Mark Gatiss learns about discrimination against his Irish ancestors...

[@johntheball]

Co. "Londonderry" he didnt learn much on this journey of dicovery...😂

[@creekyknee]

That's exactly what I thought too.

[@Cassxowary]

He’s also not vegan so agreed

[@conormirgan8917]

Step one alienate the entire nation.

[@eoghanfinnegan6119]

😂😂😂😂

[@andromeda60]

There is no county londonderry only County Derry

[@jusidit]

Deep sigh when this guy said he was heading to County 'LondonDerry'

[@paddyt4043]

Londonderry has 6 silent letters. And dont blame the irish for what the jacobites did , i wish that freaking battle was conducted on the shores it belonged to , if there was irish envolved in the seige of derry it was because we were dragged into it by an idiotic scot ..irish town names dont necessarily need to be anglicised ...

[@Gillemear]

Easy to explain how his ancestor increased his land- 1845 to 1850 Great Potato Famine. The potato was the main food of poor Catholic land leasers and holders until a fungus wiped out the potato crop across these years. Many died, many fled to America, Britain etc. Those who remained often had to sell their holdings and also wealth British landlords also sold up once they were forced to look after their tenants by government acts (because why would the British government care about their Irish citizens). The son probably bought out this land at reduced rates and, if you want to be generous, looked after the people who were left. Or maybe he was just an opportunistic vulture grabbing land that was depopulated by starvation. Who is to know? Am surprised at the historian, that he did not make the connection. Then again,this is just speculation.

[@KatieParish-r6s]

I recently found my grandfather came to America in 1873. He was described as a 5 year old Irish mulatto from London. Still shaking my head 🎉

[@lapislazulii141]

Mulatto 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@chalkiememe4183]

Thank you, I’ve been waiting for more of Mark’s journey.

[@stiofanOC]

Eh the county is called Co. Derry, there's no controversy around the name of the county, it's only the city that goes by both Derry and Londonderry depending on who you ask.

[@ainekearney9041]

The suffering endured by the Irish and the lies and propaganda heaped on them by the English is quite extrodinary and what is more surprising is the absolute ignorance if the english on the matter.

[@lapislazulii141]

Before the creation of “communists”, the spirit worked through Cromwell.

[@Piqueblinders11]

No what Irish people fail to realise is that English and Welsh peasants were starving for centuries too 🐸☕️ you’re mad at English yet you let Islamists illegally settle and colonise your homeland

[@johnroche7541]

It is Co.Derry with Derry City as the capital. Simple as that.

[@ronnieince4568]

Johnroche Stroke City -Derry/ Londonderry !!!!!

[@nicnaimhin2978]

DirraColumcille

[@Dreyno]

“It’s sort of like Highland Clearances!” Yes. If bum”sort of” you mean with far more death.

[@marcusmaher-triskellionfil5158]

Co Londonderry, seriously...even us Scousers call it by one word, it's Derry....end of.

[@Guitarpeacepic]

Who cares? You scousers probably nicked the London part. The Irish will never move on and will always play the victim of what happened. Prob blame the English for Bobby Sands.

[@peterflanagan5901]

Thank you Liverpool ☘️🇮🇪🇪🇺

[@cemu1065]

👏👏👏👏Thank you, our brothers & sisters 👍

[@doniehurley7634]

Tenants on their own land which was stolen with brute force

[@thereds1959]

My family (Farrell’s) left Slieveroe in Frenchpark, Roscommon,Southern Ireland 🇮🇪 in 1870. Emigrated to Widnes, Lancashire England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and to this day 2023 the family still live in Widnes that’s now in Cheshire. And also the Farrell family, still live in Slieveroe Frenchpark today 2023.

[@proudman6598]

Any relatives called Andy Farrell Owen Farrell Sean o'loughlin 😀

[@onaematopia]

My family are also Farrell’s but from Co. Kildare

[@sauvignonblanc0]

Republic of Ireland. There is no such thing as 'Southern Ireland'.

[@davidsheeran5144]

The Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪 is an European Union member State country of the European Union 🇪🇺. Come on Roscommon

[@conorh4882]

Ulster is still Ulster, it's a Provence of Ireland and doesn't represent all of Northern Ireland. City of Derry is in Co. Derry also. Shows like this which are about finding information should really do a small bit of fact checking before going out to air.

[@paulbergin5903]

County Derry,end of.

[@Natedawg38]

County londonderry? Jaysus.

[@liamodwyer388]

The Irish never forget and the English never remember m

[@bunyip5841]

It is unlikely anyone will forget what happened to their grandparents or great-grandparents. It is not just a national history, it is very personal and recent. Families are still living with the legacy of dispossession and impoverishment.

[@sugarkane4830]

@@bunyip5841 oh give it a bloody rest.

[@bunyip5841]

​@@sugarkane4830your touchy response suggests it needs to be said more often.

[@sugarkane4830]

@@bunyip5841 Not at all my “touchy response” is because we are sick of hearing about it. The Irish are only happy when they are sad. And they certainly don’t have the monopoly of suffering.

[@bunyip5841]

@@sugarkane4830 You don't suppose the Irish aren't sick of the old saws like 'only happy when they are sad' or long memories etc? Never claimed a monopoly on suffering. From Canada to the Caribbean, Ireland to Africa, Asia, Australia and NZ, and even to the poor of Britain, the Empire on which the sun never set brought a lot of suffering to a lot of people and they won't be silenced anymore. You know what really baffles me is why you could be bothered defending a few obscenely wealthy people who didn't care whether you lived or died. The poor of Britain didn't benefit from the Empire, did they?

[@dplj4428]

Plantation 3:35 of Ulster. Livery, remove, eradicate, etc. Lachamoor mountain,

[@malahammer]

There's the history you do not learn in school GB.

[@Piqueblinders11]

Funny because last time I check UK was the only nation in the world that actively taught about the atrocities of the empire…. Unlike Arabs, North Africans and Asians….

[@jaymurray6734]

Jayzus County Londonderry ffs 😂

[@peterflanagan5901]

Derry ☘️🇮🇪🇪🇺

[@theresanolan1157]

it is not London derry it is Derry..

[@CathyD1976]

The son clearly bought the land after the great hunger and the land was sold off at cheaper rates

[@louistracy6964]

It's sort of like... Gaza and the West Bank.

[@thevocalcrone]

interesting connection. i often think the same. its where those that don't bend to teh 'powers' desires are demonised and then annihilated.

[@dairet1945]

London Derry my hole

[@TC-qd1zw]

I am learning about the discrimination of English people. All big estates are the result of theft.

[@PaulBrennan.]

Give Ireland back to the Irish

[@Cearta32]

County London derry are you joking like ffs

[@eileencorcoran3090]

Interesting stuff

[@dibble2005]

That's why to this day the Irish don't like Britishness incidentally the obsequiousness of the historian is nauseating. Academics?

[@grahamr-oj3wf]

It's derry BTW check the maps

[@kingofthecelts2247]

Did he just say Londonderry 🤔😡😡

[@Cassxowary]

Well that’s ironic/hypocritical even…

[@michaellawler3016]

LONDONDERRY ???? There is no such place.

[@pamelamorrison4086]

Mark Gattis is an absolute darlin'!

[@tevildo45]

Co Londonderry he says. Clown

[@telstar4772]

Who is this guy ? FFS get someone famous on !

[@fergallawlor5829]

County Londonderry 🙈😂

[@kasparjacks]

gatiss,you sound like a brit.

[@jonesyjones7626]

He is.

[@creekyknee]

He obviously is. Doesn't even have the sense to refer to Co.Derry by its proper name. His ancestors would be so proud of him.

[@gahctep]

The way its goin in Ireland, these days it will soon be County Dehli.

[@davidgodden6523]

And?

[@jameslynch7826]

Anything about Irish slavers raiding Britain or anti Saxon discrimination under the Normans? Oh How surprising! Or discrimination against S Irish volunteers after returning home from WW2 regarding housing and jobs? Thought not..........

[@goonerali3547]

21.12.23.

[@waynemullally6423]

200 kjngs and every man a king in his home. So much better than one king

[@JohnKirwan-zp5fl]

Most occupiers were tenants irrespective of whether Gaelic chiefs or British planters!

[@anthonyleeper4610]

Israel and Palestine again

[@raybo64]

He didn't learn that the six silent letters in the English language word for Londonderry were "London". London has eff all to do vwith it except when colonised by the Sassanachs. Did he learn about the land taken by the londoners for their London Derry, from Donegal on the other side of the River Foyle.