The north has lots of GAA clubs, Donegal has 40, my county Antrim has between 50 to 60 with Casement Park hopefully getting its long overdue redevelopment into a modern 36,000 seat stadium. Irish culture is held onto more when others try to take it away from you. All the best to you both, Donegal's a beautiful county.
We didn’t say anything about there not being GAA clubs in the north - we said hurling is played more in the south of the country than the north of the country 😄 Thanks for your comment!
I have been to Ireland / Wait, I was born here. Yer all mad but great craic, I will watch more of your videos. I love my country and what is "normal" for us can be strange to others. Mise a chara Sean as Tiobraid Arann.
I'm a Welshman but I married an Irish girl and we lived in Co Donegal for a good few years, two of my daughters were born there. I still have a great soft spot for the county and the people.
As someone who was born and lives in Ireland. I loved seeing all our wee ways pointed out from an outside point of view. It made me proud to be Irish 🇮🇪
As Dara O'Brien said in his stand-up about explaining to foreigners about addresses in Ireland, "You just get it to Ireland, they'll sort it out from there*. Excellent video lads 😄😄
Beautiful Ireland ❤was there in June till August. Safe, clean country. Beautiful shops, safe transport, enjoyed the pubs. Beautiful friendly people, visited the Blarney castle, cathedrals 8:50 awesome parks and play parks for kids, jaunting cars was fun...😊just beautiful country. Carrigalone, Cross Haven, Kinsale, Killarney, Galway, awesome ❤
Married to an Irish woman with kids and I've (we've) been there countless times. Somewhere in the range of 40 to 50 times at least. I love going there for Christmas, which for me means a break from the sub- zero temperatures in Scandinavia. I Love Irish traditional music, the Irish wit and (sometimes crazy) idiomatic expressions. Even though my native country is very scenic, Ireland is a very scenic place too and has qualities you won't find in my country.
I have been to Ireland twice in my life: first in the mid 1970's when I was in my late 20's and again with wife and son this past year in my early 70's. Almost 50 years had passed. I noticed that Ireland had become MUCH more advanced vs. agricultural. In the 70's, the fields were absolutely filled with sheep. In 2023, the fields were filled with cows instead of sheep. I also observed huge swaths of forests of evergreen trees having been planted vs all fields. Just some observations. I am of Irish descent (Counties Kerry and Roscommon) and live now in Pennsylvania.
People use the word "slang" when they really mean dialect. As pointed out here a lot of the words people think of as Irish slang are really just part of local, or national dialects, and will be heard on a daily basis from all kinds of people.
@@moorenicola6264 it's not actually "as Gaeilge." The word originated in Northern England, I believe. Made its way over here through people travelling back and forth for work, and then died out in England but became more and more prevalent here. We also changed the spelling here for some reason.
A friend of mine visiting family in in Ireland went to the local pub on his own when his hosts turned in early. Recognizing a new patron, the bartender asked where he was from and he said he was from Canada, visiting his uncle John. He asked "You mean John what got his legs cut off in the war?" to which he said yes. The bartender proclaimed to all present "This is Andrew; Nephew of John what got his legs cut off in the war!" He was named and he was welcomed. The next day in the village, strangers who weren't even at the bar would approach him and say "You must be Andrew, Nephew of John what got his legs cut off in the war".
This sounds so much like South Africa! The part about greeting everyone either on foot or if you are in a car. And for someone from Russia who already seem to have an Irish twang your English, ha! What a gorgeous place and that lovely red beard!
My Daughter in Law is from Poland and has been here for over 10 years. She gets frustrated by our name spelling😅 it's so funny😂 but she has picked up the Sarcastic not a bother😂. When she is mad she curses in Polish and its hilarious. She is an amazing photographer and has worked with all nationalities , but the local Polish families are her favourite because she dsnt have to think in Polish and speak English. We adore her❤
I used to work with a few Polish people & I really love their humour… I can still remember how to curse in Polish because that’s what they taught me 🤣🇵🇱 Mark
@@seantaube2314 Can't do it😮 both my grand daughters 6 and 3 will have a conversation in Polish and then switch to English to tell me about the conversation.
I'm from Cavan and I've been to Donegal a lot over the years. We have a lot of similar ways of using slang to Donegal and although "grand" and "wee" etc are used all over the country, the way we use it is a wee bit different up here in the northern counties. Myself and the husband and kids were just in Donegal 3 weeks ago for a holiday in Bundoran and as usual it was fantastic, lashin rain an all 😃
The postman/townland system was actually very efficient. More than the postcodes in fact, as the postman would know if someone was temporarily elsewhere or with a relative. Nice video. I have a Russian partner myself and have experienced much the same.
As an Irish person but I can say that the way we spell names is very unique and when I'm out walk some where and Ur walk past some one u must give the a friendly smile our wave and when I love being Irish and I have the crack being Irish always will🇮🇪
Good help this girl when she learns to drive on the Irish roads, you could make a whole video on that and how a driver can fail their test but then drive away from the test centre afterwards and everything is grand.
We never really eat lamb out of season, which is February to about June and its also relatively expensive. But when its available its beautiful! Great video, top quality, makes the Country look lush!
Bóthair - The Irish word for road literally means 'Two Cows abreast' - that's the width of the old roads. - Of course we have Local, Regional, National and Motorways also but some country roads can be narrow.
Well, Mark, you have turned Asya into a full-fledged Irelander or Donegalian. She has the charm and charisma running in her veins now. Well done both of you 🤪😜✨️ Love the videos, entertaining, factual, and a great showcase platform.. ☘️✨️
I see so many similarities between you guys and my wife and I. She moved to Ireland from Canada from 2001 to 06 before we emigrated to Canada. She had so many similar experiences to you. We even had a Westie at the time as well called Rory
Hello from the north inner city of Dublin. Mark your a very lucky boy. That lady is absolutely gorgeous and I mean that she’s got the looks the sense of humor and she’s very intelligent. Congratulations to the both of you. I hope you’ll be very happy forever 😢😢😢😢
A few years ago I was working in Dublin and got invited out to a St. Patrick's Day drink by a bunch of girls (well, they were a lot younger than me). I just couldn't keep up. These girls, half my size almost literally drank me under the table. It was a good day/evening tho'!
I'm from Northern Ireland and worked in a liquor store (off-license). It takes years of training to reach Irish-level drinking, usually starts aged 12-14. The success of a night out is measured in units of alcohol, encounters with the opposite sex and overall craic generated. Craic is something unusual, hilarious or that generates drama or intrigue. The most popular person is the one who can tell the best story and generate the most craic. Drinking greatly increases the odds of craic being generated. Craic is not always good If you were beaten by girls in an arm wrestle I'd say you're weak. If you get beaten by girls at drinking you must be a lightweight!
The saying hello thing is very true, especially in small places. My father is from Westport and I often think walking with him down the street is like shadowing the Pope, he’s waving to so many people!
Just came across your channel now great craic 😂i will go back and watch your video's love it.A little suggestion to you to get your numbers up make some shorts it would drives a lot of traffic to your page you are both beautiful people and have some fun together i think you can have a minute one or 3 not too sure but god bless enjoy your life together because it can fly by so quickly❤🇨🇮☘️☘️(😂Cork here)
another point about lamb, is the fact the sheep breeds raised for wool, tend to have far less tasty meat, there are some hybrid species that are for wool and meat, but you usually end up with a middling version of each
I guess the American habit of saying hi! to strangers comes from the Irish. I also noticed Guinness as an example of having to having a drink in a pub. Guinness actually has a relatively low alcohol content. My family definitely kept the Irish trait of sarcasm and teasing 😂
@@SomethingToRemember I haven't gotten my DNA tested but my son had his done. It came back 97% northwestern European. I blame my husband for the missing 3%.
I'm of both my parents side. Of a very great Irish descent an a Dakota and Lakota sioux indian warrior people. Who dominated spectacular perfectly skillful the Great plains Indian tribal 🐎 horse culture during the old west of the 1800's. My two sioux Indians reservations is along the very beautiful Missouri River of South Dakota. I love 💘 to eat Irish potatoes 🥔 very tasty 😋 meal with corn 🌽 also native American fry bread 🍞 an native American Indian 🌮 tacos to. My great historical information for today. Have a great fabulous wonderful day.🦅🦬👗💞🎆
@@SomethingToRemember actually our Indian tacos don't look like that. It's well cooked of large bread. Then when it's cooking you can put cooked chop meat an flavor sauce regular or hot spicy sauce, lettuce an tomatoes 🍅 to add to very great taste.😋 look on the U tube how to make a fry bread or Indian taco under American Indian ingredients of how to make a Frey bread or Indian. 🌮 this picture is Spanish or Mexican way how their own tacos are made. My great information for today. Have a great fabulous wonderful day.😀😊
To this day we Irish still remember with great reverence the people of the Choctaw Nation who sent a large donation to help feed our people who were being starved to death by the British empire. So much given by a people who had little of their own. Never forgotten ❤️
@@adyseven1 I feel your pain the crow creek sioux Indian reservation along the beautiful Missouri River of SD an the pine ridge Oglala sioux Indian reservation of western SD. Are two of poorest reservations in the entire nation! My historical great information for today. Have a great fabulous wonderful day.😀😊
Not true. We used to have a lot of pioneers until that died out but there is a growing anti alcohol movement with younger people. Even as someone in my 40s I know plenty of people, including myself, who take a break from alcohol for months for various reasons and it's no big deal. Love going to the pub and being able to drive home.
Ha-ha-ha....I remember all he very same weird things from when I arrived here and, in the beginning I thought I might never learn the Irish way... especially after I overheard two Irish busdrivers from Cork havibg a conversation and, I didn't get any of it at all.....but by now - 24:years later - I think I might have learned, at least a wee bit 🤗 Thanks a lot for sharing...see ya in Donegal....
Living in Ireland for about 20 years now, but the one thing I adapted (or should I say - already born into) is the slagging. My girlfriend (now my wife) warned me about this when meeting her family that getting "slagged" actually means they like you as she noted some foreign people don't get the concept. Little they knew I grew up in my native Flanders where we ruthlessly burn down everyone we care about and being consistently super polite to people you may have known for years is actually insulting 😁 If I happen to be back in Flanders and bump into an old friend it is normal to great with "How are you doing , you ol pig f*cker" . Most "outsiders" would think we'd be sworn enemies and about to assault each other🤣 I do know I have to be more gentle with the insults towards my Irish friends - the biggest difference I find is in Ireland you slag people about their car, their house, the clothes they wear or the outcome of their actions where in my family we go for the throat and insult on a deeper personal level - although I have noted that most of my Irish friends have become quite comfortable to stomp my core identity into the ground in hilarious ways😆
Dialect is very different to slang. Hiberno-English has a lot a loan of words from the Irish language (Gaeilge), from Scots, and from older dialects of English from England. That’s all dialect, a country or place’s standard form of speaking. Then there’s slang as well, but you don’t have to be a linguist, it probably comes across as slang, but it’s actually dialect and that’s why it inter generational. Craic, wee and grand are NOT slang, they’re dialect. Aye comes from the Scots language (a low Germanic language from SE Scotland), craic is disputed it could be Irish or Cambric (Northern England). You won’t usually hear Irish people say “How’s it going?” in formal situations as that’s slang. Ireland is small, but diverse. In many parts of Ireland sarcasm has a social context but not all over the country, also it is might more common to encounter rugby or even soccer in some parts and there’s way more social activity than the pub. Your experience sounds lovely but very much a very particular rural experience. Sláinte a chara, every happiness to you and Marc in Ireland. You seem so positive, that will stand by you no matter where you go!
What you call slang, we in Tipperary call slagging. My first English language student, a super Polish woman, took to slagging like a duck to water. She's now a member of the Garda, and I'm sure the ability to indulge in slagging has stood to her.
@@eamonryan2198 wow, that’s great that she joined the Garda! Slang = local words, slagging = teasing (friendly or not). I wonder if slagging is part of Polish culture? She might just have been a natural at it.
Im from Wexford and went to college in Letterkenny. Needed a translator for a good while. I'd be trying to follow conversations and I'd be lost. Even worse if you were in the pub. Got the ear for it after a while thankfully.
Similar to traditional Australian culture but we really have that Anglo -Celt blend. Same word but different tone here as well ,but I think we swear more.
what your not mentioning about the irish postcode (eircode) is that each house has a unique one - so it identifies the house precisely - thats much better than most countries where a postcode just indicates an area with maybe 1000s of houses
A good swathe of Ireland doesn't bother much with gaelic football and focuses on hurling instead. Many moons ago I attended a compromised rules match of hurling/shinty. Scotland won for the first time in years. I don't know if they still organise that.
I remember getting on Irish ferries coming back from France forgetting hit had been sold and telling the Eastern European barman that I was busting for a pint of Guinness to me met with a blank stare I now fly Ryan air it’s still Irish with the same as temple bar for a drink
Great video. And hope you enjoy peace and happiness in Ireland. When I was a kid, and we were townies with a farm a few miles out, the postman in the rural area, on his swish Honda 50, used to catch the locals at funerals and hand out all the letters there. Sure I'm sure the lad in the coffin was LOl'ing to be missing his letters from the tax man 😂
Mark, you likely have not noticed but Asya is picking up quite the Irish accent 00:26 how she says "Ireland" is definitely not the English standard Oh and the indication of the two years with the fingers needs sorting too
We definitely have more of a northern twang than any other county in the Republic… but I’d say we have softer undertones, I think Northern accents are a bit more harsh! Don’t worry I don’t go around trying to be offended, unlike a lot of people in this comment section 😁 Thanks for your input!
Don't ask the country ald timers for directions, when you ask in conversation, how far is the next petrol station, hotel or town. They'll give you directions, like you'll come to a roundabout, if you take the first exit it'll bring to so and so. If you take the second exit, it'll bring you to so and so. So take the 3rd turn off the roundabout, go pass joe bloggs pub on your right. Up the road you'll come to a cross roads. Mary's house is on the left. Don't take that turn. Turn right and you'll pass Paddy O' Sheas house. You'll see his tractor outside. Continue on for about a mile (km now). Had to stop him, and ask how long it takes timewise. Explained, that I can put it in google maps. Still went on giving me directions.
I did love finding out that when NI was carved off Ireland a hundred years ago the Rugby authorities were not going to let silly trivial things like politics , borders and civil wars stop Ireland having a United team. Now #1 in the world and a joy to watch.
I’m from county Kildare originally, moved to county Meath when I was young and there I stayed 😊 however, if anyone asks me where I would recommend to visit in Ireland I always say go west or to Donegal cos that’s where the best craic is, and scenery. Now Dubs are a whole other matter. The Dublin humour is second to none and where you will find the most sarcasm and wit, in my opinion 😊
In Canada hurling is something you do when you've had too much to drink - you hurl it back up again. The Irish started eating potatoes after they ate all the Great Auks
Wow, really great work, Something To Remember team!!! Your video was very well done. Beautifully filmed. Great overall presentation, lots of great Ireland facts. I'll be watching the rest of your stuff immediately. Hello from Canada, eh? Have a great day!
Don't know if it's died out with the older generations gone , but here in Mayo my elderly friend added 'een' to a lot of small or young things.. as like 'look at that lambeen' or ' where's the pupeen?'..
@@SomethingToRemember And a lot of Irish language words in among English sentences, especially when referring to things to do with land or farming.. And the commonly used 'bothar leatha' meaning a short cut.. I live down a boreen that the people who lived here before me always referred to as the ' bother rua' ..well that's how it phonetically sounded .. unfortunately I didn't think til too late to ask them if they knew why it was called that and none of their elderly neighbors, now all gone themselves knew either... it bugs me still, not knowing! 😅 Of course lots of suggestions have been given as rua being red. The fact that it was lined with both whitethorn and blackthorn - the berries. Maybe lots of foxes. Perhaps a skirmish there during the war of independence.. blood spilled there. A dead end boreen.. but up to two generations ago it was used as a way to the village for mass by people who lived in a glen beyond it. They came up a track from there, now overgrown.. crossed the small river via stepping stones onto the bother rua. I am not a native Irish speaker, only have school taught Irish so I don't know what if any other words the 'rua' phonetic sound could mean possibly related to that use of the boreen.. the people from the glen using it. Also Ruane is a common surname in the area.. maybe many Ruane's lived in the glen and the boreen is really called Bother Ruane ..just with the ' n' not pronounced in speech.
“Get me get me that yoke” ….. it could be anything from a fork to the neighbours Tractor….. and “your man”could be anybody in Ireland 🤷♀️Ja your postman are truly magical creatures 🤔 I kept insisting I needed a full address. I thought my Irishman was mad in his head truly.
"just down the road" can be anywhere from 1 mile to 20 miles and then some 😄 and don't forget all the words we have for being drunk or hungover and the many varying uses of the word "eejit"
'Smashing' is seen as a very English slang word, but it came from Irish market sellers in London describing their wares as 'Is maith sin', meaning it's fine. Locals picked up th the term as 'smashing'.
Let us know if you have been to Ireland and noticed anything we mentioned in the video 😅
The north has lots of GAA clubs, Donegal has 40, my county Antrim has between 50 to 60 with Casement Park hopefully getting its long overdue redevelopment into a modern 36,000 seat stadium. Irish culture is held onto more when others try to take it away from you. All the best to you both, Donegal's a beautiful county.
We didn’t say anything about there not being GAA clubs in the north - we said hurling is played more in the south of the country than the north of the country 😄 Thanks for your comment!
I think you are both delightful and it was lovely to see a video without all those tourist attractions 👍
I have been to Ireland / Wait, I was born here. Yer all mad but great craic, I will watch more of your videos. I love my country and what is "normal" for us can be strange to others. Mise a chara Sean as Tiobraid Arann.
Oooh, we want to go to Tipperary! ☺️
I live In England but Ireland is my favourite country. I go as often as I can, love the craic over there and it’s just beautiful.
Ah thanks, be sure to visit as often as you can 😊
I'm a Welshman but I married an Irish girl and we lived in Co Donegal for a good few years, two of my daughters were born there. I still have a great soft spot for the county and the people.
Nice to hear comments like this 💚☘️
As someone who was born and lives in Ireland. I loved seeing all our wee ways pointed out from an outside point of view. It made me proud to be Irish 🇮🇪
Glad to hear it’s enjoyable from that perspective 💛☺️
I absolutely love Ireland and the Irish people as they remind me of Australian people. A very beautiful country. Love from Australia ❤
We’ve yet to go to Australia but would love to visit some day! Thank you 💚
You are nothing at all like Irish people...stop kidding yourself. ? your a fascist nation ....you have nothing to do with us thankyou
thats because 60% of Aussies are Irish Origin
Right back from Ireland :)
Says the bloke with the Irish name
As Dara O'Brien said in his stand-up about explaining to foreigners about addresses in Ireland, "You just get it to Ireland, they'll sort it out from there*. Excellent video lads 😄😄
I had to come to Ireland to understand it😅thank you very much☺️
There's a lad who has fined out on the Oirishness and embraced the Sasanach
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@@deanodog3667 shush Deano. It'll be grand
Street names and addresses are very common in Ireland. Obviously data o Briain is from a very rural area
Beautiful Ireland ❤was there in June till August. Safe, clean country. Beautiful shops, safe transport, enjoyed the pubs. Beautiful friendly people, visited the Blarney castle, cathedrals 8:50 awesome parks and play parks for kids, jaunting cars was fun...😊just beautiful country. Carrigalone, Cross Haven, Kinsale, Killarney, Galway, awesome ❤
Glad you enjoyed it ☺️
my wife's family is from County Mayo - cant wait!!!
You’ll love it! ☺️☘️💚
Mayo is literally one my fave places in earth. Lucky u marrying into it. 💚 ❤
a friend once told me the a letter sent from england to his father read Mr Gillen the bungalow opposite Rooneys shop Enniskillen
I’d well believe it! 🤣
I used to do that the postmen are good sports
I'm Secretary of the local soccer club. I get letters addressed to the club delivered directly to my door. That's some service by An Post.
Married to an Irish woman with kids and I've (we've) been there countless times. Somewhere in the range of 40 to 50 times at least. I love going there for Christmas, which for me means a break from the sub- zero temperatures in Scandinavia. I Love Irish traditional music, the Irish wit and (sometimes crazy) idiomatic expressions. Even though my native country is very scenic, Ireland is a very scenic place too and has qualities you won't find in my country.
Great to hear! Thanks for your input 💚☘️
Grand introduction to County Donegal, well put together, had some craic watching, ta
Thanks! ☺️
It's so nice when we're out and wave to everyone and the way the postmen knew the house in the country. Some areas they would go in for a cup of tea
It’s a great part of the culture 😊
Leaving for Ireland in one month. So excited to check off this bucket list trip!!
You’ll love it! ☘️💚
I have been to Ireland twice in my life: first in the mid 1970's when I was in my late 20's and again with wife and son this past year in my early 70's. Almost 50 years had passed. I noticed that Ireland had become MUCH more advanced vs. agricultural. In the 70's, the fields were absolutely filled with sheep. In 2023, the fields were filled with cows instead of sheep. I also observed huge swaths of forests of evergreen trees having been planted vs all fields. Just some observations. I am of Irish descent (Counties Kerry and Roscommon) and live now in Pennsylvania.
We love comments like this… Thanks for sharing 💚☘️
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Welcome home my brother. I hope hope you come back again soon.
In the 70s Ireland was a dump. Now it is the very opposite.
Hello Pennsylvania Irish person glad you had a great time .
People use the word "slang" when they really mean dialect. As pointed out here a lot of the words people think of as Irish slang are really just part of local, or national dialects, and will be heard on a daily basis from all kinds of people.
Much of a muchness! 😅
I agree. They're just words. Craic is definitely not slang, it's fun as Gaeilge.
@@moorenicola6264 it's not actually "as Gaeilge." The word originated in Northern England, I believe. Made its way over here through people travelling back and forth for work, and then died out in England but became more and more prevalent here. We also changed the spelling here for some reason.
What a lovely couple ❤ Very enjoyable video to watch and welcome to Ireland 🇮🇪 Asya
Ah thanks so much☺️💚
A friend of mine visiting family in in Ireland went to the local pub on his own when his hosts turned in early. Recognizing a new patron, the bartender asked where he was from and he said he was from Canada, visiting his uncle John. He asked "You mean John what got his legs cut off in the war?" to which he said yes. The bartender proclaimed to all present "This is Andrew; Nephew of John what got his legs cut off in the war!" He was named and he was welcomed. The next day in the village, strangers who weren't even at the bar would approach him and say "You must be Andrew, Nephew of John what got his legs cut off in the war".
Great video, myself and my 7 year old girl, Ada loved it and thought it was very funny 👍
Ah that’s great, thank you! 😊
I am Irish love the video. Always happy to hear what visitors have to say.
Thank you ☘️💚
Welcome to Ireland Asya! I hope you'll be very happy here
Thanks so much! 😊
Rossnowlagh in Donegal is my favourite place in the world, so far. Surf, good food, friendly people. Amazing.
Will give it a try thanks! 😊
Marching as well!!!!!!!!!!😜
An Irish man living here all my life and I loved the job you did. Great Russian accent Mark. Welcome Aysa, sounds to me like you'll fit in grand.
Thank you very much☺️🙌🏻
I agree , Aysa is a gorgeous soul , I love the way she embraces Ireland and just fits in x
Thank you for your nice words💚
This sounds so much like South Africa! The part about greeting everyone either on foot or if you are in a car. And for someone from Russia who already seem to have an Irish twang your English, ha! What a gorgeous place and that lovely red beard!
Very interesting! Thank you for your comment! Take care:)
My Daughter in Law is from Poland and has been here for over 10 years. She gets frustrated by our name spelling😅 it's so funny😂 but she has picked up the Sarcastic not a bother😂. When she is mad she curses in Polish and its hilarious. She is an amazing photographer and has worked with all nationalities , but the local Polish families are her favourite because she dsnt have to think in Polish and speak English. We adore her❤
I used to work with a few Polish people & I really love their humour… I can still remember how to curse in Polish because that’s what they taught me 🤣🇵🇱
Mark
Have you tried pronounce Polish names I find it difficult
@@seantaube2314 Can't do it😮 both my grand daughters 6 and 3 will have a conversation in Polish and then switch to English to tell me about the conversation.
every week I buy a pack of Polish sausages in a tiny Polish shop in dun laoire
I'm from Cavan and I've been to Donegal a lot over the years. We have a lot of similar ways of using slang to Donegal and although "grand" and "wee" etc are used all over the country, the way we use it is a wee bit different up here in the northern counties.
Myself and the husband and kids were just in Donegal 3 weeks ago for a holiday in Bundoran and as usual it was fantastic, lashin rain an all 😃
Glad you enjoyed your trip! We call it Fundoran up here 🤣
@@SomethingToRemember aye I heard that a few times alright 😀
Wee is not used all over Ireland. Mostly the northern counties.
Wee is never used where I live
The postman/townland system was actually very efficient. More than the postcodes in fact, as the postman would know if someone was temporarily elsewhere or with a relative. Nice video. I have a Russian partner myself and have experienced much the same.
It’s all well and good until the postman retires 😅 Cheers, glad to hear it! 😊
As an Irish person but I can say that the way we spell names is very unique and when I'm out walk some where and Ur walk past some one u must give the a friendly smile our wave and when I love being Irish and I have the crack being Irish always will🇮🇪
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Nice video guys. My Australian girlfriend, now wife, really enjoyed the year that we lived in Ireland.
Great to hear 💪🏻😊
Brilliant video and so so true on every point. I say that as an American who lived in Ireland for five years with his Russian wife.
Haha thank you 💚😊
Nice video. I really want to visit ireland. And their brews haha. Greetings from a Dutch man living in France.
Thank you! Hope you can come to travel here soon☺️
Shane's put on Russia accent was very good, that's really what they really tend to sound like speaking the English
Mark! 😅 Thanks 🙏
oh yeah sorry I meant Mark's
Good help this girl when she learns to drive on the Irish roads, you could make a whole video on that and how a driver can fail their test but then drive away from the test centre afterwards and everything is grand.
She’s giving it a miss 🤣
Jaysus, ye're a grand couple, not to mention a fine yoke!! :) Fair play, loved it!
😅😅Thank you💚Take care☘️
We never really eat lamb out of season, which is February to about June and its also relatively expensive. But when its available its beautiful! Great video, top quality, makes the Country look lush!
Cheers for the input ☺️💚
Love how she says “Ireland”..
Bóthair - The Irish word for road literally means 'Two Cows abreast' - that's the width of the old roads. - Of course we have Local, Regional, National and Motorways also but some country roads can be narrow.
Thanks for that bit of info...
Interesting, cheers! 🥰
I really like your video ❤❤❤.So informative, fun, short&catchy❤❤❤
Thank you my friend ☺️
Bri.liant lad! - Should do a episode about the difference between the North and the South.
Cheers! We might do 😊
Well, Mark, you have turned Asya into a full-fledged Irelander or Donegalian. She has the charm and charisma running in her veins now. Well done both of you 🤪😜✨️ Love the videos, entertaining, factual, and a great showcase platform.. ☘️✨️
She’s fully converted at this stage 😅 Cheers, appreciate it ❤️
This is good lads, well done!
Thanks💚☘️
I see so many similarities between you guys and my wife and I. She moved to Ireland from Canada from 2001 to 06 before we emigrated to Canada. She had so many similar experiences to you. We even had a Westie at the time as well called Rory
Ah that’s lovely ☺️ Hope you are enjoying our videos! 💚
Hello from the north inner city of Dublin. Mark your a very lucky boy. That lady is absolutely gorgeous and I mean that she’s got the looks the sense of humor and she’s very intelligent. Congratulations to the both of you. I hope you’ll be very happy forever 😢😢😢😢
Thanks a lot for this cute comment☺️💚
Irish people usually don't make for great youtubers but you sir, do a great job
Appreciate that my friend ☺️☘️
Nice video. I'm Irish and I like how you put it together
Thank you! 😊
Actually watched this over here in Iraq and it made me laugh 😅 great craic altogether 😂
Cheers 😅❤️
Watching from the Netherlands! Very entertaining 😊
Great to know☺️💚
I’m from a small town in north Dublin even we still say hi to everyone when passing by
Great to hear 😊
A few years ago I was working in Dublin and got invited out to a St. Patrick's Day drink by a bunch of girls (well, they were a lot younger than me). I just couldn't keep up. These girls, half my size almost literally drank me under the table. It was a good day/evening tho'!
Totally get it😅
I'm from Northern Ireland and worked in a liquor store (off-license). It takes years of training to reach Irish-level drinking, usually starts aged 12-14. The success of a night out is measured in units of alcohol, encounters with the opposite sex and overall craic generated. Craic is something unusual, hilarious or that generates drama or intrigue. The most popular person is the one who can tell the best story and generate the most craic. Drinking greatly increases the odds of craic being generated. Craic is not always good
If you were beaten by girls in an arm wrestle I'd say you're weak. If you get beaten by girls at drinking you must be a lightweight!
You two look good together 😊 wishing you both a long happy and fulfilling lifetime of joy and all love's blessings!! 👶👍
Thanks a lot ☺️
The saying hello thing is very true, especially in small places. My father is from Westport and I often think walking with him down the street is like shadowing the Pope, he’s waving to so many people!
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Just came across your channel now great craic 😂i will go back and watch your video's love it.A little suggestion to you to get your numbers up make some shorts it would drives a lot of traffic to your page you are both beautiful people and have some fun together i think you can have a minute one or 3 not too sure but god bless enjoy your life together because it can fly by so quickly❤🇨🇮☘️☘️(😂Cork here)
Thanks for the advice! 💪🏻😊
great vid yous deserve a lot more subs
Thanks a lot ☺️ Liking, commenting & sharing certainly helps us a lot, appreciate it! 💚
Quality new sub all my family are from Letterkenny am from glasgow grew up going over to Ireland clp times a year and still visit often 🇮🇪👍🏼👍🏼
Great to hear! Mark is from just north of Letterkenny 😊 Thanks for subbing 💪🏻
Great wee video! You should bring Asya to the Fleadh Ceoil this week in Mullingar. I was at it for the first time last year and it was fabulous.
Thanks! That’s actually a great idea but we are away to Mayo to do some filming this week… Maybe next time! 👍🏻🎵☘️
Fabulous??surely you mean great craic😂🤣🤣
Absolutely@@andysix246
another point about lamb, is the fact the sheep breeds raised for wool, tend to have far less tasty meat, there are some hybrid species that are for wool and meat, but you usually end up with a middling version of each
Interesting, thanks for the insight ☺️🐏
I guess the American habit of saying hi! to strangers comes from the Irish. I also noticed Guinness as an example of having to having a drink in a pub. Guinness actually has a relatively low alcohol content. My family definitely kept the Irish trait of sarcasm and teasing 😂
I’m glad you’ve still got some Irish in you 😅 Thanks for commenting!
@@SomethingToRemember I haven't gotten my DNA tested but my son had his done. It came back 97% northwestern European. I blame my husband for the missing 3%.
@@martha3445Americans do not say hi to each other in general, it's a countryside thing more than an Irish thing
Guinness is about 5.5%
A regular pint of Guinness you’d get in a pub is only around 4.2%. The “foreign extra” stuff you can buy in cans is over 5 👍🏻
"What's the craic" is also used a LOT, meaning "what's the story", "what's going on".
True! It’s a complex word 🤣
I'm of both my parents side. Of a very great Irish descent an a Dakota and Lakota sioux indian warrior people. Who dominated spectacular perfectly skillful the Great plains Indian tribal 🐎 horse culture during the old west of the 1800's. My two sioux Indians reservations is along the very beautiful Missouri River of South Dakota. I love 💘 to eat Irish potatoes 🥔 very tasty 😋 meal with corn 🌽 also native American fry bread 🍞 an native American Indian 🌮 tacos to. My great historical information for today. Have a great fabulous wonderful day.🦅🦬👗💞🎆
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@@SomethingToRemember actually our Indian tacos don't look like that. It's well cooked of large bread. Then when it's cooking you can put cooked chop meat an flavor sauce regular or hot spicy sauce, lettuce an tomatoes 🍅 to add to very great taste.😋 look on the U tube how to make a fry bread or Indian taco under American Indian ingredients of how to make a Frey bread or Indian. 🌮 this picture is Spanish or Mexican way how their own tacos are made. My great information for today. Have a great fabulous wonderful day.😀😊
To this day we Irish still remember with great reverence the people of the Choctaw Nation who sent a large donation to help feed our people who were being starved to death by the British empire.
So much given by a people who had little of their own.
Never forgotten ❤️
@@adyseven1 I feel your pain the crow creek sioux Indian reservation along the beautiful Missouri River of SD an the pine ridge Oglala sioux Indian reservation of western SD. Are two of poorest reservations in the entire nation! My historical great information for today. Have a great fabulous wonderful day.😀😊
We got lost once in a sea of country roads with no names and every time we passed a farmhouse the sheepdogs would come out and try to herd our car.
Thank you so much for such a wonderful video. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Glad to hear it! 💚
4:00 Very true. I don't really even enjoy drinking alcohol but if I'm in a pub it's impossible not to drink in Ireland 😁
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Not true. We used to have a lot of pioneers until that died out but there is a growing anti alcohol movement with younger people. Even as someone in my 40s I know plenty of people, including myself, who take a break from alcohol for months for various reasons and it's no big deal. Love going to the pub and being able to drive home.
Ha-ha-ha....I remember all he very same weird things from when I arrived here and, in the beginning I thought I might never learn the Irish way...
especially after I overheard two Irish busdrivers from Cork havibg a conversation and, I didn't get any of it at all.....but by now - 24:years later - I think I might have learned, at least a wee bit 🤗
Thanks a lot for sharing...see ya in Donegal....
Haha I can imagine that was a bit of a culture shock alright 🤣 Thanks for commenting! ☘️
Fabulous! Hi from Australia…there are some real similarities in some of our cultural ways here too( but I do come from Irish heritage)
I can imagine! Sooo many Irish people go to Australia. I like to think our nations are good friends 🇮🇪🇦🇺🤩
Living in Ireland for about 20 years now, but the one thing I adapted (or should I say - already born into) is the slagging. My girlfriend (now my wife) warned me about this when meeting her family that getting "slagged" actually means they like you as she noted some foreign people don't get the concept. Little they knew I grew up in my native Flanders where we ruthlessly burn down everyone we care about and being consistently super polite to people you may have known for years is actually insulting 😁 If I happen to be back in Flanders and bump into an old friend it is normal to great with "How are you doing , you ol pig f*cker" . Most "outsiders" would think we'd be sworn enemies and about to assault each other🤣 I do know I have to be more gentle with the insults towards my Irish friends - the biggest difference I find is in Ireland you slag people about their car, their house, the clothes they wear or the outcome of their actions where in my family we go for the throat and insult on a deeper personal level - although I have noted that most of my Irish friends have become quite comfortable to stomp my core identity into the ground in hilarious ways😆
Interesting 😅 Enjoyed reading that, thank you!
There is a lot of lamb in the menu in Dublin, I eat it at least twice a week.
We need to go to Dublin then 😅
For sure. Dublin is a madhouse and it's not really Ireland and at the same time it is very much Ireland.@@SomethingToRemember
Dialect is very different to slang. Hiberno-English has a lot a loan of words from the Irish language (Gaeilge), from Scots, and from older dialects of English from England. That’s all dialect, a country or place’s standard form of speaking. Then there’s slang as well, but you don’t have to be a linguist, it probably comes across as slang, but it’s actually dialect and that’s why it inter generational. Craic, wee and grand are NOT slang, they’re dialect. Aye comes from the Scots language (a low Germanic language from SE Scotland), craic is disputed it could be Irish or Cambric (Northern England). You won’t usually hear Irish people say “How’s it going?” in formal situations as that’s slang. Ireland is small, but diverse. In many parts of Ireland sarcasm has a social context but not all over the country, also it is might more common to encounter rugby or even soccer in some parts and there’s way more social activity than the pub. Your experience sounds lovely but very much a very particular rural experience. Sláinte a chara, every happiness to you and Marc in Ireland. You seem so positive, that will stand by you no matter where you go!
Give over would ye Pete. Proper loser
What you call slang, we in Tipperary call slagging. My first English language student, a super Polish woman, took to slagging like a duck to water. She's now a member of the Garda, and I'm sure the ability to indulge in slagging has stood to her.
@@eamonryan2198 wow, that’s great that she joined the Garda! Slang = local words, slagging = teasing (friendly or not). I wonder if slagging is part of Polish culture? She might just have been a natural at it.
Im from Wexford and went to college in Letterkenny. Needed a translator for a good while. I'd be trying to follow conversations and I'd be lost. Even worse if you were in the pub. Got the ear for it after a while thankfully.
Haha glad you got the hang of it in the end up 😅
Similar to traditional Australian culture but we really have that Anglo -Celt blend. Same word but different tone here as well ,but I think we swear more.
Interesting, cheers! 😅
what your not mentioning about the irish postcode (eircode) is that each house has a unique one - so it identifies the house precisely - thats much better than most countries where a postcode just indicates an area with maybe 1000s of houses
Yeah that’s true, thanks 👍🏻😊
Absolutely all of this applies to living in the Scottish Highlands - except we play shinty
Cut from the same cloth! 😅
A good swathe of Ireland doesn't bother much with gaelic football and focuses on hurling instead. Many moons ago I attended a compromised rules match of hurling/shinty. Scotland won for the first time in years. I don't know if they still organise that.
I wouldn’t like to get on the wrong end of a shinty stick, they strike the ball like they’re swinging a golf club.
I've not been home for quite a few years and when I did get back for a few days I forgot how friendly or people really are 😊
Had the same feeling this summer☺️
Great video, thanks guys.
Cheers💚☘️
You’re welcome, thanks for watching ☺️
I remember getting on Irish ferries coming back from France forgetting hit had been sold and telling the Eastern European barman that I was busting for a pint of Guinness to me met with a blank stare I now fly Ryan air it’s still Irish with the same as temple bar for a drink
Ryanair don't have draught Guinness and charge a fortune if you take the car on the flight.
The postman/woman always, always knows where everyone lives!!! 🤣
They have a tough job alright 🤣
Great video. And hope you enjoy peace and happiness in Ireland.
When I was a kid, and we were townies with a farm a few miles out, the postman in the rural area, on his swish Honda 50, used to catch the locals at funerals and hand out all the letters there.
Sure I'm sure the lad in the coffin was LOl'ing to be missing his letters from the tax man 😂
🤣 Sounds Irish alright!
We never got our post until late afternoon,the postman was too busy gossiping at every house he delivered to
Ya the postman flagged me down on my way to work to give me a parcel
Great video
Thanks! 😊
Excellent video, well done.
Thank you very much☺️
Mark, you should submit names for the roads.
Very good very on the ball with everything
Thank you ☘️💚
this is great! well done
Thank you! 😊
Mark, you likely have not noticed but Asya is picking up quite the Irish accent
00:26 how she says "Ireland" is definitely not the English standard
Oh and the indication of the two years with the fingers needs sorting too
It will only get more Irish as time goes by aswell 😅 Thanks for the comment!
County Donegal accent is very interesting. You sound nearly identical to some people I’ve met from Tyrone and Down. Hope that’s not offensive!!
We definitely have more of a northern twang than any other county in the Republic… but I’d say we have softer undertones, I think Northern accents are a bit more harsh!
Don’t worry I don’t go around trying to be offended, unlike a lot of people in this comment section 😁 Thanks for your input!
Lovely
Thank you☘️☺️
The following letter got delivered to the right person
Mr Dave O'Neill
Newtown
Moved there last month
Close to the church
Co. Wicklow
🤣🤣 Absolutely love that!
Don't ask the country ald timers for directions, when you ask in conversation, how far is the next petrol station, hotel or town. They'll give you directions, like you'll come to a roundabout, if you take the first exit it'll bring to so and so. If you take the second exit, it'll bring you to so and so. So take the 3rd turn off the roundabout, go pass joe bloggs pub on your right. Up the road you'll come to a cross roads. Mary's house is on the left. Don't take that turn. Turn right and you'll pass Paddy O' Sheas house. You'll see his tractor outside. Continue on for about a mile (km now). Had to stop him, and ask how long it takes timewise. Explained, that I can put it in google maps. Still went on giving me directions.
Spot on 🤣
Very well produced and you're a lovely couple ... Much Love ❤
Ah thanks so much☺️
I did love finding out that when NI was carved off Ireland a hundred years ago the Rugby authorities were not going to let silly trivial things like politics , borders and civil wars stop Ireland having a United team. Now #1 in the world and a joy to watch.
Truth! 💚😊
you the same wee quiet lad between the Swilly sticks all them years ago. haha
That’s me! Not so wee or quiet any more though 😅👋
I’m from county Kildare originally, moved to county Meath when I was young and there I stayed 😊 however, if anyone asks me where I would recommend to visit in Ireland I always say go west or to Donegal cos that’s where the best craic is, and scenery. Now Dubs are a whole other matter. The Dublin humour is second to none and where you will find the most sarcasm and wit, in my opinion 😊
We love Donegal 😍
Come to Belfast, we're a grand wee bunch of witty sarcastic b'stards up here 😅
In Canada hurling is something you do when you've had too much to drink - you hurl it back up again. The Irish started eating potatoes after they ate all the Great Auks
Wow, really great work, Something To Remember team!!! Your video was very well done. Beautifully filmed. Great overall presentation, lots of great Ireland facts. I'll be watching the rest of your stuff immediately. Hello from Canada, eh? Have a great day!
Thanks a lot, appreciate it! Take care💚
Have a great day, eh!!
I had to laugh at the grand bit. Oh I used to get in to so much trouble saying a dinner was grand when I was a child.
🤣 That sounds about right! Thanks for your comment ☺️
My dad is irish and my mom si romanian im proud to be romanian and irish i love both cultures
That’s great 😊
great video guys my girlfriend is from dublin so ive got used to being roasted by her family and friends haha
You know you’re well-liked by the family if they’re roasting you 🤣
I lived in Ireland for years with my x wife 😍 ❤ and my great grandparents are from co wexford I miss the country people craic 😊
Wexford is a place we’ve never been! Will check it out some day 😊
Great vid!
Thanks☺️
Don't know if it's died out with the older generations gone , but here in Mayo my elderly friend added 'een' to a lot of small or young things.. as like 'look at that lambeen' or ' where's the pupeen?'..
Actually, my grandfather was from Mayo & I remember him saying that a lot too 😅 Perhaps someone from Mayo could shine a light on it for us… 😊
Mark
@@SomethingToRemember And a lot of Irish language words in among English sentences, especially when referring to things to do with land or farming..
And the commonly used 'bothar leatha' meaning a short cut..
I live down a boreen that the people who lived here before me always referred to as the ' bother rua' ..well that's how it phonetically sounded .. unfortunately I didn't think til too late to ask them if they knew why it was called that and none of their elderly neighbors, now all gone themselves knew either... it bugs me still, not knowing! 😅
Of course lots of suggestions have been given as rua being red. The fact that it was lined with both whitethorn and blackthorn - the berries. Maybe lots of foxes. Perhaps a skirmish there during the war of independence.. blood spilled there.
A dead end boreen.. but up to two generations ago it was used as a way to the village for mass by people who lived in a glen beyond it. They came up a track from there, now overgrown.. crossed the small river via stepping stones onto the bother rua.
I am not a native Irish speaker, only have school taught Irish so I don't know what if any other words the 'rua' phonetic sound could mean possibly related to that use of the boreen.. the people from the glen using it.
Also Ruane is a common surname in the area.. maybe many Ruane's lived in the glen and the boreen is really called Bother Ruane ..just with the ' n' not pronounced in speech.
Adding ín (pronounced een) to the end of a word is describing it as small. For example éan means "bird", éinín means 'little bird"
@@calador1918 Yes.. I spelled the ín as een so it would be phonetically understandable to non Irish..
@@shooster5884 Boithrin
“Get me get me that yoke” ….. it could be anything from a fork to the neighbours Tractor….. and “your man”could be anybody in Ireland 🤷♀️Ja your postman are truly magical creatures 🤔 I kept insisting I needed a full address. I thought my Irishman was mad in his head truly.
Great points, all so true! 🤣
"just down the road" can be anywhere from 1 mile to 20 miles and then some 😄 and don't forget all the words we have for being drunk or hungover and the many varying uses of the word "eejit"
One of my favorite "Irish-isms" is how some people tack the word "like" into random places in a sentence for no apparent reason like.
I know like 😅
Favourite.
The two Irish slang words I learned as a wee lad were "grand" and "desperate." Grand = good and desperate = bad.
Haha “jaysus sure that’s desperate altogether” 😁
Thats hardly slang, and its not particularly Irish either. Both are used extensively in GB.
@@admiralbenbow5083 desperate is traditionally used in GB too, grand is used much more in Ireland and was probably an export to GB..
'Smashing' is seen as a very English slang word, but it came from Irish market sellers in London describing their wares as 'Is maith sin', meaning it's fine. Locals picked up th the term as 'smashing'.
I heard that more than once as a kid.😄😄@@SomethingToRemember
4:45 i literally burst out laughing when she said "taking the piss". such perfect idiomatic English but with a russian accent. brilliant
She’s got the lingo down to a T!
Excuse me hurling is our national sport , football is only for people that don't have enough skills to play hurling lol
We’ll agree to disagree! 🤣 Love hurling too though, it’s just not as popular up here unfortunately 😅
GAA is one aswell
Aye, I probably should have mentioned they are under the same umbrella 😅
GAa is a hooligan sport played by gentlemen. Hurling is a hooligan sport played by hooligans. Wee pint?
Never knew,Hurling was our national 😮sport, myself a DUB, the team who beat, Kerry 😮😢😊