The Irish Potato Famine (1845-1852)

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  • In 1845, in Ireland, the potato crops were failing and potato plants were turning black and rotten. ..
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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3596

    What's your favorite vegetable? 🤢🥔🥕🍲

  • @darkhorsearmor3513
    @darkhorsearmor3513 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4318

    Describe one of the most horrific events in Ireland
    Plays cheerful background music

    • @goyonman9655
      @goyonman9655 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      😔😂

    • @f1hub524
      @f1hub524 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Ww1, famine ,Easter rising,the troubles

    • @robertpersely1722
      @robertpersely1722 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It pissed me off too.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @phyllis brady
      That is not what happened. Britain had a controlled market place. That meant everything was controlled from the food that was grown, houses that were lived and the very manner of land ownership.
      The economics that were applied in Ireland were also applied in Scotland, wales and England. The main difference was that in Ireland that taxes were just too high with many of the taxes being applied to grain. The same thing happened with flax.
      If a farmer in Ireland wanted to grow grain they had to pay extra taxes that many poor small farmers could not afford.
      There was smaller famines in mainland Britain.

    • @Anonymity55
      @Anonymity55 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *the troubles has left the chat*

  • @loganblackmun5822
    @loganblackmun5822 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3465

    "Just don't be hungry."
    -British government, 1848

    • @jomsviking9023
      @jomsviking9023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      wow if only I had thought of that before

    • @NickThorbjørnsen2207
      @NickThorbjørnsen2207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      "Hey, why not just eat something else?"
      British Government 1848

    • @Poopary
      @Poopary 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      @@NickThorbjørnsen2207 "Hey, you can't eat that we are exporting that for our own profit!"
      -British Government 1848

    • @NickThorbjørnsen2207
      @NickThorbjørnsen2207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @@Poopary "Here, have this low nutrient corn meal."
      British government 1848

    • @toxcitty
      @toxcitty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Just eat the air smh

  • @mikeschlau4501
    @mikeschlau4501 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1938

    fact: until today, Ireland never reached the same population size than before this famine.

    • @user-zv3jk6fs8i
      @user-zv3jk6fs8i 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      What was the population before the famine

    • @mikeschlau4501
      @mikeschlau4501 4 ปีที่แล้ว +224

      @@user-zv3jk6fs8i About 6.5 million. nearly 1 million died, more leave the country to the US. today ireland has about 4.7 million population (with the people of northern ireland, there would be all in all again 6.5 million population, but I don't know, how many of them are British born citizens).

    • @tastycookiechip
      @tastycookiechip 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Dovahdux sadly :(

    • @jowylongpeen6627
      @jowylongpeen6627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lol don’t worry they be in the poor towns and are in debt if you wanna enjoy Ireland well then just know that doubling and tip are great

    • @jimboonie9885
      @jimboonie9885 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      DAMM YOUU BRITTAAAAIIINNN!!!

  • @davidmurphy8364
    @davidmurphy8364 3 ปีที่แล้ว +715

    Something not mentioned here but not forgotten by any Irish person who knows their history is the aid we received from both the Ottoman empire and the Choctaw nation. Still greatly appreciated.

    • @GUULLIVER
      @GUULLIVER 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Much of which was blocked by the English though.

    • @LoL-mu4oe
      @LoL-mu4oe ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeh but now muslims try to use the ottoman empire one to convert us online, bunch of eejits 😭🤣🤣

    • @gradualdecay1040
      @gradualdecay1040 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The British govt donated £8 million directly to the irish people.

    • @danisabeh9771
      @danisabeh9771 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@gradualdecay1040 bruh what lol?

    • @gradualdecay1040
      @gradualdecay1040 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danisabeh9771 can you read?

  • @henarebrown8876
    @henarebrown8876 6 ปีที่แล้ว +723

    The Choctaw Indian raised money and donated to Ireland after their trail of tears.
    So did the Turkish.

    • @sambishop9856
      @sambishop9856 6 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      Not just those tow, but the Cherokee as well. There's actually a monument in Ireland dedicated to the Turks and especially the native tribes due to their support during the famine. The majority of their help, however, was blockaded by British ships.

    • @emretheripper3649
      @emretheripper3649 6 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      the ottomans didnt only donate money they also send 3 ships full of vegetables to irland

    • @boryolmung9548
      @boryolmung9548 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      true

    • @eatass1332
      @eatass1332 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Sam Bishop they blocked most of the Turks money because they gave more than the Queen.

    • @emretheripper3649
      @emretheripper3649 6 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@eatass1332 I know because the queen offered 2000£ and the ottomans wanted to pay 10000£ but the Brits said that would be a insult if they gave more then they did, so did the ottomans were forced to pay less than the queen, which resulted in 1000£ but they send the irish ships with food supplies instead

  • @PGRFN
    @PGRFN 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4076

    I now understand why the Irish don't like the British

    • @dreadnought-ai
      @dreadnought-ai 6 ปีที่แล้ว +172

      Old Imperial scumbags we are :P

    • @dirtydan179
      @dirtydan179 6 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      If you want more of a reason, *read the comments*

    • @TheLoughDuck55
      @TheLoughDuck55 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      PGRFN 800 years of opresstion

    • @goodgame5351
      @goodgame5351 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ric Boni Hello brother, we have to same profile picture.

    • @cmanthemonkey8063
      @cmanthemonkey8063 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hi

  • @teto85
    @teto85 5 ปีที่แล้ว +792

    There are more people of Irish descent living in the US than in Ireland. 175 years later this is still true.

    • @user-qi5jw2hg1c
      @user-qi5jw2hg1c 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Yes but they're not Irish

    • @rosieleaverton
      @rosieleaverton 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yep. My Grandma was from Ireland, and one of my Uncles was born in Ireland. My mom is 50% Irish, 50% German, and me and my brother are 25% Irish.

    • @user-qi5jw2hg1c
      @user-qi5jw2hg1c 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @J OneLife 9 million what? Irish? No it doesn't, unless they were born in Ireland and emigrated. Real Irish are sick of Americans or Canadians or whomever it may be claiming they're Irish

    • @aaronmc4268
      @aaronmc4268 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @teto85 I doubt that very much just because your great grandfathers mothers uncle was Irish that doesn't make you Irish probably no Irish at all, I'm born an bread in Ireland from County Dublin family originally comes from County Cork an County mayo so your comment is bullshite

    • @somemedic
      @somemedic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well brother... come on over. You can sleep on the couch til ya get your start.

  • @chumbawumba5486
    @chumbawumba5486 4 ปีที่แล้ว +620

    The fact that my family survived this is the reason I’m proud to be irish

    • @wyaves6249
      @wyaves6249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      went to the us or stayed in Ireland?

    • @billymanziel5666
      @billymanziel5666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      my ancestors were African kings, yours were potato farmers. We are not the same. ✊🏾

    • @chumbawumba5486
      @chumbawumba5486 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@billymanziel5666 and what happened to the Africans? Such powerful kings wiped out like they were nothing g

    • @chumbawumba5486
      @chumbawumba5486 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@wyaves6249 stayed but eventually moved

    • @chumbawumba5486
      @chumbawumba5486 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@billymanziel5666 oh and Africa is still a war torn mess of a continent so please think before you speak, it may save you some embarrassment next time.

  • @Kardia_of_Rhodes
    @Kardia_of_Rhodes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1853

    *Great Britain:* "Why did the Irish rebel?"

    • @peachwood8884
      @peachwood8884 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @phyllis brady Exactly.

    • @ramenbomberdeluxe4958
      @ramenbomberdeluxe4958 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Prit Singh Yes there is a sense of ignoring past faults that comes with the English people, but rest assured many are likely above that nonsense and do in fact acknowledge the evil that was their empire

    • @jackplaysgamez7231
      @jackplaysgamez7231 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @phyllis brady who you calling savage? This is what I call savage I'll box you face in ye fekin Langer!

    • @jackplaysgamez7231
      @jackplaysgamez7231 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      THEY RUINED ARE TAYTOES!

    • @nerdomatic2489
      @nerdomatic2489 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@pritsingh9766 You sir have spoken the truest of words. Churchill in particular is hailed by people and his dumb speeches are repeated constantly, with the people thinking that it makes them appear more intelligent on the internet stage. He was a racist and a tyrant, the only good he even contributed was participating in WW2.

  • @qaddad9757
    @qaddad9757 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1045

    Don't forget the reason why we were so dependent on the potato was because English landlords were focused on making a profit, and all other crops would be sold for more to make up for the loss they were making on the lack of potatoes they were selling. Another thing was the grain they were getting in on mass, details on how it could be prepared for home use were not supplied and thus the name "Peel's brimstone" was given to it. OH, and the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Abdulmecid II, actually wanted to send relief to the Irish during the time. The only problem was that Queen Victoria made a donation to the Irish, and the Sultan's aid had to be cut short by about 3/4 of what he intended to send so as to not annoy or upset the queen

    • @dfsempire2712
      @dfsempire2712 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Whoop go ireland

    • @vestty5802
      @vestty5802 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      qad dAD not all landlord were British idiot

    • @kptaliyildirim4628
      @kptaliyildirim4628 6 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Best regards from Turkey bro ! we like u guys 😉

    • @DeltaKR7
      @DeltaKR7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Interesting. Can you show me an Irish/Turkish source of this generous aid?

    • @qaddad9757
      @qaddad9757 6 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      @@vestty5802 Ouch, unnecessary insults sir. Tone it down. The vast majority were British as this was a time where being British was viewed as being superior to the Irish. With Irish landlords, at the very least they had to be Protestant

  • @lacyhay5244
    @lacyhay5244 5 ปีที่แล้ว +787

    My great great grandpa fled Ireland during the famine. He was one of the few survivors that came to America. Makes me appreciate my family heritage even more

    • @mobscene111
      @mobscene111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Because he invaded the Indians home land?

    • @spongmongler6760
      @spongmongler6760 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that doesn't make a difference, idiot

    • @jjgf8412
      @jjgf8412 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @ninjast4r ummm they were using it,they were moved or killed.

    • @GigaChadh976
      @GigaChadh976 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      spong mongler
      Yeah it kinda does considering they weren’t the ones who took indian lands

    • @CarlitosG1711
      @CarlitosG1711 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@jjgf8412 survival of the fittest, they couldnt stop them

  • @vikkimcdonough6153
    @vikkimcdonough6153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    0:22 - "It spread throughout Europe, but hit Ireland the hardest." That's to put it _very mildly._ The death toll from the famine in Ireland was approximately ten times that in the entire rest of Europe _combined._

    • @patienceobongo
      @patienceobongo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Queen Victoria‘s Jewih economist, Nassau Senior, expressed his fear that existing policies “will not kill more than one million Irish in 1848 and that will scarcely be enough to do much good.”6
      • 6. The Great Hunger; by Cecil Woodham-Smith; p. 373 (cap. xvii; sect. 3; pp. 1; penult. sentence).

    • @skathwoelya2935
      @skathwoelya2935 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@patienceobongo At least modern Ireland is a free independent republic. The cultural genocide of the Cornish people still continues.

    • @urviechalex9963
      @urviechalex9963 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@patienceobongo There were so many protestant voices expressing this exact view back then. An interesting and telling choice to quote one of the very view Jewish ppl in that government....

    • @patienceobongo
      @patienceobongo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@urviechalex9963
      Protestants are Marranoes.
      Longshanks kicked them into Scotland.
      Later they emerged as Masons and Protestors.
      The poor harvests across Europe were used to foment the 1848 world communism revolutions by Ephrasi working for you know who

  • @wd291
    @wd291 6 ปีที่แล้ว +383

    Irish over reliant on the potatoe ? .. you mean no choice but to eat the potatoe as grain/ meat and anything else was shipped out of the country by the english .

    • @learningagain4094
      @learningagain4094 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @:] I think you mean our inaction!

    • @mnameisjefff
      @mnameisjefff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Don't forget the fact that in many cases during the famine the English saw fit to seize other sources of food from the Irish people and I also like how they decided to gloss over the fact that much of the corn that was donated to the Irish by the American Indians was destroyed before their very eyes

    • @dominickjustave3860
      @dominickjustave3860 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And yet Irish couldn't go fishing 😂😂😂

    • @jaqueswilliams5192
      @jaqueswilliams5192 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Allen Jacques the native americans sent the Irish corn???

    • @cuntasstaire6403
      @cuntasstaire6403 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@dominickjustave3860 only the people at the coast did. Remember this is 1840s technology where rural ireland hadn't had an industrial revolution. There was no way fish could have been brought to landlocked counties. Alongside that, the British confiscated food from the Irish for mainland Britain. Don't just assume that we decided not to fish, it is incredibly immature and unfair to say that.

  • @MrRiderLtd
    @MrRiderLtd 6 ปีที่แล้ว +764

    1847 The ottoman empire (turkey) sent three ships full of foodstuff to Drogheda Port(Ireland). Turks also sent 10,000 pounds. It was a great gesture that gave worldwide recognition to the Ottomans. Even Queen Victoria did not behave more generously to the Irish than the ottomans, the British sent only 2,000 pounds. This is why the Ottoman government was asked to reduce its monetary assistance to 1,000 pounds. The Irish did not forget this favor and put a crescent and star symbol on the emblem of the city and Drogheda Football Club in 1919. President of Ireland Mary McAleese recalled the Ottoman Empire's favor on her visit to Turkey five years ago and said the Irish people have never forgotten this rare example of favor. "Ireland turned the symbols on your flag, this beautiful star and crescent, into a symbol of the city. We also see these Turkish symbols on the uniform of the football team," she said.

    • @ijh4888
      @ijh4888 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      I find it funny that this is supposed to mean something out of everything else that the Ottomans did

    • @MrRiderLtd
      @MrRiderLtd 6 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      @@ijh4888 the only thing this it means that the turks had a good relationship with the Irish just making a point my brother....other than that dont give a f about the ottomans

    • @Kanal7Indonesia
      @Kanal7Indonesia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That is so beautiful

    • @ITSjustWOOL
      @ITSjustWOOL 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I remember where I am there was a remembrance day for the Choctaw people who donated money to famine relief in 1847

    • @theghostrider760
      @theghostrider760 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      The Ottomans were NOT generous. They sent food to the Irish, so they could potentially rebel against their oppressive English rulers and weaken Great Britain as the number one power in the world. There's no kindness in this business kid, just simple Geo-politics.

  • @IrishTechnicalThinker
    @IrishTechnicalThinker 6 ปีที่แล้ว +594

    We have a saying in Ireland 'The Potato brought the Blight. The Government and Landlords brought the Famine.'

    • @darthinferno2906
      @darthinferno2906 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Nigel Mansell micheal Collins didn’t bow and now we’re a country

    • @FluffyYeen05
      @FluffyYeen05 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @gamescentrel The eternal Anglo strikes again I see?

    • @Garangus
      @Garangus 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      That sounds pretty accurate.

    • @patrickflanagan3184
      @patrickflanagan3184 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Irish Technical Thinker: yeah sad but true

    • @newfieman7094
      @newfieman7094 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Nigel Mansell England has a new master now the Muslim.

  • @adnanikram1577
    @adnanikram1577 5 ปีที่แล้ว +723

    No mention of the Ottoman empire's contribution I see.

    • @comradekenobi6908
      @comradekenobi6908 5 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      Well uh *WESTERN HISTORIANS*

    • @JamMeilleure
      @JamMeilleure 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @Arcana Imperii most leader do that like Tokugawa shogunate he make Christian illegal in Japan and even crucified them, in China most warlords do pillage and plunder everything in their path to make their army good morale, knight Templar do worse than that, they plunder and pillage, urinating on cross, worshipping a severe head, sodomize even though they are Catholics, give all credit to ottoman is just not fair

    • @WABRECORDS
      @WABRECORDS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@JamMeilleure How do i get that neat looking font dear

    • @aldenwalker3675
      @aldenwalker3675 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @Arcana Imperii But didn't they give food to the Irish who are roman Catholics which is denomination of Christianity

    • @aldenwalker3675
      @aldenwalker3675 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Arcana Imperii But didn't they give food to the Irish who are roman Catholics which is denomination of Christianity

  • @BillyMinnow
    @BillyMinnow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3054

    "The average Irishmen ate 14 pounds of potatoes per day"
    Hm... you sure about that???

    • @TheTaylorkidd
      @TheTaylorkidd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      W Min I was like bruh 😂

    • @jakedoc4610
      @jakedoc4610 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @@TheTaylorkidd maybe if they included liquid?

    • @UpperDeckerCards
      @UpperDeckerCards 5 ปีที่แล้ว +198

      Yeah that’s not fucking possible, whoops

    • @CommanderTK9091
      @CommanderTK9091 5 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      W Min he might’ve meant family.

    • @supermodo417
      @supermodo417 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Maybe 2lbs a day...

  • @oran9519
    @oran9519 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3921

    Irish population before the famine: ~ 9 million
    Irish population today: ~5.5 million
    England: *_laughs in genocide_*

    • @Storming360
      @Storming360 5 ปีที่แล้ว +196

      They did the same thing in iran during ww1

    • @boneyarsebogman
      @boneyarsebogman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      Feel like I need to be pedantic here. Its actually closer to 7 million. You're probably just including the Republic of Ireland. That 9 million, I believe, is the entire island of Ireland. Partition didn't happen for over 70 years. So, if you want to have a proper comparison, then you'd have to do the population of both the Republic and the North.

    • @oran9519
      @oran9519 5 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      @@boneyarsebogman I was including the north that's where I'm from. This is the whole island I'm taking about. The point is, millions died when they shouldn't have.

    • @redradical5375
      @redradical5375 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Ireland's population today is 4.6 million. But I like the fact you included the north.

    • @jamesMdlk
      @jamesMdlk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      4.5 million*

  • @jakelovelyYT
    @jakelovelyYT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1080

    England: I fear no man, but that thing
    *feeding the irish*
    It scares me

    • @Big_PJ
      @Big_PJ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      *IRA HAS ENTERED THE CHAT*

    • @fluffchilla1317
      @fluffchilla1317 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Arnold Schwarzenegger *but they can feed a country with 6 times the population of ireland*

    • @derman-ps6re
      @derman-ps6re 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And the Bangladeshis

    • @matthewcollins4764
      @matthewcollins4764 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fluffchilla -Random Videos because they were greedy

    • @donaghlynch9476
      @donaghlynch9476 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahaha, I get the reference

  • @eltonlee4530
    @eltonlee4530 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1211

    To conserve energy, the Irish decided to dance without moving their arms.

    • @bobbirobin2051
      @bobbirobin2051 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Eat more bats mao

    • @svengonsalves8538
      @svengonsalves8538 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      BobbiRobin racist

    • @no8604
      @no8604 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      😂

    • @stimulus5635
      @stimulus5635 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      As an Irishmen I rarely reply to TH-cam comments but I also scarcely find myself laughing at them as hard as I did yours. Apologise for the disgruntled person in the replies. Some people just can't appreciate good humour nowadays. Most Irish people aren't like that and can still take a tasteful joke on the chin. Best of luck☘☘☘

    • @TS111WASD
      @TS111WASD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      In a sea of hateful nonsense, this is by far the best comment lol.

  • @thomasnorge224
    @thomasnorge224 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2096

    English: Let me tell you a joke
    Irish: ok
    English: Potato
    Irish: I don't get it
    English: *I know*

    • @officercat7907
      @officercat7907 6 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Irish: 1776

    •  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Gunslinger Marston funny that

    • @comradestalin4826
      @comradestalin4826 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maaaam the cat that looks like its wearing makeup is backkk

    • @tipperary1082
      @tipperary1082 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@officercat7907 Alternatively: 2016

    • @adriannemcmenamin6675
      @adriannemcmenamin6675 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Allow me to tell you a joke
      You. You're a f*ckin joke.🤙🏽😎 .. People dying millions dying is not a joke. You melt.

  • @seanbarry1757
    @seanbarry1757 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1329

    *Shudders in Gaelic*

    • @darthvader5830
      @darthvader5830 6 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Ag crith as Gaeilge*

    • @darthvader5830
      @darthvader5830 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Tá fáilte (you are welcome)

    • @caitries7421
      @caitries7421 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      its gaelige 😑

    • @DAGO58
      @DAGO58 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      It’s garlic

    • @darthinferno2906
      @darthinferno2906 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Éamon De Valera an bhfuil tú in an Leabhar gaeilge

  • @Sheilawisz
    @Sheilawisz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +479

    What a sad and horrible disaster! Poor Ireland, Irish people suffered so much. I am happy that Ireland is a much better place to live in our times, and with freedom for its people.

    • @craftypaddy290
      @craftypaddy290 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Sheilawisz we have record numbers of homeless and people living below the poverty line

    • @bwill6323
      @bwill6323 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@craftypaddy290 tuff

    • @justbeyondthecornerproduct3540
      @justbeyondthecornerproduct3540 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@craftypaddy290 And the island still hasn't recovered from the population loss

    • @DarthVaderdelad
      @DarthVaderdelad 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@justbeyondthecornerproduct3540 ya we went from about 8 million to 4 million and it hasn't gone up much sense

    • @tadhgkennedy2861
      @tadhgkennedy2861 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Sheilawisz we are not free yet tiocfaidh ar lá

  • @Greendotz
    @Greendotz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    For something that's frequently brought up as a joke or passing jibe against the Irish this was actually a truly horrific event.

    • @twintalks8774
      @twintalks8774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It is, but I’m fine with people making jokes on it. (I’m Irish btw)

    • @smusky4643
      @smusky4643 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mostly British making the jokes.

    • @Squish_that_cat
      @Squish_that_cat 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@twintalks8774
      Irish people are terror sympathizers
      I really wish the famine lasted longer
      ireland is UK
      🇮🇳🤝🇬🇧🤜🇮🇪

    • @loneyman-o6p
      @loneyman-o6p 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hello, as a Turkish and Ottoman historian, I write the truth of the story based on concise Ottoman records. The period when the Irish people were deliberately left to genocide by England. The Ottomans were not interested in this at first. They did not want to confront the British and Ireland was not a Muslim country. At that time, the Ottomans were busy suppressing the rebellions in the conquered regions. There was also a power struggle within the palace. Celtic soldiers and officers serving in the Ottoman Empire did not remain silent any longer about the genocide committed in Ireland and reported this situation harshly to the sultan. The Sultan had to accept the offer of help. In addition, Celtic people living in Anatolia also supported the aid campaign. It is estimated that the Celtic population living in Anatolia today is 9 million. When the Ottoman Empire ended, the Celts living in Anatolia were not shown as a minority at the Lausanne meeting of the newly established Turkish state because they lived in a Muslim state.
      When you go to Anatolia, you can see people with red hair and green and blue eyes. Celts living in Turkey are educated, polite and mostly atheist. In my opinion, those who helped you are the Celts living in Anatolia. What I said is available in official documents. Thank you.

  • @JOSEJOSESITO
    @JOSEJOSESITO 6 ปีที่แล้ว +862

    That's enough history for today
    Me at 3 am:

    • @Jisim33
      @Jisim33 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wish high school was like this. I learned more history through TH-cam then the class I use to have.

    • @Kairox2003
      @Kairox2003 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Never enough for me!

    • @FatguyInthedeli
      @FatguyInthedeli 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DO NOT WATCH HISTORY VIDEOS AT 3AM 😂

    • @gunnar314
      @gunnar314 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      haha 5;30 am here xD

    • @yasintufekci1843
      @yasintufekci1843 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      2.55 here and yes

  • @smughatkid9981
    @smughatkid9981 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1205

    Potatos are my favorite flavor of chicken

  • @slabo9035
    @slabo9035 6 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    Potatoes, Both Ireland’s greatest strength and Weakness.

    • @mihajlomilosevic6944
      @mihajlomilosevic6944 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Greatings to Ireland from Serbia :D

    • @willchonn5637
      @willchonn5637 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      K

    • @maxiorthealternate
      @maxiorthealternate 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      potatoes with gravy sauce are criminally underrated

    • @galaxyred7
      @galaxyred7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mihajlo Milošević love from Ireland! May peace come in the balkans!

  • @nami141
    @nami141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    My family were some of those who left Ireland due to the famine. In 2002 I went to the 150 year reunion of our family arriving in Australia. Over those 150 years my 6x great grandparents and their 4 children had over 600 descendants.

  • @Dennis-nc3vw
    @Dennis-nc3vw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +718

    "The average Irish man ate 14 pounds of potatoes a day."
    Ummm...what!?

    • @youraveragepasser-by7367
      @youraveragepasser-by7367 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      I mean with the hard labor they went through back then all those carbohydrates were crucial

    • @scottyj6226
      @scottyj6226 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      according to Google and my calculator that works out to a little over 4800 calories

    • @nazarderkach9320
      @nazarderkach9320 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Math textbook authors: *_heavy breathing_*

    • @evilubuntu9001
      @evilubuntu9001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@youraveragepasser-by7367 14 pounds of whiskey made from potatoes lol

    • @blankblank5409
      @blankblank5409 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      They really liked there potatoes

  • @zachwatson319
    @zachwatson319 6 ปีที่แล้ว +587

    This channel is really, really, awesome, the variety is going to bring you more views :)

    • @Beastgrows
      @Beastgrows 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Zachary Watson Sucking him off via the comments...Errrm...Not a good look! 😎😶😂

    • @Beastgrows
      @Beastgrows 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My vids getting more views than this simplistic, naive and biased history. My channel will be ahead of this in 18months. Watch 😎😑.

    • @zak.886
      @zak.886 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Richard Head not gonna happen

    • @zak.886
      @zak.886 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Richard Head u only have 16 subscribers

    • @joshuas.686
      @joshuas.686 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Beastgrows sure dude. Keep dreaming. But you have 16 subscribers, this guy has millions.

  • @TheIndogamer
    @TheIndogamer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +379

    No mention of the Turkish involvement to stop the famine?

    • @hoseadavit3422
      @hoseadavit3422 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Which the queen try to stop because of pride I remember that

    • @timgantumur5750
      @timgantumur5750 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      No mention of the native american tribe that donated?

    • @agentmilton6585
      @agentmilton6585 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No,but it's actually real

    • @firebird4491
      @firebird4491 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Eren03eren Kebab is big gay

    • @DeltaKR7
      @DeltaKR7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Because we don’t know if they really sent aid or not.

  • @TomG1990
    @TomG1990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    The British response was the most British response ever: If you insist on dying, do so quietly.

    • @annetighe2207
      @annetighe2207 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The same response with the government at present. Nothing changes.

  • @SwagHaz
    @SwagHaz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +386

    pls nerf potato 2 op

    • @JorgeGomez-os7sx
      @JorgeGomez-os7sx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LMAO 😂😂😂

    • @firepower7017
      @firepower7017 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      *Potato Update 19.18*
      Soviet Expansion

    • @patty2254
      @patty2254 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      pls nerf 𝕡𝕙𝕪𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕙𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕒 𝕚𝕟𝕗𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕤 2 op

    • @paultoma4519
      @paultoma4519 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Patch Notes:
      -Added new fungal blight to nerf overpowered potatoes
      -Made the English AI more greedy
      -Made Irish AI more likely to emigrate to the United States
      -Added new lake in Kazakhstan

    • @itsyaboidylan2445
      @itsyaboidylan2445 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Patch-will now explode when not eated for 1 week

  • @TheOnlyUmbrilla
    @TheOnlyUmbrilla 6 ปีที่แล้ว +347

    "And eating an infected potato would leave them in agony."
    Bruh he died.

    • @scoutfemfox8076
      @scoutfemfox8076 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Furry

    • @mahfoudseraf5995
      @mahfoudseraf5995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@scoutfemfox8076 you're, yes

    • @kollepii1011
      @kollepii1011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@scoutfemfox8076 How ironic...

    • @mrnobody9611
      @mrnobody9611 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@scoutfemfox8076 Ew furry

  • @JustJohnny
    @JustJohnny 6 ปีที่แล้ว +419

    "Nothing matters Mary when you're free. Against the famine and the crown, I rebelled, they cut me down. Now you must raise our child with dignity."

    • @TonyG0317
      @TonyG0317 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I love that song.

    • @peteroneill5426
      @peteroneill5426 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Low, Lie, the fields of Athenry

    • @thepugawsomegamer1722
      @thepugawsomegamer1722 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@peteroneill5426 where once we watched the small free bids fly

    • @jackkelly2250
      @jackkelly2250 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW LIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE FIELDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

    • @scottleft3672
      @scottleft3672 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Botney Bay was NEVER a destination by the second day we were here....Stingray bay....or....Sydney cove was far better.

  • @ita2552
    @ita2552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    something important that wasnt mentioned is that Ireland was still exporting food, there was plenty of food in Ireland at the time but the vast majority of it was going to Britain. not only did the British refuse to help, they were the cause
    if the irish were allowed to keep their produce they wouldn't have starved

    • @vikkimcdonough6153
      @vikkimcdonough6153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Um, that _was_ mentioned.

    • @raaaaaaaaaam496
      @raaaaaaaaaam496 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No, the amount is greatly overstated. They export small amounts of cash crops.

    • @neil5184
      @neil5184 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you do know that the Irish land owners exported their food, the British government didnt make a law to buy it, the Irish sold their own food

    • @thomsboys77
      @thomsboys77 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Royal Navy provided support to the Irish and the British donated a total of almost £600,000 in aid to the Irish, more than any other country

    • @darkmatter9643
      @darkmatter9643 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@neil5184Irish land owners weren’t Irish lol

  • @slayer-of-swadia
    @slayer-of-swadia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +542

    Ottomans tried to help them with 10.000 pounds but british deny them then ottomans send 4 ships of food them and british tried to deny them again but failed this time

    • @presiqnqnkov8391
      @presiqnqnkov8391 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      They did this out of the goodness of their hearths right? Lol idiot

    • @presiqnqnkov8391
      @presiqnqnkov8391 6 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      The ottomans enslaved my country for 500 years they were really good people

    • @cantutmez8854
      @cantutmez8854 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@presiqnqnkov8391 where are you from?

    • @guventheguvenor4485
      @guventheguvenor4485 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      S hadowstalke R very true, i was about to comment that.

    • @farhanisraq5102
      @farhanisraq5102 6 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Presiqn Qnkov boo hoo, your people were enslaved in the 1600s or earlier and it didn't affect you. Plus, they're sending food, the Irish were starving and dying in ditches. It would've helped even if it wasn't for the goodness of their heart compared to how Britain tried to "help"

  • @joehudson3042
    @joehudson3042 6 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    I fear no man but that thing
    *Irish potato famine*
    It scares me

    • @justnoob8141
      @justnoob8141 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why should heavy scare? He’s russian

    • @ragingsalmon4413
      @ragingsalmon4413 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You like sandvich but not potato you fat man

  • @yourlocalt72
    @yourlocalt72 6 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    Potato is my favorite mass destruction weapon

    • @MrEsphoenix
      @MrEsphoenix 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cyanide is your favorite self destruction weapon though

    • @sheathom5743
      @sheathom5743 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Erwin rommel the Germans tried to give guns to the 1916 rising

    • @derfuhrer9935
      @derfuhrer9935 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Mein Potatoes will Win the war for Deutschland!

    • @user-ri5oc5rw5b
      @user-ri5oc5rw5b 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      JA! MEIN FUTHER

    • @brendenjohnson4026
      @brendenjohnson4026 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Erwin Rommel Ive read your book

  • @toast6494
    @toast6494 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    *Dublin, 1844*
    "What's today's date?"
    "December 31, 1844"
    "What's tommorow?"
    "January 1, 1856"
    "Ah, I see."

  • @rachard
    @rachard 6 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    *_Potato:i dont feeL sOO gOoD_*

  • @chevyyy6487
    @chevyyy6487 6 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    Don't forget about the Famine Roads.
    Because the British were taking all of the healthy crop, the Irish were left with nothing.
    The British believed that this would spark ideas of a Revolution in Ireland so Trevelyan decided to force the Irish to build 'Famine Roads' (Roads that would usually lead absolutely nowhere and were just a scheme to keep the Irish too preoccupied for any Revolutionary ideas), and not only that, but the Irish got absolutely nothing in return for the hard labour they were forced into.
    Absolutely horrendous times.

    • @user-qi5jw2hg1c
      @user-qi5jw2hg1c 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ashes You're referring to the public work schemes. The stupid reason you give is not why these schemes were set up.

    • @GigaChadh976
      @GigaChadh976 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tyler Quandt
      Yes it was

    • @gradualdecay1040
      @gradualdecay1040 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@GigaChadh976 no it wasnt.

  • @primeministersinister4541
    @primeministersinister4541 6 ปีที่แล้ว +251

    "14 lbs of potatoes a day" wtf

    • @MrBence22
      @MrBence22 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Yeah, like anyone could eat 6.3 kilograms of anything really. Can someone check that info again? asking for a highly suspicious "friend"

    • @LAV-III
      @LAV-III 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      The Irish love their spuds

    • @La_Pucelle_dOrleans
      @La_Pucelle_dOrleans 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Well, that's what happens when you work for a living

    • @primeministersinister4541
      @primeministersinister4541 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@La_Pucelle_dOrleans 🅱O I, that's 6000 calories in carbs.
      Subtracting the daily 2000 caloric baseline intake, that's enough energy to run 40 miles

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Yeah, that got my attention, too. Sounds like bullshit.

  • @ding2593
    @ding2593 4 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    Me watching this while eating dinner in Ireland...
    Looks at potato’s
    “I’m Watching You...”

    • @nono_Hoi4
      @nono_Hoi4 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      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    • @liamsomeone6333
      @liamsomeone6333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nono_Hoi4 I just had to click

    • @tottenhamman9726
      @tottenhamman9726 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Looks at poatato's what?

    • @semtux8615
      @semtux8615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Liam Someone What is it

    • @axelaugust5552
      @axelaugust5552 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@semtux8615 probably something not so cool

  • @domagojcapko4152
    @domagojcapko4152 5 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    So this is where Stalin found inspiration for holodomor!

  • @gamermike3120
    @gamermike3120 6 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    Im Russian I dont eat patotoes I drink them

  • @loganinkosovo
    @loganinkosovo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +438

    You kind of missed the reason why my ancestors were forced to eat only one type of food. They were forced to since their land, livestock and livelihoods were stolen by the English and poaching anything was a death sentence. They were forced to feed their families on a small bit of land they were allowed to use by the English Landlords. Since the proscriptions, the landlords had all the money, land and courts to back them up. Millions of Irish died in Ireland of surfeit, on the trip to the Americas (which tickets they had to pay for themselves) and once in America, Canada and Australia They died by the droves building the Countries.

    • @mattiecunniffe6274
      @mattiecunniffe6274 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I read that an irish worker could spend an entire years worth of pay on just one ticket. Tickets were 7 pounds.

    • @loganinkosovo
      @loganinkosovo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      and had to supply their own food or pay for it on the journey. Thats why they called them the coffin ships. About as many died on the way to America as slaves died in the blackbirders and the irish had to pay for their passage!

    • @GabrielNicho
      @GabrielNicho 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's just BS. The English did not force the Irish to plant potatoes. It's also false that the English controlled all the land.

    • @loganinkosovo
      @loganinkosovo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      The Irish ate potatoes or starved to death. Nothing else they could afford would keep them from starving. And Yes, the English or Plantation Scots owned all most all the land. The Great Famine was Genocide, pure and simple. The monetarist policy of the British Government of the 1840's known as "Laissez Faire" demanded no political interference with "the free market".
      In Ireland Before and After the Famine Cormac O’Grada documents that in 1845, a famine year in Ireland, 3,251,907 quarters (8 bushels = 1 quarter)) of corn were exported from Ireland to Britain. That same year 257,257 sheep were exported to Britain. In 1846, another famine year, 480,827 swine and 186,483 oxen were exported to Britain.
      Cecil Woodham-Smith, considered the preeminent authority on the Irish Famine, wrote in The Great Hunger; Ireland 1845-1849 that, "...no issue has provoked so much anger or so embittered relations between the two countries (England and Ireland) as the indisputable fact that huge quantities of food were exported from Ireland to England throughout the period when the people of Ireland were dying of starvation."
      "Although the potato crop failed, the country was still producing and exporting more than enough grain crops to feed the population. But that was a 'money crop' and not a 'food crop' and could not be interfered with."
      According to John Mitchel, quoted by Woodham-Smith, "Ireland was actually producing sufficient food, wool and flax, to feed and clothe not nine but eighteen millions of people," yet a ship sailing into an Irish port during the famine years with a cargo of grain was "sure to meet six ships sailing out with a similar cargo."
      One of the most remarkable facts about the famine period is that there was an average monthly export of food from Ireland worth 100,000 Pound Sterling. Almost throughout the five-year famine, Ireland remained a net exporter of food.
      Dr. Christine Kinealy, a fellow at the University of Liverpool and the author of two scholarly texts on the Irish Famine: This Great Calamity and A Death-Dealing Famine, says that 9,992 calves were exported from Ireland to England during "Black'47", an increase of thirty-three percent from the previous year. In the twelve months following the second failure of the potato crop, 4,000 horses and ponies were exported. The export of livestock to Britain (with the exception of pigs) increased during the "famine". The export of bacon and ham increased. In total, over three million live animals were exported from Ireland between 1846-50, more than the number of people who emigrated during the famine years.
      Dr. Kinealy's most recent work is documented in the spring, 1998 issue of "History Ireland". She states that almost 4,000 vessels carried food from Ireland to the ports of Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool and London during 1847, when 400,000 Irish men, women and children died of starvation and related diseases. The food was shipped under guard from the most famine-stricken parts of Ireland: Ballina, Ballyshannon, Bantry, Dingle, Killala, Kilrush, Limerick, Sligo, Tralee and Westport.
      During the first nine months of "Black '47" the export of grain-derived alcohol from Ireland to England included the following: 874,170 gallons of porter, 278,658 gallons of Guinness, and 183,392 gallons of whiskey.
      The total amount of grain-derived alcohol exported from Ireland in just nine months of Black'47 is 1,336,220 gallons!
      A wide variety of commodities left Ireland during 1847, including peas, beans, onions, rabbits, salmon, oysters, herring, lard, honey, tongues, animal skins, rags, shoes, soap, glue and seed.
      The most shocking export figures concern butter. Butter was shipped in firkins, each one holding nine gallons. In the first nine months of 1847, 56,557 firkins were exported from Ireland to Bristol, and 34,852 firkins were shipped to Liverpool. That works out to be 822,681 gallons of butter exported to England from Ireland during nine months of the worst year of "famine".
      If the other three months of exports were at all comparable, then we can safely assume that a million gallons of butter left Ireland while 400,000 Irish people starved to death!
      Dr. Kinealy's research proves beyond a reasonable doubt that there was sufficient food in Ireland to prevent mass starvation, and that the food was brought through the worst famine-stricken areas on its way to England. British regiments guarded the ports and warehouses in Ireland to guarantee absentee landlords and commodity speculators their "free market" profits.
      When Ireland experienced an earlier famine in 1782-83, ports were closed in order to keep home grown food for domestic consumption. Food prices were immediately reduced within Ireland. The merchants lobbied against such efforts, but their protests were over-ridden. Everyone recognised that the interests of the merchants and the distressed people were irreconcilable. In the Great Famine, that recognition was disregarded.
      From www.usbornefamilytree.com/irishfoodexports.htm
      On a Single Day - Christy Moore
      A list of exports from Cork Harbour
      On a single day
      The fourteenth of September, Eighteen Forty-Seven
      Ran as follows:
      147 barrels of pork,
      986 casks of ham,
      27 sacks of bacon,
      528 boxes of eggs,
      1, 397 firkins of butter,
      477 sacks of oats,
      720 sacks of flour,
      380 sacks of barley,
      187 head of cattle,
      296 head of sheep, and
      4, 338 barrels of miscellaneous provisions,
      On a single day,
      The ships sailed out from Cork Harbour
      With their bellies in the water.
      On a single day in County Galway,
      The great majority of the poor located there
      Were in a state of starvation,
      Many hourly expecting death to relieve their suffering.
      On a single day,
      The Lady Mayoress held a ball
      At the Mansion House in Dublin
      In the presence of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
      Dancing continued until the early hours,
      And refreshments of the most varied and sumptuous
      Nature
      Were supplied with inexhaustible profusion.
      On a single day.
      On a single day.
      It's about time this little country of ours had a bit
      Of peace.

    • @loganinkosovo
      @loganinkosovo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I hope you realize that the KKK (what few there are now) is a wholly Democrat party organization and always has been. Just like Boston has been a wholly Democrat party City and almost always has been.

  • @platypuswithaphone8590
    @platypuswithaphone8590 4 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    Christmas 1846 in Ireland: what do you want for Christmas?
    Irish: food

    • @burn_out
      @burn_out 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That doesn't sound funny tho...

    • @olaff9771
      @olaff9771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@burn_out it is

    • @kbk8215
      @kbk8215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hoo Lee Sheet how’s it funny that our ancestors had to suffer and be hungry

    • @kbk8215
      @kbk8215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hoo Lee Sheet your probably a brit

    • @blankblank5409
      @blankblank5409 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DylanMush Gtfo

  • @Abitous
    @Abitous 6 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Potatoes are my favorite type of potato

    • @zak.886
      @zak.886 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Provocateur British wanted to destroy everywhere especially africa

    • @Abitous
      @Abitous 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      them god damn british bois ruining everything

  • @BarnardClangdeggin
    @BarnardClangdeggin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    14 pounds a day?!?

    • @stewie5101
      @stewie5101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Agreed. That's almost 100 pounds a week. Lol no way

    • @johno1544
      @johno1544 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      14 pounds of carbs a day LOL no wonder people didn't live long back then.

    • @hugekraken8317
      @hugekraken8317 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Judging by how hard work and farming was back then plus lack of health knowledge made that entirely possible

    • @ProGrayRaven
      @ProGrayRaven 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah nah, This is bs

    • @cs0345
      @cs0345 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      A single potato only has an average of 160 calories and you need more than 2000 a day to survive.

  • @darthinferno2906
    @darthinferno2906 6 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    I’m irish and when ever I hear about this I feel terrible about times I’ve complained about some food

    • @mrkitcatt2119
      @mrkitcatt2119 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Hoàng Nguyên northern Irishmen here prefer uk

    • @mrkitcatt2119
      @mrkitcatt2119 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Hoàng Nguyên to who ones that help us more

    • @mrkitcatt2119
      @mrkitcatt2119 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @yjjd n81 oh cause we fucking ate other foods that were available that makes us evil

    • @RobertK1993
      @RobertK1993 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alex Kitcatt Irish could not afford other foods.

    • @asaptrippy
      @asaptrippy 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      As you should. Thats going to be 3 hail Mary's

  • @_dn_452
    @_dn_452 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Read the book called “Under the hawthorn tree” it’s a good book if you want to see the experience first hand

    • @corporal747
      @corporal747 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Beautiful book

    • @cosieman4877
      @cosieman4877 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It is read in Irish primary schools

  • @mon1ka502
    @mon1ka502 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2243

    *Jacksepticeye PTSD intensifies*

  • @Lappmogel
    @Lappmogel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Before the British farmers in Ireland had more land and could grow a variety of crops, that way they still had something to eat if one crop failed. But then the British took over the land, started grazing cattle, forced people of the good farmland and onto smaller plots with worse soil quality so that the potato was the only thing you could grow if you wanted enough to eat.
    The fact that food was exported from Ireland during the entire duration of the famine makes this look like a genocide.

    • @yukonakajima3980
      @yukonakajima3980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      “look like a genocide” - It most certainly was a GENOCIDE.

    • @themaskedman221
      @themaskedman221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@yukonakajima3980 It most certainly was *not* a genocide. And the land was transferred to *Protestants,* not necessarily "British" (whatever that means).

    • @ryeguy7941
      @ryeguy7941 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@themaskedman221 given the British governments view of the Irish and the indifferent attitude towards the starvation, it was a genocide.

    • @themaskedman221
      @themaskedman221 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ryeguy7941 It really wasn't, and no credible historian in or outside of Ireland accepts the genocide narrative. This was a nationalist myth that was invented for political service, not a fact of history.

    • @Claudia_Ackermann
      @Claudia_Ackermann 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      British: *"UNTRUE! WE BRITISH SAVE IRELAND AND YET THEY REBEL FROM US"*

  • @hamburgerhouse2352
    @hamburgerhouse2352 6 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    There were more people in Ireland before the famines than there is today

    • @richardtwomey9201
      @richardtwomey9201 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Karl Scher you clearly don't understand how agriculturally poor communities operate. The reason why African nations have so many children is because infant mortality is high. The more children a family have the more likely some of them will reach adulthood.
      They also require these children to become adults to help them farm the land to feed the family and to produce crops to sell to pay for the land they are farming.
      Most western countries only have 1 to 2 kids these days because child mortality is very low and we work in industrial civilisations, we've also moved away from religion which condemns contraceptives.
      It is not overbreeding, it is the circumstances of their economic society. Ireland, and many parts of Europe went through the same process. Things like war and famine set a country back.
      So keep your ill informed, racist notions to yourself

    • @richardtwomey9201
      @richardtwomey9201 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Karl Scher 'Listen snowflake' great response there Karl, 10/10. Ill reiterate ''clearly you dont understand how agriculturally poor communities operate'', you've proven that point twice now.
      200 years ago the global child mortality rate was 43%, Sweden and Germany having particularly high rates so dont use nonsense like toxic catholicism or sexual fetishism for a reason of over breeding. Agricultural communities have high birth rates, poorer communities have higher death rates, tts a simple fact. There wasnt overbreeding in Ireland, the food source collapsed and led to famine for the previously established population.
      Of course they'll beg for food, they are starving? Thats not too difficult to comprehend, large parts of Africa are economically poor. Youre obviously just ignoring the reality because you dont like them. You call me snowflake and refer to them making derogatory remarks of 'evil whitey', youre triggered friend.

  • @Vengeance289
    @Vengeance289 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Something you left out:
    While the British opened soup kitchens, they would only serve you if you dropped the O out of your name and convert to protestant.
    This is where the term "take the soup" came from.

    • @JohnSmith-vr3xr
      @JohnSmith-vr3xr 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My father told these kind of stories in the US many generations after immigration

  • @mugiwarafishing588
    @mugiwarafishing588 5 ปีที่แล้ว +371

    Victoria : I can't help Irish people
    Sultan Abdul Majid 1 : You can't???...Hold my Zam Zam Water

  • @kshatriya1414
    @kshatriya1414 6 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    and now i understand why people from Ireland don’t like people from england

    • @MrEsphoenix
      @MrEsphoenix 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Yep I certainly deserve hate for something I had no control over. Glad this justifies it for you. The world is certainly a better place when we can take past events and use it as a reason to spread hate against a whole culture. Thank God there are people like you who are quick to judge without all the facts.

    • @kshatriya1414
      @kshatriya1414 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Eddy S what?.. i’m just saying that i understand why people from Ireland has a hard time accepting brit’s... i don’t justify their hate.... it’s their history and they should be able think that way!.. just like black people should be able to talk about their experiences with slavery etc... and i think cultures should be criticized for what they have done.. i don’t think you would say the same thing about islam when ISIS blows up a shopping mall..

    • @sheathom5743
      @sheathom5743 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      We hate them for a lot of things like bloody Sunday the hunger strikes (Margaret 'the witch' thatcher) and the list could go on and on

    • @sheathom5743
      @sheathom5743 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Azarghost16 so if I went to England and killed 7 million people would u just let it go and flow into the past

    • @sheathom5743
      @sheathom5743 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Because the witch wouldn't let them be political prisoners which they were and do you have anything to say about bloody Sunday ??

  • @AcidMushTV
    @AcidMushTV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    “Fun-fact” the Irish population has still not recovered to this day

    • @wilsondb100
      @wilsondb100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Leezer00 no there’s 5 million

    • @Margalit10656
      @Margalit10656 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wilsondb100 those are english people.

    • @claretblue2509
      @claretblue2509 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Margalit10656 5 million English?

  • @rextucker3184
    @rextucker3184 6 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    An old Irish joke:
    Michael in prison:
    "Dear Margaret,
    I have hidden the guns in the garden,
    Love, Michael"
    The prison mail surveillance unit:
    "Aha! I think I'm on to something here, Smithers!"
    Margaret at home:
    "Dear Michael,
    The army came and dug all the garden up, what should I do?
    Love, Margaret"
    Michael in prison:
    "Dear Margaret,
    Now plant the potato's,
    Love, Michael"
    A conversation between husband and wife anywhere from 1695AD to 1705AD:
    Husband: "I think I'll stand as a member of Parliament."
    Wife: "You can't, dear, you're a Catholic."
    Husband: "Well I'll join the army then!"
    Wife: "Uh uh. No Catholics in the army."
    Husband: "Then we'll elect another government!"
    Wife: "But Catholics can't vote, sweetheart."
    Husband: What on earth CAN I do?"
    Wife: "Go and catch a priest- we could use the five pounds on his head, God bless him!"

  • @adrianoreilly2884
    @adrianoreilly2884 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Very good video. One thing you also could have included is that the famine “put the nail in the coffin” for the Irish language known as ‘Gaeilge’ in Ireland. Around 1850 the vast majority of Ireland (approx 70% or so) spoke Irish as their first language and English was spoken in Dublin and Belfast. Today it is less than 5% speak it as their first language. In 1845 The language was in decline as it was discouraged by the English wealthy classes. Many of the immigrants who left Ireland or died of starvation in the famine were from the west of Ireland who’s communities were overwhelmingly Irish speakers. The famine set the Irish language on a rapid decline as many communities lost their people to death, immigration or others cast the language aside as they saw they had to switch to English as their only future lay with leaving the country.

    • @cormacmcg1232
      @cormacmcg1232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      irish is actually making a huge comeback recently, the government is helping gaeltachts and stuff

    • @fiddlecastro1453
      @fiddlecastro1453 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My relatives over in Galway still speak it, think you're giving too much credit to the English

    • @katierose1893
      @katierose1893 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      TIL Irish used to be a language.

    • @fullirishham1015
      @fullirishham1015 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@katierose1893 it still is...

    • @katierose1893
      @katierose1893 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fullirishham1015 ah.. Gaelic!

  • @el.campesino
    @el.campesino 6 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    50% of Comments: People complaining about the Ottomans (Turkey) not being mentioned.
    Other 50% of Comments: Jacksepticeye jokes.
    We’re such a respectful community.

    • @eggboi8475
      @eggboi8475 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The 1 fucking time the Irish get the spotlight, we’ve already been through enough don’t take this from us too

    • @eggboi8475
      @eggboi8475 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No YOU have patty’s day and made up luck of the Irish. We have paddy’s day and the luck of the Irish was just something they said in goldmines back in the day for how UNLUCKY the Irish were

    • @ahmetilberbektas60
      @ahmetilberbektas60 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ThatOneWithTheFace i literally saw only 2 comment about Ottomans in atleast 30+,more like %50 percent is people saying it was a genocide

    • @el.campesino
      @el.campesino 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was a joke. Maybe not a funny one, but sure, as we say in Ireland, “We’re only havin’ da crack.”

    • @antitroller101
      @antitroller101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Genasiker
      Wait...What about Nogla

  • @fxdify8254
    @fxdify8254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Should’ve mentioned that we were only allowed to the soup kitchens if we converted to Protestantism, meanwhile Britain blocked a large sum of money in aid from turkey ( not sure how much)

  • @kevinmcguinness6526
    @kevinmcguinness6526 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As an Irishman, historian, and academic, I have to say that this video is excellent. You really captured the Irish Famine well in this 5 minute video.

  • @leftmorningstar6954
    @leftmorningstar6954 6 ปีที่แล้ว +466

    I appreciate you covering Irish history, however it was no famine, it was genocide orchestrated by the English.I appreciate you

    • @Pizza23333
      @Pizza23333 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      +Lefteris Gaming No, it wasn't. I'll tell you what I tell everyone else that makes that claim, it does not meet the definition, it wasn't orchestrated and you need to actually research this stuff before you try to make such assertions.

    • @KappaKiller108
      @KappaKiller108 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Do Irish people not study the English language? I keep seeing them use words they don't understand

    • @dsadsa726
      @dsadsa726 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@Pizza23333 Funny thing is people who don't agree with him also have to deny claims about Stalin performing genocide on 6 mil Ukrainians.
      It was LITERALLY the same thing.

    • @Pizza23333
      @Pizza23333 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      +dsa dsa The only funny thing here is that you clearly haven't looked into either famine, yet you think you're an apparent authority to call them "the same thing". During the Irish famine, we have evidence the British government sent resources to fight the hunger, it raised money nationally and internationally, It set up programs publicly and privately to buy food for Ireland, with Irish nationalists famously saying it wasn't Ireland asking for help, but Britain asking for help for Ireland.
      Holodomor, while its status as genocide is debated, was not like this. The Soviets refused outside aid, forced people to stay where they were and the Stalinist regime in 1932-33 thought that many of those starving to death were "counter-revolutionaries", "idlers" or "thieves" who fully deserved their fate.
      There was a significant difference in attitudes and actions between the two, so maybe spend less time with your caps lock on and more time actually studying these things.

    • @dsadsa726
      @dsadsa726 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@Pizza23333 British refused foreign aid,prohibited Irish from using any other form of crop they grew and thought of them as lesser humans.
      You're just proving I'm right if anything.

  • @bharatiye4492
    @bharatiye4492 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    British also caused The Bengal Famine in India .Churchill who is considered as hero in Britain is actually a villain for us Indian.

    • @thomsboys77
      @thomsboys77 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Most people in Britain today do NOT look on Churchill as a hero

  • @mad9325
    @mad9325 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    "it spread throughout europe but hit Ireland the hardest"
    Ireland: let's sing the parting glass and fled to america

  • @abthedragon4921
    @abthedragon4921 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I got some ideas for more agricultural history
    Maybe you could make videos on:
    • Stalin's man made famine trying to increase the power of the Soviet Union
    • Production of corn (maize) in central America
    • The famine that led to the "Bacon Rebellion" in Colonial America
    • Something from the Agricultural Revolution
    • Chinese agricultural customs

    • @Inucroft
      @Inucroft 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      this

    • @RandomExlcusiveTM
      @RandomExlcusiveTM 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      And why not Mao's reforms which resulted in 45 million dead in only 4 years?

    • @antitroller101
      @antitroller101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How about the golden age for Argentina during WW2 via wheat sales to the USA

    • @Tappettava
      @Tappettava 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Andrew Burton Stalin did it for the same reason as the British caused more suffering to the Irish.
      It was to destabilize an occupied nation, kill a large portion of the population and to make the nation entirely dependent on aid. This was done to solidify the occupying nations grip on their victims and to prevent rebellions or demands for independence. Stalin did it to Ukraine and it is called Holodomor. Yes people all around Soviet Union died, but them main focus was on Ukraine which was the bread basket of Europe. The other casualties were just a side effect and Stalin is not known for his efforts to save the lives of his citizens.

  • @thegreaterg8r148
    @thegreaterg8r148 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Many of my ancestors died in the potato famine, and others moved. To this day part of my family lives on one side of the Atlantic, but no person in my family has moved to the states or to ireland for over 100 years.

    • @sirdickusmaximus8685
      @sirdickusmaximus8685 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      potato famine lol they exported our other crops and evicted us into the rain!

    • @clairerall7761
      @clairerall7761 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sorry 😷😷😷😷

    • @clairerall7761
      @clairerall7761 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Plus doctor fase is sad because he could not help him

    • @hollykost155
      @hollykost155 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Honestly, even you don't care. Your just parroting sentiments & words.

  • @pingpong3248
    @pingpong3248 5 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    Top killers
    1. Humans
    2. Animals
    3. Potatoes

    • @xarvis9047
      @xarvis9047 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ^lack of potatoes

    • @pingpong3248
      @pingpong3248 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh well sorry

    • @fatgingercunt8336
      @fatgingercunt8336 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      English aswell

    • @Bananappleboy
      @Bananappleboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      fungus infecting potatoes causing famine**

    • @SleepySir
      @SleepySir 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Bananappleboy the english taking all of our other food***

  • @juanthebravo
    @juanthebravo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    "When children's mouths were stained green from eating grass and dogs were seen scavenging the graveyards for nourishment..."

  • @shrekiii4725
    @shrekiii4725 6 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    14 lbs a day?

    • @justinmarkbrillo4108
      @justinmarkbrillo4108 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      They also work so hard, making them so hungry.

    • @Crashed131963
      @Crashed131963 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Have you seen a 5lb bag of potatoes I can't eat that much French fries or mashed.

    • @oran8105
      @oran8105 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We liked potatoes

    • @GreekSoldier46
      @GreekSoldier46 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Yeah I don’t believe that either ..

    • @Reach1335
      @Reach1335 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah that figure can't be right.

  • @TheGamingParadise22
    @TheGamingParadise22 6 ปีที่แล้ว +740

    R.I.P Jacksepticeye’s ancestors

    • @pentecostalismo
      @pentecostalismo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well at least they did some banging while his parents were dying ( made up )

    • @ognjen6505
      @ognjen6505 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      He is a degenarate to people of Ireland

    • @josuebarboza9809
      @josuebarboza9809 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *JackSepticDie

    • @delta-76
      @delta-76 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ognjen6505 how

    • @Kaitlyn_mom68
      @Kaitlyn_mom68 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ognjen6505 and your a pathetic gulag from your country

  • @BlueDebut
    @BlueDebut 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Yes! Finally an episode about my ancestors! We were from County Clare and worked as tenement farmers near Limerick Ireland, a city roughly south of Dublin. After being evicted (and half the family starving to death) we moved to St Johns Newfoundland in 1851 because New York had anti-Irish sentiments and we wanted work. After a few decades in Canada we moved to Klayston North Dakota in 1912 for better land. My great grandfather Daniel O’Brien joined the army in 1942 in the 28th Division (he was part of the unit that liberated Paris). Given the rank of sergeant he fought in the Battle of the Bulge (specifically near the Belgian town of Wiltz) and was one of only 3 SURVIVORS in his Infantry company. After getting wounded in his arm by an MG-42 he used his M1 Garand as a splint and made it back to allied lines. He became friends with Marie Martine, a French woman who was also his nurse! After the war the moved to Long Beach California and had six kids! We’ve come a long way since that famine!

    • @geantvertnounours
      @geantvertnounours 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice family story! Greetings from France pal.

    • @BlueDebut
      @BlueDebut 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      geantvert French side of my family is from Angoulême!

    • @geantvertnounours
      @geantvertnounours 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well that's a nice town, with some good food and a great comics festival! No wonder that Daniel came along with Marie ;-)

  • @agnieszkaprycinska912
    @agnieszkaprycinska912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    In dublin theres statues of how hungry people looked like SCARY!!

    • @Airgialla32
      @Airgialla32 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I am Irish, I have been to Dublin
      many times, I have also seen the statue many times and I completely agree with you

    • @cathaloregan9317
      @cathaloregan9317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @Slim Pickens please go back to the mental institute you escaped from. They must be looking for you

    • @josephstalin133
      @josephstalin133 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cathaloregan9317 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @blankblank5409
      @blankblank5409 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cathaloregan9317 Deleted

  • @BIGBLOCK5022006
    @BIGBLOCK5022006 6 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    The Choctaw Nation also sent money to help the Irish.

    • @simotheirishwolf9560
      @simotheirishwolf9560 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The ottomans sent us ships of food as well but only one made it to Ireland

    • @locklearlumbee83
      @locklearlumbee83 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is something that people always forget.

    • @Cenotaur1
      @Cenotaur1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@locklearlumbee83 no, there are monuments both sides of the Atlantic in memory of the gesture.

    • @samprastherabbit
      @samprastherabbit 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@locklearlumbee83 Irish kids learn about the Choctaw people's generosity in school- recently there was a monument to the donation unveiled in Ireland

    • @padraig5335
      @padraig5335 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Im choctaw and Irish. Well American of course, but a great mix non the less.

  • @Lebaneselinguist
    @Lebaneselinguist 6 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Why didn't you mention the Ottoman Empire who did a better job than the British in the supporting Irish croup failure?

    • @DeltaKR7
      @DeltaKR7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Captain Price because they didn’t

    • @bento23leal71
      @bento23leal71 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DeltaKR7 They did stupido.

    • @ferguslyons1393
      @ferguslyons1393 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Captain Price because he supports England and in the video hes blaming a Mexican desiese and the Irish dependance on the potatoe

    • @DeltaKR7
      @DeltaKR7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bento23 Leal ok. Proof? Records?

    • @DeltaKR7
      @DeltaKR7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fergus Lyons I’m Irish

  • @itzshowtime716
    @itzshowtime716 6 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Now make the Easter rising

    • @caoimhinmckiverigan7742
      @caoimhinmckiverigan7742 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or civil war

    • @ccody-long6915
      @ccody-long6915 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@caoimhinmckiverigan7742 or war of independence

    • @cd2355
      @cd2355 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Miles Wilkinson And set in motion a nationwide movement for complete independence in the process

    • @captainazrale4404
      @captainazrale4404 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What about The Troubles.

  • @THE_GUY_ONE
    @THE_GUY_ONE 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    The British: Why do not the irish particularly like us?
    The Irish: We think you can guess.

    • @CloroxBleach-zy6yk
      @CloroxBleach-zy6yk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      it was ages ago and the IRA are no better

    • @cathaloregan9317
      @cathaloregan9317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @Slim Pickens that's funny because the Irish are now better in every way to the British

    • @jkkennedy9280
      @jkkennedy9280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Slim Pickens as far as i know the irish are 1) economically better off 2) have higher quality of life 3) are generally loved around the world where as the british as despised, hope that helped 😉

    • @jusnogood1715
      @jusnogood1715 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I visited Ireland and... let’s say it wasn’t exactly a “warm welcome” I get why ,but it’s not like we have a go at Germans over you know what

    • @TS111WASD
      @TS111WASD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The Irish shouldn’t hate the British and Vice-Versa for the mistakes of their ancestors.

  • @lacrosseguy108
    @lacrosseguy108 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    my great grandma knew a little about the famine. she was born in scotland but she knows her grandma or great grandma lived thru the famine. they were irish and moved to scotland during the famine! its cool to know a bit of family history. i wish we knew more but weve come to alot of dead ends in our family tree

  • @peterbreen
    @peterbreen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'm Irish and this made me happy to know that there are people out there who have our tiny countrys heritage

    • @loneyman-o6p
      @loneyman-o6p 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hello, as a Turkish and Ottoman historian, I write the truth of the story based on concise Ottoman records. The period when the Irish people were deliberately left to genocide by England. The Ottomans were not interested in this at first. They did not want to confront the British and Ireland was not a Muslim country. At that time, the Ottomans were busy suppressing the rebellions in the conquered regions. There was also a power struggle within the palace. Celtic soldiers and officers serving in the Ottoman Empire did not remain silent any longer about the genocide committed in Ireland and reported this situation harshly to the sultan. The Sultan had to accept the offer of help. In addition, Celtic people living in Anatolia also supported the aid campaign. It is estimated that the Celtic population living in Anatolia today is 9 million. When the Ottoman Empire ended, the Celts living in Anatolia were not shown as a minority at the Lausanne meeting of the newly established Turkish state because they lived in a Muslim state.
      When you go to Anatolia, you can see people with red hair and green and blue eyes. Celts living in Turkey are educated, polite and mostly atheist. In my opinion, those who helped you are the Celts living in Anatolia. What I said is available in official documents. Thank you.

  • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014
    @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 6 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    Remember that the ottoman sultan abdulmecid helped the Irish more than the british did

    • @Pizza23333
      @Pizza23333 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That's fundamentally untrue and a great distortion of the facts. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire donated £1,000 and several ships of food, compared to Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel purchasing £100,000 worth of maize and cornmeal during the initial stages of the famine. Many Private British ventures raised hundreds of thousands of pounds, with one organisation, The British Relief Association, raising over £390,000. While the event was terrible, this is not your excuse to lie and be an idiot.

    • @ITryToLookLikeYou
      @ITryToLookLikeYou 6 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      @@Pizza23333 the sultan actually wanted to donate £10000 instead of £1000, but queen Victoria donated £2000 and he was advised to donate half of that. Also, it is said that the British tried to block the ottoman ships going to Ireland so the ottomans had to secretly go to Drogheda instead of a larger port

    • @Pizza23333
      @Pizza23333 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +ITryToLookLikeYou It's a nice story, but it is just that - a story. The truth is far more complicated.
      The claim that he had wanted to give £10,000 first appears in Taylor & Mackay's Life and Times of Sir Robert Peel (1851), but the book is not referenced and no source is given. A second source, dating to 1894, is more explicit: the Irish nationalist William J. O'Neill Daunt claimed to have heard from the son of the sultan's personal physician that he "had intended to give £10,000 to the famine-stricken Irish, but was deterred by the English ambassador, Lord Cowley, as Her Majesty, who had only subscribed £1000, would have been annoyed had a foreign sovereign given a larger sum…"
      The last paragraph is key. The story appears to be based on the simple truth that the Sultan did send aid (for which Ireland and the human race at large are thankful) but that this story was then altered and exaggerated to darken the British image as much as possible. That Queen Victoria stopped his donations seems highly unlikely.

    • @SerBallister
      @SerBallister 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It seems these people want to believe in a cartoon villain, facts are secondary.

    • @ITryToLookLikeYou
      @ITryToLookLikeYou 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Pizza23333 but why would they try to darken the British image? I don't see a reason why somebody would do that, even if they were under British rule

  • @michaelj6392
    @michaelj6392 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Irish American and proud of my Irish heritage! I’ve visited Ireland. It’s so beautiful and the people are charming. ☘️

    • @MrSchizoid405
      @MrSchizoid405 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Are you protestant or Catholic?

    • @turuus5215
      @turuus5215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MrSchizoid405 Buddhist

    • @Blank-km4qr
      @Blank-km4qr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Plastic paddy

    • @gabbo4163
      @gabbo4163 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Would you Irish Americans not wish to return to live in your homeland and where your ancestors were forcibly uprooted?

    • @faiscaofsparta3771
      @faiscaofsparta3771 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Blank-km4qr He cant be proud of his heritage?

  • @ChrisKane-
    @ChrisKane- 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    All my potatoes have those little root thingies coming out of them! It's like my own little science experiment! 🥔😫

    • @seajay844
      @seajay844 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      How was this posted two days ago?

    • @everythingisaywillgiveyouc435
      @everythingisaywillgiveyouc435 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@seajay844 those who sponsor gets to see the video early I believe

    • @winging-2221
      @winging-2221 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chris Kane I did that same science experiment. On accident. They somehow got 2 feet long in the back of the pantry without anyone noticing.
      Oh also if you want you can cut it in half and plant both sides and grow two potatoes

    • @alejandrogutierrez4554
      @alejandrogutierrez4554 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      KidHistory 1 really????

    • @winging-2221
      @winging-2221 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alejandro Gutierrez it was scary

  • @gary6884
    @gary6884 6 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    Could you do the scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet in Scappa Flow?

    • @El_sweep
      @El_sweep 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *BEST PROFILE PICTURE EVER*

    • @pac3clan71
      @pac3clan71 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      YES!!

  • @randomguy0102
    @randomguy0102 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    They Forgot Ottoman Help to Ireland..

    • @localfarmer5828
      @localfarmer5828 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      They wont mention them for some bias reason

    • @professionalcanditud2880
      @professionalcanditud2880 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Too busy removing pork

    • @localfarmer5828
      @localfarmer5828 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Prussian Eagle Eagle ? Hen at best

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@professionalcanditud2880 this mentality is why you need to suffer famine.

    • @kadudeduder5103
      @kadudeduder5103 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @landof thebrave they were privateers just like the ones the British or the French empire used at that time.

  • @packiecoyle8181
    @packiecoyle8181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The hardest thing is that I actually am from Ireland and my family at one point went through it

  • @mydadhatesme8786
    @mydadhatesme8786 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The Irish will never be the same again...

    • @twintalks8774
      @twintalks8774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, the British took away a lot of our culture. And replaced it with their own.

    • @deanosaur808
      @deanosaur808 ปีที่แล้ว

      @TwinTalks
      Britain got invaded too! Those pesky Romans stole our culture, and I'm still devastated 😱

  • @kevinlanders9908
    @kevinlanders9908 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Please do more videos on Irish history
    Here's some examples
    The Easter Rising (1916)
    Irish war for independence (1919-1921)
    Irish Civil War (1922-1923)
    The Troubles (1968-1998)
    A video on any of these would be great.

  • @RakhaSF
    @RakhaSF 6 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    That thumbnail Farmer: DA HOLY POTATOE!!!

    • @ddl34
      @ddl34 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Theguyisdepressed YT Your comment deserves a lot of likes.

  • @jakubslavik5595
    @jakubslavik5595 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Irishmen: Dying from starvation
    Brittish government: Just stop being hungry.
    Irishmen: Understandable, have a great day.

    • @CCP-Lies
      @CCP-Lies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's like in Ancient China, there was a emperor said "why don't they eat meat" while their people are starving
      (It's real)

    • @cliffsofmoher4220
      @cliffsofmoher4220 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But things are very different today look at northern ireland in fact northern Irish are treated better than the English now in fact people in northern Ireland get more than the English time has changed now

    • @mann536
      @mann536 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why tf you rely on potato

    • @alexanderkarvos6728
      @alexanderkarvos6728 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mann536 well, tea brain. The other food was shipped by the crooked teeth Bastards to their land.

  • @yigittalay2070
    @yigittalay2070 6 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    why didnt u mentioned about ottoman help ?

    • @oll3234
      @oll3234 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yiğit Talay Ottoman Bon bismark? Sorry i don't research Irish history

    • @yourunusualincidentunitage9563
      @yourunusualincidentunitage9563 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Prussian Eagle you're adopted

    • @andrewmccloud8581
      @andrewmccloud8581 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because the Ottomans were gay.

    • @kadudeduder5103
      @kadudeduder5103 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Brütal Kush ∞ stop acting so innocent. Was the rest of Europe any different or the even the rest of the world in that regard? It's just how the world was back then.

    • @windoak
      @windoak 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      R e m o v e k e b a b
      (Its a joke btw)

  • @thms.saruhanius
    @thms.saruhanius 5 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Despite cruel British Queen Victoria, where is Sultan Abdul Majid's (Abdülmecid) help?

    • @Euzuner41
      @Euzuner41 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Abdülmecid*
      İn Turkish

    • @armitylekhona585
      @armitylekhona585 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ertugrul bey

    • @true-dark-mind9681
      @true-dark-mind9681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Euzuner41 bazı isimleri değişik çeviriyolar ilk bakışta bu kim diyosun sonra kokusu belli oluyo

    • @OllyAv89
      @OllyAv89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How can't you say Victoria was cruel when she donated millions to the Irish

    • @thms.saruhanius
      @thms.saruhanius 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@OllyAv89 First aid to Ireland by the Ottoman sultan was more than Queen Victoria. Do you know this?? Britain was a very rich country thanks to its colonies. But he still donated 2000 British Pounds to Ireland. Despite the Ottoman internal uprising and economic difficulties, he also wanted to donate 10,000 British Pounds and food. However, your cruel Queen stated that the donation made by the Ottomans was more than a donation. He reduced the donation by £ 1000. 1000 British Pounds were sent to Ireland and secretly donated food to the port of Drogheda, Ireland. Do you know? Drogheda united
      Have you seen the symbol of your team? Do you know 3 MILLION Irish people who died of starvation and the queen's stinginess? Do you know people who are employed by British companies as slaves for very low wages?

  • @GaspardFR
    @GaspardFR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This remind me of the most wholesome story ever.
    16 years before the irish famine, the choctaw people experienced the trail of tears, lot of natives american moved against their will in very rough condition suffering starvation and mothers losing babies in the process (what give it his name). So when the eard about the irish situation, they raised 170$ (5000$ nowadays), it wasn't much at the time compare to others donators altough it was worth a fortune for choctaw people which lost everything few years ago and were still recovering. For this act of extreme generosity the Irish people never forgot and return the favor last year. Raising something like 2 millions $ in order to help them during the pandemic of covid19.

  • @magicsteve5523
    @magicsteve5523 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    4:02 “I stole Trevelyn’s corn so the young might see the morn, now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay”

    • @bruhchamp9738
      @bruhchamp9738 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bruh my grandad always sings that song

    • @magicsteve5523
      @magicsteve5523 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @bruh champ I’m a Celtic fan, sung that song at just about every game I’ve been to

  • @craplife9604
    @craplife9604 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "My life is potato"
    Potato farmer

    • @Gavrilean7565
      @Gavrilean7565 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Now my life is ........ *BLEAH* .
      -potato farmer a year later

  • @LapisMinecraft
    @LapisMinecraft 6 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    “Screw it let’s go to the U.S”

    • @thebestofallworlds187
      @thebestofallworlds187 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      we don't need anyone else.

    • @dirtydan179
      @dirtydan179 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thebestofallworlds187 what?

    • @padraig5335
      @padraig5335 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@dirtydan179 ikr. I think he missed that day in history class lol.

  • @Gayoinion
    @Gayoinion 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    “It took a Laissez-faire approach”
    Meaning thousands would die

    • @harshitmadan6449
      @harshitmadan6449 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      If he really adopted laissez faire, he would have allowed cheap imported potatoes to feed the poor.

  • @BrandyTexas214
    @BrandyTexas214 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I’m 40% Irish according to dna and I had no clue, we did a family tree and they came here in the 1850’s

    • @bens6n168
      @bens6n168 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Okay boomer

    • @liberalthefirst7743
      @liberalthefirst7743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Benson *Haha your so funny with dead memes from Reddit*

    • @hanscom3906
      @hanscom3906 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Henrik ok liberal

    • @RichARock
      @RichARock 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@liberalthefirst7743 he said that 4 months ago but k

    • @obuma6459
      @obuma6459 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Trust me if you lived in Ireland you'd know. They teach it all the time in history class in school