Easter Rising in 8 Minutes - Manny Man Does History

[@liamflannery4025]

My great grandfather fought in the rising... we was an engineer from Offaly, and worked cutting the English communication cables.

[@mahrytenat3471]

Liam Flannery Scumbag tbh

[@LD-hs9iv]

Same with mine aswell Don't know much about what he did though

[@sineadcoakley150]

@@mahrytenat3471 why was he a scumbag

[@arieson7715]

They put up a hell of a fight.

[@arieson7715]

@@mahrytenat3471 Ironic, coming from a scumbag like yourself.

[@SeanKL107]

Am I the only one that's pauses these videos constantly to get every detail in each frame?

[@brandonoropeza4886]

Same I like his drawings

[@lilanicastro8466]

nope, it was too fast hahaha.

[@cathanmccann1769]

No 😂 😂 😂

[@kaywhyess3189]

yes

[@V1nce_man]

U.K.: hah! You died from just losing one vegetable! Ireland: you lost all of India to a man who wouldn’t eat.... U.K.: ...

[@grimmann1060]

American:ha America is better your just a tiny island that had a failed empire Uk:we made you. American:....

[@redornament3248]

@@grimmann1060 well we can't say much to that, can we?

[@cathanmccann1769]

Lol 😂

[@mephistophelesfussli819]

UK: You lost 10 men who wouldn't eat...

[@raisa_cherry35]

@@cathanmccann1769 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@omoghosty5777]

England has never been so sweaty to get a hold of Irish land

[@fionn7631]

*Scotland wanting independence* *England* "I sleep" *Ireland wanting independence* *England* "real shit"

[@bjblazkowicz2612]

That's because Ireland was an important island that held economic and strategic value, Scotland (or rather Scottish people) on the other hand provides nothing of value besides constant expenditure

[@DAM-os7li]

Irish do be poggers

[@diviyampat9996]

@@bjblazkowicz2612 national emotionaaal daaaaamage

[@memelord6335]

It's been 5 years and I'm not seeing enough comments so ima make one, R.I.P to ur mom for real, she did an amazing job raising such a smart, kind and amazingly interesting person, we wouldn't have such a great KZbinr(you!) If it wasn't for her, and for that, she has our thanks, for bringing into this world the reason for our smiles, REST IN PEACE THE MAMA OF MANNY MAN, 5 years on and yet your still remembered, even by random individuals from ur son's comment section.

[@IAmGabrielWells]

Hey man, just wanted to say a massive thank you for this series. I would not have passed my International history exam without it! Thank you from Austria!

[@saradalton7826]

Brilliant resource, thanks so much for all your work. And thinking of your mum RIP

[@ericdizzy3814]

Great video! I learned a lot!! Can you make one outlining "The Troubles"? This helped explain a lot of the back story, and i think your style of explaining it might ne helpful.

[@Jebbtube]

Given what I know now, it's ironic that France was facing a famine in the late 18th century when all they needed to do was start growing and eating potatoes, which they refused to do because they stubbornly believed that they were poisonous, even though the rest of Europe had learned that this wasn't true. Ireland's potato famine is infamous now, but the irony that France could've saved themselves a revolution by growing a very simple crop is not lost on me.

[@LOLmomentsandfails]

so sad of the loss man, must be hard but you're going to get through it. amazing videos are amazing.

[@c3po1568]

Oh come out ye black and tans

[@hannahclarke7954]

come on and fight me like a man

[@icatcyningproductions]

Never die I.R.A

[@alex-sv8ru]

Conor Conway Show your wife how you won medals down in Flanders!

[@michaeld2473]

@@alex-sv8ru tell her how the IRA made ya run like hell away from the green and lovely lanes of kilashara

[@dquinn1062]

@@michaeld2473 Come tell us how you slew them poor Arabs two by two,

[@MechanikalB33Twenty3]

Actually the counties of Tyrone, Fermanagh, and I believe Derry had voted To be part of the Irish Free state in 1919, but the British prevented that from ever happening.

[@justaguy3436]

Nihilismisinevitable Orisit? That is true. Even Protestants from Fermanagh (don't know about Tyrone or Derry) went to fight for a free Ireland. They're home county was never freed sadly.

[@NeilBraun]

@Tashi delek I'm truly thrilled you said Derry instead of Londonderry

[@brabaz3702]

@@justaguy3436 I believe Armagh as well ;)

[@brabaz3702]

I believe Armagh as well ;)

[@stephenwright8824]

Well there were the paradoxes of the Ulster Month, negotiated in the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1922, and the battles of Belcoo and Pettigo, relatively 10 minutes before the Irish Civil War. A couple authorities consider Belcoo the last time the pre-Truce IRA and Irish Army worked together as if they were one force. 🇮🇪

[@radspeed113]

my friends ask why I watch these, I ask them why they breath. I like my history ok geez

[@tristanmoller9498]

I'm so sorry to hear about your mother. I don't know you to well, but she definitely raised you to a great teacher and lector, I only can imagine her being immensely proud of you and what you have achieved with this community. You deserve far more subscribers btw.. Have a wonderful day

[@csjjpm]

Brought back all that stuff from Leaving Cert History "Clarke, Connolly, Ceannt, McDonagh, McDermot, Plunkett, Pearce". Great video and really wish I could see your play. Put a production on in Manchester it is full of Micks, it is where 100,000 went in 1845.

I feel bad myself for your loss, a dead parent is the worst tragedy that can happen in life, stay strong, bud.

[@meefour]

Well done, John Ruddy ! I just viewed two of your video's Wild Atlantic Way and the Easter Uprising . they exhibit a very nice feel ,and a quick look into the Irish experience. I'm an Irish New Yorker ,but have visited Ireland 13 times in the past 16 years. Planning another visit for a family reunion so I was exploring the route to travel. Thanks for your wit and friendliness .

[@Lissadell1916]

Today 24th April…the 105th Anniversary of the Easter Rising!…All honour to the Irish Republican Brotherhood, The Irish Citizen Army, The Irish Volunteers, The Women of Cumann na mBan and the boys of Na Fianna Eireann. May their Names and Courage never be forgotten.

[@shaunreid6851]

Shame about the unarmed police man that was killed though.

[@Lissadell1916]

@@shaunreid6851 Which one, the one at DC or Stephens Green?

[@shaunreid6851]

@@Lissadell1916 shame about all those who died who were not ‘combatants’.

[@Lissadell1916]

@@shaunreid6851 Very true, but war is a terrible business in whichever form.

[@rudyrodriguez8143]

I find Irish history fascinating. My grandfather was of Cork... Erin Go Brah!

[@jadehughes6012]

Irish history is interesting actually. Proud to be Irish 😅😂

[@stephenwright8824]

Brickeens, Ballymacormack, Longford was my great grandmother's home townland. She emigrated in 1908. (No Famine refugees in my family, sorry.)

[@iburnttheburritos4967]

My granddad wss also from cork

[@berryamv2296]

My family is fully Irish and I am a Meath man

[@thomasswanton9361]

If you truly find it interesting don't make the mistake that we Irish do, study more than just the rebellions,

[@peterwilson5528]

Really great. My mother is from Cork and her father was part of it all but since I grew up in England I never really understood the full story. Pretty hard being half English half Irish but mum never stopped playing rebel songs and my dads family were originally from Ireland after the famine so I guess it is why I never felt I belonged in England. Erin go bragh! :)

[@Jim54_]

The Conquest of Ireland arguably wasn’t fully completed until the Act of Union in 1800 when the Kingdom of Ireland (after centuries of constitutional and regime changes) was forcibly merged into the British state (though our civil service and courts remained separate, and we retained our legislative representatives). Those representatives forced to sit in London instead of Dublin, but went back to Ireland in 1919 and declared independence in a reconstituted Irish Parliament (copying the Hungarian walkout of the Austrian parliament in the 1860s). European history is very complicated as you can imagine …

[@matthewk7037]

I’ve got an exam on this really soon, and suddenly I get recommended this. Thanks for helping with with my exam because otherwise I probably wouldn’t have studied 😂

[@alitamine7699]

Great Video Man, Ireland is Great Nation, GB suffered a huge Defeats, once there were great Leaders, Michael Collins, Pearse, Michael Davitt, It was the Best of what Ireland has given Birth, Sorry for your Mother Man, bless her with Prayers.

[@WateverWatever04]

Damn I didn't know all this! Ireland y'all are badass 🇨🇮👏

[@kowalskivlogs9696]

Thanks boi

[@prestonnichols3911]

@elevatorman013 we wouldn't have won without the French and Spanish helping us.

[@TeddylsALiar]

That’s not an Irish flag moron.

[@FeverDreamTheOneAndOnly]

I agree

[@FeverDreamTheOneAndOnly]

Wait... that's an Ivory Coast flag. (xD)

[@micke5410]

God rest their brave souls. "Believe that we too love freedom and desire it. To us it is more desirable than anything in the world. If you strike us down now, we shall rise again and renew the fight. You cannot conquer Ireland you cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom: if our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom then our children will win it with a better deed." Padraig Pearse

[@FivesCT-mn1is]

+Mick E youre so nice im irish so it made me happy

[@aughalough1]

I like it ..

[@ultra_epic_guy5966]

Stop being Scotland in 1300

[@samueljackson9401]

how do you feel killing an innocent British police constable

[@AC-bw2bj]

@phyllis brady long live the empire

[@tobyevans5189]

RIP Kathleen Ruddy

[@JohnDRuddyMannyMan]

Thanks!

[@TacticalmailmanII]

+John D Ruddy u should do black hawk down

[@mauricious7882]

damnit! i live in the U.S

[@jhsmastergamingvlogsandthe9767]

Moses sorry

[@ericlopez3784]

Jack May

[@ChurchOfCatology]

Sorry to here that man, also... ik its not really the right time.. but gotta love them mutton chops

[@bridgetcarr1236]

I've an exam on this soon, I feel like drawing some of it

[@drhistory8304]

very sorry to hear about your loss keep up the good work

[@Mike-tg7dj]

My respects to you about your Mom. I miss mine too, lost her in 2007 Easter weekend.

[@onthewattle]

Well done mate. I’m sure you’re Mum would be proud. As an Australian with Irish heritage and a deep interest in 20th century Irish History I do not believe the current Irish Republic resembles the proclamation but compared to other states born out of blood it has down a remarkable job. Long live your beautiful country and may your Mother Rest In Peace.

[@vitotheo]

Our class have watching this video as our homework today. Great video!

[@johnr7279]

I know it's been some time since you made this video but I have to comment that I enjoyed it and it was especially classy of you to make that very nice and fitting tribute at the end to your Mother. I am a parent myself, still have one of my parents, and even a grandparent so I thought what you did was very nice--all the best from the US!

[@takeahint683]

Well done Ireland! Love from Scotland!

[@celticwarrior5185]

Irish love true Scots like you. 👋

[@galentyrol6512]

@@celticwarrior5185 your a fake everything

[@oliversherman2414]

I'm English. Also sending love to Ireland

[@Snugggg]

Thanks for making this video. I'm sorry for your loss.

[@stephenwright8824]

I Likewise lost my Ma to complications from throat cancer the day after my birthday in 2011. John's losing his gave me the feels.

[@MrLlanllyfni]

An interesting film that tries to educate people about the power struggle at the root of modern Ireland. As a Welsh man it's crushing to see one of our closest neighbours, fellow Celts that have been through much of what the Irish have suffered, describing my country as England, with a huge great St. George's cross over it. For some reason i always expect the Irish to be more empathetic after what they've been through but time and time again i'm left wondering if they even know we exist. Another great example is the ferry ports in Ireland that receive ships from Wales; a welcome in many languages, just none in Welsh.

[@JohnDRuddyMannyMan]

I did think about this one and the inclusion of Wales under George's cross was due to the annexation of Wales under the Laws in Wales Act 1535-1542, much like Ireland and scotland come under the Union Flag in my 1801 map. It was in no ways a slight and in some ways it's a comment on how England had already been incorporating other nations into its own kingdom in the past. I know none of this is explained but unfortunately the video is about an irish rebellion in 1916. I am well aware of our shared Celtic heritage, even taking pride in that and I look forward to doing a video on the history of Wales at some point! As for the welcome in Welsh on the signs, I think that is a great idea!! It's important to welcome our Celtic neighbours! CROESO! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@stephenmurphy2212]

Maybe Wales should become an independent country. 🐉 If they did they could join the euro currency like us to make trading and transport over the Irish Sea easier. And that way we wouldn't be the only English speaking country in Europe to use the euro. But as for trading over the border with England, that's their problem...

[@ImpartialDawn]

*whales you idiot

[@stephenmurphy2212]

+Hugh Jenas Sure countries the size of Wales have survived independently! 😂

[@stephenmurphy2212]

+Hugh Jenas Scotland can potentially survive!

[@VolcyThoughts]

FINALLY!!! I've been waiting for months for you to upload something.

[@vexintersect1312]

Can u do the Irish revolution next?

[@vexintersect1312]

Or just anything Irish/u personally enjoy it makes the videos better

[@JohnDRuddyMannyMan]

+Nico Sepeda now now! Don't mistake ignorance for autism! That's an insult to autism!

[@vexintersect1312]

Boots Cake im not Irish... im Italian and polish and living in america. i just really like it when john talks about his home. and he means that your ignorant of the fact that you just infer who you think your talking too. not everyone on the internet who you think they are or the big bad person that is the embodiment everything u hate in a person. u know nothing john snow

[@SiVlog1989]

+John D Ruddy too true, from experience far from being ignorant, people I know who have some form of Autism are amongst the most enthusiastic and knowledgeable people I know...

[@Mugdorna]

+justin ret What "Irish Revolution"? Do you mean the Irish War of Independence 1919-1921?

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

Great video brother but you forgot to mention, the UVF got their weapons into Ulster of Germany, via the assistance of the British army. The North of Ireland was then turned into a citizens army over night, by Carson.

[@markharrison2544]

The Irish Volunteers also imported weapons from Germany in response.

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

@@markharrison2544 Which were captured by the Brits of the coast of Ireland and somehow, just somehow the British didn't manage to get those....hmmmmmm.

[@markharrison2544]

The weapons the Volunteers imported got through: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howth_gun-running

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

@@markharrison2544 Wikipedia!? 😂😂😂

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

@@markharrison2544 I know what you mean brother, I realise your point. Indeed rifles did arrive but the Bachelor's Walk massacre happened, when British imperialist forces shot into unarmed crowd. Typical.

[@creatingrandom8373]

Did anyone here about Joseph plunket (I'm sorry I can't spell) got married to grace Gifford and only got a few minutes before he got executed and when they got last words while a British solider counted down OUT LOUD the seconds 😔

[@finnthefrog4354]

I visited the altar they got married on with my school i also saw the jail cell where the British soldier stood in front of as they had their time to talk and the execution courtyard

[@dubcindub15]

The song Grace is about their relationship, my favourite version is the Jim McCann one.

[@cquiroz7874]

Now all I can imagine is Edmund Blackadder trying to put down the Easter Rising.

[@thomasswanton9361]

God be with all those who fought, whether it was the Irish or the British

[@airtexaco]

Nice one, I did not know of this and it sparked my interest. I'll be looking up more on this, thank you.

[@tonybarde2572]

The Easter Rising leaders were like the brave men who stood against the Redcoats at Lexington and Concord. All believed in the idea that humankind is created equal and we are all born with unalienable rights.

[@tonybarde2572]

@miyamoto productions Dude, just fuck off

[@tonybarde2572]

@thecrazycatgentleman6188 Go elsewhere

[@ericanderson1846]

Mr. Ruddy, these videos are excellent! THIS is the way to introduce new material to students of all ages. I personally would love to see videos about the dynamics of resource wars ( oil etc ). The Mexican Revolution, perhaps. The Bosnian Wars. Really, just keep doing what you are doing. Many thanks for sharing your talents and efforts.

[@Gipsydanger1222]

my great grandpa fought in the rising and was put in jail for reasons unrelated to the rising (there were bullets in his back yard). He left for America in 1924 and met my great grandma when he got there. My great grandma was Scottish (she saw the scuttling of the German High Seas fleet) but I mostly like to dig into my Irish roots.

[@ReadmanJ]

The Silent Moment showing the rundown of executed was Chilling to the Bone & the dedication to your Mum had me at Tears. So sorry for your loss, but great work! Too bad I'm not in Ireland would love to see the show. are you planning on recording and relasing it for an international audience? Would pay for that for sure

[@TielhardSJ]

Mr Ruddy, this was a magnificent video. Your video on the War of Independence is also excellent. I was less impressed with your video on the Civil War it showed some of your personal biases, but it was still a fine piece of work. When we spoke a few years ago at the Dublin Worldcon I expressed a desire for a video on how the ideals of the Rising, the dreams of Socialists and Women were sold out by DeValera with the Catholicisation of the Constitution. You could also cover neutrality in WWII, accession to the UN eventually, the border campaign and up to the Troubles at least (but including the repeal of the 8th perhaps?), you opined that you had something like that in mind. I hope you have not changed your mind because what you would have with it is a magnificent popular history of modern Ireland.

[@waggytails1232]

This is fantastic. Really impressed by comprehensive background, clear information and witty cartoons. Well done!

[@Firebrass11]

Very sorry to hear your loss ;(. Keep up the phenomenal work.

[@oliversherman2414]

Weird to think this video is almost a decade old

[@ottovonbearsmark8876]

Just imagine if that ship made it through, and the plan went through on Easter Sunday, the Brits facing an uprising on their own soil, that could have seriously changed the war

[@pointly]

I missed your videos man! Keep them coming! Also my love and prayers to you and your family.

[@celticwarrior5185]

"1916" ✊😠.... A shout out to Ireland from the States.🍀/🇺🇸

[@KEire1916]

😁

[@FC24PremierLeague]

Well out first attempt didn’t go well in a 1916

[@kaywhyess3189]

we hate americans

[@clutchgorilla0941]

@libby w we don’t hate Americans we hate the ones that says that they have this necklace that is from Ireland and they say since the necklace is from Ireland their Irish

[@kaywhyess3189]

@@clutchgorilla0941 i hate the ones with dumb accents who don’t know that colour is spelt more than one way

[@MikeDeloughry]

a lot of your videos deal with topics coming up in the junior cert, they're definitely a great help - they're better than the History textbooks!

[@rayobrown]

What is shocking to me being Irish is that all my English friends have never heard about the 1916 Easter rising.

[@skippership7]

Sadly that is the case, I am English and when I mention it to people (which I do all the time as its my specialist subject) they are frankly clueless. It's the same if you ask an English person who was the first women elected to the House of Commons, they either have not got a clue or guess at Lady Astor, which of course is not true. But there again I find a lot of Irish people are also clueless around the detail of the Rising which is also sad.

[@stephenwright8824]

@@skippership7 I can almost understand it though. The US lost the Philippines in 1946, and there are a precious few who even know we owned anything that close to mainland Asia. I guess if enough pain (WWII and the Philippine Insurrection, for example) is involved in losing a part of one's Empire, what happens in the process of such a loss isn't as often taught or remembered.

[@mlucc5]

This video gave me the inspiration to do an essay on the Easter Rising, thanks! Great job from America!

[@dazzlethestar151]

I watched this in school and it was very informative. It was also just a pleasure to watch. Proud of my country and the person who made this 🇮🇪👏

[@eoinmoore2003]

John D Ruddy great video this should be sent out to all the schools across ireland for the 1916 commemorations

[@thenutmaster8544]

Why did you not talk about the Black and Tans also love these videos

[@JohnDRuddyMannyMan]

Ben Bellwood the Black and Tans didn't show up until the War of Independence in 1920

[@shilpi326]

Great job! Love your videos

[@aeosgeneral9417]

Israel-Palestine conflict?? :-)

[@aeosgeneral9417]

For the next video.

[@MCAndrew360]

+AeosGeneral Oh man,That will be interesting

[@chipsdubbo4861]

+AeosGeneral Palestine?

[@TheNutmeg33]

I do want to see that but the comments will be cancer on that video

[@steffieboy400]

No, no, no, just... NO.

[@ariakiss]

Well Done. Lovely Tribute to your Mother. Sorry for your loss. I too Lost my own Mother, Sept 25th. She was also a supporter of my "art" & Music. I will pass this video on today for the many people wanting to know the history. Thank You

[@mikedimat7817]

Yay!! Your alive.

[@benjules5681]

+Michael DiMatteo *You're

[@mikedimat7817]

+Book Loo I know, lol, just excited he's back

[@jjpsp12]

+Michael DiMatteo and he's gone now lol

[@Kardia_of_Rhodes]

Just in time for my birthday! Glad to have you back!

[@thesupertendent8973]

OH AH UP THE RA OH AH UP THE RA

[@aaronb3509]

guys im irish and i know theres other wars like ww1 +2 but even this lasted 1 week i still look back and go "god that was really bad"

[@Arc-Trinity]

So sorry about your mum passing away :(

[@JuliusCheeser223]

I'm sorry Mr.Ruddy for you're loss of you're mother may she rest in peace.

[@BrandywineCamack]

God save Ireland, God save the republic.

[@hansolo6519]

Drogheda Decimator Man you shouldn't be going saying shit like that, you'll start something

[@hansolo6519]

Drogheda Decimator I get that your comments a troll and all, but please, shutup.avi

[@BlueZeroThree]

As an Englishman, I am glad you guys got your republic

[@Sarahbryson321]

God kill Ireland god kill the republic

[@jadehughes6012]

@@Sarahbryson321 what? U want the Irish dead? 😅

[@johnmacward]

Superb video man, such work goes into this clearly! And such a pity about your mother. My own isn't the best at the moment so I know the feeling...

[@oisinolochlainn4437]

Laochra atá ar lár.... R.I.P

[@HughPowderly-y8t]

I loved the video! Great sketching and knowledge! Keep it up 😁

[@TheIrishTraveler]

I feel privilaged to be related to Seán McDiarmada.

[@colmmurphy7383]

Son of Diarmuid, which was Diarmuid McMurrough I'm assuming and McMurrough or McMurchada is also the origin of the name Murphy and also your surname. That's a pretty cool ancestor to have

[@selkiexxx1260]

thanks John xxx well done! I love to see the play 😊 Very sorry for the loss of your dear mum xxx best wishes

[@javi009z]

It's the same old theme, since 1916 -Dolores O'Riordan

[@cmoran9103]

Excellent video. I appreciate you managing to include Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, and Wolfe Tone's unfortunate suicide!

[@colmmurphy7383]

Don't know if it was an unfortunate suicide rather than Hare Kare to kill himself before being subjugated to torture and being hung drawn and quartered by the brits.

[@HolyXerxes]

Vietnam war and Sino Japanese war pls!

[@ReviewingMagnet]

There's a reason the Korean War is known as the "Forgotten War"

[@danielburkeodonoghue7478]

+Sergeant Dornan he wasn't referring to Korea so...?

[@ReviewingMagnet]

Daniel Burke O Donoghue He did mention two known conflicts in Asia and one of the most major was the Korean War causing a split between the once famous Korea. It's pretty important but nobody seems to remember it.

[@danielburkeodonoghue7478]

Everyone does

[@ahmedmir7823]

Iran Iraq would be good too, and hey just for the hell of it why not the the Scandinavian take of Irish land and Irish retake of said land

[@QueenMizu]

I'm so sorry for your loss. I love your vids and I wish you the best of luck

[@SiVlog1989]

Civil wars are always a tragedy, Ireland's was no different. It would satisfy my curiosity if there was a video posted about Irish Civil war and the aftermath of it with the rise of Fianna Fáil...

[@ethan60645]

My condolences for your mother. Thank you for making this despite what happened.

[@leeskunk4510]

lol I like those little people...

[@raymondmarchant9693]

I would hope that your stage performance does well enough that it comes to England. I would love to see it. And I'm sure there are plenty of Irish here who would go to see it too.

[@DUDINCHI]

Condolences

[@unawalsh4429]

Thank you for the great resource John.

[@mad10z]

IM HERE CAUSE OF SCHOOL HW ARE U MAD

[@patrickjotz97]

Great video! Always love these history videos and I am sorry for you loss. Actually, a few of my relatives were officers during the Easter Risings.

[@gregorybeckerthemanwhocraw4966]

Thomas Clarke was an absolute Irish legend. Rest In Peace you magnificent bastard.

[@pozolozlozopoz9889]

Another great video! I've been watching these for over a year and just made a google account so I could subscribe! All your videos are great and u can tell they take long to do. Well done and thanks for the videos!

[@ryleydeckert9006]

you should do the Vietnam war :D

[@mistertagnan]

I think he is

[@DonegalDiaspora]

Fantastic resource - congratulations John from all at Donegal Diaspora

[@xxroundx4793]

I want Northern Ireland to become Ireland not the United Kingdom

[@AC-bw2bj]

Shut up no one cares you belong to the empire get on with it

[@nutpeg6915]

We Will See If WW3 Happens and Then You Can the results If they Join or Not.

[@itzkiddemolition1835]

I agree

[@swagyeet11playz93]

Shane Gallagher I Know But its still part of the uk as of 2018

[@jules1553]

Many agree with you, however this will lead many Ulster Unionists to feel betrayed and also could become violent and rebellious to the Republican government (if they were to join the ROI)

[@finnthefrog4354]

fun fact most of the postboxes in Dublin are just old English postboxes painted green so they have a crown and all on them

[@--------352]

I love the irish

[@SiVlog1989]

This video is what I have been waiting for. Even though the Easter Rising was mentioned in passing when I went to Belfast in August 2015, nothing was given away as to what actually happened in those times. This has truly satisfied my curiosity, thank you very much :) BTW, superb animations again was there any one person or persons who inspired you to animate?

[@mattybt400]

Brilliant video but has a few mistakes at the start:0:10 "British Parliament" - It was an Irish parliament. 0:24 "Parliament was taken away,,," The Irish parliament voted itself out of existence in favour of a UK parliament. 0:27 "hugely neglected when the potato crop failed" Ireland was given hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of support. the public works program employed 800,00 men, paying them a wage out of taxpayers money each week, Irish farmers were not forced to sell produce. The 1916 Rising part was very accurate and fairly portrayed so a big thumbs up for that. Very hard to get balanced information here in Ireland!

[@mattybt400]

***** Tim Pat Coogan has no credibility. I have studied the Irish famine for four years now and I am amazed how little people know about it. It is a complex subject and cannot be reduced to a few sentences. The charge of genocide requires a people to be deliberately killed. The evidence clearly refutes this: The British Government in 1846-47 employed 800,000 Irish men on public works schemes. In those times, no public assistance was given directly (welfare) any in the world. The view was people should work for money. The 800,000 men working on these schemes were paid a low wage - just enough to keep going in most cases. Most of these men were married with children so the British support was to around 2 million as a conservative estimate. Of course over 3 million were in dire need. This is just one of many interventions the government did to help the situation. Did the government do enough? NO Was there anti Irish bias? YES Should there have been an apology for not doing enough? YES Was it genocide? NO Here's a couple of facts the priests will not have told you: When the catholic church was asked to help the starving Irish they did nothing. The Pope declined any money of food. He recommended that three days of prayers be said throughout the Catholic world. You can figure out how many lives a prayer saved. This was the opposite of what many priests did: Many priests gave their lives by helping the diseased Irish. The phrase " No priests died in the famine" is a complete lie. Most poor Irish had small land holdings of less than 5 acres by 1800. In 1800 the population of Ireland was 4 million. By 1845 the population was 8 million. The system could not support this number The catholic church encouraged early marriage. They married anyone over 14 years old. The Catholic church stated that early marriage lessened the sin of drunkenness and large families encouraged responsibility. It should also be noted that a lot of the schemes on the public works programs were not required in the practical sense. They were initiated just to 'give money' to the poor. Not enough was done - but it is wrong to say nothing was done is wrong, and completely misinformed and silly to suggest genocide. All the best.

[@jamesmcdonnell2828]

Love these history episodes great job!

[@americanhighlander3448]

My mother was born and raised in Ireland but left for America during "the troubles" she's seventy-six years old now and hates the British more and more every year, lol.

[@p.a.lionski4407]

It was very exciting to see this, thx Mr.Ruddy! Erin Go Bragh!