Native Americans, Ireland and a debt not forgotten

When the Great Famine struck Ireland in the 1840's members of the Choctaw Nation, a native American tribe from Oklahoma sent $170 dollars to Ireland to help alleviate the suffering. The Choctaw people who had been forced from their own lands identified with the struggle the Irish were facing with the British presence in Ireland. Some 170 years later it was Ireland's turn to return the favor. Enjoy this great story courtesy of NBC.

[@WilliamByrne37]

It wasnt a famine it was a genocide by the British. Thanks native Americans for your help. Love from Ireland

[@raftonpounder6696]

Yeah. Whatever.

[@ast3077]

Loveit when people step up like this

[@jimstultz3345]

No other way to describe it.

[@quinnthereaux7719]

Precisely. The famine was of British design, it was a forced famine meant to starve and eradicate. Just calling it a famine makes it sound like a natural event, when in reality the Irish were cultivating a wide variety of foods in addition to potatoes, but all other crops aside from potatoes were stolen by British occupation forces, leaving the Irish only one source of food.

[@raftonpounder6696]

@@quinnthereaux7719 I suggest you educate yourself before commenting. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland) Maybe after you read the facts you might just stop spouting Republican propaganda. Highly unlikely though.

[@deskgamesix]

As a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, I am very proud of the help my ancestors sent to Ireland. Thanks Ireland, for your help.

[@timlinator]

Thank you for your help. My ancestors were in Ireland at the time and Ireland was a colony of England with part of it still a colony. We have shared struggles and whether I live on your land or not I will always support native Americans, we are kindred spirits. I donated the the Navajo relief fund.

[@jimmymalone9139]

@@timlinator oh no bob .colony my arse

[@timlinator]

@@jimmymalone9139 Yes it was a colony, invaded/occupied whatever you want to call it.

[@timlinator]

@@jimmymalone9139 So what was Ireland's relationship to Britain then? I know a bit about Irish history, my father grew up in Ireland and I lived there myself and studied the language. 95% of the people in Ireland don't speak Irish language. Are they all clowns?

[@PuenteAJ]

I met some Choctaw when they came to Ireland for the dedication of the sculpture. It was a very moving celebration.

[@ds2985]

Irish people never forget what people do for us or do to us.

[@joekavanagh8997]

Well said,that sums up my whole world view as regards Ireland is concerned.we should never forget the 'ethnic cleansing' that happened over centuries and people like Choctaw and Quakers who helped us.Never ,ever forget.

[@matthewjamison]

@H H It's the very least they could of done, considering.

[@hughjaanus6680]

@@matthewjamison Could have or could've, not "could of"

[@roisinclaffey7624]

@H H Lol would take a lot more than that to repare 800 years of oppression and being responsible for the deaths of millions of Irish people

[@roisinclaffey7624]

@H H It's the very LEAST they could do

[@antonironstag5085]

Native Americans, you will always have a place in Ireland for helping our people when our neighbours did nothing.

[@mikkiminach9539]

The saddest part is our neighbors (the English) were invading Ireland and exporting all the food for themselves, attempting a genocide to starve us

[@maei9656]

Same as a native American I'll always respect the irish. Love from Canada

[@columbannon9134]

Why do you write this, for I know you are from India 🙄

[@jimjams811]

@@columbannon9134 www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/soutikbiswas/2010/10/how_churchill_starved_india.html

[@mikkiminach9539]

@big Feet nobody else died substantially from the famine except for Irish people. Everyone else was able to eat their own resources and food except for the Irish. England was exporting food from Ireland to feed themselves and their colonies, leaving the Irish to starve or get on disease infected ships. It was a genocide

[@tdogg1157]

As an Irish person it’s great to see people come together to help each other. The native Americans still need a lot of help to get equal rights in America I hope it happens soon

[@davidbenyahuda5190]

If you are not Black you are not Irish. Stop lying.

[@tdogg1157]

@@davidbenyahuda5190 I not fully understanding what you’re trying to say ?

[@Sho81]

@@tdogg1157 A lot of black people have Irish blood in them from days of slavery. A lot of Irish Americans like myself have black blood in us due to slave owners wanting workers that could cope well with the colder parts of the year so they forced us to mate with one another. So now there is this whack job thought process with some people saying that the "original Irish" are black. Yep this is the country I was born and raised in.

[@amcalca1]

can you tell us even 1 right native Americans don't have that White people do? (don't count the endless privilege and entitlements blacks get)

[@cattymajiv]

@@tdogg1157 It's just the convoluted logic of a sick troll's mind. It's best not to give them the pleasure of knowing that they bothered us. Imagine how sick a person must be to be doing that for fun! So deluded!

[@saulpaulsaul3378]

My grandma was native American, she was a big heavy woman who was quiet by nature but was the toughest woman in her tribe for fighting, my grandad was Irish, a small man who every time he had a drink wanted to fight the world, but couldn't fight, my grandma use to lift him by the neck and put him to bed, I miss them so so much, kind regards Tanto Murphy.

[@michaelodowd4807]

Wow! great story you must have had an interesting childhood .

[@browningmaxus5360]

Lol these stories

[@ShoJ369]

I love this, There are quite a few men like this in Ireland too 😀

[@deadpanbarry5442]

😁😁 Reminds me of my family... Greetings from Cork the South of Ireland. 🍀🇮🇪

[@jamesfagan7823]

Great story Tanto thanks for reminding us we are brothers

[@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 🇮🇪

[@iersejounge]

We are a lost tribe.our language is semetic and our blood is mesopathamia pure

[@lennon1482]

the famine hit may parts of europe but ireland didn't have agricultural diversity, so an over reliance on the potato crop was their undoing

[@christinequinn5355]

@@lennon1482 Their was an abundance of food in Ireland; grains of all sorts, vegetables, sheep, cattle, pigs etc. The British Colonial Forces commandeered all this food for their soldiers and tea companies in East India or for sale in London. Those Irish trying to get their hands on this food were executed. The tenant farmers in Ireland were forbidden by law to own any land, and the only crop they were allowed to grow, by law, was the potato. When this failed, the Occupying English literally let them starve to death by the side of the road. It was not "a Famine", but enforced starvation. The now famous book "The Great Hunger" describes in great detail this horrific time in Irish history. There are also many excellent documentaries on this subject.

[@deanodog3667]

@@lennon1482 also food being shipped out at gunpoint by half the regiments in British army may also have been a factor !

[@deanodog3667]

@@christinequinn5355 it was.a fucking holocaust!

[@TheNYCndn]

I'm Chickasaw and remember tnis story of generosity from our Choctaw cousins, it is little known today even in Indian country. Well wishes to all our Irish brothers and sisters, yakoke.

[@adrianocollinzo5712]

Love from ireland. Stay safe sister.

[@gerardlehane7477]

Thanks for your message of rememberence. From your Irish brothers and sisters. From Co Cork Ireland 🇮🇪.

[@debbiecooper3661]

You tribe was not on Holy Mountain of God. None of you will be ever . You will be cast into the lake of fire with serpent rider Obama. That's promise from God on Holy Mountain of God. Northern Kingdom Tribe of Reuben

[@etiblmca9267]

@@debbiecooper3661 why would God condemn two nations who've given justly to one another? Being born of a certain lineage doesn't guarantee salvation. The bible is full of stories about people who were once favored by God then turned away towards sin and death, while others have been renewed and emerged holy.

[@battmanjenkins7951]

@@debbiecooper3661 dont play with gods words, he remembers. Love is love. God is love. You no not even an ounce of gods mind. Go now little feather and love

[@ShoJ369]

In Ireland, we say. " The Giving hand, never wants ". We will always remember the generosity of the Native Americans during the potato blight, Thank you and God bless you all.

[@johngorniak6900]

My family are from the North .We word it as a closed hand never receives .The two mean the same . My mother was a Reynolds .

[@ShoJ369]

@@johngorniak6900 I'm born and reared in Belfast myself, Honestly I have never heard your " phrase " being quoted and I'm 52, but like you say, They mean the same thing. 😊

[@waleed8530]

Also The Ottoman Empire.

[@andrewallen9993]

But have completely forgotten the generosity of the British government of Peel which fell due to the aid rendered to Ireland whilst the Catholic Church helped only with prayer?

[@stephensmith4480]

@@ShoJ369 I Love Belfast, I have spent so much time there over the years, I still have friends over there. People are so warm and friendly.

[@jamesmacoisdealbhaigh9904]

Us Irish will always love the Choctaw people and be forever grateful to them for helping our ancestors in their hour of need 💚

[@hailoweenhailoween5264]

I'm native american from Arizona, my great uncle married a irish woman and they were married for about 45 years. She basically became part of our tribe, she loved the history, culture, etc and we embraced her as our own. May she rest in peace. Natives & Irish have similarities with one another, from being colonized to having a mighty warrior culture. It makes me happy that we Native Americans have brothers and sisters overseas on a island that's full of tough, courageous, generous people the Irish.

[@tikitorch1093]

I’m Indian, I always had a kind spot for the Irish too. I think Irish and Indian people have a sort of kinship in their spiritualism, their historical poverty, their drinking, and laughter-through-tears outlook on the world.

[@AlainnCorcaigh]

let's be fair, none of us knew about this till this story broke

[@AlexxiaCaulfield-xu7fy]

As an Irish person living in Arizona I am grateful as well.

[@Stephen-lx9nm]

They also loved the nazis😂

[@donchonealyotheoneal5456]

As an Irishman with a tiny little bit of Cherokee being from Oklahoma I'm so proud of all of our native people I was blown away by the fact that the Choctaw Nation had sent Ireland money during the famine what an amazing story and the Irish never forgot I have always felt it kindred spirit to the Native Americans

[@shannonnonnahs6943]

I am part Cherokee and Irish . This really touches my heart.

[@lukelocks9083]

That's some special spiritual mix!

[@OGDweeb]

Me, too. I'm thankful the Choctaw helped my Irish ancestors.

[@kierabyrnemusic]

What a gorgeous mix ❤

[@krkb13]

❤

[@davidbenyahuda5190]

Unless you are Black, you are neither. Stop lying. Do you think we forgot who we are? 🕎⚔️🏹🌽🪶💜

[@RedLogicYT]

We shall never forget what the choctaw people did for my people. Thank you.

[@hanikaram3351]

awesome now you can intermarry with each other forever

[@alscott6872]

A genuine love to our Irish friends, you came together as one to help our Navajo people, to that end may we never forget what an expression of love we received from Ireland. We love the Irish people. May God richly bless you. From Navajo land USA

[@franciscoferreira2774]

Love to Ireland from Portugal, you guys rock, big fan of your culture.

[@brianmckenna1024]

Love to you 🇮🇪

[@user-go3jv8rw7i]

@MrBlog perhaps but that doesn’t make him as an individual pro British. There were IRA sympathisers in England

[@ridanann]

@@user-go3jv8rw7i you rang lol

[@rogerking2888]

Simp

[@matt7775]

Yeah, the way they put babies is unmarked graves and sewer pipes is amazing.

[@jaybenjamin2739]

You people helped my ancestors when literally no one else did. When everyone else left us for dead you in your own way supported us and we as a nation will never ever forget it

[@timkincade9763]

This is how my family became Chahta. When my family come to America from Belfast, the only people that helped them where the Cochtaw people and we became married in 200 years ago and became Chahta. My father married my mother who is Irish from Clan O'Neil. I'm a descendent of two nations that have a deep love for each other and have suffered together through forced migration, war , starvation, fanatic foreign governments .

[@kingdingaling8709]

Actually this isn’t entirely true. It doesn’t take away from their generosity though. The Sultan of the Ottoman Empire also sent aid and ordered his ships to sail around a British navy blockade as the Queen said his generosity would be an embarrassment as she gave so little. They landed in Drogheda which is they the star of Islam is on the towns football jersey

[@terminallumbago6465]

@@kingdingaling8709 Definitely not a good mark on Queen Victoria’s record.

[@B-Th-Change]

My grandfather was Irish and Cherokee. The Irish understand. Thank you for the love.

[@hollowpoint8800]

Your generosity Choctaw Nation will never be forgotten in Irish hearts, you gave a gift when you yourselves were on your knees..... self sacrifice epitomised and remembered by the Irish, we will NEVER forget your generosity, kindness and compassion.

[@lgal6014]

Come on now ,never forget? The vast majority of Irish people have no idea there was any gift 200 years ago to begin with. Unfortunate but true.

[@rachelgonzalez3803]

Thank you for repaying the favor! Yakoke from a proud registered member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma!

[@lisafox5535]

@L Gal No offense missus but I heard it in Primary School AND Junior Cert History classes and my Da goes on about it every time he does a Trocaire fast so I think "vast majority" might be an exaggeration.

[@lgal6014]

@@lisafox5535 the vast majority is no exaggeration in my opinion , if anything its probably an understatement. I didn't learn it in school and I haven't have one person mention it too me in all my 33 years . Ireland born and bred. I would happily bet 1000s that if I was to stop 50 or any amount of random people on the street few if any would know about it.

[@lgal6014]

@@lisafox5535 and why would you presume I'm a woman 😂 i'm not

[@fullmoonmaiden777]

I am so PROUD OF BOTH MY PEOPLE: THE IRISH AND THE INDIANS🪷🌺🪻 🌹!! My great-grandmother's father came from County Mead, Ireland 🇮🇪 , and her mom was from the Blood Reserve ( Standoff ), Canada 🇨🇦 . Thank you both, American Indians and the Irish people, for having a long-standing tradition of mutual love, gratitude, and respect. The world can learn more than a thing or two from both sovereign nations ✌️ especially in this day and age.

[@user-od8ke7vu7t]

You couldn't have said it any better. This story & stories like it give us hope that we will have peace & end all wars !

[@name-qf5zr]

county meath*

[@davidforsythe3037]

That’s amazing. I’m a Canadian. Both of my parents families came to Canada because of the famine. My thanks to the Choctaw people, and to the Irish that helped the Choctaws in their time of need.

[@stephenchappell7512]

Yes it's an amazing historical story which was unfortunately hijacked at the height of the tyranny 2 years ago in order to push a narrative encouraging people to damage themselves it's evil beyond comprehension

[@Freshie13]

Famine? You mean deliberately designed genocide?

[@cathalodiubhain5739]

Not a famine.

[@davidforsythe3037]

Okay. Not a famine. Is it because the British withheld food to gain compliance?

[@stephenchappell7512]

@@davidforsythe3037 It was the Protestant Irish landlords It's like saying the native Americans were taken over by the stay-at-home English rather than by the English who we're actually colonizing their lands (the future WASPS)

[@markirish7599]

Blessings from Ireland to the beautiful first nations people of America

[@5eviexe466]

Bet u changed ur name to Mark Irish just for this comment.

[@tacotuesday2489]

@@5eviexe466 he's most likely Irish because wtfs the point in pretending to be irish

[@5eviexe466]

@@tacotuesday2489 there's plenty of them do.Irish&Scots wannabes.Especially the American ones

[@tacotuesday2489]

@@5eviexe466 what?

[@davidcurley7800]

🤘🇮🇪❤☘.

[@w4zux]

us irish never forget a favour that should be returned 🇮🇪

[@hailoweenhailoween5264]

Us Native Americans embrace the Irish people as our brothers and sisters. Thanks for that monument you guys put up in Midleton. Hopefully soon we will put up a Irish monument.

[@DavidJCathers]

It's about time we start talking about these issues. My grandfather's family is of Choctaw origin and I remember hearing about this story growing up. Was always super proud of my Irish and Choctaw heritage, and I'm glad that this story is finally being talked about on public television again.

[@hailoweenhailoween5264]

Nice. I'm native american myself from Arizona. It's great that us Native Americans have good relations with the Irish.

[@jackietreehorn5561]

Our people have had a common struggle, as a proud irishman I always had solidarity with the native American people...the colonizers tried to break us but we still stand tall.... unbowed, unbroken! Much love 😍

[@MCKevin289]

I’m a yank but my Nan kept the Irish spirit in me alive. She always reminded me of what the Choctaw did for us and that we must pay it forward. That we have to support immigrants and the downtrodden because I’m only 2 generations separated from NINA signs and anti Irish bigotry. She’s partially why I’m a staunch socialist now. I grew up seeing Connolly, Sands and other Irish freedom fighters being venerated in our local Irish community. The Choctaw are why I volunteer to teach refugee children English.

[@jackietreehorn5561]

@@MCKevin289 red crow westerman was an influential native American that attended Many republican funerals in the 80s for Irish volunteers that lost their lives in armed struggle

[@jackietreehorn5561]

@@MCKevin289 the downtrodden and outgunned were always labeled terrorists by the self proclaimed territorial land grabbers who dared to fight back

[@dublinlhad]

Proud to be Irish, and greetings and thank you to the Native Americans. Blessings from Dublin, Ireland.

[@hailoweenhailoween5264]

Blessings to the Irish people. From Native Americans in Arizona.

[@gregmurray1255]

Thank you to the Choctaw people your generosity will never be forgotten .. The Irish people thank you .. My grandparents spoke of this ...

[@A1P36]

Here in Scotland we should also be donating. The Cherokees met, appointed a relief committee, and in May 1847, sent $190 to a New York bank "for the relief of those who are suffering by the famine in Scotland." Many an Oklahoma Indian surname today harkens back to a distant Scottish ancestor. Cherokee saw the Scottish people who had married into their nation as family. No more so than the Ross family.

[@mrweasel]

That is an interesting story, never heard of that one. Thanks. As a Scot, however, I am aware that many from this country displaced and terrorized the native populations of North America as well as elsewhere... we were particularly prominent in the colonisation of East and West Canada for instance. So in many ways our debt is not fulfilled - as also, the debt of many of the landowners over here is not, to the people they displaced. But anyway, nice to hear of such a gesture. Certainly, the state of many native american tribes is still crippled by how our countries did them dirty.

[@toddjohnson9782]

So many of us are cherokee and scots,clearanced!and removal acted!and we are still here!tartan and eagle feather!

[@A1P36]

@@mrweasel Your right there is no one people's from Europe and elsewhere who have not got blood on their hands in the colonisation of that continent but it is always heartening to hear that amongst the carnage of those events at tiny amount of those colonialists at least did not abandon their humanity.

[@mrweasel]

@@A1P36 Fully agreed. I studied the role of Scots in colonising the Canadian West for my masters, and there were definitely those that respected and learned from the wisdom of the natives. John Rae being an example.

[@toddjohnson9782]

@Corvinus Ripper 1.people are people,.talk to a blood bank,.2.all of this in past and present was done voluntarily, with the consent of the people involved.3.it was a compassion thing,.4.keep your little money.

[@paulcrawford5437]

I love when humans act with humanity regardless of any other issue.

[@mlankford6077]

I've heard the expression "The Irish never forget", but this is ridiculous, and fantastic! I thought it was referring to the characteristic of holding a grudge forever, lol.

[@deadpanbarry5442]

It does 😉😂 🇮🇪

[@sobrietytv8754]

Thank you to the beautiful Choctaw people for helping my ancestors when they needed it. ❤

[@OSTARAEB4]

The Irish tend to be very charitable. I think this came out of what they endured during famines but particularly 1845-52 times. It humbled them to realize how important it is to give back. The Irish have never forgotten what the Choctaws did when they had nothing themselves through the ravages of genocide and relocation.

[@nollogs2]

The Choctaw elders seen early it wasn't famine, it was genocide by the brits on Ireland.. How did they know this? because they would have had thousands in the british army who relayed the message back.. thats how it works.. Irish people joined that army too for money...nothing else

[@WookieWarriorz]

saying the irish were 'humbled' is hilariously offensive, we'd already lived through hundreds of years of English oppression lol

[@OSTARAEB4]

@@WookieWarriorz yes indeed. I apologize for that bad word choice. I understand your point of view and I should’ve known better. The Irish have indeed been subject to centuries of hardship and oppression. My apology to you.

[@ingridalexander1492]

As an Irish-American with friends in Hopi nation, my heart is exploding right now!!!

[@sollykhan2385]

😍😇

[@margaretmckeon467]

Mine too! I love the native American people

[@grainnekeenan]

I’m from Ireland I saw this in the news months ago and it really touched me . I was proud to support the cause and spread the word with my friends . Thank you for your help years ago

[@grainnebrowne6717]

We will always back you 💛 when we had nothing left, when you had little and you gave it to us.🇮🇪 that is something we will never forget.

[@John-ro1iv]

@JosephMQ 😂😂😂😂😂

[@mikkiminach9539]

@JosephMQ why are you saying those racist things? Would you rather have English people flood into Ireland? The oppressors of your ancestors? What’s your problem with Africans? What did they ever do to Irish people?

[@mikkiminach9539]

@JosephMQ what’s a long list?

[@B-A-L]

Funny how the native Americans bailed out white people twice and what did they get in return? Nothing but hardship and suffering!

[@B-A-L]

@@mikkiminach9539 Well there's plenty of space for the English because of all the Irish flooding England!

[@yltraviole]

A small gift given by someone who is poor will always be more valuable and more worthy of gratitude than a large gift from someone who is rich. The story of generosity and solidarity of the Choctaw people is very touching, and it is good to see that kindness paid back.

[@Irish780]

Ireland is actually rich but never mind

[@yltraviole]

@@Irish780 I wasn't referring to Ireland

[@Irish780]

@@yltraviole I understand I'm not sure my message was for u anyway lol that's me best of luck and apologies

[@tommohughes7134]

Native Americans are such genuine lovely and humble people, you should not be forgotten ever, good luck

[@daneilwilson3467]

I love this, as a father, and grandfather of Navajo children and the grandson of a South Dubliner.... I love seeing both sides of my cultures touching each other in a supportive way....

[@LeonVEKH]

I love it as well. I love both our cultures mixing together we are one.

[@aapp953]

Dude the Irish are some of history's most amazing people Mexicans owe them gratitude also the San patricios battalion Mexican-American War

[@nollogs2]

I read this when I was 17 a friend gave it to me who read it. he was Lynch in Shantalla, Galway. I never knew Che's father was from Galway, Ireland. He was a relitive of my friend who gave me that book and it shaped my life

[@aapp953]

@@nollogs2 Che Guevara?

[@culminate100]

Everywhere they went lookin for trouble😅😅and found it...

[@TropicalCrumpet]

So that's why I saw Native American statues/figurines and other native American things in Irish homes! I had no idea when I visited.

[@SH3RIFF187]

I'm not crying, you are

[@jamesfagan7823]

The Irish always stand beside people that face injustice because we faced it

[@erikrungemadsen2081]

Onions dammit oninions.

[@uemackay1592]

Daytime TV makes you cry? I find comments like yours suspicious, either you are actively hiding who you are or you really did cry and are looking for some acknowledgement or you didn't cry but just posted this knowing a large percentage of people would like the sentiment. Either way if your crying at day time tv you need a job.

[@SH3RIFF187]

@@uemackay1592 Yeah you got it. I have no job and I spend my whole day crying at a tv. I also posted my comment above the gain maximum likes. I’m very suspicious.

[@uemackay1592]

So you actually did cry at this daytime tv story?

[@dspud587]

Think of how much that $170 would have helped their own community at that time and they sent it to us, absolutely lovely people, to think of us Irish when they were suffering themselves, unbelievable

[@nollogs2]

It prob never made it to the people of eire who it was meant for.. the british would have intercepted it im pretty sure. Which makes it even sadder as they took from the Choctaw people, I hope the Choctaw people are proud of how we fought back against the brits and still fighting for our country back

[@laoch5658]

The Irish are a tribal people and understand their lands being invaded and being displaced

[@bevgreen4800]

Oh my that had me nearly crying , my dad was Irish , so it’s close to my heart ❤️

[@tatyonajoyea6952]

When I first learned of the potato famine in Ireland I thought that it was eerily similar to the loss of our great buffalo herds in the 1870's where many of our people died of starvation. I am from the northern plains and I live on a Cree nation but my ancestors are also the Sioux and Assiniboine people. This is a very nice story about humanity, and caring. Thank you Ireland, and all Irish people.

[@aaronTNGDS9]

Before I traveled to Ireland from the US for the first time ever, I did so as a Black American and a Baha'i after having read a couple of books about the Irish Famine. I felt their pain because I know what cruelty can be like by a dominant group in the US growing up in Jim Crow Mississippi in the 50's and 60's. Just as the Irish must have felt after how the British treated them during that era. Cromwell was one who epitomized the culture of cruelty that evolved in Britain towards the Irish due to prejudice and bigoted attitudes at the times when Britain seized land and resources from the Irish. A Baha'i friend knowing that I was planning to travel sent me an article about the wonderful and humane gesture of the Choctaw people to send money to Ireland on behalf of the famine victims. I was so touched and jolted by this magnanimous gesture from a Native American tribe, and learned that a monument had been erected somewhere in Cork County.

[@IrlBandit]

What a beautiful moment, it is nice to remember it as a past issue but as an Irishman i am proud to have donated to this great cause at the time - time is of no barrier for reciprocation of a past jest of kindness, especially when it was from the poorest of poor Native Americans, people we Irish over time have identified with in many ways - Slainte from Ireland and hope you are all doing better these few years later - Utter respect to our Native American friends - Slan

[@greyline1012]

Omg I’m crying. Within our suffering lies our deepest compassion.

[@mickeyhernandez925]

Erin Go Bragh !! Love and Respect, from this Navajo.. Thank you☘️

[@aurawright2130]

This brought tears to my eyes. Such unconditional love! Thank you!

[@stephaniegallagher4977]

When we had nothing and at our lowest ever you helped us. Bless you for that. We never forget.💖💖💖☘️☘️🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@mrbouttabubble]

Native American man here. I have always loved the Irish anyway.But this story just adds to my admiration of them.

[@iaminsideyourhome69]

being a person with both irish and native ancestry, this story means so much to me 💕

[@Crangaso]

As a person of Irish & Native ethnicity this is extremely moving. Éirinn go Brách

[@bj809]

Proud to be Irish and to support a good cause in this time of need

[@gigmcsweeney8566]

As a seven year old child I was fortunate to spent time in the US, staying with my father's family in Williamsburg, Virginia. I was obsessed with Native American culture and was thrilled to meet an old couple who were elders of the Iraquoi tribe. The man's name, as I recall it, was Chief Richard. He and his wife gave me a small piece of coral, which became one of my most treasured possessions. When I eventually went back to visit the Jamestown area in my twenties I met several native Americans in the Jamestown area who were from the Rappahannock tribe. Their kindness and patience with me, when I was something of a wild young man, left a deep impression on me. I'm immensely proud of my Irish roots, so knowing there is such a special bond between the people of Ireland and the people of the Choctaw Nation - and how that bond was formed through their common humanity - gives me a great sense of comfort in these troubling times.

[@phretbord]

Wow, quite a touching and beautiful exchange that I had never heard about, ever. Hopefully our brothers and sisters of the Choctaw Nation are doing much better with the donations given. ~God Bless! ❤️

[@TugBlasterSpunkMaster]

We dearly love the indigenous people of America

[@southdublinog4517]

From an Irish Celtic warrior to native American nations we wish you all the best and safety in the future ...we see how you live and are treated in the continent of America. ...we will never stop to stretch a helping hand across the water from your Irish friends you are always welcome here ....there will always be a place in our society for all nations in need ...everyone has us Irish misconstrued. .we are not white Europeans. ..we are natives and warriors just like you ...long live the tribal nations of the world it's us who keep our ancient special cultures alive....they call us savages for not laying down under the foot of colonialism. ...as well to all central Americans and Brazilians who have arrived in Ireland in the past few years ...viva la latina America. ..

[@MissJ000]

This is so amazing. This bond can never be broken

[@sholahola2kaiinaoii]

We are connected through spirit and empathy, we are all one 💜

[@geraldwalsh6489]

The Choctaws did more for Ireland than the British did at a time when we were part of the British Empire that left millions of Irish starving and dying

[@biulaimh3097]

The Brits helped us like a hole in the head. I recall reading about a starving woman who was kicked to death by a landlord for trying to take food from a pig trough.

[@chronicles8324]

Yes and you paid lip service to the Nazis during ww2 , well done

[@curtisunit]

Thank you for this video. I never knew this happened. Very moving.

[@ga1actic_muffin]

As someone with Irish and Cherokee ancestry, this hit me... i always felt deep down there was a bond between he Irish and the Native Americans. I remember the stories of how when the Irish first migrated to the Americas to escape the potato famine, they were subjugated, demonized and hated by the Americans who lived here who at the time were waging a protestant cultural war against Catholics from Ireland, many Irish immigrants were forced to work slave labor and cultural crimes were committed against the Irish immigrants. We survived by developing bonds with African American and the Native American communities who shared but experienced even worse fates and history of subjugation than we did. We at least still had the benefit of being from Europe even if Ireland was hated by the English at the time. In either case it makes me happy to see that this bond has not been forgotten. I also just donated to a native American charity to show my appreciation for that ancestral bond and everything they provided us when we were in need.

[@gabhanachdenogla8342]

In a world polluted with hate - this is truly beautiful - thank you in the first place - and ye are more the welcome - love and solidarity from Cork Ireland.

[@Jahnink]

I'm half American Indian (HoChunk) and half Irish. This story makes me feel whole, for the very first time. Thank you so much.

[@troubledspirit3328]

That is absolutely beautiful. I love this world at times.

[@andjulia9292]

This is a beautiful display of kindness. I’m teary.

[@redarmy166]

What a story this is. How good is it to see a bit of humanity during the pandemic.Well done to Miss O"Leary for kicking it off.

[@freakyflow]

Thank you Ireland As a 1st Nation Cree member And with the last name of my Irish forfathers We share one of the sayings ..May the wind always be towards your back My new saying is May your friends and loved ones always be in your path

[@sollykhan2385]

😍😇 ahh Bless

[@chulainn32]

Good or the not so good deeds bestowed on us - The Irish never ever forget and react in kind. Blessings and peace to the Choctaw Nation, all Native Americans and other people and cultures that have driven off their land by others greed. God bless you all.

[@honeybee6117]

Thank you for being there for us. I remember my grandmother telling us about this when I was young. Stay safe and you are in our hearts.

[@anjihc8797]

We need to hear more of these stories. In Canada the strength and power of First Nations people is not focused on enough. I am also Irish from my grandmother who was born in Ireland. This was deeply emotional. Thank you sharing an example of goodness and beauty in the world through this video!

[@p.ipebomb]

Whether Mexican or American, the Irish have always been bonded with the native Americans of north America. So much love 🥰

[@Abcd-hr9ot]

Thanks from every paddy all over the world.

[@MegaCassie83]

I am part Indigenous (Chumash, Taos Pueblo, Cahokia, Mayan, Nazca) and I have been not only learning about my tribes but about our people as a whole. These things are amazing. 💞💞💞

[@battmanjenkins7951]

In Ireland our tribes were called Clans.

[@hailoweenhailoween5264]

@@battmanjenkins7951 I'm native american, are the Irish people Celtic? Your ancient culture is similar to Native Americans culture as well.

[@timkincade9763]

A ' Ho ' Halito Yakoke Chito, greetings from a Chahta brother living among the Lenape Delaware people. Greetings to the Irish, the great Celtics of the Northern Clans . May the Great Spirit keep your long house's warm , your counsel fire's bright, and your medicine strong.

[@Touhou-forever]

As a Irish person I am a very proud of my country I'm just really happy that Naive Americans are being treated with respect nowdays I haven't met any Native Americans yet but I hope that I will one day one of my American friends has Native American heritage.

[@castlerockskable]

Every Irish person is taught this huge act of generosity in school. A people who had suffered so much yet gave what they could to us. We will never forget this, I can't wait to speak to my daughter about the kindness of the Choctaw people on the other side of the Ocean.

[@Ricardo-mr3bg]

Good atitude, your daughter will grow up as an empathic person.

[@mikeycooney957]

Give us Irish a tear and we will give an ocean in return god bless our native American friends,

[@logangallagher7050]

That is the most soppy load of shite I've ever heard in my life. You get an A star for the best shit a person can make up.

[@davi0121]

@@logangallagher7050 You must be popular.

[@Ricardo-mr3bg]

@@logangallagher7050 Calm down, lad. Hahah.

[@adrianocollinzo5712]

Awk thats lovely.

[@emeraldfox7175]

@@logangallagher7050 don't be a bloody wanker

[@orla0colette0cullen1]

irish history is nothing without the help from those who are native American. Thank you for everything x

[@melissa0386]

We will never forget about are friends that helped us when are country starved with love from old Eire bless these kind hearted people bless you all 🙏🙏🙏🇮🇪

[@avemaria6298]

There was no patotoe famine in Ireland,it was a deliberate genocide of the native Irish people's all the food was shipped out of Ireland& ppl weren't even allowed2 gain access to rivers/lakes2 fish

[@vtpoet5300]

One of the world’s greatest acts of terrorism. Makes me so angry to think about it. 🖖

[@avemaria6298]

@@vtpoet5300 The holocaust nobody speaks about

[@54356776]

Ireland imported more than they exported. Potatoes are not native to Ireland and there was no genocide. Do a bit more thinking instead of hating.

[@vtpoet5300]

@@54356776 Another channel with no content. Are you a troll? Andrew, hater of Irish truth.

[@54356776]

@@vtpoet5300 I'm not a channel, I'm a real person. Everything I've stated is a fact and you mentioning that i have no content is irrelevant and merely a futile attempt to discredit myself rather than refute the truth.

[@barnie2591]

Lots of love and friendship from your Irish cousins. Our memories never fade 🇮🇪

[@eileenhavern77]

Much love from Ireland... And thank you xox

Thank you too

[@margaretbright3988]

We Irish love native American Indians. Thank yous for your love and food yous sent us in time of need.❤

[@davidmizak4642]

Thanks for this heart-warming news story. It is a great example of peoples' generosity when they hear of someone in need. Here the favor was returned many generations later after discovery of this historical donation. A fascinating tale of people helping each other across continents and centuries. Thank you for this story!

[@chrisbyrne5358]

Hugs from Ireland to the Choctaw people🇮🇪❤️

[@brianmckenna1024]

Love to all native Americans from Ireland 🇮🇪💚

[@josephrooney7205]

Thank you to the Choctaw people for helping us in our darkest hour of need. Glad we could return your generosity and we will never forget what you done for us. A bond that will never be broken. We Irish will stand by you always if you ever need us again. Love and respect from Ireland 🇮🇪🪶🪶🪶❤️

[@durango.j-onez]

Setting an example of generosity in desperate times, for all nations of the world! Hope this connection and bond will be everlasting! Blessings to the Choctaw and Irish people

[@finneire2081]

Native Americans We will always help you we love and know well our linked love If you go far back are Druids taught us the same worship of nature and the land . We suffered like you an attempted Genocide they claim was a famine . Native americans we love you From the Irish people ❤❤

[@finneire2081]

@C D Yes i am

[@finneire2081]

@David Welland i know tens of thousands of them gave their lives on the battlefields during the civil war often they got of the ships and couldnt speak english and were handed a bowel of soup in excahnge for their signature or any mark they could make Then handed a riffle and off to war. Where are you from sir, I have no doubt there might have been individuals in history that probably did but as for tens of thousands not a hope They oft times had little or less than the natives

[@finneire2081]

@David Welland that was the confederate army not the irish. The dutch french english were all involved in the fur trade nothing to do with the irish

[@finneire2081]

@David Welland you too my friend And your family may you 2021 bring you health and happiness

[@finneire2081]

@David Welland www.irishtimes.com/opinion/going-native-a-kerryman-who-became-a-native-american-hero-1.4440910?mode=amp

[@Perdurabo17]

It wasn't a famine, which is why it's called 'An Gorta Mór ' or ''The Great Hunger'. There was plenty of food in Ireland, it was only the potatoes that were effected. No room to go deeper into it here, but let's call it what it was: genocide . . . !

[@TommyByrne-hc5nr]

As a proud irishman thank u from the bottom of my heart may we always be brothers and sisters

[@djmikio]

Only the best of people, when they themselves have suffered under oppression, can look up from their own troubles and reach a helping hand out to others in dire need. Both the Irish and the Choctaw are people of such great heart. God bless you both!

[@TheActualCathal]

Thanks for preserving this story.

[@quinnmorgendorffer8435]

My husband is Choctaw and Irish, you can guess why. 🤭🥰 He is very proud of his heritage very handsome brown man with red freckles.

[@battmanjenkins7951]

His Choctaw named should be freckled Irish feather.

[@energetically1]

I will never forget the kindness and generosity the Choctaw people gifted my ancestors. They themselves where on their knees and they still reach out to help my people from so far away. Go raibh míle maith agat! ☘☘☘

[@rustyshakelford1279]

Two groups of people that have gotten screwed over but still keep their dignity intact helping each other. Awesome

[@landsakes4992]

What a heartwarming story! I don't know what our governments are up to, but they'll never destroy the human spirit!!

[@greengunner4749]

Lovely to hear things like that it brought a tear to my eye 🇮🇪

[@starssmilebright]

This makes my heart so warm 💔😩

[@anthonyoneill9053]

God bless all native Americans and thank you for your generosity during the famine. At a time in your own land, people were ethnicity cleansing yous. And shamefully some Irish people were involved. I admire yous and your culture deeply. Bury my heart at wounded knee is a book everyone should read. As it drives home the true barbarity of what your people suffered. The worst genocide in history and the least talked about . God bless yous all from Ireland.

[@internetual7350]

We don't associates with those "Irish" people who took part in the genocide against our Native American brothers 😤

[@nollogs2]

Some Irish people in power still inflict hardship on the people of Ireland today, dont be shocked by it. Just be happy the people of Ireland will rise up again and it's coming