A Brief History of the Conflicts in the North (of Ireland) - Manny Man Does History

Commissioned by the Institute of Irish Studies of Queens University Belfast, this video is an extended edition of the Irish History in 6 Minutes video, focussing on the conflicts in the North throughout history.

Written and created by JOHN D RUDDY @johndruddy
Illustrated, voiced and edited by JOHN D RUDDY @johndruddy

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[michaelhourigan]

I’m pretty sure as soon as he mentioned Oliver Cromwell ever single Irish person, including myself, rolled there eyes and went “ “

[Pintroll]

Half of these conflicts could have been avoided if the king of Leinster had just kept his gub shut.

[NeverStopMotion]

Whatever everyone else says, I think this is a really good overview; it's short and humorous and all in all well done.

[hannahelvete]

Do the Yugoslav wars of the 90s please

[MsTortellini]

Thank you so much. I'm giving a speech about Northern Ireland and couldn't find any page about the History which was short enough so I could read it in 5 hours. I really appreciate your work. Would be nice if you'd have subtitles next time, because you speak so fast so it's hard for me to understand every word. I'm from Germany :) Thanks

[danman]

Fun fact. St. Patrick is actually more associated with the color blue than with the color green. He earned the green part because he used to tie shamrocks to his robs since he often used them as a metaphor for the holy trinity, each leaf of the clover representing one person of the God head. However, his order and he himself wore blue robes of a lighter shade. While we're on the topic of the whole blue green thing, since the twelfth century, Ireland's national color was blue. You can see this for instance in the ancient Irish standard, a golden harp on a blue background. However, in more recent times, Ireland has become more associated with the color green due to the IRA. Just some interesting facts about Ireland and St. Patrick (I'm Irish-American).

[JanWey]

As a dutchman, I was suprised to hear that Willem III played a role in this I never heared anything about it in history class. Thank you for the video.

[natalianikonenko]

Absolutely love it :) Good sense of humour there!

[Mujangga]

"World War II is coming soon, I promise." Wo, that's sounds ominous.

[roryjones]

you just saved me hours of research for my history presentation, THANK YOU!!!

[antwan]

Very informative and newspapers never followed this. I always had to depend upon word of mouth to understand. Then people always made vague comments long ago that I could never understand as a teen. Thanks.

[SiVlog]

I went to Belfast in August, I had a fantastic time there. As someone who grew up unaware of the situation from 1969-1998, I first heard of Northern Ireland as a result of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, I wanted to see for myself what it is like there. One of the aspects of the agreement that got my attention, was that by voting for peace, people were being asked to vote for the release of their loved one's killer. All political prisoners were to be released. It really struck me how much Belfast has changed (looking at pictures from the news anyway) for the better. I filmed my stay in Belfast and divided it into 3 parts, feel free to check it out as you please.
like your videos by the way, keep them up,
best,
Simon

[TeaBurn]

And I thought US politics was divided...
Ireland: Hold our beer.

[weenisw]

I hope my Independent Retirement Account doesn't become violent.

[izzywebb]

This was really informative! Thank you for explaining this very complex issue with such clarity.

[timberloup]

Thanks so much for this amazing video!
We discussed Irish History at university and this is great to gain an overview.
However, I think it would be good if you would speak a little slower. The pace in this video is really fast, a bit too fast in my opinion if one wants to read the dates and names whilst listening along. But except for that: well done! :)

[ronanmoore]

Hey John,
thank you for these brief histories. They are funny, concise and very entertaining! Slainte!
Ronan Moore - Papua New Guinea.

[Yvonne]

The part on the potato famine, Irish people didn't die because the crop failed, it did fail but the other crops did well. These crops ending up in English ports. This has to start being mentioned a bit more, because you assume there wasn't enough food, when there was tons.

[teb]

Guess i finally got the whole thing, you did an amazing job with the doodles and the explanation

[hxdkgyr]

"Give Ireland back to the Irish" commence holy wars