The older generation in Belfast are some of the wisest most interesting people you will ever meet and they must be protected and treasured. Fair play to you my man for listening 💚
🌟Superb stuff,Belfast characters 👍You can see the life in her eyes and her smile.All the stories she could tell...The shot at the end as she walks across the bridge is poignant... Thanks lots,from Belfast 👍🌟✊💚 😎 xo 🌟
My dear mother passed away 2 years ago at 96 years old and she was also a lovely lady and she too was Agnes from Belfast and was born on that street facing St. Peters Catholic Cathedral... She emigrated to America, NYC 🗽 in 1947 and I was born in Manhattan but we moved back to Ireland in the 1990s and I now live in Dublin. I much prefer the lifestyle in Europe, especially Ireland.. The only thing I hate in Ireland is the weather ☔🙂💚
It is a terrible that in Belfast there is a high wall dividing Protestant estates from Roman Catholic estates with the residents agreement and no reconciliation despite the Good Friday Agreement. Nothing like that in any other part of United Kingdom or anywhere in Europe where two christian religious communities have to be kept apart by a high wall.
What a sweet lady, reminded so much of my own grandmother who came from Cork. It leaves you with no doubt as to why the troubles started in NI because of the sheer inequality between the Catholics and the Protestants.
@@janwallace5005 No, Irish nationalists discriminated against Unionists to a far greater degree, they deny our right to exist. The difference between NI and the South is the South had a parliament full of murderers whilst NI didn't have one and NI was under constant attack from the IRA. Don't denigrate Irish Unionists for being human, blame Irish nationalists for treating us inhumanly.
@@MrLorenzovanmatterho really? I knew the unionists had massively delusions of grandeur since doing Billy's dirty work but I didn't realise the sheer victimisation you grasp on to in justifying your actions.
@@janwallace5005 What on EARTH are you talking about? What delusions of grandeur? You mean helping the Glorious revolution to have parliamentary democracy, preserve Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, the Act of Toleration and spread that to the world? That's plenty to be proud of.
This didn't only happen in northern Ireland,It went on in and around Merseyside for year's,it was still going in the sixties.How many Catholics got an apprenticeship in the Merseyside area who went to a Catholic school's.Labourer maybe apprenticeship very rare.
Nice conversation. The explanation for partition was a bit off. At that time, the particular subset of protestants who wanted those counties to remain in the UK, wanted it because those were the counties they happened to live in, and they were ancestrally Scottish and afraid of oppression under a Catholic state, given the history of inter-denomination strife across Europe. Few protestants in other countries cared that much either way, due to denominational differences - they didn't fear expect sectarian oppression anywhere near as much. If the counties had been poor, they'd have wanted to stay in the UK just as much. Afterall, most of their descendents do today, and it's economically deprived now.
Yeah balderdash. Ask her WHY Unionists hated the Nationalists who voted for those who had murdered their families. Ask the Southern Unionists how they were treated? NI was always a drain on the rest of the UK, the idea that partition was because of Belfast's prosperity is laughable. Surely in 2021 no one believes this stuff anymore?
Unfortunately they do. There has always been an anti Unionist/pro Republican bias in the BBC and academia so people have literally been schooled into believing that the creation of Northern Ireland is a colonial creation that benefits the UK. Even the person filming this buys into this and is colouring this film in this say and leading the lady in his questions and not listening to what she's saying.
@@carolinelees8561 Really? You believe in tyranny, fascism and prejudice? You believe in the tyranny of the majority? Don't you understand it's over? Don't you understand that the fascist sectarianism of Pearse/Collins/De Valera is dead and gone? That it's the Shamrock Awakening and the Father Ted generation is in charge?
@@nigelsheppard625 I don't think it's that simple, British people as a whole have this post colonial guilt, they shouldn't, the British empire was the greatest force for good in history but they confuse this with defeating the fascism of Irish nationalism.
The older generation in Belfast are some of the wisest most interesting people you will ever meet and they must be protected and treasured. Fair play to you my man for listening 💚
🌟Superb stuff,Belfast characters 👍You can see the life in her eyes and her smile.All the stories she could tell...The shot at the end as she walks across the bridge is poignant... Thanks lots,from Belfast 👍🌟✊💚 😎 xo 🌟
My dear mother passed away 2 years ago at 96 years old and she was also a lovely lady and she too was Agnes from Belfast and was born on that street facing St. Peters Catholic Cathedral... She emigrated to America, NYC 🗽 in 1947 and I was born in Manhattan but we moved back to Ireland in the 1990s and I now live in Dublin. I much prefer the lifestyle in Europe, especially Ireland.. The only thing I hate in Ireland is the weather ☔🙂💚
My condolences to your sweet Irish mother. My mom died back in 2014 and her maiden name is Kelly.🙂👍🇺🇲🇮🇪
that lady is so wholesome
yes she was lovely people are like this in ireland in both the north and the republic
What a Lovely Lady, About as switched on as you could get. Bless you Sweetheart.
What a lovely person! Theres history right there
Old people have been a target for the thief for years they need protection from the predators
Love this conversation 🙂
What a lovely lady😊
You have found your niche, cycling and chatting. That was very good.
It is a terrible that in Belfast there is a high wall dividing Protestant estates from Roman Catholic estates with the residents agreement and no reconciliation despite the Good Friday Agreement. Nothing like that in any other part of United Kingdom or anywhere in Europe where two christian religious communities have to be kept apart by a high wall.
Nowhere else in Europe were people displaced , had their land stolen and given to planters.
The "peace wall"(?). Parts played: " religion" with a small 'r' and "political" with a capital 'P'.
What a sweet lady, reminded so much of my own grandmother who came from Cork. It leaves you with no doubt as to why the troubles started in NI because of the sheer inequality between the Catholics and the Protestants.
No, they started because Irish nationalists denied Unionists right to exist and wished to exterminate us so they could have a totalitarian state.
@@MrLorenzovanmatterho I think you have that round the wrong way!
@@janwallace5005 No, Irish nationalists discriminated against Unionists to a far greater degree, they deny our right to exist. The difference between NI and the South is the South had a parliament full of murderers whilst NI didn't have one and NI was under constant attack from the IRA. Don't denigrate Irish Unionists for being human, blame Irish nationalists for treating us inhumanly.
@@MrLorenzovanmatterho really? I knew the unionists had massively delusions of grandeur since doing Billy's dirty work but I didn't realise the sheer victimisation you grasp on to in justifying your actions.
@@janwallace5005 What on EARTH are you talking about? What delusions of grandeur? You mean helping the Glorious revolution to have parliamentary democracy, preserve Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, the Act of Toleration and spread that to the world? That's plenty to be proud of.
This didn't only happen in northern Ireland,It went on in and around Merseyside for year's,it was still going in the sixties.How many Catholics got an apprenticeship in the Merseyside area who went to a Catholic school's.Labourer maybe apprenticeship very rare.
What a nice lady
Great interview, very informative without any agenda.
Beautiful old dear! :D
Nice conversation. The explanation for partition was a bit off. At that time, the particular subset of protestants who wanted those counties to remain in the UK, wanted it because those were the counties they happened to live in, and they were ancestrally Scottish and afraid of oppression under a Catholic state, given the history of inter-denomination strife across Europe. Few protestants in other countries cared that much either way, due to denominational differences - they didn't fear expect sectarian oppression anywhere near as much. If the counties had been poor, they'd have wanted to stay in the UK just as much. Afterall, most of their descendents do today, and it's economically deprived now.
Council, not counsil.
I'm curious. How's the situation on the job market for catholics today? Is there still such discrimination happening?
There is no discrimination now. Equality legislation was brought in the 90s so everything is above board now.
A lovely lady
The Northern statelet is doomed . . . . .
Lovely BELFAST Lady 🌹
No British need apply here in Republic for jobs
Yeah balderdash. Ask her WHY Unionists hated the Nationalists who voted for those who had murdered their families. Ask the Southern Unionists how they were treated? NI was always a drain on the rest of the UK, the idea that partition was because of Belfast's prosperity is laughable. Surely in 2021 no one believes this stuff anymore?
Unfortunately they do. There has always been an anti Unionist/pro Republican bias in the BBC and academia so people have literally been schooled into believing that the creation of Northern Ireland is a colonial creation that benefits the UK. Even the person filming this buys into this and is colouring this film in this say and leading the lady in his questions and not listening to what she's saying.
No ask why Catholic’s need not apply bc as the lady said Catholic’s breed you lot out & COUNTING .
@@carolinelees8561 Really? You believe in tyranny, fascism and prejudice? You believe in the tyranny of the majority? Don't you understand it's over? Don't you understand that the fascist sectarianism of Pearse/Collins/De Valera is dead and gone? That it's the Shamrock Awakening and the Father Ted generation is in charge?
@@nigelsheppard625 I don't think it's that simple, British people as a whole have this post colonial guilt, they shouldn't, the British empire was the greatest force for good in history but they confuse this with defeating the fascism of Irish nationalism.
@@MrLorenzovanmatterho No Carson said RC would breed them out hence the GERRYMANDERING of Ulster now get used to it the times they are a changing .