All about IRELAND, the ignored country

[@williamsudell3209]

"Ireland is the 5th forgotten beetle of the English-speaking world after Canada, Britain, United States and Australia" *New Zealand cries in corner*

[@fancy4663]

WillSudNZ I was thinking that too

[@PinkbubblegumPop]

Where does south Africa comes in???? Jamaica?? Errrmmm the list goes on

[@calvino6949]

@Marc Phelan Every English speaking country has its own dialects. You could make the same argument about the pronunciation of words for any of the previously mentioned Beatles. NZ seems to lack a literary history because of its insignificance, not because its people pronounce words differently.

[@aster965]

Pinkbubblegum South Africa mostly speaks Afrikaans.

[@alphamain1086]

Dick move man

[@SumSum030]

I think Ireland is much less ignored than New Zealand, especially in the US due to the large Irish population

[@equestrianashes6564]

Yes they love us 😂 Kidding lol

[@SumSum030]

@@equestrianashes6564 Yeah you guys used to be pretty damn oppressed here

[@Adam-st4xm]

@@SumSum030 oh hi

[@ardellandaya1965]

Stretch to call them Irish tbh

[@finnbean5166]

No no no a large population of Americans that say they’re one of us because their cousins neighbour is irish

[@Rakedude]

Looks at comments *Grabs popcorn*

[@kylesweeney6933]

Very true

[@lachesarborisov9531]

I was here at the beginning and I'm coming back and suprised how the comments changed so drastically

[@Cartt]

Same

[@tescomealdeals4613]

@@lachesarborisov9531 what happened

[@PixelBytesPixelArtist]

You know JJ has done something wrong when theres a dislike ratio like that

[@madturklad]

ITS PERFECTLY BALANCED WE SHOULD KEEP IT LIKE THAT

[@northchurch753]

@@madturklad As all things should be

[@GTA5Player1]

More like some of these folk need so me stick removing surgery, if you know what I mean.

[@sizzym6260]

I dont like his hair

[@fluffypuggg2535]

Oof!!

[@dapperr1619]

The reason the Irish refer to the police force as "the guards" is because "the police" in Irish is "Gardaí" And the name "The Guards" is derived from it.

[@matthewcahill4475]

That could be it, I'm not sure, but it might come from their full Irish name, an garda síochánta, which translates to guards of the peace and we just take it from that

[@StevePlaysSteveplaysyotube]

its one garda 2 gardiii

[@matthewcahill4475]

@@StevePlaysSteveplaysyotube nnnngardiiii😂😂love that video

[@TadhgKennelly]

Steve plays christ you couldnt even get it right

[@StevePlaysSteveplaysyotube]

@@TadhgKennelly well u have to make it specific for those Americans

[@AishiMTA]

"Ireland is the 5th forgotten beatle of the English-speaking world" Well, at least it shows up on every map..

[@eyan4329]

@Searlaigh Daily im pretty sure one of them owned an island in eire and it was mainly occupied by hippies or something and they had orgys I think

[@zoot7981]

N🤢w z🤢🤢l🤢nd

[@cigh7445]

Actually there are old British maps where there's just ocean below Northern Ireland, I kid you not

[@itsme-sn5gi]

@Ci gh Never knew that, could you link a picture?

[@ahopefor]

Yeah I like I suppose he means that people forget that we speak English but I think its more common that people forget we have a second language.

[@I-should-go-outside]

"Their government is engages in a multi-decade effort to get people to speak Gaeilic not English" I think you are projecting a small bit there. Ireland is not Qubec. Never met anyon who has issues with signage. It more of an effort to keep the language alive rather than converting people. There is also some cultural value in teaching and promoting the language to promote unity and Irish identity.

[@indogoUI]

For many it's their first language too

[@abandonedchannel72929]

Quebec's main language is French though.

[@TheIrishYoshi]

@@indogoUI Yes exactly. Fairly large rural parts of the country are full of people who learn Irish first, and then English when they have to go into the English speaking parts of the country

[@benbarrow2138]

@@TheIrishYoshi no they aren't. That subsection your referring to represents less then 2% if ireland's population

[@TheIrishYoshi]

@@benbarrow2138 I know more people than I can count that live outside gaeltacht areas but who learned Irish before or at the same time as English. That 2% figure is only the percentage of the population living within gaeltacht areas

[@krissingleton4292]

I've kissed that stone too, JJ. We're practically making out.

[@rattfish]

Kris Singleton he’s gay for a reason | ; )

[@penguin-IDK]

the millions of other people whom some might be dead that also kissed it ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@reeshu367]

People have peed on that stone😀

[@tyronwsison]

@@reeshu367 I'm going to lick that stone

[@gothenix]

That goes on top of my list of reasons to visit that stone

[@Kim-mk7pb]

Genuinely insulted by some of his ignorance about the history and culture of Ireland.

[@davidfitzpatrick251]

Yea me 2

[@ellaciallis1211]

Same

[@jessconsidine9919]

same he was being really rude about it

[@Kim-mk7pb]

Yeah, I found his tone to be very condescending when talking about the history. Annoying!

[@emmacormican1212]

Kim same

[@needlehead9888]

i'm from ireland and still live there and people would definetley look at you weird for vlogging lol.

[@StarrDust12]

You are literally the first Irish person in the comment section I've seen not be angry

[@captaingas1377]

Correct

[@penguin-IDK]

@@StarrDust12 my school does such a bad job teaching me about Irish history that i didn't see anything wrong in the video, In fact some stuff i thought i was learning, but now Irish people are angry and i'm confused lol

[@equestrianashes6564]

Yes yes

[@samuelmoynihan4702]

@@StarrDust12 trust me the dislikes arent all from the irish. This guy just roasted everyone who lives in northern ireland

[@flakeytown5561]

I have never watched a video with so many inaccuracies. I hope people don't base any of their thoughts of Ireland on a video such as this.

[@michaelbabcock186]

What’s inaccurate, specifically?

[@MrManboss]

I’ve always wanted to go to derry to scream up the ra and not get my fuck kicked in

[@beepbeeplettuce3155]

100% Twink He's not wrong. He's honest. Our country is a joke.

[@arandomnerdapproaches1986]

@@beepbeeplettuce3155 true very very true

[@erncxd6400]

Eamon Kelly we want a united ireland and he is calling us Irish brits...no no honey we support the Ira in the north too

[@geographyRyan]

J.J: “All about IRELAND, the most ignored country.” New Zealand: *cries In SouthEast corner*

[@jimsmint]

bro, we like it like that

[@millevenon5853]

@@jimsmint Liar. You need some love and attention

[@j.l.9029]

*cries in not even on half the world's maps*

[@mvx2066]

At least New Zealand weren’t hit hard by covid

[@emilyjohnston9267]

When he said halllfffff penny bridge I nearly died it’s pronounced hay penny brodge

[@Amzzyyo]

Wish I could like this comment 1000 times 🤦‍♀️

[@lochlainnw]

Emily Johnston I cringed at that too, but then again I cringed at most things in this video

[@hornkraft9438]

"If you haven't got a penny, a hay penny will do. If you haven't got a hay penny, God bless you!" Surely he knows that saying (or song) ...

[@ashlingotoole4011]

I cringed so hard when he said it that way

[@supremecrowbar5736]

anonymous opinions ahh yes how about I simply go out and perfectly pronounce everything that I’m brand new to

[@MrLee353]

Your tone is so rude regarding things you don’t understand such as our president describing him as a “useless figurehead”

[@JmaK17]

Lee Jordan he sounds like a right prick alright.

[@fearmor3855]

That and saying completely misrepresenting the situation of Irish, first the French Canadians and now us, I also find it slightly suspicious he never visited Galway or dingle 🤔 almost as if he was tryna make it out a certain language is extinct

[@debodatta7398]

He calls all Presidents in countries that vote for Prime ministers useless figureheads...Irish people sure can't take a joke or good ribbing can they? So sensitive nothing like how you portray yourselves usually.

[@JmaK17]

Debo Datta there’s a major difference between poking fun at something, and just being an ignorant prick lol Also we don’t elect our Taoiseach, he is nominated by the Dáil and the Oireachtas and appointed by the president. The president stands as our only directly elected executive official.

[@niallfoody97]

lads calm the fuc down

[@cathalmg]

The whole irish speaking thing is not exactly a failed project. The English wanted to rid Ireland of the language, and they came very close to it, and the government's effort is more so to keep Irish in our hearts. A lot of love has come about again recently, possibly because of the 1916 centenary events that occurred in 2016. It's a language that the majority wants to keep alive, but it is taught poorly in schools so signposting the language is a simple way to keep it in our heads. Hope you enjoyed your stay in Éire 💚

[@chronobound6617]

Mate you speak little to no Irish, Irish is a dead language with limited use in modern times. It has no basis in a modern society. The ILA is a joke.

[@eruno_]

@@chronobound6617 Irish is not dead, it's spoken all across Ireland and especially strong in the western parts of the country.

[@lillianclarke5316]

Go ráibh maith agat ♥️

[@cathalmg]

@@chronobound6617 you're welcome to have your own opinion but it is not remotely dead. I think it's a beautiful language and I'm proud of the history it holds. As the proverb says; "Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam" -bhuel, i mo thuairim ar aon nós

[@chronobound6617]

Cathal O' hUaine What History? You were literally fucking cavemen before british involvement in Ireland. The only reason Northern Ireland has been held back is because of SF and Even worse the DUP. Vote TUV.

[@monochromeboy]

JJ is a perfect example of someone I heavily disagree with politically yet really respect both as a presenter and a person

[@abunchofiguanaswithinterne2186]

I wish more people were as open minded as you. This is the political discourse all humans should strive for!

[@mrbearbear83]

He's an excellent presenter. I'm not sure of his politics.

[@monochromeboy]

@mrbearbear83 from what I understand he's a classic conservative (not the crazy trump kind from America, the more layed back Canadian kind.) The only struggle I really have with JJ politically is that I know he supports Isreali occupation, which I have a serious issue with. But JJ notably doesn't let his politics seem to effect his content. I mean, some videos, like the "middle class" series definitely don't make sense from the prospective of someone who views class in a different way. For example, I find it much more useful to distinguish between the working class vs not, but that's because I come from a fundamentally and polarizingly different political philosophy than JJ, so that makes sense.

[@mrbearbear83]

@@monochromeboy that explains his comment about Palestine 🇵🇸 in the video

[@Banter07]

Yep, pretty much.

[@ioanm.gruffydd-warlow1359]

I don't think many people would agree that the promotion of Irish has been a failure, the number of speakers has been increasing leading to a cultural renaissance, it's something most Irish people are proud of and most would be dissapointed if the government abandoned its plans for restoring the country's identity which was lost through genocide.

[@markoforeskin3597]

Gary Allen Don't flatter yourself, Irish culture is not some inherently anti-british mantra. We fought against the colonialist oppression of the so called 'glorious' british empire and their ethnic cleansing/genocide here. What would a someone from such an 'enlightened' & 'civilised' former colonial nation understand about that? Who cares what foreigners think of Gaedhilge it's a part of our culture people obviously reckon is worth saving. It's not a tourist gimmick. Gabh suas ort féin, amadán

[@patrickgallagher5149]

@Gary Allen shove it! The British stole food from Irish people during toe famine and proceeded to give it to English people whom didn't need it! Thousands upon thousands upon thousands dead! And what did Britain say? "you have to work for food..."! They were destroying jobs over here in order to reduce trade competition! It was an attempt to kill us off without incriminating themselves! D'Eirinn!

[@patrickgallagher5149]

@Gary Allen you again! You really do possess some vendetta against Ireland. @Marko Foreskin did you know that this same person is saying that the famine was the fault of Irish farmers? He really does have some sort of vendetta...

[@patrickgallagher5149]

@UC5l-Lzw9kKd2Jyvk7-a4vgw you're a good person. Gary Allen's a prick. He's either an ulster loyalist or a Tory.

[@lochlainnw]

Gary Allen yes there absolutely were MULTIPLE genocides committed against the Irish people by the brits. Even if you discount the famine (which was forced - by britain - making it a genocide by its very nature) there was also cromwells conquest of Ireland, the plantation towns of youghal, kingstown and half of Ulster. Those people were either killed or had their land stolen. You need to stop buying into propaganda, it really shows your low IQ level

[@tomascinnsealeach9979]

It's not a failed project, It's our National Language, Please don't apply your Canadian language politics to every country you visit.

[@Lisa-ih7fk]

@An An A lot of people still speak Irish, especially in the West and more and more people are putting their children in Irish preschools and primary schools

[@velvetunderpants44]

Thanks to Irish-speaking schools, there's now more Irish speakers than there's been for about 150 years

[@Lisa-ih7fk]

@An An So do I, I know a lot of people who can speak it fluently, it's still struggling though, I won't deny that

[@Jambion]

Up north here it's a failed project, *cough two years* but down south it seems to be doing well so there's that

[@claireog]

Irish will never become the most spoken language in Ireland. It should be optional in secondary school cause its soo pointless to learn when we could be doing better things 🙄

[@EmThePenguin]

You probably didn't mean to be but you came across as really disrespectful about our language and our culture. It's something that's very close to a lot of irish people's hearts as a lot of us have family who died protecting our right to speak it.

[@charlieextra9406]

I've just watched some of his videos before I watched this, I think he's just irreverent (including of his own culture), not really try to be mean. of course, If something is close to your heart, its always understandable to take offense.

[@packsonjollock8881]

He would have avoided a lot of hate if he had named this video differently. "Idiots guide to Ireland" or something along those lines to let people know he doesnt know the first thing about the country. It would have been a bit funnier too because the things that he is saying are just what a lot of foreigners believe

[@doyoulikebeetroot]

@@packsonjollock8881 On my first visit to ireland last month I thought I didn't know enough about Ireland and felt I should have done more reading beforehand, Watching this has just made me feel like I should work for lonely planet.

[@viewer4531]

Charlie Extra. It’s not that we are offended because it’s close to our hearts. We’re offended because he disrespected our president, our language, our people, our history the list goes on. Our country is not some joke.He was so inconsiderate

[@Whatever_dude]

Lily McGloin you are pathetic

[@eoghancasserly3626]

Ah yes. 30 seconds and 4 fun facts in and you've already made an enemy of an entire nation lmao.

[@woopdedoop4811]

Some of the insults came straight out of left field lol Yeesh what's wrong with putting Gaelic on the signs? In NZ Maori is on almost every road sign its good to see a concerted effort to keep native language alive when accounting for cruelty that occurs during colonialism its partiuclarly important to keep the shit alive. I also appreciate the irish president is a useless figurehead comment oof. though when he calls the murals hideous its kind of cruel if you were to make a video about North south korea division instead of north ireland division, I'm ready to assume that if non white people were the victims of this shit he wouldn't be so ready to jump down their necks maybe his callous sentiment holds true to all people who knows? Its generally in bad taste to insult war memorials of a country you're a tourist in and have no connection to not a good look.

[@eoghancasserly3626]

@@woopdedoop4811 oh yeah exactly! Maori on signs is literally amazing. In Ireland we all speak English and our native language is endangered due to speaking it being a criminal offence for years (leading to most speakers living in the countryside) and it being useless during the mass emigration and starvation (which then killed most in the countryside) etc. We all learn Irish as our second language in school because we already speak English which if we're being blunt is the only language you need to know for trade. We then learn a 3rd language in secondary school. I hope NZ has a similar approach to Maori and I can't express enough how much I love the attempt cultural homage by the white population of NZ at every opportunity. Its post colonialist assimilation done the very best it can be done. (I appreciate the concern and support but the comment about our president is actually 100% accurate because we completely succeeded from the empire early af and our president operates as this weird archaic substitution to a constitutional monarch. Our current guy is cuddly and nice and everybody loves him. His only power is a veto on laws he deems unconditional)

[@33bigmoney]

@@woopdedoop4811 when did he say its wrong to put up signs?

[@rumfilleddrunkard]

@@33bigmoney in the first 51 seconds he called the push for Irish to be used more, a failed multi decade [program/plan]. Except the number of folk who speak Irish is increasingly by a fair amount

[@ppaaccoojrf]

@@rumfilleddrunkard that's hardly an insult or an insinuation that it is wrong.

[@faro5157]

The language is called Irish or Gaeilge, not Gaelic.

[@freddieb3537]

I think he is confusing it with the Gaelic culture and languages shared with Scotland, Wales, Isle of man and Brittany. Each of these countries have their own Gaelic Language. His use of Gaelic reminds me of British peoples use of Erin instead of the Republic of Ireland. He has a general idea but the wrong execution if you understand.

[@rinimac]

To clarify a bit more - Each of these has their own Celtic language, but Irish, Scots Gaelic and Manx are the three Gaelic (Goidelic) languages. The languages of Wales, Brittany and Cornwall come from the other branch of the Celtic tree - Brythonic, or British, I guess? The proto-English language made its way to Britain through Anglo-Saxon invasions.

[@BrianMcGuirkBMG]

If we did away with the compulsory teaching of irish in schools that would give an immediate boost to Irish education of about 15% without any increase in cost.

[@rinimac]

If we did away with all of the learning we could decrease the cost of education by 100%

[@BrianMcGuirkBMG]

@@rinimac If the politicians could get away with that, they would. They're working hard in that direction.

[@catbeara]

Oh, if you think "the Toubles" is euphemistic, wait until you hear what we called WWII.

[@nervesinapattern7261]

“The emergency” 🚨 😂

[@Bhethar]

Omg I love the understate elegant nature of it 😂 When I first heard of “the troubles” I imagined no one got hurt and that it was just some unpleasant confrontation.

[@joekavanagh8997]

Be forewarned:-we are going to call WW3 and the nuclear holocaust it precipitates ," Closing Time!! Or "The Final Whistle!" Nobody can ever call us inconsistent in our understatement ,that's for sure.☮️

[@ahopefor]

Oh would you look at that 7 million Jews died and countless soldiers were killed, what do you want to call this again Ireland "Ah sure call it the Emergency for the craic" oh Ireland you're always so dark.

[@ahopefor]

@@Bhethar Oh I wish it was, maybe then the people in the North wouldn't be at each others throats.

[@itsmesarah8576]

There was no need for you to kiss the Blarney Stone because you already have way too much to say

[@fearmor3855]

He does need speaking skills though

[@raymomull2258]

He should have been dropped kissing the stone

[@kylesweeney6933]

Hahahahahaa

[@kianoliver4375]

@@daithihalleran8529 let's go

[@daithihalleran8529]

@@kianoliver4375pokemon Go

As a Northern Irishman I can say for sure, if JJ leaves Belfast thinking we're obsessed with the past and the titanic then he really did fall for the main tourist traps

[@adanactnomew7085]

His emphasis was 99% on the murals and flag shit plastered everywhere. I doubt those over the top patriot flags are tourist traps lmao.

@@adanactnomew7085 laughing your ass off? You doubt it? Have you even been to Belfast lately? Yes there is a massive tourism industry built on sectarianism, particularly flags and murals. You can take tours around all the roughest estates for the sole purpose of seeing flags and murals. You use very strong and confident language for someone who doesn't know what they're talking about but sure isn't that always the way

[@adanactnomew7085]

@ You can take tours of the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver (where JJ is from) where all the homeless people live but that's by no means the main tourist trap. If those murals are everywhere is stops being a "main tourist trap" and moreso just a part of the city.

@@adanactnomew7085 that may apply in Vancouver but not in Belfast. They don't cease to be a main tourist trap here just because of their prevalence. I think what your saying makes no sense in ireland. Having been a tourist in Vancouver, I'll tell you the cities couldn't be more different. You see you don't understand how those things DO make them apart from the city. There's basically zones, a civilized part and a jungle section.

[@adanactnomew7085]

@ I do because I have lived in Belfast. Those murals were NOT painted to be tourist traps, they are there out of intense nationalism, and JJ is not a fan of nationalism. You may disagree with his anti-nationalist stances, but his point was just the murals were created out of an extreme sense of nationalism.

[@david_massa]

I was hysterical with the Tim Hortons in Belfast. "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!?!?!"

[@immortaltyrant2474]

I didn't even know we had that here.

[@professorpodcast3029]

Yeah but theres only one in the whole of Belfast

[@cupface2308]

@@professorpodcast3029 there's one in glengormley and connswater lad

[@MrSnazzleBox]

Live in NI, I've been in that tim hortons and it's actually pretty good, fucking expensive though.

[@ahopefor]

I was in Belfast once and drove through it another time, never saw a Tim Hortons once though.

[@heathbraxton584]

The settlers of Northern Ireland were most of Scottish descent.

[@leonlawson2196]

Conquerers

[@jamesmongeluzo8016]

@@mycatleftmeforanotherfish Scotland invaded the northern parts of Ireland and evicted the local Irish-Catholic people from their lands prior to unification with England. This started in the very early 1600s, about 100 years before the Kingdom of Great Britain.

[@pavel4freedom]

Lowland Scots migrated to Ireland in large numbers primarily because they were prodded by James I of England (also James VI of Scotland) who found them too warlike and troublesome to be tolerated on England's northern border. Later they became the Scots-Irish who were important to expanding the US to the west. We can't really blame Scotland for what happened.

[@ronnieince4568]

@@pavel4freedom if you go back further the Scots actually came from.North East Ireland and that is where Scotland for its name .The settled in Kintyre and Argyllshire so historically the Scots were in fact Irish long before they ever became Scots ..And Ireland's national saint was not Irish but Welsh. The facts of history are often different from the legend and the so called Irish Nationalist leader de Valera was not even Irish but a Cuban American born in New York .

[@shanehealy204]

@@jamesmongeluzo8016 not invaded just made move and settle

[@SnazzBot]

You forgot about New Zealand as a forgotten English speaking country but I guess makes it the most forgotten English-speaking country.

[@Borninxixax]

SnazzBot RIP in peace South Africa

[@johndoeanon445]

New Zealand is just southern hemisphere Ireland.

[@PiousMoltar]

Nah it's southern hemisphere Wales

[@PiousMoltar]

Also, Nigeria. Probably the most forgotten English speaking country.

[@Gayd1]

As a new Zealander i can say i appreciate the fact that most people don't think about my country

[@themanwiththegoldengooch9811]

man I didn't know that Irelands number 1 export was salt.

[@bruhsoundeffect2882]

ggs good burn my man.

[@Ayy_Doll_Fiddler]

I want to add a like but the number of likes you have is beautiful already.

[@themanwiththegoldengooch9811]

@Cormac Mac donnacha stay mad Seamus

[@caoilte8097]

A bit disappointed that many irish people are so annoyed at this video

[@wiggumsdonut4158]

Cormac Mac donnacha I mean, to me it doesn’t sound disrespectful at all, but I’m not Irish so I wouldn’t really know too well.

[@Mr._Lechkar]

*A L L A B O O T I R E L A N D*

[@kilh__22]

*TRADITIONAL CANADIAN ACCENT*

[@RAGNAR-3-3]

*IRELAND = EUROPE’S CANADA*

[@justinyspetgopnik7545]

*British Colombian accent intensifies*

[@eva-ss4cg]

I'm from Ireland !!!!!!!!!! I know ALLLLL dude !!! Kimberly OOOMMMGGG like my favourite biscuit (cookie) ever!!!!!!!! Although I've never heard of TK lemonade before and I don't know why!!!!!!!!!!!! ???? !WTH! ?????

[@eva-ss4cg]

@@RAGNAR-3-3 Also, YaBoyBumbus so true !!!

[@jab5498]

It's actually incredible how someone can be so unlikeable.

[@ross8676]

I know

[@terryorourke6472]

I know

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

Yeah. What a twat

[@red.6274]

lolz

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

Rᴇᴅ. :0

[@ronmore5874]

Have a bit of respect for the people who fought for out freedom

[@BrianMcGuirkBMG]

Their motivations were their own business.

[@michaelbabcock186]

How was he disrespectful?

[@jaqwau3507]

yes

[@ronmore5874]

He was making it sound like all our fighting was for nothing we should praise these people or we would be still under English power

[@gailswanton5110]

Ya 100 people fought for freedom not like Ireland is 4000000

[@sirLamperouge]

0:15 And then there's the forgotten forgotten 6th Beatle of the English speaking world: New Zealand

[@stephenmurphy2212]

Seventh: South Africa Eighth: The Netherlands

[@Tiwaz81]

Who?

[@dead.dummy678]

@@stephenmurphy2212 Ninth: India (Tho the percentage of Indians speaking English is very low, the number of Indians speaking English is really high.)

[@InquisitorThomas]

If Ireland is the forgotten fifth Beatle then what does that make New Zealand and South Africa?

[@babyinuyasha]

Because most of South Africa speaks Afrikaans

[@TheKingOfBeans]

They're the Rolling Stones

[@danidejaneiro8378]

And Nigeria, and Jamaica, and Guyana, and Barbados, and Ghana, and Trinidad and Tobago and Belize and any of the dozens of other English-speaking countries of the world...

[@yermanoffthetelly]

Inquisitor Thomas: Yoko ono and Mark Chapman?

[@joebowden4065]

Baby Inuyasha no it isn’t. Many different languages are spoken in South Africa, so English is used as the main second language or lingua Franca, although many can speak Afrikaans

[@benbarrow2138]

Poor new zealand. Wasn't even the 6th forgotten beatle

[@Lmfao1010]

looking at the whole kissing the stone thing in the castle is so weird after living through covid lol...pre-covid era was really effing cool

[@audhumbla6927]

muslims have been doing that with the big crystal in mecca al throughout covid

[@SethTheOrigin]

@@audhumbla6927 Exactly. Although muslims have the highest incidence of marrying cousins in the world so definitely not a clean and healthy people

[@-i1007]

JJ feels about bilingual mandates in Canada seem to appear in his feels about Ireland’s Irish language program

[@checkit188]

And at that he sounds like a very American toned and influenced Canadian, which Americans are notoriously good at projecting their ideals and standards onto other cultures. JJ is just extending his washed up ideal on yet another nation and culture.

[@gamermapper]

@@checkit188 America is a continent, and a very multicultural one

[@michaelpark6417]

@@checkit188 people are going to compare their culture to others all the time its the norm. Like u just did to America.

[@AntonioZL]

Even thought the circunstances are quite different.

[@jackfahy2283]

Go to the north of Dublin and say some of what you said in this video lol.

[@TheHorseOutside]

"and in other news, a Canadian eejit has been killed after acting the bollox in the North Side. He was found with 3 kilograms of marijuana on him. Gardaí are not performing any investigation, saying "the auld fecker had it coming""

[@bondoneill9606]

Totally agree fucking dope

[@banana_man_101]

@@TheHorseOutside True, True

[@callmecoco9199]

Oof

[@jackfahy2283]

Infairness lads, if he went to certain areas in Belfast and said some of the idiotic things he said in this video his football career would be over if ya catch my drift

[@grace8594]

Did you not have a pack of tayto? You visit to Ireland was a waste.

[@PaulEIvory]

And Hobnobs

[@jethro1837]

@Gracie.d King crisps are better.

[@Apatetika]

Jethro how fuckin dare you

[@PiousMoltar]

Taters are American. Ireland's just famous for not having enough of them. Also, snakes. Ireland is pretty much the only place on the planet that doesn't have snakes.

[@PiousMoltar]

Though here in England the only snakes I've ever seen were dead ones. And ones in captivity of course.

[@ricardoguanipa8275]

small correction around 2:12 they didn't execute Eamon De Valera since he was born in New York City by a Irish Mother and a Spaniard/Basque father it was something about he wasn't born in British soil thus couldn't be trial or punished as traitor and the American consul delegated for clemency on his behave. he ended up becoming President of the Republic of Ireland

[@JJMcCullough]

Ricardo Guanipa I never saw him included in the lists of the seven leaders

[@theirishempire4952]

@@JJMcCullough it was 18 leaders not 7, 2 of them escaped execution, one was american and one was a wamen

[@sodaking6858]

@@lochlainnw and it is the story of our origins as a country He betrayed Michael Collins and was almost certainly had some role in his assassination Michael was the rightful leader of Ireland and the Heir of the Rebel County

[@ahopefor]

@@JJMcCullough He was involved in the Rising but he wasn't a signatory of the proclamation which is probably why you didn't see him, he was going to be executed alongside another member of the Rising bit Henry Asquith called the killings off and he was sent to prison instead somewhere in Wales, also his American citizenship did play a part in him not be executed as the op said.

[@nejuw]

As an Irish person and a 3rd level history student, he did a very good job. I'm not sure why some Irish people here are letting themselves down with the aggression and coarse language. It doesn't make us look good to be honest.

[@KillamROTMG]

To a degree. He was completely wrong by saying the majority of the inhabitants in Northern Ireland were English in origin though. There were 100,000 Scots settled and only 25,000 English.

[@dyread]

@@KillamROTMG Many foreigners seem to think Scotland and Wales is part of England, which is an insult to Scotland and Wales, but probably where he got that figure from. Maybe he needed a class in UK history first.

[@jimsmint]

PTSD, clearly. as far as I can tell, the majority of the population could do with some therapy. True of almost every Irish person I've met, at least.

[@captaingas1377]

@@jimsmint Are you Irish

[@apollyon1987]

Fuck off your probably a bot an alt a Liar or just making excuses sure he got a few things right but not many and he was ignorant to the suffering of people and ignorant about a lot of other things to

[@alicemaddock]

his obscure small corner store was probably centra

[@banana_man_101]

I thought that

[@marjorierene427]

Haha ya probably

[@kylesweeney6933]

Ya

[@lillianclarke5316]

Gotta love Centra lads

[@emermcmonagle367]

Im irish and this is kinda rude at the start

[@hgart6561]

I'm irish I know a lot I feel weird that an amarican person is offending me

[@emermcmonagle367]

@@hgart6561 omg yeah it's acc funny

[@michaelconnormcbride2486]

@Haile Selassie North AMERICA

[@michaelconnormcbride2486]

This whole video is rude and ignorant. The way he disrespects our culture in every way he can is so rude. When I went to New York I kept an open mind about North American culture, I didn't just bash it because it was different from mine.

[@michaelconnormcbride2486]

Haile Selassie woulda called him a yank if they meant from the united states

[@BHPproductions1]

One thing about your comments on Gaeilge. It's not a "failed, multi-decade project". Most people here can speak it with a varying level of degree. It's our official language alongside English. Hence it being on our road signs. Even if anything, the use of Irish is growing among younger people - particularly around Dublin where it's common hear it in the streets. There's a rather large movement in Northern Ireland to have Irish "plastered all over" public signs that's actually one of the main reasons why there hasn't been an active Northern Irish Assembly in more than 600 days. Considering your views on minority languages, it's easy to see why you downplayed Irish/Gaeilge.

[@JJMcCullough]

The polls I've seen suggest the rate of fluency in Irish is incredibly low.

[@SuperCoffebean]

We learn Irish from 5 to 18 years of age and no one but may be 1 to 2 percent of a class can speak it. And no one remembers it after leaving school

[@jamesonmak8476]

Ar an drochuair, níl aon smaoineamh ag scoileanna in Éirinn conas an teanga Gaeilge a mhúineadh. Chun greim maith a fháil ní mór duit cuairt a thabhairt ar an taobh thiar. Is iad na réimsí Gaeltacht áit a bhfaighidh tú na cainteoirí Gaeilge is mó.

[@lochlainnw]

J.J. McCullough fluency is low because it was illegal for 300 years! And the way it's taught in school is disastrous. But sure stay on your high horse and keep downplaying the native language of the country you visited. So disrespectful

[@lochlainnw]

patrick kennedy that's not true, I hated Irish in school but fell in love with it as I got older as did many many people. I think if you go to the Gaeltacht you actually get a sense of what it's like and start to enjoy it and the culture around it far more. It's a much more poetic language than English and rolls off the tongue very easily when you can speak it properly

[@Adjag2Studios]

Irish signs in Ireland? Who would have thought such a thing

[@yoironfistbro8128]

Yu Ming

[@derbydoo]

@@yoironfistbro8128 An bhfuil tusa ag labhairt liomsa? An bhfuil tusa ag labhairt liomsa?

[@yoironfistbro8128]

@@derbydoo Ag an pointe seo, níl aon fhios agam.

[@fabplays6559]

Deirbhile Drew 😂😂 I love you all for this.

[@ayylmao2190]

traditionalists and attempting to kneecap economic progress, name a more iconic duo

[@charlotte5436]

He's so uneducated on protestants and what Northern Ireland is like it's acc painful to watch and the disrespect towards the 1916 rising and u can get red lemonade in most Aldi and lidls like omg

[@natu19900]

As an outsider, this video didn't make me think less of Ireland at all, but reading the most liked comments sure did, woo wee. You guys are a bunch of pussies eh

[@redviper1608]

Ireland is ignored all right, Britain ignored them so much they starved!

[@Heligoland360]

Really it was the overbearing British that forced them to grow cash crops that was the issue. I wish Britain had ignored Ireland.

[@mrmontgomery702]

Yes, because a lot of people still say it wasn't England's fault. It was a genocide. The people responsible may not be alive, but there are many who think it was the Irish people's fault, when it clearly was not.

[@paulthomas8262]

Well the actual history is this: It was caused by protectionism. Namely the corn laws. The blight was cause by lack of genetic diversity meaning that lumper potato was the only variety, which was affected by disease and this was the staple crop. Parliament dawdled on the issue until it was too late, meaning that supplies could not reach Ireland and this cause people to starve.

[@ciangibbons6643]

@Gary Allen Actually your wrong in nearly points, Irish agriculture wasn't monoculture. Irish tenants were forced to live on bad land by a long lasting series of penalty laws and were made to grow crops (wheat and other grains mainly) on good land that were for forcefully exported. Most households had large amounts of children due to religious beliefs and high infant mortality. Most fishing waters were privately owned by British aristocrats and fishing was punished as poaching, facing hard labour and transportation

[@markdevlin3838]

@Coyote FUBAR well 1 million Irish people died so yes not forgotton so easily . so should we forget about the jews then in ww2 ?

[@StarMonkies]

To be fair, Ireland and the majority of Irish peoples's sympathy towards Palestine is more to to with Irelands history and empathy towards their situation rather than "sucking up" Much like back in the 60s when there was huge protests and boycotting of South African goods in Ireland to protest Apartheid. Other than that I enjoyed your sarcastic review of our country.

[@killianclarke1936]

Don't think it was sarcasm. He seems way to ignorant

[@skybananaqueen4051]

Is Palestine a secular country? I hope Ireland is not supporting terrorism

[@claywilliams6480]

@@skybananaqueen4051 Palestine is not secular. Palestine is not a country. and yes, they are supporting terrorism.

[@dr.tariquehussainkhan631]

@@claywilliams6480 I have yet to come across a more stupider person on internet.

[@conorbyrne3348]

It is sucking up and it’s depressing. Palestinians have nothing in common

[@LongIslandCityLayout]

Ireland is definitely not the "ignored" country. Saint Patrick's day is absolutely huge in the US (just ask any college student). For a small country, it plays an outsized role in western culture. How about New Zealand? That's a western country nobody really thinks about, since it's overshadowed by Australia.

[@Maestro4759]

He means Ireland its self not Irish culture.

[@eoin3853]

*Dont ever step foot in the north of Ireland again*

[@brandoncarburry3833]

Shup ye tan

[@ani_piano_979]

Or south

[@aislinnmcalister602]

Why

[@ani_piano_979]

@@aislinnmcalister602 cause he offended a few Irish people with lies and they way he said stuff

[@mynameisohyeahohyeahohyeah5694]

Allow me to rephrase that he should NEVER step foot near Ireland or England

[@jamescoughlan8193]

nobody should EVER visit Ireland without visiting our west coast to get a sense of the real Ireland. cities are fine but pretty much the same everywhere , people shopping and rushing around.

[@lillianclarke5316]

Agree! The west is the best!

[@ellaciallis1211]

Agree 100%

[@jenzorants7287]

You could say the same thing about the west just a load of smells fingering sheep

[@lillianclarke5316]

@@jenzorants7287 nope. Idk where ur from but in the west there's the most gorgeous coast lines mountains forests and Fields. Sheep and cows too! Not to mention horses😍

[@lillianclarke5316]

@@jenzorants7287 no you fucking perv .

[@DPG214]

"Guard" comes from the Gaelic "garda" and 'gardai', which mean policemen. I'm not sure you deserve some of the comments below - pretty harsh. Having lived with Canadians I know that you meant nothing malicious. But sensitivities are very high in the Celtic and Anglo lands about religion, conflict and history.

[@daithio.7378]

David P. Gray Sorry bro it doesn't mean policemen it's guardian of the people which is a laugh, they batter people for no particular reason.or they are guardians of the peace.

[@johnjohansson6277]

David P. Gray He’s a fucking wanker. Who is he to tell us about the language and our Government when he can barely speak one language and is a foreigner?

[@davidfreeman3083]

@@daithio.7378 I think it's called the guardian of peace?

[@daithio.7378]

John Johansson Is not an Irish name !! I can't speak one language I know I speak two you blow in . Garda means police OK Police haha .David freeman I'm sure your Irish name is Dáithí I won't try your surname I'm sure I don't put free and man together to get it !! ✌️✌✌heard what the blow In said I'm a foreigner a full blown jackass that fucker.

[@daithio.7378]

John Johansson An Garda , na Gardaí is plural guardians of peace 🎻🎻 Spanish have a similar name for their police .Dáithí Ó is Gaelic now fuck off.

[@tennis501tennis501]

Ireland has succeeded in implanting annual St Patrick's day parades in Tokyo and here in Shanghai

[@chickeninyeezes3759]

*Irish soft power increases*

[@Hwyadylaw]

Is that the work of Ireland or the US? The latter seems far more likely.

[@waxwingsfall]

I would say that might be more due to the US

[@ahopefor]

Wait really, that's insane.

[@ahopefor]

@@waxwingsfall Yeah but the US wouldn't have St Patrick's day parades without the immigration from Ireland so yeah.

[@jsjzjwbzuqvzusb]

They did not kill all easter rising leaders because when they killed them the leaders got more attention but put them in a prison all together they planned the next few fights and won

[@eoinrocks3363]

Shadow Fox7000 eamon de Valera wasn’t killed because he was technically American I’m pretty sure

[@Darjack]

and Countess Marckovicz* wasnt executed because she was a woman.

[@harrisonboone2248]

Please click on "More" under this video, and report it as "hateful or abusive content" and say why it offends you.

[@eoinc2246]

No the leaders were killed expect De Valera because he was American and Countess Marckovicz was not one of the leaders.

[@sosoangelique]

Wee! These comments are spicy! Ima sit down and grab some popcorn... maybe a tea. Let's watch this unravel.

[@epicfailtom]

Dissapointed in your total lack of understanding of Ireland's history (both the north and the republic) and lack of nuance in your explanation. I expected more bud.

[@malahammer]

There's only so much JJ can cram into 11 mins and sure it was all grand! If viewers want more history....they will find it elsewhere!

[@lillianclarke5316]

@@malahammer my teacher could explain better in 6 mins. Plus he was mocking our history and government through out it

[@malahammer]

Ah Lillian, stop being so precious! Save your anger for the tory and brexiteer saddos!

[@lillianclarke5316]

@@malahammer that made literally no sense?

[@malahammer]

Yes it did, break it down and read the words! BTW we mock our own government in far more detail than JJ could ever fabricate!

[@empireepic92]

7:23 I don’t know if building the titanic is something to brag about

[@firstnamelastname-uw6vq]

It's like if Germany bragged that they built the Hindenburg airship.

[@chickeninyeezes3759]

it's like germany saying they built the Bismarck

[@craigdorrian7391]

I live in Northern Ireland and I’ve been to the museum. It’s more of a building of remembrance for the tragedy.

[@ppaaccoojrf]

Well, it didn't sink because it's bad engineering.

[@ronnieince4568]

Empire Epic -there was nothing wrong with the building if the Titanic and in fact when it left Belfast it met or exceeded all the standards applicable at the time But if you give a ship to a Captain whose record of damaging ships was as bad as Captain Symth 's was then you can hardly be surprised of he wrecks it .Even his statue in Beacon Park Lichfield is slowly sinking. He managed to seriously damage Titanic's sister ship Olympic by ramming a warship with it when it was still in Southampton harbour !!!So Harland and Wolff can rightly and fairly claim " it was perfectly fine when it left us "!!!

[@kateolwill8645]

God, I'm unsubscribing. This video is so ignorant and disrespectful to Irish and Northern Irish people. To say that including our first national language, that was historically banned, in our street signs is bad, or that (while admittedly not as successful as it could be) the emphasis on the Irish language is a failure? It's terrible. If you're not going to give a more nuanced view of Irish history in your video, then don't put it in at all (I don't know how you expected to have an acceptable recap of a centuries long tumultuous political fight in your ten minute long travel vlog but go off I guess). I disagree with you saying that unionists and nationalists are "caricatures" of British and Irish culture as well, like they clearly have their own separate cultures that are related to the two. Many Irish people sympathise with the Palestinian cause, and can you blame us if we see our own struggle reflected back at us? I'm very disappointed with this video.

[@kateolwill8645]

Also Palestinians aren't terrorists?? And there was really no need to disrespect Michael D like that all he does is say nice poetry, and promote Irish culture.

[@qwertyTRiG]

The linguistic imperialist attitude is hardly a surprise: he's shown the same toward Quebec many times. I'd be a bit afraid to ask his opinion on indigenous Canadian languages.

[@bilboplayedminecraft3322]

The bastards in Belfast don't count

[@jceepf]

Are you surprised? He is Canadian and talks about Quebec as if it is almost an insult against human rights that they want to keep French and their culture alive in Canada (while the rest of Canada has destroyed almost completely our culture British based thanks to multiculturalism and Trudeau calls Canada a "post-National state")! We are supposed to kneel down in front of English. And then when and if the Chinese take over, will he and the rest of us say: fine, let us speak Mandarin and eat rice 3 times a day????

[@person-hw2zx]

@Apple sheep 2 in ireland the republic deem the northern people as not irish

[@dylanmeade3143]

*takes a sup of lemonade* "it tastes LEMONY" cop on man

[@mattmg2708]

Dylan Meade wouldn’t even mind but red lemonade doesn’t even taste Lemony

[@daithio.7378]

Dylan Meade That's what I was thinking, and we don't want to be the forgotten Beatle, were Ireland not fecking British or English.

[@annalynch3619]

Exactly cop on

[@CarrsMill]

The comments are way better than the video

[@fmcm7715]

I dint know you could still buy red lemonade from TK! And it doesn’t look reddish/orangey colour any more. The food dye they used to use must have been banned😯

[@Bob-os6sg]

Why was it necessary to say the murals were hideous? They have very important moral values to some people >:/

[@N.Doughnut]

no offense but artistically they could use some work.

[@fergal2424]

They are quite ugly.

[@emscornet2385]

It’s not that he called them hideous it’s because they mean a lot to some people over here

[@versal5108]

Like 2/3 of them celebrate terrorists. "Important moral values"

[@jake3736]

Because they're hideous

[@ItzIrishzen]

This guy was really not ready for the Irish comments of this video 😂 also they're right, respect our history we take it VERY seriously

[@nicholeocornes543]

Yeah no kidding it like in our blood a kind of Covent were all like that.

[@Sillyryan1212]

Oh shut up no we don't

[@unclebarry5482]

Very fecking seriously

[@Sillyryan1212]

@@unclebarry5482 Whatever county you're from , you probably take it very seriously but all we do is learn pointless irish that no one speaks of

[@unclebarry5482]

The killer Banana I’m from mayo 💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚❤️

[@eruno_]

Irish language is beautiful

[@fearmor3855]

Gaeilge abú

[@user-ik2iu]

Is called Gailge

[@Kingseye7]

Arguable

[@shanegallagher3524]

Táim líofa

[@shanegallagher3524]

@Joe D so am I mate but it's still a beautiful language

[@RubyGamer101]

They're called guards because in Irish police is garda and it just stuck.

[@bubbleiciousdamn3008]

Yeh and because they are guardians of the peace. Not police, we're not armed.

[@gamermapper]

@@bubbleiciousdamn3008 As far as I know most police in the world isn't armed.

[@gamermapper]

@@bubbleiciousdamn3008 Fun fact tho : in USSR, police were called "militias". Militia does have a specific meaning, like a civilian military force, that's why they chose this name, cuz they were socialist and were supposed to be leaders of the working class, but also most people didn't really thought about the name, it didn't matter to them, that's just the name of the police, and when they renamed it to "police" after the fall of the Soviet Union (In Russia, in some other post-Soviet states it stayed the same, just like the KGB still officially exists in Belarus), in Russian it sounded like "policia", so they even sound similarly

[@wiggumsdonut4158]

JJ: *makes a few inaccuracies* Also JJ: Why do I hear boss music?

[@tyronwsison]

The like/dislike ratio is coming for him

[@joankelly3690]

*goes to Ireland* *insults Ireland throughout*

[@dyread]

@MrLolmaster101 It was actually the southern part which I found insulting. We have our own language on our signs......... thats where the insults started.

[@captaingas1377]

@@dyread yep

[@apollyon1987]

MrLolmaster101 don’t believe what the fucking news in America says you should probably believe the people

[@carolinebirrane8936]

I agree

[@carolinebirrane8936]

But what I hate about this is he skipped the west of ireland

[@ephraimboateng5239]

Gaelic is such a beautifull language. It crazy to think that it almost died. Thankfully the people of Ireland preserved it!

[@pcarro11]

What's beautiful about Irish? Mostly it sounds like throat-clearing.

[@gaacentral7367]

Patrick Carroll depends what Irish u speak Munster Ulster or Connacht

[@Ghost_of_Michael_Collins]

Gaeilge*

[@TadhgKennelly]

We call them guards because the Irish for ‘Peace Keepers’ or Police is Garda Síochána

[@YouTubechannel-gq3fx]

We call the police "guards/gards" Because the Irish word for police is garda (singular) or gardaí [pronounced gardee] (plural)

[@1Ficy]

Missed out on the best city in all Ireland, Galway

[@codysmith9495]

Finbar Conlon this is fact

[@jimkinch5313]

I’m from Dublin and yes Galway is the best city in Ireland up Galway

[@kotare86]

Finbar Conlon more like a town -30-50k people

[@cormacmcquillan7093]

@@jimkinch5313 ew

[@cormacmcquillan7093]

Fuck no. Galway is the woke feminazi capital of Ireland.

[@emermcmonagle367]

Your really rude about Ireland and the government isn't useless he's like a president

[@michaelbabcock186]

Oh my god he said the president is useless not the government, because the president is very limited in his power unlike many other nations.

[@woodlandcreature8857]

The President has no real legislative power, much like the Queen in the UK it's only an honourary figurehead.

[@adamfay3876]

Jack Jardine nope, untrue the president does have power, he can block laws from going into effect and send them back to the Dail to be re made/disgueses tho This rarely happens because the majority of Irish laws that are made in the Dail, make sense

[@adamfay3876]

@flip inheck Interesting view, considering the EU brought Ireland from a 2rd world country to a 1st world one, and the Irish government has not always sided with the EU if it's people did not agree such as with the Water Tax that never came into effect. But Generally he EU is a rather well done organisation

[@ani_piano_979]

I'm Irish and I find that our president does NOTHING . But yeah your right

[@mung710]

As someone from Ireland, but specifically Northern Ireland (I call myself Irish & British), for a quick explanation of what NI is - you did a very good & respectful job. You didn't go too in depth about Irish or NI culture, which could take a number of videos - the NI culture is becoming a strong mix of that "more British than Britain" (we call it Ulster Nationalism) & strong Irishness (parts of NI actually have some of the most important parts of ancient Irish history - see all of county Antrim, particularly the glens/north coast). p.s. my great grandfather moved from Ireland to Canada in the late 1800s to become a Mountie. He passed away in Toronto, & his wife moved back to the north coast of Ireland & open a hotel called "Hotel Toronto" in Portstewart.

[@Alex_goat-fn]

I completely agree with you I’m from Northern Ireland too I will subscribe

[@In-Christ-Alone]

Awesome I'm from Antrim

[@Alex_goat-fn]

@@In-Christ-Alone I’m Armagh!

[@DeathRecon97]

I hate the conflation with Ulster and Northern Ireland, there's three other counties in the province

[@dudeudontknow341]

You guys should just be Irish

[@Katie-mq8lf]

You really proved that stereotype wrong about all Canadians being the nicest people in the world..

[@simobi8299]

Nah, he's just a bitch. No matter what he says, come to Quebec, Montreal and we'll show you a good time

[@crypticcorgi8280]

@@simobi8299 but Quebec is sort of flirting with fascism. What started as a way to preserve culture turned into a way to make it harder for people unlike them to live there. Not just the literal language police part. But the intolerance of other religions. Some may say it is just the current party leader. But more than 2 thirds agreeing with him and that just doesn't happen over night. Before then there was mosques shootings and bombings. Also the way they try to make it harder for the English speaking pockets to live there through discrimination. To make it a more pure area. Quebec is a beautiful place, has a lot of culture, and a bunch of friendly people do live there. But it has always struggled with xenophobia and being allergic to multiculturalism. That has been growing for a very long time.

[@iaopwn9463]

@@simobi8299 Quebec is the biggest shithole in Canada lol. French Canadians are universally hated by the people who know what they're like

[@Raphael91250]

@@crypticcorgi8280 1- banning people from wearing religious symbols is not an unusual thing in Europe, you bigot, not everyone thinks as an American and it used to apply to Christans themselves. Quebequers are half Americans, half Europeans, like it or not. 2- If you wanna live in Quebec, you have to be able to speak French, as in any other country. The only difference is that they have to make laws about it because it's not absolutely necessary as in other countries. Any country having people coming in and not learning the langage would react like that, and I genuinely don't know any other exemple of nation in this kind of situation.

[@themanwiththegoldengooch9811]

@@simobi8299 montreal blows, Quebec blows, worst parts of Canada

[@adamender9092]

“The government forces us to put stickers on our cars”.. Woah, it's almost like it makes it easier for the guards to know who's insured

[@lukeet331]

Bit dated though isn't it

[@ahopefor]

@@lukeet331 I think the word you're looking for it cost saving.

[@lukeet331]

@@ahopefor So is shitting in a bucket

[@ThatDudeBackThere]

*Drinks Lemonade* "It tastes *lemony* "

[@nervesinapattern7261]

The secret ingredient is soap

[@funglegunk]

Not really surprised at the Irish reaction to your video, hah. I know that saying things are 'weird', 'hideous', 'deranged' or 'bizarre' are just your honest reaction to things at the time but those words, and the snarky tone of the video overall, come off as pretty dismissive and incurious about Irish culture. It seems you didn't talk to many people at all on this trip as a 2 minute conversation with any Irish person would have told you why the police are called 'guards', may have given you an insight into why the president is well liked, and you may even have learned why there is an attempt to keep the Irish language alive and why Irish people are so protective of Irish culture in general (I'll give you a hint, it's related to colonialist attempts to stamp it out). Next time avoid the tourist traps like the Blarney stone, have an open mind and talk to the people from the country you are visiting...you may actually learn something. Other countries are full of people and history, they are not aquariums to gawk at.

[@Dertrend]

The Belfast murals in are much less militant now as they replaced them with more historical artist murals. Back in the 80s & 90's they were all depicting gunmen and focused on depicting the supposed grandeur of the various paramilitary groups.

[@gjivanessahoggm7266]

“Hideous Murals” is not something I would be comfortable describing them as. I’m from the Republic and I still respect both the republic and northern murals. They are paintings to commemorate historic battles that occurred and are very precious to many people in Ireland. You are absolutely in the right to have an opinion, but I think maybe be a little more sensitive to the language you use when describing art that has been created to portray the feelings and the history of the people who live there, and lived through it!!

[@murraycooper-melchiors1776]

This is fairly offensive and factually incorrect.

[@jessbehan0265]

Murray Cooper-Melchiors hes just saying how things appear to him

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

Not inaccurate just offensive.

[@BillHuckleOfficial]

You do realize it’s outsider’s perspective of what Ireland and Irish culture is like

[@tylahcooper3300]

*cough cough* New Zealand speaks English too *cough cough COUGH* oh excuse me☺️

[@johnjohansson6277]

Jawzzz Of The Dead Incase it didn’t come across clear enough to you in the video, he’s an ignorant tool. You’d find more culture in a tub of yoghurt.

[@andymb601]

@@johnjohansson6277 brand new sentence, also that is true

[@needlehead9888]

new zealand is the forgotten country

[@toroisan4286]

Jawzzz Of The Dead oh shut the fuck up

[@thatl3mon734]

Coronavirus

[@jackcolclough2886]

If your going to be so rude and arrogant please stay far away from wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@QueenSudzOG]

Jack Colclough I’d flip my lid if he came to wales and dissed our culture 😂🙌

[@Fourgamingfordugs9811]

N Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 anaw

[@harrisonboone2248]

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[@Fourgamingfordugs9811]

Harrison Boone ceart

[@lillianclarke5316]

I love Wales💜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@waxwingsfall]

I love how all of the "offical foods" are stuff I have never even heard of let alone tasted as an Irish guy

[@arngaming1930]

Bro learn your irish history eamon de Valera wasn't killed

[@harrisonboone2248]

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[@lear8989]

Should've been though

[@andymb601]

And we didn't lose in 1916 either, we were forced to surrender

[@bilibiliism]

@@andymb601 'forced to surrender' is just another way of saying losing

[@andymb601]

@@bilibiliism well no, we were doing well but we stopped with the amount of people dying. We were sure to win but Ireland wouldn't have had much after that

[@calumcooper6841]

No, it isn't a failed plan to make us speak Irish. We can speak Irish. I speak Irish fluently, because I was forced to in school, and I'm very very happy I can do.

[@irishtrapper9149]

It is a failed plan you paddywanker

[@billymorrissey4815]

@@irishtrapper9149 damn who let the dickhead with a carrot up his ass into the comment section??

[@daireohaodha8518]

Chris Kyle Fuck off You act like that’s our fault And most people I know speak Irish including me

[@daireohaodha8518]

Chris Kyle also You treat Connor mgreggor like he represents the whole country

[@gracehurst37]

Me too

[@GeneralNuisance00]

Not Irish, but this was disrespectful as hell.

[@thecharlemagnekid9997]

im irish and i didnt think it was that bad

[@bradpittiful7288]

this guy looks like one of the goth kids from south park

[@LoserBroProductions]

Brad Pittiful *vampire

[@ConnbineHarvester]

They make me laugh though. This lad and his elasticated jeans, not so much.

[@doireannhealy5904]

The Irish language is beutiful and though it is not spoken throughout the country it is spoken is small areas and taught in school so stop insulting it they are trying to keep the language alive not force you to speak it and i swear it is amazing and i will write this all in Irish if you don't stop insulting our country our culture and our language so dún do bheal

[@BrianMcGuirkBMG]

Actually I was forced to speak it under threat that if I failed the exam in Irish I would also fail all the other subjects. The threat of failure is now gone but the subject remains compulsory for children in Irish schools.

[@Alex-ux8cl]

Brian McGuirk That is completely true. It's completely compulsory, for no good reason. Feel free to keep the language alive, but don't force a near useless language on every child and make their education be risked by it

[@BrianMcGuirkBMG]

@@Alex-ux8cl It's an experiment which has been running for almost a hundred years. Like sheep, we've been seduced into accepting the theft of 15% of every child's education and under the trope of patriotism along with a lot of blarney. Just imagine how much better educated the population would be if they had had 15% more education, at no additional cost. There is a large vested interest who want to see this continue. But look what they have stolen.

[@theoxmountaingang2585]

The IRA blew up Nelson's pillar a sign of colonialism

[@ellie2819]

Uppa ra

[@pcarro11]

The stiletto in the ghetto The dolly with the trolley The rud in the mud You have to love Dubliners.

[@BrianMcGuirkBMG]

and then we got a flousy in a jacuzzi.

[@immortaltyrant2474]

Not a sign of colonialism. In reality it reflects the large number of Nelson's sailors that were Irish who were said to be amongst the bravest of his fighters.

[@BrianMcGuirkBMG]

@@immortaltyrant2474 Flattery will get you anything you want. We're suckers for the idea that everyone loves and respects us.

[@TORLBC]

I knew this was gonna be wild when I saw 50-50 ratings on the video

[@andymb601]

Failed attempt to keep Gaelic alive or whatever you said, that's not true. There's parts of Ireland that speak just Irish not 'Gaelic', they're called Gaeltachts. Plus we were forced to surrender, we didn't lose the Easter rising contrary to popular belief. So much of what you said is so so so false. The billarny stone gives you good luck, not a hot mouth. We never talk about the English, some of us used to, but not anymore. And 'weird northern Ireland money' is really just English sterling. The DeLorean DMC-12 was made in Belfast Why is it odd that we refer to the police in our own language? Yeah we think are president is memeable more or less, problem? TK is fucking everywhere what are you talking about. And it's lemony because its literally lemonade. It was a major treat in the olden days Glad you like the Kimberly cakes, my granny worked for Jacobs before the brits bought them

[@kierabyrne8052]

👏 Well said, I cringed so much while I was watching this video and your comment sums up everything people from other countries don't understand xD

[@Zannyzander]

wow you're stupid an ignorant. A lot of your comments seem to come from the perspective of an Irish Nationalist and how you think that he should think like that. But he doesn't so his views on things will be different from your own. He said that it was a failed attempt to make everyone to speak gaelic. From his perspective and I'm sure from many others it would look like that especially coming from his background as a canadian where they force french down our throats. This second point is just... stupid. What do you think losing a war is if not being forced to surrender? So according to you the germans didn't lose WW1 or 2 because they were forced to surrender? It's nice that you know what every Irish person in Ireland is talking about so you could clear up that they don't talk about the english anymore. And the 'weird northern Ireland money' that is just English sterling is still weird northern Ireland money that just so happens to be english. no comment If you come from a country that refers to the police as the police of course it would be weird if another country that spoke the same language referred to them as something else He didn't say that there was a problem with memeing the president he just thought it was odd at how much of it there was. The TK thing he said in the video that he checked multiple stores and couldn't find it so of course he'd think it wasn't as popular. And he said it was lemony because it was obviously an intense lemony flavour not a more mild one he's more used to. no comment.

[@108nighthawk]

I'm just wondering, what is the dofference between being forced to surrender and losing? They seem pretty synonymous to me.

[@baconsalad9743]

@@Zannyzander it's not a question of perspectives, it's a question of fact. Believe it or not, these aren't opinions, they are facts, and yer man making the video got them wrong

[@Zannyzander]

@@baconsalad9743 yes he got a few facts wrong, but most of the stuff complained about has to do with persective.

[@GatecrashGuitar]

JJ Mc Cullough you forgot to mention the SS Nomadic, the last White Star Line tender. Have you heard of Titanic Honour and Glory models? My daughter asked me to type this. She is a big fan of your channel. She is 11, but has listened and watched almost every episode.

[@riohenry6382]

Hi J.J. It’s pronounced ‘Kill-Main-Am’ with the emphasis on the Main. West Cork and Kerry are really beautiful. It’s full of small fishing villages and Neolithic monuments. But you did a great job in showing the real Ireland without any sentimentality. Congratulations and well done

[@martinbarry30]

Fucking madra.

[@ChaSterio]

I think he’s trying to say female dog as in bitch

[@adhamhmacconchobhair7565]

@@ChaSterio no he is just using a weird insult xD

[@thegamingwolf9036]

@@ChaSterio madra = Dog in Irish

[@thegamingwolf9036]

@@adhamhmacconchobhair7565 Madra = DOG in Irish

[@adhamhmacconchobhair7565]

@@thegamingwolf9036 ik that im irish, im just saying its a weird insult

[@HeadCannon19]

0:10 New Zealand couldn’t even make the forgotten member list

[@m-a6614]

Looks like Ireland got a lot in common with Quebec

[@chickeninyeezes3759]

no

[@millevenon5853]

@@chickeninyeezes3759 Quebec is gay and thats coming from a gay guy

[@berryamv2296]

No

[@kavalogue]

Don’t compare us to some wannabe french lads

[@brian1206]

having language that's not english: quebec yea no.

[@georgebardsley7129]

4:42 Ironic since JJ is of Ulster Scott decent 😆

[@StarrDust12]

I honestly don't understand why everyone is so insulted, but then again I'm British, so I'm not allowed to speak.

[@toroisan4286]

Yea shut up

[@KeKe-hs5dq]

BenTheStar ur right u don’t get to speak

[@drewpamon]

Apparently tim Hortons heard that a Canadian was going to Ireland and quickly built one. Cause "if there's a Canadian there's got to be a Tim's"

[@DonnyO1916]

As an Irish Canadian I'm really disappointed in the ignorance and disrespect shown throughout this video. I hope you guys don't think all Canadians are like this. Most of us love Ireland and Irish culture... Tá brón orm :(

[@-Faris-]

9:16 He said “Aboot” I guess It’s true what they say on this stereotype.

[@rajkaranvirk7525]

It’s not, he’s literally the only Canadian i know that sounds like that

[@katiepowell1234]

Ireland is is a great country i am from Ireland and I am very proud you love your country and we’ll love our country 🇮🇪

[@amberfreeman458]

You're right I'm from Ireland to and it's actually a great country and I'm glad I'm from here

[@lennox285679]

Thank you for not being a fucking maniac about JJ’s obvious sarcasm and over simplification in this video.

[@no.6660]

Irish people are always bragging about how laid back they are and how they don’t take life as seriously as British people. Well this comment section is proof that that’s not the case, you guys are wayyy more easily offended. Can someone just please point out the inaccuracies in this video please? Still haven’t found a single comment that has been able to do that