Irish Americans Test Their Knowledge Of Ireland

This St. Patrick's Day, we put our knowledge of Ireland to the test! How much do these Irish Americans really know about Ireland?
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[@jasminexo5061]

As an Irish citizen born to two irish parents and raised in Ireland this was extremely cringey to watch lol *UR NOT IRISH IF YOUR GRAND UNCLES GOLDFISH LIVED DOWN IN KILKENNY*

[@annafarrell8423]

Why did I read the bit in bold in a Kilkenny accent? lmao.

[@jasminexo5061]

Anna O’Hanlon mood hehe

[@ameliaodonnell7033]

Jasmine Xo yes, lmao 🤣

[@margueriteduggan1972]

Hahaha thats casually funny Damon auto correct

[@josephduggan8235]

Being Irish in America is kind of a joke too not really something one takes pride in, at least on the west coast

[@emma199307]

-“are you culturally Irish?” - “i have green hair”

[@AveTrainOnDaTrack]

C Klan I don’t know, maybe they mean ethnically irish and that you share and practice irish culture and values

[@norimedina9752]

Billie Irish

[@seeminglyatom9988]

Nori Medina it’s billie eyelash not irish I think all I know that it’s not irish

[@seeminglyatom9988]

C Klan folktale is one

[@wpprodpyc9266]

@@seeminglyatom9988 woosh

[@pingu255]

"my mum did a dna test and found out she was 50% english 50% irish" did she never meet her parents??

[@martinanugent5045]

They should get her to do the other 50% for the laugh.

[@102483989]

haha thats so funny!!!

[@julijakublicka843]

Maybe adopted?

[@raidertheconqueror3818]

50 percent that's nothing

[@KingDiddymus]

it's probably distant lmao, most Americans have like 50% Dutch, German, Scottish, Irish or English but their parents weren't born in those countries.

[@orlaithsmith9431]

“If there’s anything I know about Gaelic, it’s that the letters do not correspond to the sounds” Well actually, they do, the letters just make different sounds in Irish than in English. It’s almost like looking at a Korean character and saying “That looks like an S, therefore it must make that sound.” No it doesn’t, it’s a different language so it makes an R or an L sound.

[@Storm-wv3kb]

Its irish not Gaelic

[@yvonfelt]

@@Storm-wv3kb they didn't say it was, the lad that was talking did and they quoted it

[@buizstaymusic]

the fact that i cant pronounce ireland in korean because i have a northern irish accent WONT EVEN LEAVE ME ALONE WHEN IM IN RANDOM PLACES ON THE INTERNET PLEASE HELP my brain goes ai-er-elen-deu

[@emma199307]

If they’re Irish then I’m Italian because i just had pizza

[@laurensmizz5635]

Amy Lee 😂😂

[@iwasnvrhere9970]

Lmao

[@odhranbannon1244]

Amy Lee 😂😂😂

[@PaulSmith-bf9dh]

Amy Lee LoL 😂

[@kianmagrone3174]

Amy Lee and i am irish and italian but actually tho live in ireland now

[@shanecarragher2399]

When someone says they are a descendant to the heir to the throne its time to stop watching

[@ryanhuntrajput474]

Well millions of Europeans and Asians are walking around with blue blood in their veins unlike american peasants so yeah we are proud of it

[@shanehughes3511]

@@ryanhuntrajput474 Ireland has never had a royal family... Not a single one anyways. So he's literally mistaking Irish people for English people

[@aaronoriain229]

Oisin Fitzpatrick yes but as he said no single royal family we had a collection of royalty from each county

[@katiexx7032]

@@shanehughes3511 Brian Boru is punching the air rn

[@cambs0181]

It's when the DNA testing is brought up.

[@Jimboy1611]

By “Irish Americans”, presumably, you mean “Americans who are distantly related to Irish people”.

[@odhranmoore6665]

The lad annoys me the most

[@spongebobby6027]

And then they wonder why the world hates them

[@kasunex1772]

Basically? But we also have our own chunk of American culture.

[@themanonthebicycle]

@@juice8431 couldn't be more wrong if you tried

[@powderedground78]

​@@juice8431wtf are you talking about

[@eilisminchin1]

So annoying for actual Irish people to see these video's don't claim to be Irish if you are 0.01%...we speak Irish not gaelic🙄...

[@svendinsvinderlin4569]

they only claimed to be *ethnically* Irish, which they are

[@gnislia]

privacy is key not really if you have a great grandparent. You’re a mix of lots of ethnicities, not just one.

[@svendinsvinderlin4569]

@@gnislia I know, We all came from Africa so obviously, I didn't mean 100% ethnically Irish (and of course usually someone way back come over to Ireland or America and had some fun). But the Americans can still have a significant amount of Irish ancestry, I admit that I should have said "they only claimed to be somewhat *ethnically* Irish", but I think you should have picked up what I was trying to say And Jesus I just wrote way too much defending my comment, I have no life

[@monkeyeknom527]

Ní Gaelainn an buíochas a thug tú as Gaeilge I’m Irish and in high school I picked for language Irish and the exams are one of the most difficult things ever

[@svendinsvinderlin4569]

@@monkeyeknom527 yeah, I went to an Irish primary and I still had a lot of struggles in Irish class during my time in an English secondary

[@sweetie9870]

"I do drink a lot of beer though" Well that's not offensive

[@skye5997]

Are we both here cause of niall...

[@sweetie9870]

@@skye5997 Haha Yeah Niall our irish princess 💚

[@dantheman9133]

Eh, not really offensive. I find it quite funny lol

[@sweetie9870]

@@dantheman9133 Ya me too hut it's kinda annoying how they think being irish is just drinking and eating potatoes lol

[@dantheman9133]

@@sweetie9870 yeah, it can get annoying sometimes lmao, I'm irish as well

[@-4subscriberswithahammerad521]

Apparently I’m .0002% Irish Why wasn’t I invited to this?

[@effjay8840]

-4 Subscribers with a hammer addiction U👏🏽ARE👏🏽EVERYWHERE👏🏽

[@margaretconcannon5482]

Your fecken two percent Irish I’m 100 percent irish

[@adamharte8673]

I am 100% Irish ☘️

[@g0rybtch]

Adam Harte im 50% percent irish and 50% lithuanian.

[@EmilyMcTigue]

you weren't invited bc you are too irish for a buzz feed thing hahah

[@laurendoyle7002]

The first girl who popped up on the screen said her mum was 50% irish and 50% english meaning her parents were from Ireland and England. Would you not know that with out taking the dna test ?

[@SuperDeuser]

That's not what that means, DNA wise

[@alek2913]

could also indicate their grandparents immigrated from Ireland. Most of the time when immigrants would come to the US in the 1800s, which if your ancestors are from Ireland is most likely because of the 1840 great famine, they would often settle in certan regions based on cultural groups. for me 3 of my grandparents are German decent from the midwest centered on Iowa and my grandfather on my moms side is from Boston entirely Irish decent based on dna.

[@seeminglyatom9988]

Fun Fact If you like Halloween you should thank the Irish people for it

[@SlurmsMackenzie187]

Fun fact - Irish people don’t need thanks or validation for anything our culture created ☘️🇮🇪

[@nordscan9043]

@@SlurmsMackenzie187 The Irish brought halloween with them to America.

[@SlurmsMackenzie187]

@@nordscan9043 in my country of Ireland it’s known as Samhain, what you call halloween is a cheap farce compared to what my ancestors did in terms of celebration of the ‘start of the dark season’. November 1st was the official day but the celebrations started on 31st Oct.

[@nordscan9043]

@@SlurmsMackenzie187 I'm just saying that the Irish immigrants brought their culture with them, as the Italian immigrants did. I know that they're alterations made, such as carving pumpkins instead turnips.

[@SlurmsMackenzie187]

@@nordscan9043 your correct my friend

[@chrisklitou7573]

If they're Irish then im Italian because of my ancestors from 600 years ago

[@SB-ob4oz]

got an n word pass from my stone age ancestors

[@spongebobby6027]

@@SB-ob4oz hey thats a cool idea actually

[@kasunex1772]

That is literally how it works.

[@chrisklitou7573]

@@kasunex1772 no it isn't

[@carlcast1286]

​@@chrisklitou7573 what if my parents are?

[@julieeeer8281]

“The snakes were Protestants” Dying! 😂

[@ryanhuntrajput474]

They're though

[@clodaghobrien9166]

RYAN HUNT they were pagans lol

[@amymcconnoran4482]

@@clodaghobrien9166 no protestant

[@ckelly-rs3tc]

@@ryanhuntrajput474 no they're not they're supposed to represent pagans

[@julieeeer8281]

Protestantism wasn’t a thing in 700AD lol. They’ve probably heard a bit about the war of independence and the trouble and are mixing it in with the story of st Patrick but I love it 😂

[@SunSchrody]

I'm French and have been living in Dublin for just a few months now and TBH I'm probably more Irish than these people at this point just cause of the guinness to blood ratio in my veins lmao.

[@emermcmonagle367]

Im irish and i agree with u

[@gnislia]

The Fur Monsters at least you’ve actually been in Ireland for any length of time compared to these Americans

[@legacydarksteppa6722]

the gaels came from france

[@SunSchrody]

@@gnislia Oh I'm still there! Not going anywhere for now, it's a great place.

[@mollyxox1332]

Solar Dwarf that sexy man in your profile pic tho 😻

[@SunSooTae]

you're not Irish if it was 200 years ago

[@jamorantdaddy827]

theres no deadline. If you have irish descent you have irish descent.

[@lewis4674]

@@jamorantdaddy827 so many people in the UK have Viking bloodlines and French amongst others, does that make them Scandinavian-French-British? No it does not. If your parents were born in America, and you were too, you’re American.

[@Fatblue246]

i mean if they spit in a tube it's finna come up as ethnically irish whether you like it or not. None of them claimed to be that culturally irish, they just claimed to be ethnically irish, which they are lol.

[@carlcast1286]

​@@jamorantdaddy827that can't be tracked.

[@carlcast1286]

​@@lewis4674viking bloodline don't exist nor Ireland.

[@cjh3676]

0:17 so your descended from a landlord

[@andrewfranciscohughes2481]

Everyone is

[@null_______________________]

@@andrewfranciscohughes2481 your ma is

[@andrewfranciscohughes2481]

@@null_______________________ what

[@catherinejudge7703]

English

[@djfhfh]

@@null_______________________ very irish reply of you there i must say 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@tickedoffnow]

Please learn about our history Brothers and Sisters!! We have an amazing beautiful and rich history 😍

[@anthonycoe.5426]

💚👍🏼

[@alternativeatom6337]

Finally a positive comment

[@hwiatslgeord2887]

no

[@justbeyondthecornerproduct3540]

"I'm descended from the Duke of Abbot who was in line for the throne" Are you sure GRR Martin didn't tell you that

[@oliviakerr9001]

90% of the people watching this are Irish and so am I 😂

[@federalbureauofinvestigati1294]

My grandfather’s dog’s previous owner’s sister’s husband’s friend’s great-uncle was half Irish, making me both culturally and genetically Irish. Although I don’t speak “Gaelic”, I do speak facts. 😎😎

[@TheMerseySound1]

2:46 too easy, should have given them Rocky Road To Dublin

[@rhiannoningram2080]

Oh definitely. Rocky Road to Dublin is such a classic

[@adammarley8456]

“Irish American” yeah sure. Americans are American.

[@LeonJ05]

I’m Scottish and I even find this video offensive and just plain wrong

[@svendinsvinderlin4569]

I'm Irish and i don't find others ignorance offensive because I probably don't know half as much as they do about basic American history, and I am also a reasonable person

[@kinuuni]

@@svendinsvinderlin4569 You are not claiming to be American though.

[@svendinsvinderlin4569]

@@kinuuni yeah, your point?

[@827ella]

privacy is key because these people claim to be irish

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Ladies and gentlemen, the American education system

[@aznmochibunny]

The American education system should not be responsible to teach Americans their own culture. In public schools, many students from varying backgrounds exist, making it impossible to teach every student their parents' home country's culture to them. This should be the parents and family's job.

[@irishpride2993]

@@aznmochibunny Americans have no cultural identity. It's why they try and leech off everyone elses

[@aznmochibunny]

@@irishpride2993 I was referring to the culture of the students of ethnic minorities. i.e. Asians, Native Americans, Mexicans, etc.

[@EarlSquirrelsonn]

Literally no one: Yanks: *this video*

[@barozzi_]

Jxieid83krif8ri38rjfi4i?

[@dhyrbfytyy]

As an Irish person this is EXTREMELY hard to watch

[@JakeMckay1738]

Not all Irish Americans are like these Amadáns. My parents are from Ireland their eyes would have rolled so Jared they’d be blind 😂

[@thesoul2sqeeze]

​@@JakeMckay1738 not all , but the majority.

[@JakeMckay1738]

@@thesoul2sqeeze I do agree to at it is the majority. Also damn, I didn’t realize this was a year old 😂

[@allycatt25]

"I have green hair" BYE

[@sophiesexton]

When yer man said "that's how you spell Siobhan," he said in such a way that it made me feel so judged

[@Mocky035]

"My great grandma's cousin's half-sister's Niece' cousin twice removed was from Cork."

[@TheSiobhan12]

Someone a bus in NYC told me their family was Irish (LOL). When I asked what county they were from, they said the one with all the sheep (no word of a lie). I was no where near my stop, but I just smiled and said oh…lovely, than got off the bus straight away before I said something massively offensive. I was both cringing and fuming all at the same time. My head was permanently wrecked enough, that I still remember that wee story!!!

[@ameliaguy6312]

*My great great grand fathers mother was Irish *said all Americans

[@majeedhd5767]

They're not lying because actual Americans weren't white those pale fuckers are from Europe like you

[@seanennis4587]

@C Klan who hurt you

[@podge977]

“I’m not very culturally irish I drink allot of beer!” That is a extremely racist comment.

[@homleycc2790]

the thing is people consider them as "stereotypes" and to racist

[@michelle9445]

ireland isn’t a race

[@AJ-zv9tn]

@@michelle9445 The comment itself is racist because they're stereotyping an entire group using rhetoric which historically oppressed Irish people, if you don't understand this you need to do your research and maybe then you'll understand why so many people are pissed at this video.

[@stackedspud]

A bit funny tho

[@emmaoleary5897]

Let me get one thing straight.... NO ONE SAYS GAELIC ....IS IRISH JUST IRISH ITS THAT EASY

[@justsomelosergeekorwhateve1102]

I know right literally your Irish teacher will call it Gaelge (I don't bother with Irish) no one else will

[@cigh7445]

Correction - Nobody in Ireland for whom English is their first language and who only learned Irish in school, and nobody under fifty, calls it Gaelic. Many older native speakers do call it Gaelic when referring to the language in English, as the language was never called Irish before the foundation of the Irish State less than a hundred years ago.

[@katesheedy]

PO box Well for starters anyone I know, over and under 50 won’t call it Gaelic, it’s Gaeilge.

[@ajon6205]

c l Exactly. My Irish grandmother, born and raised in Dooyork, County Mayo called it Gaelic and bristled at the term “Irish”. Many Irish Americans call it Gaelic because they were taught that by their parents, grandparents etc. who were more old school.

[@manlyman4031]

"I have green hair"

[@valq10]

"I'm descended from the Duke of Abbot" aye and i, my mates, and my mates' dogs all too

[@irateslacker6367]

I’m Irish and I understand the struggle some of these questions we’re out of pocket

[@saoirseobrien389]

if you pronounce ireland with 3 syllables u automatically lose ur right to say ur irish

[@saoirseobrien389]

@Ejrk22 omg its as if there's a thing called accents!! 😱😱

[@saoirseobrien389]

@Ejrk22 well its not my problem that their accents say it weirdly. any actual irish person would pronounce it correctly

[@saoirseobrien389]

@Ejrk22 well I learned the anthem at school and how to pronounce it im not sure about them

[@ryanlax5492]

Pronounce it like "Arland" not "Eyerland"

[@ryanlax5492]

@Vengeance * its not racist bro dont cry

[@ryanlax5492]

@Vengeance * where u from anyway

[@LK-on6rw]

@Vengeance * oh god, shut up. We speak English here. Yes, that’s a result of the brits but here we call it Ireland. Also, Germany/Deutschland is in no way comparable to Ireland because in Germany they speak German so they use the German word! Here we speak English so we use the English word for OUR country. Our country which belongs to US. It’s pronounced arelind not eye-er-land.

[@SB-ob4oz]

i use the communist approacge of our land

[@sweetie9870]

@Vengeance * it's so much craic watching you going crazy over a comment

[@crossedcutlasses]

Okay, okay... At minimum, they had enough decency to be ashamed at how they did. I've seen some yanks that will insist that they are more irish then people who live here because they embrace every stereotype as much as possible.

[@maxmk4964]

this guy says he’s a descendent of some duke guy, not irish then

[@27Guyver]

I don't know how they can claim they are part Irish . My grandmother was Irish and I got family there plus my last name is Irish but I'm English.....

[@arianaecall]

Well guess what… I am 100% Irish ☘️💚🍀🇮🇪 💋’s from Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪

[@hughmcgrane8954]

On behalf of our nation, I disown you for the diabolical use of emojis

[@benkeane365]

Ew, Dublin. Disgusting.

[@ahhhhhhhhhhhh6991]

Ariana Callan I’m from Cork go away just cause your the capital of Ireland -_-

[@samford2442]

Wicklow

[@karlcrawford4860]

I live in Lanesborough co longford

[@tkjk0481]

Slight explanation: The term Irish-American doesn’t mean you claim Irish nationality. It just means you were born in America but are of Irish descent. It’s a term used to describe ethnicity, not nationality, because terms for ethnicity work differently in the states.

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

It’s immensely confusing because most Irish Americans will be just as English, Scottish and Welsh. You can’t really trace it because of how many different tribes settled (for example, French and German DNA will probably just be Anglo-Norman or Anglo-Saxon) and Irish DNA could just be Brittonic. Even more confusing since Irish people will often live in Great Britain and vice versa, but at one point they were literally the SAME COUNTRY for an entire century under the United Kingdom. That’s why it’s much easier to separate it by “British Isles”, and no this isn’t Anglicised, that’s what the Romans saw them as so any bitter Irish can complain to them instead

[@Kfjfofhdb]

Me: reads title Also me: there is no such thing as an Irish American😂😂😂

[@ajon6205]

Well....that’s where you are wrong. While I agree these people are not culturally Irish, they are genetically and ethnically Irish. That is something that is not up for debate. Ethnicity and nationality are two VERY different things. And if you judge Irish people based off of “Irish culture”, you’d find that most people born in Ireland aren’t “Irish”. Irish Americans are Irish just as much as German Americans are German. Or Italian Americans are Italian. Or Spanish Americans are Spanish. They belong to an ethnic group known as “Irish people”. Whether you like it or not, they are just as Irish as a person born in Ireland. Just because they don’t hold an Irish passport doesn’t mean they magically become “ethnic Americans “.

[@ajon6205]

Tomas o'connell And they probably are. You don’t need an Irish passport to be Irish. You need the ethnicity.

[@aibha1525]

i classify myself as Irish-American, my dad is from America and my mom's from Ireland.. so-

[@Kfjfofhdb]

aibha well, it is just that some people say they are Irish when they are just not

[@aibha1525]

Calum Power oh yeah for sure, but it’s fine that i call myself irish american right?

[@MrHowardMoon]

It's so cringe when Americans say "I'm Irish-American" when in reality the only link to Ireland they have is an uncle who moved from there 200 years ago.

[@pauliewalnuts5803]

Lol literally

[@PlayWaves1]

Well if they do have an ancestor that came over from Ireland 200 years ago, it's them they are celebrating, not you leprechaun, potato eating queers who currently reside in Ireland. No one cares about Irish people in Ireland they are insignificant, boring, useless.

[@thesoul2sqeeze]

​@@PlayWaves1yeah that's why millions of tourists come here ever year, Americans are moving here for a better life and of course, millions of people claiming to be Irish 😂😂

[@iuile]

As someone born in the States, whose life is pretty much all about Irish culture, this is difficult to watch.

[@sabrinad_k4518]

It’s hilarious watching them react to Irish names

[@kless001]

In America there are lots of people that claim Irish ancestry. There last name could be Fritz but if their great grandmother was an O’Brian they’ll claim Irish heritage. Very strange. These same people know very little about the great famine in 1845 onwards.

[@theoneandonlylordfarquaad3361]

Some of my ancestors suffered from the Famine in the 1800s and moved to America from County Galway. I’m an American, not Irish. I simply have some Irish roots. There is a difference

[@d3ltaris83]

Americans: yeah I'm 1/16th Irish Me(who is actually Irish):listen here ya gobshite

[@dmj8891]

They should just stick to the whole St Plastic Pad's routine once a year and leave it there.

[@aidahehir9429]

Both of my parents were born and raised in Ireland and moved to the states. I'm truly Irish American

[@nicholeocornes543]

Yes you are! Irish American that is!

[@nicholeocornes543]

I'm Scottish American parents were from Edinburgh

[@barozzi_]

@@bettylynch750 Oh no don't lynch him.

[@manuelcalavera7272]

Nicholeo Cornes The mother of a friend of mine immigrated to NYC from Scotland in 1960s.

[@aidahehir9429]

@Lil PUMP I'm not American LMAO

[@wootamoo5569]

2:01 eapha, caiph and eamh Why do Americans exist

[@nourchame019]

Ask the British.

[@nourchame019]

@Lauren Rogers Thank you, exactly.

[@lucyprevo]

So, St. Patrick is St. Nicholas’ brother now? 0:42 Quite the bros I guess, Paddy and Santa 😂

[@auiqx7997]

"I'm irish because my ancestor came from ireland at least 300+ years ago." Claim yourself half irish when one of your parents is irish (completely) and the other is american. Tbh kind of offensive.

[@niamhmurphy9058]

The way they said my name makes me cringe, like it's not that hard to pronounce😂

[@nitink.a567]

You're name is hard one most of the Irish names are hard to pronounce.

[@AJ-zv9tn]

@@nitink.a567 It's complicated for non-Irish people. That is the point. The video proved that these Americans are indeed not Irish.

[@TheSiobhan12]

Story of my life since I moved country and live in NYC now.

[@IamdefiantlynotTzeentchOramI]

If they knew anything about ireland they should have known that ireland has never had snakes naturally as it was too cold.

[@caoimhebrowne466]

Thank you Buzzfeed for pronouncing my name ‘Kweeva’ (the proper way) rather than ‘Keeva’ 🙏🏻

[@elinamp3]

when he called Irish Gaelic lmao

[@mrtoupeefilms]

As a Korean american (10% irish), this was very funny to watch! people trying to learn about how their relatives were is kinda heartwarming if you ask me.

[@Dima-px6pr]

You are American that's it you are where you born

[@kie7124]

​@@Dima-px6pr a year late but culturally in the US it's different. Just because you don't understand doesn't mean your way is superior.

[@Dima-px6pr]

@@kie7124 🤓 ya like two American team playing against each other and call it world champion or all the world use cm, m, kg, and you still on your colonial lord the Bri'ish If you don't speak the language and don't know the history and culture don't calm to be part of it, learn how to be proud of where you actually live not where your dog grandma come from

[@VermilionLotus]

Everyone needs to calm the F down. Plenty of people in the US can claim Irish ancestry, we were all immigrants at some point, but I'd say if you're less than a quarter it's not that significant. Be that as it may, they live in THE US, not Ireland. Unless your family was born and raised in Ireland, you aren't going to grow up knowing Irish customs or history, so cut these people some bloody slack.

[@amycarey4915]

I hate when Americans say my dad’s Mam’s sister ‘s boyfriend is Irish they think they are Irish if they are so far from it

[@zacharystorey1332]

“The other guy in In Bruges” they’re both from Ireland 😂

[@xxhxney_glowxx7900]

"I have green hair" "I drink beer" *right, im off*

[@thegrandsupreme9529]

I took a test with 23andMe and it said 56.4% from Galway, Ireland. The rest was from Germany. I went to Galway and had a good time. Don't go around telling them you're Irish. Just because you're DNA test says you're Irish, doesn't mean you are. We are Americans with the same genes as them and that's all. They actually respected me more for this. I look no different than they do so they would speak Irish Gaelic to me and when they heard my accent they knew I was American.

[@pauliewalnuts5803]

Yes you will gain more respect for this, thank you

[@thegrandsupreme9529]

​@@pauliewalnuts5803no worries man. Ever been to diamond hill? I'm coming back to tackle that big bastard again because last time the weather stopped us.

[@pauliewalnuts5803]

@@thegrandsupreme9529 no aha, I’ve been from to both Belfast and Dublin but Dublin was a very long time ago maybe some time soon though I’ll explore more I’m not Irish myself but my dads from Belfast

[@pauliewalnuts5803]

@@thegrandsupreme9529 he’s a catholic incase you’re wondering

[@thegrandsupreme9529]

@@pauliewalnuts5803 that's cool, man. Where are you from? I'm from Dayton, Ohio.

[@thecritic81]

Danny Boy was written in 1912 by Fred W Wheatley, an English man who wrote many songs including Keep the Home Fires Burning.

[@davidb5205]

None of these people claimed to be Irish; the title doesn't even reflect how they perceive their own cultural identity. There's a difference between acknowledging your ethnic/genetic heritage and claiming a culture/nationality.

[@chloeclifford4275]

Did he really call the language Gaelic THATS A SPORT

[@MickeyOsthimer]

pretty sure the guy lives nearby in kentucky, considering i saw a license plate the other day that said "slancha"

[@jiji7250]

im actually 34% irish - every american ever.

[@tonimcallister3104]

Name 3 famous Irish people. Me: NIALL HORANNNNN

[@ahagqgwvisn9879]

Literally if your great great great grandfathers uncle's wife is Irish doesn't mean you are Btw ITS GAEILGE NOT GAELIC

[@STHFGDBY]

The Snakes are protestants 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣Close enough.

[@laurenwilson1663]

Why do Americans say they are Irish when really it’s just that one of their ancestors from 150 years ago moved to America from the famine, making them like 2% at this point lol

[@Rishi99909]

When did they ever say they were Irish? They said they were Irish-Americans, meaning their ethnicity is Irish, but they’re a citizen of the US.

[@theeggsquidzidboi7324]

I have never been more pissed off in my life lol.

[@alternativeatom6337]

That’s a lie

[@abrahamlincoln7994]

Collin Ferrell is my cousin don’t mind my name though

[@svdd8213]

Them: thats not ENGLISH!!!!!! Us irish: we Aren't english

[@stewbrew239]

Obviously the letters sound different than english its a complete other laungage names included

[@labanwall7202]

Go to Boston and Philly for the last of the True American Irish who held on to the traditions, cause outside of those places you will only find small pockets or individual families that still rise there Kids with Irish Heritage.

[@caolamturner3278]

How do you mess up my beautiful language

[@talu6543]

Caolam Turner Irish is not beautiful, i am from Ireland and damn, that language actually sucks, learning it in school is a pain in the ass, id rather learn Spanish it’s much better :)

[@DyslexiaSkucs]

@@talu6543 you shouldn't think of it like that, the language is slowly dying as less and less people are learning it. We should keep it alive

[@caolamturner3278]

@@talu6543 I mean yeah it sucks but u still have to learn it

[@ckelly-rs3tc]

Anyone else raging that even the person in the back who is supposed to be able to say the name pronounced caoimhe wrong

[@mary-catherineelizabeth7277]

It depends where you're from lol lots of people pronounce it like that

[@bigslave6437]

Honestly if you’re not born, raised and still living in Ireland I don’t consider you Irish.

[@Lilagames-do1xp]

Love from Ireland🇮🇪☘️

[@N5FIFA]

Americans: I’m 50% Irish Source: Trust me bro

[@Clonmac-vf7rx]

0:31 he’s right there at least

[@philipclarke5450]

Gees us, yanks are thick.

[@Fatblue246]

Why? Can you give me a detailed history of America? If not would that make you thick? They have no reason to know that much about Ireland at this point if their family has been assimilated for 100+ years. Most people in most places don't know that much REALLY about other places besides what they see and absorb through media anyway. There are also plenty of Americans who do actually know extensively about the world and are quite well traveled but go ahead and generalize all Americans, totally not ironic.

[@Mysteryman-oh4ix]

No body And I mean nobody Americans: my grate, great, great, great aunty twice removed is 1% Irish so that makes me Irish

[@kraseidon]

Welcome to comments section! Triggered Irish people can be found below 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

[@svendinsvinderlin4569]

and above

[@IveGotTenCents]

So... you're all American.

[@jake-qn3tl]

Of Irish descent.....

[@GilbertBlytheWife]

​@@jake-qn3tldoesn't make them irish tho does it

[@jake-qn3tl]

@@GilbertBlytheWife It does from an ancestral and genetic standpoint.

[@kellyrobinson6752]

@@jake-qn3tl Only if your parents are of Irish descent

[@jake-qn3tl]

@@kellyrobinson6752 You're wrong. My Irish ancestors moved to Prince Edward Island in the 1830s and settled in an entirely Irish part of the province. I've always had 25% Irish ancestry from the DNA test I took because it was just genetically Irish people marrying other Irish people, only in Canada instead of Ireland. I think you're thinking about nationality, in which case you're correct. The Irish have very homogeneous genetics given that it's an island. Hemochromatosis, lactose tolerance, cystic fibrosis, and many others.

[@cyrusmedia3779]

how are you 50% irish if your mom/dad isn’t directly from ireland?? seems sus.

[@beatricenightingale]

I’m fully Irish and I live in Ireland and this was so funny to watch 😂

[@kless001]

What is fully Irish? Don’t see how there is such a thing given your history. Conquered and ruled by the British.

[@conorb2292]

Its kind of annoying when these Americans consider themselves as more irish than Americans, even though 99% of them have never been to ireland and probably found out about it yesterday

[@seamuskincaid711]

Alot of Irish people went to America (and died on the boat on the way) beacuse of the Famine and English people were practically starving us and we were basically homeless peeps. Now we have very high paying jobs and HELLA EXPENSIVE car insurance

[@bazar9677]

We could figure how Irish they are by what the order at the pub

[@ceallachlynch6111]

Oh so I’m 1/18 irish so Im also irish 🙄 just stop

[@thequietman760]

These fools have the nerve to call themselves Irish 🤣🤣

[@EF-tq3yt]

Why does it feel like americans try too hard to be irish? Dude, we aren't magical leprechaun that dance on rainbows and eat sugar and drink guiness 24/7 without anything happening. We're just like you

[@melkhiordarkfell4354]

Fun fact, even Irish people get the national colour wrong, it's not green, Green is the colour of Nationalism in Ireland but the official state colour is Blue. St Patricks blue, the colour of the presidents seal.

[@timlinator]

My dad grew up in Ireland and I grew up in New York and I have lived there myself and this is rather funny.

[@georginadunphy5401]

I hate the way people think they are Irish if they drink beer or something. If your Irish you Irish like me 😂