My family came to America from Belfast, Derry and cork. My grandfather was a very proud Irishman who told me we just live here,American is not what I am. Then he proceeded to teach me Gaelic. Before his death I had a full conversation with him in Gaelic. He died proud knowing I didn’t forget my native tongue. Éirinn go brách 🇮🇪 beo na sinsear le fada

As an Irish descendent living in the US who's family come from Cork. I truly appreciate the work you put into these two videos. I just sat and binge watched them both. Thanks again

This is so sad. I can’t believe what this country has endured. Thank you so much for this two-part on Ireland

Thanks for the amazing video! We should never forget the amazing generosity and humanity of the Choctaw tribe in America who sent the Irish people $170 to ease their suffering during the great famine, even though they were themselves being persecuted and living in poverty

I lost the count of how many wars happened in this small island

I’m Colombian, born and raised in NYC. Being in a heavily Irish area, Woodside Queens, I have been exposed to the culture and was always fascinated by the mystery of Ireland. Who they are always seemed so fresh and their history still so relevant, now I understand why I felt this way. They are, indeed, still living their history. Truly amazing Doc! Thank youuu. I feel I can relate w my Irish neighbors more 🤍

This video is absolutely brilliant. Anglo-Irish relations are incredibly complicated.

Thank you for your work. And for the Irish, a big hug from Argentina. And please, don't let your language die.

Ireland has had a hard ride to the modern era. I hope the future holds better times. Have a good day everybody, and Jesus Christ be with you friends.😊

I was born in Ireland and moved over to the states when I was 5. I never knew any Irish history other than what was taught by American history classes and I always felt embarrassed that I didn’t know anything about the struggles. Thank you for sharing this and giving me a new found understanding of my home ♥️

Thank you for such a brilliant Documentary. Most Irish history I have learned is through my parents and little reading but this most comprehensive post is just awesome. Born in Dublin 1963, emigrating with family to Australia 1969. My home is Australia but I am Irish. Both my Grandfathers were involved in the uprisings around first world war. One in the Easter Rising, serving some prison time after capture and the other, Sean Kavanagh, was involved with Roger Casements attempt to bring arms to Dublin from Germany. He, Sean, even met and married a German woman, my Grandmother, bringing her back to Dublin where she remained for the rest of her life. Falling in love with the country too, she studied Irish history and knew more about Ireland than most.

I've travelled through Ireland a few years back. It was a group travel with a bus. I'm German and the group was German as well. We had a city tour of Dublin and the places of the rebellion during WW1 were featured prominantly. Then we continued to tour a great part of western and southern Ireland. Kilkenny and a monastery where Patrick was celebrated featured strongly in that excursion as well. We visited a predominantly Irish speaking area in the west. I had a bit of a problem with my throat and visited a pharmacy declaring my health conditions which prohibited the use of some medicine. I was polite most of the time and had a great time speaking with almost everybody. Though Irish people sometimes tend to claim that they don't speak English, a German speaking English (for lack of speaking Irish) always found somebody to answer in English. Thank you to the people of Ireland - you have been truly nice to a foreigner visiting your country and your culture. Of course I have been treated to some Irish food and drinks. My throat was often treated by some "hot whiskey" (which really helped a lot). I tried some Irish stew and some other national treasures. I enjoyed my time there and if possible I would like to spend more time in the Irish rural area (especially close to the western coast). It truly is a green country and much to my personal taste. My greetings and best wishes to you and your people!

Two great videos keep up the good work. I was looking forward to this part Although the first video was my favourite. Much about ancient Ireland is lost but with KZfaqrs like yourself what we have left won't be.

The greatness of this documentary is an understatement.

i truly respect the impartiality of the 2 videos on this subject. a lesson in learning, not ideology.

I am from Ireland and this video does Justice to the fascinating dark and beautiful history from my country.

This is by far the best educational channel on you tube. Thank you

I really enjoyed this truthful look at Ireland's history, and it makes me so proud to be irish decent ( both my parents migrated to england in the early 60s ) Obviously we were never taught irish history at school ! Seeing and hearing what we have endured (despite the divisions with in and with out) as a people gives me inspiration that one day the Irish dream will be realized .

Huge respect for ireland. A proud nation that inspires.

You are so right that school history curriculum barely touches on the Irish. Thx for such a brilliant in depth documentary.

Thank you for this review and explanation of events. As a foreigner, it helps me greatly to get some more insights on the underlying reasons for the long-standing struggle on the island of ireland.

Here some Irish names translated to English: Liam = William (Lee-am) Séamus = James (Shame-us) Séan = John (Shawn) Úna = Agnes (Ooo-na) Máire = Mary (Moy-irr-ah) Dónal = Donald (Dough-nal) Peadar = Peter (Padder) Áine = Ann/Anne/Anna (Awn-yah) Éoin = Owen (Oh-in) Daithí = David (Dah-hee) Aiobhán = Evan (Ayy-von) Niall = Neal (Nile) Bríd = Bridget (Breed) Caitríona = Catherine (Cat-ree-on-ah) Caitlín = Kathleen (Kate-linn) Ciarán = Kieran (Keer-on) Éamonn = Edward (Ayy-mon) Ruairí = Roger (Roor-ee) Máiréad = Margaret (Marr-aid) Pádraig (nickname "Paddy") = Patrick (Pod-rig)

Absolutely amazing documentary! I super enjoyed watching this. Thank you. You managed to stay very neutral in this and I respect the respect you gave to the irish culture, language and people. Much love from a Dublin man myself.

This was amazing. I was born in America but I’m Irish in all sides, at least tracing back to my great grandparents 3x. Some of my ancestors came over during the Death, some just in 1960 for no particular reason. My family has intertwined history in the fight too. Part of my family were fiercely pro IRA, part literally served in the Royal Constab during the Independence War. Personally, I want the British to leave Ireland entirely, but it’s always interesting seeing the complexities in relationships.

I as a mexican American would like to thank the Irish for fighting long side Mexico in the mexican American war yes I'm a patriot of America but your brave actions going against discrimination and show that Irish man should not be ignored paved the way for equality thank you the Irish battalion the fight still go's on fighting Irish!!!!

I got into FoL videos starting with Rome and Byzantine about a month ago. I love world history and is a college student on history. As much as I love those videos, the Britain and Irish ones are my new favorite. I really enjoy them and FoL for telling them. I definitely want to share this one since most of the people I know are of Irish descent and I have a bit in me as well (along with British). I also hope to donate to FoL's Patreon in the future.

I love the rebellious Irish spirit

Thank you very much. I recently discovered a large part of my DNA is Irish so I thought it was about time I familiarized myself with the history.👍👍👍

Ashamed to say I'm Irish (living in Ireland) and knew fuck all about most of this. Thank you for taking the time to look at a relatively insignificant countries history and making it easy for us Irish to learn from an unbiased outsider.

Just subbed. Amazing content. Loads of effort seen and very detailed. Absolutely brilliant.

My grandparents immigrated here from Ireland, and I've got tons of Irish ties on the other side of my family too. I've been to Ulster and the Republic, and my sister even spent about a year in Derry. From my experience and her experience we've both found that a lot of the new generation of Irish don't carry as much of the resentments as their protestant or catholic family before them did. It actually even seems like the older generations have been cooling down a lot too, but what I'm most excited about is that the overall forgiveness of any atrocities committed by either side during the Troubles and beforehand would hopefully come with a united Ireland some day in the future. And with how well Ireland has been doing for itself so far as an independent nation I believe it'd be really beneficial to both the Republic and Ulster, since Ulster looks almost like a shadow of what it could be after not receiving the growth and rebuilding that the rest of Ireland had.

After watching all of your documentaries covering the History of England, Scotland & Ireland ... I have to say, You've done an Incredible Job !! - AND with so much complexity, in-fighting, twists & turns involved with the relationships of all three countries + outside influences....You actually remained very Neutral. THAT, I very much appreciate & Applaud ! Thank You for all of your hard work.

Thank you again. It is very important to keep your heritage and I hope everyone tries to learn the language and the history. I went to your country and that trip was very special to me and would love to go back.

I'm a descendent of the Maguires of fermanagh. One left with O'Neill, one changed his religion, my direct descendent. And one stayed and fought and died

Watched pt 1 & pr 2. Very informative and very interesting it also filled in many gaps, thankyou for the lessons.

two long videos but definitely worth watching, I have a strong sense of Irish pride and I wanted to learn more about the isle's history, thank you for making them

Very informative. I never learned much about medieval Ireland at school, just Bronze and Iron age Ireland and from 1890 to modern times. Go raibh mile maith agat

I think that in your attempt to be fully neutral in the telling of the troubles that you missed out how persecuted catholics in northern ireland were and how despised they were by the protestant northern irish government. For example, you failed to mention how catholics were not able to vote due to needing to be a homeowner, business owner or main tenant, something that catholics were usually denied by the state, and also how if you owned several businesses or properties that you recieved multiple votes. Catholics were also systemically denied rights when it came to housing and jobs where they were usually denied housing in favour of protestants and where jobs were given by protestant business owners to protestant people. I feel that you also failed to include a lot of the detail needed to get a grasp on the beginnings of the troubles such as the riots of '69, bloody sunday, and internment (with particular emphesis needed on how loyalist mobs would burn catholics out of their homes). The army weren't brought over to defend against nationalists, quite the opposite, the army were brought over as a mediation force and were thought to help catholics against the loyalist mobs that would terrorise their communities. Another big ommission on the starting of the troubles was gerrymandering, which was used as well to get hold of as much power for protestants. I really enjoyed this 2 part documentary and i appreciate the effort put in but the troubles needed a bit more work in my opinion.

As a 100% organic Irish person, I approve these videos!

I had no idea about Irish history regarding the wars since I've always found it too difficult to understand. I didn't even know what IRA was about or why the country wanted to separate. This truly opened my mind and I'm thankful that you're such a good teacher.

It's great to find a personal connection to some of the people involved.

Great video. As a Mexican National, i want to thank Ireland and the Irish soldiers back in 1847 that died in Mexican Soil, fighting againts the US for the Mexican Cause. Those Men did not have to get involved with Mexico nevertheless did what back then they tought was right...Thanks and Respect to the Saint Patrick´s Mexican Batallion. September 1847..Viva Irlanda.

Hey doc on Ireland , really enjoyed it , and quite accurate mate !!!!

great video thanks for putting the time in making it 2 hours to watch a lot longer to make. I'm from n. Ireland and know a lot of the history you talked about but this was still very informative. things a lot better here now that it was 20 years ago

Thank you for making this video! You did indeed achieve your purpose, at least for me!

4th time watching!! 2nd in the past week. Well done on this I think it's a masterpiece 👏👏

19:56 I would say that James didn't really change his mind, his only surviving children when he took the throne were Protestant Anne and Mary so there was an uneasy arrangement where Parliament (and most of the country) didn't really like him and especially his religion but were willing to tolerate him since he was fairly old and the throne would move to a safe Protestant, Mary and her husband William, who was seen as a champion of the Protestant cause in Europe, and James knew that it was unlikely that this would change unless he had another child. The thing is, that's exactly what happened, he had a son, also James, that nobody really expected since James was 55 when he was born. By basic succession law this younger James would overrule his sisters as the next in line for the throne since he was a boy, as you might imagine James was ecstatic and basically told everyone that he fully intended to raise the boy as a Catholic and create a long lasting Catholic Dynasty. That was absolutely unacceptable to Parliament and the other vested interests in Britain so that's when they support William and Mary. I think If you look at the situation with an unattached, legalist approach, James really was in the right and got screwed over by parliament and William acting well outside the laws of the land and essentially overthrowing their rightful monarch and instead inviting a foreign invader.

Good stuff but “An Gorta Mór means The Great Hunger not The great death

Very good documentary. Well done.

Fun fact, my great-grandfather was an illegitimate son of the Earl of Spencer. He and his wife came to the U.S. and their son homesteaded in Montana where David Spencer and his wife, Wilma, died in the flu epidemic of 1917 three yrs after my mother and her twin were born. They we raised by a paternal aunt.

I live in Northern Ireland, a place where the ghosts of the past haunt the present on a continuous basis. Even mentioning some of this stuff can still cause a row here, with two versions of history being taught at schools depending on whether they be Catholic or State schools. In my view, Northern Ireland's future lies in the abandonment of religion and outdated ideas of "nationality". The planters have been year 100s of years now, they are not going to vanish, but the idea of cultural segregation is incredibly unstable. A united modern irish identity must be formed leaving the divisive relics of the irrational past firmly in the history books.

Wonderful documentary.

I'm American born, and I found this documentary in an attempt to reverse engineer what exactly is going on with my lineage after a massive offense from my mother's side of the family in the wake of my father's passing. I feel enlightened and empowered with this new knowledge and will continue my research.

Good video. Hard subject to cover with the opposing views of the same events that exist, but that probably comes from people who haven't read a history book.

Wow. I watched both segments.

I've read the comments on this before viewing, looking forwards to watching.

Great history videos! Awesome!

My great, great grandfather came from County Tyrone to Toronto area in 1847. I’m 67 and make my first journey this summer. My heart knew I was home.

Good job on this ☘🟢⚪

Excellent 2 part documentary

I appreciate these videos so much. As a child I learnt English history and I am a great lover of history, yet my knowledge of my own country North and South was at best patchy. This has really filled in gaps. Thank you Samantha Co Antrim

The was brilliant, thanks for teaching me about my own country man ha!

Well done, need more like these 👍🏻

You’re forreal the best.

My 2nd great uncles James, William, Bryan, John & Patrick O'Hanlon worked in Kilkenny Castle.

It's very difficult to put 800 years into a few hours on video, these history programs a quite well done. I was born & raised in the Irish Republic in 1956, thank God it was in peace times. I lived in a small town on the east coast of Co Meath, Laytown & Bettystown by the sea. All around the area is full of history, Castles & runes of Castles & the small river Nanny that rises from the Hill of Tara out to the Irish Sea. The whole area is littered in history & you can feel it, there is not a house in Ireland that has not been affected by our past. It is said that the Irish are storytellers, that's true. We have learned from our parents like they have, etc. We have learned our history in schools, what a pity our neighbours didn't do the same.

That was really great 👏👏

Very impressed with how well researched this is.

Thank you. Good work!

Absolutely brilliant!!!!!!!

My 10th Great-Grandfather was Sir James Ware I, whose son Sir James Ware II was Ireland's foremost historian in the 1600s. I gather you drew from his work. Thank you for this excellent series.

As an historian I appreciate your balanced and informative approach to this complicated subject. My Irish decendency comes through the Gallegher's from County Cork aka the "rebel county." I'm proud to have some Irish in me.

Cheers for putting this together, it was an excellent watch, I'm an Irish man myself, hailing from one of the old Viking cities of Waterford, my great grandfather was an officer during the fight for freedom and five other members of my family, my grandmother now is very patriotic and will never let me forget our recent history, although I have left the Emerald isle to live in Lithuania, who also have a great history.. something to consider for a future video. :)

Thank you so much for these videos!!!

Even though I'm half Mexican and look mostly Mexican lol, the other half is a blend of Irish, Scottish and French 🤷🏽‍♀ Feel kind of ashamed I've only ever been vaguely familiar about the Irish in the Mexican American war, and the long history both have together. I live in AZ down the street from an Irish cultural center, this inspired me to walk down there next week!

Thank you, I have learned a lot. My family is from County Clair

I've enjoyed the two videos very much. I missed the mentioning of the entry of Ireland in the EU at the end, though. Like for many other countries and communities, I believe the entry in the EU has played a very important role in the economic prosperity of Ireland and in the preservation of peace.

Great video!

Daredevil reference! Awesome!!

Excellent and informative, well done

I really enjoyed this documentary. I have a much greater understanding of the history of Ireland. Thanks 😊

Am 2nd generation born in USA my grandparents came in 1912. Know still have family in cork n southern Ireland. My name is Dowd thankyou enjoyed this very much.

This was very good. I am very happy I found this channel. My family has been in Colorado since the 1870's. Prior that we cannot find our history.

This is a good documentary. I am an Irishman who had lived in both Belfast and Dublin. Hopefully, some day we can unite in peace and prosper together.

best documentaries I´ve seen so far about irish history

Great documentary. Thank you for posting.

That stuff at the end caught me off guard so much, hahah

Great video, however I personally think the potato was not the full cause the famine and has always been exaggerated, our cattle and grain were shipped out of the country during that period to feed English and other mercenary forces, so the famine was a deliberate act due to our exploding population, difficult to take in, i know, but there is a lot of evidence to support this.

My great grandpa was a pencil pushing SS officer in Berlin. He saw the writing on the wall as the soviets began to surround the city, peeled off his uniform, headed west with my great grandma, and surrendered to the allies. He was released from an allied pow camp a year later, reunited with my great grandma, and then immigrated to Owosso, Michigan, where my grandpa, and later my dad, were born.

This was brilliant. Thank you . You have explained Irish history so well.

Fantastic information! My grandmother’s family was from Kilkenny. What tough nation of people!

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 !

Alright, what in the world was that at the very end?! lol ;}

One correction- The Irish Citizens Army was set up by James Connolly in 1913 to protect citizens participating in the Strikes during the Dublin Lockout

Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

I am a ginger haired Canadian, very proud of my beautiful country. That said, watching both parts of this has only increased my love, respect & great pride of my Irish ancestors. Although born in Canada in 1960, and having never been to my ancestral home, l feel a connection to Ireland, in some ways that pulls at my heart in a way Canada never has. Soooo much work & research in this, thank ☘️you, sir, well done yet again!!👍🏻🤝🏻💖🇮🇪💖🌈☘️🇨🇦

I did!!!...good job...thank you very much!😊😊

Thanks for the fantastic video and staying very factual.

All good banter lads

Excellent documentary! Thanks!