Julie Walters Gets Emotional At Family Grave | Who Do You Think You Are

[@juliewillard1367]

My father was Irish and he used to tell me of such poverty growing up in rural Ireland in the late 1920’s. He came to the U.K. when he as 17 and never went back to Ireland to live. He was 91 when he died but wanted to go back before he died but he had no family there anymore that he knew. I hope to go to Ireland next year in his memory.

[@robertbest4398]

Poverty in great Britain at that time and know shocking tories and labour brutal

[@brendajones9377]

Anthony Clark died at least knowing he helped so many of his countrymen. Julie can be proud.

[@jackredman1114]

Y

[@72mossy]

I can trace my family back to 1827 on my grandmother's side. They were Kellys from Co. Clare. Her father, grandfather and great grandfather were weavers and tenant farmers all living hard lives and all three men died in early 40s. My grandmother was only 52 when she died. Her son, my Dad is 80 thank God and good health. We live in Tipperary. Julie has a great story I can relate to it. Poor hard working people.

[@EmmaAppleBerry]

My fam are from killaloe co clare!

[@peachesandcream.2612]

Julie is such a great character and an interesting person. I could watch her all day! God Bless 💕

[@riverdonoghue9992]

Very interesting programme. Very interesting history. We need more of this kind of thing on TV instead of the mind numbing crap we get so much of.

[@hansmiller664]

WHAT A FAMILY HISTORY! Blessed are the ones, who find their ancestors graveyards and the place to load off finally, mindwrenching thoughts or questions. By that relief and perhaps an embrace of eternity...

[@zakmartin]

"By 1903... many tenant farmers in Ireland were able to buy their land." How innocuous and upbeat that sounds. But the operative words in this sentence are "their land", because the land they rented was their own land, from which they had been forcibly evicted by the forces of the Crown.

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

What isn’t said that in the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, which partitioned Ireland, had a stipulation that Ireland had to pay annual land annuities for the monies granted in the Land Acts of the previous few decades. So, Irish people had to repay money for accessing the land that was stolen in the centuries before. In 1932, Fianna Fáil came to power and decided to stop paying the land annuities, which meant the start of the Economic War, a cause of great hardship to the farming community at the time. In 1938, another Anglo-Irish Treaty removed the need for land annuities, in exchange for a once-off payment of £10 million from the Irish Free State to the UK.

[@kimberlysamuels9971]

I think we should remember that our actions may not be seen until the next generation. And that is what we fight for…our children and grandchildren.. in that respect, he and his wife won the battle. And today, we should think of those who are imprisoned, unfairly, for the rights of themselves and future generations.

[@4myearzonly]

I’ve loved Julie Walters since Educating Rita.

[@dorothymason8882]

To get to know your heritage is valuable.

[@Jack-hy1zq]

I've loved you ever since I saw you, sat alone, in the cafe at the Royal Exchange Theatre c1984. i was too shy to let you know that you were (are) my favourite actor. damian x

[@rovingroller4190]

We should be proud of our roots, we carry those values. Thank u Julie for sharing.

[@GiggleFishy]

This was a wonderful story. Not only finding family, but the rich history that went along with it - fascinating. Thank you for sharing it. :)

[@doriswhite5526]

I just love julie walters my favourite actress lovely to see her being her self

[@kmen07]

I don't even know him but I'm teary-eyed for him. In the end, he didn't get what he was fighting for.

[@jenniferfenlason8975]

I'm not sure how wealthy Julie is, but I would probably buy some land in their honor and name it after them or do something to honor them. Also, go get them a beautiful headstone with some details about their life mentioned on them. We are buying a headstone for my great-grandmother in Texas who died from/during the tuberculosis epidemic. My grandpa was about 2 when she passed and always had a longing to meet her. He is gone now, so God-willing they are at peace and have met. Her family growing up sang, played piano, and put on plays at their parish church hall and we have a photo of one. The plan is to put a music note and drama symbol in addition to the main religious symbols.

[@S2creatorr]

I wish WDYTYA would make a playlist of 'each' individual/person they do a series of. I'm in the dark which video to watch first and next. At the very least, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE indicate in the title how many episodes and the order it falls in.

[@mermaidmama7880]

ストゥCreaTorr YES, PLEASE PLEASE Do!

[@janemorrow6672]

You can look up the list of episodes on the Wikipedia page.

[@carol29carnegie]

It would be so simple to mark the videos as they follow, and be able to view them in context x

[@jeanniehall1440]

Q

[@Trissa.33]

They do now! Take a look at the 'playlists' section and they're all on there. So easy now to select 'play all' on the playlist you want to watch of a particular person.

[@natahliasmith9533]

Would love to do this. I was born in Germany and immigrated to Australia with my parents and brother when I was 3. 2 of my mothers sisters and family immigated also. My mum was 1 of 9 childern and her parents died before I was born. My dad is 1 of 3. They cut all ties to Germany when they left never contacting anyone. 30 years later my cousin (my dads nephew) and I found each other on FB. He said they never stop searching for us. Since then I have been back to my place of birth and met long lost family. Sadly I never got to meet my dad's parents as they died 10+ years ago. My grandmother fell ill not long after we left and never recovered :-( I will be going back again soon as I have now found my cousin in mums side. Both my cousins and I will be going to the local embassy as they have many questions also. Since both my parents have passed on I have a sense of longing. I know this will not bring them back but right now family means everything to me. My cousins and I wish build our family tree toghter and to bring our still living family back together again.

[@i.wyvernortham]

That's wonderful that you want to bring all your family back together again. I hope you succeed in building up your family tree with your cousin

[@sspringfield9096]

Lovely recent outcome. From experience, sometimes there are unacceptable treatment or behavior that gives reason for the others to move far, far away and break contact. However, the children of those people are completely different personalities with different experiences, and might get along fantastic.

[@pennychurchward1481]

My mother born in Westport. Though my Horkan family come from Liscottle and Swinford, Co Mayo. Might have known Julie’s Ancestors. Love Westport.

[@dysapellegrini1748]

What a lovely legacy to be a part of. One that makes you proud to be a part of them for a sure. Julie is such an awesome lady. I’m so glad she was able to see what a truly great legacy and great people she comes from. I am Irish on my Maternal side (McAdams) of the family and this made me even prouder to have that heritage.

[@passionateherbs8183]

So heartbreaking he didn't get his land.

[@MandyJMaddison]

I have enjoyed this history so much!

[@marknewman3712]

At 7:37--this WOULD make a great script! This was shown some in "Far And Away", but could be a whole story on its own

[@jokischermer9568]

I love her!!!!

[@Paula_Shelton]

I love Julie so much.

[@JoleeLovesIt]

I fell in love with Julie as Rita when I was an American teen and saw one of my favorite movies of all time! ❤

[@helenmadden5468]

this was really interesting. My Dad (now 86) was the youngest of 8 children and remembers even in the 1930's west of Ireland it was so poor. He said it hadn't really changed in 150 years in terms of lifestyle - still horse and cart transport and rife poverty. His Dad would go regularly to labour on farms in Yorkshire to bring back money to the family. As this doc emphasises the land was very poor where they were in Mayo and really hard to make a living. They relied alot on money sent back from relatives overseas. He says and I must research more myself now that the poverty was rife all along the western seaboard from Donegal to Kerry. Mass emegration. Thank you for this documentary - going to shwo it to my DAD

[@Smegacool]

Great story....thanks for the journey!

[@Susan.I]

I’d like Julie Walters to buy a headstone for him.

[@Mildredpotka]

That’s none of your business.

[@annetteturner5954]

I do wonder how many of my ancestors are buried right there with her greatgrand father.

[@jamesh1017]

For myself, born in London, England to Irish Parents both from Dublin but I left Ireland for College in California, where I call home. Julie's remarking upon the death of the great grandfather having not been, I'm assuming, treated fair and equal, in trying to buy the property, was it a specific parcel of land he was only interested in buying or would he have been open to other properties. So knowing which graveyard contains the great grandfather remains, it's not much bigger than a soccer field, review those burial records, will give total number of internments, minus those with stones, leaves pool of graves one is guaranteed Julie's relative, call on Tony Robbins and his crew to assist with geo physical mapping and find Grandfather and buy him a plot and mark it with a stone, thus Julie will give her great grandfather in death that which was denied him in life, a piece of Ireland with his name on the title, so to speak. Best regards and with respect. James

[@cheriecollins3848]

I hope a monument can be put in place for Anthony also a headstone. His Bravery must be remembered now Anen.

[@lindapesnell5723]

❤️ Thank You ❤️

[@apriljasso9731]

I never understood why the English did all those horrible things to the Irish. They seemed like good, peaceful people and didn't want any trouble...the crown had plenty of land and money...I just never understood it.

[@siramea]

Greed, they did it all over the world. they did not see them as equal humans, this is an idea that still exists, they don't consider us as equals in Europe.

[@purplepoppyz]

You obviously have only heard the Irish republican version of history in the British Isles. BTW Ireland was not a colony, as some like to pretend. They had their own Irish parliament in Dublin etc. They also were very much responsible for the British Empire, just as much as English, Scots and Welsh. There are loads of primary sources and documentation showing Irish catholics, not only as soldiers in the British army but also as plantation owners and overseers. Pre Henry VIII separation from the Catholic Church, The majority of Catholics supported the monarchy and sometimes raised armies to support them. The UCL slave owners database makes interesting reading, showing loads of Irish, Welsh and Scots owning slaves. It even gives their addresses so the old blarney and victimhood is starting to be shown for what it is.

[@MikeA15206]

Because they could! Power corrupts.

[@calh655]

@@purplepoppyz The Irish you mention who sat in the Irish Parliament were not "Irish" per say. They were Anglo-Irish, the educated, elite descendants of Norman lords who married into Irish ruling families and also English/Scottish/Welsh settlers . Also as you mentioned the Parliament was in Dublin, the singularly most Anglophile city in Ireland during British rule. Taken from the Wiki for the Irish Parliament. Only the "English of Ireland" were represented until the first Gaelic lords were summoned during the 16th-century Tudor reconquest. Under Poynings' Law of 1495, all Acts of Parliament had to be pre-approved by the Irish Privy Council and English Privy Council. Parliament supported the Irish Reformation and Catholics were excluded from membership and voting in penal times. So your ideas that most Irish Catholics supported the Monarchy are simply not true. True the Catholic lords might have, as they had vested interests in being seen to side with the Crown, hence raising forces to fight in Britain's wars. As for common Irish man serving in the military, most would have served as private soldiers simply as a means to support themselves, as jobs for the majority of catholic Irish, were little better than menial labor and at least you could grab some plunder or prizes if you served. You could if lucky, even survive long enough to gain a promotion to an NCO rank or in exceptionally rare instances you might earn a Commission (more likely in a Naval career than the Army). I agree with you that some of the Irish did ape the British and either ran plantations or in the more rare cases (given the money it would require) actually owned one. But given the times they lived in it was considered the "normal" thing to do if you wanted to improve the lot for your children and grandchildren. That is a stain from our past if I'm honest and I don't deny that it was not something any sane person today could be proud of. No nationality has an unblemished history. But none of the above ever makes the things done to the Irish people under English and later British rule right. The ruling elite back then were bar-stewards to a one. Admittedly they were not much better to anyone else either. Thankfully we live in better days and hopefully we can all put the BS of our respective past behind us. The only reason to learn about the past is to not repeat the mistakes of our ancestors, after all if you want to get to "Tomorrow", it makes no sense to open the door marked, "Yesterday" does it?

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

@@calh655Indeed. Irish soldiers were prized as excellent fighting men, and were present not just in the British Army but also in the French, Spanish and Austrian Armies, amongst others. An Austrian emperor once remarked that he would rule the world if only he had enough Irish in his ranks (Vienna had the first St. Patrick’s Day parade in the 18th century due to the prominence of Irish soldiers there). The Irish have their share of imperialism to own up to, but ultimately the spoils of empire largely did not return to the country. The Gurkhas and Maori have had battalions fighting for Britain over the centuries, yet I don’t hear anyone accusing them of being responsible for the Empire.

[@windygirl2342]

It would be amazing if she would buy his farm, in his memory and to erect a great monument in the cemetery documenting what he did to free his people. My ancestors came to the US in 1856 after giving England a try. Once here, he labored as a blast furnace operator and raised his large family, eventually owning two houses. I have a photo of him looking so proud, which of course makes me proud, considering where he came from. I have no idea what he did in County Mayo, but completely understand why he didn't risk going into farming and instead became a laborer.

[@noway2434]

Honor

[@apgx6032]

Why did that woman sit and watch Julie languish over the idea her great grandfather had actually murdered someone?

[@juliealexis7438]

Omg...that was my same thought. I had this first visceral reaction as she did her layered "reveal"...like her ancestry must be all good that's why she was so comfortable in revealing the "bad" news to Julie.

[@sandybeach6743]

She took her through the events leading up to his trial. It shows how being an activist could bring about trumped up charges against someone.

[@michelles2299]

OMG

[@Susan.I]

Oh,my !

[@debbiwalter4848]

I'm not familiar with this lovely lady..but I've been doing some family history and Walters is also a spelling of our family name. Maybe we could be related who knows

[@Mildredpotka]

Loooooool

[@lisakaz35]

Wonder why the church didn't have records to at least guess approximately where Anthony Clark was buried.

[@camerrill]

ClarkE

[@PRoche-ym8fe]

Joe said that the grave site was unmarked not that it was unknown. There should be an entry in the local parish registry as to where Anthony Clarke was buried, especially given that he was buried in 1918 when records of such things would be kept.

[@camerrill]

It seems the 99% could have gotten together and bought him enough land to be buried in next to his family and mark his gravesite with a Celtic cross.

[@duckduck168]

Irish....

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

A lovely conclusion. There is a movie, Captain Boycott, about just such people.

[@annetteturner5954]

Hello DNA cousins in UK, Ireland , Scoctland.

[@remsorian3]

I love you........................NITU

[@annetteturner5954]

Hello OBrien, McCaffrey, McCurdy ,Williams,Gordon , Price, Parker , Ridenutt, Williams,cousins in UK.

[@CatzASMRnMore]

Its too bad they couldnt find his grave.....even in death they had it out for him....

[@amydutton266]

She is married to my uncles dad 💟💟💖💖ly julie xx

[@HjCrawford]

So, your grandpa?

[@HjCrawford]

@Spooky Moo true!!

[@JustMeInJapan]

Uncle could be her aunt/uncles husband.

[@i.wyvernortham]

Sometimes people refere to someone as an uncle or aunt but in reality, that person is perhaps a rather distant uncle or aunt not direct uncle or aunt.

[@JanMike9]

Julie and her husband have one daughter, and no sons

[@athenac2696]

Why is it all about him? Don't you wonder what happened to his wife and 4 children? Many times the women at that time worked harder than the men, giving birth to the children and also helping plant the fields and take care of the animals! So it was her land also!

[@jack0202]

Probably because they can only show so much in a documentary

[@Mildredpotka]

Just your username tells us all we need to know about you. Feminist spinster.

[@NFA_13]

She should buy that land in his honour. I don't know if this makes sense.

[@pamelaleannefreeland9025]

I was thinking the same thing. I hope she was able to buy at least the parcel of land that the cottage was on. And I hope he and his wife, true Patriots, get a hesdstone- even if it is not where they are exactly buried. A memorial. What an incredible story. Maybe one day we will be graced with a book or screenplay about their lives from Julie. I'd love to partake in that! Thank you for sharing this important history with us! Love from America (Jackson, Ohio). 💜

[@billkeane528]

you never own land its here long before we are born and long after weare gone

[@sassygrammy1258]

I’m sad that she didn’t purchase a headstone for him.

[@adammarktaylor]

His grave is unmarked. There's no knowing where he was buried.

[@celticlofts]

If he was a universal favorite when why doesn't he have a grave maker or headstone?

[@Susan.I]

He died before getting to buy his land he’d worked. Palmer would never sell to Antony Clark. Great obituary but no headstone.

[@hairychest7865]

I hope Julie would buy him a marker.

[@globalman]

The irony is that they fought for the right to buy a bit of land that was originally stolen from the Irish people by the English invaders and kept them down nearly 800 years. A tragic history all around.

[@annetteturner5954]

My boyfriend was a Moran , wow

[@ryacalico7648]

did she really think she didnt know what an epileptic seizure was 😂😂😂

[@siramea]

apoplectic seizure not epileptic seizure

[@ryacalico7648]

@@siramea yeah, my bad

[@Mildredpotka]

@@ryacalico7648you don’t get to mock someone and then apologize.

[@proudinfidel2194]

World Economic Forum predicts that by 2030, “ You'll own nothing and you'll be happy.

[@colmmeade1824]

This is the mantra they're saying alright sad times

[@mydigicraftscrafts8649]

And still, to this day there is a part of Dublin still named after Palmer!!! Palmerstown =. Quite Posh!!! BUT NOT

[@littlebit6211]

James Joyce???!!!

[@Susan.I]

Horrible! Antony Clark held in custody, but the man he assaulted died of epilepsy!

[@purplepoppyz]

Bit of a coincidence he lived for 75 years without dying of a seizure but died the day after being attacked by Julie’s big brave grandfather. Karma that he didn’t ever own a piece of Ireland.

[@tracybell65]

We never really own anything

[@jcran8352]

If he did not have money for a tombstone, how do you think he was going to have money to buy a farm????????????????????????

[@roxannesharbono1392]

Reminds me of Tommy Robinson today

[@troyhayder6986]

Yo momma

[@BC_26fhj]

Julie is full of her own importance

[@freedomatlast8756]

Now, now, none of that.

[@heliotropezzz333]

No more than any other actor/actress. They have to have certain qualities in order to have the confidence to act.

[@mediolanumhibernicus3353]

JustTryingToHelp bizarre comment.

[@BC_26fhj]

@@mediolanumhibernicus3353 How?

[@Mildredpotka]

@@heliotropezzz333that’s called alcohol.

[@boxofmoles4057]

More likely, maybe Anthony was just an old drunken curmudgeon looking for a fight.

[@andrewgoodbody2121]

Lemme guess... you're English 🙄