Ireland: What You Might NOT Know | Deconstructing History | History

From Ireland's national symbol to its average beer consumption, get the facts on the Emerald Isle.
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[marksdoherty]

Ulster is not just Northern Ireland. Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal are Ulster counties in the Republic of Ireland.
St Patrick was born in Wales.

[ikm]

"It can rain up to 225 days a year" and the rest....it just feels like it's about to...

[viopsadmin]

Nice but you need to slow it down, I had to keep pausing it to appreciate the landscape and read the text.

[bhaskarbharali]

One mistake you made, St. Patrick was born in Wales not England.
And yes Wales isn't part of England. Its part of the UK.

[GillianQuilty]

It wasn't a famine and to say so is an insult to the millions that died or had to leave. There was a potato blight but the was also plenty of food to go around only the British kept it to themselves and shipped the rest over to Britain. It was genocide plain and simple. To claim to be a History channel you need to research the topic thoroughly and honestly. For future reference I hope you have the respect to change this.

[LIVEDLAUGHS]

St. Patrick was Welsh, he is buried in Downpatrick. He converted many Irish pagans, some time later the Irish monks went across to convert many of the (English) Saxon Viking pagans. In the flag the green represents Ireland, the white for Peace and the orange is for Dutchman William of Orange protestants. The flag was originally Green with the gold harp, but they changed it. Ireland was named twice after two women, initially after Scotia who died avenging the ambush of her husband and is buried on Slieve Mish (Scotland still carries her name). Lastly named after druidess Erin buried at the hill of Uisneach. Ireland has the tallest cliffs in Europe, the oldest farming fields in Europe known as the Ceide fields, the oldest dwellings found in Europe up in Northern Ireland. Ireland also has many ancient burial sites the most famous one being Newgrange 3, 200bc, now a world heritage site. Hurling is an ancient sport once played at Tara, still played today across Ireland, it is fast and fun to watch. Ireland is known as 'the island of saints & scholars' and I would add to that 'soldiers' with its long history of battles many settled afterwards. The weather is mild but very changeable. I recommend to bring a raincoat, layers of clothing, waterproof shoes and a windproof hat if visiting.

[theowlfromduolingo]

This is like watching a 45 minute documentary on speed

[Diane_L]

Guinness signed a 9000 year lease for the brewery site, dated from 1759 and onwards? Like... WOW!
Thank you so much for this informative video.

[josephinekennedy]

I am in Canada that's after bringing my heart to life just beautiful

[LifeFootball-qs]

The words in this power point is moving too fast

[gerardodwyer]

Ulster is not known as "Northern Ireland'. The province of Ulster comprises nine counties. Three of these counties are in the Republic of Ireland and six in Northern Ireland.

[abdulsamimukarram]

STUDENT: Sir can i have a question?
Teacher: Yes!
Student: how do u put an elephant inside a fridge?
Teacher: i dont know
Student: its easy you just open the fridge and put it in. I have another question!
Teacher: okay ask!
Student: how to put a donkey inside the fridge??
Teacher: It's easy you just open the fridge and put it in.
Student: No sir! You just open the fridge take out the elephant and put it in.
Teacher: ohhh.. Ok!
Student: let me ask another one, If all the animals went to the lion's birthday party, and one animal went missing which one would it be?
Teacher: the Lion ofcourse! Bcoz it wud eat all the animals.
Student: No sir, it is the donkey bcoz its still inside the fridge.
Teacher: are you kidding me?!
Student: no sir! One last question.
Teacher: ok!!
Student: If there's a river full of crocodiles and you wanted to cross, how would you?
Teacher: There's no way, i would need a boat to cross.
Student: No sir, you just swim and cross it bcoz all the animals went to the lion's birthday party! 😂😂

[RenzoColameoIrlanda]

Slow Greetings from Galway (Ireland). NEWS: This year the St. Patrick parade cancelled for the risk of coronavirus.
GOD SAVE US !!! Good Luck:
Renzo *
The Italian :-)

[shabuyaman]

Is it just me who is paying attention to the background music trying to think where i have heard it from

[boupiou]

It's very interesting I learned things

[Rythmguitarable]

*don't forget that the Ottoman Empire helped Irish people during the great potato famine.*

[TS-]

My month in N. And S. Ireland is one of my most found memories! Fiddle-DD!

[davekk]

History Channel...the American version of history you mean

[tracywerner]

My great grandparents were from Dublin. Their last name was Blair.

[therrienmichael]

My maternal grandmother came over on the boat. I never learned her maiden name.