The mid-sized Irish town

Thanks to Raven Goldston for filming my documentary namaste 🙏🏻

[@JThePilot]

people say living in a mid-sized irish town is shite but nothing compares to the lovecraftian horror that is living in a small-sized irish village

[@the_local_bigamist]

Shh! The myth of friendly Irish villages, surrounded by lush green fields with one or two welcoming pubs in which lovely, sad-eyed, smiling auld Irish men play traditional Irish music with fiddles, guitars, banjos and more whilst the whole clientele sings along in perfect harmony forms a significant part of the blood which flows through the Irish Tourism Board's propaganda! It is up there with Keychains with [insert common Irish surname] on to claim the heritage of one's great, great, great, great grandfather's second cousin's cat's vet who came over to Boston for work, slogging it out for many years in order to leave an inheritance so that [insert common Irish surname] IV could open [insert...]'s pub in Southie, which has auld Irish-American men playing Dropkick Murphys every Saturday night and where the beer is green all year round! You're not allowed to mention this stuff until Google and Apple start paying *some* tax. Just a little bit! Do you know how sore your fingers can get from having to play stringed instruments whenever a tourist enters your local pub? Or how difficult it is to force a smile when people enter the place you like to drink and forget wearing bumbags?

[@big_neek]

Especially when a large sized Irish local comes to town and accidentally steps on the single small sized Irish pub

[@g.c.9904]

As an electrician and McDonald's consumer myself, I can vouch that we know how to fight but we also know that every blow inflicted will one day be returned to us, so that the roundabout closes and balance is restored. Namastè

[@the_local_bigamist]

This comment reminded me of a relative of mine who said that "plumbing is the most zen profession". He was unemployed.

[@dingdingdingdiiiiing]

@@goetzdushlan1392 Is that a quote from Plato?

[@Ohallors208]

“Did you say that or did Plato?” on the philosophy of roundabouts.

[@LB767]

This video has profoundly reshaped my comprehension of the world. I thought the mid-sized swiss town I live in was mid-sized, but seeing this mid-sized irish town, I now have to wonder what is truly "mid-sized" as my town does not posess such roundabouts nor a big Tesco. Maybe the only true mid-sized being in the universe then is Frankie himself. Namastè

[@qwertyTRiG]

I'm in a mid-sized Irish town, but our Tesco is single-storey.

[@LocestSwarmSC831]

I lived in a mid size town in Indiana working for the planning department. When we put in roundabouts the locals hated it.

[@ethandavis8090]

I want to come to Ireland to see Ireland town. Town very good. Very nice. 🧑‍🦲🙏🥬🥄🦪

[@raspution6680]

This channel is the only one I have notifications on for, and for good reason

[@liamdoes8580]

Same here this is my kind of humour and this is like the only guy who does it

[@MK_2023.]

Pet Shop Boys said it best when they sang; 'Sometimes you're better off dead There's a gun in your hand it's pointing at your head You think you're mad, too unstable Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables In a restaurant in a MID-SIZED town Call the police, there's a mad man around Running down underground To a dive bar in a MID-SIZED town'.

[@Attackpug1]

This video has changed my entire worldview. I used to think my mid-sized australian town was mid-sized, but now I realize that we are just a small outpost with 20 different cafes, all serving varying qualities of coffee, a mere speck upon this gargantuan landmass. Namaste

[@0mn1vore]

Props to your mid-sized Irish camerawoman for running behind you, without falling over any of those mid-sized Irish poles. That part kept me in suspense. Namaste. 🙏

[@quackers.]

This is a great mid sized Irish video

[@shoemakerleve9]

As an American, thank you for letting me experience such a unique and confounding tour of your strange midsized town

[@Rush47.]

f america

[@newjerseyyouth4853]

Why do Americans love the flag so much?

[@nickrollstuhlfahrerson8659]

that’s certainly a mid-sized irish video on mid-sized irish towns, outstanding and groundbreaking work as usual.

[@walrus_lobotomy]

Why choose large or small when you can compromise on medium? Enjoy the worst of both. The traffic patterns of the city with the long driving distances of the country. The public transport of a rural county with the pollution of a major hub. Discover complacency masked as a peaceful mind. Namaste

[@northernairmtb4183]

Going to Ireland next week this video has been very helpful.

[@andrewglw12345]

@2:58 Mid Sized Irish Town has the skin fade and north face puffer combo, but out of his native habitat, the larger Irish town, he covers up with a cap. This guy is a legend. Twenty years ago he would have been on Channel 4’s Brass Eye.

[@gustavm5064]

I really quite enjoyed when he Said mid sized Irish town

[@alicequayle4625]

Yesterday morning I woke up with Frankie's voice as my inner voice. Probably watched enough for a couple of days.#tetriseffect

[@busterb7482]

To be fair the maynooth costa did just pull its self out of a hole in the carpark one day, everyone i know is confused about where it came from

[@TheSmeggyBean6000]

Absolutely gas video as always man, love these so much, you’re one of 3 people I have notifications on for, keep it up and keep us smiling and laughing

[@jazzini]

what are the other two?

[@TheSmeggyBean6000]

@@jazzini veritasium and eastory, why?

[@jazzini]

@@TheSmeggyBean6000 cheers! just curious

[@DrPepperone]

Having lived in the largest mid-sized Irish town, Cork, I felt this hard.

[@nozrep]

and also mid strength beers in the midsized Irish pub in the midsized Irish. Yes midstrength beers, as Ozzyman Reviews likes to say in his videos. Midstrength beer.

[@DashDrones]

Ah Maynooth, no plans to go back anytime soon..

[@urmumsbaps]

I may go back, I maynooth

[@Dreyno]

@@urmumsbaps Nice.

[@willmcnaughton6363]

Mid size nutter, i love this channel. Being from a mid size Scottish town, wee can only hope for amazing mid size stuff yoos have.

[@IronHead42]

We have these in the North of England. The ones on the wrong side of the pennines are closest, but here in Yorkshire they are significantly more idyllic and tolerable.

[@edgedg]

Thank you for knowledge.

[@maxgc6413]

Proper mid-sized video, lad.

[@Bandanko]

did you say that or did plato!! BRILLIANT!

[@Pjvenom1985]

Eloquently put good sir!☘️🏘🌅

[@Baz09]

Thank you i always wondered what s.v was supposed to mean.

[@stadtbekanntertunichtgut]

Franky knows how to confuse mid-sized locals!^^

[@luvelyjubely]

This is quite accurate but I’m not sure on a few things since I live in a Big, Midsized Irish Town

[@michaelle-baigue2751]

I enjoy his mixed Weberian analysis of the disenchanted mid-sized Irish town

[@honganos]

Maynooth! My Nana’s from down the road from you in Lucan

[@n0isyturtle]

Pretty spot on for a mid sized American town as well. Just a bit more racist, and the machine man is a leaf blower operator who only uses the leaf blower on max setting during the hours of 5-9AM directly outside your bedroom window.

[@stevenc123]

I like the bit where he said "mid-sized"

[@thedarkness111]

I always thought I was from a mid sized town but after seeing the size of that Tesco it turns out I'm from a small town after all. Or maybe the size of a mid sized English town is different to that of a mid sized Irish town.

[@plunetzero]

The mid-sized Irish town looks grand.

[@label_me]

Throwing that leaf in the puddle was genius

[@mitchwarren1600]

Mid as well as sized you say ! Interesting indeed

[@viperxmars6091]

gold

[@lighthouse620]

unreal craic

[@Philboh8]

Now for the small Irish town, watch Hardy Bucks

[@darraghtormey1500]

Shhkyline Boyz 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RoseArkana]

i love how it feels like ireland is basically scotland but yous sound a wee bit cooler, everythings just as fucking miserable

[@niallfoody97]

no you 's are at least self aware.

[@darraghtormey1500]

As an Irish man I think ye Scots sound way cooler. But your dead right everything being miserable as fuck here. 😂😅

[@the_local_bigamist]

Depends on which part of Scotland we're talking about. And, dialectically, this also depends on which part of Ireland we're talking about. With Ireland, its more than just a "part", but its historical links to a general part of Scotland are what I'm getting at. A general part where paving stones are painted blue, white and red and where the UDA own at least one pub (that I know of). Although to be fair its a big part, and it isn't all like that. In seriousness, James Connelly wrote some good history on the links between that part of Scotland and the Six Counties. Beautiful countries both and lots in common in many ways.

[@bruce-le-smith]

ireland and scotland are just social constructs, miserable ones

[@ElonTusks]

All that aside , Ireland and Scotland are fkn awful weather

[@RemiStardust]

2:46 "camera over here!" My favorite part. So rude.

[@AlexR_44]

Good Stuff. namaste

[@robynhomeniuk]

My first Irish town ❤

[@Grumpy-Fallboy]

i'm here to watch u run by the end of the video.

[@vpnconsult]

I would love to live there.

[@Cola.Cube.]

You make bollix talk interesting. 😂

[@darraghtormey1500]

The sign of a true urban philosopher.

[@marigeo24]

Scary how similar it all looks to America

[@yanwalee2956]

It'd be a perfect ending if Frankie runs in front of costa again after running down the tesco escalator

[@The0rs]

He looked at me and then I blushed 'Cause I remembered I loved you so much Way back then we were friends Going together but then you left me

[@gram.]

sook gooey pooeys stinky when set free they float with fragility easily split with a pee

[@StarlightEater]

I like playdough too

[@AthenaIsabella]

I wanna live in Ireland to be closer to Hozier ❤

[@gram.]

you're fine self is very welcome athena, mon in

[@AthenaIsabella]

@@gram. wasn’t expecting to be hyped up like this thank you very much sir

[@ImNoctica]

Do the Isle of Man next

[@ruairimaguire220]

I was there the other day Frank pal

[@timdd9880]

The leaf in the water hahahaah

[@WilliamSmith-mx6ze]

I know we British have oppressed the Irish, starved you, made you eat cigarette butts etc. for 800 years and all that, but to me, that mid-sized Irish town looks like a village with a few more shops in its high street. Soz.

[@ceilingsandfloors]

Maynooth basically was a village until the 1980s or so. Like lots of growing towns on the Dublin Commuter belt. Hence the underwhelming high street. If you wanna see a mid-sized "proper" town, go to Wexford or Clonmel.

[@perroquetblue]

man you're great

[@10amSanta]

Watch this video with existential ambient music playing in the background - really adds a special note ;)

[@rosk.wilburn5847]

Hilarious😂

[@lorem16]

Dat new new angle

[@meditationsfortheanxiousmind]

Be careful with dat new new angle

[@gram.]

@@meditationsfortheanxiousmind my peen got dat angle from dat content ty

[@biggiesmalls3096]

4:41 Didnt know Kyle Walker lived in a mid sized Irish town

[@gram.]

the ripe cheeks on the escalator but

[@666mrdoctor]

Idea for a video: sociology of twizy drivers.

[@thatsmoelikeit]

The SV joke 😂

[@ehpunka]

looks like he is training to be a ventriloquist.

[@alex-025x]

This applies to austria mid sized towns tol

[@S7tronic]

Maynooth, impressive... most Dubs bring a passport with them this far outside the M50.

[@fergizzo]

3:10 lmao

[@eswarjuri]

Why did he suddenly change from 4:3 to 16:9?

[@mhagain]

Doesn't everyone?

[@gillbates6154]

as an american who probably misses a lot of the nuance, this is still hilarious

[@rippedtorn2310]

probably but a mid-sized Irish town.

[@segarallychampionship702]

take a pint every time frankie says mid-sized

[@goatboatmoat2476]

a mid sized irish town is just like an american mid sized irish town but if it turned australian

[@tannercarley]

Frankie got rich parents.

[@-HustleUnion-]

hello

[@CheckeeAintAmused]

The interview abruptly cuts at 4:29 as Frankie promptly stabbed that guy for his backchat. Namaste.

[@URAGamekid]

I cannot get over how identical this looks to a mid-sized English town.

[@lighthouse620]

why do you expect it to be any different

[@ulture]

@@lighthouse620 can't tell if you're a British nationalist who refuses to recognise Ireland's independence or an Irish nationalist annoyed that the person you're replying to didn't recognise the legacies of British colonialism in Ireland

[@lighthouse620]

@@ulture Im an irish nationalist but i dont see how thats relevant 80% of our shops are the same ones you get in UK

[@plunetzero]

Green postboxes!?!?

[@polreamonn]

And green post vans as well.

[@ster1500]

Mid size maynooth

[@JUSSTTIINFU3K]

So grey

[@joshuag.a287]

Maynooth getting rinsed

[@wasteoftime2187]

Midsized Irish town

[@SDRockman]

Oi-rish

[@StevieObieYT]

Do ya know how to fight? Ya! Do ya want me to show ya? 🤪

[@nuckymcnuck]

Is that maynooth?

[@meditationsfortheanxiousmind]

What gave it away?

[@Dreyno]

@@meditationsfortheanxiousmind The sheer Maynooth-ness of it, probably.

[@nuckymcnuck]

@@meditationsfortheanxiousmind the car parts place. I got dipithane there years ago. You need to do one about the creepy pope statue

[@matttherrien9608]

I'd be after the large size girls in midsize Irishtown.

[@jacobedward2401]

Hmm, the last time I went to McDonalds I bought a homeless guy a burger and got some fries for myself, and then nearly shit myself on the way home.

[@mcspongeicus]

Namaste 🙏

[@vlnow]

2:28 laying mid sized irish cable

[@jamesdean1148]

looks like loads of towns in england wales scotland etc,,,tesco mc donalds etc etc

[@DeWah]

Maynooth is a kip

[@tomforan8516]

The mid-sized Irish town

[@jeroenjanssen3941]

which town was this

[@Google_Does_Evil_Now]

Is it true dat Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is yer Da? Nah-miss-tea

[@ML-yw4hv]

na mas te

[@SpicyRikers]

From glasgow and have irish family over there, we honestly dont seem that different at all xD

[@gram.]

wheyhey weegies

[@GusArchievs]

Aye, even the inside of the Tesco extra in this vid looks identical to the one in Anniesland.

[@bboppppppppppppp]

no baristas know how to make coffee for real

[@FlaminggMoe]

That's an escalator ya big thick

[@bboppppppppppppp]

we. must. return. to. soil.

[@KCanbutwont]

And doesn't quite have a cinema

[@poopdeck92]

WHO IS THE CAMERA MAN?? I ASSUMED IT COULD BE A WOMAN.

[@meditationsfortheanxiousmind]

The cameraman is a woman, her name is Raven!