Why Nobody Lives On The West Coast Of Ireland

[@EannaWithAFada]

As a Galway man you're right, nobody lives here, I am a figment of the imagination

[@SaruyamaPL]

Ok but why don't you provide any statistical data for tangible comparison? Like population density in these areas? Overall animation style and narration are good.

[@SparkyDiesAlot]

because this guy just pumps out AI slop

[@razzmatazz33]

lol infuriating he didn’t mention population once

[@gavintuesday4959]

@@razzmatazz33everything he said is nonsense . Devoid of any facts . God forbid that he didn’t read the 1841 census . If he did , his entire argument would be dead It, and emigration problems in 1860-1891 , 1930s, 1950s and 1980s all steam from there and the economic shortcomings of the West in part due to geography - poor land for farming

[@leefull]

Did you just jump from the Normans (From modern France BTW) to the Famine, COMPLETELY ignoring the English invasion and everything that led up to and caused the famine?

[@gavintuesday4959]

Why bother . You haven’t a clue either . The population of Ireland jumped massively between 1750-1841 under English rule In fact, half the country actually lived in the West of Ireland . Galway, Roscommon and Mayo were top 10 most populous counties . Cork no 1 by a country mile and Kerry too, all of whom each had 250,000 plus in 1841 British made the famine worse. The video explicitly pointed that out . He failed to acknowledge that the West actually had a large population and he didn’t really explain why it declined while many counties in the east and Dublin Increased

[@leefull]

@@gavintuesday4959 wow Gavin, you really put me in my place. Well done you.

[@robrob8500]

i live on the west coast of Ireland

[@isopropyl1314]

no you dont, nobody lives there

[@gavintuesday4959]

So did well over 1 .5 million people in 1841 . The clown who wrote the video didn’t know that though

[@JabbarTV1]

Misleading, the west coast is not that deserted, Derry, Sligo and Limerick are there to name a few, the west coast is just more rural than the east

[@james-rg5uk]

Ya nobody in galway or limerick got me like 'yo where did everyone go?'

[@philexley1853]

And yet here we are. I can see the west coast from my window. I must be daydreaming.

[@ohjumpa]

Or: How to stretch something to be said in one sentence to 8 minutes of wasted time

[@ralfrettig6963]

Is it that bad? I switched off after 1.5 minutes

[@gavintuesday4959]

Bingo. That’s Americans 7 minutes in, doesn’t address the question , in fact could have just said the famine , point out that most of the population did like along the west and south and asked a different question. What happened. Answer - famine and subsequent economic shortcomings for the next 60 plus years . Done in 5 minutes Waffling about Normans 😂🤡🤣🤡😂

[@youtubewatcher703]

"nobody" is a silly title.

[@bouse23]

indeeed in west cork its very stark the further west you go the more sparsely populated it gets

[@DynMorgannwg]

The population used to be distributed mostly evenly, although it was more populous around Limerick and Cork area (Munster). Then the British famine happened.

[@choughed3072]

By British famine do you mean the one that happened at the same time as the one in Ireland which caused large death and mass migration from places like Cornwall and Devon? I'm assuming that part of the story doesn't get told too much though cause "bad Britain" right?

[@dark1810]

@choughed3072 are you seriously playing that game . yes British bad the policy's of the time caused million plus lives in ireland and some riots in Cornwall

[@gavintuesday4959]

Actually, around mayo , Galway and Roscommon, all of who had populations of 250,000 plus each in 1841 . Cork had 850,000 plus . And Limerick had about 330,000 (less than Galway and Mayo) So that theory of a history that not many lived on the west coast ends the video immediately . Donegal was also a top 10 county in 1841 with 296,000 . Kerry had a similar population

[@EarthChampion_TophBeifong]

This is a halfway decent video. No statistical data, cero numbers, half baked history that has nothing to do with the topic of the video or you didn’t tied it well into an argument for it to make sense, just stock footage and nice maps (which didn’t show the mountain ranges very well either).

[@Carrjimbo]

I wouldn't call west deserted. Yes the density is lower but during the summer many will go there for holidays and many also have second homes there. It's just industry and service based jobs are primarily located on the east coast.

[@yermanoffthetelly]

Around 4.5 million people live in the shaded area where its supposidly "impossible to live" Thats about the same population as the states of Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Delaware combined.

[@SolidifyingLava]

I LIVE IN THE WEST BUT WONDER WHY I STILL LIVE THERE.

[@rachelar]

It's niiiice?

[@adrianduggan4739]

The population of the area you’ve highlighted red (the ‘empty bit’) is home to around 2.5 million people, it’s certainly not empty. Not to mention the fourth, fifth and sixth largest settlements respectively are all found in that area with metro populations of 250,000, 150,000 and 100,000. There’s three of the highest national level hospitals in the region, alongside at least five general hospitals and many clinics, there’s at least five tertiary education universities, the fourth busiest airport on the island, not far behind the third - and one of two in Europe with US Immigration Pre-Clearance. All but two of our major motorways and railway lines extend for most of their path in the red area before heading to Dublin, two of such motorways and rail lines exist only in the red area. Any gas or oil reserves we have are on the west, as is most of our hydroelectric power, as is the longest river. Do some research rather than perhaps relying on AI

[@devanman7920]

"impossible to live there"...I live in the west of Ireland and its awesome.

[@rabournm]

Great video for a young channel, your production quality is really good. But, you could have done without the long multi-minute history lesson at the beginning. Either way, I love your concept and I subscribed.

[@olafweyer859]

"... thanks to cool cats like St. Patrick..." Are you trying to be hip? Because it sounds desperate. Most of you narration is. Fire your writer and do it yourself.

[@45pints87]

Loads of people live in the west what a load of BS

[@olafweyer859]

Thanks for sparing me from watching this. I was turned off by the inane narration style and was looking in the comments if it was just me. I'm not even a native English speaker and even I hate this pseudo-cool attitude.

[@45pints87]

@@olafweyer859 i live in Ireland my whole life i can assure you about half the population live in the red area

[@gavintuesday4959]

@@45pints87and double that number just before the famine

[@RandomThoughts77777]

Didn’t bother watching this but it has a pretty insulting title for the hundreds of thousands of people who live in the west of Ireland.

[@dark1810]

ah yes galway and limerick arent a thing

[@TeskoMilk]

If only Galway wasnt a thing

[@gavintuesday4959]

Limerick is no fun anymore, I miss Stab city and Angela’s Ashes . Booo . Now it’s just a nice normal lovely city ..booo (always was a nice city - town)

[@Haze1434]

Like this is difficult for anyone to work out... There's lots going on to the East, there's sweet FA going on to the West, for about 2000 miles.

[@gavintuesday4959]

Someone educate this spoofer as to where much of the population lived in 1841 … it WAS NOT along the east coast !!

[@Cookiecutterfanpage]

BS, lot's of people living mid or west..cmon dude

[@Xreaperification]

well produced video. garbage information and boring.

[@lawrencedoyle7172]

What about Kilkenny Laois and Carlow.....

[@gavintuesday4959]

Seriously what about them ? Boring counties , even Kilkenny city

[@YouTuberenderingnotswearingAsa]

Ireland never ate though mane

[@junglebooksteve]

Far from empty, just less crowded than the east coast 😂

[@henrykeogh5686]

This is so so incorrect 😭😭😭😭

[@Dutchwheelchair]

maybe because its more rural. Most people live in the cities, like everywhere in western europe

[@seanmccann8368]

Utter skutter!

[@PRO100Dreik]

trade, anyone can look at this map and answer this question.

[@frisbeetarian34]

The most Yank video I've ever seen. Nobody was in Ireland 33,000 years ago haha.

[@gavincorbett-cm2os]

Really poorly informed video. The 'central mountains' - whatever they are - do not act as a buffer against the Atlantic weather: the centre of Ireland is largely flat. And the English invaded in the 12th century, not the 11th century. And they weren't really English anyway - they spoke French and maintained French customs. I could go on... There's so much innacuracy in this video. But it's well meaning, at least, and done with heart.

[@gavintuesday4959]

Nah, many of the Normans like De Burgh, Butler etc WERE ENGLISH . Their families were settled in England about 100 years before coming to Ireland . Even Strongbow and his Norman Welsh pals had land in England for 50-100 years before coming over Don’t go blaming the Frenchies

[@James-kv6kb]

Sorry but I find the compare annoying

[@GolemDude]

The British

[@GlobeHaven]

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