Paul Mescal Plays 'Irish or Not Irish'

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

It’s beyond weird to see a photo of a handball tournament I played in earlier this year in a video on Paul Mescal 😂

[@laetitialogan2002]

😂😂

[@miseentrope]

Team Handball is the most underrated intense Olympic sport: Balletic like basketball, aggressive like American football, and strategically fast like soccer (football). Highly recommend. (+ players are _fit_ AF!)

[@sindrimarsteingrims]

@@miseentrope What is being referred to here is a different sport, also called handball. It is somewhat similar to squash. This caused me no end of confusion and irritation as a scandinavian kid living in Dublin, let me tell you!

[@DJJosheen]

He's a good lad , a likeable character and a decent advocate of Ireland ...

[@jedsithor]

And there you have it folks. It's not Patty's Day. It's Paddy's Day. Paddy comes from Padraig which is the Irish for Patrick. The only thing we know about Patty in Ireland is that she's Marge Simpson's sister.

[@blueskybelyr]

The best Supermacs IS in galway!!! shout out from Mescal 😄

[@ciarangaffey]

that miserable clip of the bodhrán 😂

[@Norrie_Rugger]

That was fecking terrible!!! I've paused the video, laughing, knowing that there would be a comment close to the top

[@EannaButler]

That's gas! 😀

[@agathacathartese7041]

Thank you!!

[@conbaz106]

W

[@TheCnoonan123]

should've been a clip of Rónán O'Snodaigh !! unvelievable

[@pinkparis]

This was fun. Ireland should be proud to have Paul Mescal represent btw.

[@Kitiwake]

not when he needs to make a joke out of his religion.

[@irateslacker6367]

@@Kitiwakeshut up man, I’m Irish and I was raised catholic but no longer practice. It doesn’t make you a bad person

[@Jana-oj7zq]

@@Kitiwakehe’s on a press junket and is being asked to play a game created by a media company, and he’s supposed to respond to random questions about clover, and honors a saint by describing the symbolism…and he misspeaks. You’re doing so much better promoting your $250,000,000 movie in this international media moment?

[@roisinniloirgneain815]

Good man, Paul! Love the proper pronunciation of 'Gaeilge' & 'Gaeltacht' here. Maith an fear. Bródúil asat!

[@fmcm7715]

It would be embarrassing if he couldn’t pronounce them correctly after being in a gaelscoil!

[@thedudeabides3138]

Jaysus...he's beautifully Irish all the same, isn't he?!

[@ChristineKelly1000]

Not your quintessential GAA God eh?

[@TT_1221]

Bali! .... Haunis

[@jp_idol]

I’ve watched this 3 times already

[@Lynda-z9v]

More fool you😅😂

[@irishdepartmentofagriculture]

Well done. Here's a cookie 🍪

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Lmao this is perfection Also, we had to address the iconic shorts. I remember someone dressing up as him in those shorts for Halloween lol

[@BadDubII]

Its so weird, they're just normal shorts here lol

[@sunnylife6892]

Thats a funny costume! :)

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@BadDubII Exactly. But he makes them high fashion

[@TheFireBurningWithin]

I fit right in here in australia where he wore the AFL ones

[@jackydooley6053]

For some areas here in Ireland, Irish is their first language and they actually have to learn English! Like my aunt who was born and raised speaking ONLY Irish, had to learn to speak English when she met my uncle and there was only about a 30 mile difference in where they lived, but unfortunately she has since lost all of her Irish language now and we always said she should've spoke it to her children and grandchildren because irish is a mandatory subject in school!

[@internetual7350]

Where is your aunt from in Ireland? Is breá liom an Ghaelainn agus is rud an-shuimiúl dom nuair a chloisim na scéalta seo.

[@peterincork3121]

Yeah, whereas the overwhelming majority of us are forced to "study" Irish for 14 years before we bin it.

[@jackydooley6053]

@peterincork3121 exactly, it's sad!

[@peterincork3121]

@@jackydooley6053 It is sad, and will continue to decline because of the stranglehold the Gaelgoirs have on the language. After over a century of compulsory Irish in schools, 71,000 people profess to speaking Irish every day, and most of them work in the Irish Language industry. That's out of 5.2m of a population in the Republic of Ireland. That 71k is a 2,000 drop from the 2016 census. It's all about keeping the Government grants.

[@waterstone5989]

“Historically unlucky!” 👏🏻👏🏻

[@CGM_68]

Luck can be "Good" or "Bad", so we've had our share of luck historically.

[@hoppityhop18]

Last Irish funeral I went to they had a karaoke 😂 gotta love the craic

[@EverGreen1888]

Cheque on the way from Pat McDonagh for Paul! He knows his Supermacs!

[@hotbeefymcd8162]

He's getting a Supermacs Platinum card for this

[@maeve_gg]

Dude is so down to earth 🥹 💛

[@PatrickButler-pp4hh]

A very nice decent well grounded fella. I hope and anticipate that fame and fortune won't change that. Love how he is consciously proud of his Irish language knowledge which is the soul of any national identity. Maith thú Paul, agus go néirí an bothar leat !! PS.......Have the English claimed him yet as one of their own, which he quite palpably is not !!

[@laurenbendik2006]

Interesting to learn this!

[@sallyroddy6566]

love his voice , seems like a lovely lad

[@auntvesuvi3872]

While Paul is correct that far too many U. S. citizens don't know their geography (nor civics, nor history, nor anatomy nor any number of important things, we're getting more and more evidence of by the day), I'm pleased to report that I am one of the rare ones who could point out Ireland on a world map... even before I got an Irish boyfriend! ☘

[@naff_tm]

the way he makes me proud to be irish (I'm not irish whatsoever) 🇮🇪☘️

[@NataliaDiaz-r7v]

Hahahahaha i felt the same and I’m mexican 😂

[@markwillies7666]

​@@NataliaDiaz-r7vapparently Mexico is close to Ireland

[@Ninja-in-disguise]

​@NataliaDiaz-r7v Irish and Spanish people are kindred spirits! So Mexican people are part of our wider family too❤

[@ChristineKelly1000]

Ye are gas.

[@tmck03]

Sure we're nearly neighbours 😂​@@markwillies7666

[@cloudpride]

Ayo Edebiri: Irish ☘️

[@RyanG0899]

She's black not Irish

[@benjaminprietop]

@@RyanG0899 tell that to Phil Lynott

[@mjw12345]

@@RyanG0899 She's our fabulous adopted Irish lady - yes, Daisy Edgar fab Irish accent but have you heard Ayo?

[@donalbreathnach244]

​@@RyanG0899and Paul Mescal is white...not Irish...?

[@andreamati]

Missed that one too😂

[@dorothymadden7523]

I’m Irish, living in Ireland and I thought the Irish Goodbye was when you said bye a million times when you left or you finished a call. This goodbye is normally interrupted by a restart in the conversation, before another round of a million goodbyes. This could go on for hours 😂. Now I learn it is the opposite 😂 Everyday is a learning day.

[@mattiemccarthy9102]

It’s so interesting that Halloween has had such an impact in the states. Probably because there are a lot of Americans who are of Irish descent and Irish immigration has played a large part in creating the US.

[@SmcdMcd-d2k]

No I really think that’s wrong. It’s nothing like the original haloween in ireland. Americans made it completely different, same with cinco do mayo or st Patrick’s day

[@paulinegallagher7821]

@@SmcdMcd-d2k Its similar, the trick or treating is Scots/Irish tradition, the jack o lantern is Irish only they realized pumpkins were easier to carve than turnips.

[@betsyduane3461]

Only 9.5% of the US has Irish decent, America was pretty well formed before the Irish immigration in the 1800's, my family was one of them.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

@@betsyduane3461 81 percent of all Immigrants in the 19th century were Irish. They brought all their traditions with them, which is what the og comment is about. So your point is pretty pointless really.

[@betsyduane3461]

@@paulinegallagher7821 Sorry no, my Irish family got here in 1843, I know all about it. The Irish did not form this country. What traditions were brought that formed the country?

[@ENGABU1]

Maith an Fear

[@CK-dd7eq]

You for Rounder's.. the 4th GAA sport

[@damianstack8460]

Seamus Moynihan made Variety... About time

[@holygrail9294]

FATHER SON and HOLY SPIRIT.

[@thelittlefactsvideos]

Ireland should be proud and happy of its son.

[@valeriegray3832]

It is….very proud 🇮🇪

[@ppop_unvrs]

He's very mindful and thoughtful. The way he expressed his appreciation to his Irish roots is admirable and insightful.

[@gusleybighusley6062]

very demure

[@claverhouse1]

You use the expression "Irish roots" ( or any other country) to refer to someone who has another nationality but has Irish ancestors, NOT for someone who is actually Irish like Mescal.

[@Driver2616]

What do you mean by “…his Irish roots…”? Frankly, that is a silly comment. Not only does he have Irish roots, he also has the trunk, the branches, and the leaves. He was born and raised in Ireland. He lives in Ireland. He is the quintessential embodiment of the great Irish oak.

[@eoinks]

Roots? He's the full tree!

[@aldozilli1293]

He sounds pretty Irish to me

[@seandoran2209]

Go on Maynooth 🎉🎉🎉

[@mollynguyen8101]

1:58 kneecap mention

[@kimfoster8228]

Fav moment

[@safakaduji343]

Ask me the significance of this 2 weeks ago I would not know

[@LibertyBelleF]

Seen them live and met them Tuesday, great lads 👏👏

[@soetkinelbers]

Was really looking forward to hearing him say something in Irish... which he then didn't!

[@ChristineKelly1000]

Eh hello. Didn’t he say Halloween os gaeilge?

[@MauraAnastasia]

He said some Irish words: craic, Gaeltacht, Oíche Shamhna. 😊

[@CarolBossom]

Lovely man ❤

[@saraoleary4150]

Not him forgetting camogie 😮😢

[@trishloughman5998]

Yeah. Surprised at that, when he remembered handball.

[@Itz_Fifa]

@@trishloughman5998it’s just hurling ffs

[@mmw4990]

Camogie is not a gaa sport unfortunately

[@Hnossa]

Camogie, while it has close ties to the GAA, has its own separate association. Ladies Gaelic football is also a separate entity.

[@raggedrec]

putting supermac's on the global scale haha

[@Lynda-z9v]

Are ya bringing home the denny 😅😂😅😂😅😂😅

[@keelinfahy]

nothing makes me prouder to be irish than paul mescal

[@davidmcnaboe]

yeah its nice balance since we had to deal with with that absolute toolbag gobshite ejit Conor McGregor as our most famous export.

[@thequietman760]

That's really sad

[@keelinfahy]

@ says “the quiet man”

[@catrionalouisesheridan1727]

Inherently Irish "The Mother"!

[@eileenjasonmalone5591]

The Irish mammy 👍☘️☘️☘️

[@joelizabeth12]

Of which i am one 😂😂😂 xx

[@Verdanameridian]

Why did they use a photo of Rio Ferdinand to show hurling ffs

[@FinBrennan]

As an Irish man, this was incredibly refreshing to watch. The rest of the world needs to get their head straight on proper Irish facts! 😂 🇮🇪

[@hscherp8668]

Perfect James Bond

[@murpho999]

Except that he’s not British.

[@sfinn85]

​​​​​@@murpho999 Neither are Pierce Brosnan, who portrayed 007 in four films, nor George Lazenby, who portrayed him once

[@Rsiddique98]

Galway Supermac's/Dunnes Stores supremacyyyyyyy :)

[@breenwalshe7667]

Watch the Maguires family playing a Traditional session.........The young kid on The Bodhran, unbelievable

[@thurmanmerman2720]

Why did they get a Mexican to talk about Ireland if they're not in the same place?

[@ShadowGuard516]

I know right! As a stupid American, this whole video confused me.

[@paulthomas8262]

Rounders is actually part of the original GAA. Irish boxing and kickboxing are sometimes thought but not officially.

[@cnpnrbs]

I've been living in Ireland for almost 7 years now and I agree with everything he said except the last one. Supermac's is meh :D

[@thequietman760]

I'm irish and supermacs is rank. Horse vomit

[@JonJonJonJonJonJonJonJon]

@@thequietman760ya don’t eat it sober ya mad ting

[@thequietman760]

@@JonJonJonJonJonJonJonJon don't eat it full stop 👍

[@emercronin2889]

Is the 'avoidant tendency' a subliminal nod to him running away from his hook-ups?

[@Doedling]

"All of the players you idolize growing up, they play a match on a Sunday to 80.000 people, and then they go back to work on Monday" - I see that it's probably unique for men who do sports at an elite level (which is interesting so I get why he pointed it out), but it's the case for way more women even in elite sports. Just shows something about society.

[@Emmah1243]

Thank you for calling it 'gaeilge' and not 'gaelic'. You did your reseach!

[@PhilipJoyceMusician]

How much did pat McDonagh pay for that advertisement lol

[@Grace-b9f5z]

Can confirm . Galway supermacs tis good

[@wildolan]

no. it's really not!!

[@Grace-b9f5z]

@ o:

[@baerlauchstal]

We imperialist bastards on the other island also do lock-ins, it has to be said. When I lived in Hackney, in East London, they were a way of life.

[@ClydeMillerWynant]

As most restrictions on opening hours came into place during the First World War we may well be able to take credit for their lock-ins to some extent as well as our own seeing as we were still imperialising the whole place at the time. In a just about hanging on sort of way. I'm sure they've made them their own in the meantime though, just as we have ours!

[@jk5376]

All the people who know more about Ireland than Paul…..On your marks ! Get set ! Go !!!

[@evacurran8290]

Paul is so sound.

[@barry4649]

Why’s Rio Ferdinand the image for Hurling? 😂

[@LFire12]

Yeah, that's him having a go at Hurling Alley in Croke Park. Odd Choice!

[@missjo174]

Isn’t just gorgeous all the same 😊

[@AnnelyseDunn]

Loved this but where were Chicken Fillet rolls please ....😅

[@Dak36]

Shamrock is a type of clover. They are almost always trefoils but a four leaf clover will occasionally appear in Ireland and America. To find one is good luck wherever you are.

[@thecosmicxx]

Ya we know that but the four leaf clover is good luck in many Celtic countries while the shamrock is specific to Ireland as a symbol due to the st Patrick story he told. To use a four leaf clover for paddy’s day is very incorrect. I would only use a four leaf clover talking about good luck. Use a shamrock for Ireland

[@murpho999]

Shamrock is Irish symbol bit 4 leaf clovers. You won’t see it in Ireland.

[@betsyduane3461]

You have a pic of clover with 4 leaves. That would be a mutation. There are approximately 10,000 three-leaf clovers for every “lucky” four-leaf clover, and shamrock is a type of clover.

[@ladyneroli]

Clover is different to shamrock

[@betsyduane3461]

@@ladyneroli The name shamrock comes from Irish seamróg ([ˈʃamˠɾˠoːɡ]), which is the diminutive of the Irish word seamair and simply means "young clover"

[@justwanderingandexisting1311]

How many times is too many times watching this?

[@sv-bd5em]

What was the point he was trying to make about Andrew Scott?

[@dannyk8697]

British media often try and claim Irish successful actors as their own "British actor Andrew Scott is being nominated for ......award" does not sit well with Irish people

[@nicolad8822]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@dannyk8697 Not really, unless the commenter is not very well informed. Maybe because they work a lot in British productions, many get their start on British TV and British theatre using non Irish accents. Great getting the exposure, no?

[@brianhynds6201]

​I​@@dannyk8697I've never heard of UK media trying to portray Irish actors as British. We can tell the difference you know.

[@PatrickHarte-t3b]

​@nicolad8822 Same can be said of British actors in American, an ever bigger pond. The difference is America doesn't claim those actors as American when they get an Oscar nomination.

[@dannyk8697]

Jonathan Ross did it recently when Cillian Murphy was up for an Oscar, there are lots of instances

[@df1985]

Gives saoirse Ronan a break about saying Irish names 😅

[@Luca-gu7qu]

The Irish goodbye does be used

[@maddiek1980]

My mother was Irish. I grew up in Africa and when we visited Ireland my Irish cousins always made it very clear that I definitely wasn’t Irish. My twin brother has lived in Ireland for 24 years and still knows that he’s not Irish.

[@ChristineKelly1000]

Ye are blow ins shur! 😊😊😊 only messing 😊😊😊

[@cupofsugar]

or “Plastic Paddy’s”

[@scottydogx]

I’ve met a few Americans that don’t know where Europe is. One asked me if we have the same moon as they do.

[@NotMyName888]

Some Europeans like to create videos where people in America on the street are interviewed about European geography and general knowledge, or they have to fill in blank European maps. They typically have titles like "How Dumb Are Americans Really?" and they are edited to show the worst/funniest responses. These videos get millions of views - you can search for them now to see for yourself. It's interesting to see as an American because personally, it wouldn't even occur to me to create or watch such a video about people from another country. I guess it makes them feel good watching it though!

[@Admiralofthedeeps]

Gwan Paul, you mad yoke. 😂 right next to Cillian Murphy, Paul is probably my favourite Irish actor and a great rep for us.

[@joelizabeth12]

Id add andrew scott and wee barry to that list

[@darraghfarrell9024]

Ah here a patty is beef burger!?!

[@ChristineKelly1000]

True!

[@jmillar71110]

In Ireland a burger refers to the bun. Beef burger, chicken burger etc.

[@darraghfarrell9024]

@@jmillar71110 but what about a battered burger too ya know!?!

[@VampireSock]

Handball?! That surprised me.

[@brendanctogher]

GAA handball is like squash without a racket and not the game at the olympics.

[@VampireSock]

@brendanctogher never heard of it, and I've lived in Ireland my whole life. Mad.

[@JonJonJonJonJonJonJonJon]

@@VampireSockGAA heads would make ya think GAA is important in Ireland. It’s for farmers.

[@maryfelton7733]

@@VampireSockyou may start to notice that every small town in Ireland has the remains of a handball wall/alley. It was massive in 1930s - 1950s. An amazing game ❤️🙌🏻

[@KathleenMurphy-q8q]

😊

[@fmca96]

A worthy shout-out to Galway Supermacs yup

[@bmcd4]

God but he's lovely ❤

[@nataliaalfonso2662]

Isn’t the rumor that he Irish goodbyes all his one night stands by taking them out for a walk in the morning and running away? 😂😂😂😂

[@jakewilk8918]

Anyone know what that shirt is? Probably supremely expensive, but ya never know :)

[@madrid6times990]

"The Brits are at it again!"

[@FinnMacAodhain-x8l]

Irish coffee is most certainly an Irish creation, it was created in the airport lounge of Shannon Airport, then the most important trans- Atlantic stopover, this drink was invented at more or less the same time as the concept of 'Duty Free', Ireland was poorer than Appalachia at that time, look how far we've come!

[@johnmcananey]

craick was brought in a few years ago to not confuse the american tourists

[@toomylight2311]

@@johnmcananey craic it’s gaeilge meaning fun .

[@tomfoley5837]

jaysus that bodhran clip was desperate

[@MattRose-f2n]

Irish goodbyes are a thing, because you'd always be bullied into staying longer at a party than you want to, if you say you're leaving; so quietly just leave... try it out if you haven't yet, no one will notice for at least an hour, if at all 🤣

[@corky-lane4671]

If only he knew the Trinity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Alas, these young men who have given up the Faith and “ forget” the Lord ! Let us pray for Ireland through the intercession of Saint Patrick.

[@andrea_dree]

ayo edebiri: irish

[@thequietman760]

And so is Mohamad ali, Barrak obama 😂🤣

[@ChristineKelly1000]

Nah, she started that as a joke. She is as American as apple pie.

[@eigse]

Nigerian

[@cmcm4204]

@@ChristineKelly1000this comment doesn’t pass the craic check 😂😂

[@Aceofspades2006]

0:58 that’s not handball.

[@contony81]

Paddy's day or Saint Patrick's Day. Don't try mix them

[@paulscanlon7287]

80,000. Once a year for a few

[@ainekearney9041]

What the hell was that bodrhan playing😂😂😂

[@Aksytka]

Why do I see a bit of Colin Farrell in a manner of speaking and body language?

[@whatevs00]

they do have one very obvious commonality

[@JonJonJonJonJonJonJonJon]

@@whatevs00both have heads and shins

[@whatevs00]

@@JonJonJonJonJonJonJonJon good point. two obvious commonalities.

[@Conorguill]

Leprechauns, Irish coffee & even four-leaf clover are Irish though

[@expectationlost]

Paddy's Day not Patty''s Day

[@toomylight2311]

Craic is actually Irish word for fun

[@mattkinsella9856]

Cool is an English word for cold but it has other meanings. Words don't always just mean one thing. Words can also be expansive, in that they can mean related things and also unrelated things. All from one word. Amazing isn't it.

[@aldozilli1293]

It also means class a narcotic

[@toomylight2311]

I actually mean it’s the original Irish / Gaelic language not English !

[@toomylight2311]

It’s not an English word ! It’s Gaeilge / Gaelic . Craic agus Coel. Meaning fun and song in Gaelic. 👍

[@ChristineKelly1000]

@@aldozilli1293no that’s crack, not craic.😊😊😊

[@Lana-oz7np]

So basically I’m in love with him and I want to marry him. That is all. Also I guess I know nothing about Ireland 🤔

[@JulianBeach]

American halloween isn't halloween.

[@mariadr7607]

Where are Leprechauns from them? I’m confused now haha

[@sarbo2335]

Leprechauns where more like small monsters or spirits in Irish folklore, America made the modern Leprechaun image based off of the stereotype Irish immigrant image when they arrived in droves to America to escape the famine

[@Fn-xj8hl]

Ah here Paul, leprechauns and Irish coffees are Irish for fecks sake. Irish coffee comes from Foynes in Limerick. And Leprechauns are bloody terrifying, not the twee shite that's peddled these days.

[@drt1605]

Unless you know póg mo thóin then you are fake Irish. My mum grew up in County Dublin in an era when learning Irish was discouraged in favour of being "British sounding". She learnt this very early on and used it to someone, much to the horror of her mother. My mum was a funny rebel!

[@itsonlysound]

Most people who use that phrase would be described as 'plastic paddies'. It might be an Irish phrase but it gives off 'top o the morning' style cringe.

[@BadDubII]

I've legit never heard anyone around me say that IRL. I've only ever heard it coming from someone in America

[@anrn5303]

I love his necklace, name/where to get it...

[@JonJonJonJonJonJonJonJon]

Argos

[@dogaplius8096]

I HOPE YOU ASKED HIM ABOUT OUR ULTIMATE IRISH QUEEN AYO EDEBIRI 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@Lynda-z9v]

Who 😅😂

[@catrionalouisesheridan1727]

??

[@eigse]

what is that

[@VictorMurp]

They really didnt have to "gamify" this. Asking someone if their national langauge belongs to them is a bit insulting.

[@kJ922-h3j]

(edited) 4:07 She has it as “Patty’s Day” there so to clarify for anyone who sees this in the future my question was do Americans know it’s Paddy’s day (because they know Paddy is short for Patrick) OR are they calling it Patty’s day but because of their accents (the fact that they say t’s as d’s) they are just fortunately saying Patty’s as Paddy anyway?

[@SmcdMcd-d2k]

Please don’t be confused patties day is wrong whatever an Irish person from Ireland tell you to call Saint Patrick’s Day call that .. paddy comes from Padraig the irish for paddy

[@kJ922-h3j]

@@SmcdMcd-d2k so Paddy has never been a short version of Patrick then? Ok in fairness we get that wrong in Britain too 😂

[@pmc237]

We do call it paddy's day for short

[@kJ922-h3j]

@@pmc237 In America? If so what I was asking was do you call it Paddy’s Day cause you know Paddy is short for Patrick (which it seems is wrong based on what the guy above said) or because you think it’s Patty’s but you would pronounce that as Paddy anyway, cause you say t’s as d’s for words like that

[@gerardacronin334]

A patty is the meat you grill for a burger. Patty is also an abbreviation of Patricia, a woman’s name.

[@mikedon5205]

Lockins are disappearing

[@JanVinegarOfCastlemilk]

My guy looks TIRED