I forgot to ask this in the video, but I am curious. Do people from Northern Ireland prefer to be called Irish/ British? OR does either one work? Please let me know. Thanks!
It depends on the person! The Good Friday agreement recognises “the birthright of all the people of Northern Ireland to identify themselves and be accepted as Irish or British, or both, as they may so choose, and accordingly confirm that their right to hold both British and Irish citizenship is accepted by both Governments”.
@@PopcornOpinions the cliché answer to this would be that Catholics think of themselves as Irish and Protestants think of themselves as British. But I’m quite certain it’s more nuanced than that on the ground. It’s an odd place. I was there in 1998 and, true to the show, we were never quite sure whether we should be calling it Derry or Londonderry depending on the person we were talking to. We got a “confused” look from a ticket seller at the train station when we called it Londonderry and an almost hostile reaction from a cabbie when we called it Derry. I love the idea of these teenagers trying to grow up normal in this setting
@@christanzola8633 Oddly enough I actually think the show does a great job of showing how normal it became for them. Because I guess the troubles would have been ongoing for some years before this show was set.
I am Irish, I don't recognise Northern Ireland, it was a gerrymandered, mickey mouse statelet set up by the British government so that the Unionist/Protestant government could treat us in a way similar to how black people were treated in the southern states of the USA in the 1960's. We didn't have the same rights in voting, housing and employment. As horrible as the Catholic Church is in many areas, they did provide a better standard of education, this helped in the long run. The civil rights movement here was heavily inspired by MLK and Malcolm X. Due to demographic changes, we are now in the majority and within the next 20 years there most likely will be a united Ireland. Most Unionists describe themselves as British/Northern Irish, a lot of Catholics/nationalists with short memories who may be non-political will also use the term northern Irish. Like the USA, Britain likes to portray themselves as the good guys because of ww2. In the 1950's they ran concentration torture camps in Kenya, one million civilians were killed in Iraq. Imperialists are rarely on the side of right.
The first three episodes are zany and crazy, and then slowly it just becomes the most heartwarming fun show ever as you feel like you’ve moved in to their house
Small correction, the main characters are Catholic, who being Irish refer to the place as Derry, where as the English favouring prosetents call it Londonderry.
At that time, it was pretty normal for teenagers to smoke in the UK. 16 was the age you could legally buy cigarettes. I started smoking regularly at 17, and I don’t think my parents gave me much of a hard time about it.
Gerry is sensible among them because he is not from Derry 😂 He came to Derry later in his teens years and join high school there. He and Erin's mom married at a very young age when she got pregnant accidently that is also one of the reason granda hates him.
If you google the 12th of July you will usually see some reports of conflicts. They are trying to cross from Northern Ireland into the Republic in this epsiode, hence the need for the punt purse (punts were Irish pounds before we moved to the Euro). Also it's not completely along religious lines but largely Catholics identify as Irish and are often Republican and protestants identify as British and are Unionist. There's a Northern Irish reactor on here who had parents from different faiths and there are extremes on either side of the argument. Lots of people just want to go about their daily lives. The Good Friday agreement (1998) allows people to identify as British and Irish. The British still control six counties and we have 26 in the republic (we couldn't get all the counties back and partition happened in 1921). There was/is a large protestant population in Ulster who wouldn't have been happy with this. Derry is right next to Donegal (our side of the border) and they refer to some of those places in the show. If reunifification did happen, it would cost the Republic a lot but I also think it would stir up a lot of trouble and reignite everything. There have been 'punishment' shootings in recent years and also the Orange Order who you see marching in this episode recently sang an awful song about the murder of a Catholic woman (Michaela McAreavey) and some got into trouble with employers as a result.
@AudsVids WOW! I thought it was just tension, but based on what you're saying, there are still some high levels of animosity among the two sides. I had no idea about this stuff, so thank you!
We definitely don't hear as much now thankfully and things have improved greatly but it's not fully gone. I'm in Dublin so a good bit further south but we would go to Newry quite a bit which is just over the border. I've only ever encountered nice people who are very friendly. They take Euro in some of the shops as they're close to the border. Just as Mary had a separate purse here we have a Sterling one for whoever in our family might be going up North. I've stayed in Belfast too which was fine but when my sister and I got lost in an area with lots of red, white and blue kerbstones we just kept driving. Those are UK flag colours and we probably would have been fine but we were in a Southern registered car so we didn't want to take a chance.
@@PopcornOpinionsthe Republic would like a United Ireland though, if someone mentions Ireland having 32 counties then they’re talking about all the counties being in one county
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I forgot to ask this in the video, but I am curious. Do people from Northern Ireland prefer to be called Irish/ British? OR does either one work?
Please let me know. Thanks!
It depends on the person! The Good Friday agreement recognises “the birthright of all the people of Northern Ireland to identify themselves and be accepted as Irish or British, or both, as they may so choose, and accordingly confirm that their right to hold both British and Irish citizenship is accepted by both Governments”.
@@Will-nn6ux That's great!
@@PopcornOpinions the cliché answer to this would be that Catholics think of themselves as Irish and Protestants think of themselves as British. But I’m quite certain it’s more nuanced than that on the ground. It’s an odd place. I was there in 1998 and, true to the show, we were never quite sure whether we should be calling it Derry or Londonderry depending on the person we were talking to. We got a “confused” look from a ticket seller at the train station when we called it Londonderry and an almost hostile reaction from a cabbie when we called it Derry. I love the idea of these teenagers trying to grow up normal in this setting
@@christanzola8633 Oddly enough I actually think the show does a great job of showing how normal it became for them. Because I guess the troubles would have been ongoing for some years before this show was set.
I am Irish, I don't recognise Northern Ireland, it was a gerrymandered, mickey mouse statelet set up by the British government so that the Unionist/Protestant government could treat us in a way similar to how black people were treated in the southern states of the USA in the 1960's. We didn't have the same rights in voting, housing and employment. As horrible as the Catholic Church is in many areas, they did provide a better standard of education, this helped in the long run. The civil rights movement here was heavily inspired by MLK and Malcolm X. Due to demographic changes, we are now in the majority and within the next 20 years there most likely will be a united Ireland. Most Unionists describe themselves as British/Northern Irish, a lot of Catholics/nationalists with short memories who may be non-political will also use the term northern Irish. Like the USA, Britain likes to portray themselves as the good guys because of ww2. In the 1950's they ran concentration torture camps in Kenya, one million civilians were killed in Iraq. Imperialists are rarely on the side of right.
The first three episodes are zany and crazy, and then slowly it just becomes the most heartwarming fun show ever as you feel like you’ve moved in to their house
I can actually see that. I'm sensing the story building.
Yeah season 3 kind of explores the police thing more, but also Emmett is IRA and they could all be in danger if they went to the police about him
Gerry needs a vacation or at least a medal for putting up with this lol
🤣 Gerry is fed up!
Small correction, the main characters are Catholic, who being Irish refer to the place as Derry, where as the English favouring prosetents call it Londonderry.
Thanks! 😁
At that time, it was pretty normal for teenagers to smoke in the UK. 16 was the age you could legally buy cigarettes. I started smoking regularly at 17, and I don’t think my parents gave me much of a hard time about it.
Is it still like that now or was it moved up to 18?
@@PopcornOpinionsIt went up to 18 in 2007. The ages for a few other things have gone up from 16 to 18 since the 90s.
Honestly as long as youre posting I'm watching lol. Hope you get everything figured out though
@@lilxgraveyardxshawty420 Thanks for your understanding. I appreciate that a lot.
Gerry is sensible among them because he is not from Derry 😂 He came to Derry later in his teens years and join high school there. He and Erin's mom married at a very young age when she got pregnant accidently that is also one of the reason granda hates him.
@@aileen8492 Ohh, I can certainly understand from a father's perspective.
Erin’s family is Catholic, the crying statue is Mary Jesus’s mother, who Catholics view as a saint
If you google the 12th of July you will usually see some reports of conflicts. They are trying to cross from Northern Ireland into the Republic in this epsiode, hence the need for the punt purse (punts were Irish pounds before we moved to the Euro). Also it's not completely along religious lines but largely Catholics identify as Irish and are often Republican and protestants identify as British and are Unionist.
There's a Northern Irish reactor on here who had parents from different faiths and there are extremes on either side of the argument. Lots of people just want to go about their daily lives. The Good Friday agreement (1998) allows people to identify as British and Irish.
The British still control six counties and we have 26 in the republic (we couldn't get all the counties back and partition happened in 1921). There was/is a large protestant population in Ulster who wouldn't have been happy with this.
Derry is right next to Donegal (our side of the border) and they refer to some of those places in the show.
If reunifification did happen, it would cost the Republic a lot but I also think it would stir up a lot of trouble and reignite everything. There have been 'punishment' shootings in recent years and also the Orange Order who you see marching in this episode recently sang an awful song about the murder of a Catholic woman (Michaela McAreavey) and some got into trouble with employers as a result.
@AudsVids WOW! I thought it was just tension, but based on what you're saying, there are still some high levels of animosity among the two sides.
I had no idea about this stuff, so thank you!
We definitely don't hear as much now thankfully and things have improved greatly but it's not fully gone. I'm in Dublin so a good bit further south but we would go to Newry quite a bit which is just over the border. I've only ever encountered nice people who are very friendly. They take Euro in some of the shops as they're close to the border. Just as Mary had a separate purse here we have a Sterling one for whoever in our family might be going up North.
I've stayed in Belfast too which was fine but when my sister and I got lost in an area with lots of red, white and blue kerbstones we just kept driving. Those are UK flag colours and we probably would have been fine but we were in a Southern registered car so we didn't want to take a chance.
@@PopcornOpinionsthe Republic would like a United Ireland though, if someone mentions Ireland having 32 counties then they’re talking about all the counties being in one county
I think teenage girls tend to get crushes on older men, but Michelle and Erin take it to the limit.
Tarot, Orla says she’s 15 in the first episode
Orla is a lot like her mother.
The grandad is evil.