The fist step for the modern Gaels is the revival of our language. There's a reason the English were so adamant about eradicating the Irish and Welsh languages going so far as to beat children in school for speaking there own language. Language is part of the very foundation of a culture. The fact is they beat the pride out of us, the pride for our own language and now Ireland and the descendants of the Gael have a complicated relationship with our language and there is even a debate in Ireland as to weather the language is even worth reviving but thankfully that seems to have shifted in favor of Gaeilge in recent years more young people have taken interest and the internet is breathing new life into the language but its up to us to save it. There is no Gaelic culture without Gaeilge.

This is a legitimately great documentary. As an Irish person, and Irish speaker, i usually groan when i see Irish "history" vids. But this is actually terrific, i cant imagine the time it took. Cheers for takng the effort, and not doing the usual "ah faith and begora, leprechaun and potato!"

Went to Ireland several years ago with my gf. Now we’re married with 3 children who all go Irish names. There’s still magic there and I can only hope that the Irish find a way to retain it

My maternal grandmother came to America through Ellis Island, from County Clare, Ireland. She instilled in me, a very deep love and appreciation of my people. God bless

In 2010 we took lakota and anishinabe students to ireland and stayed at the glendalough hostel. Many of our lakota people have irish last names. Kelly, wright, moran,and trimble to name a few. Many spiritual similarities. Among our super hosts were eugene o''halloran and rosie o'connor. We ❤️ Ireland! Thank you for your hospitality 👍 hope to see ireland again!!

Unreal documentary, where are you from? As an Irish man with a decent grasp of our history, everything in this video was spot on and obviously very well researched. This should be shown to all Irish kids in our school system. Well done, unreal doc 👏

Poor Irish, the persecution they suffered. It’s actually a heartbreaking history, especially after the English arrived. To know who you are is to know your roots. Ireland is so beautiful with friendly people. What a fascinating history, but also quite heartbreaking.

Thank you for this fascinating delve into our origins and your attention to the correct pronunciation of the language itself.

Ireland is one country I cannot wait to visit, iv always loved watching documentaries that showcase the beautiful landscapes. Iv worked with many Irish men and they are absolute gentlemen. Hard working buggers to.

I am so amazed with all of this new history to me of Ireland, so excited to learn more, from the indigenous citizens of Ireland thank you for all you all do to share the history of the country I love . Am so proud to have my ancestors from such a beautiful Ireland 👀💚💯🍀🇮🇪💚🙏💯💕🍀

That was fascinating I myself being English is shocked about how history reveals such horrors great reporting 👍

Man! This contradicts most of the popular myths I was told about the Irish and the Vikings. I am so glad I stumbled across this content creator.

This was a masterpiece, Kevin. It is beautifully done. Well done, sir. This one got me pretty choked up at the end.

This was a beautiful and thorough presentation!💜 THANK YOU!!!! In all my life have been curious as to how the Irish came to be in Ireland. Again, thank you!

Thank you for this! My family were fishermen who moved from Ireland to Newfoundland. I want to learn more

Thank you for your videos! I’m taking a class on Irish folklore and mythology and I got to go to Ireland a couple of months ago. You’re videos help reinforce what I’m learning and I’ve learned so much from them. Keep up the great work!

This is fantastic!!!! So often the “history of Ireland” is centered on the Celts. I really appreciate your research and presentation, particularly your matching, where possible, events handed down by bards with historical accounts. Brilliant.

my friend this video is a delicious morsel of knowledge. everything about it from the way you speak to the level of detail is just so satisfying. please keep doing what your doing. with people actively trying to rewrite history we desperately need people like you.

Я заочно люблю Ирландию , возрождайте свой язык и культуру пожалуйста❤ вы ценны для всего мира 🙌💓 С уважением из Кавказа ❤

This was an absolute brilliant piece of work. Interesting from beginning to the end. And I could listen to this gentleman's voice and the way he tells a story, all day. With the massive amount of Muslims immigrating to Ireland right now. There will be a huge change in the country and the people very soon. Liked, Saved and Subbed....

2nd Generation born in the U.S. but both sides of my family were Irish. Still a lot of mystery surrounding our history, but this was interesting and informative. To the creator: Slainte!

this is a bit random, but as an avid admirer of Tolkien's work I knew his elven languages have been constructed with old languages of the Isles, but having heard modern Gaelic, it didn't really click. However hearing these old names made me immediately associate them with Quenya and the Legendarium and it's wonderful :)

My parents were Scottish and I was born in England in 56 when they first came here then we went back until 1963. The accent I had was very much unappreciated by the mentally sick “teachers” and I was forced into many fights by the ignorance of narcissistic haters of anything different. I am 66 now and have a real problem with authoritarianism of the kind that seeks to shape me. I never bend or bow to anyone.

the way you explain Irish history is how I see myself today. thank you

You are absolutely right about the modern government not caring about the Irish or any ethnic Eiuropean group. They are the worst, most dangerous of all threats the Irish have ever faced.

Well done Sir. The passion really comes through. I so respect such intellect. Thank you.

The Irish are the people we all need to be. Music, drink, family, the craic and being friendly to strangers no matter colour' creed or religion.

That was amazing ! Thank you, I'm 3rd generation Irish / Maori now that's a mix ! Also descendant of Brian Boru loved the ending/ language ' catapulted me into the Forest of Lord of the Rings - fabulous presentation, Well done 🍀🌿

I sometimes wonder if the myths about the Underworld, the Land Beneath the Waves, holy wells, etc. are memories of the rising seas at the end of the Ice Age. It makes sense that the Bell Beaker people would've lived in the lowlands (incl. Doggerland) and would've had to migrate. It has always fascinated me that such memories can still be found, even in records written by monks that transcribed things they didn't really understand in a then-new Christian perspective that didn't quite fit. A culture that buried older monuments like Newgrange with reverence, avoided being civilised by the Romans, incorporated and fostered Christianity, precluded Norse domination, and survived imperial rule into the mid-19th century when Irish cultural/linguistic domination began to fade with the emigrant boats. I wish we had a political class that didn't hate us with such fervour. What could we do then?

I watched it again today, Keveen. Excellent production and as close to the actuality that we can know from the records of man. History where history exists & well told Lore from that which was recorded. Discerning Intuition serves ye well. That is the realm of the Poets. Your interpretations are spot on. Keep the Sacred Fire both in your Mind & in your Heart. It shows.

Marvelous stuff, i thoroughly enjoyed this, your gift for bringing historical context to our modern perspectives.

Brilliantly and movingly done. My family had difficulty speaking about those ancestors forced to flee Ireland for the United States. I think now that I have a bit more of an understanding of the pervasive sadness (and deeply buried rage) we shared. Perhaps its time to go home.

this is absolutely beautiful work, Kevin. Bravo.

Wow. I was enjoying this very much but was not expecting such a poignant and affecting climax. Surprised, impressed and moved. Well done. Maith an fear. Bualadh Bos.

What a beautiful language and fascinating history! 😇💖🙏🙌🇸🇪

Few mispronunciations but well done overall,as an irish person i can say you covered this topic well

You painted a visual picture in narration, I appreciate it. Certainly through my Mom's side, I like to imagine what my forebears looked like.

You always make well researched videos. I can tell you do from what I already know and the bullshit ive seen other people try to state as fact. Thank you for taking the time to do it right :) its much appreciated for those of us who are trying to learn more.

Your grasp on the Irish language is better then my own. Beautiful..👍🇮🇪

My dad's family went from Limerick to Virginia in 1690; they removed the O' from our surname and assimilated with the Scots-Irish and Irish already in what would become the southern United States. Thanks for your informative channel, I'm a new subscriber.

Great video! As a native of Tongeren in Belgium I just like to point out that the depiction of Ambiorix is a 19th century romantisation, hence the winged helmet and such. He was the co-leader of the Eburones tribe. Later the Romans made the more docile Tungri settle in that area, hence the city's name Tongeren.

This is fantastic, if only the one or two people that are stuck in their ways here watched this they might learn something and realise there is much more history than the past 50 years.

Probably the best (considering the length of the video) Irish origins documentary I’ve seen. Especially considering how honest and balanced it is, in every aspect. THANK YOU.

Your understanding of Ireland in 44 minutes ,as well as our present betrayal is as well done as any Irish patriot could have done.

I just found out recently that Lughs burial site is in a town called Neale in Mayo, had you heard of that before? It is just a standing stone sitting right beside a house. I was actually pretty shocked to see that one of the greatest god kings of Ireland is being remembered that way. My folks have a cottage near there and the next time I visit I am going to plant a Yew tree by his standing stone.

They need to play this video in history lessons all over our country honestly so informative

Thanks you so much!❤️This was wonderful but heartbreaking…cried and now sharing with other Irish descended friends, & family.❤️

Your passionate point of view I think is correct and appropriate. Certainly realities must be faced. A simple thing. But to acknowledge this is to concede power further. Keep up the good work with facts and heart.

🇧🇪 Is that Ambiorix? Nice choice for the Thumbnail--He was hard to kill and a wild man like most the Irish so he fits the video....The Belgae and Ambiorix were considered the most fierce and untamable by Caesar himself....

Well done! I love how the narrator is not an AI bot, and that he can actually pronounce words correctly in at least two languages.

Sadly in Ireland we are now being betrayed by our own establishment politicians and legacy media. Our culture is slipping away before our very eyes. Not casting any shade on the many thousands of migrants flooding our nation, but on the Irish administration that refuses to adopt a practical approach to immigration. Our island is tiny and our political elite seems to be trying to squeeze the entire continent of Africa here. Africa into Ireland won't go. It's causing a great deal of hardship for both the hoards of people arriving and the displaced Irish natives who are being forced into poverty.

The Conquest of Ireland arguably wasn’t fully completed until the Act of Union in 1800 when the Kingdom of Ireland (after centuries of constitutional and regime changes) was forcibly merged into the British state (though our civil service and courts remained separate, and we retained our legislative representatives). Those representatives forced to sit in London instead of Dublin, but went back to Ireland in 1919 and declared independence in a reconstituted Irish Parliament (copying the Hungarian walkout of the Austrian parliament in the 1860s). European history is very complicated as you can imagine .

I’m and American who’s always been told my ancestors are Dutch and Irish. Very interesting to learn where i come from

Third generation here, my Grandie was from Limerick, and my Papa Zoli was from Hungary. He came here after he fought in the Hungarian Revolt of 56 and met her while painting her house in Vermont. She went to Yale for nursing school, and her name used to be Kennedy. My Papa Zoltan was a Nobleman, and became a Sargeant in the U.S. Army.

Thank you for this amazing educational video. I’m English and love my Irish & Scottish cousins❤ It’s fascinating the rich history of our countries and how our rulers were at war for power over each other. At least us the people love & respect each other as we share similar culture/traditions living so close together even if our current governments seem to not care about anything but their own wealth & greed.

Man I cant imagine how much time you spend on pronunciation, very hard worker you must be.

I wish I could send u a thousand likes! Amazingly researched, great footage, u deserve mad props

Overall a very fairly researched and well presented video for the most part, especially for the first 2/3rds of the video. I do have some critiques, though. Firstly, for many of the important names mentioned in the video, especially for those from earlier periods in the history, it would have been good to give their names in written form. For example, when you mention Érimón towards the end of the section dedicated to the Bell Beaker people, it would have been nice to see how his name was written. I was Googling 'Airevon' and things like that and it took me more than a good few minutes to find the Wikipedia article as for who exactly you were referring to, since there are a few different results which appear when one Googles 'Who was the first (high) king of Ireland?'. You did remember to do this later in relation to Nuada Airgetlám, though - so just being more mindful for consistency with these kinds of things would make your documentaries stronger. Secondly, you spend what feels like a lot of time for most of the video detailing the prehistoric, ancient, and mythological origins of the Irish people, and this is all quite well done, but then towards the end from when you begin discussing the Normans and the English/British thereafter, it seems like you condense a lot more, sometimes leaving out relevant and vital information and even presenting with less objectivity in comparison to how you did earlier on. So there's something of both a noticeable contrast and a clear tone shift from that point onward. For example, when you mention the plantations and the policies that began under Henry VIII all the way through to your mentions of Cromwell, you make no mention of how religion was the driving motivator behind these policies, and you then essentially present it as malicious ethnic cleansing for the sake of simply ridding Ireland of the Irish. You also take this rather questionable stance of making the Irish Catholic Confederation into sounding like the primary recipients of Cromwellian violence, which you likewise present as coming only from the fact that said group swept across Ireland save for Dublin - you make no mention of the fact that Cromwell's army initially invaded Ireland because of how the English Royalists fled there because of the fact that they had considerable support there. By not mentioning this, you effectively make it sound like Cromwell randomly assembled an army together and brought it to Ireland with the explicit goal of eradicating the Irish, which of course is completely removed from the far more complicated truth. That, and you only give the estimated maximum figure for approximately how many died from the Cromwellian war in Ireland. The lower end of the estimate is considerably lower (several times lower, in fact), and you should be more honest in allowing your audience to know what historians do not know for certain, rather than only sharing what is the worst possible number was, which is still uncertain and debated amongst historians today. In addition to this, you mention how the lands of the Gaels were seized as if it was because they were Gaels, again completely missing the fact that it was specifically because they were Catholic! When Henry VIII established the Church of England and severed diplomatic/political/etc. ties with Rome, the Papacy not only of course declared him and the followers of Anglicanism to be heretics, but it also tasked and implored Catholics to overthrow and reinstate a Catholic monarchy/nation. Not all Gaelic-speaking, natively Irish lesser lords sided with the Roman Catholic Church either - some did in fact become Anglicans, and they were not deprived because of course being Anglicans proved to the reigning authorities that they would be loyal and not concerned with overthrowing them. Throughout this part of the video, you also speak with considerably more condemnation, which stands out a lot compared to the first part, which was presented with far less emotional language and with far better objectivity. It almost comes off as if you believe that what the ancients did with all of their violence was fine, but more modern acts are just far more reprehensible simply because they were more recent. Earlier instances are essentially presented with the language of "Oh well, you know, those kinds of thing happened!" while later ones are described with far more censure. Furthermore, on the briefly discussed famine, you even give credence to the idea that the famine might have been purposefully orchestrated. This, I think, is really irresponsible of you, especially since not a single historian in Ireland today worth their salt believes this, and they virtually unanimously agree that it was not at all an engineered process. That, and while you mention that some (which should have been said as 'some few' for more accuracy) intolerant and bigoted British politicians dismissively waived their hands at the suffering Irish, I couldn't help but notice that you simultaneously also made no mention whatsoever for all the relief efforts that were in service during the period, which included the establishment of the British Relief Association, which became the biggest charity in the world at the time of its conception and which was specifically patronized by Britain's wealthy and socio-political elites for giving aid to Ireland during those years. This is again something which contemporary Irish historians today are far more objective and responsible about when it comes to discussing the famine, and which you also should be if you're going to be making a documentary like this. I also couldn't help but notice you didn't even remotely mention the 1740-1741, which historians widely acknowledge to have had an even more disastrous loss of life than the famine of a century later. A bit odd, I think, not to mention something that was even more devastating for a population group, only to then mention a later event of the same kind and give a nod to the widely academically rejected notion that it might have been intentional. You basically catastrophize and exaggerate every instance of Irish suffering post-Norman invasion, and from that point onward you drop the presentational objectivity which made the first part of this documentary so strong. I was very happy to give this video a like up until that point in the video - the point at which you abandoned objectivity and exchanged it for what was at times heavily biased and at others an even dishonest presentation of the history. I understand that this was a video on the history of who the Irish people were, and I'm not saying you need to mention everything I just did, but it seems to be something of a disservice to the Irish people not to present their history with less bias and more accuracy.

Go raibh maith agat for the work you've put into this documentary. As someone deeply passionate about reviving these ancestral history, myths, and spiritualities it means a lot to see others engaged with this vital work. I have one part it feels important to add. The modern Pale encroaching day by day on Éireann, threatening to choke out the life of land and culture is most clearly visible in the influence of multinational corporations. The Celtic Tiger period saw irish politicians essentially sell their country to foreign investors, and assimilate the irish way of life to the demands of neoliberal empire. American consumerist culture is also a prominent homogenizing force, including the watering down of sacred ancient traditions for easy tourist consumption. The continued destruction of whatever heritage is deemed insufficiently marketable. The continued destruction of the environment by extractive industrial policies. Less than 1.5% of Ireland's ancient sacred forest ecosystems remain. The trees were seen as our ancestors and teachers. The Oak, Hazel, Willow, Alder, Elder, Birch, Ash, many others protected and guided us. Our ancestors saw our lives as fundamentally intertwined, a part of the sacred interdependent balance of all nature. These sacred traditions and paradigms provide vital answers to the existential crises we presently face. Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireas na daoine. The seeds we plant now in both land and people will become the ancient forests, the protection and freedom of our descendants. And this goes beyond Éireann. Like you said with the Gaels being connected to their origins even as the rest of europe had been assimilated into Roman and Greek imperial culture, indigenous peoples across the world are connected to their roots. We have much to learn from these peoples who have maintained their ancestral land-based cultures and systems of kinship as ours have been burned and broken, rotten away, assimilated into empire. They can teach us what it means to be in relationship with the natural forces our ancestors once communed with, so that we can not just understand our cultures in history but reconnect with the root as living ways of being. Revive more than words. Bring new life to who we are. Maireann an crann ach ní maireann an lámh a chuir é

I am Polish, I am Slavic and I know that many beliefs and myths we share - in one of Polish medieval cronicles it is said that Poles are ancestors of Jafet as well, of Scythia! The Irish constant fighting for freedom is similar to Polish history! Glory to our Irish Brohers! Sława naszym Irlandzkim Braciom!

Heads off to you sir. I really enjoyed your biblical link and view regarding the origins of the people, migration and language. God bless

Amazing. History remembered and retold by memory. From generation to generation is captured. Gaelige is mo chroi ❤ My father would tell me stories from when a was kid in Ireland ❤

I like learning about my ancestors in Ireland and Scandinavia.

Thank you for this 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 most of the time it's frustrating because so many other channels that go through Irish history mess up things. Good video 🥃 Sláinte 🇮🇪

A very important historical document, very well researched and very well presented. Go raibh mile maith agat.

Love learning more about my heritage thanks!

Celtic culture fascinates me on a level I can't exactly describe, so little is known now of it, makes it mysterious.

Really fascinating and informative video, thank you

A question that has been close to my heart for ages. Thank you Kevin for your latest composition. ❤️🌹😊

You can’t call it a famine when Ireland at the time was a net exporter of food. It was a very aggressive british or brutish policy of starvation at gunpoint. A better word would be ho|ocaust, a policy which would be repeated in the colony of India. Approximately half the army of ‘great’ britain were stationed in Ireland at the time to supervise the food removal. If that is not orchestrated then that word has no meaning. If you want to research the facts of this read a book called ‘The Perfect Ho|ocaust’ by Chris Fogarty

I'm an American. My surname comes from England. My history is protestant. And I stand with the irish! Ireland for the irish!

Love the videos, any chance of putting subtitles here and there for those harder to pronounce words?

Cheers! I'm a foreigner, but I love Ireland and feel some hard-to-explain connection to it and its culture. Enjoyed this one big time!

My Dad came from Ireland on boat to CANADA but he was 7 saddely lost his mother and father to illness they've never finished the journey....so he was raised as his two sisters and one brother.....in a convent of the meanest nun's in CANADA.....his last name was not Rocheleau but Russell here in Quebec change his last name so we were all born Rocheleau instead ... I'm 61 myself but there's to many mysteries and my Dad and Mom both died at 58 years but 5 years apart...... that's all I know back then you didn't ask questions about your parent before your birth and most of the time after also

In my childhood home " beyond the pail" referred to chores one did round the farm rather than in the yard/garden or house. We referred to the 'outhouse' as "the pail".

40:04 how cool is that? Just from a design perspective, it's awesome. They put trees of different colored leaves to create that symbol. Wow. I wanna do that! Lol

Hopefully some day in the future they play this in schools for an intro into the history of Ireland.

Thank you for this excellent video! I loved it! I'm Irish Canadian and learning of my roots.

Great docu thank you and also appreciate the goodbye in Irish at the end :)

Thats Really interesting, the part about the various levels of language. Recently I had a dream where I met a man in a hotel lobby. He was nearly seven feet tall, light skin,and dark of hair. No one who worked there could understand him,but for some reason, I could. I helped him get what he was asking for,and in return, he told me many things,which of course, I don't remember. He said that he spoke a very ancient, high,codified form of what we would call Welsh. It was unlike anything we know today, having a similar relationship to the modern languages that Sanskrit has to modern languages in Northern India. I struggled with the words to answer him,even though I could understand. He knew this,and would lay his hand on my shoulder, and say," don't worry, you'll get it". Maybe it was Not total nonsense.

Fantastic video Lugh. I live in Dublin and can tell you that it feels like a plantation is taking place as we speak. More people came to Ireland last year then in all of our previous invasions and plantations combined. Is this the final solution for the Gael?

GAEL WARRIORS My Grandfather died in 1954 at 92. At 14, awakened in Ireland in the middle of the night, he was clandestinely spirited off to America, met there by an elder sister "Kate" sent ahead to meet him and take him to Buffalo where a house had been purchased for them, not to be "sullied by the riff raff of New York City.". The reason: to ensure one male in the family remained alive to carry on the family name and to be formally educated in America .He was the choice made simply because he was too old to remain in the nursery and considered too young to fight the English and die. Their lands siezed by Cromwell, for centuries they were forced to remain and work on their own estates as virtual slave labor and the new male owners and families developed a nasty habit of dying, one generation after the other under strange circumstances as did their friends on adjoining estates. The absentee English owners knew they were behind it all and they were starved, raped, brutalized and their numbers grew as they organized and saw maintained organizations to sabotage the English owners of their properties, got elected to office, ruthlessly ruined lives, organized hundreds of sophisticated dissenting factions throughout Ireland, for centuries secured funds from abroad, trained and armed underground militias, lied, murdered and stole, saw to the health and finances of those made widows and orphans and "The Boys from County Mayo" were immortalized in stories and songs still sung as they worked tirelessly and died for the birth of their beloved Republic. He graduated from Notre Dame not long after its founding and my father was his son of a second marriage after my Grandfather lost his first wife and children in the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918. Aunt Kate never married and remained with him as housekeeper, nurse to his children and menace to all things English until her death.

This is so interesting! My family has always been super proud of their Irish roots, though our ancestors from Ireland came to America in the 1850s. Like most we’re a mix of people but it’s always made an impression on me my mom’s passion and love for Gaelic- like Clannad’s Ri na Cruinne was a lullaby for me 😊

Excellent, excellent video, Well done & thank you.

I applaud you for an honourable tribute to your people. I thank you for all you do, for all us Celts. The most useful piece of information for me personally was the potential etymological connection of Beli to Belyom, ‘tree’, which might explain the confusing idea of Daronwy as a Brythonic world-tree, the Oak of Gronw Pebr “the shining one”.

Those last words gave me goosebumps. Powerful.

This is my favorite video so far. Great job!

This was amazing to watch!

You are people of the North but there is something distinguishly "crazy" and "Mediterranean" in you that everybody loves. Greetings from Greece. 😊😊😊😊

I enjoyed your telling of the story of my country Ireland ot was very interesting and your pronunciation of Irish names perfect really enjoyed the history of it all thanks❤

Who are the Irish? A bunch of badass legends! ❤️🇮🇪

What is it you speak in Gaelic at the end of the video? Have pity on us not Irish subscribers :). Great video, learned a lot, although I'm not Irish I fell in love with Ireland a long time ago and It's always a great pleasure to learn more about the country and the people.

I have Irish heritage and proud of it.

what a gorgeous country it is to live in

This guy has an old-school Canadian accent that is appreciated.

Fascinating, thank you for sharing

My Name is Sean Patrick Shinick, I am a third generation Irish immigrant from Kildare, Ireland…I thank you for this message my dear Brother🙏🙏

Well done on the pronunciation!!! Very few people get it right it's amazing that you did.

I'm 75% Irish. My ancestors left to the U.S. during both famines in the 19th century. It's sad to think about how much they struggled. I guess there is comfort in the fact that they didn't know any different. Life was life. But they were definitely strong people!

My clan McGrath fought and died proudly at the battle of Clontarf alongside Brian oboru