Just been to Jamaica for the first time as an Irish man. Your country and people are stunning. Genuine goodness flows from you all. The local people chatted to myself and my dad and shared their knowledge and pride of your culture. Hopefully going forward your governments can do more to help the poor and make that wonderful island a paradise that everyone can enjoy. The people were the best part of the island! 🇯🇲🇮🇪
As a Jamaican I have visited your country and felt the same about your people. I couldn't stopped laughing. Jamaicans get their sense of humor from the Irish. We laugh at our selves and sing about everything situation.
I'm not from Jamaica but I can also say that the island of St. Kitts has some Irish influences as well. We even have a village called Irish Town where a lot of people from Ireland settled on the island
I'm Irish, the first time I heard a man from St Kitts speak after I moved to England blew me away, I though the man was from County Cork until I turned and saw he was clearly from the West Indies. A friend for life and my oh my do I love Caribbean food from all the islands. Hooked for life!!!!
Caribbean accent including Jamaican is beautiful and has a lot of similarities to the Irish accent. Ireland has a special connection with the Caribbean countries and I hope it continues to stay strong, from an Irish man
@@superbad3591 apart from drinking Guinness, no. My wife is Jamaican, so it's only me and the kids who are Irish. My original message may have been a bit misleading (we're a mixed family rather than straight Irish, if u get my drift)
@@johnnyringo4998 that still counts for a Irish Jamaican family 😊 I had family in Trelawny my family is from Saint Elizabeth and our ancestors were Irish and Scottish.
These two fine countries have a very special bond that can never, or will ever be broken! For the size of their population, both have had such major influences on the World. The Irish with all their famous writers and are known to have a way with words, when you listen to the deep, meaningful & witty lyrics of Reggae tracks and it's so apparent Jamaicans are also incredibly gifted writers. Irish man.
Indeed, Jamaican and Irish accents are both rhotic, meaning that the r at the end or at the middle of the word is usually pronounced. I'm from South Africa and the South African accent like the standard British accent is mainly non-rhotic.
Looking up old records of Jamaica online I recently discovered an Irish ancestor of mine who lived in Jamaica all the way back in the 18th century! His name was James Mulloy and his daughter was Rebecca "Becky" Mulloy who was born in 1775 in Trelawny, my 4x Great Grandmother
I’ve met some folks of Irish descent in Newfoundland and it always blows my mind how similar their dialect is to patois. You should check out that video as well th-cam.com/video/h6vW8RG3Pq0/w-d-xo.html
@@CharisMaggieTV If you chart Irish migration (forced or otherwise) through history it becomes clear as to why there's a similarity to our accents. Ireland - Newfoundland - The Carribean - Australia geographically worlds apart yet intrinsically linked due to colonialism by the British Empire , be it from economic labour , the incarcerated Irish sent off to Australia or the indentured/slaves shipped off to the plantations of the Caribbean.
I'm Irish and jamaican uk grown, I've grew up seeing similarities all my life, the people of montserrat are known as the black Irish in the Caribbean, big influences through colonialism from slavery 👍🏽
Connect the dots people - there’s a reason the accents are similar and its beyond a cultural influence. In short many of the Caribbean people are descendants of Irish and Scottish indentured servants - especially after the failed Jacobite rebellion. Great video!
@@lac8494 Black Irish was a term used for people who came from the Iberian Peninsula and what is Spain today. They weren’t “black people” as the way it’s used today. They weren’t Sub Saharan Africans. They were very much white and Caucazoid. And as for you telling me to “do my research” ? I’ve been researching my people’s history my entire adult life. And I’m no spring chicken. I’m 52 years old.
@@CharisMaggieTV When he said his wife said " me leg" I bust out laughing. I was in Ireland and I never laugh so much in my life just listening to the Irish on the buses speak. They sound so much like Jamaicans. They laugh at the same joke as Jamaicans. We laugh at our selves.
I am From Jamaica, and we have descendants from Ireland , also Barbados too, St Kitts,Nevis, Montserrat,I remembered a patient where I used to work was from Montserrat, his country was having Volcano covering half of the country at the time I met him,very pleasant guy, also St Vincent and the Grenadines
The Irish were brought to Jamaica has indentured servants and overtime the Irish dialects were incorporated in Jamaican patois. Jamaicans sound a little Irish at times.
@@buzzyuncle340 When the Irish were shipped to Jamaica in the late 17th century, the African slaves by that time already spoke English, English creole and maybe Spanish. Overtime the Irish language influence how Jamaicans speak today.
Thank you for taking the time to make this! I found this video by looking for more information about Irish people in Jamaica, actually because I'm Irish and Chinese-Jamaican mixed. Regarding the point about endentured servitude, even while having both ethnicities I actually didnt even know for certain whether or not that applied to Irish people in Jamaica or if we were working with the British colonizers at the time. I had a feeling we were servants, I just had not looked into it - but obviously its not the same thing as what the American slave trade turned into. Looking forward to learning more about the histories of my ethnicities and how they fit together. Also, I'm glad you mentioned about the accent, I've always thought that. My grandmother has an Irish accent and my grandfather had a Jamaican accent, and I always felt there was many similarities..
Aww thanks so much for watching. I’m glad it was helpful. I definitely learned some stuff and had so much fun with this video Hoping to visit Ireland one day 😊
@@CharisMaggieTV Me as well, apparently my mom took me to Ireland when I was one year old, but since I developed self awareness I havent been outside of my time zone I've yet to visit Jamaica too, but I've tracked down some family members in Kingston using 23 and me - very many places to see
I'm so glad I came across this 😅 I'm Irish, and when I was a child and I heard a Jamaican person speak, I asked my Dad if they were Irish 😅. I must have picked up on something.
Haha there’s definitely a lot in common. There’s a lot of Irish connection in other Caribbean countries as well due to the British empire. Montserrat is one Caribbean country that celebrates St.Patrick’s Day due to the influence. Really cool stuff. U should check it out 😊
Oh, wow, all 3 of these young people are so beautiful, like my nieces and nephew. Big Ups young people, continue blessed. And yes Jamaicans have a lot of Irish DNA along with English, Scottish, Asian (Haka Chinese), East Indian & a little Jewish (and obviously African). "Out of Many One Nation."
Irish were sent there as Slaves under Cromwell. Its where Reggae Hymns and music originated form as well, I learned this on a Jimi Hendrix CD insert. Listen to Bob Marley...mostly celtic rhymes to African beats..
Nice video, Maggie. Greetings from Ireland and thank you for that. I watched a documentary a while back about Island Records which featured a lot of interviews with Jamaican musicians and I was surprised to hear hints of Irish accents. This got me curious and it was after some googling that I found out about the high percentage of Irish ancestry in Jamaica.
@@CharisMaggieTV Sorry, Maggie, I was mixing up two sort of related documentaries. I think the one I meant in this case was Studio 17 - The Lost Reggae Tapes. th-cam.com/channels/DppZ3rMG9EO4W0qBStOhYw.html
When I started having friends from different cultures it was deffo Jamaican that surprised me, it was so similar to my dad & mum! Since then I've found out the history we share and that all HUMANS have a shared history! We shouldn't fix'at on the bad but strive for the positive! 💯 💚🤍🧡☘️🇮🇪32🇮🇪☘️🇯🇲🇯🇲❤️❤️
@@richardbyfield1918 the first people to inhabit Ireland came from Iberia (Portugal/Spain). Most likely many came from the Basque region. So Mediterranean people originally. But many feel those people went to Iberia from North Africa 👍
@@richardbyfield1918 exactly bruh. The truth couldn’t be more blatant and clear. They have Irish names and it’s a known fact that Montserrat celebrate Irish history.
This is so funny to hear this years ago before the internet i said there was some sort of influence and ties between jamaica and ireland..i noticed some of their words sounded alike..great video guys! One love!💓
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful conversation!! I’m reading a great book (that I think you’ll find fascinating) it’s title is: The Tide Between Us written by Olive Collins. The book is the reason I searched Jamaica & Ireland on YT and your channel popped up first! Congratulations to Kirt & his wife on the birth of their little girl!! Much love to you all from the USA 😊
And this is what I love about TH-cam! I’m able to share interesting this with people and in return, you all put me on to some gems. I will definitely be checking that book out. Thank you 💕
When the map is pulled up my hometown is Clonmel in County Tipperary but there is a Clonmel in Jamaica also. Clonmel (Irish: Cluain Meala, meaning 'honey meadow') is the county town and largest settlement of County Tipperary, Ireland. The town is noted in Irish history for its resistance to the Cromwellian army which sacked the towns of Drogheda and Wexford. Except for the townland of Suir Island, most of the borough is situated in the civil parish of "St Mary's"which is part of the ancient barony of Iffa and Offa East.
Just seen this tonight from an Irish newspaper:'Donald J Harris is the father of Kamala Harris. He is a Jamaican-American economist and professor emeritus at Stanford University, originally from Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica. Of Afro-Jamaicans and Irish-Jamaican heritage, Harris was born on August 23, 1938, to Beryl Christie Harris (née Finegan) and Oscar Joseph Harris.' Appreciate any more info - this is the first I've heard of a possible Irish connection!
I'm honestly surprised that there aren't many Jamaicans living in Ireland. It's an English speaking 1st world country, has a lot of oppourtunities, is underpopulated, apart of the EU & uses the Euro, & is very close to the UK which has the 2nd largest Jamaican diaspora community
Ireland is overpopulated we cant house are own people are countryside is being destroyed to try and house people. were im from was beautiful not to long ago trees rivers wildlife all gone nothing but houses and people i don't no
@serlaigh chantelle wow, this was very informative. Thanks for that. And that’s so true, that stereotype has been passed on to the rest of the world sadly.
The British Empire enslaved and shipped a lot of Irish to places like Jamaica, St. Kitts and all over the Carribbean, there's a lot of cultural similarities and even a lot of similarities in attitudes 👍😁
Indentured, not actual slavery. The persons family wasn't chattel and the person could eventually get their freedom. It was typically metted out similar to a prison sentence. Sad to say there is a very twisted myth being spread that the irish were proper slaves to the English, we weren't. Yes we were oppressed by them, but not enslaved.
@@anevilgoose1034 slavery is slavery mark and you could be indentured/enslaved for braking any number of the penal laws plus what ever the powers at be deemed fit daddy is not about sorry misses you and your kids away you go. nice watch kid to bad its worth more than you as a human are making it illegal for you to have it away to a sunny paradise ps he didn't even get to be a slave never even made it off of spike island didn't even get to experience the wonderful coffin ships :( and before that there was cromwell and his to hell or connaught shit
Honestly love her fella(boyfriend) he’s only here five months and he might as well be Irish, I’m 29 and since the 90s I’ve seen Dublin change so much but I have never had any problem With any culture because everyone is so friendly even tho I come from such a while family, we have had such lovely people marry into both sides of my family and each of those cultures have brought some of the African and Arab cultures to my family but have respected we are catholic and the differences between religion do not stop us from either, enjoying a day out a drink, enjoying different foods, or enjoying Christmas with us which to me when each of my cousins partners come over at Christmas they embrace our way of religion and celebration along with us enjoying foods religion and days of praise in those cultures and the respect shown is the way we get on which means we can all get along so that’s why he way we would like to keep our way of being and that’s how it should be world round 😊😊 the video is amazing
Great video, enjoyed so much seeing the similarities between the Irish and the Jamaican, my best family are Jamaicans in Bedford, England....great people
The bond between Irish and Jamaicans is deeper than ppl realize. It goes all the way back to slavery. Ireland was subjugated long before the atlantic slave trade and irish and black slaves often lived in close proximity on plantations. there's a book called black and green and it's out of print but if you can find it it's very interesting.
Greeting from Ireland , my best friend when I live in London was from Jamaica , she left to go to the states , so we lost contact , her name was Yvonne Hall , would love to make contact again , yes we have a culture very similar 🇮🇪🇮🇪❤️❤️🥰🥰
Do the research, the original Irish were black, and were sold as slaves, and were bought to Jamaica,St.Kitts, and were spread out to the rest to the Caribbean, mainly Montserrat they of 70% of Irishman there, and celebrate st. Patrick day.
I saw a comment on another completely unrelated TH-cam video, something about the Jamaican accent being influenced by Ireland. I’m so happy I looked it up and found this! It’s also really cool that you lived in Newfoundland. I’m from Cape Breton and we also have been heavily influenced by both the Irish and Scottish immigrants. Small world!!! Have you ever taken the ferry to Cape Breton?
This 'black Irish' thing is some phenomenon dreamed up in America, nobody in Ireland refer to 'Black Irish' in historical terms. We have many new people from the Caribbean and Africa and they are Irish or African descent or Caribbean/African Irish but that is separate to what you are speaking about.
I worked with Australian Aboriginal children in north west Western Australia. The indigenous people there speak several languages including Kimberly kriol, a patois language. When I turned on my Dublin accent, they could understand me better than with the standard Australian accent. Apparently the original Irish priests and nuns gave them many linguistic features. There was also a gold rush that attracted hundreds of Irish men and they married or cohabitated with the indigenous, Irish names are common.
Im alot Irish and Welsh as well..born in america spoke english all my life but i could always tell Jamaican and Irish are connected.ALL HAIL PHIL LYNOTT..he was half black half Irish a hell of a singer and devoted to Irish Myth and Folklore in a major way.
@@maryjs4878 The Irish were pretty well accepting of other's is what im saying and Phil by culture and partly race was very much Irish. Im glad he walked this earth and blessed us with his talents as man partly Irish myself.
@@maryjs4878 And you know Blacks are not the native people of Jamaica? Everyone says Jamaican and they just assume black. Id rather leave race poloticing out of this and hope people could just be people. I never said he was Jamaican but Irish, dont worry I already know you got a Bigot mind.
@@jamesspencer1997 wtf. Whos saying that black people are native to Jamaica???? You're so obsess of Jamaicans. Why are you so obsessed of Jamaica? Black people in Jamaica are NOT minorities, they are the majority.
Look at Simon o donnel and he will tell u bout the taps that Jamaican so I wanna love ye bless up my Jamaican bros and sisters from old Eire ☘️🇯🇲🇮🇪one love
i think its important to know that there are two official languages in ireland. Irish and english. and this may just be an opinion, but Is é an Béarla teanga an namhad.
@@celticmulato2609 you don't know what your talking about ... your repeating a narrative from his story .... amd you shall know the truth and the truth shall set us free ....
@msaccyps7230 I don't repeat someone's narrative just for the hell of it. I have done my research and listen to documentaries on Celtic / Gaelic countries to edify myself rather than listening to some dunce Afrocentrics; they are famous for whitewashikg history and putting themselves in other cultures where they never was in order to feel like some sense of self worth in Black and accomplishments! Every intelligent person's know this about Ireland and the originals. Do your research and stop embarrassing yourself on social media; it makes you look like a complete dunce!! BTW. If u have Prime app watch hisof Ireland or just Google it! SMH
@@msaccyps7230 The term Black Irish was a myth used in the 19th and 20th centuries by Irish-Americans to describe Irish people with dark features, such as having dark hair or dark skin, or both. The myth proposed that these dark featured Irish were the descendants of Spanish sailors shipwrecked during the Spanish Armada of 1588. Wikipedia
Unless I'm mistaken, Irish and English are both co-official languages in the Irish Republic, though English is by far the most widely spoken. Irish is the native language, but also an offical language.
We should be honest in history. Jamica was a British possession. Irish Army Regiments, under the British Empire, were assigned there in the 18th and 19th centuries. This is the primary reason why many Jamicans of African descent have Irish DNA. These relationships were both consentual and non-consentual. Clearly, the Irish-English accent has had an impact on the Jamican accent. This is why there are so many Irish surnames in Jamica. That all said, being an American and of Irish descent, I love the Jamicans and have always enjoyed my friendships with Jamican immigrants in the states and people of Jamican ancestry. Plus, Guinness and Jerk chicken 🐔 make for a fine dinner. ❤
Okay so this is interesting to me because I just found out four years ago that I was Irish Jamaican well my grandmother was Irish and I had no idea until I got older and after she passed and I'm curious about my past my family's past my family's history so this video means a lot to me
A correction is in order-I am sure others will make it too: according to the Irish constitution, there are two official languages in Ireland, both Irish and English. Irish is described as the national and first official language of Ireland.
The original people of Ireland were Black, which was all shipped to jamaica and most of the Caribbean mainly Montserrat, and were sold as slaves, kidnapped as well. Dublin means dark skinned "black" they have many of this info in many books.
That's because Jamaicans are Irish, Scottish Highlanders abd Britons/not British. Of the United Kingdom. Thwy were/we were exiled by Oliver Cromwell in the 1600s. White and black Scott, Irish, Brit and French. Patois is a French word meaning "rough speech" actually it is Broken Dialects.
Your make some educated videos.coz some ppl learn many things from you. Especially me I come to know some countries I didn't know before , such as. Mauritius and the similarities between some languages . Keep it up coz love it
There are so many similarities between Ireland and Jamaica. Can you identify any other similarities?
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Similarity to jamaican accents, 2 famous Irish rowers who won Olympic medals, check it out
@@frontleftfender thank you 😊
I’ll check it out
@@frontleftfender update: wow, you weren’t kidding. Similarity in the accent is so cool
The 2nd largest demographic in Jamaica is Irish
You will see more similarities btwn Jamaican culture and Newfoundland. Salt cod & rum to start. lol.
Just been to Jamaica for the first time as an Irish man. Your country and people are stunning. Genuine goodness flows from you all. The local people chatted to myself and my dad and shared their knowledge and pride of your culture.
Hopefully going forward your governments can do more to help the poor and make that wonderful island a paradise that everyone can enjoy. The people were the best part of the island! 🇯🇲🇮🇪
Ignoring how bad Jamaicans in general treat gay Jamaicans.
Irish homophobia due to British colonization
@@DJCashew-DJCantaloupe I get that. Ireland is seen as a very friendly place and yet racism and homophobia can be found in a lot of places too.
As a Jamaican I have visited your country and felt the same about your people.
I couldn't stopped laughing. Jamaicans get their sense of humor from the Irish. We laugh at our selves and sing about everything situation.
I've never seen racism in Ireland @kearinroberts9127
I'm not from Jamaica but I can also say that the island of St. Kitts has some Irish influences as well. We even have a village called Irish Town where a lot of people from Ireland settled on the island
Wow. That’s so interesting. Can’t wait for our video🤓
@@CharisMaggieTV 😊👍
I'm Irish, the first time I heard a man from St Kitts speak after I moved to England blew me away, I though the man was from County Cork until I turned and saw he was clearly from the West Indies. A friend for life and my oh my do I love Caribbean food from all the islands. Hooked for life!!!!
Nice,Jamaica also has some irish towns too more than one btw.
@@ringsafe1 Wow! That's interesting. Maybe I'll look more into the similarities
Caribbean accent including Jamaican is beautiful and has a lot of similarities to the Irish accent. Ireland has a special connection with the Caribbean countries and I hope it continues to stay strong, from an Irish man
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As a Jamaican, I find that the Irish accent is closest to ours, over England.
Look up the Black Irish of Montserrat, they speak with an Irish accent
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Hello from England- one grandma is from Jamaica (Patterson), the other Trinidad, and my grandfather Bryan Kelly is white Irish
We are an Irish family living in Trelawny, Jamaica.
Do you guys enjoy any Irish traditions
@@superbad3591 apart from drinking Guinness, no.
My wife is Jamaican, so it's only me and the kids who are Irish. My original message may have been a bit misleading (we're a mixed family rather than straight Irish, if u get my drift)
@@johnnyringo4998 that still counts for a Irish Jamaican family 😊 I had family in Trelawny my family is from Saint Elizabeth and our ancestors were Irish and Scottish.
I've always felt an infinity with the Irish our family names are Lynch, Kelly , o Leary ❤❤❤❤❤
These two fine countries have a very special bond that can never, or will ever be broken!
For the size of their population, both have had such major influences on the World.
The Irish with all their famous writers and are known to have a way with words, when you listen to the deep, meaningful & witty lyrics of Reggae tracks and it's so apparent Jamaicans are also incredibly gifted writers.
Irish man.
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When the Irish lady said “lashing rain”, it made me think of Bajan lingo (from Barbados).
Anyone else notice the similarity between the Irish and Caribbean accent?
Indeed, Jamaican and Irish accents are both rhotic, meaning that the r at the end or at the middle of the word is usually pronounced. I'm from South Africa and the South African accent like the standard British accent is mainly non-rhotic.
You should watch the video "The Irish of Montserrat"
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Yes i do! They always remind me of eachother
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Looking up old records of Jamaica online I recently discovered an Irish ancestor of mine who lived in Jamaica all the way back in the 18th century! His name was James Mulloy and his daughter was Rebecca "Becky" Mulloy who was born in 1775 in Trelawny, my 4x Great Grandmother
Irish and Carribean (Jamaican especially) accents always remind me of eachother. Warm with a twang.
*Caribbean
@@adriennesamantha Actually not all carribbean islands have irish influence the spanish and french islands don't have island influence
@@adriennesamantha This is about jamaica so get out
@@jycogente7521 She was correcting spelling, chill.
I was in Galway and I keep in touch with Irish friends, and I swear they sound like us. I love it!
I’ve met some folks of Irish descent in Newfoundland and it always blows my mind how similar their dialect is to patois. You should check out that video as well
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@@CharisMaggieTV If you chart Irish migration (forced or otherwise) through history it becomes clear as to why there's a similarity to our accents.
Ireland - Newfoundland - The Carribean - Australia geographically worlds apart yet intrinsically linked due to colonialism by the British Empire , be it from economic labour , the incarcerated Irish sent off to Australia or the indentured/slaves shipped off to the plantations of the Caribbean.
@@rayvaughan3197 that’s definitely what I’ve been noticing. Quite interesting
I'm Irish and jamaican uk grown, I've grew up seeing similarities all my life, the people of montserrat are known as the black Irish in the Caribbean, big influences through colonialism from slavery 👍🏽
And their accent sounds like Jamaicans
Connect the dots people - there’s a reason the accents are similar and its beyond a cultural influence. In short many of the Caribbean people are descendants of Irish and Scottish indentured servants - especially after the failed Jacobite rebellion. Great video!
Thanks so much for watching and for your insights. And I’ll be looking into that rebellion . First I’m hearing about that one ☺️
And those indentured servants were the Black Irish
@@lac8494lol no they weren’t.
@@jamesmcelroy5830 Yes they were, do some research
@@lac8494 Black Irish was a term used for people who came from the Iberian Peninsula and what is Spain today. They weren’t “black people” as the way it’s used today. They weren’t Sub Saharan Africans. They were very much white and Caucazoid. And as for you telling me to “do my research” ? I’ve been researching my people’s history my entire adult life. And I’m no spring chicken. I’m 52 years old.
Lol love this I'm a Jamaican and my last name is O'Connor it was cool to get to know something about Ireland
Haha niceee. I definitely learned a lot too ☺️
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When he said his wife said " me leg" I bust out laughing.
I was in Ireland and I never laugh so much in my life just listening to the Irish on the buses speak. They sound so much like Jamaicans. They laugh at the same joke as Jamaicans. We laugh at our selves.
I always wondered why Jamaicans drink either Guiness or Dragon Stout. BeautifUl couple good luck with the new baby!
Lovely Episode - had a 'grin' (Irish for smile!) throughout! All three of you a delight!
Thanks for watching ❤️
I am From Jamaica, and we have descendants from Ireland , also Barbados too, St Kitts,Nevis, Montserrat,I remembered a patient where I used to work was from Montserrat, his country was having Volcano covering half of the country at the time I met him,very pleasant guy, also St Vincent and the Grenadines
The Irish were brought to Jamaica has indentured servants and overtime the Irish dialects were incorporated in Jamaican patois. Jamaicans sound a little Irish at times.
@@buzzyuncle340 When the Irish were shipped to Jamaica in the late 17th century, the African slaves by that time already spoke English, English creole and maybe Spanish. Overtime the Irish language influence how Jamaicans speak today.
Yes some but the highest numbers of indentured servants would have been English.
And as slaves to Barbados.
Cromwell's records are available on line.
@@AbstractDivinity1 the Irish were transported after the Confederate wars 1642-1650 as slaves to the west Indies.
@@Kitiwake What made you think I didn't know that?
Thank you for taking the time to make this!
I found this video by looking for more information about Irish people in Jamaica, actually because I'm Irish and Chinese-Jamaican mixed. Regarding the point about endentured servitude, even while having both ethnicities I actually didnt even know for certain whether or not that applied to Irish people in Jamaica or if we were working with the British colonizers at the time. I had a feeling we were servants, I just had not looked into it - but obviously its not the same thing as what the American slave trade turned into. Looking forward to learning more about the histories of my ethnicities and how they fit together.
Also, I'm glad you mentioned about the accent, I've always thought that. My grandmother has an Irish accent and my grandfather had a Jamaican accent, and I always felt there was many similarities..
Aww thanks so much for watching. I’m glad it was helpful. I definitely learned some stuff and had so much fun with this video
Hoping to visit Ireland one day 😊
@@CharisMaggieTV Me as well, apparently my mom took me to Ireland when I was one year old, but since I developed self awareness I havent been outside of my time zone
I've yet to visit Jamaica too, but I've tracked down some family members in Kingston using 23 and me - very many places to see
@@yongewok wow that’s so awesome. I hope you get to meet them soon :)
I'm so glad I came across this 😅 I'm Irish, and when I was a child and I heard a Jamaican person speak, I asked my Dad if they were Irish 😅. I must have picked up on something.
Haha there’s definitely a lot in common. There’s a lot of Irish connection in other Caribbean countries as well due to the British empire. Montserrat is one Caribbean country that celebrates St.Patrick’s Day due to the influence.
Really cool stuff. U should check it out 😊
Oh, wow, all 3 of these young people are so beautiful, like my nieces and nephew. Big Ups young people, continue blessed. And yes Jamaicans have a lot of Irish DNA along with English, Scottish, Asian (Haka Chinese), East Indian & a little Jewish (and obviously African). "Out of Many One Nation."
Thank you ☺️☺️
There are Jamaicans who are descendants of Arawak/taino,they are a group of indigenous peoples of the west indies/Caribbean and south America.
Also there are many German Jamaicans too.
Irish were sent there as Slaves under Cromwell. Its where Reggae Hymns and music originated form as well, I learned this on a Jimi Hendrix CD insert. Listen to Bob Marley...mostly celtic rhymes to African beats..
Celtic Rhymes really??
@@breenirwin2356rhythms. Spelling checker must be getting out of hand 😅
It was really great with lots of information , will be encouraging my family to visit there in the near future . keep up the good work.
That should be an awesome trip. Thank you so much for watching 💃
My mom’s family is Irish mix I was hearing this a long time ago and I wonder as a Jamaican where did I get this accent from ❤❤
i’m irish and i’ve never been aware of this! great video :]
A beautiful name you chose Róisín Dubh
Collins helped ONE part of Ireland free itself from the Brits, don't forget us in the 6 counties, that were left to get on with it !
Love my Jamaican brethren
Nice video, Maggie. Greetings from Ireland and thank you for that.
I watched a documentary a while back about Island Records which featured a lot of interviews with Jamaican musicians and I was surprised to hear hints of Irish accents. This got me curious and it was after some googling that I found out about the high percentage of Irish ancestry in Jamaica.
Glad you liked it John. Thanks for watching ☺️☺️
Could you tell me the name of the documentary you watched? I wanna check it out
@@CharisMaggieTV Hi Maggie, it was some months back, but it was very good.
I'll try to look it up and get back to you.
@@JohnMcCormack ok thanks. Appreciate it
@@CharisMaggieTV Sorry, Maggie, I was mixing up two sort of related documentaries. I think the one I meant in this case was Studio 17 - The Lost Reggae Tapes. th-cam.com/channels/DppZ3rMG9EO4W0qBStOhYw.html
@@JohnMcCormack thank you 😊
When I started having friends from different cultures it was deffo Jamaican that surprised me, it was so similar to my dad & mum! Since then I've found out the history we share and that all HUMANS have a shared history! We shouldn't fix'at on the bad but strive for the positive! 💯 💚🤍🧡☘️🇮🇪32🇮🇪☘️🇯🇲🇯🇲❤️❤️
Sounds like you’ve e been having an amazing experience. Thanks for sharing 💕
I think Jamaicans 🇯🇲 (Caribbeans/West Indians) and Irish 🇮🇪 are some of the world's most beautiful people along with 🇪🇹, 🇧🇿, 🇵🇦, 🇧🇷, 🇹🇹, & 🇻🇪, 👍👍
💃 💃
Thank u😘🇯🇲
original irish people are not white , you re confused , they re the same people living in jamaica and the west indies.
@@richardbyfield1918 the first people to inhabit Ireland came from Iberia (Portugal/Spain). Most likely many came from the Basque region. So Mediterranean people originally. But many feel those people went to Iberia from North Africa 👍
@@richardbyfield1918 exactly bruh. The truth couldn’t be more blatant and clear. They have Irish names and it’s a known fact that Montserrat celebrate Irish history.
Cool video it was nice seeing the Irish couple and their experience.
Thanks so much for watching :)
lol this is a very intresting topic a lot of jamaicans are descendants of ireland and many have irish names also..😅🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Lol it all makes so much sense now 😅
The Irish first and official language is Irish and English is the second official language under the Irish constitution.
Thank you 😊
@Nexus 6 Agus Liom Féin
(Gaeilge) is the language of Ireland. Not English thats a second language.
@@Tor010 Polish is the second language... After English.
Sin abhfuil amhac!?!
This is so funny to hear this years ago before the internet i said there was some sort of influence and ties between jamaica and ireland..i noticed some of their words sounded alike..great video guys! One love!💓
Haha nice! Thanks for watching ☺️
@@CharisMaggieTV it was a pleasure🤗🇮🇪🇯🇲
I love irish moss! 💯
Want to hear an amazing mesh of Jamaican and Irish culture? Dirty Old Town by The Specials!
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful conversation!!
I’m reading a great book (that I think you’ll find fascinating) it’s title is: The Tide Between Us written by Olive Collins.
The book is the reason I searched Jamaica & Ireland on YT and your channel popped up first!
Congratulations to Kirt & his wife on the birth of their little girl!!
Much love to you all from the USA 😊
And this is what I love about TH-cam! I’m able to share interesting this with people and in return, you all put me on to some gems. I will definitely be checking that book out. Thank you 💕
Learned quite a lot .Cheers 👍🇮🇪🇯🇲
When the map is pulled up my hometown is Clonmel in County Tipperary but there is a Clonmel in Jamaica also. Clonmel (Irish: Cluain Meala, meaning 'honey meadow') is the county town and largest settlement of County Tipperary, Ireland. The town is noted in Irish history for its resistance to the Cromwellian army which sacked the towns of Drogheda and Wexford. Except for the townland of Suir Island, most of the borough is situated in the civil parish of "St Mary's"which is part of the ancient barony of Iffa and Offa East.
Just seen this tonight from an Irish newspaper:'Donald J Harris is the father of Kamala Harris. He is a Jamaican-American economist and professor emeritus at Stanford University, originally from Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica. Of Afro-Jamaicans and Irish-Jamaican heritage, Harris was born on August 23, 1938, to Beryl Christie Harris (née Finegan) and Oscar Joseph Harris.'
Appreciate any more info - this is the first I've heard of a possible Irish connection!
I'm honestly surprised that there aren't many Jamaicans living in Ireland. It's an English speaking 1st world country, has a lot of oppourtunities, is underpopulated, apart of the EU & uses the Euro, & is very close to the UK which has the 2nd largest Jamaican diaspora community
probably mostly because they don't know much about Ireland, among other things
Ireland is overpopulated we cant house are own people are countryside is being destroyed to try and house people. were im from was beautiful not to long ago trees rivers wildlife all gone nothing but houses and people i don't no
@@deancarlanthonyraisingthec1135 What an absolute crock of shite!
England had more factories in 50s and 60s, Jamaicans came to the uk to work and Ireland, Scotland and wales didn’t have much work to offer
But has nowhere to live.... And that's number one.
2 official languages in Ireland: Irish and English... not just English
thanks for the clarification :)
Amy said that in her initial introduction
@@rayvaughan3197 thank you 😊
@@rayvaughan3197 nah bro she said official language is English and native is Irish. Should say official languages are Irish and English 🇮🇪
Nahh,Only 1 is official which is the english the irish is more like a dialect type...
The Irish had the tallest people in Europe
before the Great Hunger.
Wow. That’s really interesting
@serlaigh chantelle wow, this was very informative. Thanks for that. And that’s so true, that stereotype has been passed on to the rest of the world sadly.
The British Empire enslaved and shipped a lot of Irish to places like Jamaica, St. Kitts and all over the Carribbean, there's a lot of cultural similarities and even a lot of similarities in attitudes 👍😁
As I’m meeting more people from other Caribbean islands, they’ve been telling me this. Kinda cool what the outcome was 😎
Indentured, not actual slavery. The persons family wasn't chattel and the person could eventually get their freedom. It was typically metted out similar to a prison sentence. Sad to say there is a very twisted myth being spread that the irish were proper slaves to the English, we weren't. Yes we were oppressed by them, but not enslaved.
@@anevilgoose1034 thanks for clarifying this. I’ve also read this. Thanks for watching! 💕
@@anevilgoose1034 slavery is slavery mark and you could be indentured/enslaved for braking any number of the penal laws plus what ever the powers at be deemed fit daddy is not about sorry misses you and your kids away you go. nice watch kid to bad its worth more than you as a human are making it illegal for you to have it away to a sunny paradise ps he didn't even get to be a slave never even made it off of spike island didn't even get to experience the wonderful coffin ships :( and before that there was cromwell and his to hell or connaught shit
goose revisonist rubbish!
Honestly love her fella(boyfriend) he’s only here five months and he might as well be Irish, I’m 29 and since the 90s I’ve seen Dublin change so much but I have never had any problem
With any culture because everyone is so friendly even tho I come from such a while family, we have had such lovely people marry into both sides of my family and each of those cultures have brought some of the African and Arab cultures to my family but have respected we are catholic and the differences between religion do not stop us from either, enjoying a day out a drink, enjoying different foods, or enjoying Christmas with us which to me when each of my cousins partners come over at Christmas they embrace our way of religion and celebration along with us enjoying foods religion and days of praise in those cultures and the respect shown is the way we get on which means we can all get along so that’s why he way we would like to keep our way of being and that’s how it should be world round 😊😊 the video is amazing
Awe that’s beautiful! I am Irish and Cuban and want to go to Ireland
Spent time in Jamaica, it was just like shepherds bush in the 80's, paddy's and west indians no problem, apart from the odd punch up.
I'M ACTUALLY JAMAICAN IRISH MIXED and for him to lived there 5 months and speak irish is crazy , i am so proud to be a mix of both =D
Noiceeee
@@CharisMaggieTV :) great video keep up the good work :)
Thanks so much 💕
@@CharisMaggieTV ❣ ❣
Great video, enjoyed so much seeing the similarities between the Irish and the Jamaican, my best family are Jamaicans in Bedford, England....great people
Thanks for watching 💕
This guy just there and already speaks in a Irish accent. Some of the words the way he says them sound kind of Irish. Really cool
Ikr so trippy 😅
Five months in Ireland and he's almost got an Irish accent.
It was a mind trip for me as well 😅😅
Nah he’s been there longer. It’s not just the accent - he thinks like them. He formulated his sentence in a European style.
He had it before he went to Ireland. The Jamaican accent is Irish
The bond between Irish and Jamaicans is deeper than ppl realize. It goes all the way back to slavery. Ireland was subjugated long before the atlantic slave trade and irish and black slaves often lived in close proximity on plantations. there's a book called black and green and it's out of print but if you can find it it's very interesting.
I thought the Irish also owned African Slaves
congrats on the baby...who might be a Big Girl now. Regards Wayne from South Africa!!!!! Blessed 2023 to yol all!!!!!
Such a fun video
It was 😊
Greeting from Ireland , my best friend when I live in London was from Jamaica , she left to go to the states , so we lost contact , her name was Yvonne Hall , would love to make contact again , yes we have a culture very similar 🇮🇪🇮🇪❤️❤️🥰🥰
Love Cultures diversity ❤️❤️❤️
Looks like Jamaica is really getting himself some Irish ☘️ culture
Do the research, the original Irish were black, and were sold as slaves, and were bought to Jamaica,St.Kitts, and were spread out to the rest to the Caribbean, mainly Montserrat they of 70% of Irishman there, and celebrate st. Patrick day.
@@kouturechef3884 Does that tie into all isolated ethnic human groups originally being dark and technically being African in origin?
Really great interview 👏
Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for watching 💕
Interesting. Thank you.
Thanks for watching ☺️
Whoa never would have thought! Such a cute good interview!
thank you :)
I saw a comment on another completely unrelated TH-cam video, something about the Jamaican accent being influenced by Ireland.
I’m so happy I looked it up and found this!
It’s also really cool that you lived in Newfoundland. I’m from Cape Breton and we also have been heavily influenced by both the Irish and Scottish immigrants.
Small world!!!
Have you ever taken the ferry to Cape Breton?
Noiceee that makes me happpy that I was able to go this video. I’ve never been actually but would like to visit one day 😊
I herd of black Irish My mother and father born and raise in Ireland County Cork and Kildare been there many times! Thankyou now i know what it means
Black Irish was a term for Irish people who had a tan but they were white, some say it was from the Spanish sailors who were shipwrecks but who knows.
This 'black Irish' thing is some phenomenon dreamed up in America, nobody in Ireland refer to 'Black Irish' in historical terms. We have many new people from the Caribbean and Africa and they are Irish or African descent or Caribbean/African Irish but that is separate to what you are speaking about.
@@bobsmith5441 the Black Irish are of Spanish decent
I worked with Australian Aboriginal children in north west Western Australia. The indigenous people there speak several languages including Kimberly kriol, a patois language. When I turned on my Dublin accent, they could understand me better than with the standard Australian accent. Apparently the original Irish priests and nuns gave them many linguistic features. There was also a gold rush that attracted hundreds of Irish men and they married or cohabitated with the indigenous, Irish names are common.
Im alot Irish and Welsh as well..born in america spoke english all my life but i could always tell Jamaican and Irish are connected.ALL HAIL PHIL LYNOTT..he was half black half Irish a hell of a singer and devoted to Irish Myth and Folklore in a major way.
Thanks for sharing and for the additional info.
I’ll check out Phil ☺️
James Spencer Phil lynott was half British guiana and half Irish.
He wasn't not even a Jamaican or half.
@@maryjs4878 The Irish were pretty well accepting of other's is what im saying and Phil by culture and partly race was very much Irish. Im glad he walked this earth and blessed us with his talents as man partly Irish myself.
@@maryjs4878 And you know Blacks are not the native people of Jamaica? Everyone says Jamaican and they just assume black. Id rather leave race poloticing out of this and hope people could just be people. I never said he was Jamaican but Irish, dont worry I already know you got a Bigot mind.
@@jamesspencer1997 wtf. Whos saying that black people are native to Jamaica????
You're so obsess of Jamaicans.
Why are you so obsessed of Jamaica?
Black people in Jamaica are NOT minorities, they are the majority.
The Irish word for "whiskey" literally translates to "Water of Life " in ancient Irish
Of course we love to drink!☘️🙃☘️
congrats guys, you should have a channel so we can experience Ireland with you!
They are so sweet, nice vid Magz 😘😘
Thanks boo 💕💕💕
The book, From wench the black Irish, says it all.
This was such a good interview lool oiii mi leg
That took mi out 🤣🤣
Look at Simon o donnel and he will tell u bout the taps that Jamaican so I wanna love ye bless up my Jamaican bros and sisters from old Eire ☘️🇯🇲🇮🇪one love
Bless up 💕
I'm from New Orleans and I sound Jamaican sometimes when I speak.... don't know why
Yo Bredda , I’m actually living in Ireland,so if we could link just give me a shout out! 😊
i think its important to know that there are two official languages in ireland. Irish and english. and this may just be an opinion, but Is é an Béarla teanga an namhad.
Appreciate this and I totally agree with you. Even if it’s not spoken by that many ppl, the language is valid and should be treated as such 💕
Worth a read " The Tide between us"
Lovely food in dublin.
Official language of Ireland is Irish, the second official language is English.
You should go to Limerick City where my fam from! 💯
That's very interesting good job.
Thank you 😊
It's interesting what he said about the motto I wasn't privy to that
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We also say Da and Ma for dad and mam.
Gaeilge is constitutionally he first language of the Republic of Ireland
Jamaica Every Time/All the Time! 👍
Most of the black Irish were sent to jamaica Montserrat Barbados etc
Black Irish are White and the term Black Irish refers to Irish people with dark hair and eyes; not Negroes!
@@celticmulato2609 you don't know what your talking about ... your repeating a narrative from his story .... amd you shall know the truth and the truth shall set us free ....
@msaccyps7230 I don't repeat someone's narrative just for the hell of it. I have done my research and listen to documentaries on Celtic / Gaelic countries to edify myself rather than listening to some dunce Afrocentrics; they are famous for whitewashikg history and putting themselves in other cultures where they never was in order to feel like some sense of self worth in Black and accomplishments!
Every intelligent person's know this about Ireland and the originals.
Do your research and stop embarrassing yourself on social media; it makes you look like a complete dunce!!
BTW. If u have Prime app watch hisof Ireland or just Google it! SMH
@@msaccyps7230 The term Black Irish was a myth used in the 19th and 20th centuries by Irish-Americans to describe Irish people with dark features, such as having dark hair or dark skin, or both. The myth proposed that these dark featured Irish were the descendants of Spanish sailors shipwrecked during the Spanish Armada of 1588. Wikipedia
Unless I'm mistaken, Irish and English are both co-official languages in the Irish Republic, though English is by far the most widely spoken. Irish is the native language, but also an offical language.
We should be honest in history. Jamica was a British possession. Irish Army Regiments, under the British Empire, were assigned there in the 18th and 19th centuries. This is the primary reason why many Jamicans of African descent have Irish DNA. These relationships were both consentual and non-consentual. Clearly, the Irish-English accent has had an impact on the Jamican accent. This is why there are so many Irish surnames in Jamica. That all said, being an American and of Irish descent, I love the Jamicans and have always enjoyed my friendships with Jamican immigrants in the states and people of Jamican ancestry. Plus, Guinness and Jerk chicken 🐔 make for a fine dinner. ❤
Always on time
love to see it
Which Ireland? Northern Ireland or Republic of Ireland please
Okay so this is interesting to me because I just found out four years ago that I was Irish Jamaican well my grandmother was Irish and I had no idea until I got older and after she passed and I'm curious about my past my family's past my family's history so this video means a lot to me
This makes me so happy. Glad it helped 💕
That Irish girl is so beautiful and charming 😞😍
(Gaeilge) is the language of Ireland. Not English thats a second language.
She doesn't even know the above lol
If you want to see the beautiful mountains of Ireland you need to go to the West Coast
A correction is in order-I am sure others will make it too: according to the Irish constitution, there are two official languages in Ireland, both Irish and English. Irish is described as the national and first official language of Ireland.
He’s only been there 5 months? His action is now a mix of Irish and Jamaican.
Yes 😎
Her reaction to the drinking lol. 🤣
I know right? 🤣
The original people of Ireland were Black, which was all shipped to jamaica and most of the Caribbean mainly Montserrat, and were sold as slaves, kidnapped as well. Dublin means dark skinned "black" they have many of this info in many books.
Not true.
Not only Jamaica
Three is Guyana in french the call it, Guyanne anglaise.
That's because Jamaicans are Irish, Scottish Highlanders abd Britons/not British. Of the United Kingdom. Thwy were/we were exiled by Oliver Cromwell in the 1600s. White and black Scott, Irish, Brit and French. Patois is a French word meaning "rough speech" actually it is Broken Dialects.
A lot of English are native from Celts to Anglo and Irish most northern have Celtic ancestory . We sent foreigners that's more South.
* we are not foreigners we are indigenous
How did they meet each other
They aren’t a couple. They are in laws 😊
Irish t'ings are quite like Jamaican t'ings, I have just discovered lol
His accent is really interesting..he has an Irish lilt.
He really does
Should try a Dublin coddle
Your make some educated videos.coz some ppl learn many things from you. Especially me
I come to know some countries I didn't know before , such as. Mauritius and the similarities between some languages . Keep it up coz love it