Liam Neeson on his kids and St. Patrick's Day in Ireland

Liam talks about his sons and reveals what St. Patrick’s Day is really like in Ireland.
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Liam Neeson on his kids and St. Patrick's Day in Ireland
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[@Karen-pj9cy]

Be careful with the things you say Jimmy because he has a very particular set of skills.

[@monotone53]

Skills he's acquired over a very long career.

[@shazam8572]

Skills that make him a nightmare for people like you.

[@frederikerikhansen5963]

Good luck!!!

[@wishingonthemoon1]

Watching celebs gush about their kids just makes me so happy. I didn’t grow up with it, and following suit my husband isn’t like that either. So thank you.

[@paddyt5489]

"I see you at the Rangers games"... bit of a dodgy question for a Ballymena man, Conan

[@paddyt5489]

+jonny whatever you call that fella haha

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

laim is irish and a proud republican

[@theginganaut9254]

I understood that reference 👌

[@joenolan4917]

Yeah he’s talking about American hockey

[@We3HutchieToday]

1-0 - 02/01/2020 🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@72c10]

He seems very humble.

[@josephscaduto9971]

Angel Galvan He is. Very nice guy, too.

[@lullanie]

I don't care how you feel about the guy. He's got an amazing smile.

[@paulbaker9434]

I love Ireland,nothing beats a good pint of Guinness in the wolf tones in leterkenny,big love from glasgow

[@VictorDenSnygge]

I have no money, but what I have is a set of skills..

[@treesome5378]

But you see Victor. Thats the problem. Liam Neeson has the money, Im guessing he has the women i don't remember if he's married or not and I'm not bothered to google it. And he also has a very particular set of skills. Everything an Irish man could ever hope to be.

[@Ahmad-yh4eg]

It’s feels so warm when he smiles

[@kellydavis6243]

Irish accents are the sexiest in my opinion.

[@alixandrachronister8933]

Amen girl!!!

[@geoghoul]

You must love Jamie Dornan then

[@kellydavis6243]

Gerardo Gonzalez Yep and Colin Farrell and Michael Fassbender :]

[@alixandrachronister8933]

Don't forget about the sexy Jonathan Rhys Meyers :)

[@MrBestfifaplayer]

Your everywhere lol

[@Sharpclawasaurus]

1:28 is basically my reaction when people make assumptions about Ireland ;)

[@pyrophobia133]

Liam Neeson isn't killing anyone in this scene

[@GRAFFDEMON]

Ding.

[@johnod5013]

Sin

[@NaRii]

I'm northern irish and the most celebrating we do for paddy's day is a nice family meal of beef and guinness with champ 🤤

[@isuggestyouwatchmemakesnow4494]

Let the stereotyping begin!🍀

[@finnbazz6315]

I expect a lot of the potato stuff about us to be thrown our way A-and Leprachauns Americans never forget Leprachauns

[@isuggestyouwatchmemakesnow4494]

Irish Shark Don't forget the pots of gold and getting drunk!

[@finnbazz6315]

Orlagh Kelly and top of the morning to yah stereotypes

[@isuggestyouwatchmemakesnow4494]

Irish Shark Oh hibidy idle dee! I think I will go and get meself a wee wiskey and a spud! what do ya think?

[@finnbazz6315]

Orlagh Kelly top 'o' da mornin to yah lets go and visit paddy at deh pub

[@imbradandyouarenot]

Everyone knows what icing is. It's what you put on top of cakes.

[@yekayyeke9396]

Lol he Types "everybody knows" then proceeds to explain what it is 😂

[@chdpoker]

Yekay yeke That is the joke...

[@Darcnhife]

+Yekay yeke I sincerely like that you pointed that out for us. Well done, I'll thumbs that up.

[@markmckeown87]

The Belfast team is all Americans or Canadians though, we don't have any locals playing or anything. I also didn't know Liam left in the 80s, it's been a while!

[@bulletproofkam7931]

Belfast if Britain though... 🇬🇧

[@SanFran247]

He's a Catholic from Ballymena like my family and in no way would you want to openly celebrate st. Patrick's day openly in Ballymena especially when he was growing up

[@tadeasgubala7576]

Unless you want to find a pipe bomb hidden in your glove compartment

[@lorenzodelre7001]

May you explane to me why so, please? Am Italian an in love with the Celtic culture. Thx

[@silverkitty2503]

but its much smaller in dublin too than the states

[@michaelwalsh9145]

@@lorenzodelre7001 There was a conflict in Northern Ireland back then that went on for many years.

[@ClodaghGleasurex]

Im Irish and i'm not sure what part of ireland jimmys parents were, but they as hell weren't in Dublin city centre as its bombarded with people watching the parade and drinking since the morning

[@geogan2]

Where exactly did Kimmels parents go to on Patricks Day that they found nothing going on????? They must have been out in the middle of nowhere. They should have been in Dublin - it's absolute chaos on that day! And Neeson has obviously never been there either by what he said...

[@saltyjuggler]

Maybe they were in Dingle and at three o'clock they were wondering where the parade was 😂

[@paws27]

geogan2 He did say he left in the 80s, so maybe it was more religous back then?

[@stormwolf8194]

Walk into any pub on paddy's day and it will be packed : P

[@ciaraoc913]

ikr!! i live literally out in the middle of nowhere and we still have crazy parades for st patricks day lmao

[@matthewcahill293]

geogan2 Ireland isn't all dublin

[@IRISHATLANTIC]

It's not religious at all in Ireland and it is huge in Ireland. It's a big cultural and sports day, big parades too.

[@fe5018]

Lots of aul ones and families still go to mass for it. I'd say it's the most observed religious feast day after Easter and Christmas tbh.

[@jordandhsparky]

I thought he was talking about Glasgow Rangers! 😂

[@LibraryGeek007]

That team is the Belfast Giants!!!! Liam you should come to a game lol

[@72mossy]

The yanks celebrate more than us. We're all not out drinking all day on Paddys day. Maybe the younger people but with me personally I'm 47 with three young kids. We normally go to a small parade in Templemore, Co. Tipperary and call out to see my Dad who's 80 this year and watch hurling on the TV. Quite and subdued here compared to green pints, green rivers. Sometimes I've worked on overtime on Paddys day. Americans love all that kind of Irish stereotyping, Leprechauns, grass in the middle of the roads, thatched houses, be gory be gosh, top of the morning to you, all that kinda stuff but to be honest we're a lot more sophisticated that all that and very educated. We have the same as you guys, modern citys, motorways, plasma tv, fibre broadband, cell phones, xboxes, nice cars, modern homes. We're not all mad into alcohol here.

[@albaferro3628]

Liam ..eres mi actor favorito..te veo como un excelente señor..padre.. esposo.. amigo.. hijo y un excelente actor único.. Dios te bendiga siempre..un gran abrazo..🙏🇻🇪❤️🤗👋🔥🙌

[@edeliniotero36]

Que bien, admitido en Yale!!! Make dady proud! Felicidades

[@KwelNews]

Liam Neeson and Ed Harris in a movie together #SilverFox i'm sold!!

[@StephenIC]

We do celebrate it in Ireland, but depending on where Jimmy's parents went it might have been more low key that in an American city. I'm from a fairly small town. We have a small parade with a bit of music and dancing and the local schoolchildren and stuff like that, then people go drinking during the night.

[@MrBestfifaplayer]

Liam neeson legend....my favorite actor.

[@brownsey1]

Yes Liam, you did leave in the 80's! Saint Patrick's Day hasn't been anyway religious, across the board - I can't account for smaller towns or the Gaeltacht regions - for many years now. When Liam left Ireland was still governed by a largely Catholic dominated ethos. Today Saint Patrick's Day is all about the pageantry, the parades, and of course the drinking. Sad fact I know, but the stereotype predominantly fits the bill, we drink. And couple with the Cheltenham horse racing festival in the previous week, it's quite a hectic week. Not that I'm into horse racing myself but in fairness the pubs were packed all week up until Patrick's Day.

[@KnowledgeKnockoutQuiz]

They had to cut the scene off. Jimmy Kimmel is now dead.

[@carzg6949]

Liam must not have been home in donkeys years because St Patrick's day in Ireland is most definitely not religious and Jimmy's parents must have been staying in some remote village because in Dublin we absolutely do celebrate, in fact we sometimes celebrate for 2 or 3 days! :)

[@Lord-Farquaad]

carz g it's only Dublin that celebrates really

[@kkandsims4612]

The Irish actress Michelle Fairely aka catelyn stark legit even said herself in an interview she was lucky to be sober enough to pick up a phone call on saint Patrick’s day and she’s Catholic but I think she’s also from Londonderry or not there exactly but close enough.

[@samwalsh8299]

“St Patrick’s day isn’t religious”. You’re joking right? It’s a day of celebrating the man who spread Christianity around Ireland.

[@elvis459]

@@samwalsh8299 it’s not a religious celebration for Irish people. It’s more a celebration of being Irish. We don’t go to church, we go to the pub and get drunk 😂

[@suat365]

Nice accent. Nice Anerican accents in his movies. Most of all. One of the greatest actor of all time

[@rhonajolie]

There's parades and carnivals in the capital Dublin. It's a four-day celebration this year starting on Saturday 14th. It is definitely NOT subdued.

[@rosagarces3926]

Que hermoso hombre

[@dee8933]

Come to the Holylands in belfast on St. Paddy's day. Then you will know what celebrating is

[@blueeyes57X]

Liam is also skilled in use of The Force..!

[@TheConorsmithusa]

Be very careful Jimmy lol

[@reynamartinez7384]

Mi vida. My love.

[@kevkev44]

Glad they talked about raising kids in the right way

[@amyydooley]

I live in Ireland and to be honest I don't think it's religious! 🙉

[@MaxRockatansky853]

Whats up Irish chick.

[@MultiSnakeman]

He did say 1980 to be fair. I'm sure it was back then haha

[@Ciaradexy]

Youre right Amy. Its not remotely religious.

[@C088fodder]

ciara murphy I wonder what would you think you that it isn't religous, I'm no expert but I can read and I know how look stuff up.. is it that you think being Irish makes you an expert on the subject or have you done some research or something... If so maybe you would explain why it is named for a Saint... I don't know, but this is from wikipedia, please correct the people who wrote it if you have some better information... Celebrations by region Ireland Saint Patrick's feast day, as a kind of national day, was already being celebrated by the Irish in Europe in the ninth and tenth centuries. In later times, he became more and more widely known as the patron of Ireland.[24] Saint Patrick's feast day was finally placed on the universal liturgical calendar in the Catholic Church due to the influence of Waterford-born Franciscan scholar Luke Wadding[25] in the early 1600s. Saint Patrick's Day thus became a holy day of obligation for Roman Catholics in Ireland. It is also a feast day in the Church of Ireland. The church calendar avoids the observance of saints' feasts during certain solemnities, moving the saint's day to a time outside those periods. St Patrick's Day is occasionally affected by this requirement, when 17 March falls during Holy Week. This happened in 1940, when Saint Patrick's Day was observed on 3 April to avoid it coinciding with Palm Sunday, and again in 2008, where it was officially observed on 14 March. St Patrick's Day will not fall within Holy Week again until 2160.[26][27] However, the secular celebration is always held on 17 March. In 1903, St Patrick's Day became an official public holiday in Ireland. This was thanks to the Bank Holiday (Ireland) Act 1903, an act of the United Kingdom Parliament introduced by Irish Member of Parliament James O'Mara.[28] O'Mara later introduced the law that required that pubs and bars be closed on 17 March after drinking got out of hand, a provision that was repealed in the 1970s. The first St Patrick's Day parade held in the Irish Free State was held in Dublin in 1931 and was reviewed by the then Minister of Defence Desmond Fitzgerald. In the mid-1990s the government of the Republic of Ireland began a campaign to use St Patrick's Day to showcase Ireland and its culture.[29] The government set up a group called St Patrick's Festival, with the aims: Traditional St Patrick's Day badges from the early 20th century, photographed at the Museum of Country Life in County Mayo To offer a national festival that ranks amongst all of the greatest celebration in the world To create energy and excitement throughout Ireland via innovation, creativity, grassroots involvement, and marketing activity To provide the opportunity and motivation for people of Irish descent (and those who sometimes wish they were Irish) to attend and join in the imaginative and expressive celebrations To project, internationally, an accurate image of Ireland as a creative, professional and sophisticated country with wide appeal.[30] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day

[@leahbutler4043]

It is religious Saint Patricks day is celebrated for Saint Patrick bringing Christianity to Ireland. Today people have just forgotten way we celebrate it. I'm Irish too.

[@geoandsandy]

Liam was born in ballymena

[@southwest2915]

georgina hamilton FACT!!!

[@Whoopdewhoo]

From the side he looks like a roman sculpture. Great profile.

[@Parahis]

Love the accent! Not what you hear in movies which is cool :D

[@christinahobson3170]

Taken by surprise, stunned and without words, I ask myself - 'Can this be real?' As life takes shape. . Silence and slow response have reason, until now , from this side

[@brendanshannon1706]

We do celebrate it a lot in Ireland in our terms, but that means drinking, climbing Slemish (where St Paddy was enslaved), visiting cultural lands like Downpatrick etc. There are parades but they more happen in the cities.

[@bodybuilding4lifebab]

When Liam talks, everyone listens

[@carolinewhite3435]

Hope not or they'll think there's no paddy day celebrations in Ireland and we all go to mass

[@fe5018]

1:00 I think we all just have different ideas of what "celebrating" means, clearly. It's a national holiday, people are given the day off work, there's parades in the cities and towns, the main parade in the capital is televised and people can watch it from home, some folks have family dinners.... Like what more were the Kimmel's expecting? People go to parades and the pub and would consider that having celebrated. What else is there?

[@irishlongswordboland3114]

Well hockey is the next best thing to hurling in america and liam neeson comes from Hurling stronghold in north antrim there is even a video of him with hurley and ball

[@Phantom12000]

I love messing he is so cool 😍

[@gulyaswift1503]

Legend 🙌

[@rossamccann72]

U can just tell there's gonna be some unionists getting pissed off at him for calling NI Ireland lmao

[@BooBop1987]

Wow!

[@Jimbosstudios]

woop woop for st paddys day its gonna be good

[@lorenarodrigues5932]

Devias sorrir mais Liam! Como gosto d vc Nunk irás sabr. Bah!!!❤

[@ciaran6309]

where were Jimmys parents in the middle of a field. its a big deal here in Ireland.its huge. i hope he was joking.

[@mnmmcg3543]

Wait Liam Neeson goes to Rangers games?

[@RB-NZ2]

Not those rangers games lad. Liams a catholic Celtic man through and through

[@ClassicDisneyFTW]

What is Jimmy going on about? St Patrick's day is widely celebrated throughout Ireland. Unless his folks were in a small town or village, then the parades might be a couple minutes at most lol. But go to any city like Dublin (it's the best parade in the world in my opinion), Cork, Galway, Belfast etc... there's great parades and atmosphere. Then after the parades over most go into the Pubs and get drunk for the day 😉

[@McFinntastic]

Where were they in Ireland that there were no celebrations? There are parades all over the country, you'll rarely hear finer tin whistle playing. Kids passed out in pools of their own vomit, everywhere you look. An Garda Síochana looking the other way as 14-year olds purchase whichever naggin is the cheapest. The reason Paddy's Day seemed normal to them is because it is effectively the day where all of the Irish stereotypes come to life.

[@McFinntastic]

***** Ha, no, I am Irish. I was just exaggerating the whole thing.

[@McFinntastic]

I have family all over the country but I'm from Galway.

[@ThatIrishSmurf]

***** You must have never been to Dublin on Paddys Day if you believe its not a big deal

[@ThatIrishSmurf]

***** No I wouldn't say that at all, I was in Dublin yesterday and it was packed with a great atmosphere

[@ThatIrishSmurf]

***** Well I believe its bigger here than it is in America

[@khalafkhalfan7854]

Liam neeson 👍👍👍👍👍👑

[@brianking3565]

He’s proud to be Irish

[@sofiiyanez]

I don't know if it was because of the title, but I heard his accent very pronounced this time

[@ggff3761]

He's right I live in Ireland and it's quite religious (they're a lot of drinking as well ) and no one plays ice hockey

[@dcrozier02]

The Belfast Giants 🏒

[@irishnessie]

Eh there's parades everywhere in Ireland on Paddy's Day. Idk where he getting no one celebrates it. The parade in Dublin is the best in the world tbh. Most people go for a drink afterwards...and get pissed drunk.

[@user-vy5cj4qb1z]

YEOOOOOO BELFAST GIANTS IN DA HOUSE

[@gracey2727]

We’ve dyed the Shannon in Limerick green a few times

[@giorgioghio6378]

The team in Belfast are called the Belfast Giants giants rule lets go giants

[@alwayschoosethecake]

....What? Not celebrated? Well I don't know what I've been doing since Sunday then.

[@romulusaugustus7344]

Knowing Americans they probably fucking went to Northern Ireland. I wouldn't be fucking surprised if they turned up in fucking Loyalist/Unionist community expected their to be Saint Patrick parades there! Ha ha!

[@abbiebrooke1662]

They haven't been to Northern Ireland then😂😂

[@rainildelimas442]

Lindo lindo lindo queria te conhecer t encher d beijos 😘😘😘😘

[@treesome5378]

Also, We have parades. Atleast Dublin does. Maybe we're just weird. Also, We aren't the heaviest drinkers in the world. Im quite sure other countries drink more. But eh, you have to go into the local towns to find actual Patricks day activities/celebrations etc.

[@jammydonut8178]

When Neeson says "be very careful Jimmy" you just know Kimmel sharted.

[@pablolynskano]

I live near the Guinness factory and so far the American tourists I'm seeing are getting on board with the drinking. There is a little more for Paddy's day here...... just a little

[@treesome5378]

Very particular.

[@W.R.D-Gaming]

Belfast Giants!!!!!

[@AndrewPruteanu]

wow, thats the guy that advertised clash of clans.

[@southport97]

Never Teasein the Neeson!

[@dominicrankin1921]

hes from ballymena and went to school and dated my grannys youngest sister when he was a teenager

[@AY-ki3fr]

Omg that’s awesome

[@columbannon9134]

I think his parents was in another country by mistake or on drugs, or at Christmas time, for St Patrick`s Day is celebrated, all around Ireland (as well as many parts of the world)

[@19grand]

colum bannon I think he meant it isn't or wasn't celebrated the way Americans do with great fan fare.

[@kriissyy09ify]

it just goes to prove how much so called "Irish-Americans" actually know about north and the republic of ireland

[@kriissyy09ify]

Romulas Augustus im from NI and the americans i meet always ask me are from dublin or belfast to which i reply neither

[@romulusaugustus7344]

kristopher masterson I'm from Northern Ireland too. I'm from Londonderry bud which when I say that they seem to go babble on about how its "Derry" not Londonderry.

[@kriissyy09ify]

Romulas Augustus i live in lisburn 8 miles south of belfast

[@hannahevans8193]

It just goes to prove how much foreigners think they know about Americans. I'm not even Irish and even I know about the Irish famine and the IRA. I lived in Dublin for two years and I lived in Dublin when they were taping the movie " Hunger" in Northern Ireland. I even dated an Irish guy for 3.5 years. You know nothing about what Americans know or don't know about the Irish people b/c if you did you would know there is a huge Irish population in Northeastern America. I know I'm a year late commenting but it had to be said.

[@Stevenbfg]

What goes to show exactly? That's completely irrelevant here.

[@TheMega2013]

Mariah Carey is Irish on all her mother's side are from Mayo :D I'm from Mayo!! whopp up Mayo :))

[@MikeyJMJ]

I'm also from mayo and I was born in 99!

[@MammothDzn]

Well, got accepted to Yale, pretty good, but big part of it is money.. :D

[@chrismoore2237]

Liam is from Northern Ireland.

[@ishotosamabinladen]

I class it as a cultural event rather than a religious one, but hey, as long as people get drunk it's all good!

[@BigSirZebras]

I lived in Ireland for a few years and was in Dublin in 2000 on St Patrick's day. There was a huge parade made up mostly of North American high school bands. To the protestants in the North the holiday doesn't even exist.

[@romulusaugustus7344]

Up here we burn saint Paddy flags. Mainly because it fucking annoys us so much. The funny thing is that it's the Americans who annoy me the most about it not the Irish. The Americans have to find a way to make everything they do annoying.

[@Stevenbfg]

_"Up here we burn saint Paddy flags"_ You are either incredibly thick or 12 years old because there is no "saint paddy flags". Infact the only flag with "St. Patrick" in it is the St. Patricks satire which represents (Northern) Ireland in the Union Flag. So you just admitted to burning the union flag despite being a unionist. Is that how stupid you foreign inbreds really are?

[@JM-ss6uy]

You've obviously never been! St Paddys Day is a big thing in the North for everyone, Catholic or Protestant. Any excuse for a piss up!

[@BigSirZebras]

@@JM-ss6uy I was in Bangor for it 1999. We asked a few people about it and they had no idea it was that day. Went to a couple pubs and it was like any other night. Maybe just didn't go to the right place. Definitely wasn't a parade.

[@JM-ss6uy]

@@BigSirZebras I keep writing a reply but because it has links to news articles youtube keep removing them so I'll write this again without the links... Thats because Bangor is a small town. If you hadve been in Belfast (only a 25 minute train ride from Bangor) you wouldve been treated to not one but two different parades/street parties, if you google the BBC news report from 1999 about 2 rival organisers putting on 2 different St Patricks Day events, you will see for yourself. There is a parade/street party in Belfast City Centre every year, with the exception of the last 2 years with the pandemic, though its back big time this year. And in fact if you google whats planned for this year, you will see there are tons of St Patrick's festivities planned all over Northern Ireland.

[@meabhusfromoursins1436]

I dunno where they went in Ireland cus it must be the must boring place ever. In my city there's huge celebration :/:/

[@keelan1231000]

what is he on about there's no celebrating paddys day in ireland, come up to derry, be's fucking madness, or go to dublin, be's even more mad

[@romulusaugustus7344]

I burnt an saint Paddys flag in my hometown of Londonderry, me & the boys sure had fun burning them flags.

[@romulusaugustus7344]

lmn1000ify Paddy is short from Patrick you fool. St Patrick wasn't even Irish either he was British!

[@romulusaugustus7344]

lmn1000ify I was just saying. No I don't hate the Irish, I hate the people claiming to be Irish in Northern Ireland yes but not the real Irish no. I know the red hand is from the O'Neill dynasty, my Great-Great-Grandfather had the surname O'Neill & was apparently related to the O'Neill dynasty according to my uncle.

[@romulusaugustus7344]

lmn1000ify I was referring to the Irish tricolour(yes I know the Orange represents Protestantism) I was hating the Irish, I was hating the pretenders here. I wasn't a planter. That's like the Americans claiming to be European, they were once but they're not now. There aren't many Protestants who identify as Irish(8% of Protestants do) It is fairly interesting yes, I have family off Irish & British heritage but I settle for being British as the word British represents the English,Scottish,Welsh & Irish in my opinion anyway whereas I'm not just Irish. That would be hardcore Loyalists that you're talking about yet at the same time hardcore Republicans are just as stupid.

[@romulusaugustus7344]

lmn1000ify I agree but the difference is that your community didn't get sieged by people shoving the Irish flag down your throat(the British government were pricks before & I apologise for that but that had nothing to do with the civilians) Would you hate a community if they bombed,attacked,harassed & terrorised you when they were fighting for was nothing to do with you? Some Protestants identify as Northern Irish & British yes. Very few identify as British & Irish though. No Loyalists aren't idiots, I never said that. Please do not get the term Loyalist confused with the UDA/UVF, please remember that a lot of Loyalists didn't support them. You are believing what the media made the word Loyalist to mean, a Loyalist is someone who is loyal to the crown & country/union. Loyalists aren't idiots & I will not talk to you again unless you admit & understand why what you said was wrong & not true at all. The IRA are idiots yes as are UDA/UVF, all UDA/UVF members are Loyalists but not all Loyalists are UDA/UVF members. I would say the same about Republicans however apart from the IRA they don't really exist & all identify as Nationalists nowadays.

[@edwinblanco2320]

Accepted into Yale because your dad is Liam Neeson. All while the kid who has been getting straight A's since elementary school and who worked during high school to support his family was denied from all Ivy League schools. Great!

[@Stephen-gl5wu]

+Edwin Blanco maybe but how do you know his kid might have got in on merit

[@iank8821]

I'm Irish and nobody celebrates religiously... But people do like to drink(last St Patrick's day I saw 3 people get arrested

[@Fcutdlady]

I'm irish, born and bred. I live Dublin. Yes each big town and city has parades so to say we don't celebrate St Patrick's day isn't quite correct but it's a total cliché. The Irish are not all leprechauns and shamrocks. How we are perceived does male me cringe slightly. Being realistic most Irish pepole spend St Patricks day in the pub!

[@fe5018]

Parade and/or pub. That IS celebrating. I'm genuinely confused as to what the Kimmel's were expecting... To be fair, the corporation even do a full on multi-day festival in Dublin city centre for St Paddy's Day now, so I'm even more confused as to their criticism.

[@tubnakattan7073]

👍👍👍👍👍👑

[@paulmegahy6937]

Northern ireland

[@GirlyDragons]

BULLLLSHIIIIIIT. This is the biggest celebration in the country, and the streets are stuffed with people. All towns, even the tiny ones have parades going on (I come from a town of 11,000 people, I'd know). The Ireland they were talking about there is not the same one I come from.

[@cian8722]

Ah Yeh but compared to murica is what he's on about

[@CarsonDela]

It's not seen as a particularly religious day... And I don't know where in Ireland his mam was, cause it's celebrated EVERYWHERE in Ireland! Every little town, village and City will have bunting and flags everywhere and a parade (it may well be a parade of tractors but still it's a parade!) also, the best part is that it's a day off work for most people!

[@romulusaugustus7344]

If I had to take a guess I would guess they probably ended up going somewhere like County Down? Or a Unionist area of Northern Ireland? Half of the bloody Americans don't even know Northern Ireland exists.

[@LittleMak1]

Aslan!

[@ThatIrishSmurf]

Of course its a big deal, where the fuck in Ireland were they, in the middle of a field? I was in town in Dublin yesterday and the place was packed and the atmosphere was incredible, it was literally a sea of green and Liam Neeson doesn't even live in Ireland so how would he know

[@khaledyassin8726]

hold on, HE'S IRISH...................................................................................Awesome

[@minotaur953]

St.Patrick’s day is big in Ireland, what are they on about

[@jerryseinfeld4190]

Liam's accent.

[@josephscaduto9971]

He's from Ireland.

[@StaffyGirl13]

It's a Northern Irish accent :)

[@Marc-kr8pc]

He is from Ballymena in Northern Ireland.

[@Marc-kr8pc]

***** He says he is Irish because he is Catholic but he is still from Northern Ireland. I know where his old house is.

[@Marc-kr8pc]

***** Monaghan is already is part of the republic you reprobate and it is Londonderry not derry. Besides this it is Northern Ireland to most people who aren't ignorant to the fact that they are to separate countries not just the unionist community.

[@invisi6l339]

i dont like how jimmy kimmel kept interrupting him hmm

[@fuzzylongcat]

PSA, Neeson lived in Ballymena, the biggest orange hole for miles, in the 80's too, the "religion" he's talking about was lads throwing petrol bombs at other lads