Irish me

[@LUKERs1196]

Denise Quinn where are you from

[@dmac2045]

@Nunquam Non Paratus no Ireland is a country

[@trevordoolan5011]

Ernesto “Che” Guevara Lynch .

[@trevordoolan5011]

Ernesto “Che” Guevara Lynch, Johnny Lydon, Woody Guthrie, Justin Sane, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, John Fogerty, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Dropkick Murphy's, Jeff Buckley, Everlast, Billy Gibbons, Jimi Hendrix, etc, etc... ☘🇮🇪☘ .

[@uuhhjhhuij8373]

I’m 2nd cousins with princess gace

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

X

[@sherim5398]

Shaikh hamza yusuf as well

[@locouk]

£4 to get over the pond to America! ?

[@utubeballbag]

+Green Silver £1 would have been the equivelant to 2 months wages then .

[@burants89]

I'm Scottish with Irish grandparents but can I just say I feel 100% Scottish and although I've Irish blood I'm totally Scottish

[@burants89]

Never Unprepared no am no am Scottish

[@burants89]

Fuck off mick.....100% Jock.....

[@burants89]

Never Unprepared Grandparents Irish Had daughter, dad Scottish, Makes me 100% Scottish

[@burants89]

Never Unprepared never unprepared unless it's the British taking over your country lol and what did I do about it ???? Ran away like the rest.....SAS SCARED YOU ROUND THE PEACE TALKS.....Scotland has everything Ireland don't have.....quiet life and better opportunities in every aspect of life.....let me hear if am wrong micro penis

[@am.d7512]

You know Scotland is named after an Irish tribe from Ulster right? They were called the Scotti tribe and they basically took over most of west Scotland and that's how you even have the right to be called Scottish. Secondly, Ireland has lower crime on average than the entire UK which you can see with a quick google of the national statistics of each country. . We also have less refugees and less drugs issues outside of Dublin. As for our opportunities, they're pretty good seen as we have a lower tax rate than the U.S and most of Europe, so it attracts all of the major multinational companies to our shitty Island. . and is why the European HQ for Google, Paypal, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft, Ebay, twitter and AIr BnB are situated here ( just to name a few ). I can't see FB or Google coming to Scotland anytime soon, so yeah, our opportunities are quite decent considering we have a very small population and continue to beat Scotland in everything from rugby to finance :)

[@marcosgibson0076]

I think that Jimi Hendrix had Irish roots

[@LarryFogarty]

yes he sang the song howye joe

[@Elvis-guy1973]

Where? in his friggin garden! 🤣🤣🤣

[@blazednlovinit]

Any video for the Queen's birthday tomorrow pathé ?

[@britishpathe]

+blazednlovinit We actually didn't do one. But we did dedicate an entire month to her last year. Take a look: kzbin.infoplaylists?sort=dd&view=50&shelf_id=49

[@blazednlovinit]

British Pathé Thank you for taking the time to reply and link me. I'll bookmark it and watch later, about to head to Whitby :) All the best mate.

[@eoghan-yi2dd]

what about John Cena

[@rmlfilms123]

And the Undertaker, Vince McMahon - most of the WWE wrestlers have Irish blood.

[@thomasbrennan819]

John Cena is on the list, you just can't see him

[@riverlizard9820]

Nope, John cena have italian and French ancestry.

[@LtMerlin86]

Planes

[@mrtrue9635]

Nothern Ireland is actually Ireland!

[@midosaleh2474]

Che guvara was Irish

[@computerdoctorrepairs]

Irish Lives Matter

[@jayaarmo683]

Conor MacGregor

[@eduardodavid1021]

Barak Obama ?!

[@problematic7993]

Disney was born to Anglo settlers who just lived in Ireland but had no roots there, not Irish.

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

Disney had native irish ancestry as well the family intermingled with the irish population .

[@WallStwizkid]

Completely fabricated. Disney was descended from Hiberno-'Normans', which, as a designation, has no significance whatsoever outside of surname origin. The Hiberno-Normans were thoroughly Gaelicized, in manner and blood, within one generation in Ireland, and were and are as Irish as any other. If we were to extend your logic over the Irish Sea, then every Brit with a Norman name isn't actually 'English', but a Frenchified Viking living on English lands. This is, to be sure, completely absurd, as Norman names have been in the British Isles for so many centuries that they have abandoned any and all Frankish or Scandinavian connections, genetic and otherwise.

[@MinecraftGamer-yx5zh]

Che Guevara

[@ross8484]

The Google.my.place.ie

[@NadeemHayek]

Ali is African I find it funny to have Irish roots

[@Sean-jc6cu]

His great grandfather was an immigrant who married a black person in the 1870s

[@swaythegod5812]

His great grand father was Irish

[@johnminehan1148]

The Kennedy's are, of course, originally from Scotland . . . .

[@RobertK1993]

John Minehan Irish surname.

[@johnminehan1148]

More Highland Scots, of course, there is reason for that, given where the Highland Scots came from.

[@AmandaFromWisconsin]

No, they're not.

[@johnminehan1148]

Sorry, yes they are. Both the name in general and that lot is particular.

[@aughalough1]

@@johnminehan1148, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, America's first Irish-Catholic president, was a son of two families whose roots stretched back to Ireland. PC370 John F. Kennedy with his father, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., and grandfather, John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, April 1946. The Fitzgerald family was from the rural County Limerick village of Bruff in western Ireland. Between 1846 and 1855, some of the Fitzgeralds migrated to America to escape the devastating potato famine. Thomas Fitzgerald, born in Bruff in 1823, and Rose Anna Cox, born in County Cavan in 1835, were the parents of John Francis Fitzgerald, who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 11, 1863. On September 18, 1889, John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald married Mary Josephine Hannon of Acton, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Michael Hannon and Mary Ann Fitzgerald, both born in Ireland. Their daughter, Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald, was born on July 22, 1890 in Boston. She was John F. Kennedy's mother. During the same period that the Fitzgeralds migrated to America, Patrick Kennedy, a cooper, left his ancestral home in Dunganstown, County Wexford, and sailed for the United States. In 1849, he married Bridget Murphy, who was born about 1827 in Owenduff, County Wexford. Nine years later she was a widow with four small children, the youngest of whom, Patrick Joseph Kennedy, would become John F. Kennedy's grandfather. In November 1887, Patrick Joseph "P.J." Kennedy married Mary Augusta Hickey, daughter of James Hickey of Cork, Ireland, and Margaret M. Field, also of Ireland. Their son, Joseph Patrick Kennedy, was born on September 6, 1888 in East Boston. He was John F. Kennedy's father. John Remember, documented truth will always outweigh an "opinion" kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2arnJJ7fpWDpcU