American Reacts South Ireland: Waterford to the Ring of Kerry

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[@fra-xi5cy]

Is it any wonder they fought so hard for that beautiful country Ireland, Rip to the men who give their lives for it, 🙏🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@2011crackers]

Unfortunately this video must be 20 years old now it’s all changed the Irish are becoming the minority mass uncontrolled immigration no homes for the Irish it’s just heartbreaking history repeating itself

[@elizabethwallace-donnelly.2356]

It's heartbreaking what's happening to Ireland Now... Mass immigration... and now the Government are trying to bring in Hate speech laws. In other words... if you have an opinion about what's going on... ie.. Hundreds of men housed in hotels no documentation.... Rioting.. You are called ultra right wing, racist..... Its dreadful... God help our Grandchildren... . Irish are forgotten.. Homelessness is through the roof.. Irish are at the bottom of the housing list now... But let's not discuss the Elephant in the Room🐘🤫.. Same is happening all over Europe..

[@plj2084]

​@@2011crackersYou Summarised What has Horrifically happened to our Beloved Once 99% Indigenous Irish and use to have Low Crime in our Ancient Celtic Isle Country Ireland ☘️🏞️💚) =(☠️🤑🇪🇺🕳️👎

[@nicolad8822]

@@2011crackers The irony.🤣

[@AlainnCorcaigh]

​@@2011crackersthat's not true at all kiddo. There's plenty of house's there , yes There's a shortage in certain areas where everyone expects one, that issue is slowly being addressed. Social house's are being handed out weekly at an all time High and while you sit their probably sponging of welfare. It's worth noting that the majority of foreigners came into this country and work the jobs the Irish wouldn't do.

[@anitaherbert1037]

Having holidayed in the Ring of Kerry in a huge RV I will say it was far more beautiful than I was expecting. We accidently came when the wildflowers were blooming so it coincided with a lot of coach tours. Though not officially so this resulted in a situation where it was advisable to travel in the same direction as the coaches on the narrow roads. I felt I was part of a salmon run. Still ended up one of my top 3 holidays due to the people, the food and the scenery. A funny story to illustrate the people. My husband wanted to go for a walk after lunch whilst I painted the bay from the RV. He left at 3 with no money at 9.30 desperate hobbling with a twisted ankle, I had just set off up a steep hill towards the reception to call the Guarda( police) as I had forgotten my phone charger, when I saw a tractor approaching with my husband waving. A red faced man said "I thought I had best bring yer man there back as he's a little the worse for wear mam", gently helped my drunken smiling husband down from the tractor, waved and drove off. Not used to seeing my husband drunk let alone weaving all over the place with a silly grin on his face I forgot to be cross. " how did you get drunk you did not have your wallet with you?" Turned out he walked through a village where a group of men invited him to watch the galic football with them in the pub. Put a hat on his head a scarf on his neck insisted on buying him rounds though he explained he had no money. Insisted he drink with them. When their team won they took him to the fish and chip shop to sop up the alcohol after he told them I was going to kill him then drove him home. " weren't the lads nice" he said as he fell in the caravanette door and promptly fell asleep where he lay.

[@indiantinamorals5791]

@anitaherbert1037 Aww Anita, what a great story, and you should think of writing a book, honestly, as I am Irish and that is a typical thing to happen out in our countryside, thanks for the great story, love from Ireland

[@gloriahoulihan8717]

Yup that's what happens when football matches are played 😊

[@TyronePatOne]

Just beautiful

[@Meena-io2us]

Lol that's a regular occurrence in Ireland. Happens all the time. The husband might pop out to get some milk, next time you would see him he'd be falling in the door sideways, barely able to speak 😅😅😅😅

[@edmondmaher]

Most of lrelands great woods were cleared for farming thousands of years ago a perfect example is in the Burren in County clare now one of lrelands most unique and beautiful places to visit It shows are history from start to present

[@MrLeadb1]

I think the British Empire started to fade when a very small very poor country(Ireland) right next door to the greatest military might in the world fought the British to a standstill and then gained its independence in 1921. I'm sure many other countries looked at that and thought......perhaps we can do that!.....and the fuse was lit!

[@Ffinity]

Nope, American assistance during WW2 was conditional on us giving up our colonies, that was the cause.

[@Dreyno]

⁠@@FfinityNope. Losing a constituent part of the U.K. and it’s first true colony started the downfall. India saw the start of a real pro-Independence movement, Egypt and Iraq strove for full independence and during the Chanak Crisis both South Africa and Canada declined to assist the U.K. In 1923, Canada refused to be bound by the Treaty of Lausanne and this was followed by the 1923 Imperial Conference which recognised the right of dominions to set their own foreign policy. 1919 was the absolute zenith of the British empire and it’s dismantling started almost immediately. So your version has no basis in reality. That was the death throes of something started decades earlier.

[@paullooney2522]

That was them telling you,they were the new empire on the bloc,meet the new empire same as the old empire,a bit like the mafia.@@Ffinity

[@nicolad8822]

Over egging the pudding somewhat.

[@Dreyno]

@@nicolad8822 Why do you say that?

[@Lottaquizzes]

Of all the countries i’ve visited, Ireland has the friendliest people.

[@carmeldaly5566]

Where are you from? I’m Irish myself, and always interested in what’s considered friendly!

[@agf1700]

Agree. Have visited a few times and have never met anyone there not ready to talk. Also love the Irish sense of humour.

[@brianm2881]

I'm Irish and what I can definitely say is that you wouldn't find too many in Ireland who go out of their way to be UN-friendly, and are generally polite, laid-back and helpful in every day life. You come across the occasional arsehole, but that happens everywhere.

[@Lottaquizzes]

I'm from Sweden. People say good morning when you meet them in the street, and if you ask for directions you often get a story to go with the directions. If you sit down at the same table in a pub, people will usually talk to you, and make you feel welcome. I guess what I mean by friendly is that people talk to you, even if you are a stranger.@@carmeldaly5566

[@gglav7170]

We are friendly alright. We have a built in interrogation ability like you have never seen. Before you know it we will know where your from, your surname, what your job is and why your here. We will know where you’ve been and where you’re going. We crave links. If we can identify someone you know that we know we will finally be friends. 😂

[@jgog59]

We have to remember British policies condemned the irish. There was a enough food in ireland but it was shipped to England . Also what soup kitchens were provided came with the caveat if catholic the denounce their faith to get the soup. That’s where the derogatory term “taking the soup” comes from It was genocide

[@2011crackers]

Amen

[@TyronePatOne]

Not true that only the potatoe was the only food. There were cereal crops which the British plundered from this land, which exacerbated the famine.

[@carmeldaly5566]

True. You only need to look at a satellite view to see how lush and fertile it is. Food was exported in enormous quantities everyday while those who were left with diseased potatoes emigrated or died.

[@2011crackers]

Correct it was genocide not a famine the brits starved nearly a million people to death threw them out of their humble homes and so many literally died on the side of the road I about this out every chance I get!!

[@elizabethwallace-donnelly.2356]

@2011Crackers.. You are correct.. It was Genocide... A million or more.. Irish, perished ... 😢...

[@nicolad8822]

⁠@@carmeldaly5566Green can mean too wet to grow anything.

[@declanrussell2232]

Embrace your Irish ancestry. I was born in England but my older brothers were born in Ireland. I spent all my summer holidays in north west Ireland growing up. Now as an adult I feel a strong connection to Ireland. I visit as much as I can. The other half even suggests that I’m a far more relaxed person when I’m there.

[@marymary5494]

Me too @declarussell2232 I grew up in northern England, we had our 6 weeks summer holidays in Mayo. I now live in Donegal.

[@Ciaradexy]

​@@marymary5494you're British, not Irish.

[@sheilaghk6350]

​@@marymary5494 Don't mind them, you're Irish.

[@marymary5494]

@@Ciaradexy I’m somewhat Irish, my parents and all my ancestors before are from Mayo. I find it somewhat strange that some Irish people claim famous Irish/American’s as their own whereas not so much with those with British connections. I’m easy either way, we all have more similarities than differences.

[@indiantinamorals5791]

This video you just watched is at least 20+ years old, one can tell by the cars and the smoking indoors, which is banned now for years. Also, it is sinful for anyone to call it a potato famine, it was genocide , and nothing less, there was lots of food but the Irish were not allowed to eat it.

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

True story and my poor country is destroyed now.

[@Kevc00]

It's complicated, technically no it wasn't a genocide since the British government did not intentionally let us starve. The famine happened because of negligence and mismanagement. The British did export food to Britain, but also imported 6 times that amount into Ireland.

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

@@Kevc00 yeah after nearly whipping us out.

[@Kevc00]

@@grlfcgombeenhunter2897 no it was about a year into the famine, it was entirely the fault of the British government but it is a myth that they exported all the food.

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

@@Kevc00 it’s really not are u Irish ☘️

[@russcattell955i]

!st time I visited Ireland my father collected me from Cork Airport. The drive to his home in Killorglin on the Ring of Kerry is around 1 & 1/2 hours on the main road. We took 3 days, hugging the coast via Kinsale, Baltimore and Kenmare. An excellent road trip.

[@thesecretlifeofhuman]

It’s not true that the potato was the only crop the Irish had to eat. It was the only crop the English overlord invaders allowed the Irish to eat. Ireland had an abundance of food shipped abroad by the English while the Irish suffered terribly, either leaving the country, taking their chances on the coffin ships or starving to death.

[@marymary5494]

Hi from the north west of Ireland, Donegal. If you’re Irish, your Irish. 👌💕🇮🇪

[@jacquelinepearson2288]

It's a common trait for people to feel a connection and desire to visit countries where their ancestors lived. I have been on various holidays in Europe, but Italy is my favourite destination. I somehow always feel at home. I often wonder if that is because of some Italian ancestry a few generations ago.

[@GraveVisitations]

We love our little country ❤🇮🇪 so much history here and beauty. Hello from Co wexford

[@naomhfermin]

Regarding deforestation in Ireland. The Birish cut down most of the trees to build their ships, however the west coast has always been a harsh land to grow anything

[@stephkelly75]

I live in Cork and it is a beautiful city and county. The whole of Ireland is a gorgoeus landscape.

[@Valfara770]

Same! And especially when you get lucky with the weather like this year. That was an expectional summer lasting till September! (We are more used to very rainy and grey "summers"!)

[@TheGeneral_LUFC]

Gowan ya langer! Only takin the piss, love cork. I'm in shithole waterford

[@lyndasurgenorball5595]

I am very biased ! I'm from this beautiful land ..... We have a very rich and beautiful history, but we also have a very dark history too! But we are the best wee Island and the most beautiful (my opinion) ❤

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Scotland used to be attached to / a part of America (before at least, the last Ice Age) and through the gradual migration via the action of the Earth's tectonic plates, moved across to England where it eventually "butted up" against the top end of the Northern British Isles, causing the mountains in that vicinity to form. The lochs were carved out by the glaciers, and filled with fresh water after the glaciers melted at the end of the Ice Age. 😊❤🖖

[@dzzope]

Same story for Ireland.. The same fault line where the 2 meet can be seen in a "scar" from Dingle on the west coast to Clogherhead on the east

[@PK-eg8yz]

Nice dude, I live about a 20min drive from Mohill. Its famous to every teenager in the west of the country. Its a right of passage to head to the teenage club nights there when you're young

[@endaganddagags7549]

i am from kinsale, one of the places they showed is a place me and my friends used to get drunk at when we were to young to get into pubs. so funny to see it shown in a nice highlight because if we shown it from mine it would be cheap vodka and blacking out

[@BoB10]

Hi nice video I'm in Ireland close to Glendalough . what he called peat we call turf it's not used as much now, and the gardens at Powercourt are much bigger than ws shown here it has a popular waterfall down the rocks people go to picnic there, Glendalough gets very busy in the summer as it's so close to Dublin and there's lots more to see around the County Wicklow,, and indeed the rest of the Country... Cheer's and your content is great..

[@anthonyhind1308]

I'm from Bray in Co.Wicklow.Glendalough is a half hour drive away.I've been there countless times,and I always find it a fascinating place.Powerscourt is only 15 minutes away- another gorgeous place.

[@pablodelnorte9746]

Powerscourt is gorgeous.

[@susan3645]

Watching your video in Waterford and learning so much Irish history! 🇮🇪 Thank you for your interest in our beautiful country. Do come visit and explore your Irish roots, you are very welcome!

[@CMR_1317]

RE Mohill - lovely village, I go camping there often. Its in Leitrim, the county below Sligo, where WB Yeats was from.

[@stevefoulston]

The dialect of Appalachia is often regarded by linguists as archaic and, perhaps, a bit odd. The rugged and unique language displays the remnants of the Scotch-Irish traveler's and other immigrants who settled the mountains in the 18th century. Peace out.

[@grahamgresty8383]

There are areas of Ireland that are naturally boggy so trees will not normally gtow. I recall a project to grow a special kind of tree: a type of willow, I think, to produce more forestation. However Ireland is also known for cider production.

[@brigitnunez6735]

Great video thank you so much for sharing.

[@MrLeadb1]

Hi Mc, The German part of your ancestry could come from Hessian Troops(German) who fought along side the British in 1798 as mercenaries. Some remained after the rebellion was put down and intrigrated into Irish society, many were even Catholics themselves, which appears quite bizzare considering the circumstances of that rebellion. Hopefully you'll get to visit Ireland some time in the future.....it's quite an easy going place with plenty of 'craic'(fun/music/chat) if you need it

[@jameso9221]

Mohill is in country Leitrim. Your relatives probably did travel due to he famine

[@IndianTee]

....there was no famine, there was genocide!

[@jameso9221]

@@IndianTee there was famine. it was genocide

[@SaraLittleWren]

Your reaction at 27.50 to the view is lovely. There is no finer view or colours than in Kerry or ireland when the sun shines on it. Visit Kerry ever year and the landscape is stunning. Also the area behind the guide at 32mins is just under the Connor pass i think, its Malloch off in the distance to the left and what we call Harp lake to his right. The village of Clohan and Brandon off and away to his far right. At the foot of Mount Brandon. The wreck of a a german bomber still lies there. Theres a really interesting story to that.

[@lesleycarney8868]

The smell of peat burning takes some beating . we had a barge and went up and down the river Shannon a few times and burnt peat all the way at 4 miles an hour lolllll

[@raymonddixon7603]

Ireland was completely covered in trees. Unfortunately, mad as it may seem, it was all due to deforestation. Ireland is the least forested land in Europe.

[@TyronePatOne]

You forgot to mention the British government's role in this.

[@j.jwhitty5861]

@@TyronePatOne They needed the trees to build ships to protect us from the Spanish, Portuguese and the French 🤔

[@TyronePatOne]

Could have used their own trees@@j.jwhitty5861

[@yermanoffthetelly]

​@@j.jwhitty5861The Spanish and the French were trying to liberate Ireland.

[@drtoothmonkey]

"Plain grey, workaday town." I am from Waterford and have never heard it better described 😂 (Though Reginald's Tower is awesome.)

[@dzzope]

I posted a link to probably the best travel to "tips" video for Ireland I've seen in your random recommendations. It's not near as in-depth going through area's like this is but definately a better travel tips vid than most others I've seen. Glen-da-lock not lack(not quite a ck sound but the ou is "aw" not "ah").. Also no breaks in the name.. Like Kinsale, he says like it's 2 words, speed it up to sound more natural Irish pronunciation. Brill video though a little old. It was filmed at least 20 years ago, before the smoking ban. If you can, look up Magheraroarty, fabulous scenery or Donegal airport and the surrounding area called "The Rosses", claimed to have the most scenic final approach in the world.. Not sure how true it is but it's deffinately up there. Ireland is pretty small, only a couple hundred miles long but the route up the west coast from Kerry to Donegal is over 1600 Miles (Wild Atlantic Way) I hear you on the music.. Most people hate the rainy misty day we get so often.. I love them, If you can't hear Uilleann pipes seeing the forrests and hills through the mist or watch the rain sweep in across a bay.. Love it. If ya can't enjoy Ireland in the rain, you don't desrve it on a fine day. BTW, The Blarney stone is not what they kissed. The Blarney stone is the very bottom stone, the mantle or lintle.. If you kiss the wall above the bottom stone, your just kissing a wall possibly millions of other eejits have kissed. Ireland was nearly totally forrested before men. The hills and mountains are bare like that because there are no large predators and the deer and sheep eat nearly anything that grows higher than the Heather. People love it, but it's not a Natural landscape.

[@jgog59]

OMG you have to do a reaction video of the National sports Hurling oldest game in the world. Also Gaelic Football

[@astralhealer]

It sounds like your family is from County Monaghan ( Monahan) silent g !! Beautiful video of our gorgeous land ! Thank you for sharing 💚

[@deirdresheridan5137]

Mohill is in Leitrim

[@2010marksean]

The natural environment for Ireland was deciduous (Oak, Larch, Beech, Birch etc.) forest. Post the colonisation, deforestation removed most the forest for commercial lumber and ship building. (British Navy)

[@dominickskinner407]

If you haven't checked out Hurling, you absolutely should

[@vincentwhelan475]

As an Englishman it really annoys me that we still call it a famine... There was plenty of food in Ireland at the time but it was exported to England when the people needed it most, what was left was totally unaffordable to the native people. I can only describe this as Genocide.

[@divinedefiance7069]

Ireland was heavily deforested to make way for farming and to build England's navel ships. In hunter gatherer times the island was covered in giant old oaks. You could have walked from one end of the island to the other along its rooftop canopy!

[@yermanoffthetelly]

There are parts of Killarney national park that are still temporate rainforrests and other areas scattered all along the west coast that could be considered the same in Clare, Galway, Mayo and Donegal. Reforestaton is something im 100% behind.

[@MissFly]

Aww love this. I'm from Co. KERRY ❤❤❤XX BTW you should watch a hurling match😊x he sounds like he spent time in San Francisco 😂x I'm also very affected by irish music, it's in you, embrace it xMuckross house and Kenmare are beautiful but if you come to Ireland especially Kerry you should visit our non tourist areas, much more beautiful x

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

In the restaurant it was SO NICE _(about 19.30 mark)_ to see American's actually using CUTLERY correctly!!! You can OFTEN spot Americans from a long way off in a restaurant _(even before you have heard them speak or seen any other clues),_ just by the way they DON'T use a knife and fork... 😎 😂

[@hindlewalker9330]

I lived in Cork for 5 years it is beautiful but it's called the Emerald isle because it rains so much and boy it can rain.

[@smiley9872]

You can claim to be Irish if your Grandmother was from Mohill, Co. Leitrim, we are honoured to have you Conor, never mind the naysayers. ☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘☘

[@2learn4ever]

I think if his granny was Irish he could play football for Ireland couldn't he, if he could play football that is!!!! 😂

[@smiley9872]

@@2learn4ever truth!

[@designjunki]

If your equal parts Irish / English stick with the Irish it will open more doors for you

[@carolinamoonbeam]

The lack of trees has an easy historic explanation. From the 1500s & 1600s on, The English cut down and took the vast swathes of dense ancient Irish forests to build galleons for its navy. It’s said to have also been used to rebuild London after the Great Fire. The rebel Irish chieftains used to hide in the forests from the invaders. Thus, taking the forests to build up the English navy had a dual benefit for the English monarch. The Irish were so gutted about the deforestation of their entire county, so much so that a poem was written about it: ‘Cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmad?’ ‘How can we cope without timber? The last of the woods have been taken abroad!’ 😔

[@mylesmooney7505]

By the way it was an Irish ☘️ man that started the American 🇺🇸 navy, also the Argentine navy

[@jeninelynch2330]

Oh Mohill is in County Leitrim. I went to my 1st junior disco in Mohill back in the mid 2000s 😅 Tbh theres not much there 😊 Aw dude, u gotta check out hurling (male) or camogie (female)(pronounced Kam-o-gee). Its a wild sport

[@laurakirwan999]

The island is lovely, but the ring of Kerry is breathtaking. Just amazing.

[@jayhatchy4413]

@29:30 The Island of Ireland always belong to the 'Irish' we even have our own Language, so the British never' lost' 90%. We just got back what was rightfully ours to begin with

[@maurafarrell3671]

Mohill in Co Leitrim. Great genealogy centre in Ballinamore Co Leitrim

[@elizabethwallace-donnelly.2356]

The Hook Lighthouse is on the Hook Penninsula in Co Wexford....

[@Ray-pk9tu]

The Waterford Crystal factory used to have 3 thousand workers but unfortunately the government left it close down by nit giving the factory a helping hand when needed. It opened in the city centre again years ago but only around 100 workers there now but it's still the best crystal in the World.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

It's _not_ "the gift of gab" !! ... 😮😣 It's "the gift of the gab" ...😊❤ My late Grandad was born in Eire in July 1894 and so I'm really _not_ "talking out of my arse" !! 😊 ❤️🖖

[@valerieh84]

Your grandfather was born in Ireland then not Éire unless he came from a very progressive politically active family that was already advocating for independence!

[@brigidsingleton1596]

@@valerieh84 . Re my late Grandad ... He was indeed, as you sumised. When he left Ireland to fight in WWI, he joined the Black Watch in Scotland as he refused to fight for or along side the English. However, for "reasons" of his own, he found himself with a London-born woman, and at age six years, my (now) late Mum attended his wedding to my late Nan, somewhere in Scotland, in 1922, (when Grandad was 28/9). His politics ran as far as becoming a member of Sin Fein, but _not_ active within the IRA. He said he was born in Eire, so my Mum and I took him at his word. He eventually lived out his final years / days in S.E.London, where I was born (in 1953) prem. and caught polio aged 8 weeks whilst still in SCBU to eventually learn how to walk aged 4 years, whilst living with my Mum at my Nan & Geandad's cottage until I was 6. You did not ask for or need my potted life story, but you received part of it anyway ! "There's No Charge !!" ☺️❤️🖖

[@petrastonier8494]

What was your father’s name? I live in the north but my mother RIP lived outside of Mohill. Higgins and Butler.

[@pterra9]

its good to see you ^^

[@seanlong7870]

The New York New Years Eve Ball drop is made by Waterford Crystal.

[@ItzDinny]

you should do a video reacting to the irish sport of hurling, the fastest played sport in the world.

[@freakyroot1]

The game is called HURLING fastest ball sport in the world.

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

My ma came from very near Cobh in Co Cork... A hamlet called Ballymacandrick

[@fairfood7304]

No wonder Daniel day Lewis the greatest actor of our time calls Ireland his home, lucky for him his father was born in Ireland, otherwise we would ask for citizenship 😮

[@herindoors3552]

The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history.

[@markwolstenholme3354]

Its The Republic of Ireland. Southern Ireland was only used by the British in the 1920s for a short time. The island of Ireland is The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland the latter being part of the UK. I'm not making any political points, I'm English (British) and just want to make it clear to all your and Rick's viewers. I have good friends from both ROI and Northern Ireland so do understand the importance of making the distinction between both nations clear. 😊. Cup of tea anyone 😊. I'm not quite sure why a mention of financial aid from the European Union or even the sign saying so as Republic of Ireland is a member so will be contributing to the "fund"..

[@gallowglass2630]

I live in the republic of ireland,but thats not my nation its an artificial statelet just as much as Northern Ireland,ireland is my nation.They are two different cultures on this island yes but the lines of the border don't neatly divide the two.You only have to look at the recent NI census 29% considered themselves irish only and 32% british only very close.Your friends from the north seem to be from the unionist tradition and the ones from the south partitionist they are fully entitled to their views and identity but they are not representative of everyone. As regards the use of southern ireland,well he is travelling in southern ireland starting off in wicklow and finishing in dingle thats firmly in the southern half of the country.Apart from the causeway coast american tourists really don't go anywhere else but the southern half,north of galway you won't see an american tourist very rarely anyway.

[@markwolstenholme3354]

@@gallowglass2630 Thanks for your reply. I've read it fully and understand what you say. I hope you haven't taken any offence from what I said. It's difficult sometimes when conversations are had about Ireland especially when written. Best Wishes to you, Mark.

[@Dreyno]

The country’s name is just Ireland. “Rep. of Ireland” is a descriptor of the state like “French Republic” is a descriptor of France. “Ireland” is the name lodged with the United Nations. The insistence on calling the “Republic of Ireland” comes from familiarity with the football team and with a U.K. reluctance to recognise that Ireland has a right to the name because Northern Ireland exists. But that’s akin to Irish people refusing to use “Britain” or U.K.” and insisting on calling it “the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”.

[@audience2]

That's what I thought initially on seeing the video title. But the content was a tour of the south of the island of Ireland.

[@richardgoulding3838]

This was all filmed on the one day of the year when it wasn’t raining in Ireland

[@framethis]

Some of our forts etc were built 4,000 years before the Pyramids in Egypt

[@johnfrancismaglinchey4192]

IRELAND 🇮🇪 is trying to increase the population again,,, this year alone the country has taken in Ninety Eight Thousand Migrants.

[@squirepraggerstope3591]

An English/Irish "hotch-potch" (though in my case, both North (Scots Irish, with some originally from Ayrshire) and South, with some from County Cork) is pretty much my own ancestry, too, Connor. While a.f.a.i.k, I wouldn't have to go back much further in one English line to find a healthy dollop of Welsh, as well. All in just the previous four or so generations, too... which re most family 'lineages' is the most I know anything about, anyway. You see, although not on the same scale as the US, especially in regions like New England, some bits of 'OLD' England have also been veritable mixing pots in still quite recent history. Some medium sized and also (relatively) "new" towns, surprisingly often in more remote areas, being very good examples for several reasons. All of which being said, I agree most with your view that you see yourself simply as an American. As I see myself as a Brit.

[@patriciafinn5717]

Please watch a hurling match..you will be amazed at the skillls...

[@WookieWarriorz]

like i say keep in mind these videos are from the mid 2000s. A lot has changed since then, but honestly for the better. No irish person does that blarney stone nonsense btw, in fact the term 'its all blarney' is an irish way of saying its a load of shit, its all nonsense etc

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

Actually this is from 2001/2 !

[@markwolstenholme3354]

Connor. Is he American?...really! Where do you think the basis of the American English accent/dialect comes from? On top of other language influences Irish is the base line of the American accent and many pronunciations.

[@leprechaun7667]

Thats exactly how your family is wherenit is! If you ever want true irish history hit me up. Im here in Dublin in Eire 🇮🇪 My grandfather's and great grandfathers uniforms are in our national history museum! Their is 70 million irish worldwide ❤ your mother needs to return to herr mother land for a visit!

[@micade2518]

Isn't it funny how many Americans are in search of their European origins, like adopted children would be in search of their biological parents? It's quite understandable, though, but that human trait never ceases to astonish me. "Settlers included the Dutch of New Netherland, the Swedes and Finns of New Sweden, the English Quakers of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English Puritans of New England, the Virginian Cavaliers, the English Catholics and Protestant Nonconformists of the Province of Maryland, the "worthy poor" of the Province of Georgia, the Germans who settled the mid-Atlantic colonies, and the Ulster Scots of the Appalachian Mountains. These groups all became part of the United States when it gained its independence in 1776. Russian America and parts of New France and New Spain were also incorporated into the United States at later times." Source: Wikipedia "By the 1720's the colonies of Canada, Acadia, Hudson Bay, Newfoundland and Louisiana that made up New France were well established. In Illinois the French colonists settled in the southwestern part of the state along the Mississippi River and created the towns of Prairie du Rocher, Kaskaskia, St. Philippe, and Cahokia." Source: Wikipedia "The largest flow of German immigration to America occurred between 1820 and World War I, during which time nearly six million Germans immigrated to the United States. From 1840 to 1880, they were the largest group of immigrants." Source: Wikipedia

[@terrymurray9818]

Breath taking beautiful

[@MelHughes]

For God's sake man! Your Granny was Irish!! We'd love to have ya. Don't forget to support your country against New Zealand this Saturday - there's a good lad. Lovely video😃👍👍

[@Hugh-Jampton-g1j]

Just a wee tip from an Irishman , don’t drive through sheep like that just wait for them to clear. He’s lucky he didn’t get a slap from the farmer

[@tomjohnston1220]

The Vikings were almost gone by Medieval times, they became the Normans. The guy in the video often gets history wrong. The round towers weren't built by the monks. The round towers were sacred places for the Celtic pagans and when Christians came along, they took over the holy pagan sites and built monasteries on them. Also, the monks didn't hide from the Vikings in the towers. If they did that, the Vikings would just pile wood around the tower and burn them out. At the time, Ireland was covered in thick forest and the monks would run into the forests to hide.

[@williambranch4283]

German immigrants went all over, usually as merchants and skilled craftsmen. Peasants usually couldn't migrate much (except during the Irish famine).Trade with the HRE brought Germans to Tudor London ... where English Crown agents were on the watch for both Catholics and Lutherans.

[@TheGeneral_LUFC]

Im watching this from Waterford, Ireland!

[@rmd3677]

Hook head lighthouse and New Ross are in Wexford.

[@clifforddenis10]

Great Video man, but just one point. There's Northern Ireland and Ireland. No South Ireland. South of Ireland maybe, but thatd mean all counties at the bottom, like Waterford, Cork Kerry etc.

[@katyroseable]

Rick Steves lives in Edmonds, north of Seattle.

[@I-should-go-outside]

Mohill is a nice little village in leitrim.

[@JohnResalb]

I think that guy in the blue jacket is an Irishman who has spent some time living in the US. Don't forget, your video only covers part of Ireland. There's plenty more up north as well, easily as much again. So, you've got your work cut out in the future.!

[@Irish780]

Im from wicklow thats a old video iteland changed so much since its like 20 years ago

[@chelseacharger]

Rick Steve did make an error when he said Ireland was a British 'colony' during the Victorian era. Or in truth, maybe he didn't. You see, Ireland was brought into a union with Great Britain in 1801 to become the United Kingdom. So technically, all citizens of Ireland were then British subjects too. But in reality, the vast majority of the country was still treated like a colony and it's inhabitants discriminated against. It wasn't just the response from the government in Westminster to the Potato Blight but the conditions they had imposed beforehand that led to such disastrous consequences for the people.

[@gallowglass2630]

same difference

[@jamesxenophon9505]

It sounds to me like he's Irish but he spent many years living in the US.

[@audience2]

Yes, he may even be an American with Irish ancestry that came to Ireland.

[@sungi7814]

In this landscapes in Scotland and Ireland could grow trees, but the many sheep and deer grassing just don't allow any forests to come up.

[@drtoothmonkey]

Sorry, but as an Irish person I have to correct one of the very first things said in the video. We are not the most westerly part of Europe. Even a lot of us born here think that, but it's not true. The most westerly part of Europe is Martinique.

[@drtoothmonkey]

@@zuppymac-xi8rk Yes, and it is part of Europe because it is a department of France. They use the euro and at the side of the motorways there are big signs saying how EU funding built them. Flying there from Paris counts as an internal flight within France.

[@1079248]

mohill co leitrim 53°55'17.9"N 7°51'57.8"W

[@garypuckerpower8747]

Outside Dublin Ireland is just beautiful

[@tomjohnston1220]

When the British invaded Ireland, they cut down all the forests and the wood was sent to England, to build ships and buildings.

[@columbannon9134]

Victoria didn t want to sleep up stairs because she was too fat. 😂

[@williambranch4283]

WWI bankrupted the British Empire. WWII finished it off. Also England no longer had competitive advantage. England didn't go on the gold standard until 1815, after defeating Napoleon and had the only industry on Earth. It left the gold standard in 1914.

[@Ffinity]

Nope, American assistance during WW2 was conditional on us giving up our colonies, that was the cause.

[@williambranch4283]

@@Ffinity FDR hated the British Empire, as he should and Winston Churchill loved the Empire, as he should. Before my time, but as American of mostly English extraction, I would have been split. Of course, Congress was actively hostile to GB before, during and after WWII.

[@audience2]

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and the allied commander that finally defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.

[@lesleycarney8868]

Check out Scrabo Tower in the North of Ireland

[@gerarddeegan1164]

The british cut down irelands forests for their ships back in the 1800.s and before to colinise other parts of the world ireland was naturally forested almost all over untill the british came and cut them all down for their ships😢😮

[@jgog59]

I wish they explained the pain more fully these Grand House occupants caused

[@gallowglass2630]

Exactly in mullaghmore co sligo near where i live .There was a man who lived in the gate house of classiebawn castle he died of the cold when he was found there was no furniture in the house he had burned it all to keep warm.not too mention the tennants that were turfed out to build the castle.Not far from there is lisadell the landlord there got interested in golf so he turfed a load of tenants up the mountain

[@paullooney2522]

Now the grand house is the globalists,wounder where they are based ?alot of Irish havent a clue whats coming down the road.

[@tonyttt31]

It's not called South or Southern Ireland. If it needs to be referred to as southern or the south, use a small s.

[@jonathantucker9626]

tittle needs editing ...wicklow to kerry not waterford to kerry ,,, waterford is along the the way

[@carthy29]

Irish emigrants sailing from cobh, paid $1 dollar more to go to nyc, than boston, hence lots more irish settled in boston

[@jayhatchy4413]

Hook Head Lighthouse and New Ross are in CO.Wexford not Waterford

[@stephengreer730]

Hi conor are your ancestors from mohill co leitrim.