Actually, the opening scene I had to break out the blue screen (for obvious reasons; you see what I was wearing??), which made it harder to chromakey since it's not as good quality as the green one I own. And, yeah I know After Effects motion tracking and I'm not afraid to use it 👶🤱 Happy Paddy's Day!

Mr Beat wazzup !

I've been told that I'm the only Irish person some people have met, so I wanted to represent an Irish family in this video how I imagine they saw it in their head - a whole lot of mes hahaha Happy Paddy's Day!

Lyona Mill . How were you “ lucky” enough to land in a Russia?

You're very welcome. Best of luck, Lyona! And sláinte to you over in Russia, of course!

Glad people appreciate the work I put into the videos behind the scenes. And best of luck with your Irish!

Thank you for the well wishes! Somehow someway Ill be sure to update you on my learning :)

Whatcha writing about?

Glad you enjoyed the video and a Happy Paddy's Day to you too!

Very strong community identity. Which can often happen under hardship

Thank you 😃

My pleasure!

Clovers have some historical ties to Ireland, for sure. But this expression is an American one, not an Irish one, so its context is quite different 😁

Tá fáilte romhat!

I researched this for a speech I gave to 3,000 people a few years ago, and still had my notes on hand. I used a lot of different notes to try to create a narrative, to make it more relatable, since I felt the context of WHY the Irish were lucky was missing in other tellings. You'll find varied sources for the numbers I gave, for instance, because of how difficult it was to count deaths back in those days. Lower estimates are based on simply asking people, but so many died that no family may have been left to account for the dead, so I intentionally went for that 1.5 million deaths figure, since a few different sources say it's accurate, while giving reasons for why a higher estimate is more likely. The "No Irish need apply" was brought up a while back to maybe not have existed, until a little girl proved her teacher wrong by finding the very advertisement in the New York times that agreed with the general sentiment of remembering signs. The source for the origin of the quote itself is from Edward T. O’Donnell, an Associate Professor of History at Holy Cross College and author of 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About Irish American History. If I'm being totally honest the conclusion about work ethic through hardship and a will to keep surviving as being the "reason" they found gold more is entirely my own and I welcome people to come up with their own suggestions. To me it's the most logical reason, since I don't actually believe in luck in the traditional sense, and I don't see another reason why the Irish would find gold more than those already settled in California. And this way, they can be just as "lucky" as other immigrants, but the earning the expression would come from the fact that the wave of Irish would have been the largest compared to other immigrants in that period, and people tend to have selective memories when it comes to things like luck. So, take that part of the video as you will, and I can't claim it as fact, but simply feel it has to be true based on all the other facts. If anything is in doubt, let me know!

@@irishpolyglot Nothing's in doubt. I was just curious. Most Irish-American history books either gloss over a lot, or are super celebratory.

It's not funny that I picked USA. The video is about the expression "Luck of the Irish", which is an American expression. 🙂