The Great Irish Famine - documentary (1996)
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- Опубликовано: 20 фев 2020
- What is commonly known as Ireland's Great Famine of 1845-1849 was a catastrophic tragedy that has embedded itself in the island's consciousness. The crop collapse and the political decisions around it decimated the island's population changing the course of Irish history. World history was also affected by a resultant wave of mass migration that spread Irish culture abroad, particularly to the United States. This documentary aired on the A&E cable channel in 1996. A small portion is missing at the 1:12:58 point (it is marked by a program ID) but the documentary and its information are basically intact and it is well worth watching.
It was Genocide not famine. There was enough food in Ireland to feed the population 11 times over, which was exported at gunpoint by Britain.
Yes it was a Genocide of the Irish People!
I recommend the book ‘Famine’.
And that's the truth, genocide, buried!!
The documentary seems to suggest that the trouble was that middle class Irish farmers made more money selling their food to Britain than helping their poorer counterparts.
@@CanadianMonarchist those who farmed the land may have been Irish but those who owned the land, called the shots and ultimately profited from the misery were British absentee landlords, learn the difference mongo.
My Irish great grandfather fled the second famine in 1874 as an illiterate 19 year old. He came to Canada to swing a hammer building our railways. He married a woman who taught him to read and he became a better-paid locomotive driver. He and his wife had eight children and now hundreds of we decendants are spread across this vast country. They are policemen and soldiers, engineers, doctors, authors, and university professors. I sometimes wonder if as a young man he ever imagined this in his wildest dreams.
Mine went to Wales and the mines and did similarly. Wishing your family well.
I love this story, Hope is eternal. God set eternity in our hearts. ( quotation from the bible). Praise God. Thank you for your heart warming story.
I'm sure he didn't but he'd be very proud of his grandchildren doing so well in life.
Love your story.william.what a great array of amazing people descended from your great grandfather
I expect he didn't, as he was a survivalist and simply doing his vocation under God to feed his family and be a good employee. What a thought though, huh? To see such a future from such a standpoint.
Glad you're here 👍🇺🇸🇮🇪
I was born in Ireland in 1949. I was adopted here to the U.S. in 1951 at 17 months old. My birth family found me when I was 38. I love the Irish stories and my heart breaks at the horrific suffering of the famine. I’ve always tried to stay aware of my Irish heritage. It means so much to me. I’ve also stayed in touch with my family! ❤ 🇺🇸 💚🇨🇮
We’re you a child sold by the Catholic Church ? It is horrific what the church did to unwed girls and then profited by selling their babies ! You reminded me of the story of Philomena, so tragic !!!
I’m so happy you have met your biological family !!!
God bless you
@@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123 no, mine was a private adoption through a family friend. But I have read about those and saw “Philomena”, which just happens to be my birth mother’s name! It was a terrible thing. Then the girls that were sent to the “laundries” when they got pregnant and the poor young boys placed with the Christian Brothers orphanage, really went through hell. My younger sister was placed in Golden Bridge at the age of two.
What if The Kennedys had stayed in Ireland? There would be no JFK or JFK.@@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123
What is better for a baby? To be adopted by a good couple able to raise him rather that be the child of an unwed mothers was considered better for the child. It was not uncommon for such children to get to know their biological parents as many Americans who adopted were able to visit the parents of the child.
How do you know what was best in the circumstances? You don't
@@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123 From what I understand the recent Irish government report rejected this theory (It caused a lot of hullaballoo because of this.). This is not to write there was no problems and I am glad he found his parents. Also stop blaming the Church, start blaming deadbeat dads who would not stay to marry the woman they impregnated. The Church does deserve blame where she did wrong but I am positively surprised that the men who left the women are just never discussed.
This was a shameful horror. It's ANOTHER damn shame that this same horror is going on still, in countries all over the world in the 21st century.
It's true. It's happening in North Korea.
@@mikeveis6393 Indeed, Kim Jong Un is more interested in feeding his nuclear weapons program than feeding his citizens. Thanks for your reply.
I live in the West of Ireland it’s truly a beautiful place to live , I look out my windows today and can still see the ridges over the hills left behind from famine times. I always take a moment to think about those people starving out in the fields and those that left across the sea to escape the hunger and save their love ones . I guess it’s a miracle that my ancestors survived and I’m able to live here .
God Bless all of them .
Life is tragic. Those who wish to blame others must realize that we all lack the wisdom we need to bring heaven to earth. We are all out of eden.
@@JRobbySh An island nation can't starve without help, unless they ran out of fish. The Irish were purposely starved.
@I Em Hoo I Iz
I'm so pleased he survived the journey and your proof he made it over the sea . I'm sure he is is dancing with joy looking down on you .
@ZiggyPlayed Guitaaar co Mayo .
@I Em Hoo I Iz many thousands of people perished from the famine Co Clare , today as you know millions of people visit the area , the Burren and the cliffs . You must be so proud of your family
As a scotsman, my heart goes out to the irish people, like the highland clearence, We should always remember.
People don't remember ww2 so it's a stretch to think they'd remember anything else.
NO SURRENDER...LIKE ME YOUR SCOTTISH AND BRITISH......AND ALWAYS WILL BE....WATP.
@@nepiris 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I’m a decedent of both peoples. Every St. Patrick’s Day I proudly and sadly put on my gg grandmother’s Black Shawl. After my gg grandfather died of starvation, she walked out of Mayo with her children.
@@Peggyanns What an absolute TREASURE to have your gg grandmother's shawl!!! I am sure that she is looking down and smiling upon you, every single time that you wear it. Sending love, light and beautiful blessings to you and all.
I visited Ireland in 2000 and they were the kindest, warmest and sweetest people. The idea of them starving and suffering is heartbreaking.
We don't suffer
@@brianmurphy6243 you do though.
I'm a Irish American living Lexington SC its appalling the attitude of law enforcement have on my life and my family just because I come from Ireland
@@brianmurphy6243 NOT now maybe, but your ancestors did .
@@tomasofaolain3117 Really, I thought America loved the Irish.
My Great great Grandfather Edward (Ned) Mc Farlan fled the famine from Leinster aged 16. He landed in Wales, and married an Irish girl called Ellen Hurley whose family had fled. He became a foundry man, working in various Foundrys. He ended up in Harlepool. They had 8 Children. Then they moved to Newcastle to work in the pits. Those children had numerous children, and now on Tyneside theres thousands of us decended from that desperate 16 year old who fled Famine and Tyranny. But we arnt just on Tyneside, iv researched my family tree. He has many decendents in Australia, America and Canada. Even back in Ireland as my Sister married an Irishman had 4 children and numerous grand children, and lives near to where 16 year old Ned fled from during the famine. His bloodline is back in the land of his ancestors. God Bless all Gaels world wide. Ireland for the Irish.
I send thoughts of love and deep respect to you and your ancestors and descendants. May your present and future relatives have peace, good health, and prosperity ❤
That is amazing to hear. Go on Ned! I bet there's many stories like this. I love your sentence - 'that his bloodline is back on the land of his ancestors', to me in such a perfect way. Just magic.
The Choctaw Nation who had recently walked the Trail of Tears took up an offering for the Irish. They donated as much as Queen Victoria.
That's amazing and sad all at once.
A wonderfully generous act, which was commemorated a few years ago by a sculpture and ceremony in Ireland.
www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/cork-sculpture-recalls-generosity-of-choctaw-nation-during-famine-1.3118580
Thank you, Choctaw Nation, Go n-éirí an bóthar leat :)
How interesting didn't know that
Somehow they missed telling us this in our Oklahoma history class. Not surprised. It's not like they spent a whole lot of time talking about the Irish Famine either.
@@tracyMcC Right?! Well my friend, that’s exactly how the Rockefeller Schools were set up ....to dumb us down and steal our cultural histories from us. My family’s link to Ireland is strong as well as Cherokee Indian. The elite psychopaths of England enslaved and genocided both of them, as well as many of yours! Sadly, the beat goes on! Many people around the world are still being starved to death by the elite globalists who rule the world! There’s truly NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN! Praise God 🙌🏼🎚There will be a day of reckoning 🔥📖🤗
This should never be forgotten, I’m a proud Welshman and proud of the relationship we have with the Irish Nation.
Ireland we salute you! 🇮🇪🏴❤️
What relationship?
I read The Great Hunger, a two part book written long ago about this, and it was so heartwrenching and horrible I couldn’t go on to part two.
@@billycaspersghost7528 you will never know my friend what the Irish, Welsh or Scotland’s relationship is, sadly for you. 😉😎
@Michael John Dennis that’s so nice of you Michael, I used to live in Holyhead a few years back, and ironically from there moved to Manchester for a few years, I’m now back home in a lovely place called Bala in North Wales, home is where the heart is as they say, hope you are all well and safe wherever you are. 🙏😉👍🇨🇮🏴
I have no sympathy for white Supremacists.
My mother immigrated to Canada in the early 1950's. She never spoke much about her upbringing in Ireland. She was born in county Cavan. I still have her Irish Birth Certificate written in Gaeilge. She was a very very proud Irish Woman who came to Canada for a better life! Thanks Mom! I will always love you!!!
Your mother sounds like a typical Irish lady. Despite the difficulties that the Irish had experienced the Irish have never been complainers. They took everything in their stride and they ran sewer always be offer it up. Most Americans won’t understand what this means. it means that the Irish were willing to offer their trials and tribulations up do the Lord as payment for any sins they might have committed. And what sins could they possibly have committed especially at that time?
Correction: They took everything in their stride and their answer always was to offer it up.
You could get Irish citizenship if so desired.
She’s in you
@@joanmcdermott6798 Glad you corrected. I read: they ran sewer over and over trying to make sense of it. LOL
American of Irish descent here, my people emigrated from Donegal in 1820 and 1840,first to New York City , they became wealthy working as a building contractors. As they were adequately fed, proceeded to have eleven children. All survived. I am of the west coast branch that set up in San Francisco just before the gold rush. Family produced several priests,one active in NYC politics in 1880s , one a church sculptor, his work now in The Fatima Shrine in Portugal.Another relative an American film actor of the 1930 s. All prosperous in America.
I like , as does my granddaughter , the baked potato.
God bless Ireland and the Irish.
Historically, given any opportunity, the Irish prosper. Their heritage here in the USA is vast, highly successful in every sphere of life, and a credit to those who crossed the sea for a better life.
Nature caused the blight and the crown caused the famine
There should have been proper releif as it was possible from governments
Nature caused the famine. Rents shouldve been forgiven. and a different crop planted.
@@lindakeays2864 Nope. Ireland was not Ethiopia. There was no drought for a start. There was plenty of other food sources in Ireland at the time, and it was all exported out of Irish ports by the crown under armed guard. I know they don't teach you this in the UK. Look it up.
@@kitsilanomusician2669 I am not in the UK. I am not excusing the Enlish. But Irish farmers selling for export should've helped. They didnt.
Is nádúr an cúis na duchana é, ach is ise an coróin an cúis an ghorta
My ancestors were Irish and how they overcame the famines is unrecorded and unknown . But that they survived is a testament to their courage and ability to overcome adversity and look forward into a new environment
My Ancestors emigrated to Australia in the 1850’s. This documentary is probably one of the saddest I have ever watched and it goes to show the neglect & abuse they must have suffered. They were Irish Catholics and remained so all their lives. The Great Famine and what happened should never be forgotten!
Either should the dark ages where over a period of 1260 years the catholic church put millions to death just for as little as haveing a bible.
Similar to my ancestors, Irish Catholics that immigrated to the US in the 1850s ❤
This is all new to me. They should teach this history in our schools. I've learned more here on you tube than in our public schools. Thank you for the history lesson.
School is not where you learn absolutely everything that happened.
Learned all about it from my Grandma who learned it from her Grandma who was there. The only one of her immediate family to survive !
Apparently when we asked my great granny about it she burst into tears. So now we don’t know the story just that it was sad
@@Gaeisokwhat a strange name you have with all that's going in in Ukraine right now
@@edmundpower1250 lol yeah I had the name before the Ukraine situation. Also, I think its important to make jokes about powerful ppl, especially if we dont like them. I think most ppl can assume I don't support putin based on the fact that putin hates gays and would be mortified if he had a twin that was openly gay.
@@Gaeisok here's one for you... What does putins gay twin say to his gay boyfriend when he bends over?
The potato famine of the 1840s also killed many Scots whose diet was dependent on the same crop. Coupled with the Highland clearances, this brought about a mass exodus out of Scotland all throughout the 19th and early 20th century. Some of the poorest Irish only made it as far as Glasgow in their quest for a better life; they’d have found themselves worked to exhaustion in mills and victimised because of sectarianism. My 4 times great grandfather changed his name from Murphy to Murray when he arrived in Scotland from Ireland for that very reason. I’ve been researching my family tree and am amazed by what these people endured. Utter misery, grinding poverty; the most horrific standard of living.
So true, many of my near and distant Scottish relations found themselves in New Zealand.
why did he change his name?
@@patchgen in the west coast of Scotland, even to this day, there is a real divide between Catholics and Protestants. You only have to look at the vitriol between Rangers and Celtic fans to see the proof of that. During the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century, Glasgow was home to a booming ship building industry on the River Clyde and most of the yards were run by Protestants. They’d tend to prioritise their friends and fellow Freemasons for work and were known to operate an “Irish need not apply” policy. There was also a belief that The Irish were somehow racially inferior; leading scientists of the time spewed out garbage on atavism and phrenology to support this theory. I believe my ancestor changed his name to avoid being subjected to the xenophobic persecution that his fellow countrymen faced on leaving Ireland.
@@rssmdb1 I did not know that. I know in Massachusetts, USA that was a really big issue that the or one of the first Catholic Churches in Boston built a bomb shelter underneath it and used it to protect the Catholics from persecution. Decades later the Irish would control the State House for generations.
@@patchgen yes, unfortunately anti-Catholic, anti-Irish feelings were just as prevalent over the pond!
As a very proud Irish woman, we will never forget..never
..search for a book called “The perfect Holocaust”. If you can get that book and read it you will be a proud and very angry Irish woman
Never forget. Never forgive.
Forget what? I can't remember what this is about.
@@harrycarson6766you make peace with your enemies not your friends
@@harrycarson6766Forgive whom? There is no-one to forgive. Ireland has their country.
I just watched this Irish struggle documentary. Yes, Tim, you are correct. I was moved utterly & I'm so proud of my Irish heritage. I now understand why/how some of my relatives ended up in Canada & then Michigan. Thank you A&E. Suzanne McClure
Us Kelley's and Stitt's ended up in Michigan as well.
My dad was born in Alpina Michigan.
I fell the same way Suzanne! 🇮🇪
I think I must have Irish ancestors because a good part of our diet was potatoes.Beans and cornbread made up the rest along with tea to drink.
My Irish immigrants ended up in Jasper, IN & Newfoundland, Canada.
I have a very good set of 1898 encyclopedias that are very detailed. The section on the Irish famine says that there was no shortage of food stuffs on the island and in fact they were exporting more food than at anytime in their history. It was a crime plain and simple.
Absolutely!
Of course it was. When Governments and political leanings don't care for those caught in these horrible situations, they should be thrown out of office.
you mean no shortage of crops.
@@theCosmicQueen no my article in the 1898 encyclopedias says meat and even dairy products were plentiful. These encyclopedias are the best to be had at the time. They cover current events from the time in great detail. The situation with Armenians and Turks is covered.
I heard that also. Only makes what happened to the Irish so much more atrocious. And heartbreaking.
I’ve always called it the Great Starvation instead of the Great Famine. There was plenty of food. A country doesn’t export food to another country when there is a famine going on. I’m proud to be Irish American. What happened to my ancestors is heartbreaking and I pray it never is allowed to happen again.
Great to hear: Lady Jane, that some people recognize it for what it was/is Genocide.Like what the puppet masters of modern medicine are doing with populations today.2024.
Garza
It's happening today in North Korea.
@@peteb7248 GAZA?
I, from Scandinavia, lived in Dublin for a few years about 20 years ago. I loved the beauty when I went to the west coast areas. But seeing the old walls of the abandoned houses everywhere left a sense of pain at all the gruesome fates. A clear feeling that it had once been much more populated before something terrible had happened.
I'd been reading "The Dead" by James Joyce. It mentioned a song called "The Lass of Aughrim". I found several versions of this song on RUclips. A very good one was by Ewan McGregor. Anyway, alongside the music video on RUclips, the right-hand column showed other videos related to Ireland and Irish people. One was a sad and deeply beautiful movie called Yesterday's Children, starring Jane Seymour. Next to that movie were thumbnails of other videos, including several documentaries of Irish history, this current video being among them. From reading one short story, I am now learning the particulars of the Irish Famine. Education is a wonderful lifelong journey with many interesting unexpected trails and winding side roads.
Irish/Scottish American....my grandmother always made sure we knew where we came from, knew these stories well, and she instilled a strong sense of pride in my siblings and I. Went to Ireland a few years back, saw the potato huts, it hurt to see, but was so proud of my ancestors for never giving up, and eventually making their way to America.
But they did give up and left for America. I don’t blame them, it was a wretched existence. The laws of the land rule. The land can only support so many people.
@@chasedwar2 you win idiotic internet comment of the day...congrats.
No such thing as an Irish/Scottish American. You like a Whisky with your Guinness?
@@markpitts8936 Sure dummy.
@@slappymcbutterballs7326 yes I’m sure you mug
My great great great grandfather William came from Donegal Ireland some how found his way to Toledo Ohio. His son William was born in 1848. It is now 2020 and it breaks my heart to think of what he must have gone through.
People like your dear grandfather William helped build USA. God bless him and always hang a Christmas stocking for him. In Ireland, it was customary to put a big red candle in the window Christmas Eve with the front door slightly ajar because it was believed that deceased loved ones visited. My sibling ( favorite brother) passed suddenly in recent years) and Christmas Eve I feel he was present in my living room. I had the big red candle in the window and the front door a little open. It was just a feeling of his presence and it was in no way spooky.
Yes, the poor Irish as well as most immigrants suffered silently - long way from familiar surroundings in the midst of hostile environments at times. Yes, there was a lot of discrimination back then. Seems like every race experiences same but they survived. The Pandemic now, unfortunately, gives people a glimpse of what the immigrant endures I.e. isolation, loneliness, etc. So, hopefully we will be a kinder people to one and all. God bless.
Mairead, USA, Eire
@@margaretohara7250 Thank you for your kind words and sharing your traditions. I know your dearest brother is looking after you still.
@@SeldimSeen1 thank you and hope you stay in touch with your roots.
Same here only my family headed for Britain don t forget they were an embarrassment for the government, not the British people ! Most of the brits did nt care who they worked with as long as they were ok.
It was just a small top oligarchy of bastards who caused this genocide
My third great-grandparents escaped starvation by immigration.
My great great granny was Irish and a tough old cookie, she lived til 98. She once got knocked off her bike , jumped back up and attacked the car that hit her .
I watched this documentary and I was heart broken. I’am so PROUD to be 1/2 Irish my mother was from there and her entire family is there. I’am so very sad that the Irish people and my ancestors had to go through this horrifying ordeal and it was preventable. Shameful how they all were treated. Erin Go Bragh….🇮🇪💚
Genocide of the Irish failed, genocide of Native American succeeded. Carried out with a considerable proportion of Irish participation.
@NEVERmoreLenoreEVER there civilisation has been destroyed and there land are 99% occupied.
Evolution causes extinction, genocide will always leaves remnants.
@netloc0611 so you are not only supporting genocide but also promoting the idea of racial superioity.
Hitler would have loved you....
I suppose you also think the palestinian have scurried into their ghetto?
Does that then mean that you support hamas because they resisted?
I remember well the days when the A&E network featured this sort of programming before graduating to “Pimp my Ride” and “Dog the Bounty Hunter” marathons; as for the ‘History’ Channel...
@Dorian Pawn Stars etc. deal with historical _items._ But it's been a long time since I've noticed a doc about history on History. It should be renamed "Tangential History."
Funny thing is, TLC originally had good docs, hence its name once being true.
Personally, I looked at BBC, then search for their videos.
BBC still makes very good documentaries. PBS too.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categories/documentaries/a-z
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:BBC_television_documentaries
thetvdb.com/series/bbc-documentaries
Happy Searching!
Miyojewolt S Nasonth - Very kind of you; thanks very much!
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@@dorianphilotheates3769 No problem at all ... if you haven't watched any BBC docs before, let me know your reaction to the first you watch. I'm curious to hear what you think.
So proud of my Irish ancestry, my dad was Irish, he came from Newry in Co. DOWN, HE WAS A GREAT MAN AND A GREAT DAD, I'm proud to be his daughter ❤
@Slim Pickens everyone is under someone's feet in this life, it's the way of the world, sad but so so true 😩
So he was a planter
@@jimwalsh8520 oh look, Doris "the Historian" is back - what's wrong with "planters" , Doris, did they abuse your daddy too ?? 😆😆😆
Dads and daughters..its a lovely thing for sure. My Dad God rest him is gone also..a lovely father..best wishes from Ireland ♥️♥️🇮🇪🇮🇪🤗🤗
@@laetitialogan2017 Thankyou, I miss him so much,he was only 54 when he died.
Thank you so much for this documentary and also the comments, where my world, and worldview, have gained so much perspective. God Bless Us All ❤
My grandmother, Mary Lyons AKA Molly Lyons who was one of 12 brothers and sisters from Inagh Maurices Mills, County Claire Ireland, was one of the many Irish that came here to America from Ireland but she arrived in 1929 at the age of 19 and at the beginning of the Great Depression.
My Grandmother passed away in 2008 at the ripe old age of 98 (just shy of 99).
and about 2-3 years before my Grandmother died she had told me the story about how she came to making the decision to come to America.
Around that time I had recently met a woman who also had a grandmother named “Molly Lyons” and I wondered if there was any relation to my grandmother as I vaguely remembered that every once in a while my grandmother was called “Molly” by any one of her 6 children who were my aunts, uncles and mother.
My grandmothers real name was Mary Lyons until she married an American named Vincent Phinney and she became Mary Lyons Phinney AKA Molly Lyons to her siblings and children.
When I questioned my grandmother as to where she got the nickname “Molly Lyons” I discovered that she apparently didn't like the nickname because, as she explained to me:
“The reason that I chose to come to America was that I was getting very tired of milking the family cow and the neighbors cow as well.
My Parents would have me sometimes go over to the Barry’s house every once in a while too because they were elderly and needed some assistance from time to time.
One day the family cow took a swipe at my (grandmother's) head while I was sitting on a stool milking her and she knocked me (my grandmother) right off the stool and I landed on my butt on the ground. I was pulling on the cow’s utters a little too hard and our cow didn’t like it. It was after this incident that I swore that I was going to get out of Ireland and go to America so that I would never have to milk another cow ever again.
When the day came that I was finally leaving, I was standing on the dock waiting to board the ship that was going to take me to Ellis Island in New York(she eventually settled in Boston, Massachusetts). My brothers and sisters that were seeing me off came up with the nickname ‘Molly’ before I left, which was the name of our family cow and that's what they were calling me as I was leaving and the nickname stuck.
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I couldn’t stop laughing after she told me this story.
My wonderful loving Grandmother, who is terribly missed by everyone in our family, had 6 children, 12 grandchildren and 22+ great grandchildren at the time she passed away in 2008 and the numbers are still growing to now great grandchildren and we have Molly the family cow to thank for this.
That’s a great story 😂
This is an interesting and delightful story. Thank you for sharing it.
Great story. Well done wee Molly. My Mummy is called Molly too.
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Both sets of my grandparents came from Ireland...they came from BelMullet in County Mayo..... in the late 1800s they emigrated to the US n settled in Brooklyn NY.. my parents were born n raised in Brooklyn... One grandfather was a NYC firefighter, the other a NYC police officer... Our heritage has always been very important to my family on both sides n I'm very proud of my parents n ancestors... I'm very proud to call myself an Irish-American💚☘️🇮🇪🇺🇸
My mum is from Belmullet! My dad is from Malaysia :) I'm going on a visit to Belmullet again in a month, I can't wait! I am currently living in Switzerland, and while it's beautiful, the air is nowhere near as fresh and vital as the air from Belmullet. I have missed it so much in my absence
@@bca-2257 I have wanted to go to Ireland my entire adult life...was planning a trip for next spring or fall... unfortunately my heath took a bad turn n I'm not sure it will happen...I have 5 brothers n a few have been multiple times... apparently we still have relatives there...one of my brothers tracked down some cousins while visiting.....hoping for a miracle so that I may go 💚
@@GodisALLandOnlyLove That was a fictional movie, did you think it was real. 😮
I am from Belmullet, and I live in the Bronx.
@Michael-bf1dt thanks so much...I pray I get there one day! 🇮🇪🇺🇲💚
I visited an Irish centre in Manchester. There was a statue to the choctaw chief who collected the money for famine relief
Great people the Choctaw and all native people who were also starving when the British killed most of the food (bison, buffalo)
So the "wild savages" of North America were less savage than the Tory and Whig parties of England.
@@susanmercurio1060 Yes, around the world the British were considered as savages by Idigeonous People. They were thought to be unclean and ignorant, in Asia. North America, Australia, Africa.
@@jamespower2984 i think that was deer. It was just done for food for settlers. So the natives became farmers . Later it was some american hunters who killed off the buffalo for thier tongues as delicacies to sell. But only for a time, and it was the Great Plains Indians. They then got peace treaties and got farming supplies, animals and raised cattle instead.
@@jamespower2984 The British?? You have a warped idea of History you pathetic clown. the 13 British colonies were on the East Coast. Buffalo and Bison run in the mid west plains. Gosh the sheer ignorance also what about Andrew Jackson who signed a bill of active genocide that saw 12 million native americans murdered? Go back to school dunder head
Wow! This was a very sad documentary! As an Irish Catholic living in Canada, I can’t help wonder what my ancestors must have went through! Thanks A&E.
_Must have gone through_ is correct.
Man's inhumanity to man. You see how the Irish prospered despite the horrors they endured. Just proves that the human spirit cannot be broken. Happy St.. Patrick's. Slainte.
Kevin it wasn't a Catholic only famine..
You're a Canadian catholic, unless you were born in Ireland.
@@margaretohara7250 I've been a naughty girl Margaret ...Could you bless me ?
Never forget about this horrific tragedy in history. Never Forget!
I am of the Hayes clan of county cork. We must always be proud of who we are, and what we survived. Erin Go Bragh!
Cousin
My Grandfather was Patrick Hayes and my Grandmother was Ellen Daly from County Cork and County Clare and I am so very proud of my Irish roots. Erin from South Africa ❤
My great grandfather was Henry Hays from County Antrim. They are buried in Byhalia, Mississippi in the United States.
That’s neat, hope you have success with your family and life 🇮🇪
I am also a hayes
Hayes is an Anglo name our ancestors escaped England in the times of Oliver Cromwell to find refuge in a catholic country
I feel a great shame at the neglect and abuse inflicted on Irish people by the English ruling class. It despairs me to know that the British government and lords have never had to accept responsibility for the amount of Irish blood on their hands (not to mention of the rest of the Empire's subjects). Being from England I feel it is important for us to become educated and wise about the true intentions and reality of our so-called 'proud' history. With love to our neighbours in Ireland
I heard that her majesty, Queen Elizabeth, in recent years, went to Ireland and apologized. Or, was it Prince Charles (now King).? History is horrible all over the world and do we ever learn?
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I am also feeling sorrow about how " the Irish genocide " been happen purported,same happen in Bengal (specially in, Eastern Bengal , where first British purported ' the Bengalee genocide, in 1947, through partition of Bengal, and India, and then,in 1971, where, the Hindu genocide was happened and purported by the Pakistani military supported militants,of Bangladesh.Bengal Famine, historically been noted,happen recorded only, 4 times !!!,actually its' more than that... same and shame ,binds together us , Ireland and East Bengal (specially, in the southern parts of it...),known as the ' level plains fertile, and enriched soil '... I'm truly emphathized ,with this matter.😢😢😢❤❤❤
" 'farmers ' are really, affected ,devasted with both of this, nation's history far said about in the skeptic history, what only be embedded in the ' commoners vision,backs in that time.what, I can say about this, I really can't forget what the hellish 'history ' be made for our future learners of today's world..."🇨🇮🇮🇳😢😢😢
"sorrow for the famous Irish born great noble hearted lady,and singer, just suddenly,she passed away, Sinéann O Connor,pray for her,who have knows very well what her forefathers be 'the subject of atrocities done very well by those English psychopathic kings and lord's,from the ' un - glorious ' past of their ' pseudo - history ' been written and scripted through their ' filthy ' veins , and made a ' proper causal relationships ' with others 'invented' a 'shared common feelings with noteworthy interests in ' consuming ' those , 'cattle' aka 'colonies' wealth ' smoothly' like sipping a ' smoothie' and deposite with those 'pee' like 'instrumention' for 'divide' and ' policy ',where they have feel to quench their thirst..." 😠😠😠
I have always felt a connection with Ireland. My wife and I visited the country in the summer of 2023 and loved every minute there. The connection to the land was profound. After this trip, I decided to get a DNA test and was shocked to find out I am 3% Irish! Logic tells me my Irish ancestor may have left the island during the Great Famine. I do not know if they went to Spain or straight to Mexico ,and that is really not relevant. What truly matters is that now I finally understand why I chose Ireland other than other countries as my first European destination. The connection was there at the genetic level, granular, indeleble, and deep. Thank you Ireland.
Oh amazing lol, most English people have way more than 3% Irish ancestry, such as myself who has 7% and aligns more with an English identity. Stupid Americans and Canadians who think they have Irish ancestry have way more English ancestors than any other! Almost hijacking an entire culture.
Lovely brother.Now you know what you knew.I feel the same about Asturias..
@iUsedToGETreportedALOT this is anecdotal and not based on generalisable empirical observable facts. The statistics outdo your anecdote by showing otherwise. Try again.
@@Irishherbs Thank you. Have you visited Asturias?
3% Irish? So… not Irish. Maybe 1 ancestor from long long ago.
My heart goes out to the Irish people in those days, my Great Grandfather was from Belfast Ireland and migrated to New Zealand, apparently he was very young, I believe he was 16yrs old, I believe he came to NZ with the British army, maybe joining the army was his way of leaving Ireland and to make a new start in NZ. He met my Great Grandmother, a Maori lady the indigenous people of NZ, they married and had 11 children, his name was John Moore, that must have been in the 1800's, NZ was being Colonized by the British in those days as well, I hope my Great Grandfather found happiness, I felt so sad for my Great Grandfather and wondered did he go through this why he left Ireland, I have been watching a lot of Irish Documentaries, to help me understand why my Great Grandfather left Ireland, wow we have been through alot, but we survived. God bless Ireland and its people.
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.....................
My deepest respect to you, people of Ireland, all the way from Georgia 🇬🇪.
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One side of my family came from Ireland and the other side from Germany and ended up in North Carolina.
Well thank you very much! I am Irish American myself.
♥️♥️♥️🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 thank you
I learned that my great grandfather immigrated from Ireland to North Carolina. My father’s people are Irish as well. Though not many stories were repeated to me when l watched this documentary it broke my heart thinking my relatives and so many other families were so mistreated and abused.
You got that completely correct, mistreated and abused. by a superpower of the time, Ireland nearest neighbor
And most Irish where slaves in the USA. You need to learn about that too.
@@cincoy3679 l have heard and read about the hatred of the Irish when they came to America. Heartbreaking .
@@jeaniehorton5964 No really they where slaves ..you don’t have to believe me. But it’s true.
@@cincoy3679Indentured servants perhaps but not slaves.
Respected to people of Ireland
Irish Pride is very strong in the USA. I remember when I used to work for a bank in customer service. A customer called and commented on my Irish surname. He said he delighted to get a good Irish girl on the phone. I laughed and told him I'm German but I had the good sense to marry an Irishman. He replied he appreciated my comment.
No, that’s white supremacy. Racist, white supremacy!!!! 😡
@@Honorablebenaiaha Uhm...The Irish are White...
@@imalikconnor exactly, whites are all racists!
Irish pride = Racist white supremacy
@@Honorablebenaiaha Irish only became considered "white" after WWII.
I notice at the very beginning of this documentary you don't make any mention of the English monarch of the day stealing all of the other food (wheat, barley, oats, animals, etc etc etc etc) that the Irish peoples toiled to produce which is really how they starved
Watch black 47 great movie
They did the very same thing during the Bengal Famine in India.
DOUBLED the grain EXPORT FROM INDIA TO ENGLAND and left MILLIONS to perish.
@Katherine Harvey It is a pointless "fact" . The Monarch of the time was a constitutional monarch.. did not cause any of the policies that could be held to be responsible for the famine.
Victoria did not own farms or steal any of the produce grown on them.
The exports could not have replaced the failure of the potatoes and it would have taken more effort to distribute it and convert it than Peel`s policy of importing huge quantities of grain from America.
The food was sold and exported by Irish farmers and landowners and the idea of crashing the economy was a non starter ,and the same decision was taken on the fisheries .. if you want to picture Q Vic, stuffing a stolen haddock down her throat feel free .
The comment is not well researched at all ,in fact it is plain avoiding history and substituting emotional imagery that has the pantomime villain of Victoria scoffing food she has "stolen" from Irish farms.
I love history ,just get tired of hearing the same stupid comments ( you know like the "Black and Tans" were recruited from prisons and lunatic asylums is another "standard" fact)
Just love your class rooted snobbery ,by the way.
@Katherine Harvey I did not say you did mention the Tans .. was making a comparison as to the veracity of the idea that Victoria was stealing food .
Even if she had been ,the prevention of her so doing would have made no difference to the famine ...
The subsistence crop that had allowed to the population of Ireland to grow to huge proportions had failed .. no wheat exports kept at home could have solved that ..only a huge input of replacement sources.
I have read the link you give before and many other sources it was not the cause ,source or answer to the famine .. it would have crashed the economy and done nothing significant
If the Irish exports had been enough to sustain that huge population how come it never came back to those numbers even when the naughty old Brits had gone .. been a hundred years now.. where are they all.
The IRA `s involvement with the Nazis is limited and well known and easily researched .. I do not say DeValera was a pal of Adolf or make up any submarine stories ( how could it have happened)
"My side " you say .. the side of history,fact and reason? What happened was bad enough and should be studied and never forgotten .. ridiculous crap about Queen Victoria stealing food cheapen ,demean and diminish historical fact and peoples suffering.
The Liberal Governments black hearted callous market forces doctrine was the cause, not some old lady in a castle somewhere .. it is a foolish view that exists because people want nice ,simple villains.
@Katherine Harvey I am not happy to remark on snobbery ,prejudice , racism ,ignorance or bigotry of any kind.
In fact it saddened me deeply to see such attitudes openly touted by yourself.Especially when there was no need for it or relevance to it.
I wonder how you and James Connolly would have got on Katherine.
I wonder who he would have felt he was fighting for .... you ? don`t think so.
I answered your comment because you directly reference my perceived (by you.. a bigot ,and snob ..all the same) "Class"
Many Irish arrived in Montreal due to the Potato famine in Ireland. The many that died on ships during the Atlantic crossings, were buried on an island outside of Montreal.
The things we may never know. This is one story I didn’t know about.
The schools I attended kept this story in the dark. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
It was very educational and you presented it well.
True, I'm nearly 40 just hearing about the details of this. Definitely further evidence of a theme of the English behaviour outside of their shores.
Imagine a whole population being systematically starved and knowingly going along with it.
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.
1995, I visited the Irish American Folk Museum in Ireland. I read the most heartbreaking stories while in it. One of the trials and tribulations suffered, and hardly ever mentioned was the boat trip to America. They had a prototype of the hold of the typical ship - it said it all. America gained. My parents went through an equally harrowing experience to get to this good old USA. from the near east. They were all pioneers in the strictest sense. Thank God.
"Good old USA" is correct!👍
Glad you're here!
It only goes to show how brave and tough our ancestors were. Thank you for the upload.
The rich always prosper,while the poor struggle and die
@@anthonyabbinanti5739 andstill you voted trump hypocrite
@@TheBrettarcher pathetic comment
@@TheBrettarcher How do you know he voted for Trump?
@@anthonyabbinanti5739 that’s the way of life the strong survive while weak die.
A tragedy repeated over and over throughout the history of man kind. There is always a pseudo ruling class willing to see his fellow countryman suffer for his benefit.
It's still going on today in 2023. It's happening in the United States.
Excellent documentary, as an Irish American I see the strength of my ancestors
The history of Ireland is a recipe for survival. My dad fought for its freedom, yet he was never bitter toward the party responsible. He always composed and recited poetry and had a keen interest in world affairs. Yes, majority of family had to go to USA to earn a living. God bless USA for opportunity. We should always be kind to people who have to leave their homeland.
The passage from Ireland to the US/Canada/Australia/NZ during these times was a hardship we cannot imagine. Those that emigrated and survived were made of tough stuff and it's why their descendants all over the world are the best survivors and thrivers
My great-great grandfather, Peter Doyle, left Ireland during the famine. Settled in Mason county, KY. Fought for the union during the Civil war. Buried in Shannon cemetery in Mason county.
Can I ask your age? Because I think my Great-Great Grandfather was an Irish orphan and adopted by a German family who brought him to America and settled in Missouri. My grandpa was born in 1919 so his father would have been born in the late 1800s and his father the Irish orphan most likely was alive during the potato famine dont you think? That's my guess. I'll never really know though only that he was Irish and took the German family name and that we mistakenly thought we were German when in reality we were Irish. Now I'm interested in knowing them because they were the people who made my existence possible. I wish I knew their names.
He would have been great 3 times over and not twice unless you are 100
Wayne Doyle- what a neat heritage you have. We too came from Ireland and started out in KY. After having lived all over for 3 generations, we are settling back in TN near where we started. I believe we were all drawn back. Blessings- Denise Murphy-Foster
@@Snappypantsdance No you did not! Your surname is English for a start. What is wrong with you plastic micks? Why this pathetic desire to be irish when, you heritage would say you are British. Frankly, the East coast plastics are tedious, they funded NORAID, money sent to terrorists who murdered 4000 innocent people, are you proud of that?
Poor guy went from the frying pan to the fire. What a world!
Indigenous peoples indigenous culture native Americans Love ❤️ Ireland 🇮🇪
One of my 2nd great grandfathers came to NY from Tipperary in 1851, but for some reason only stayed a year or two before returning, and my other 2nd great grandparents came to NY from Kerry about 1858, it seems like they got married and left Ireland soon after. Others came later from Ireland. Great documentary, it helped me understand a little bit more about my ancestors.
It always brings tears to my eyes when I hear or read about the famine also the brutality of our nearest and dearest neighbor Britain/ England, they killed, hey stole, they plundered, they abused, they left hungry people to starve, deep shame of the British people in power at that time for their crimes committed on the Irish, I know that there were many good British English people who did they best to help. In our family, we have 2 of the large old cooking pots that were used in the poor house to make a watery soup or cook some Indian grain for the starving people. I have a brother who is a missionary priest who works with some of the poorest people in the world in Africa, he often refers to the Great Irish Famine when talking about his people, he feels that it is his duty to help those people have a better life by education, providing some health care and teaching better farming ways also bringing them hope in God above.
They were a tough people. God bless them.
They were desperate people.
Peasant stock my father called us. Irish American.
Look at the names of those who died on 9-11. Irish-American firefighters, police, and other employees of the city of New York. The photo of the young fireman climbing UP the stairs past crowds going down that staircase in the World Trade Center before it collapaed. My daughter lost 29 friends that day.
@@annbush1826 were these the mostly Irish Men who were deployed on Vietnam war and Afghan War and lest to die by US govt.
@@diyaroy5059 My Irish Fathera brothers all went smh my dad couldn’t cause he was deaf in one ear.
This event was absolutely criminal.
The British royals have blood on their hands.
My paternal grandparents came to Canada in the late 1800's. My father was so proud of his Irish heritage!
Well it's time for you to go back then
My Irish Ancestors went to Canada, near Ottawa, where there was a large Irish community.
Many children were orphaned in the crossing on the coffin ships or in the fever sheds on Grosse Ile, and were adopted by French Canadian families. That's why it's not uncommon to see some Irish-looking faces with surnames like Kelly, Coneelly, McManus and Mullen in regions around Quebec who are culturally Acadian.
@@DeirdreEmm God forbid they should have been adopted by English-speaking people. But what were the French doing in north America if they were a lovely non-colonialist people?
@@secallen I guess the English speaking people didn't want them.
@@DeirdreEmm I don't think Mullen is Irish?
LOL maybe it's from somewhere else?
There was no famine, only the potato crops failed. Ireland also produced millions of tons of every other type of food, wheat, barley, turnips and carrots, beef, mutten, pork and poultry. All these foods were taken on carts, under military escort, to Irish ports, then exported for sale in England. The Irish were not given any of this food and starved to death. The British Government said that the Irish were being punished by God for refusing to become Protestant and that they should let the punishment run it's course. There was no famine, it was genocide.
Most Irish people refer to this as the great hunger not the Irish famine anymore
What a wonderful and well crafted documentary! Very informative. Thank you ever so much for posting it!
My great great grandmother left County Antrim, Ireland around 1850 to escape the famine and settled in Manchester.
My 3rd great grandfather landed in New York from County Clare in 1850. He fought for the Union in the Civil War. He had 12 children and his descendants pepper the USA.
my 3rd great grandparents were Pennsylvania/New Jersey settlers from Mayo and Cork. Somehow they got to Ohio
Yes, as my ancestors landed in New Jersey but were miners and farmers headed to Kentucky some staying in the east. My heritage as I knew my great Grandparents who told me stories of the persecution and to be proud. The last name was mispronounced as ,'McQuinn ' but its actually, "McQueen " .
@@rosannepaul3663 Mine also from New Jersey where some stayed, also Kentucky and Ohio. Sprinkle to the Carolinas.
The Irish Brigade went on to fight with Mexico during the war with the US
@@jimwalsh8520 wow, look who learned to use Google, well done champ!!
My fathers family originally came from Belfast. They are a strong and fiercely loyal but kind people.
One of the saddest documentaries i've ever watched! It does make me appreciate how brave my ancestors we're! God Bless the Irish!
Brave or very unfortunate?
Chinese rice
Egyptian potato
Irish fish of all kinds
@@georgehetty7857 Brave. They fought for their independence in 1916, overthrowing British rule. Ireland Forever-
@@nancyquinn522 Ah , quite a different subject!
@@nancyquinn522 Irlanda para siempre!!!
Man's inhumanity to man knows no bounds.
And it's sickening.
Well as the saying goes dont put your potatoes all in one field especially if the field belongs to a man named blight.
Man is mans worst enemy it’s sad
It’s human nature, the strong prey on the weak and that won’t change.
It’s often overlooked, but the British upper class hold the English working class in contempt too. George Orwell’s, “The Road To Wigan Pier” highlights this in detail.
England’s poor were also starving to death and living (dying) in the most appalling conditions.
The British upper class were shitting on everybody else and living in luxury.
They still are.
Well said yet they the Elites and Governments still manage to escape by having the people own their Attrocities that don't belong on their shoulders to begin with.Wish people would wake up to this such sneaky snakes they truly are!
Well said, look at the conditions of say the east end of London during this period and the way the working class lived in slums and squalor, malnourished while the royals and upper class lived a life of luxury. They had workhouses in England as well, although obviously it was not to the same degree.
There was no famine, it was forced starvation to try and wipe out the Irish. It was a Genocide not a famine. Huge shiploads of food were taken out of Ireland every day at gunpoint. There was enough food in Ireland at the time to feed the population 11 times over.
@@timmolloy7574 The British paid middle class Irish farmers for the food.
Unfortunately this hierarchy has and still does exist in just about every country. It is not a unique feature of Britain.
England has much blood on their hands. May God show them more mercy than they showed their fellow man.😢🙏🏻♥️🕊
It's all bs.
I visited Ireland last year and the old abandoned cottages are numerous and scattered all over the countryside. There are also many burial pits containing the remains of thousands of starvation victims. Another historical feature in plain site are the 'famine roads', these are perfectly straight roads going from nowhere, to nowhere, built by the starving as the only way to survive. They were only fed if they worked, and that included mothers with children. This was by order of the Government.
When Governments suck, they need to go. I had no idea that all this evidence is still in place today.
look at our food supply chains now. We will have mass starvation because of war, greed, and climate change.
To those of you wanting children, think again. Do you really want these innocents to enter a World where food is scarce, and clean, potable water will be even more scarce?
I am guessing that the next ten years, if we have ten years, will usher in an Earth that is not compatible with human life.
Tend to the little ones here, already suffering, and do not add to the anguish of Future generations.
To the elderly: you are Lucky, in that your time is short. Bon voyage to a better place and Time.
@@aimeekubik8803 I'll take that as a promise you never have nor ever will breed.
@@aimeekubik8803 If there are no young people who will rebuild civilization when we have destroyed this one? We are living in the most advanced civilization of all time and yet people are not happy. For generations people have been refusing to have children so they can pursue pleasure and what has it gotten them? it’s not the people living in in poverty that are committing suicide it’s the people with every modern convenience and pleasure. The specter of climate change is a bogeyman invented to give us something to worry about. The trillions of dollars being spent to supposedly stave off this bogeyman could bring relief to all poverty stricken people in the world. There’s no way the people carrying on about climate change truly care about anyone except themselves. The climate changes four times every year; spring, summer, autumn and winter and people learn to adapt. We have minds. We can predict the weather and adjust accordingly. This is an imperfect world but we have the power to make it better. Consider all the people who lived before us that have helped make all the conveniences that make life easy for us and be grateful rather than complain that things are not perfect. We also have the power to destroy everything and that seems to be what we are bent on doing now.
@@ruthmaryrose You are a person without a scientific mind. You would ignore the laws of physics and science. You prefer a fairy tale world.
Climate Change is real. The summers are getter hotter than they haven't been, the hurricanes are more destructive, weather patterns are unpredictable.
The Earth is changing, and mother nature is truly mad at her human residents.
You speak of people living in poverty as somehow happy with their life, as opposed to what? Hunger hurts, lack of shelter kills, ignorance does not bring Bliss.
We should all, according to our ability, ensure that no human being on this planet is sans food, shelter and education.
Unfortunately human beings, including the church going ones, are more interested in accumulating wealth than sharing it.
The dust we were molded from was defective.
Thank you for your take on life. I appreciate your view points, and hope that the scientific community is wrong about climate change. In any event, it really is too late to do anything about it, so I support your suggestions about using the monies donated trying to abate a situation that has gone far beyond our control, toward the ills
My great grandfather was a child when this happened and was the reason we came here. He used to tell me stories of what he remembered. It was a horrible experience
then how old are you
@@vaidasmat6859 sorry and thank you for pointing it out. I am 82 years old and I meant to type my great grandfather. I use my sons RUclips to watch videos like this and I'm not to good with working these things. But he was a teenager during black 47 and I couldn't imagine living through something like this. He was a hundred and nine when he passed away and was one of the greatest men I ever met.
@@mrnevermore4934 that's incredible.
It was genocide not famine. Never forget
This should always be remembered. As a proud Scot I know what the English done to my Country and many others. Stand proudly with my Irish brothers and sisters. 💙💚
You Scots were a big part of the Empire. Don’t put it just on the English.
God Bless you
How convenient it is to blame the English for everything. Get this straight, Scots are British too.
If I may, I would consider the Irish to be British too, as they've been for hundreds of years.
@@MikeM-rj3ub that takes some serious nuts to say some filthy propaganda like that. the brits have excelled at committing genocides and crimes against humanity. Why you miserable little warts act like you can defend their reprehensible behavior is truly astonishing.
Uh scots also played a major role in the British empire . It wasn't just the English
It is quite necessary to remember these past tragedies and the injustices that contributed to them. We must educate our children actively.
My ancestors from Scotland were from the Highlands and were forced to labor as children in coal mines in Nova Scotia under the ocean floor. The clearances in the 1740's finished off the highlanders.
Unfortunately the Clans Chieftains had as much to do with the Highland Clearances along with the gentry, they betrayed their own people
It was a genocide carried out against the Scottish and Irish people, the English tried to wipe us out and replace us with their settlers.
You can say the same of most collaborators @@kitfrew9983
@@TheTubeTube2 wholeheartedly agree, the Cheiften of the Clans had as much to do with the Highland Clearances along with the English Gentry, they certainly sold their people down the sane.
Swanee
So sad! Every country has it's deep pain! I can't imagine!
Thank you for this documentary. It helped me understand the horrors of the famine.
Proud to be Irish, desperately grateful to be born again. Jn3:16
God bless all the Irish here, -and those who need some hope.
Remember the fourth commandment KJV!
Righteous
Good for you ,don't be ashamed to be irish , it could be worse you could be Scottish
Born again ??? Unhinged is what you are . Seek help.
Ireland was Britain's Ukraine basically.
Exactly what I was thinking too.
@@ernestscribbler2294 that's good. Unfortunately nobody talks about it and it's not taught in schools here. Almost everyone I know has never heard of it. It's sad.
Great documentary. It helps to show us how fragile we truly are. Let’s hope humanity doesn’t make these dire mistakes again. It’s 2021 and there are early signs of high unemployment and hunger growing around the world...
You're a perceptive person. Yes. Very rough times to come.
Isn't it amazing that you never hear Irish folk whining and complaining about their plight and how badly they've been treated and demanding reparations? I really respect that about them they're very talented and interesting people
@@robertarnold6811 Irish people weren't enslaved or jim crowed or redlined etc. I wouldn't expect you to ACTUALLY know history though.
@@Cbd_7ohm you need to read up on the Irish penal laws , as for enslavement, Barbary pirates / corsairs had abducted and enslaved whites in their thousands, while Africans were still enslaving one another.
Oh, sadly it's coming. They've planned it for years.
Sad.
Never forget. I am married to a Spanishman and live in Spain. my lads names are Ryan and Kerry. The later lives in Ireland very happily. I visit often. If anything , God forbid happens to my beloved hubbie , I will return to live in Ireland. My elder lad is in the Spanish military. We want nothing to do with England. I am very well versed in Ireland "s history. Never forget. The Irish were and are an incredible people. Most liked by other countries in the western world. What they endured for so long still brings me to tears. BUT, LOOK WHERE THEY ARE NOW. BLESS THEM. GOD SAVE IRELAND AND THE IRISH. THEY SO DESERVE . XXXXXXX
Proves how people survived despite such hardship. We are celebrating ireland all over the United States this weekend - yes, rather early in parts of USA. USA recognizes the contribution of Irish people to this country. Slainte and blessings for St. Patrick's.
Spains historical past is of course beyond any reproach, but you don’t seem to mind that!
Also Ireland is at present experiencing mass diversity brought on by its own government!
No wonder the Irish learned to be as strong as steel. I believe this strength has been passed down through the generations. I feel it running thru my veins even though it's been four generations since my family came over from Ireland.
@@KarenKelley-gb9nz Never heard any stories of the Irish stealing, killing, robbing, etc. They were and are a proud self sufficient people. No wonder they are known the world over.
My Irish ancestors came to New Zealand in late 1800s with their 12 children, + started a farm, still in the family.
Allowed to by the British Empire.
@@jimwalsh8520 Because they were citizens of the United Kingdom you absolute clown.
@@hermanngoulhorn581 You seem free and easy with the insults, the last enclave of a small mind
God bless Irish one of the best people I've ever met
God caused most of the damage and half the starvation. Keep your bloody god.
It's always a little heartbreaking to listen to the historical accounts of my ancestors. As an Ulster Scot, it can be hard to convince some that I am the descendant of a marginalized people. A minority group. They were so lucky to have survived.. because no one wanted us to. It's a driving force behind my advocacy for equality.
Exactly. I am an Irish in the USA, my husband a Scot. The English did not want any of us to survive or succeed. They wanted the territory and resources, just like they did in India and the USA. We drove them out in 1776. I still have no use for the English. They have never said so much as "sorry."
The ulster Scots did fine during the famine.
@@hermanngoulhorn581 I'm sure their landlords did fine. My family certainly didn't migrate because they were doing well in Ireland. They were forced out, amidst food shortages. It would have been terrifying.
@@syzygyfarm the ulster Scots didn't leave because of food shortages, they were planted there to displace the natives who were made to suffer.
They threw their toys out of the pram and left when Presbyterianism was outlawed.
@@hermanngoulhorn581 That may certainly be true for some, but it's not true for all. Oppression is oppression. I can understand your defense of the native Irish but I assure you my Scottish ancestors were only present in Ireland during that time because their land was stolen. You have to expect people to go somewhere, right?
My Irish ancestors came to America in 1740 because they couldn't afford to lease their land any longer. In America that same family who left Irland became land owners owning over 500 acres of land in Virginia.
Descendant of Thomas Nuzum 1706-1791. Came to America in 1752
‘The great hunger’ is the most comprehensive history book about the Irish famine
Yes, Ireland's history is quite the eye opener - my poor dad lived through a lot of it. He remained there and despite what he experienced, he was never bitter and never filled his family with hatred toward anyone. Yes, he fought for Ireland's freedom in the 1900's as a young man and then later in life he married mom who was a beauty inside and out. All of their children had to leave to earn a living in USA/elsewhere. They sent us into the world with good values and open minds, free and clear of prejudices and bigotry. Yes, Ireland is free today but we owe a lot of our freedoms to people like my dad who spent his youth fighting for such freedoms. They were very honorable people not motivated by money - just simple decent values of equality, justice and freedom. They are long gone but left quite an impact.
@@margaretohara7250 God bless them all.
@@starofdavid9919 bless you too this beautiful Easter Sunday.
Please say genocide underline genocide the only crop that failed was the potato crop
nope! here is why we really starved, the british stole out food. ruclips.net/video/BKH1vbl1b1g/видео.html
That was fascinating and disturbing at once. Love the old style presentation without corny cgi or interviews with people who sound more like motivational speakers. Wish they'd taught us this at secondary school. Great video.
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Most of this is not based on fact. Rather anecdote and myth.
@@jimwalsh8520 keep.saying it and you'll eventually believe it you old crank.
@@hermanngoulhorn581 It is not a case of believing sonny, it is historical fact, something which the micks and US plastics have but a fleeting acquaintance
@@jimwalsh8520 dunno why you keep calling me sonny like some sort of pedo -
But I've told you before "that which is asserted without evidence shall be dismissed without evidence".
Sultan Abdülmecid I of the Ottoman Empire originally offered to send £10,000 but was asked by British diplomats to reduce it to £1,000 to avoid donating more than the Queen.
This Irish American girl is extremely proud of my Irish ancestry and heritage. My ancestors were Irish Fenian imigrants who came to the United States during the famine.
My family ended up here in the 1850s because of all the essay portrays...they eventually homesteaded logan county colorado in 1870...
It must be in my dna...talking about my disdain for the crown all my life...something I've never fully understood until seeing documentaries like this...
My great,great grandparents had their passage paid by the familys as they were just teenagers ...their way of seeing the line have a chance in the new world...my thanks to their generosity...if not for that I wouldn't be here...
Erin go bragh!
Convincingly well produced documentary. Truly touched. Gratitude for the upload.
My Great Grandmother was taken to Liverpool from Cork by her parents. Today one of my children has returned as a doctor in Cork much to my surprise after many immigrations of our family. Today, I look at the healthy children of Ireland and remember how different it was 173 years ago
Shocking this was produced by A&E. Stark contrast to 10 hour blocks of court cam and other sundry gargage.
Would love to have a collection of doc from the 80s-90s from both them, History and Discovery of those days.
My family left Ireland in 1972 and came to Canada. I have a few memories of those times but not many. Most were made on visits to see family every few years.
God bless the Irish people..
Thank u
Being half Irish myself, bless you! 🙏🏼
Just so you know. It wasnt potato blight it was British genocide. While we starved the British gained weight on our food. The famine was man made
@@darrenayres3146 well said Darren
I love Ireland!🇮🇪
God bless the Irish people!
Love from Spain.
They are racists.
@@Honorablebenaiaha They hate their own more.
@@Honorablebenaiaha Who are you on about
@@OndaBoosters who hates who
@@Honorablebenaiaha Ya But we are the cool kind of racists "Thats my Black" "Thats my Chinese" "Thats My Slav" "Thats My Arab".
One of the saddest documentary I have watched. However, my ancestors from Wales and Scotland, I have no doubt we have Irish ancestry as well. I knew of the potato famine and felt I needed to learn all the issues that caused such horrendous conditions forced upon the Irish. Thank you for this documentary. ❤ to the Irish people who are so warm and friendly and so welcoming to tourists. 😊
My history on my mom's side is the Cochrans from Armauge County Ireland, the Thains from Banffshire, the Sims and Dicks from Perthshire Scottland. Some day I hope to be able to go to all 3 places to see if I can find "families" that are related to me! 🥰🥰🥰
@@altheacraig2904Good Luck to ya Laddie☘️😎Hope ya find them.
It boils my blood when I see the word 'famine' associated with what happened in the 1840's in Ireland. 100's of thousands of tonnes of food were exported from Ireland for profit right throughout the period of most dire hunger.
Exactly it was a GENOCIDE against the Irish people.
Brits did it with India as well between 1942-47 approx 6 millions of Indians died in famine. During British rule they estimate it around 32 millions died in India, all starved to death. London eat everything.
That was because middle class Irish farmers made more money selling food to the British.
@@CanadianMonarchist What a useless piece of excrement you are, regurgitating the putrid propaganda of those too ashamed to live up to their past actions. Monsters made monstrous by their greed and inhumanity.
Keep your lies and feed on them yourself, just in case you wake up one day and see what a stain you've become.
@@CanadianMonarchist oh look, it's dopey hole back again, repeating itself like an autistic parrot.
I am Welsh born,but on researching my family history my family originated in Ireland and moved over to the Welsh valleys around 1850 to work in the South Wales coal mines.
The same is true for my Welsh grandmother’s family. I’m not certain when they came over, but most likely during the famine.