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Luggala Lodge in County Wicklow sits in a valley of spectacular beauty and is set against the breathtaking scenery of this ancient Wicklow valley. This legendary house has entertained and inspired royalty, musicians, poets, and artists. The house is tucked away in a magical valley, with 6,000 acres of breathtaking natural beauty. Luggala House has stood in the valley for 220 years since it was first built by the La Touche family in 1783. The house was bought by Lord Powerscourt in the 1860s and then, in 1937, sold to Ernest Guinness. It is his grandson, the honorable, Garech De Brún who lives here today. Garech’s mother, Oonagh Guinness, is one of the famous three Guinness sisters. She held court in luggala attracting some of the most famous names in Ireland including Samuel Beckett, Brendan Behan, and Mick Jagger.
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[@rack11]

Encouraging Gaelic in narration, and effortlessly switching back and forth as he speaks with people is amazing to see. Great documentary!

[@mermaidatlantica]

Irish. Gaelic is a family of languages. This man is speaking As Gaeilge, or In Irish. He is not speaking "Gaelic"

[@rack11]

@@mermaidatlantica No offense intended. Most references I can find use "Irish" and "Gaelic" interchangeably, especially if it refers to a "family of languages".

[@BrokenBackMountains]

Shame about the commenters triggered by listening to a different language. Seems they can't read subtitles either.

[@petersicheri1150]

That's impressive I never seen the documentary with this language great way to preserve it in to express it to the world

[@anfearaerach]

It's a TG4 production, for such a small tv station they make really good things

[@missmeppsie3389]

​@@anfearaerach That's amazing.

[@BFFBuddyFionaandFriends]

My ancestors came from that area, so I loved hearing how they may have sounded.

[@jui0k766]

thank you for keeping this in-language!!

[@TheDanAge]

why? now lots of people like me won't be bothered to watch. what ab ugly sounding language. I can't even pay attention to the subtitles.

[@andrewbullman5206]

I climbed djouce. Saw his lake. Lovely scenery . There was what looked like a viking boat on the beach.

[@BrokenBackMountains]

They filmed Vikings there. It stood in for Kattegat.

[@AmericanBadger87]

I always enjoy seeing seeing the story behind homes.

[@XxXenosxX]

Was worth reading through the entire video. Beautiful language and people

[@thehighpriestess978]

Yet the percentage of people here who actually speak it is very very small. A few words here and there, maybe. Its taught in school (or was, not exactly sure whats happening now) but as soon as kids leave school, its promptly forgotten.

[@thornyback]

the Gaelic intonation sounds so Icelandic.

[@PersonOfTheInternet280]

I can tell its an old documentary since Eanna Ni Lamhna doesn't have grey hair.

[@lianefehrle9921]

I love the idea that there is another language but I also would love to see the buildings and not have to read

[@anfearaerach]

It's weird because all my life I've had to read (my first language is dutch) because most films were in English, so I can do both.

[@danone2414]

being quite honest... I just got bugged. I thought I have lost all my understanding of english only to realize this is Irish🥴 I almost had a heart attack xD edit: eng is NOT my first language

[@samanthamaynard4447]

That "Now That's What I Call Music" joke is hilarious.

[@TroyArmstrong]

thank you for posting there was an opera singing in the first 15 min of this episode , what was it ??? it's very beautiful

[@juliettebobcat704]

My son and his pal got the white glove professional security escort off the land when they accidentally ended up there recently. He said the scenery was absolute heaven.

[@sUi5Udos]

The house has changed hands since this documentary was made.

[@thehighpriestess978]

How sad it is that the house was sold, and not purchased by the government here. I will never understand whats wrong with these eejits in Government. The same thing happened to Lissadell House, which has so much history, and was sold to a bunch of...well I best keep it to myself. Ireland is a small town.😊

[@thehighpriestess978]

hahaha! Alors! Much worse. Irish LAWYERS!@@robertmoray988

[@jonfrodsham4216]

What a lovely chap the current incumbent is.

[@nessday1821]

What a fantastic story. Thankyou 🙏

[@sheepdog1102]

Great video 😊

[@chapow99]

So is this what English sounds like to people who don't speak English?

[@creanero]

Probably not. The two languages are not closely related and don't have the same sort of feel to them. For me as a speaker of both, it seems like English has a lot more soft consonants while Irish has more harder ones.

[@mermaidatlantica]

This is what Irish sounds like to people who have brains.

[@daveghehe7646]

That's just silly, English is English from England! Irish is Gaelgie from Ireland 🇮🇪 Not the same and never will be! Eire Abu 🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮

[@robnewman6101]

Georgian Era 1714-1837.

[@MSeanMcManus]

Go raibh maith agat.

[@MrsBradleyCooper]

Nobody wants to see commercials. Even more! - Nobody wants to see the absolutely worst commercials FOR absolute history WHILE WATCHING YOUR CHANNEL. We ARE ALREADY HERE

[@DJL78]

You get what you pay for Karen.

[@MrsBradleyCooper]

@@DJL78 that is not what a “karen” is.

[@DJL78]

@@MrsBradleyCooper Seems to suit you like a pair of clown shoes hun.

[@sarapiksit]

Could we get History stories in English as well?

[@_chelcie]

literally every other video on their channel is in english

[@mermaidatlantica]

There are full subtitles on this video are you too dense to read?

[@atodaso1668]

Thurty tree

[@Anonymouseys]

Why are they talking in tongues?

[@ruthpower4892]

it's Irish.............

[@Anonymouseys]

@@ruthpower4892 I've literally seen all eight Leprechaun movies and he talks English in them all

[@abluewhale95]

@@Anonymouseys 🥱🥱 troll

[@Anonymouseys]

@@abluewhale95 Whales can type?

[@labhrais6957]

To be fair, it's Irish but with an English accent.

[@charlesmiller1446]

Would've watched past 1 minute but I couldn't understand the language. Cheers

[@BrokenBackMountains]

Can't you read subtitles?

[@charlesmiller1446]

@@BrokenBackMountains reading subtitles +hearing *phook* = me bailing out. No worries. I've had the pleasure of working with Irishmen at a coal mine in West Virginia where, after a hard day, we'd go into town and drink it dry of Harp.

[@BrokenBackMountains]

@@charlesmiller1446 is reading and watching a bit difficult for you?

[@charlesmiller1446]

@@BrokenBackMountains for this video, YES. Is taking an answer difficult for you without a fight?

[@BrokenBackMountains]

@Charles Miller Seems a bit disrespectful to the language but that is up to you.

[@ginnycee13]

Somebody could have really put a bit more effort in & completely re- narrate this into English, specially if they expect donations. Dream on!

[@mermaidatlantica]

Imagine being so triggered by having to read subtitles on one video. Tell us you have two brain cells without telling us you have two brain cells.

[@ginnycee13]

@@mermaidatlantica Since English is my third language, I most likely got at least one or two more braincells , than you dimlit "mermaid" so rofl.

[@The2gails]

WTF

[@TheDanAge]

Why are they speaking gibberish? The people touring speak English but the narrator speaks gibberish... terrible.

[@busymom7729]

What language do you think they can speak in Ireland besides English?

[@DragonDreamVNY]

Yao Ming is Ainm Dom That's an Irish Leaving Cert staple, a fuctional story of a Chinese immigrant who learns Irish Gaeilge because he thought Irish people still speak Irish 😂 Fun fact, that actor is now a Barrister in Dublin.

[@TheDanAge]

@busymom7729 As of 2022 In the whole world, there are an estimated 1.2 million speakers of the Irish language. Of this number, only about 170,000 speak it as a first language. As of 2022, it estimated 360 million people speak english as a first language, there is an estimated 1.5 billion people worldwide who speak English either natively or as a second language, slightly more than the 1.1 billion Mandarin Chinese speakers. So why use a language barely anyone speaks?

[@busymom7729]

@@TheDanAge , I guess you can’t read the English at the bottom of the screen. I guess you think you’re the only one seeing this video or better yet you want the Irish language to disappear. I get it.

[@TheDanAge]

@@busymom7729 it sounds horrid, it's distracting. If everyone spoke one language life would be easier... duh.