Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know Were IRISH

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Coming up:
10. The Tallest Dogs in the World
9. The Design of the White House
8. Chips/Crisps
7. Soda Water
6. A Lot of English Words
5. Chocolate Milk
4. Modern Submarines
3. Polar Bears
2. Colour Photography
1. Radiotherapy For Cancer
Source/Further reading:

[@aliced5751]

you may not know but we irish have a lot of things to be proud of like the invention of crisps and halloween yes halloween your welcome

[@motherofchaos5519]

There have been several stories about who invented potato chips. One is that an American chef called George Crum got annoyed when a customer kept sending their sliced potatoes back, saying that they were too thick, so he sliced them paper thin, fried and salted them and sent them back out, expecting another complaint. However, the customer loved them, and that was the beginning of potato chips. By the way, it wasn't originally called Halloween; it was, and still is among Pagans, called Samhain. (pronounced Sow-en) 🙂

[@badkittybad]

The Halloween thing is true

[@electrolinks]

and Dracula

[@freddieb3537]

(Fin-e-an) is not how you pronounce Fenian it's pronounced (feen-e-yan) sometimes in Ireland we pronounce an I as a Y. for example the county of SLIGO is not pronounced (sli-go) it is pronounced (sly-go)

[@deltanovember1672]

Winifred Feeney I need to show this film to my Celtic FC supporting mates. 😂 👍🏼

[@conorstapleton3183]

What about the particle accelerator (Ernest Walton) and modern chemistry (Robert Boyle)?

[@zakalon123]

And Lord Kelvin of Largs was a Belfast man. don't forget about him.

[@fiona-lyons]

Boyle is a huge omission but I guess it was hard to pick just 10. He lost out to chocolate milk... go figure.

[@lilinkpod]

hahaha Polar Bear....lol leaving Ireland because it was to hot..Too funny

[@user-cr3pn7rk2v]

The name Tyrone. I doubt any of y'all thought that was Irish

[@DavyH_]

well, as a place name anyway

[@cathalomaoilste8909]

it's Tir Eoghian

[@callumblack1]

County Tyrone ftw!

[@adibabrahmziy]

+Majestic Lion yall stole it off black Irishman 😂

[@emperorx5]

CK2 player?

[@ryandavis5534]

You need to work on your Irish mo chara

[@lisadavenport2471]

What

[@DestroyerNo55]

10. The tallest dogs in the world 9. The design of the White House 8. Chips/Crisps 7. Soda Water 6. A lot of English words 5. Chocolate milk 4. Modern submarines 3. Polar bears 2. Colour photography 1. Radiotherapy for cancer

[@tobiojo5806]

Awesome video: I have always wanted to visit Ireland because of the music, culture and people.

[@oisinmorrissey7414]

Irish wolfhounds used to be a lot bigger

[@tommybofin]

Yes thre's a medieval dog skull surviving that's twice a big as a normal Irish Wolf Hound's head.

[@DavyH_]

the way he said tuig (understand), it's pronounced like tig, which makes a lot more sense for the "can you dig it" phrase

[@ginnrollins211]

The Irish invented chocolate milk? WE'RE NOT WORTHY, WE'RE NOT WORTY, WE'RE NOT WORTY!!!!!!!!

[@GerryBolger]

ginnrollins211 We will accept your praise, we did punch above our weight with crisps and chocolate 😎

[@mlgvincent4827]

ginnrollins211 haha im proud to be irish

[@Westmeath21]

Bow down before us! 🇮🇪✋😎🇮🇪

[@averagejoepro5347]

Dia duit mo chairde na hÉireann hello my Irish friends

[@ciaranmccarthy1691]

AverageJoe Pro dia smuire duit

[@doylersafl8728]

Cén chaoi ina bhfuil tú

[@desomeara3223]

Dia guit

[@badkittybad]

Dia is Mhuire duit

[@edwardgriffin8092]

The "Irish" Wolfhound. I am not sure, but is there a clue in the name of the dog bread ?

[@CologneCarter]

Not necessarily. But it would be the most logical assumption.

[@daithionuallain5902]

Edward Griffin It was breed to stop Irish people from going. On to English property looking for food to stay alive, if you ask me 🍻

[@szymongorczynski7621]

1:34 NO NO NO! THAT'S THE WRONG TAYTO!!! There are 2 companies called "Tayto," 1 in County Antrim and 1 in County Dublin. The packet shown is the county Antrim Tayto but it was the county Dublin Tayto that came first.

[@conorwilson1382]

southern tayto ftw .

[@szymongorczynski7621]

Conor wilson Aye, shame they don't sell them up North

[@conorwilson1382]

In someplaces they do .

[@szymongorczynski7621]

Conor wilson Not many though

[@conorwilson1382]

Yeah

[@dougbarde-macnamara4640]

I really enjoyed this one, Simon. (Also, I have glasses-envy for your frames.☘)

[@Matthew-du1ef]

isn't the white house based after arás an uchtaráin not Leinster house

[@ryandavis5534]

Matthew Mulcahy that's what I thought it looks more alike but Leinster house is older

[@evanfitzpatrick5173]

It is very common type of architecture is Ireland, that’s why so many important buildings have that type of architecture.

[@Jack-rs7uo]

Matthew Mulcahy Yeah, I’m pretty sure it is..

[@IRISHATLANTIC]

Nope. It's based off Leinster House, not Áras an Uachtaráin. It's a common mistake to tell this story incorrectly in Ireland.

[@SebastianBlix]

"I'm not saying that chocolate milk is the elixir of life, but that is, in fact exactly what I'm saying." You owe me a new screen Simon, I just lol'd chocolate milk all over mine

[@ciaranmccarthy1691]

They told the story of Cuchalainn wrong!

[@idunno5171]

I wonder how I didn't know that crisps are Irish when I'm Irish myself 😂

[@desomeara3223]

I know me too lol I live in Dublin and I didn't know half these things

[@szymongorczynski7621]

4:10 It's pronounced "Fee-nian" not "Fen-ian"

[@Telescope1LH]

I liked the mix at the end.

[@JohnCraig007]

Go mbéidh ar Tayto lá linn! 😀 Thanks for the video! There's still a debate raging about whether Southern or Northern Tayto are better. I like the crispy black bits on the Southern ones, yet also love the general richer flavour of the Northern ones! 😀

[@dianethedinosaur3228]

Great video!

[@jardon8636]

excellent, the irish are great :))

[@ozdergekko]

6 thumbs up for the writer of this episode. Also well interpreted, as usual.

[@Nigelg68]

class, love the ending synopsises :-) nice job

[@andtomill1]

Okay, who was it, Hands up who did not know that the IRISH wolfhound, was Irish? Is someone taking the piss or as i like to call it taking the Budwiser?

[@WolvenSpectre]

Some people think that it is called Irish because it was a Wolfhound bread by Irish Americans during the land rush and breeders to tell one breed from another called it the Irish Wolfhound. I never heard that one myself but read it several times until I saw a urban myth site debunk it.

[@conorwilson1382]

án bhfuil cad agam dul amach mas é do thoil é . ? any other irish people remember this phrase

[@DavyH_]

"Can I go outside please" for any non irish speakers

[@ciarangoldrick4121]

an bhuil cead agam dul go dti an leithreas

[@ryandavis5534]

Conor wilson sa ca bhfuil tu an choní

[@shaira_healy_xox5104]

Conor wilson me always used it in school 😂😂😂😂

[@conorwilson1382]

shaira_healy _xox same here

[@joeroche6807]

Go on ya good thing

[@westbrit1020]

Ironically the first one is not Irish ,after Wolfs were wiped out, the breed died out . It was revived by a gentleman farmer in late 19th century Staffordshire England from paintings using Dogs from all over the world but mainly for reasons I forget Japan

[@theuppersaloon]

You totally butchered the pronunciation of the Irish words you said. Do more research before trying to speak a foreign language...

[@leelahsboots]

Just wanted to say you did a cool job with this video, don't mind the haters as Irish language isn't the easiest! Always lovely hearing about my country's achievements :) Another very under-rated Irish invention is Sudocrem - highly recommended for nappy rash to pimples!

[@eibhlin5940]

@flip inheck doh... Knew YOU would be on here 😴

[@alicemurphy1173]

The story about the dog is cú chúilan

[@Ieishdragyn]

Impressive, I've Irish ancestry, good to know that we have inventive talents!

[@doylersafl8728]

Ieishdragyn where in ireland

[@eamonleahy5815]

What about Halloween??

[@motherofchaos5519]

Samhain.

[@Matthew-du1ef]

those polar bears are so cute

[@michaelwalsh6276]

Hurling is closer to Hockey than baseball. If you're looking for an Irish sport close to baseball, play rounders.

[@aligindahouse7777]

After we invented whiskey we didn't invent anything else for 300 years 😂

[@mlgvincent4827]

I aculy knew that us irish made modren submarines

[@OnlyIfForANight]

alot of the 'irish' words that are mentioned actually entered the English language from the very similar but separate 'scottish gaelic'

[@OnlyIfForANight]

also 'Fenien' is pronounced feen-yan

[@daithionuallain5902]

Keith O'Neill They used the same langage but it changed over the centres 👍🏼

[@notamused3715]

Scots Gaelic is really a dialect of Irish.The Scottii tribe from Dal Riada,a kingdom in the North of Ireland, kept raiding the West coast of what is now Scotland, eventually settled and gave their name to the country-Scottii-Scotland!

[@jimbobjimjim6500]

Dont believe it......Scottish Gaelic went into decline centuries ago.....Irish Gaelic was widely spoken in Ireland right up to the 19th century, which means Irish Gaelic had far more time to influence the english language than Scottish gaelic.

[@WAQWBrentwood]

Potato chips invented in Ireland in 1954?!? That'll be be big news to Wise Foods of Berwick,PA who has been making them since 1921. The more well known Lay's of Plano,TX even has been doing so since 1932. There are more even older brands going before 1910.

[@finn4012]

WAQWBrentwood maybe the potato crisp was invented in Ireland but those people were using a different base ingredient

[@hcollins4066]

It was the first seasoned potato crisp, which he said in the video.

[@IRISHATLANTIC]

Flavoured crisps were invented in Ireland. Crisis existed before that, they just didn't have flavours infused into them. The first flavour of crisp was Cheese & Onion. Tayto also invented Salt & Vinegar flavour.

[@finn4012]

We invented the wind, thank you Buefort

[@BrianH1313]

Hold it. Let me go get my Irish Father. ....

[@cosmofate9960]

this video is awesome

[@odhranmcgee9692]

Before some restated asks no there aren't actually leprechauns in Ireland

[@DavyH_]

Damn, I sure do hate them "restated" people

[@Hornsupchris]

I thought George Crum made chips

[@motherofchaos5519]

There are several stories about who invented potato chips. George Crum is my favorite one, though, because my last name is Crum, too.

[@johnreynolds3348]

Seismology was also the brainchild of an Irish scientist

[@gracey2727]

It's (thuig) pronounced Hig not Toog.

[@Mattteus]

Yeah the Irish Parliament and the US White House are similar but that's because they were both part of the Classical movement where mostly government buildings were made to resemble ancient Greek temples. The reason why that was huge in the US then was because they were trying to be more democratic, like the ancient Greek, and less monarchical or theocratic. (Yet, strangely, they've become more religious than their forefathers would've ever approved)

[@IRISHATLANTIC]

The architect of the White House was an Irishman who was very familiar with Leinster House in Dublin.

[@Andy-413]

By the time you uploaded this video Polar bears had already bread with Grizzly bears about 10 years earlier. The offspring are known as Pizzly or Grolar bears. I know, Pizzly bear? What a stupid sounding name. Lol.

[@Jackpat02rules]

I love the way he says Irish words

[@aoifec4984]

incorrectly..?

[@YesYes-uj2ld]

Aoife K very

[@Comerford1986]

Jackpat02rules You mean wrongly

[@mixey01]

Use a popfilter next time

[@Dano32839]

Polar Bears are NOT endangered! There are more now than there were in the 1970's! Look it up!

[@errorblueberrysans6045]

Daniel Oberley THEY ARE IDIOT

[@Dano32839]

Scream all you want, it does not change the facts. www.factcheck.org/2008/06/polar-bear-population/

[@aoibhinnomahony7712]

The White house is based on aras an Uachtaráin not leinster house

[@IRISHATLANTIC]

Nope, it's based on Leinster House. People mistake the fact to be Áras an Uachtaráin as both are white buildings with presidents living in them. They are superficially similar. However the architectural features on Leinster House are the ones found on the White House.

[@raydillon]

Not sure if POTATO chips being an Irish creation is a shocker. Ha!

[@chinwansang462]

Invention of modern submarine is away important than White House design.

[@brianbreen1026]

There are two separate crisp companies in Ireland,one north of the border the other in the south.They're both called Tayto.

[@talideon]

There are way more companies that make crisps on the island than that, even if a lot of the older ones are now owned by Largo Foods. That aside, Northern Irish Tayto licenced the name and imagery from the original Tayto, leading to decades of confusion. I really can't comprehend why Tayto didn't try expanding into foreign markets when they had the advantage of inventing the process for ready-flavouring crisps.

[@jackdoyle56]

IRELAND COME ON !!!!!!!🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@errorblueberrysans6045]

JD GAMING IRELAND OH LAY OH LAY OH LAY OH LAY

[@og49]

Hurling is NOT a mix of soccer and baseball at all! They are completely different

[@notamused3715]

You're right! Hurling is about 3000 years old and absolutely feck all to do with any other sport! It's utterly unique!

[@PanglossDr]

You missed the point completely with pronunciation of the Irish words: Go leoir (galore) is pronounced gu lower and Tuig (dig) is pronounced thig which, to an English ear sounds like dig.

[@spary5751]

go lore is pronounced the same in ireland

[@spary5751]

Irish sry

[@minecraftsteve1262]

Wow

[@patrickmurray1095]

FENIAN IS PRONOUNCED FEE,,NI,,AN.

[@ShaneC27]

But on the debit side, we also gave the world Conor McGregor. Soz about that

[@the83rdtrombonist60]

I never got the chance to ask but why do you wear glasses now? Did your vision just get worse? I ask because on many of your earlier videos you didn't have any glasses.

[@edwardgriffin8092]

When i was young my Dad caught me masterbating, and said "Stop that it will make you go blind". So i said to him "If i only do it a little bit can i have glasses".

[@martincallaghan7752]

Although Technically owned by England , Belfast in Northern Ireland was the birth place of many famous ships , including R.M.S. Titanic.

[@IRISHATLANTIC]

Northern Ireland isn't owned by England, it is in the United Kingdom. It isn't the same thing.

[@flyboymike111357]

What about the name Tyrone?

[@keelync5151]

NOOOOOO stop with the chips we call the crisps.Chips are fries to us

[@ejedwards988]

They're both potato products that are fried, one is just thicker than the other.

[@desomeara3223]

Yess

[@desomeara3223]

Crisps and chips are two different things in Ireland ladees

[@stevendern2543]

How about that. I love soda water and wolfhounds. Can you dig it?

[@spuma96]

6:45 picture or it never happened

[@ronk_thecat4002]

We are the only one with out a chancellor, Dictator, Prime minister or V.P

[@adammartin7007]

I'm not sure about one or two of these. He should have put whiskey on the list.

[@ChrissieBear]

Chips are at least as old as 1817.

[@sashman02]

He should have said flavoured crisps/chips. before that, they were flavourless (except salt). Love my Tayto cheese and onion!

[@dilsea1801]

You forgot the co-invention of the tank

[@rcb0683]

The hypodermic needle was invented by an Irish man.

[@drxcreatures]

We Rule. Mmmm....Chocolate Soda....

[@lewismurphy4121]

Im irish and have never had bainne seaclaide

[@talideon]

Sure you have. If you've had hot chocolate and let it go cold by accident, you've basically had chocolate milk.

[@asapnickybars4693]

Irish I had a Schlitz!

[@aaaatttt101]

A little bit of truth manipulation. At least three of these it was a case of 'worked on the process' not 'invented'

[@Foxglove_fairy]

We also invented Halloween.

[@doylersafl8728]

Also we did invent halloween

[@jgcoolmac]

The "potato chip" was invented in Syracuse, New York by an American Indian. Herman Lay peddled potato chips out of the back of his car waaay earlier than this guy claims to have "invented crisps!"

[@justaguy3436]

John McAninch He didn't​' claim to have invented crisps he invented cheese and onion and other flavours that are popular these days

[@motherofchaos5519]

An American Indian? It was a chef named George Crum who worked in a restaurant in Syracuse.

[@IRISHATLANTIC]

Flavoured crisps were invented in Ireland. Listen to what he actually said. Before Cheese & Onion, and Salt & Vinegar were invented in Ireland, crisps (chips in the US) were bland.

[@FaithRox]

Fen-Ians? Do you mean Fenians? Feen-yons.

[@deonepeacham7531]

the legend was a wolf and how is hurling baseball and football? white house copy of elm house blueprints in ireand trinity is not irelands top university u cant pronounce irish words

[@Comerford1986]

Deone Peacham It most certainly was NOT a Wolf

[@deonepeacham7531]

Comerford1986 it was a wolf

[@gabbiekavanov4692]

why dont we rule the world like how do we not

[@johndelaney9283]

🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@GerryBolger]

Meas mór dul amach go dtí an Éireannach posse!!

[@lisadavenport2471]

An bhuil to ceart go leor?

[@raleighburner1589]

No 4 though

[@BlueGingerPurple]

Don't get mauled by an Irish brown bear

[@rhysbinley7099]

i am irish whoo hoo

[@adamender9092]

the guy that invented colour photography why was the photo in black and white in stead of colour because he made it

[@shanemcnulty2185]

Adam Ender 909 he was irony impaired lets just move on😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jamessweeney6722]

And halloween

[@karendobrowolski2219]

Yoohoo. They drank Yoohoo!

[@thedapperculchie6378]

Gwan the Irish

[@doylersafl8728]

The dapper Culchie up the ra

[@adamender9092]

why is there so much American stuff in this like I'm Irish

[@user-ms9mu4ww4p]

my teachers 2 name in Hoban and I'm form ireland

[@lordrothschild4395]

I was eating Tatos and drinking chocolate milk when I watched this... LeL

[@doylersafl8728]

lord Rothschild ha Gaaaaayyyyy mtf

[@lisadavenport2471]

Its Doylers wha was that supposed to be funny?😏

[@doylersafl8728]

lisa Davenport he probably only found out now

[@SounnyKitty]

polar bears have bread with other bears

[@Ieishdragyn]

who bakes the bread? polar bears BRED with others, bread is what ya eat.

[@anonymousvideos1474]

I am irish

[@evanfitzpatrick5173]

he was Irish so crisp

[@daithimcnally8212]

Éire go brath

[@DavyH_]

Almost got the spelling right, Irish can be tricky

[@bozeesan]

+David Hepple celtic?

[@DavyH_]

+Hairy Houdingy No, Irish.

[@internetalias1613]

Cymru am byth! Wait, wrong country, I'll be off.

[@internetalias1613]

***** Dream on