Manchán Magan | We Need to Talk About Ireland

[@rockeee]

People like Manchán are a national treasure. Our past is absolutely fascinating.

[@lauraosullivan9722]

He's always lovely to listen, in english or irish!

[@sean2015]

I'm American so I don't understand one word of Irish but I say good on yer man for promoting the national language.

[@seamusoluasigh9296]

Wonderful as always Manchán, by the way there were no English men in the 5th century but there were Romanised Britons. I'd love a chat with this man.

[@kiernoify]

Beautiful, we will be those lighthouses again

[@JonSmith-xt1cb]

Like him❤

[@MseeBMe]

He is such a legend.

[@mollymcnaughton3133]

This man is a delight! 💚🤍🧡

[@soulsurfer639]

I could listen to this guy all day. Maith thú agus Éirinn go brách!!! 🇮🇪

[@OShaughnessyC]

Great lecture, Manchán.

[@odettehokemeir4425]

Very informative

[@dervaldunford8537]

Tá an ceart agat :) The power is within, the land is beneath us.

[@thomasmertoncontemplativei4322]

O THANK YOU THANK YOU

[@jackfletcher1000]

Granson of The O,Rahily.

[@Troy_KC-2-PH]

Interesting (suimiúil)

[@irishelk3]

St Patrick an Englishman?..

[@kasperdeireland]

welshman

[@irishelk3]

@@kasperdeireland Yes i know

[@garthhunt7238]

He literally just told the Irish people to forsake Christ and take up the serpent.

[@nedohamilli]

We were not ... the bastions of culture the monasteries were .. you speak as if the whole island was a monastic space ship of culture .Great espousel of fanciful theories ..."the gods of every raindrop " like every rain drop Magán...?.gods of rain yes perhaps but every raindrop .. eh ..hardly.....plus he clichéd image of Goths suddenly "sweeping" down over Europe and destroying high learning.. high learning never got destroyed the Goths (and other tribes) soon adopted Ariann Christianity bringing them in conflict with Rome... ..he also makes it sound like the sudden collapse of the Roman empire .. it was long and slow and many aspects of roman culture survived . The irish monks played their role .. but let's not get carried away that they somehow saved "western civilisation" ...snakes.....Mangan I think you'll find there never were any snakes in ireland ... it's a metaphor perhaps Later historians of St patrick used for 'beliefs banished by Christianity. " . Anyway main thing is Mangán yer a quare waffler .. fair play to ye as long as we don't take ye too literally. .sure we'll be grand..

[@drts6955]

I think he knows there were no snakes... Did you think he was saying we need literal snakes in Ireland? Hahaha. You are right about Irish monks importance being exaggerated... Though my assumption is ge was trying to make a simple point

[@nedohamilli]

@@drts6955 well....he's getting paid enough ..not to be just trying and waffling ...to baffle the crowd with his ...exuberant fanciful über oirish genuglicluch

[@drts6955]

@@nedohamilli I would agree if the video was longer. But I don't think anyone can get much nuance into 5 minutes. There's a time and place for everything, even simplification...

[@nedohamilli]

@@drts6955 simplification.. needn't mean fancification... anyway I think we've made my comment ....no harm but I don't want to get into a discussion forum .....or txt a thon. ....thanks for your comments on my comment ....

[@mick_crosse]

You're taking what he's saying too literally. Have another listen, with a cup of rain tea and a drop of honeysuckle.