Why was Ireland Colonized by the English?

[@TheJthom9]

Missed out that the majority of Ulster planters were from the Anglo-Scottish borders, already used to frontier life. They would also make up most of the Appalachian frontier in the Thirteen Colonies

[@febweb17]

Many were who went to the Appalachian Hills were fans of King William, know as Billy. Hence their name Hill Billies.

[@patrickkeating7074]

@@febweb17 Hill Billies or as they like to say, Scoth Irish, have nothing to do with Ireland.......they are of Duch heritage......even the English king understood their kind and sent them to Ireland to be rid of them.....they are of limited awareness the losers of the Appalachians...nothing will change their...... and the same kind in the deep South of the U.S.A....all related.

[@christopherdieudonne]

I have often wondered how Northen Ireland came to be and why there isn't a unified island nation of Ireland. Very informative and well-explained video.

[@gary637]

It was one nation, but militant nationalists split the country by a violent independence revolt. Northern Protestants fought to remain British.

[@brendanshannon1706]

There will be a United Ireland in the future, Brexit made it inevitable. Sinn Féin will be in charge of the gov in ROI by 2025 and are already the largest party in NI.

[@gary637]

@@brendanshannon1706 Sinn Fein don't own Northern Ireland. Or have the power to decide about a united Ireland referendum. Nor do nationalists have a majority in Northern Ireland. There won't be one anytime soon.

[@hans-jurgenwiegand7465]

What a waste of lives! Two religions, and can’t find any Christian leadership, belief in Politicians, instead! Greed stomps love and respect, every time! I better understand the influx of Irish migration to the new world! People wanted to take care of their families! They just wanted to get along, and see and enjoy their children and grandchildren! Ireland’s loss, our benefits! We appreciate and enjoy their company! A very sad story, from the beginning! Unfortunately, sadness probably isn’t over, and they are already celebrating the sadness! Thanks for a great addition to our country! 🎉❤

[@armandotalampas4800]

In the not too distant future, the unification of the Irish nation would be achieved. Even Star Trek mentioned that in an episode! Maybe even earlier than the reunification of the Korean peninsula and the Cypriot nation!

[@javiervll8077]

Did you know that Red Hugh O'Donnell 🇮🇪 ☘️ died in the Spanish town 🇪🇸 of Simancas (province of Valladolid)? Today he is remembered with a plaque in the center of Valladolid, where the Convent of San Francisco was located. This plaque is written in Irish 🇮🇪, English 🇬🇧 and Spanish 🇪🇸 and reads as follows: “Under this floor of the Convent of San Francisco, the heart of the life and spirituality of the people of Valladolid and mother house of San Pedro Regalado, are the remains of the Chapel of Wonders, where Christopher Columbus and the Irish hero Red Hugh O'Donnell were buried”.

[@Bringmeoneofthosechickens]

Hell yea, always good to see heroes respected

[@Dhspat]

AWESOME. ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️ R.I.P.

[@biulaimh3097]

The English gave the Irish Chieftains 30 days to leave or they would be massacred. O`Sullivan Beare rebelled but eventually ended up in Spain. His son joined the Spanish Navy to fight England. O`Sullivan Mór did not escape to Europe but he disappeared into the wilds of Kerry and became an annonymous commoner. This may have been because O`Sullivan Beare (like many of the Irish Chieftains) was recognized as a member of the European nobility by other Kings and rulers in Europe. O`Sullivan Mór had a significant towerhouse and lands in north west Cork but perhaps he was not considdered part of the nobility in Europe which is why he may have stayed in Ireland. His tower house and lands were stolen by the invaders.

[@warrenpaine]

Ethnically cleansed from his own country.

[@johnmcdonald7264]

😊​@@biulaimh3097

[@Cadusias]

Since the kingdoms of Ireland did not unite, it became a colony of the British. There is probably no land in the world that the British did not exploit.

[@Craicfox161]

Someone should’ve stopped them

[@KevOSMusic]

It's a lot more complicated than that. But also, normans had tech the gaels didn't.

[@habibhalal3496]

​@@Craicfox161cope.

[@peterjones6734]

Britain itself was colonized by the Normans French and Danish . I can think of very few countries that haven't colonized other countries at sometimes in their history.

[@anthonyferris8912]

Then again, there is probably no land in the world that the Irish did not migrate themselves to and exploit.

[@richardshiggins704]

As an Irish this was very well explained and presented .

[@girlwithpudel]

as the writer for this video, thank you! it's always so nice to know that the local populations approve of my work

[@CaptainArseways-pt4ud]

Not really it completely brushed over the colonization of southern Ireland.

[@girlwithpudel]

that, good sir, is because the topic i was told to write was "how was northern Ireland colonized" lol. so i was not asked to cover southern ireland and naming the finished product was not up to me! @@CaptainArseways-pt4ud

[@CaptainArseways-pt4ud]

@@girlwithpudel Sneaky bastards!

[@marthastewartschowchow]

“In the province of Ulster…” proceeds to show only 6 of the 9 counties of Ulster.

[@SamDiMento]

My family always thought we were largely Irish but we checked and it turns out almost all of our "Irish" ancestors were in fact Ulster Plantationers, Protestants of either English or Scottish origin.

[@captainchaos3053]

Glad you took the time to check.

[@davvid977]

Probably true for many Americans who claim Irish ancestry

[@SamDiMento]

@@davvid977 From what I can gather, prior to the Irish Potato Famine, there really were exceptionally few Irish in America. Not a place most Catholics would want to be, as you can imagine - decidedly WASPy New England etc. Of course there was Maryland, and it seems one of my few authentically Irish ancestors was indeed a Butler progenitor from Maryland but yes almost all the other immigrants who were labeled as being from "Ireland" were really from what we could today Northern Ireland, which of course did not exist 200+ years ago, so while they were "Irish" in the sense that they were from the Emerald Isle, they were not ethnically or culturally Irish in any meaningful sense, being from the Plantation.

[@murpho999]

⁠@@SamDiMentoIn Ireland we refer to the. “Potato Famine” as “The Great Hunger” as there was no famine as there was plenty of food available but access was controlled and it is now considered a genocide attempt by the British. Americans seem to always call it “Potato Famine” without understanding that it was not by choice that the Irish were dependent on potatoes but due to British land policies in Ireland at the time.

[@SamDiMento]

Ok thanks for the context. You can call it whatever you like and I will do the same. Incidentally, I don't think 'Great Hunger' sheds any more clarity, less actually, than the 'Potato Famine.' If you guys in Ireland think that makes it any more accurate, no one's stopping you. I did not come here to argue but I won't be instructed on a fact I well knew.@@murpho999

[@PureInsanityNow]

the troubles intensify

[@maebukun8817]

It’s “Derry” and the actual pronunciation of “Londonderry”, the first 6 letters are silent so still pronounced “Derry”

[@barbossa2220]

I love the Irish. ❤ from morocco.

[@Kk-bq8sw]

They don’t love you- try going there now!

[@Orielparadise]

@@Kk-bq8swnonsense

[@ImmortalMachine]

You're more than welcome.

[@ImmortalMachine]

​@@Kk-bq8swdon't spread such rubbish.

[@ramadamming8498]

Why?

[@warrenpaine]

Fun fact: The Northern-most part of Ireland is NOT in "Northern" Ireland.

[@malahammer]

The British, leaving a murderous mess wherever they retreated from.

[@Gypsygeekfreak17]

like islam

[@malahammer]

@@Gypsygeekfreak17 Islam is not a people 🙄

[@Go_Home_British_Raj]

they're still at it disgracefully

[@darkcrowsin666]

​@@Gypsygeekfreak17 islam wasn't mentioned in video but here you are 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@galaxyred7]

@@darkcrowsin666he isn’t wrong

[@zsb707]

What a compelling documentary!

[@michaelmcnally2331]

Well completely misses out that the first movement as such was Norman knights that invited over to assist one of the kings against other king. The Norman knights then started setting about establishing own area's and amassing wealth. Fearing this then Anjevin King of England Henry II persuaded Pope Adrian (First and Last English Pope) to award Henry the title of Lord of Island making Henry in charge of Ireland and bringing the Norman knights back under Henry's control. English Kings then using the title Lord of Ireland until Henry VIII who upon breaking from Rome could hardly use a Papal Issue to retain control over Ireland, Thus persuading what was supposedly Irish Parliament to grant him the title King of Ireland.

[@Craicfox161]

For security reasons mainly. And because Ulster can be viewed from Scotland on a clear day (only 12 miles away at its closest point) Not too bad logistically..

[@honodle7219]

Always felt there should be a united Ireland.

[@HaiLsKuNkY]

why?

[@fyrdman2185]

No one cares about your feelings

[@stiofain88]

​@@fyrdman2185No one cares about British opinions

[@andrewtully3622]

It'll be interesting to see what Eire does to accomodate the British element.

[@RasheedGazzi-u5l]

​@@HaiLsKuNkYShouldn't people be in charge of their own home?

[@nicolaenicolae3289]

Great documentary!

[@brokenbridge6316]

Nicely informative video

[@Tharaldsen89]

Not to offend or cause trouble, but the English conquest of Ireland began with the Anglo-Norman invasion under Henry 2 in the late 12th century. The landholdings and provinces captured then, were held all the way until Henry 8. The difference between them and the settlers under house Tudor, is that most of the Anglo-Normans assimilated and adopted into the Gaelic Irish culture and intermarried with the Irish nobility, becoming "More Irish than the Irish themselves" in the eyes of more anglophile settlers, giving rise to the Hiberno-Normans or Norman-Irish. This along with their continued alliegence to catholicism like their Gaelic Irish neighbours even after the reformation and founding of the Anglican church, caused conflict with the Crown as well as the new mostly protestant English settlers under Tudor. This meant that when the new English settlers under Tudor came, they displaced many of the old Anglo-Irish familes from their positions as community leaders and later as landholders.

[@Azog150]

That wouldn't offend or cause trouble. However, I would question the use of the term "English conquest". The Anglo-Normans who invaded Ireland were themselves invaders of England. They were a French-speaking aristocratic upper class who installed themselves into power in England through military conquest only 100 years prior. They did not speak the language or follow the customs of the common English people anymore than they spoke the language of the common Irish people. In other words, they were not "English". The majority of Norman nobles and the Monarch himself did not begin speaking English until the late 1300's, which is around the same sort of time they also began adopting Gaelic in Ireland. If you want to get even more pedantic, the majority of the "Anglo-Norman" nobles who moved over to Ireland were in fact from Wales (i.e. Cambro-Norman).

[@erikriza7165]

England treated Ireland worse than Russia is treating Ukraine now.

[@Craicfox161]

Bollocks

[@alynwillams4297]

😂 have a look what they did to Wales. 600 castles they built making it the most occupied country in Europe at the time.

[@adamdriver1016]

@@alynwillams4297 the French normans built most of them, as well you know. These were the same people who occupied England at the time.

[@Three_Lions-1986]

England built their country. Education, the railway, universities, schools, hospitals, electricity, running water, medicine, sanitisation. Is Russia giving Ukraine that?

[@noahmiles8951]

Great video! Would like to point out that Irish “Gaelic” and Scottish “Gaelic” are pronounced differently with the latter being “Galick” without the strong A sound

[@dylanmurphy9389]

@@eudaimonnLickGays

[@Algimantaz]

U mean scots pronounce gaelic exactly like the word ’garlic’?

[@Nightzo]

Is the Irish version pronounced with the A in 'Age' and the Scottish version with the A in 'Apple'?

[@noahmiles8951]

@@Nightzo yes you explained it better!

[@noahmiles8951]

@iolarmara490 literally different vocabulary, phonetics and grammar but okay :)

[@NewYorkPickers]

Love this. The video was informative, useful, and helpful.

[@urseliusurgel4365]

To be totally accurate Ireland was colonised initially by the Norse (Vikings), who founded Dublin, Limerick and Cork etc.. In the late 12th century Normans or Anglo-Normans, with a sizeable contingent of South Welsh, led by Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke AKA 'Strongbow' conquered large swathes of Ireland. Strongbow's ancestral lands were concentrated in South Wales. Henry II of England, actually a Frenchman of Angevin and Norman ancestry, claimed the overlordship of Ireland, with the Pope's sanction. Later there were large numbers of Scottish colonisers, especially in Ulster. The role of English people in this process was far from overwhelming, much less as unique as your title suggests.

[@djikopgot]

Stop minimizing everything. Yes, history is not black and white, but this whole thing was absolutely directed and put into action by England.

[@urseliusurgel4365]

@@djikopgot I'm sorry that you find facts inimical. The initial invasion was entirely a private venture cooked up by Strongbow and Diarmait Mac Murchada (Dermot MacMurrough), the exiled King of Leinster. Strongbow married Dermot's daughter, Aoife, to seal the deal. Strongbow and the other Anglo-Cambro-Norman warlords were wildly, and unexpectedly, successful in conquering large areas of Ireland. This was somewhat embarrassing for them as no permission from their overlord, King Henry II, for their conquests had been sought or given. Henry, then took an interest and demanded that the Anglo-Cambro-Norman and native Irish lords swear fealty to him for their lands, and he adopted the title 'Lord of Ireland' - which he later bestowed on his youngest son, John. If you think that this - which is all entirely factual - constitutes, " this whole thing was absolutely directed and put into action by England", as some sort of nationally directed scheme, then your idea of reality is very different from mine, and that of all reputable historians.

[@urseliusurgel4365]

I should point out that the Pope, in his bull 'Laudabiliter', backed Henry's assumption of overlordship of all Ireland. This was because, at the time, it was the Anglo-Normans who were the good Catholics, and the Irish who were not, having many religious practices that the Papacy frowned on, such as simony, the marriage of priests and hereditary abbacies.

[@garrywynne1218]

@@urseliusurgel4365- there is also another angle. The King of England is still styled Duke of Normandy. His inheritance from William the Conqueror ( a Northman/Norman descended from Rollo) whose claim for the throne descended from Norwegians Kings. The Vikings/Northman established Dublin and Limerick and their claims dated back to Norse Kings claim to Irish settlements. All of which were the inheritance on the King of England through William and the Norse inheritance.

[@garrywynne1218]

I’m not saying it’s right I’m just pointing out the motivation and connection.

[@brendanshannon1706]

Northern Ireland was artificially drawn up on a map by the British so that they could ensure a permanent British-Protestant majority. However, today that no longer stands. Unionism is plummeting while the middle ground are rising. No one could have ever predicted that a Catholic woman would become primary leader of NI.

[@theawesomeman9821]

So is the conflict really about religion? Or is it about preference in whether to remain with Britain?

[@Ceiteach.O.Duibhir]

​@@theawesomeman9821in the past it was religion, now its mostly politics & loyalist cheerleaders

[@fyrdman2185]

@@theawesomeman9821 It's an ethnic conflict, religion is just an identifier of which ethnicity you belong to. So if you're Protestant then you're an Ulster-Scot who wants to remain part of the UK and be British and if you're Catholic you're probably irish who wants unification with the republic.

[@jsparrow2563]

​@fyrdman2185 don't call it protestant. It is the english church (interesting story how this church is set up a d why)and they have nothing to do with Protestants from the Nordics, Germany, Netherlands et cetera

[@fyrdman2185]

@@jsparrow2563 But it's not the Anglican Church though, most of them are Presbyterians.

[@margaretmanion9121]

Benjamin Franklin visited Ireland in1773 and was horrified by the poverty he saw there. He was afraid that if the American colonies remained under British rule, they would end up like Ireland.

[@richmondlandersenfells2238]

What about the mass immigration of irish in the American shores 1800's?

[@Crusty_Camper]

His views were not as clear-cut as you suggest. This is a direct quote about his visit to the Irish Parliament which was entirely composed of Protestant nobility, "There are many brave spirits among them, the gentry are a very sensible, polite and friendly people. Their Parliament makes a most respectable figure, with a number of very good speakers in both parties, and able men of businesses."

[@StuffOffYouStuff]

Good video thank you. Noone in Britain gives a hoot about Northern Island these days. They're desperately clinging on the to UK. I'm British but I am for Irish unity. NI would be better off that way economically now following brexit

[@geordiewishart1683]

That's cos modern Britain is Pakistani

[@xragdoll5662]

We don’t want them. They don’t benefit anyone via reunification

[@EmpressMermaid]

James: "You don't think this'll cause any problems down the line, do you?"

[@harpreetsingh-ol7ox]

I really wanna visit Ireland hopefully i will have enough savings and time one day

[@Inucroft]

*stares in Welsh* Are we a joke to you?

[@j_c2225]

The world doesn’t even know that wales exists

[@raymondharrington2689]

How would the British feel if Ireland owned part of England or part of Scotland

[@alynwillams4297]

We just going to miss out Wales? 😂

[@geordiewishart1683]

Well if you consider the amount of Catholic Irish and their descendants living in Britain as economic !migrants

[@dettoladdict]

Prefacing this by saying personally my views are approximately in line with those of connolly but this arguably already happened, notably in the case of dál riata. Of course the tuatha and the unitary state of the british empire are fairly different in nature

[@raymondharrington2689]

Irish people were murdered by the British empire from the 16th century onwards. Then came the plantation of Ulster by the Scots. In history, I've never heard of the Welsh ever doing any of this to the Irish people. But if they were part of the back then, then they were probably involved. Our lands were taken, our people were starved and murdered by the British empire. Except same is happening today in Gaza to the Palestinian people.

[@raymondharrington2689]

Exact

[@Cartamandua]

Ireland was first colonized by the Normans who had brutally colonized England 100 years previously.

[@nekilik7886]

Similar to how Albanians settled southern Serbia for centuries during the Ottoman Empire in an effort to increase the muslim population, then under communist rule as well. Christian Serbs were driven out and forbidden to return to their homes. Unfortunately we share a similar fate to the Irish.

[@Hasanbas-rv3vm]

Kosovo is albanian

[@rob9528]

Not all albanians are muslim especially not hundreds of years ago the christian albanian population percentage wise was much larger so what youre saying doesn't make much sense. And in the Kosovo war in the 90s the serbs also slaughtered many catholic albanians the biggest massacre was in Meja Gjakova where many catholic albanians live Gjakova was the most destroyed city and the whole area has 20% christians/catholics many villages are 90%+ catholic yet the serbs went there raped and assaulted catholic albanians.

[@rob9528]

Not all albanians are muslim especially not hundreds of years ago the christian albanian population percentage wise was much larger so what youre saying doesn't make much sense. And in the Kosovo war in the 90s the serbs also killed many catholic albanians the biggest massacre was in Meja Gjakova where many catholic albanians live Gjakova was the most destroyed city and the whole area has 20% christians/catholics many villages are 90%+ catholic yet the serbs went there raped and assaulted catholic albanians.

[@DeclinedMercy]

The demographics shifted back and forth over time but Albanians have always been in Kosovo in large numbers.

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

Thanks for sharing 😊

[@ScreamingSturmovik]

no mention of Oliver Cromwell? everything i've heard suggests he was really bad for the Irish

[@TheKennyboy92]

He was

[@xragdoll5662]

He deported many Irish children to Jamaica where they were made to live in inhumane conditions

[@lervish1966]

Cromwell was a great man.

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

nice video

[@antoniomoreira5921]

Not sure it's the right niche but Schwerpunkt has just recently made a lot of videos about Medieval and Early Modern Irish history and warfare and an in-depth analysis about the Spanish and English strategy in 1588. Worth watching

[@makaveli88888]

In northern Ireland today more people identify as Irish or Northern Irish rather than British. Although people would argue identifying as norn irish is also he same same as British 😂. Strange wee place we have but top notch people ☘️☘️

[@raymondhaskin9449]

Everyone from here knows people who call themselves Northern Irish people are British. A catholic would just say they’re Irish and dislike the term “Northern Ireland”.

[@tc2664]

@@raymondhaskin9449 I think those that we're British but now class themselves to be "Northern Irish" is just another way of trying to embrace and connect themselves with the Irish identity seeing as for hundreds of years they didn't want anything to do with being Irish they had always just remained to be British only but only until recently the British only identity is in decline while the Irish and Northern Irish identities are rising. I personally don't think it's a good sign for Unionism and it surely must be giving favor towards nationalism.

[@raymondhaskin9449]

⁠​⁠@@tc2664 Nah. You know rightly Northern Ireland identity is British and loyalist. Catholics say they’re Irish and spit blood as the phrase “Northern Ireland”.

[@freeminded7]

I mean the northern irish are cucked for STILL licking british boots.

[@TheCrescentFusilier0961]

You can be British Irish surely?

[@Tailtiu3]

It's always great hearing someone else not from Ireland telling us about it..

[@eddielopez2373]

It’s almost like people from all over the world can research world history and articulate it to others.

[@galaxyred7]

@@eddielopez2373fein

[@tomorrowneverdies567]

So why did they want to colonize Ireland? That was not very clearly explained.

[@fyrdman2185]

To stop raids from Ireland and then probably because there's a threat that ireland would be a staging ground for future invasions of England by rivals powers like Spain and France, so better conquer it just to be safe.

[@GiaBasquiAi-ho7hf]

Seems they didn't have any reason except that they decided to conquer other people and decided they were 'lower class" or "uncivilized", which is obviously untrue. They decided to do it for power, money, resources and control.

[@SeanMacOirc]

Because they are greedy, theiving obnoxious bastards. Simple as!

[@xragdoll5662]

Why did they colonise the other countries? Same reason

[@tomorrowneverdies567]

@@xragdoll5662 Why did they colonise the other countries?

[@MaBer-67391]

The British government really jacked up Ireland over the centuries, but makes no effort to correct the wrong doing. It's the same situation with Scotland and Wales. It takes courage to admit you're wrong and swallow your pride, but the British government could make things better. The people in Northern Ireland who are Scottish and British are there because of what their ancestors had done, not because of anything they are doing, so perhaps the British government could make a repatriation deal with them, offering them money or property in England in exchange for relocating. Those who refuse to leave could stay where they are, with the understanding that Northern Ireland would be united with Ireland, and would be subject to Irish law. This could be a far more peaceful and less expensive deal than riots, war, and having to maintain security. The Irish would have to be open minded about those British and Scots who choose to remain.

[@JTD317]

Can't wait to see the civilised discussion in the comments...

[@factsandlogic4709]

I'm sure they'll be lots of unbiased serious academic discussions

[@wazzup233]

*civilized

[@JTD317]

@@wazzup233 it's spelt with an s in UK English

[@judygoddard3869]

Ireland wasn’t colonised by the English. It was colonised by the Normans. The King and nobles who invaded couldn’t even speak English.

[@75YBA]

Then why are they there now? Well, because they did invade smart-ass.

[@gabrielgarcia7554]

Anglo-Normans technically.

[@billfarley9167]

My ancestors were from NW England and migrated to Ulster (County of Armagh) in 1703.

[@mrmarcus111]

How I wish more people in Ireland understood this.

[@conorspence5332]

@@mrmarcus111why would that be relevant to them when part of Ireland is still occupied?!

[@FionanUaMurchadha]

It was main 1. Testing place for the expansion of the English later British Empire 2. Defence from using Ireland as a staging ground against for foreign invasion e.g by France and 3. Easy place to grow crops and export to the Kingdom of England, later Great Britain.

[@songsmith31a]

The proximity of Ireland to England from the days of the Normans through succeeding centuries, was surely a matter of concern to successive English monarchs when it came to the security of an England at risk from invasion by alien forces looking for a vulnerable launch-pad into England itself...later encountered from France and Germany in major military historical events that threatened not only England but far wider freedoms.

[@magellanicspaceclouds]

In a perfect world, the whole island would be Irish. Sadly, history tends to complicate things.

[@iamjohnfarlow]

In a perfect world people wouldn’t care about ethnic divisions or nationality

[@jarrodbedelen]

It is basically Somalia these days.

[@iamjohnfarlow]

@@jarrodbedelen Lol what?

[@magellanicspaceclouds]

@@iamjohnfarlow I don't have a problem with having a nationality.

[@iamjohnfarlow]

@@magellanicspaceclouds Sorry I wasn’t referring to you, I should have been more clear.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Thank you for sharing. It was an informative and remarkable historical coverage video about a turned point of Irish peoples ( Galic people) . What a smartness and crucial method hidden behind ( agriculture plantation ) for British imperialistic vision in Ireland 🇮🇪 Island... imperial invaded always persuades harsh racism practices and religious prosecutions while only Nazism regime racism was notoriously evaluated

[@erf3176]

Partition... the Brits' solution to everything.

[@punkndisorderly2381]

Cry much

[@themaestro3034]

Whats the alternative?

[@conorspence5332]

@@themaestro3034leaving Ireland to have their own state without UK jurisdiction on the island of Ireland

[@themaestro3034]

@@conorspence5332 you already got that boggy wetland to yourself, who you mean? The Scotts who took the good parts? 😆

[@conorspence5332]

@@themaestro3034 it doesn't take a genius to know there will always be problems with splitting up a small island

[@greatorme1]

Wales isn't part of england .your maps are incorrect.

[@DeclinedMercy]

Wales was part of England back then

[@jgog59]

The 6 counties, It’s not a country it’s not a statlet it’s part of a province, but it’s not the whole province. It’s not a country.

[@geordiewishart1683]

Yes it is. Fud

[@jgog59]

@@geordiewishart1683 it has a unique status. People in the six counties can identify as Irish and be Irish citizens or British citizens it’s a choice

[@Luci_S]

As a Native American, we support the IRISH! Please do one video where the Irish influence is still relevant and important to Native Americans (U.S./Mexico when potato famine happened and Choctaw sent money to the starving Irish even after enduring the trail of tears). The Irish also defended Mexico against further conquest from Colonialism from the U.S.! For this reason, I wear green and help our Irish friends!

[@rudithedog7534]

Thank you for your kind throughs and actions

[@malcolmstead272]

Do you know who manned the 7th cavalry? Garryowen was their nickname, Myles Keogh, Custer and many more were Irish.

[@rudithedog7534]

@@malcolmstead272 there were Irish on both sides of the American civil war, there were Irish fighting on both sides of the Napoleonic wars, there was Irish on both sides of the Spanish civil war, there were Irish fighting in the wars to liberate the countries of South America, there were Irish fighting in a lot of conflicts all over the world, a lot of the time fighting against other displaced Irish looking for a job.

[@malcolmstead272]

@@rudithedog7534 You have missed the point completely, The 7th Cavalry were mainly Irish and massacred the Native Americans!

[@rudithedog7534]

@@malcolmstead272 the 7th cavalry had about 40% foreign born men mostly Irish and German, the point I'm making is the Irish did not join for ideology they joined because nothing else was open to them, they joined for food and pay. These were desperate men who fought all over the world because they had been displaced and homeless, they found refuge in the armies of the world look up The Wild Geese. It's not thr knife that cuts the bread.

[@Les-d1n]

There are probably more people of Irish descent living in the UK than there are in Ireland .Having broken free of British oppression in 1921 the Irish promptly relocated to Britain .Tens of thousands left during the following decades settling mainly in Liverpool Manchester Birmingham London etc and even many to Northern Ireland .seems British (oppression) wasn’t that bad !

[@helenahanley]

Feck off. Loads went to America as well and new zealand. It was a dominant state till approximately 1947. Irish people died on the coffin ships on the way to the usa around around famine. On britain irish people who came to Britain were from the north of ireland and some of then came to escape the discrimation of the british loyalists. When your own kids speak with a britsh accent and is called edward people donnt cop you are irish. 😊

[@galaxyred7]

No they usually left because Ireland was a backwater country until the 90’s/2000’s. They left for work and better living conditions. Almost like the UK didn’t bother industrialising Ireland to the scale of England 🤔

[@azariahisrael5632]

Hugh O'Donnell is my 17th great grandfather. I decend from his grandson Calvagh O'Donnell Lord of Tyraconnel.

[@JohnAbbe1]

yeh and i'm descended from the wicked witch of the west bro

[@azariahisrael5632]

@@JohnAbbe1 Don't be a jerk off because your momma doesn't know who your daddy is.

[@neurospicypisces]

Yeah and I'm of Clan Rose descended from Scottish Highlanders. Not the flex you think it is bro lol

[@selfish-perverse-n-turbulent]

You know you have over 70,000 17th great grandfathers. Check for a pope or two and Gandhi while you're at it.

[@geordiewishart1683]

I'm related to Cromwell

[@NinjitsuHiboshi]

Notice how anything the British touch is destroyed? It's kind of like the concept of the golden touch, except it's very much the opposite

[@NathanBee3]

From Australia. Ive seen it first hand 😅

[@Housey1985]

Nonsense bigotry

[@murpho999]

⁠Really? Look at Ireland, India/Pakistan, Palestine, Egypt etc. All a mess left behind by British colonisers.

[@murpho999]

@@NathanBee3Australia was empty with small indigenous population and land was then populated by the colonisers. Look at places like Ireland, India etc where the British occupation was not a good experience for the locals and a political mess was left behind.

[@rup54]

Australia is many things, but it is not a political mess!

[@legohistorytube.3148]

My paternal ancestors were one of those many scottish settlers who settled in Ulster during the Ulster plantations. Anyone whose ancestors came from Scotland over to Ulster are called Ulster-Scots/Scots-Irish.

[@ccahill2322]

@legohistorytube.3148, No, they were always called, in America, Scots Irish. Go and look at the old graveyards or read the actual history for the description. This Ulster Scots thing is recent especially the the past 2 or 3 decades. And, by the way, the Presbyterians rose in thousands in the North of Ireland in 1798 and were killed in thousands as they carried the Green Flag with the Golden Harp fighting for an Irish Republic. They started the United Irishmen movement which eventually, in the middle 19th century and into the early 20th became the IRB and on to 1916. So your ancestors may have been more "Irish" than you thought. Cultural Irish runs deeper than "political" Irish.

[@legohistorytube.3148]

@ccahill2322 I know that they were only called Scots Irish in America, I was just saying that they were called either the Ulster-scots or Scots Irish

[@ccahill2322]

@@legohistorytube.3148 , The important point is the "Ulster -Scots bit is recent revisionism. It has been brought in during the past fifty years since the Irish "troubles." When these people first left the shores of Ireland there was no "separate "Ulster" -that came in 1922. And it is only two thirds of the ancient province of Ulster. One third is in the Irish Republic. It is just like some try to say there was no Palestine. One other thing the Irish were known as Scotti in Roman times and an Irish tribe settled the western Highland of what became named Argyll and later the country was named after these Scots as Scotland. Robert Bruce's brother Edward was King of Ireland in the 13th century. He died there fighting against the English. If you ever go to Ireland it's on a high hill above the town of Dundalk in the Republic of Ireland. I wish you well.

[@legohistorytube.3148]

@ccahill2322 I have been to both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. and also, I don't need you to tell me about the Ulster scots when I literally said that same thing in my original post!

[@ccahill2322]

@@legohistorytube.3148, I do not care where you've been. They were not "Ulster" Scots. They were Scots Irish. If you want to make up your own "history" please stay ignorant. Like the "Orangemen." "Ulster" is nine counties of Ireland. It has been "six county" Ulster since 1922. Good bye.

[@flavio-viana-gomide]

If you are UK neighbor, my god, you need to be tough not to become a colony.

[@vanzarockin]

My grandmother would tell me her people were Irish-Scots, who went to Scotland from Ireland. I suppose they were Dal Riatan.

[@brucecollins641]

@vanzarockin........no irish came to scotland. any movements of peoples was from scotland to ireland.

[@DonPedroman]

A lot of those irish nobles carried on their legacy in Spain, for example, one of the most important politicians (and generals) of 19th century Spain was Leopoldo O´Donnel, descendant from the O´Donnel that fought against the English as shown in the video.

[@CB-fz3li]

Leopoldo O’Donnel, the guy responsible for the massacre of thousands of slaves in Cuba? Sounds like a nice chap.

[@cymro6537]

Ireland is often mentioned as 'England's first colony ' however England's first colony was Wales- suffering plantations a century before Ireland suffered the same fate.

[@youwhat491]

where there is greed there is death, a greedy person is like a dog looking at its reflection in a river, greedy for another bone tries to bite its reflection only end up losing the bone in its own mouth

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Celtic peoples are historically so unlucky unlike Germanic peoples.

[@GwainSagaFanChannel]

Due to the downfall of Celtic people in continental Europe and British Isles gave rise to the world we live in today otherwise it would be a completely different world.

[@wazzup233]

@@GwainSagaFanChannel And it's all Roman's fault for the decline of Celtics in continental Europe

[@swaythegod5812]

People forget after fall of western Roman Empire it was Ireland who taught the Germans to read and write Also Charlemagne claimed he was of Celt and Roman Heritage to justify his claim to the title emperor of the Romans ironically

[@claretblue2509]

The Celtic people are Germanic. How naive can you be?

[@josh2482]

@@claretblue2509 Celtic is NOT a germanic language.

[@Akhundelar_Far]

I feel like Ireland and Slovenia have a simmilar history in terms of foreign rule being destructive in their countries, just like the Irish had their Catholic religion opressed and language destroyed by the English language and Protestant church, so did Slovenes lose most of their books and learning camps destroyed by the Catholics since those Slovnes in the 15-16 century that were Protestant wrote many books in Slovene and printed them aswell since then the new printing press was made, and they also had learning camps where even the elite of Slovene nobility became Protestant and gained even more national awernes but then the Austrians cracked down on them and destroyed everything and killed many people. Also UK mirrors the Austrian empire, with England = Austira, Scotland = Czech, and Slovenia = Irish/ in some cases also like Welish. Like Ireland was rulled by a Scotish King so was Slovenia by a Czech king, like Ireland lost land that is still in their original land so did Slovenia that hole in Northern Ireland is like the hole in Carinthia and Styria, cut up because of foreign ambitions. Lucky for Slovenia is we still have our language while Ireland almost lost theirs completely.

[@eze8970]

Don't forget how much of Britain's lands, people, religion, laws & rulers changed from the time of the Roman invasion onwards.

[@Akhundelar_Far]

@@eze8970 For sure, yet Ireland was as original as you can get, having a celtic background and language, while England and Scotland both had a mix of people living there just like Austria where Germans like Normans came from the North and slowly started moving down south destroying and idea of a slavic culture, like the English did to Ireland. And like in Ireland where later on Scots fought against English rule aswell, so did the Czech and Slovenes fight against Austrians aka Bavarians. I feel like both cases mirrored eachother somewhat that's all.

[@eze8970]

@@Akhundelar_Far All of 'Britain' & Ireland was Celtic at one time. They traded with modern day France, & as far away as Phoenicia. They all fought amongst each other though, there was never a unified Britain or Ireland, just tribal areas. The Romans broke this up in Britain, then it was every tribe for itself. Some Irish tribes then invaded Scotland & Wales from the West, while other Germanic & Scandinavian tribes invaded from the North & East. The Scotti, an Irish tribe, gave their name to Scotland after invading, & had lands on both sides of the Irish Sea. Vikings also settled & established lands in Ireland. It's all a chaotic mix, with no real identified countries until later on (& even then, Irish & Scottish fought both against & with the Normans & those who became English, in whatever would give them the best deal). Religion then mixed this up again. Ex Picts & Caledonians Highlanders always saw themselves different tribally from the Lowland Scottish (from Ireland). In the last Jacobite/Scottish rebellion, as late as 1746, there were more 'Scottish' fighting with the British Army than with the Jacobean Scots! Your situation while it may have similarities at certain times, seems to be more clear cut.

[@bethbartlett5692]

Very well presented, with the Fundamental points of purposes. (I'd be interested in this type of presentation to describe how Henry VIII convinced the People his perspective of Religion was necessary), when he clearly made the decision to serve his own desires. I can see a varied interpretation of perspectives, but I cant get the People just ignoring his personal gain, nor a cause to judge the Irish for refusing to accept his will. Never understood this. Irish/American Sociologist/Behavioralist and Historian

[@Rob749s]

Once again, we skip the entire Viking colonies of Ireland, which fuel the Norman ambition, of which England is simply the inheritor. And never mind that the Ulster Irish colonised northern Britain (Scotland) at the same time the Anglo-Saxons colonised the South.

[@worldtv5848]

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[@CaptainArseways-pt4ud]

There was no Viking colonies in Ireland you ignorant fool. And the English didn't inherit anything they colonised southern Ireland just as much as Northern Ireland in the 16th and 17th centuries, those people mixed with the native Irish they are known as new English or anglo-Irish.

[@StiofanGaillimh]

I need sources for these claims that the Irish colonised North Britain

[@Housey1985]

Well said…very partial take

[@BrianBorumaMacCennetig367]

Complete nonsense.

[@GaudiaCertaminisGaming]

You forgot to mention the conquest of Scotland by the Ulster Irish a few centuries before.

[@fionnmoules7620]

Ok what about it? It holds 0 relevance to the plantations

[@user_____M]

@@fionnmoules7620 a bit of karma for the Ulster Irish, m8.

[@fionnmoules7620]

@@user_____M karma isnt real and also karma for what?😂😂😂

[@adrianosioradain]

Conquest is a harsh word, generally accepted by historians as settlers and it was 10 centuries before when Ireland and Britain were both Celtic.

[@cormacdonnelly365]

Cringe unionist alt-history, next you'll start with the whole 'Cruithin land reclamation' spiel

[@TheBandit025Nova]

An British person: Wait it’s all Gaelic Me: Always has been

[@punkndisorderly2381]

Not anymore lol

[@shacklock01]

Seems a bit odd to start at the Tudors considering anglo-irish and then an anglo-norman settlement had been ongoing for a millenia and many of the barons across Ireland were of very mixed heritage.

[@KevOSMusic]

I think the Tudor era is a good time. Prior to this, while the conquests may have secured lands for Lords loyal to the English Crown, culturally, the majority of the island remained gaelic. Normans who'd come in conquest even became known as 'the New-Irish'. Also, the Tudor era brought the reformation too along with Henry VIII going against the Pope & naming himself King of Ireland, the first time Ireland was ever considered a Kingdom. (Previous title was Lord of Ireland & before the previous norman conquest, positions of High King were a different system, never really a true Kingdom)

[@freneticness6927]

This dude knows nothing about this area. All of the irish cities were founded by vikings and dublin cork and limerick were english from 1100 to 1900.

[@BrianBorumaMacCennetig367]

After the black death Dublin, Cork and Limerick were made up by mostly Irish populations that even spoke Irish. Most of the old English were wiped out.

[@dunkirk1581]

The indigenous irish people were sold into the African slave markets by Norse invaders, The slave station were Dublin, Wexford & Cork. Ireland was recused and freed from slavery in the 11th century by William The Conqueror. The slavers have still not given up on enslaving the Irish,

[@bcampbell8344]

Honest question: how do the British justify this?

[@eze8970]

It's just the usual mess of human power politics, which no one has ever stopped, dating back into antiquity. It's also more complicated that this video, which starts at only the 1500s, Both the British & Irish Celts (who still fought amongst themselves & doesn't mention post Roman Irish invasions of the British mainland or slave raids) got caught up in different Scandinavian families (& other invading nations) empire building, which fractured an already fractured society. Throw religion into the mix, & it gets worse...

[@bcampbell8344]

@@eze8970 thanks for the response. Another answer I got was that the current agreement allows the people of Northern Ireland to vote to join the Republic, and they choose not to. I tend to think that the misuse of religion, rather than the teachings of either side, led to the worsening polarization. I’ve still got a lot to learn because it’s a very complicated subject as a whole.

[@fyrdman2185]

@@bcampbell8344 It's not about religion, watch the video again, it's an ethnic conflict. Religious denomination is just an identifier of which ethnic group you belong to.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

The King of England, who was also the King of Scotland, was also the King of Ireland.

[@rup54]

It didn't help that England and parts of Scotland became Protestant (16th - 18th centuries). Many areas remained Roman Catholic and frequently allied with Roman Catholic Spain, France vs. England. Like it or not, the Protestants won and were not going to forgive what they believed was treachery and betrayal. So, yup, BOTH sides fought dirty, and both sides were murderous.

[@MD-tv5fp]

It is very dangerous to draw a line at a convenient point in history, and ignore what went before. When the Normans invaded England, both Wales and Ireland were collections of small kingdoms, each one constantly fighting with its neighbours. The French rulers sent an army into Wales, recruiting locals as they went, then moved across the sea at the invitation of one of the local kings. Ireland was united, not as an independent nation, but under Norman rule, like the British mainland. Even further back in time, the Scots were not the original inhabitants of Scotland: they were invaders from Ireland. There is an irony in the part played by Scots in your video, taking back their ancient homeland. Consider Irish surnames that begin with "Fitz". It comes from the French "fils", (pronounced "feece") meaning "son".

[@alynwillams4297]

Took the Norman’s 200 years to fully conquer Wales.

[@Idk-ys7rt]

How the English conquered Ireland? With a further video about Irish Independence (Liberation of Republic of Ireland)?

[@Idk-ys7rt]

Or How Ireland was conquered by the British.

[@Ceiteach.O.Duibhir]

You mean enslaved us

[@stephenkenney8290]

​@@Ceiteach.O.DuibhirI'm curious, are there recorded instances of the British enslaving the Irish?

[@xragdoll5662]

@@stephenkenney8290no. Only the Vikings

[@gabrielagustinhomas]

The very existence of Northern Ireland is kinda basically like Ireland's punishment for breaking away from British rule. On one hand, the Irish have their independence, but on the other hand, their island is divided.

[@Craicfox161]

It was a compromise

[@charananekibalijaun8837]

It never was united in the first place

[@murpho999]

But we have our independence and the country is doing much better than it ever did under oppressive British rule. Also it was not a punishment but a negotiated treaty. You need to learn some history I think.

[@murpho999]

@@charananekibalijaun8837Ireland was conquered by Britain before nations existed so your point is incorrect and Ireland did have a High King for the whole land.

[@charananekibalijaun8837]

@@murpho999 you need to learn your history. What's more striking: please enlighten us who invited the English

[@peachesthepiggy]

Several times, the narrator referred to the English as the British and the Scottish separately as if the Scotish weren't British. The Scottish, English & Welsh are all British because they all reside on the island of Britain. It's a misnomer that the English are exclusively the British.

[@Angiie884]

All of these videos have been very interesting But I'm still waiting for Skanderbeg part 2 lol

[@Un_Pour_Tous]

Then wait.

[@iainwh78]

OMFG. He thinks Henry VIII was the first King to invade Ireland.

[@Valhalla88888]

Also it was not an English invasion it was a Norman invasion after 1066.

[@SciFiCatGuy]

If I were the employee, I would have called the fire department and sued if they disciplined me for doing so.

[@mbk9998]

Love Ireland from Palestine

[@MariaGuedes2022]

Very similar stories 😢

[@popeyesailor9571]

there is only one Ireland My grandfather never once said "Northern" they also gave away Palestine.

[@NewsRedial]

Firstly, all borders are man made. And, you make it sound like the Northern Irish have the border imposed by Great Britain against their will when most there want it. I personally think it would be better if the two nations and people could trust each other and unite. But let's not pretend they are the same people. A lot of the Northern Irish are Scottish.

[@1969JohnnyM]

The majority in Ireland never wanted Partition. If it was done by counties only Antrim and Down would be left in the union.

[@NewsRedial]

@@1969JohnnyM The colonisation should never have happened. But the aristocrats thought of the regular people as little more than property at the time so they would have seen it as no different than clearing trees or culling heards of deer. But once it has happened and you have a large portion of the colonist descendants as a majority in some areas, it becomes very complicated. I think some kind of charm offensive program over several generations might be a solution. The government of Ireland can pic the to 10% most handsome and beautiful young men and women and subsidise any who marry folks in NI. Within a few generation the population of NI will be mixed and more open to unification.

[@KevOSMusic]

The border was a messy negotiation that in the end encompassed quite a few regions that at the time would rather have been in the Free State. So yes, it was a border imposed on a lot of people that didn't want it at the time. Due to it being created, there was a bit of movement: Unionists leaving the Free State & Nationalists leaving the UK. This addressed a little of the imbalance. Northern Ireland Unionists have never been so much about mistrusting Ireland as in more being incentivised and raised culturally to being obsessed with being a part of the UK. An Englishman I know was shocked after a recent visit at the vehemence many British identifying Northern Irish are so obsessed with being part of the UK. Uniting with Ireland in their eyes could only ever happen by Ireland re-joining the UK. At this time, the situation is changing. Many Northern Irish are looking towards the real issues. Parties such as the Alliance would rather work towards the bettering of Northern Ireland itself rather than worrying whether it's in the UK or Ireland. I could see them gaining ground & working on placing Northern Ireland in a unique powerful position: Open to both the UK & the EU (through Ireland), it's prosperity could be incredible. That'll all come down to how much fear Unionism can create to bolster its vote. The stronger that vote, the stronger Nationalism will grow too. And as everyone in Northern Ireland knows, unionists often go to Nationalist politicians if they need to get some actual issues resolved, because many Unionist Politicians are elitists.

[@raymondhaskin9449]

Exactly. Northern Ireland wants to be British. Most have Scottish and English ancestry anyway. You only need to listen to the Ulster accent to know they’re basically Scots.

[@KevOSMusic]

@@raymondhaskin9449You know that is a false statement. Northern Ireland is a place of people clearly wanting different things. It probably always will be.

[@NKB_POE]

4:32 I think I just heard this part happen recently. I've been curious why Irish people supoorting Palestenian,and through this 12min video I understand why

[@bmoney2011]

Ireland belongs to the Irish.

[@iamjohnfarlow]

Yeah, they’ve already got Ireland

[@bmoney2011]

@@iamjohnfarlow *All* of Ireland belongs to the Irish.

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

We should deport the Gaels from Scotland and give Pictland back to the closest relatives the Britons since Scots are Gaels from Ireland 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@abyssssssssss]

​@@bmoney2011its a shame they won't get it 😄

[@stylishirishtrish9335]

@@abyssssssssssIts a shame you are such a knobhead

[@julianshepherd2038]

Ffs. The biggest difference between the Highlands and lowland scots is former were Catholic and sent many mercenaries to the european religious wars. Take rreligion out of the history and you make no sense.

[@JesusOrDestruction]

hopefully it gets reunified one day

[@Bringmeoneofthosechickens]

Agreed! Glory to the Irish!

[@blugaledoh2669]

Doubtful since Northern Ireland is protestant

[@abyssssssssss]

My British self would like to disagree

[@fyrdman2185]

All that would do is bring more conflict to the region, unless you're planning for some mass ethnic cleansing.

[@stylishirishtrish9335]

@@abyssssssssssofc as ye see ye have done nothing wrong🙄🙄

[@Azog150]

I would question why you would choose the title "colonized by the English" when you go on to explicitly state that Ireland was colonised by both the English and the Scottish. In fact, the Scottish ended up being a far larger proportion of the settler in the North.

[@DaChaGee]

Shouldn't the tile say British?

[@febweb17]

The British fear Ireland. Because of the past the British were terrified of its enemies using Ireland as a jumping off point for the invasion of Britain. When the Protestant gained power the Irish remained Roman Catholic. The Catholic Spanish used Ireland, the Catholic Stuart dynasty tried it and Hitler's Germans, knowing of the hatred of Britain by the Irish, tried to curry favour with Ireland. I was born in England and emigrated to Australia in 1971. I would love to visit Ireland but the hatred of the British, specifically English, prevents me from doing so, even though I now identify as Australian.

[@Craicfox161]

It’s fine now man. The animosity is a thing of the past.

[@anthonym3351]

😂 You are aware 300,000 British people now live in Ireland! There's more British in Ireland than. Irish in. Britain. Your chance of being targeted just for being british is close to zero. Per cent.

[@febweb17]

@@anthonym3351 No I wasn't aware of that. The reason I came to my conclusion is that many people who're from Ireland, and live in Australia, are openly critical/hostile toward the English. I would love to see Ireland and sink a few drinks with friendly people.

[@anthonym3351]

@@febweb17 In the pubs the Irish will cheer against English sports team etc but for day to day living, tourism etc no irish person would have any problem with someone just because they are British, more so against the British govt. It is similar to me in that I love America and american people but dislike America for invading other countries. Historically ireland was poor so many lived in Britain in recent decades ireland has become richer than britain and is a very attractive place for British to live

[@Thomas-uf8si]

​@@anthonym3351incorrect

[@peterjones6734]

Just for interest Britain means England, Scotland,and Wales. UK is the same but with the addition of Northern Ireland.

[@geordiewishart1683]

Just for interest, Britain consists of the mainland of England, Scotland and Wales. Great Britain consists of Britain AND the islands. The UK is the United Kingdom of GREAT Britain and Northern Ireland

[@thomasjhenniganw]

You said nothing about Cromwell, who is never forgotten un Ireland for his brutal slaughter of thousands of Irish.

[@J0s5p8]

The Scottish settlers who settled in Northern Ireland were descendants of the Irish settlers who colonized the land of the Picts, which eventually became Scotland.

[@kushaltiwari3668]

Did Scotland too had a role in colonisation of anyone

[@asmirann3636]

​​@@kushaltiwari3668 English are the masters in British Isles, and Scots are their loyal servants. Scots helped English and Britain in whatever way possible to achieve colonization. Scots were part of all the plunders, loot, destruction and murders across the world during British colonization.

[@Emperorli90]

@@kushaltiwari3668 Yes. Before the Scottish monarchs of Scotland, England and Wales united these three countries to form Britain, Scotland had several small colonies - Nova Scotia, Darien, the eastern part of Chicago and Stuartown. The British Empire started to really kick off under the Stuarts - the Scottish monarchs of the three nations. Much of the administration of the British Empire was headed by the Scots, including the British East India company - the private company that monopolised the states that now make up India and also the annexation of Indian land under the mandate of the Scottish Lord Dalhousie. Although the world likes to point the finger at the English and falsely refer to the English Empire as a synonym for the British Empire, the Scots played a phenomenal role in this empire.

[@oneroomboy]

That's not really correct because you need to be careful with terms and contexts. Ireland at that time had no nation under which to declare the land as theirs, nor did they operate in a systematic way to take over "Scotland", so you cannot say the /Picts were colonized by Ireland/. They were invaded by settlers, remember the celts/gaels/whatever are splinter cells of nomadic tribes, not a nationhood of people in comparison to the Japanese, Dutch, English etc. Also the way you word yourself it seems to imply that the scottish settlers essentially just came back home, this is quite ignorant because by the time between each of events, so much time had passed that there was no longer any retained memory or cultural ties. It's like saying if the USA invaded Ireland right now, it's just "Irish people" returning home, which sounds ridiculous,right?

[@DeclinedMercy]

@@oneroomboy Irish absolutely colonized Scotland but it was a migration moreso than a violent invasion, and the Irish and Pictish nations eventually merged together into Alba.

[@johnegan7834]

Holy fuck you missed the first 500 years of the English in Ireland. And the fact an irish man invited the first norman into Ireland

[@NorthernIrishCitizensAlliance]

Congratulations, this historical account of Irish history is a much improved version of the usual fantasy Ireland history that is produced on social media, unfortunately there are a number of key inaccuracies that make it very one sided and misleading for the viewers. 1. The English invasion was not the start of the Irish tragedy. The actual start was the awarding of Ireland to British ownership by Pope Adrian IV, who was so exasperated at trying to get the Irish to obey the papal Bull, he gave Ireland to Britain and supported the subsequent invasion that happened six years later. The objective of the invasion was to impose the catholic ethical and moral codes on to the Irish, to among other things eliminate the Irish habit of taking multiple wives. 2. There was no central Irish administration. The Irish were tribal and followed Brehon law, a civil code using judges by which they lived. The rulers of each Kingdom was not heretical but based on the most able, to take charge in the particular Kingdom. This was a major factor in the difficulty Britain had in the conquest of Ireland as they didn’t only have to conquer one nation and administration, they had to conquer four. 3. Ulster was by far the most successful and belligerent Kingdom, assisted by the unfriendly terrain, their aggressive nature and their close relatives, friends and allies the Scots, who were only a short distance away, so could be summoned easily by the lighting of bon fires. This is why, unlike Southern Ireland, it took centuries for the British to finally subdue Ulster. They were so-o mega cool. 4. You show John Davies and Arthur Chichester as being based in Belfast. Belfast was not and administrative centre of Ireland for the British, the not very Irish, “English Pale” based in Dublin, puppet government had that honour. That is where all the action took place, and were administrative laws and tasks were actioned. Arthur Chichester's early career was in Carrickfergus and the Belfast area but later he spent most of his time as Lord Deputy of Ireland 1605 to 1616. 5, The main driving force for creating the Irish plantations, in particular the “Ulster Plantation”, was not the under population of Ireland, they simply didn’t care about the Irish, the problem was the increasing over population of Britain. 6. The original intention to drive out the native Irish work force died straight away as they couldn’t get enough workers to in-migrate. Bribing the immigrant landowners to come was easy with the land the Flight of the Earls had vacated but the actual Irish workers saw little difference as they just had a new boss. 7. The Plantations were managed and organised by “The English Pale” puppet government around Dublin on behalf of the British Crown, who deliberately set out to cause division between the immigrants and native Irish as previous plantations had failed, due to total integration of the immigrants into the local communities. 8. This constant fantasy Ireland portrayal of Ulster being stolen from a Unified Ireland bears absolutely no relationship with the truth. Ulster was an amazing independent Kingdom or country in its own right, with a fabulous history of defiance, fortitude, stubbornness and fighting spirit that should be celebrated by the current generations with pride for their ancestors. Not have its history turned into a bland, boring and self-pitying victim of British aggression. Ulster beat the British most of the time, and can both win and be independent again, on its own terms. The following is recommended independent reading for factual Irish history www.jstor.org/stable/27533643?seq=3 Interested in facts download our android app in google play or visit us in KZbin, Tick Tok or Facebook.

[@BrianBorumaMacCennetig367]

You've just wrote the biggest pile of revisionist rot ive ever read. Complete ignorance of the native Irish population of Ulster prior to its colonization by british settlers. All a pathetic attempt to craft a fake history for yourself. Just because something is written in a paper, book etc doesn't make it true. Ulster very much saw itself as Irish in the wider context and viewed its kinship with the rest of Ireland as one country in all but name, the native peoples today are mostly republicans who for centuries were oppressed and denied their Irishness. Hugh O'neill and his people were Irish first and foremost. Your interpretation of the history of Ireland as a whole is Ahistroical and plain inaccurate nonsense.

[@josephlitteral]

Please do a video on the history of the Luttrell family… good reliable sources are of information are hard to compile for anyone but worse for me. My patrilineal line is in that bloodline. 35th generation of direct male descendants. 1325 years and very little information about the family.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Should start with the Spanish Armada in 1588 when there was an attempt to convert England to Catholism by extreme force. That included the Spanish Inquisition and burning of protestants. Spain was a massive empire at this stage and England was small and poor. The Ulster aristocray sided with Spain and ran away when the Armada failed. England would have been stupid not to occupy it.

[@Wazkaty]

Each reason to kill was a "good reason" at that time... Destruction again and again. Centuries later, the matter is still there : culturally it's a big fail. And it killed people until 1990's. BIG fail.

[@maverick7291]

You mean reconvert back to catholicism. Since england was Catholic until it was wiped out forcibly by a horny masochist king and his cronies.

[@cormacdonnelly365]

Literally covers it here - Ulster aristocracy sided with the Spanish not because of muh Catholicism but because there had already been a colonisation attempt prior to the war by the Crown

[@eze8970]

@@cormacdonnelly365 Religion would still have been a major factor. All the local priests would be taking orders from the Pope, who would be resisting any challenge to his authority (& lets not forget reduction of taxes if lands went to another party). He wasn't alone though, it's the usual power politics, all the religious orders & social elites were battling for power, & the common people got caught up in it. Effectively happening since the Romans invaded.

[@cormacdonnelly365]

@@eze8970 Eh I understand that argument but I'm skeptical of it - given the extent of Catholic Europe and the ability for information to flow at the time, it seems to me to be more a case of which local hierarchy ought to be followed - Catholic bishoprics or the incoming Anglican aristocracy. Agree with you though that it was the population itself that ended up suffering

[@revinhatol]

The 1536 Church of Ireland started Hibernianism.

[@IrishPagan99]

We shall gain the north back Tiocfaidh ár lá 🍻

[@fyrdman2185]

Never!

[@geordiewishart1683]

🇬🇧

[@ahsanurr4219]

You are proud to be English speaker :) Welcome to the global language

[@simonrichardson5203]

As a man who is part Scottish and Irish and English id like to say the Irish like to forget the Scots part in all this and blame the English only, yet Britain alone is in fact a mix of people the result of indigenous people and invasions from Germans French viking , roman nations so is any wonder what's happened and still the finger is pointed at the English like they are a pure breed of people

[@dantes2564]

Ireland must be reunited , soon or later, it's a question of justice. Greetings from Spain to all the Irish people

[@flavio-viana-gomide]

The video could be: Why didn't the UK succeed in colonizing the rest of the world ?

[@wazzup233]

And also why the Mongols didn't invade the rest of the world.

[@brutusbastados4801]

Let`s go back a bit. In the 6th century Scotland was colonised by an Irish tribe known as the Scotti hence the name Scot-Land. When they first arrived the colony was known as Dal Riata.

[@rudithedog7534]

The Scotti were not a tribe, the Scotti was the Roman/Latin name for all the people on the island of Ireland not a specific tribe.

[@malcolmstead272]

@@rudithedog7534 Try going to Glasgow and telling that to the Celtic supporters.

[@murpho999]

Those people were not forces of country which is different to what happened in Ireland which was oppressed by the government.

[@malcolmstead272]

@@murpho999 No different than the Vikings or the Anglo-Saxons.

[@rudithedog7534]

I find the tribal elements of the soccer fraternity to be somewhat lacking in understanding the fundamentals of modern society ​@@malcolmstead272

[@DarrenMoore-le6pg]

Ireland was “uncivilized and unpopulated.” Where have I heard that before? Sounds like invader talk to me.

[@teodoraciobotaru293]

Make a video about Romanian War of Independence.