Irish repay decades-old debt, help Native American tribe struggling through COVID-19

[@tamlynn786]

As a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma .. Yakoke (thank you) to our Irish kindred spirits! 💚💛💙

[@wonjubhoy]

I feel nothing but love whenever I hear the Choctaw Nation being mentioned. Thank you so much for standing by the Irish during the horrific famine of the 1840s.

[@jimbrown5552]

Thanks for helping us out

[@adrianhosford2989]

You are very welcome and it is a pleasure to reciprocate your kindness and empathy shown to us here in Ireland! 💚❤️☘️

[@clodaghodonovan1071]

Us Irish never forget and will always share what we have , love this bond we have with the Choctaw Nation 💚🤍🧡🙏. Thank you and your beautiful ancestors for helping our ancestors when they couldn’t help themselves. ❤❤❤

[@lindaspencerlee9896]

It's sad to say that we are not told about what you did for our Ireland in the famine it should be told in our history classes I am very thankful for what you did for our people when we needed help thank you so much for what you did for us ☘️☘️☘️☘️

[@FrankPrendergast-m7i]

I would like to inform people that this was not famine it was genocide. Food that was sent to Ireland to help the starving Irish was sent on to England to feed cattle. Look at our history and find for yourselves. A big thank you to the Choctaw people. Frank a proud irishman.

[@sarnabbanerjee5272]

Just sharing some history. In the early 1770's there was a severe famine in Bengal (an eastern region of India). The famine was called "মন্বন্তর ". The British colonisers' economic policies were a major reason for it. During the famine, the British made sure to stockpile enormous amounts of resources, while our people were dying of hunger. They did nothing to help us. Rather they arranged for a lavish ceremony for the queen at that time. Villages after villages had become empty due the unprecedented deaths caused by food scarcity. Those who survived suffered from malnutrition and low immunity to diseases. Still brings me to tears. And there is a lot more to tell about their atrocities on us at various times . Anyways I always have great respect for the indigenous people and it got increased after watching this video 😊😊. Love from India.

[@Speirbhean]

It wasn't a famine. There was plenty of food in the country at the time. It was a genocide caused by the British to destroy the Irish.

[@spencersholden]

The misinformation of the time and the racism caused the British to mishandle the situation. And that’s putting it lightly.

[@ap9893]

Wow this makes so much sense

[@ilovetodreamatno3]

Its exactly what they did to the Native Americans

[@TonyGilbert1]

@Mama moo 2 did you forget the poor indians they tried to starve them to death tok

[@nope6908]

Source?

[@pattysouza2954]

I'm from the Choctaw nation and my family name is McCurtain. We have always been so proud of or tribe and the help they shared with the Irish people.

[@PaulMuzik]

We have never forgotten

[@jackietreehorn5561]

I remember native American guy going to republican funerals in the 80s

[@theredthingis]

Us irish never forget our friends. We have your back

[@theredthingis]

for sure

[@explorinjenkins349]

I'm not Choctaw, but Ojibwe. But, your hearts are large and I can't but not shed a tear for your empathy. Much love from Minnesota.

[@YouGotOptions2]

Now check this out... mobile.twitter.com/Limerick1914/status/1053284477315751937

[@ClezVideos]

@@explorinjenkins349 Love to you from Ireland.

[@i_forgot_my_lunch7362]

As a Navajo I say with great appreciation Ahéhee/Thank you. We will try to repay your act of kindness

[@judemorgan9362]

As an Irishman I greatly appreciate the kindness and humanity the Choctaw tribe showed us when we needed help, despite being in a great struggle of your own. You are a good people.

[@i_forgot_my_lunch7362]

As a Native American especially one of the Navajo nation, I would now say Ireland has my respect. They’ve remember a favor from years ago. While the native Americans had helped our government multiple times yet we got nothing in return. I would like to thank Ireland, you should be proud of what your country has done. Ahéhee

[@umhi2822]

@@i_forgot_my_lunch7362 thank you too for helping us all those years ago for all I know that money could be then only reason my ancestors survived the it go raibh míle maith agat

[@ihonestlydontcare1158]

@@i_forgot_my_lunch7362 thank you for your ancestors if it wasn’t for that money my ancestors would’ve been dead especially my great great grandad who was on the run from British soldiers because he didn’t want to give up his cows the money helped stabilise him and his family

[@laurieberry4814]

My dad is one hundred percent Ukrainian and this person said he looks like a cowboy. I think that I am annoying myself. Or someone is annoying themselves and me.

[@laurieberry4814]

I don’t respect people who hate my people. I never will. This video and comments are immature

[@rpmfreak9150]

As an Irish man married to a native American women for over 30 years with two grown children ,two grandchildren I thank you from the bottom of my heart for educating me about this. Now I will be passing the knowledge on down to others.

[@finolaomurchu8217]

That's lovely ☘🧚‍♂️🇮🇪

[@audreydempsey7269]

@@finolaomurchu8217 l would u have really good looking children,good mix

@@audreydempsey7269 Did you ever hear of Jack Dempsey... Irish/Native American mix who was the best boxer of his time

[@ciarankelly4338]

Rpm freak , Do you live in US or Canada!

[@randomuruk7230]

@ Not all time, not even best Irish, that would be Gene Tunney

[@bozomonster]

God bless the Irish. I'm Chickasaw and Irish but am ever so grateful that the Irish remembered the love and generosity the Choctaws sent their way.

[@shannnz9148]

Much love to the Native Americans and Irish. From a New Zealand Maori ❤❤

[@padraicodomhnall5925]

Not repaying a debt, returning a great kindness by the Choctaw. We will never forget their humanity!

[@CrazyMonkey679]

Us Irish don’t forget. In my hometown of Cork there is a monument in honour of the donation by the Native American Choctaw People to us Irish during the famine. Love to all Native Americans from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@emmetnolan7081]

Middleton bro !!!

[@ifjchsiwocjcjs4378]

@@emmetnolan7081 I live there!!

[@geminihexx9858]

♥️

[@clippess11]

Ta Me I mo chonai I Loch Gorman Mo Chora !🇮🇪

[@itsonlysound]

That sculpture is amazing. The way the feathers move in the wind is beautiful.

[@OGDweeb]

I'm proud to be Irish and Cherokee. I'm so happy and proud of this friendship.

[@klantifashakur9894]

Irish have long stood in solidarity with Indigenous peoples from Canada to Mexico. Respect

[@finolaomurchu8217]

🧚‍♂️☘🇮🇪

[@emmetnolan7081]

The Palestinian and the people of Lebanon 🇱🇧 are also close too Irish ☘️ hearts...........free Palestine!!!.......Salam au likum brothers and sisters.....from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@bigsmokeweiler8941]

@Cian MacGana we meet again cat boy 😂 😂 😂 what a coincidence 🤔...lol did you go down & meet that guy in London outside that boxing gym!? Naw didn't think so lol...good to see you not acting like a hard man online for once though ☺ keep up the good work your improving as a person 😂

[@ihonestlydontcare1158]

Ireland has good connections with native Americans, Mexicans, Palestinians, Somalia, Jamaicans etc

[@nothanks5630]

@@emmetnolan7081 God Bless You My Friend

[@Conordl96]

I think the reason that the Choctaw donation resonated so much in Ireland and still does to this day (it's very common knowledge over here) isn't because of the amount or the distance but the fact that another oppressed group of people who were themselves on the verge of starvation seen an unrelated group in even worse circumstances and decided to scrape together anything they could. It's an act of self sacrifice for people you've never met that really shows humanity at its best. This was at a time where the Irish hadn't been given an awful lot to love about humanity, the British government was continually shipping food abroad rather than feeding the Irish even though the food was grown on land stolen from the Irish.

[@bobsmith5441]

Very true, beautifully written

[@jimreilly917]

Thank you for clarifying the cause of An Gorta Mor. So proud of you Irish.

[@sixthjayhawk]

Much like the story of the widow’s mite: she had less but gave more.

[@mfitzy100]

When they were on their knees they reached out and helped us 😢. So grateful for their efforts

[@Kerys23a]

We will never forget those who helped us Ireland remembers those who came to our aid during the genocide.

[@officialVozie100]

Im 100% native american I always loved my irish friends never had any issues with them good people from the heart blessings

[@marybarry2230]

Very proud to be Irish and most proud that Choctaw and the Irish people are kindred spirits☘️🦅

[@teresafernandez9849]

The Aztecs also sent them money. The Natives of the Americas had been enslaved, they understood what they were going through. My cousin was in Ireland and mentioned his ethnicity as Mexican from Yaqui tribe, he said so many people came up to him with the story of the Natives help. He felt so proud! He talks so much of the kind Irish ppl and the beauty of Ireland. My daughter and her husband will be visiting Ireland soon, he has made us all wanna visit.

[@esioanniannaho5939]

To those of the Choctaw nation don't forget that there is a scholarship to study in Ireland. Ireland awaits you with open arms. Go raibh Mile Maith Agaibh uilig.

[@timlinator]

Irish American, dad grew up in Limerick. I donated to this fund. Thank you for helping my ancestors. Never forget.

[@kahlilboi]

No the Irish never forget

[@jaxs7267]

Finally, a story that gives you hope that everything will be OK.

[@daniellehall2751]

Amen maam

[@jerryjudd7304]

I see what you did there OKLAHOMA

[@francescapowell1538]

Just another reason for me to love the Irish ☘️

[@Sean-jc6cu]

😏

[@tomr4376]

And sending you love back from Ireland

[@roisinmalone2799]

We love you too ☘

[@patorourke3345]

Thank you

[@adrianocollinzo5712]

@Cian MacGana jesus lad. After ye?

[@paulhealy5764]

I was born in the west of Ireland 152 years after the great famine. I can tell you this : I feel the deepest connection to its victims, for their desperate suffering, for the memory of the hundreds of thousands of children that died or were orphaned, and anger at the wicked injustice of it all. We stand on the shoulders of these people. We will never forget their tragedy nor the kindness of the Chocktaw people , a people who endured the most shocking trauma of their own. With love and gratitude.

[@Connnor]

yours in the one reply we should send on behalf of us all.

[@katoe908]

My grandma’s grandfather came to the US from Ireland during the great famine. He formed a close friendship with the native tribes nearby and my grandma still has the art they gave him in her house. I didn’t know why they were so close until I learned of what the Choctaw tribe did to help his people 🇮🇪 the native Americans are a generous and sacred people

[@buttercuphuerta2706]

I'm Native American and I will tell this story to family and friends

[@sharice.honeyestewa134]

Me too!

[@leoking9109]

Hope you are doing well, we will always be grateful to native Americans love from ireland🇨🇮

[@audreydempsey7269]

We never forget our brothers and sisters from another land Eire

[@gustavofring9148]

God bless you, love from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@barryellis1543]

@@leoking9109 That's an Ivory Coast flag hahahah

[@avicohen3035]

The Irish gratitude and kindness stands beyond time. Quite amazing. I need to capture everything that is Irish. I need to learn.

[@briangarrow448]

Well done to my two favorite tribes of humans, the Native American and Irish. Kudos to All. I needed this story today.😷

[@DimplesGenX]

I wouldn't be here today if not for the Irish and American Indian friendship, hope you have a great day today kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJ_Ofn-wnMaio7s

[@emmetnolan7081]

Jason Tempel ..............Well said Mr Tempel.......do better is right!!

[@emmetnolan7081]

Tammy Taylor ...............cats and Pringle’s????.....you on drugs???

[@YouGotOptions2]

Native Americans arent just one big tribe

[@byronthomas153]

@@YouGotOptions2 no they were diverse

[@brendanmartin9730]

What a great story. Brought tears to my eyes. I’m an Irish American but my dad is from Ireland. I think that’s great that they teach the kids in Ireland that story. I didn’t learn that story in school in nyc. I learned that story from my dad. I’ve always felt a connection with the natives when my dad told me this wonderful history

[@lindaspencerlee9896]

We were never told about this in the school I went to and I'm 56 year's of age I only found out when I was 40 I'm glad I know this now because I tell others who didn't know what they did for our people in Ireland

[@tinaelizabeth1757]

Awesome. Kind of embarrassing for Americans, for Native Americans still to have to suffer. Great love of giving.

[@tinaelizabeth1757]

@Jason Tempel yes Jason. Horribly appalling. Makes me sick. Beautiful Native American People. BORN HERE taken down by white supremacy way back.

[@o-o2399]

@@tinaelizabeth1757 sure just white supremacy

[@bigollameo]

@@o-o2399 That's the root component.

[@slayermate07]

Embarrassing ? Try “all according to plan” just like their English ancestors have treated the Irish

[@chrisbold56]

We Lakota have long memories. America deserves more than embarrassment.

[@dullahan4773]

We will do everything to protect are Native American friends

[@i_forgot_my_lunch7362]

And we will do the same

[@JL_Lux]

$5 million? Wow! That is really sweet. Ireland 🤝 Indigenous People i love it

[@Indusxstan]

Every Cherokee, Chowtaw and Irish person should be VERY VERY proud of the kindness and generosity of their ancestors, what an inspiration ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@bk1147]

We will never forget the kindness of native Americans God bless them all

[@northamericanintercontinen3207]

Few people in this world are as big hearted as the Irish and Mexico know it first hand ERIN GO BRAGH

[@tullypoo]

The Choctaw are our brothers. Love from Ireland ❤

[@sarsfield70]

A famine is when a country can not produce enough food to feed it's people. A country that can produce more than enough food to feed it's people but that food is forcible taken away and as a result people starve is not a famine. That is something else....

[@tatianaoliveira2191]

It was a genocide. That's what i was

[@kirstenanderberg9415]

I really needed a story like this right now. Why can't humanity lean more this way?!

[@emmetnolan7081]

Kirsten Anderberg .............Because humanity has not evolved enough to see what really matters ...........have you tried to eat money??...........🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪

[@hughneek12]

Because there will always be a section of humanity(?) who will always have money as their God, in doing so, corrupting the rest of us.

[@lore9828]

Cuz bri'ish

[@dublinlhad]

I am Irish, thank you for helping us, we never forget.

[@patrickoreillyb]

the irish died because the british were shipping food out of the country.facts

[@ardakolimsky7107]

The Irish were.

[@101ShadySlim]

@@ardakolimsky7107 ye ok lmao

[@siramea]

@@ardakolimsky7107 its complicated, but fair to say British, not Irish. they were not really Irish. Ireland was a colony of Britain and under British rule, laws prevented ordinary Irish people from many basic civil rights we take for granted , Britain treated Ireland as a farm for the empire and playground for the aristocracy. it was extremely difficult for native Irish Catholics to have anything, you legally could not attend school or buy land for example. (check out penal laws) merchants and traders were anglo-Irish protestants or British. they did not consider themselves Irish. this was actually the second famine. a few years previously the British government cut back on exporting so much food due to the blight, but this time they did not, because profit was more important than the lives of ordinary people. so they literally let them starve to death

[@ardakolimsky7107]

@@siramea Do your research. The Irish exported food, as did the Anglo-Irish and British.

[@drumclaypete]

Arda Kolimsky Yes... Ireland did ship out food, that’s the whole point. Irish people weren’t in control of the farms or the government. The British shipped Ireland food away.

[@Joe-B1]

We could all learn from these wonderful Choctaw people. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

[@techlion4349]

I love to see nations being friends to each other and not being mean jerks. Why can't we all be together? 🥺🥺

[@gertvanniekerk46]

Very, very heart warming, there are much more humanity on earth than evil, but we must preserve, spread it and protect it! Brilliant piece of history-First time hearing about it and will always remember it. from South Africa. Thanking You.

[@OscarDunn-yb9is]

Very very heart-warming...im south African...great grand father being Irish... great grandmother being Zulu...and my daughter is married to a fantastic Irishman...keep that bond.

[@SjdinenxJ]

Thank you choctaw people from ireland

[@ArtemisAsteri]

I'm english born with Irish ancestors on both sides of my family. Thank you to our native American brothers and sisters for your help all those years ago and we gladly repay that friendship. Thank you again. X

[@rubennasser6907]

Great gesture by the generous Choctaw, to another big hearted nation. Shame on the US and England! The cruel oppressors of this story, never remembered as such in most history books.

[@user-dt3rj8qm3k]

I don't know why some reporters refer to the kind generosity of the Choctaw people to Ireland during the famine as "dept"? The beautiful Choctaw people donated every dollar out of the kindness of their hearts. Ireland didn't seek money and the Choctaw people never loaned money. They gave it to help the starving people of Ireland who were suffering a genocide from the English at the time. Their generosity, in light of what they were also put through will never be forgotten. Please stop referring to our donations as repaying "dept".

[@bootsfarrow]

This makes me want to visit Ireland and volunteer in their communities

[@carmelg4590]

Thank you to Naomi OLeary who highlighted the plight of the tribes and wrote about it , sending the message viral , resulting in this donation by Irish people .

[@irishelk3]

Growing up, my late grandfather was a teacher up in Donegal and had several books on Native Americans, I still have them today and every day I learn something new about Native Americans. The world only seems big in relation to our size but we’re really all just living on different streets.This virus has caused an opening in people’s hearts, and has paradoxically created a new positive energy around the world. I have always loved the story of the Choctaw donation during the famine, it makes me cry haha. Native Americans are my hero’s, Russell Means, Charlie Hill, Geronimo, Chief Joseph. They’re the kind of people you never forget about, even if you just read about them, they leave a lasting impression on me.

[@jimbrown5552]

So proud we got to say thanks

[@shoaibakther1453]

Native Americans real had a golden heart they themselves were being badly prosecuted by Europeans still helped Irish immigrants

[@kahlilboi]

Those Europeans would include the irish

[@CK.one1]

Us Irish never forget our history. Thank you 😍

[@moniquewrites9046]

This is incredible. We need to celebrate this every year.

[@dogstar5572]

Thank you Choctaw for your humanity/kindness. I’m Irish myself and we don’t forget.

[@aaronminor8326]

Choctaw also have Scholarships from that act to: The Choctaw-Ireland Scholarship is being instituted in recognition of the act of generosity and humanitarianism shown by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma towards the people of Ireland during the Great Famine of the mid-Nineteenth Century, and to foster and deepen the ties between the two nations today.

[@NoNameThoughtOfYet]

As An Irish Person, I've Always Had A Love For The Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas & Their Histories & Cultures, When I Heard The Story Of The Choctaw & Their Donation, It Brought A Tear To My Eye.... Those Who Were Starved Helped The Starving, Those Who Had Barely Enough Money, Helped The Penniless & Even Enslaved African Americans Sent Money To Us... & How Can I Forget The Turkish Sultan Who Sent 2 Ships Of Food & £2000 To Us (Only To Be Told To Lower The Donation & Have The Ships Grounded In London).... When Ireland Starved; You Fed Us Hope... Go Raibh Míle Maigh Agat (Thank You Very Much)....

[@MrVortexRider]

It is an amazing and unlikely connection that has stood the test of time. We were never taught about this in US schools, but it is so important to know about. This legacy that continues between these two vastly diverse groups,

[@tomweldon7608]

Vastly diverse apart from both being oppressed indigenous people proud of their culture and heritage

[@Moiridin]

Im a irish man of 28 years and all my life i have been brought up to see people of who they are not the color of there skin, in Irland your not write black asian Polish or any thing like that your just a other person living there life and that makes me proud to be irish

[@audreydempsey7269]

Well said

[@tomr4376]

We all know the last piece of your statement is not entirely true because their is plenty of racism in Ireland and it has got a lot worse over the years and our own native travelling community have suffered so much because of racist Irish people, I am also proud to be irish but I can assure you that we are most definitely not exempt from racism in this country.

[@jetpackjoe4209]

@@tomr4376 Travellers aren’t a race, they are a subset of an ethnicity. Also, every country has a percentage of racism, racism comes in all forms. I know plenty of travellers who are racist, should we blame all travellers from their racist views? Stop bashing the settled Irish people, we doing very well for a country who has been through the ringer. Much love and peace ✌️

[@tomr4376]

@@jetpackjoe4209 sorry to hear you have been through the ringer, much peace and love to you too.

[@FieldMarshalRommel23]

God bless the Choctaw from Ireland. We’re brothers.

[@fld9266]

Irish didn’t need to starve . English landlords were still exporting other food from Ireland to England

[@barryellis1543]

Not just still... They increased exportation from Ireland during the famine. Trevalyn had the deaths of hundreds of thousand on his hands.

[@pavanyadav750]

Not surprised, They did the same thing in India A man made femine which led to deaths of millions of Bengalis

[@user-dk7zc]

All famines are man made 🇮🇪belfast

[@timleslie7684]

My family was recently forced off our land on the trail of tears in Georgia. It has saddened me to learn the history. Beautiful to see love and gratitude last that long

[@MichaelOBrien71]

How recent ? A week ago ?

[@timleslie7684]

@@MichaelOBrien71 4 days before Christmas 2020. We haven't gave up yet. Currently all our livestock is there but we drive back and forth.

[@timleslie7684]

@@MichaelOBrien71 they haven't taken our land they just kicked us off of it. Currently living in a rv park.

[@Nic-ye2yz]

They had never known each other or seen one another, yet they gave so much. We as humans need to think about our fellow person instead of only thinking about ourselves or our families. We are all in this together, and we are stronger together.

[@ciarankelly4338]

So proud of all the Irish that supported this worthy cause....

[@ubuntuafrique5802]

Irish are loved all over the world Ireland per capita is the most generous country in the world

[@tishw4576]

I am an American living in Ireland and was raised in AZ near a Indian reservation. I'm ashamed we were not taught about this growing up, not surprised either as the US is a pro at pretending native Americans don't exist. Loved learning this and will be supporting this as well.

[@gavmcguinness8024]

Our Prime Minister went to meet with the nation to thank them for their donation when he was in the States for St Patrick's weekend in 2018 too. Really nice gesture.

[@Sick_Boy_Rick74]

I needed a good story this morning! Why can’t people show this kind of love towards everyone? It shows that it doesn’t matter what color your skin is, we are all human. We all need food, water, and hope.

[@polytheneprentiss1534]

This is a truly beautiful thing to happen. Thanks and love to the Irish! But, at the same, it’s heartbreaking and sickening to see the Native Americans living in squalor in this country of riches. If anyone should get reparations, it’s them.

[@jessicasarahliddell8883]

You could not make this stuff up - awesome. The Irish always remember 173 years is a long time several generations in between.

[@Granuaile1]

It’s not that long ago in terms of generations. My great grandmother was born in 1864, only 17 years after “black ‘47”. She died in 1950 aged 86.She passed on stories she heard from her parents to her own children, grandchildren and even the first couple of great children. And these people passed them on to younger great grandchildren (like me) etc. When you look at it like that it’s not the number of years or even generations that matter but rather how lives overlap and how close in memories these stories still are.

[@52power]

It's not really surprising since the famine led to huge changes in Irish society that resonate to this day. I think we are the only country in the world to have a lower population today than 160 years ago, and that was just one of the huge societal changes.

[@sittentotheright]

Awesome story. Please do more of these types of story's. ☺ Makes u smile.

[@damienmccarthy7491]

Thanks to the choctaw people who donated to us in our darker hours. And there darkest hour.

[@bredaokeeffe4702]

The irish never forget the kindness of others and will allways return that kindness ten fold and rightley so to the chocta people who deserve much more may their god bless and protect them good luck to you all

[@davidlewis2447]

The biggest thank you from a descendent of a family that received help from you my dad told us how his grandmother family was one of the families that got blankets etc most of my dad’s family still live in cork not far from the kindred spirits feathers I know what you did has never been forgotten

[@chrisgiddens787]

Im an American but have some irish ancestry in me since i seen this video it gives me hope of humanity and i hope there will be more good things to come in the future. Peace and luck to both of them.

[@daniellehall2751]

Proud to be irish

[@kermitefrog64]

That is literally loving your neighbor as yourself. 😊

[@Artisbeauty22]

I have mostly Scottish/Irish on my moms side, and a mix of Cherokee and Irish ancestry on my dads side. We thought that it was choctaw, but i can't really find any evidence of it 🤷 anyways... I think it's awesome that the choctaw did this for the Irish, and the Irish paid it back. Its awesome how they were both going through hardtimes and still found time to give to each other.

[@VidMediumNS]

The irish was badly treated well before the famine. The famine was horrible and the hatred and mistreatment just spread on and on and on. The native americans tribes probably felt the kinship because the irish were consistently sold across the Caribbeans and sent over against their will to America. They felt a deep understanding for them and in fact some religions believe the irish and native americans in every tribe have connected ancestors. If true than this would be the love from forgotten family and sometimes that bond is just that strong

[@RawHeadRay]

When you give the Irish a gift it folds time, in other words they might have just as well given it yesterday, it's always a fresh gift.

[@eoghanfinnegan6119]

Per capita Ireland 🇮🇪 foreign aid budget is the biggest in world ! And the Irish people are amongst the most charitable in the world

[@VirtuesOfSin]

Irish never forget a kindness given to them.

[@orlajohnston6860]

This makes me so proud to be Irish

[@JackieHorrigan]

I am an irish woman and I am grateful

[@cynthialangley7338]

Thanks for this story of hope and humanity.

[@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344]

God bless the Native Americans We're forever grateful for your help and are happy to help you Go raibh míle maith agat a chairde

[@kevindunlop6500]

We will help you endure with love from the Irish people.

[@lindaspencerlee9896]

I'M FROM DUBLIN IRELAND AND WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS I THOUGHT WE SHOULD HAVE LEARNT THIS IS SCHOOL HISTORY WHEN THE FAMINE WAS TOLD TO WHEN IN I WAS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL I'M 56 NOW AND I ONLY FOUND OUT WHEN I WAS 40 YEARS OF WHEN I VISITED THE LORD MAYORS HOUSE NOW I THINK IT'S GOOD TO THINK MORE PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT WHAT THEY DID FOR US THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR OUR COUNTRY 🙏🙏

[@Jcolbert123]

We did learn about it in school. It's in our history books. I remember my history teacher stopping the class when we got to that section of the history book to impress on us how a people who were themselves going through hell took pity on us and sent all that they could. The famine was the first global humanitarian crisis, we received donations from all over the world to help us in our time of need, but it was the Native Americans (specifically the Choctaw tribe) that stuck with us as it wasn't just a donation, they stood in solidarity with us from one oppressed people to another.

[@caxzrockz]

Makes me proud to be Irish 🇮🇪

[@thebomb78]

Us Irish were just repaying the kindness of our friends. If only the British hadn't turned the famine into a genocide.

[@bryanitza-chulopez1658]

But they did, no different from their Anglo colonial counterparts. I can see why some Irish conscripts deserted to the Mexican side during the war of 1848 even traveling far across the Atlantic and hoping to start a new life in the US they still had to put up with anti-Irish sentiment.

[@carlabarrick8538]

As a First Nations member, this is in keeping with my people and I am proud. The Navajo are suffering & I hadn't the $ to help them. This helps to explain why when I went to Ireland to vacation, I was treated with honor when I went to pubs and restaurants after they asked where I'm from, who I am. Love to you Ireland always!!!

[@patriciasaluti5084]

Carla Barrick thanx

[@patriciasaluti5084]

Jason Tempel yes

[@finolaomurchu8217]

☘greetings from Dublin Ireland 🧚‍♂️

[@emmetnolan7081]

You went to Ireland 🇮🇪 on vacation???.....and You hadn’t a $ to help them ....????.........but you had enough $ to go on vacation to Ireland ???......I don’t get it sorry !!!!

[@ciarankelly4338]

Carla Barrick , your always welcome! Just spoke recently with a old work colleague from my days in Canada and he is now a MP in Ottawa and I reminded him to assist the Indigenous people there and their assistance to us Irish during the famine as he is of Irish heritage himself!

[@raymondcarty8755]

America is our Mother Nation , i Love America . God bless all Native , America s who helped all Irish People , Ireland , Loves you all ,

[@ItsTheBoombox]

Here in Ireland I can remember learning about the fammine in school, and one of the first things they teach you, is the Choctaw donation, its a big thing in Ireland. We haven't forgotten their kindness, we will never forget their kindness

[@madmod5400]

Love the native American people such a genuinely great and honorable people have only admiration and respect for the native Americans 🍀🇮🇪🍀

[@melissa0386]

yup we will never forget what these people did they gave when we had nothing so happy days what comes around goes around love from old eire 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪be safe ☘️☘️☘️👍

[@gerardodwyer5908]

This story, in the generosity of spirit and bonding it represents, does reveal a dark side to the United States. Despite great wealth, the US has more communities, especially indigenous nation reservations, living in third world like conditions, more than any developed country. Ireland, once a tribal country under Gaelic rule that lasted over 1,600 years, is very glad to help the great and proud Choctaw people. We shouldn't need to given that America's indigenous tribal nations are part of the world's "wealthiest" country, but we are happy to reach across the Atlantic to embrace our longstanding Choctaw friends.

[@jamesmcdonagh5154]

I can 💯 % tell you that if they got attacked again, us Irish would have their back, we may be a small country, but we, r. tough, like a small terrier dog, we will. Bite and bark loud and protect those we care for!!. 🇨🇮 🤜.🤛 🇱🇷

[@UberTheRandom]

The Irish have a long history of being oppressed and harmed by others as well, and as such of great empathy for those in similar circumstances. I'm only a small % Irish, but I and my Irish ancestors are forever grateful to the Choctaw. And to Sultan Abdülmecid of the Ottoman Empire.

[@waltkingfrancisco1342]

We will always be behind you all the way Ireland

[@colinjames7569]

God bless Choctaw Nation ❤