REACTING TO IRISH STEREOTYPES | as Gaeilge

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[@kobito610]

When I ask for direction in Ireland, local people will drive me to the place.

because they don't know how to tell you to get there 🤣🤣 naw I'm joking that's very nice

[@EverlastingHobnocker]

@ you just described myself. I can't visualize directions or remember interstate exit numbers, even the ones I use every day

[@ludaok3419]

Most of the time they say drive straight until such pub , then turn right/left drive until such pub and turn .... and so on. 🤣🤣

[@sleepsmartsmashstress740]

Reasons why people will walk or drive you to destination instead of giving directions. 1. Lonely people wish to enjoy the company while walking or driving you to destination. 2. Communication hurdles due to language differences. 3. Small town mindset where landmarks like pubs are known but not the street names. 4. Poor nativational skills or map reading skills 5. Empathy compassion and helpful mindset to not expose the lost person to additional stress.

@@EverlastingHobnocker you're not alone, a chara

[@sorshaporsha]

again i have to thank you for a video with the subtitles! you must put so much effort into those that i can't say enough how much i appreciate it. learning by myself can be hard but your channel is like having a teacher on my side. thank you!

This comment makes my day 🥺 thank you so much! It took such a long time to do both subtitles so thank you for acknowledging 😁

[@lspthrattan]

Great video! As an American of Irish descent I found your perspective very interesting. And I really love that you don't try to change your beautiful natural Irish coloring; I've always thought that pretty much everyone looks their best just by being comfortable in their own skin. Be proud of what you already are, whoever you are! Finally--I love that you did this one entirely in Irish; it was very helpful to hear you speaking the language naturally. I'm looking forward to the day I don't need the Bearla subtitles!

[@sleepsmartsmashstress740]

The burden of saving Irish from going extinct rests on the shoulders of Americans of Irish descent Get to work Julia Spread the word and promote Irish

[@kilcar]

I loved hearing your lecture in the Irish. My grandparents, whom I never knew unfortunately, were from Kilcar and Killybegs just down the road from you. Their photos are in an place of honor on my wall at home, and hearing you speak in the Irish language, I can imagine them and how they spoke. Your Irish lessons are wonderful! Go raith maith agut. Slan! ( Bend, Oregon, USA)

[@ersulhith]

I have a funny story about people in Ireland having red hair. When I was on my honeymoon in Ireland, my wife and I had to take different ferries to the Aran Islands (we spent two nights on Inis Meáin) and her ferry went first. When my ferry was arriving I was looking for her on the dock but I couldn't see her. As I got closer, I realized that the Irish looking woman with red hair was actually my wife, who normally has brown hair (and is not at all Irish). I guess something about the light or maybe something in the water made her hair look much redder than normal. So maybe Irish people only have more red hair than other people when they are in Ireland. We also had someone be extraordinarily nice to us in Limerick. We parked somewhere that looked reasonable to us and when we got out of the car we asked someone if it was ok to park there. He asked us how long we would be and we said just an hour or two, then he said we could park there. I asked if it was public parking and he said it was his driveway, but he didn't mind us parking there for a few hours.

[@messiahsgate1172]

I’m trying to learn to speak Gaelic, thanks for the help, Ps don’t worry about being stereotyped I’m a American and I try to limit myself to only 10 or 12 burgers 🍔 a day. God bless!!!

[@isabelatorezan4656]

Go raibh maith agaith! I’ve just started learning Irish with Duolingo , I plan to move to Ireland in the near future and then take proper classes. Your channel and ig are so helpful. This is a very interesting video about stereotypes, I had heard some of them before but I’m surprised and angry about the not-modern country and the red hair ones (I love red hair so much). I hear a lot of stereotypes about my country too, and the one that most saddens me is that all Brazilians like football, carnival and getting drunk. I hate all those and I’m a proud Brazilian, I think it’s so sad that some people think of countries as places where everyone is the same.

[@joanaloneathome]

i didn't realise you had red hair, how cool is that? I myself dye my hair to get it a red colour... being a natural redhead would be my dream!

[@danstrikes6615]

I live in the state of Idaho in the United States of America and we are also given the stereotype of liking potatoes too.

Really ? Didn’t know that 🤔

[@danstrikes6615]

@ yes, we grow a lot of potatoes in Idaho.

[@eleanorchapple8772]

And any Idaho potatoes I’ve ever had were very good.😊

[@shawnbaird4873]

I just subscribed to your channel the other day. I loved hearing you speak the language and reading the subtitles. I'm looking forward to learning the language. Thank you for your hard work and dedication. Please forgive the incorrect spelling of my first name. My Aunt Shella told my dad that if he spelled it Sean everyone would pronounce it Seen! The Irish and Ulster Scots here in the U.S had to fight to obtain respect here. There was a saying amongst the Germans and English here in the 1700s. If you were going to war with the French or Indians, you wanted the Scot/Irish right beside you. If there was no war, you wanted them as far away as possible😊 Thank you again for all that you do.

[@amishmime]

I think the stereotype about the drinking is...there are tons of Irish pubs-especially in places that Irish have historically resided. Like NYC. Boston. Chicago. Lots of other places but you probably wouldn’t be familiar with them, like my region Bangor Maine. And the reason for this is Irish weren’t typically welcomed in Anglo bars. I don’t know if you’re familiar with the Paddy wagon. But that kinda stems from the prejudices against the Irish. A paddy wagon is a police van that holds multiple suspects. And the stereotype of them fighting is from all the drinking. You mentioned I believe, about the reluctance of Americans to say or write St Paddy. This (Paddy) was once considered a derogatory term for the Irish. Also Mick as well. So it’s just a thing our forefathers wouldn’t write. So the St Patty Day written or displayed as it was actually an attempt not to be racists.

[@kaylad2457]

Go rabh míle maith agat! One of the best ways to learn a language is to listen to others speak it. Thank you for the opportunity to hear Gaeilge in that amazing Ulster dialect of yours! Foirfe! ❤️

[@Kabeezees]

Yes Molly, can you do these sessions entirely in Irish so we can get our ears on this stuff??? I appreciate what you do.

[@outrageous1489]

I think a stereotype that I find flattering is that we love animals. I don't know any Irish people that don't have at least one pet!

[@cianwright212]

My Irish aunt hates animals and is terrified of dogs 😂 obviously always exceptions

[@addictedtocraic]

The fighting Irish is because emigrants were working hard, drinking hard and then fighting anyone who would give them a fight esp in NY/Boston.

[@bitterrsweet1616]

you did the irish subs!! super cool :) grest video and editing as always!

Thank you so much 🥺💚

[@charlesbrigerman3912]

The "Fighting Irish' of Notre Dame is merely a slogan for their sports teams, and it does not imply that the Irish are a fighting people. Although I did have to fight for a seat on the bus to Galway once - no, just kidding

[@sheilagavin6536]

Thank you! You and your work are lovely!

[@gregwall4263]

Is as Meiriceá mé

[@pompikaushal4604]

Dia dhuit Molly! Físeán spéisiúil mar i gcónaí! Ní maith liom steiréitíopaí ach bíonn siad ann i gcónaí! Ar aon chuma thaitin do físeán go mór liom! Maith thú! Go raibh míle maith agat agus slán go fóill!

[@geotrouvetou6781]

Thank you so much! I have just discovered your videos a few days ago and I love them. They are very well done, you certainly have a gift for teaching. I have been studying Irish for some time now and it is not easy, the structure, the spelling, the grammar, everything is a challenge (at least for me). But you are right Irish is a beautiful language. This video gave me for the first time the experience of listening and understanding (with the subtitles of course) a flow of Irish speech without being completely lost. That is a magic feeling. So go raibh maith agat (very much) by the way, what would be "thank you very much" in Irish? For GRMA is only thank you, isn't it? Go raibh maith agat agus comhghairdeas

[@shall5621]

Maith thu, Molly! There are so so many false stereotypes for my region of the US....I think the worst was that we're painfully ignorant, desperately poor, and didn't have indoor plumbing... and this was all from my own countrymen from a different region!

[@amishmime]

Are you from West Virginia? Because you forgot the “familial relations”. Just kidding.

[@joecurran7549]

Yes, this is brilliant. It's exactly what I needed as I now concentrate on conversational Irish. GRMA

[@patricktrigory1663]

Tá craiceann pale agus gruaig rua ort, AGUS tá tú an-álainn, a Mholly...

Ah grma 😊

[@catserver8577]

I think the stereotypes about fighting and drinking are based in the US Irish, specifically on the East Coast. But still just stereotypes, even here.

[@TroyYoungCianaodh]

One other stereotype I think is false, outside of some depictions in movies and television shows from Hollywood, I don't think I've ever known an actual Irish person to utter the phrase "Top of the morning to ya." 😉😄

You’re spot on! No one has ever said that here 🤣

[@donaldmccormack7580]

Go han suimiúil. Tá mé i mo chonaí i an Spáinn le gceann dachadh bliain agus o am go ham cuireann mo chairde gceistanna orm faoi Irish stereotyes. Chuaigh mé go dtí na Stáit Aontaithe agus bhí ionadh orm nuair a chuala mé an Irish stereotyping ansin. Ceap mé go raibh siad ag caint faoi Eireann de dhá chead bliain o shin. Tá me an sásta go bhfuil tú ag caint as Gaeilge an tam go léir anois. GRMMA.

[@oldtimeycabins]

Your red hair is beautiful!!!

[@linguatarian]

When will I be fluent in Irish? I’ve been studying for 2 weeks. Help

[@Tjmce]

Depends most of the time 3 years

[@TrishaSpectacle]

It’ll take a while and depend on how much effort you put into learning it! I’ve been learning for the past 6 months and I’m getting to the point where i can read the language and just have to look up new words i haven’t been exposed to yet. Keep at it and enjoy learning! Fluency may take a while but if it’s important to you, then it will be rewarding in the end.

[@eleanorchapple8772]

Hahaha

[@grf1426]

Enjoy the process Don't count the days

[@lars526]

Hey! I'm an American, and I'm really trying to figure out the correct pronunciation of the Fianna motto: Glaine ár gcroí Neart ár ngéag Beart de réir ár mbriathar I've seen a few rough phonetic attempts on forums, but have yet to find a recording of somebody actually speaking it. Think you could help me out? :-)

[@lars526]

@Martin Cregan thank you for this!

[@bradydavis6365]

from one ginger to another,,, YES I CAN CONFIRM THAT THEY WERE JEALOUS!!!!!!!

[@jedhawkins1769]

Molly, did you know that potatoes originally came from Peru? The Incan empire was the first to cultivate potatoes from 8,000 BC to 5,000 BC and they were brought to Europe by Spanish conquistadors that conquered most of Latin America in the 15th century.

Yes I did know 😊

[@alpenjon]

How bad do you assume the Irish educational system to be? They don't know where potatoes came from? ;)

[@jedhawkins1769]

@@alpenjon I was just giving a cool fact that supports Molly's subject on this video. I didn't say anything about the education system!

[@bompykaushal9340]

Dia dhuit Molly! Físeán iontach agus corraitheach! Maidir liomsa ní chreidim i steiréiríopaí cé gur breá liom prátaí,ach baineann sé sin le mo phearsantacht agus ní le mo chine!😀.Measaim go bhfuil steiréiríopaí dúr ach deir go leor daoine na rudaí seo agus go minic bíonn orm iad a cheartú! Go raibh maith agat agus slán go fóill!

Go cinnte Bompy! Tá an smaoineamh ceart agat 😊

[@brendanmurphy9694]

Funny about the plural for 'YOU' !! Growing up in Dublin we said 'YIS', sometimes 'Yous', Ive often used 'YEE', In US south they usually say 'YALL'.?? English for 'YOU' Plural is still "YOU"..Go figure??..Breandawn O Murcada. Slan go foil.

[@brendanmurphy9694]

Oh I forgot,!!.My Grandmother 'Bridget Gallagher' from Milford Donegal was the most generous ,kindhearded and loving person in my life, and she used to say;;"YOUS" for plural YOU all the time!...Is deas go bhfuil tu insna gruig dearg?B.

Gruaig rua 👍🏻

[@brendanmurphy9694]

go raibh mait agut Molly. Sha, 'Gruaig rua'. I should have remembered when I last spoke of my "Maiderina rua grannia' Phonetic?. "My small red dog" while in my first Irish lessions at school aged 5 years old.1939. Much of it has stayed in my memory. It's the beauty of it and thank you so much for making it happen again. Brendan@

[@amishmime]

@@brendanmurphy9694 in Western Pennsylvania they say “yins”.

[@mikesands4681]

My weak scot gaidghlig understood less than 5% of this Irish, time to study more for me!

[@gregwall4263]

Dia dhuit

[@danielnegus4667]

Hi, I saw "A bhuachaill, ná spáráil an crann' in a cartoon but am having trouble understanding what it means, I looked up 'spáráil' which means to spare(?), but sparing a tree, didn't make sense in the context. Can anyone help please?

[@bompykaushal9340]

Dia dhuit! Although I'm not very good in Irish I think it means "Lad(boy),don't spare the tree!"! Hope it helps! Slán go fóill!

Yes I think so too 👍🏻

[@danielnegus4667]

@@bompykaushal9340 Go raibh míle maith agat!

[@beardedwolf628]

Irish people have lost a lot of their identity though. Not much real authentic Irish stuff left in Ireland. Sad! Ireland is cool and the language is something really outlandish and cool

[@francesoregan394]

Brilliant Molly ,good on yous.

[@jacknelson8601]

Is ea, is maith liom e'......is fearr Gaeilge briste, na' Be'arla cli'ste! Go raibh maith agat.

[@Alasdair37448]

Unfortunately the stereotype of the Irish drunkard comes from America when there was a lot of anti Irish sentiment due to high levels of immigration and historically drinking levels in Ireland have always been pretty similar to the rest of Europe. So this stereotype was always untrue and was just used as to discriminate against the Irish.

[@Alasdair37448]

Also one second note about the red hair yeah Id bet they were totally jealous personally I think there's something about red hair that demands your attention I once saw a girl with long wavy red hair that absolutely shimmered in the sunlight I could not take my eyes off her it was kind of embarrassing really.

[@hoathanatos6179]

The English and Scottish definitely promoted the stereotype of Irish people in Ireland being drunkards as well. Especially the settlers/planters who took Irish land and forced the locals to work their lands. Poor people being worked to the bone by foreigners spend their extra coin on alcohol to deal with their shit situation? It is more common across Europe than one would believe.

[@hoathanatos6179]

Most poor people during the industrial revolution would drink away their troubles from Ireland to Russia and factories even gave their workers free drinks in the morning as hair of the dog to help them work better after a night of hard drinking.

[@hoathanatos6179]

We just live in a very different world compared to the 1800s.

[@gregwall4263]

Is breá liom an teanga Éireannach atá á foghlaim agam i nGaeilge

[@newglorydays-yu6bb]

This is gold

[@skanthavelu]

I like potato curry or fied potatoes! 😊😋😊

[@therulesofblazon4201]

I visited Dublin like four years ago for about a week, didn’t have any preconceived notions. Caint say any of the stereotypes bore out, except maybe the “friendly” one. I got the impression Dublin was a boomtown, lotsa construction, they were building some tram thingy, also lotsa young folks from all over, and no shortage of tourists, but I dug it all, a lively city, lots to see and do, all good! Only got one day trip out of town but it was great, County Wicklow is absolutely beautiful, I bet a lot of the country is like that, anyone who calls that a backwater may just be a lil backwards their own selves. And speaking of stereotypes, I still smile when I think on how every time I told someone I’m from Texas they’d tell me a story about this guy from Texas they knew who was like eight feet tall and drank beer by the gallon. (I’m 5’ 8” on a good day and gluten free, and while I do have a couple friends who are indeed beer-soaked giants, they are the exception and not the rule, so, y’know.) Great video as always, lovin’ the as Gaeilge series as I seem to catch a bit more each time, and sure did appreciate the Snoop cameo!

Hahaha never heard of that guy from Texas before 😅

[@sleepsmartsmashstress740]

Go raibh mile maith agat! Molly

[@hearthstorytelling4971]

Go raibh mile maith agat!

[@jedhawkins1769]

Dia dhuit, Molly! I don't trust the movies and TV that depict certain countries with stereotypes. I'd rather see the real thing by making a trip and see the world. I read all about the histories and cultures of other countries. Hundreds of years ago, Ireland was once a Celtic paganism majority before catholicism came to the island. Halloween originally came from your country based on those very beliefs and it's a very popular holiday in the United States. They used turnips to carve Jack O'Lanterns before pumpkins. And I read that Celtic paganism is having a revival. Is that true?

Haven’t heard about a revival myself 🧐

[@jedhawkins1769]

@ Well I saw it in videos and news articles. You ever read about Celtic paganism?

[@conaghcoyle7822]

I would talk irish but I speak a type of Irish and I don’t know if you speak the same type lol

[@geovanniali6060]

Dia Duit Molly Agus conus a ta tu cara. We, everyone loves you. You are class🇵🇸🇮🇪🇪🇺

go raibh maith agat Geovanni 😊 tá mé go maith agus tú féin? 💚

[@geovanniali6060]

@ Ta me go maith, go raibh maith agat Molly. 😊

[@gregwall4263]

Slán

[@DanielBondarev78]

Do you live in Republic of Ireland or in Northern Ireland?

Republic

[@arwenjayne]

Go raibh maith agat

Go ndéana a mhaith duit 😊

[@eimeartully7665]

fisean go hiontach

[@bradydavis6365]

please tell us old pagans how to say the plural form of god,,,, instead of god be with you it should be gods be with you. Its natural and its right

[@Patrick-xc4ul]

Man made beer God made wine Love for God includes red wine. I'm liking your channel 😏 go raibh mait agat. (Satan makes liquor)