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I was at that Donegal vs Galway football match, walking down the exact same streets pre game. So frustrating to know I missed my once in a lifetime chance to meet this legend, but so surreal and cool to know he was at the exact same place on the exact same day.
I had that happen with TheWoo Adam The Woo From Florida & Cali was in Cincinnati @ the same REDS Vs Tampa Bay Rays game as I was coming from Las Vegas, NV The next day he uploads his video & I see we were there in exactly the opposite seats I was being REDS dugout & He was behind RAYS dugout Then I see the dude in the green shirt right next to him was the guy My uncle pointed out from across the way Something about his shirt I don’t remember now It was over a yr ago May even be 2 years already But I’m pretty sure it was last summer 2023 It could have been 2022 🤔 lol But I’m sure it was 2023 Anyways, I couldn’t believe I didn’t run into Him being right there and neither of Us from there
I love other countries where they standup for what they believe is Right . In The US it’s only The Brothas & Sistas that will actually tear ish apart to get things Right for them .
Emotions are all on a spectrum: If your feeling awe you cannot experience fear. That’s because fear is the far negative side of the same emotional wavelength. If you feel gratitude, sadness will be off in the distance. Visible but not experiential. But it’s important to remember that, with greater intensity of emotion, they can shift faster in response to stimuli. That’s why stoicism is so valuable, it acts like a safeguard to greater levels of intensity of emotion because of the nature of stoic thought patterns. But the tradeoff is you don’t get higher states of bliss and happiness either. That is why I recommend a shift in worldview to sincerity over seriousness. Even the worst and best things you shouldn’t take seriously, but experience them with the utmost sincerity. Guard your thoughts and be mindful of your self talk.
If your heading back to the US, if you get the chance fly into st. John's Newfoundland Canada, and you will be blown away by the similarities between the Irish and Newfoundland, a great piece of history, for a history buff like you.
I drove through NFLD from Port-aux-Basque to St. John’s and back. Long trip. Met a Donegal lass in St. John’s and she said what you said. Personally, I think NS more Celtic than NFLD. I did get screeched. BTW, Eastern Canada 100xs more friendly than western Canada. Go th Canada Tommy.
Tommy, I've been watching your channel grow significantly, from 200,000 to now 666,000. absolutely astonishing all your travels are genuine and that's all anyone should ask for.
I've visited twice also. 2000 and 2019. The second time we rented a car in Dublin and drove all over the country and even ferried out to Inishmore for a couple of days. I love beautiful Ireland and her beautiful people. Erin go brách!
Brings back so many memories! ❤ In 2017, I landed up on chilly and stormy Arranmore island with my wife and 6 yr. old daughter for a vacation. All the way from India. We lived in the lighthouse keeper's house attached to the desolate Arranmore lighthouse with books of Irish ghost stories to keep us company.(it was listed on Airbnb at that time). Every part of the island has so much history associated with it. The monument you saw wasn't to Nova Scotia in Canada. It's a monument to Beaver Island in Michigan where many early Irish immigrants set up a community.
greetings from michigan 👋🏼 The irish are such a kind people.. It feels like i know them in my soul.. hard to put into words. could be the little irish in me ( great gma was a green ) that and i grew up with irish friends. Just feels like i know them.. a good feeling! never felt drawn to visit england, but ireland pulls at my heart ☘️
I’m Irish and got love for all the Irish Americans that are proud of their heritage. Be proud of your identity, your family, and your heritage 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 Love that families and communities over there have held onto their Irish identity for over 100 years.
BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE! Good to be in my natural environment, no sunscreen needed. No better way to start off an epic trip across Eurasia ☘🇮🇪 Btw I hope you're enjoying the Irish accents so far, they get even more intense in the next one 😂
This was a wonderful and insightful episode. I appreciate the historical commentary you provide on your videos, Tommy. By the way, please consider going on Ari Shaffir's ' You Be Trippin' ' podcast. He's a comedian out of New York (Alphabet City) who interviews people who have traveled to other countries and it focuses on one country per episode. I think you would enjoy it and it would be interesting to hear you speak about your travels in conversation with a fellow traveler and New Yorker. Beir bua!
We drove all over Ireland last year Dublin, Galway, Kilarney, Dingle, Kinsale it was the trip of a lifetime and we met some of the nicest people on the planet. GO TO IRELAND !!
Hi Tommy, I was delighted and surprised to see that you had a new video in Ireland. I live in Galway and I became obsessed with your videos about 6 months ago. I first came across one of your videos by chance, I believe it was crossing over the border from Uganda to Kenya (I think) and I was instantly addicted to your videos and I came obsessed for the next couple of months. I was getting all my entertainment after work from your videos and adventures and I was telling all my friends and work colleagues about them. I had never been into travel videos before. But your videos were more appealing to me because not only do you describe the countries in detail, you also interact with the locals and don't just go to the touristic areas which for me makes your analysis of places more real and authentic and therefore more entertaining/exciting. I am free for the next 2 days. I don't know if you've been to Galway city yet but I would love to meet you. For a pint, a coffee or for a walk around Galway city. You have become somewhat of a superstar to me over the last few months. I wish you well in all your future adventures and may you continue to travel and be safe ♥️
Irish food is terribly underrated. Some of the best oysters, mussels, unreal fish, the class Sunday roasts, gorgeous stews, shepherds pie, irish breakfast, chicken rolls, soda bread, our beef, lamb pork, are amazing quality. If you prevent yourself from absorbing the stereotypes, irish food can genuinely be some of the best in the world
The funny thing is I talked to a guy from Dublin and he said the one food I need to try if I visit Ireland is a spice bag, which having looked it up is like an Irish take on chinese food. Which I can sort of relate to as I lived in Germany for a few years and the food I miss most is a good döner.
This is amazing. I have never been to Ireland and really want to go. I have seen all your videos, this one made me smile more than usual. I can't wait for the second part of this trip!
I watched this with my parents. We were absolutely blown away to see Silver Strand beach in Donegal featured on your channel. All the exotic locations you've shown us, and we see the beach and area we vacationed in countless times growing up. Thank you for all that you do.
Hey! Thanks for mentioning Nicaragua for having beautiful beaches. I’m living now in Ireland, and believe, cold water in the beaches have been a shock for me, but the landscape is always incredibly gorgeous!
The Craic ! My mums family escaped the famine and ended up in America, her parents were killed when she was eight and a custody battle ensued. The upshot was she was put on a transatlantic steamer under the care of the captain to begin a life in Liverpool with my great aunts who she had never met before. The city then became the object of Luftwaffe bombing and she was evacuated to Wales. After the war she returned to the US to work, but came back to the uk later, met and married my father. She was an only child , one aunt in the states with mh issues and no children. Her liverpool aunts died when I was young having no kids as well...and since my mum had early onset Alzheimers I have an Irish heritage thats been lost to me . Im 65 now , I love the Ireland I visitied a couple of times in my 20s but I wish I knew my Irish family history.
@bobjary9382 wow what a story, Liverpool was built on irish and welsh and Scandinavian pepole looking for work , as for wales ,irish call a welshman, a irish man who couldn't swim ,banter🤣
Ireland has many option to track and trace. I use many to track my family too 1832 but it’s a little harder after. GRONI allows searches and the republic has options too. Wee google and start with your mums birth certificate, then her parents marriage certificate and expand out and up this way each time.
You really should see an expert on ancestry and genealogy. All you need to go back as far as you can, get a name, dob and where they were born. I did that, and was fckn flabbergasted with the info he'd discovered. It's so unbelievable, I don't think anyone would believe it. My own Ma didn't believe it, even with the photocopies I showed her. A big family, same Christian names down through all those generations and are still there. Considering Ireland was still intact and there was only a handful of counties. I got right back to 1815 with my Paternal Granda's G, G, Grandmother. She had 11 children, in a two room 'house', Husband died, 1 son, Matthew had to be isolated from his siblings with a highly contagious disease. All the others survived, and Bridget lived until she was 96. I know it's hard to believe that a 'single Mother' could do all of that throughout all depravation the English bestowed on us. There was enough food in Ireland at that particular time, it was the spud destroyed, everything else was shipped elsewhere by the English. BTW Tommy, Ireland gained it's hard-fought-for Independence in 1922, not 1949.🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪. Enjoy the rest of your travels, and I hope you learned a bit more about where we came from, cause knows where the fuck we'll end up. Especially with the bunch of Elitist Idiots supposedly governing this once great country.🇮🇪 Feck, I've writer's cramp now.🙄
@@ptuparttimeutuber2236 It was the irony of the goals that made me laugh, how ridiculous it is that in different parts of the world people apply chemicals to achieve the exact same opposite in pursuit of different perfect complexions. In Asia a tan is considered a sign of working in the fields, in Ireland and the UK a tan is considered a sign of luxurious wealth and holidays.
Traditionally the quality of the ingredients was incredible, so we didn't have elaborate ways of prepping it. Boil everything chuck it on a plate. Now our food offerings are like everywhere else fashionable, but middling quality to protect margins.
You should do the "Wild Atlantic way". I would avoid N.I and Dublin atm if I were you. There is a lot of illegal immigrants and unrest there. Be safe! Come to Kerry 😂
@@MissFly Talking rubbish. Dublin is fine apart from the usual no-go areas after dark. There's always a risk of encountering violent individuals in a big city and to be honest it's the local scumbag teenagers that you need to be worried about not the immigrants in their tents.
@@user-fo9lm4dx6yAlas what he is saying is not incorrect, I am Irish and was back in Dublin for a night about six months ago, and the area around O’Connell Street, Henry Street, Jervis etc. is very rough and ready at night.
I'm Irish and you picked a very unique route haha. Great video! The summers been one of the coldest in ages thats why its so cold. Haven't been to Limerick in years and you made me want to go back.
Alike to Ireland, our native language 'Cymraeg' Welsh was outlawed also. Both Irish Gaelic and Cymraeg (Welsh) would probablyof been spoken more widely otherwise. Really lovely to see a localised version of it spoken in Donegal. I'm from Cardiff our city was built on the backs of the Irish navies, who's relatives came over to the city by the tens of thousands, resulting in a massive community called Templetown. Nice video, Thanks :--)
The monument is in honor of the twinning between Arranmore Island and Beaver Island, Michigan where many from Arranmore immigrated to in the mid 1800's...not Canada...lol.
@@bendcorners There's a particular sort of old school Limerick city accent sounds like it's been ran through a pitch bender. He's saying if you had a ticket Paolo Nutini is playing in Thomond Park (the local Rugby stadium).
My father's family were all from Donegal. I grew up in Scotland so I consider myself Scottish and British but with an Irish flare (mainly when I'm tipsy and there's a fiddle playing lol). What a great video. Can't wait to see you visit NI. Xx
It's brilliant to see you visiting my country Tommy. Really glad you visited to display the Irish culture that we're so proud of. Go n-éirí an bóthar leat! 🇮🇪
We were on the island last weekend. Our son was at the gealtacht for 3 weeks. Beautiful place. We got fish and chips from that little place on the corner, just across from the grotto. It was amazing.
The monument is in honor of the twinning between Arranmore Island and Beaver Island, Michigan where many from Arranmore immigrated to in the mid 1800's... not Canada...lol.
Indeed Ireland does have jelly fish, just as the U.S. does, its the same ocean Tommy, the town is pronounced Nee-naa, that is the stadium, he was trying in a very bad way to tell you that hill 16 which is where the people were murdered is that direction, the Stadium has 3 stands and hill 16, which after the stadium was re-built, hill 16 remained. Welcome home Tommy, I am many others would have loved to meet you for a pint and show you around.
You can never mistake the colour of the grass here,100% autentic and one of a kind ,according to me,like the one in austria and switzerland,or in the alps as a whole
The best thing when returning to Ireland from holiday is just that. It just hits different. Especially when coming from mainland EU, Asia or North America like I have done. Even the mild temp and often grey skies. Home is home. 😂
Watching your channel for a while now, hadn't actually thought that you might pop up in my neck of the woods so to speak! hope you have a good time here! Safe travels
Are you sure his family was from Cork? I’m not saying it’s not possible but McDermott is very much a Connacht name. Especially many years ago before people moved around too much within Ireland. A lot of people, and I’m not saying this is the case in your husband’s family, think their family was from Cork because they sailed from Cork. But Cork was one of the major ports and people from all over Ireland sailed from there. I think it’s much more likely they came from the north west. Roscommon or Leitrim etc.
@Dreyno There are McDermotts in Cork and there has been for over a century at least from the families I know there. My own is a name from Connaught, but all my family live in Munster and have for at least two centuries.
@@CamEraFitnessChannel You’re the one who “corrected” me. And the census shows you are wrong. There was a handful of McDermotts in Cork. If you can’t handle facts, I’m hardly going to get stressed about it. Why don’t you just Google it and stop digging?
"Craic". It's spelled C-R-A-I-C. And Ireland is the only country in the world where you can go up to a police officer, ask them "How's the craic?" and not get arrested.
@@chadclay1643 I'm not so sure that I agree with your point. There doesn't seem to any point in his video where he points out the mispelling and redirects to the correct way. But then again, the spelling of the term isn't common knowledge anyway.
missed pun opportunity at 6:20. You stated that you had to wait until the next boat for a shipment. At the same time, you walked past a boat that was run-down and getting repaired. Would have been a perfect time to point back and say, "and there's the next boat!". Love your vids:)
An awful lot of the emigration to Canada was followed by a journey south. The ticket to Canada was less expensive so many people opted to make the sailing to there. Many remained in Canada and many made their was to Boston, New York etc.
@@thingymabob2209 small brained american did a good job of going on a less obvious ireland expedition also. Went to bad culchie raves with auld lads. Authentic shit.
Craic so sounds like welsh word🏴, but so interesting how irish welsh have sane dna celt, so to compare languages is great, hwyl is craic in welsh Hwyl. A little like the Irish word 'craic', the Welsh word hwyl is used to express a stirring sensation, fervour, emotion, motivation, and enthusiasm.
very strange seeing you walk around Limerick, a city I know very well, after starting to watch your videos to see what China and HK were like before I went there in June.
I studied in Limerick (UL) in 1997 for six months as an Erasmus exchange student. The locals called the town "Stab City" due to its criminal reputation. I had nothing to complain what so ever. Got many good friends. Since I have visited Ireland a number of times and the country has changed a lot with ups and downs. Best greetings from 🇫🇮 to 🇨🇮.
Never thought I'd see you post a video to include my home town of Limerick! Did not take long for you to get tapped for a Euro :-) From the events in the video it looks like you were visiting 3-4 weeks ago?? Pity you did not go down to Co. Kerry further South there is some really beautiful scenic land down that neck of the woods.
My mum's Irish and she was taught Irish in school. I asked her to teach me but she couldn't really remember much of it lol, but it's undergoing a revival and more young people are using it in conversation now x
The way Sabbatical speaks reminds me /exactly/ of the guys I grew up with. I almost wonder if he somehow is ahahaha. When he told that Irish man "my bad" or when he walked past the goat pissing near the bench and said "Do your thing, bro" reminded me of myself. Sabbatical doesn't put on heirs and is just "himself" regardless of who he's speaking to and i really appreciate that hahaha. I want to kick it with this dude.
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Your bang on the Satanic number of subscribers Tommy , da fuck.
Where was the titanic made??
@@semekhyahtafari5362 built in Belfast
GOFUNDME HELP TOMMY GET HIS EYES SERCUMSIZED❤🎉🎉😊😢
yes😊
I was at that Donegal vs Galway football match, walking down the exact same streets pre game. So frustrating to know I missed my once in a lifetime chance to meet this legend, but so surreal and cool to know he was at the exact same place on the exact same day.
I had that happen with
TheWoo
Adam The Woo
From Florida & Cali was in Cincinnati @ the same REDS Vs Tampa Bay Rays game as I was coming from Las Vegas, NV
The next day he uploads his video & I see we were there in exactly the opposite seats
I was being REDS dugout
& He was behind RAYS dugout
Then I see the dude in the green shirt right next to him was the guy My uncle pointed out from across the way
Something about his shirt
I don’t remember now
It was over a yr ago
May even be 2 years already
But I’m pretty sure it was last summer 2023
It could have been 2022 🤔 lol
But I’m sure it was 2023
Anyways, I couldn’t believe I didn’t run into Him being right there and neither of Us from there
I'm happy that you came to see our country. Welcome to Ireland 🇮🇪
I love other countries where they standup for what they believe is Right .
In The US it’s only The Brothas & Sistas that will actually tear ish apart to get things Right for them .
Loved your quote "no one can be happy, we all just want to be what we aren't". It resonated really deeply with me.
Happiness is a choice as much as it is a state of being. Gratitude is the best attitude and it rhymes so it must be true.
Ok cupcake 😂
@@charlesponzi9608Facts
The more you can appreciate this beautiful life we’re Blessed with
The Better it Gets Every Single Day 🙏
Emotions are all on a spectrum:
If your feeling awe you cannot experience fear. That’s because fear is the far negative side of the same emotional wavelength.
If you feel gratitude, sadness will be off in the distance. Visible but not experiential. But it’s important to remember that, with greater intensity of emotion, they can shift faster in response to stimuli.
That’s why stoicism is so valuable, it acts like a safeguard to greater levels of intensity of emotion because of the nature of stoic thought patterns. But the tradeoff is you don’t get higher states of bliss and happiness either. That is why I recommend a shift in worldview to sincerity over seriousness. Even the worst and best things you shouldn’t take seriously, but experience them with the utmost sincerity. Guard your thoughts and be mindful of your self talk.
In Ireland, you can start lovely conversations with everyone you're passing by, and then you soon discover that you can't shut them uo.
Or that they are related to you !
Hahaha facts lad
You are right! My Wife and in laws are Irish, I’m Italian. We just enjoy being quiet to enjoy our food.
And these days you'll more than likely be able to speak to them in Arabic. Yay.
That is the most Brit comment I've ever seen lmao
If your heading back to the US, if you get the chance fly into st. John's Newfoundland Canada, and you will be blown away by the similarities between the Irish and Newfoundland, a great piece of history, for a history buff like you.
Even worse plastic paddies
Newfoundland has a warmer climate. Through history it was mainly dominated by British and French culture. Not Irish.
@@sebastianwurtz5294 Mostly Scottish and Irish in Newfoundland, and once Gaelic speakers from Highlands
The Newfoundland accent sounds irish. No kidding. And would you be careful running up and down cliffs and you by yourself.
I drove through NFLD from Port-aux-Basque to St. John’s and back. Long trip. Met a Donegal lass in St. John’s and she said what you said. Personally, I think NS more Celtic than NFLD. I did get screeched.
BTW, Eastern Canada 100xs more friendly than western Canada. Go th Canada Tommy.
Tommy, I've been watching your channel grow significantly, from 200,000 to now 666,000. absolutely astonishing all your travels are genuine and that's all anyone should ask for.
670k already
@@CSDonohue11 690k almost!
@@ToastGeniePC sheeeh
Growing faster & fster
I’ve visited Ireland twice (I’m Australian) and I’ve always had the best time. It’s because of the people, the culture and the land. ☘️☘️☘️
how dare you, you racist. complimenting a nation's people and culture. You racist
Hello from Ireland 🇮🇪 love you guys.
I've visited twice also. 2000 and 2019. The second time we rented a car in Dublin and drove all over the country and even ferried out to Inishmore for a couple of days. I love beautiful Ireland and her beautiful people. Erin go brách!
@@mdp4440 i bet next time our country will not be so good .
❤ and cos you ROCK apparently ❤
Brings back so many memories! ❤ In 2017, I landed up on chilly and stormy Arranmore island with my wife and 6 yr. old daughter for a vacation. All the way from India. We lived in the lighthouse keeper's house attached to the desolate Arranmore lighthouse with books of Irish ghost stories to keep us company.(it was listed on Airbnb at that time).
Every part of the island has so much history associated with it.
The monument you saw wasn't to Nova Scotia in Canada. It's a monument to Beaver Island in Michigan where many early Irish immigrants set up a community.
Interesting. So it was for America after all
@@SabbaticalTommyya missed VERMONT!!! Scenery is excellent.
greetings from michigan 👋🏼
The irish are such a kind people..
It feels like i know them in my soul.. hard to put into words.
could be the little irish in me ( great gma was a green ) that and i grew up with irish friends.
Just feels like i know them.. a good feeling!
never felt drawn to visit england, but ireland pulls at my heart ☘️
I’m Irish and got love for all the Irish Americans that are proud of their heritage. Be proud of your identity, your family, and your heritage 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 Love that families and communities over there have held onto their Irish identity for over 100 years.
Those people are also the laughing stock of Europe.
@@cycklist that guys Irish and he's not laughing so you are wrong there buddy
@@cycklistwho's the laughing stock of Europe?
I’m English with Irish heritage and I can’t bring myself to celebrate it
@@cycklistnahh
BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE! Good to be in my natural environment, no sunscreen needed. No better way to start off an epic trip across Eurasia ☘🇮🇪
Btw I hope you're enjoying the Irish accents so far, they get even more intense in the next one 😂
Hey, welcome to Europe!
Tommy, you're living my dream brother. continue forward on this journey with good health. God bless you.
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This was a wonderful and insightful episode. I appreciate the historical commentary you provide on your videos, Tommy. By the way, please consider going on Ari Shaffir's ' You Be Trippin' ' podcast. He's a comedian out of New York (Alphabet City) who interviews people who have traveled to other countries and it focuses on one country per episode. I think you would enjoy it and it would be interesting to hear you speak about your travels in conversation with a fellow traveler and New Yorker.
Beir bua!
Dia dhuit /jee-ah ghwitch. Not dia dit ✌🏻
We drove all over Ireland last year Dublin, Galway, Kilarney, Dingle, Kinsale it was the trip of a lifetime and we met some of the nicest people on the planet. GO TO IRELAND !!
Hope you enjoyed 😊 I'm in Tralee 🇮🇪 ❤
Where are u from
@@juicer404 why does it matter
Damn, Tommy in Ireland. This is exactly what the world needs! Hope this will have at least 10 episodes, and then hopefully Iceland is next.
Scotland next I bet (he may be going to festival which is on now).. And then nice Iceland
Hi Tommy,
I was delighted and surprised to see that you had a new video in Ireland.
I live in Galway and I became obsessed with your videos about 6 months ago. I first came across one of your videos by chance, I believe it was crossing over the border from Uganda to Kenya (I think) and I was instantly addicted to your videos and I came obsessed for the next couple of months.
I was getting all my entertainment after work from your videos and adventures and I was telling all my friends and work colleagues about them. I had never been into travel videos before. But your videos were more appealing to me because not only do you describe the countries in detail, you also interact with the locals and don't just go to the touristic areas which for me makes your analysis of places more real and authentic and therefore more entertaining/exciting. I am free for the next 2 days. I don't know if you've been to Galway city yet but I would love to meet you. For a pint, a coffee or for a walk around Galway city. You have become somewhat of a superstar to me over the last few months. I wish you well in all your future adventures and may you continue to travel and be safe ♥️
Irish food is terribly underrated. Some of the best oysters, mussels, unreal fish, the class Sunday roasts, gorgeous stews, shepherds pie, irish breakfast, chicken rolls, soda bread, our beef, lamb pork, are amazing quality. If you prevent yourself from absorbing the stereotypes, irish food can genuinely be some of the best in the world
Best meat in the world is from Ireland ...all the good stuff is exported to Saudi Arabia though....$$$$
The funny thing is I talked to a guy from Dublin and he said the one food I need to try if I visit Ireland is a spice bag, which having looked it up is like an Irish take on chinese food. Which I can sort of relate to as I lived in Germany for a few years and the food I miss most is a good döner.
Ireland always has “postcard” scenery around every corner. I can’t think of another country with such a beautiful landscape.
Tommy my guy ! Welcome home ! ☘️
This is amazing. I have never been to Ireland and really want to go. I have seen all your videos, this one made me smile more than usual. I can't wait for the second part of this trip!
"I feel so at home...."
"How do people live in this island?"
Grea because there's nature everywhere I know that cuz I live here❤
This guy is great. A very natural person . 👍👍👍from IRELAND 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪👍😄😄
I watched this with my parents. We were absolutely blown away to see Silver Strand beach in Donegal featured on your channel. All the exotic locations you've shown us, and we see the beach and area we vacationed in countless times growing up. Thank you for all that you do.
So glad you came to visit my country! Would’ve loved to get a pint with you
Hey! Thanks for mentioning Nicaragua for having beautiful beaches. I’m living now in Ireland, and believe, cold water in the beaches have been a shock for me, but the landscape is always incredibly gorgeous!
43:30 Somalia, he is from Somalia. Probably born to Somali parents in Saudia Arabia or the Gulf Emirates, because he has an Arabic accent.
The Craic !
My mums family escaped the famine and ended up in America, her parents were killed when she was eight and a custody battle ensued. The upshot was she was put on a transatlantic steamer under the care of the captain to begin a life in Liverpool with my great aunts who she had never met before. The city then became the object of Luftwaffe bombing and she was evacuated to Wales. After the war she returned to the US to work, but came back to the uk later, met and married my father.
She was an only child , one aunt in the states with mh issues and no children. Her liverpool aunts died when I was young having no kids as well...and since my mum had early onset Alzheimers I have an Irish heritage thats been lost to me .
Im 65 now , I love the Ireland I visitied a couple of times in my 20s but I wish I knew my Irish family history.
You should do an Ancestry DNA test. That can show you relations you never knew you had.
Thank you for sharing your story! I enjoyed reading it!
@bobjary9382 wow what a story, Liverpool was built on irish and welsh and Scandinavian pepole looking for work , as for wales ,irish call a welshman, a irish man who couldn't swim ,banter🤣
Ireland has many option to track and trace. I use many to track my family too 1832 but it’s a little harder after. GRONI allows searches and the republic has options too. Wee google and start with your mums birth certificate, then her parents marriage certificate and expand out and up this way each time.
You really should see an expert on ancestry and genealogy. All you need to go back as far as you can, get a name, dob and where they were born. I did that, and was fckn flabbergasted with the info he'd discovered. It's so unbelievable, I don't think anyone would believe it. My own Ma didn't believe it, even with the photocopies I showed her. A big family, same Christian names down through all those generations and are still there. Considering Ireland was still intact and there was only a handful of counties. I got right back to 1815 with my Paternal Granda's G, G, Grandmother. She had 11 children, in a two room 'house', Husband died, 1 son, Matthew had to be isolated from his siblings with a highly contagious disease. All the others survived, and Bridget lived until she was 96. I know it's hard to believe that a 'single Mother' could do all of that throughout all depravation the English bestowed on us. There was enough food in Ireland at that particular time, it was the spud destroyed, everything else was shipped elsewhere by the English. BTW Tommy, Ireland gained it's hard-fought-for Independence in 1922, not 1949.🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪. Enjoy the rest of your travels, and I hope you learned a bit more about where we came from, cause knows where the fuck we'll end up. Especially with the bunch of Elitist Idiots supposedly governing this once great country.🇮🇪 Feck, I've writer's cramp now.🙄
@18:10 "No one can never be happy... we all just wanna be what we aren't." indeed.
Yes, I was thinking he’s definitely a philosopher 😊
That one made me actually laugh out loud.
@@Bystander333 well different strokes for different folks. i found that more philosophical than funny.
It is said we get "happy" based on what happens..(hence the etymology). However hope and joy can spring eternal.
@@ptuparttimeutuber2236 It was the irony of the goals that made me laugh, how ridiculous it is that in different parts of the world people apply chemicals to achieve the exact same opposite in pursuit of different perfect complexions. In Asia a tan is considered a sign of working in the fields, in Ireland and the UK a tan is considered a sign of luxurious wealth and holidays.
bro the food is Ireland, and quality of service is actually quite remarkable compared to many parts of the world
Why should this surprise you?
@@markmccreesh8420 cause the country is turning into a totalitarian refugee camp
Traditionally the quality of the ingredients was incredible, so we didn't have elaborate ways of prepping it. Boil everything chuck it on a plate. Now our food offerings are like everywhere else fashionable, but middling quality to protect margins.
Not for long by the looks of it..
@davidgalea6113 why is that?
You are the only travel UA-camr I watch religiously, its great to see you in my home country.
Long time fan and inspiration to start learning Portuguese for 1 year so far. Thank you for visiting Ireland Sabbatical!!!
I’ve lived in Nova Scotia all my life. I have always wanted to go to Ireland. I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for doing this one.
You should do the "Wild Atlantic way". I would avoid N.I and Dublin atm if I were you. There is a lot of illegal immigrants and unrest there. Be safe! Come to Kerry 😂
@@MissFly please don't dissuade people from visiting Dublin, the city is struggling enough already without losing more of it's tourism trade.
@@MissFly Talking rubbish. Dublin is fine apart from the usual no-go areas after dark. There's always a risk of encountering violent individuals in a big city and to be honest it's the local scumbag teenagers that you need to be worried about not the immigrants in their tents.
@@user-fo9lm4dx6yAlas what he is saying is not incorrect, I am Irish and was back in Dublin for a night about six months ago, and the area around O’Connell Street, Henry Street, Jervis etc. is very rough and ready at night.
Novia Scotia is beautiful, Halifax, Cape Breton etc. Very like the west coast of Ireland in terms of climate and the temperament of the people.
Pulling a horse from a scooter has to be the best mix between modern and tradition. I laughed so hard 😂♥️
@Geosavvyyy thats so how I rember Dublin when visited in 90s
Thats normal in Limerick
If it was a donkey, I'd say it was ass backwards..
1980, before Ireland became a Celtic tiger 🐅, saw an old guy pushing a rack of old mattress down the sidewalk. 😮
I am glad you visited Nenagh County tipperary my home town and did a great job showing our lovely scenery. 👍🇮🇪
I'm Irish and you picked a very unique route haha. Great video!
The summers been one of the coldest in ages thats why its so cold.
Haven't been to Limerick in years and you made me want to go back.
Its been a shite summer and thats being nice😅
This summer has been like being in a steamroom
@@iJaxy10 What you mean?
@@devanman7920 humid and sticky as fuck. Sweating buckets
Alike to Ireland, our native language 'Cymraeg' Welsh was outlawed also. Both Irish Gaelic and Cymraeg (Welsh) would probablyof been spoken more widely otherwise. Really lovely to see a localised version of it spoken in Donegal. I'm from Cardiff our city was built on the backs of the Irish navies, who's relatives came over to the city by the tens of thousands, resulting in a massive community called Templetown. Nice video, Thanks :--)
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When I started this video I didn't expect to see you outside my house 50 minutes later 😂
It’s a small country!
That conversation with the old folks at the emigration monument was so wholesome
The monument is in honor of the twinning between Arranmore Island and Beaver Island, Michigan where many from Arranmore immigrated to in the mid 1800's...not Canada...lol.
Tommy asking the religious book guy if he is competing with the other religious guys absolutely cracked me up
That water is beautiful. I noticed after several trips that the oceans around the world each have their own color/shade. Cool, thanks!
i know its not ireland, but you could check out the confluence of the yangtze and jialing rivers. pretty stark color difference!
Tommy, take it from a country boy, one of the most annoying things ever is someone trying to talk to you while your mowing grass.
true Irish culture is coming through, complaining about any insignificant thing
Aye ...stopping the mower for bullshit.
@@RebelTheUncanny1 soon there won't be any fuel to run the mower.
This is particularly true in Ireland... As the threat of rain is never far away... So I want to get the mowing finished pronto.
@@selfishbiaich That is American culture.
40:46 LMAO. Bro you understood like 35-40% of that convo.
And that`s an achievement for anyone 😅
that took me out laughing man.. the end of the convo i had no clue what he said insane that its english
@@bendcorners There's a particular sort of old school Limerick city accent sounds like it's been ran through a pitch bender. He's saying if you had a ticket Paolo Nutini is playing in Thomond Park (the local Rugby stadium).
@@normanzjamesim a local to limerick and i understood him perfect honestly didnt realize we had such an accent
Been to Ireland twice, and this video totally makes me feel like I'm there. Can't wait for the next one.
My father's family were all from Donegal. I grew up in Scotland so I consider myself Scottish and British but with an Irish flare (mainly when I'm tipsy and there's a fiddle playing lol). What a great video. Can't wait to see you visit NI. Xx
Welcome 🙏🏻 home brother back to the motherland 🙏🏻🇮🇪🙏🏻
It's brilliant to see you visiting my country Tommy. Really glad you visited to display the Irish culture that we're so proud of. Go n-éirí an bóthar leat! 🇮🇪
Fair play my friend. Keep the irish language alive. Can see the love for Ireland coming out of you in your videos. Mo cara 🇮🇪
We were on the island last weekend. Our son was at the gealtacht for 3 weeks. Beautiful place. We got fish and chips from that little place on the corner, just across from the grotto. It was amazing.
I'm actually looking into purchasing that home above Early's Pub after viewing this. Thank you Tommy!!
Great!
Just don’t turn it into a DP centre
@@grlfcgombeenhunter2897 definitely not. Focused on my own retirement home.
@@LordShmendrick 🙏🏻🇮🇪🙏🏻
That man with a pack of my favorite beer, Heineken @ 4:40... I would say that I am in the right country. Long Live Ireland.. 💚💚
The monument is in honor of the twinning between Arranmore Island and Beaver Island, Michigan where many from Arranmore immigrated to in the mid 1800's... not Canada...lol.
Omg I laughed out loud when you said "is that guy pullin a horse?" 😂 I was a bit confused myself.
standard in limerick
I was delighted he captured that pure Limerick.
A few years ago there I saw a kid pushing a goat in a shopping trolley.
I'll think that you might find that the young lad a member of our very famous Traveller community.
In Dublin's fair city, where girls are so pretty ... my mother is from Dublin.
Indeed Ireland does have jelly fish, just as the U.S. does, its the same ocean Tommy, the town is pronounced Nee-naa, that is the stadium, he was trying in a very bad way to tell you that hill 16 which is where the people were murdered is that direction, the Stadium has 3 stands and hill 16, which after the stadium was re-built, hill 16 remained. Welcome home Tommy, I am many others would have loved to meet you for a pint and show you around.
And its called Hill 16 because it was built from the rubble of the 1916 rising.
@creekyknee your dead right mate I feel people don't explain the history of Ireland correctly to tourists.
That’s your countries only link to ours. If you are born in the USA you are American, if you are born in our beautiful country you are Irish.
You can never mistake the colour of the grass here,100% autentic and one of a kind ,according to me,like the one in austria and switzerland,or in the alps as a whole
The best thing when returning to Ireland from holiday is just that. It just hits different. Especially when coming from mainland EU, Asia or North America like I have done.
Even the mild temp and often grey skies. Home is home. 😂
Watching your channel for a while now, hadn't actually thought that you might pop up in my neck of the woods so to speak!
hope you have a good time here!
Safe travels
In 1974 there was 1 mosque in the UK now over 2000 and growing .Why don't we say no to this ?
Because unlike you we're not xenophobic and terrified of scary brown people oooooh so scary
Yes
Cause them hurty names
About time Tommy, Welcome to Ireland! 🇮🇪☘️🍻
My husband was Irish- his family from County Cork- but we never got to make the trip-sadly. Loving the accents…..loving the kindness.
Are you sure his family was from Cork? I’m not saying it’s not possible but McDermott is very much a Connacht name. Especially many years ago before people moved around too much within Ireland.
A lot of people, and I’m not saying this is the case in your husband’s family, think their family was from Cork because they sailed from Cork. But Cork was one of the major ports and people from all over Ireland sailed from there.
I think it’s much more likely they came from the north west. Roscommon or Leitrim etc.
No crack for you
@Dreyno There are McDermotts in Cork and there has been for over a century at least from the families I know there. My own is a name from Connaught, but all my family live in Munster and have for at least two centuries.
@Dreyno My point is, people always have moved around. It's not a big deal. Move on if it's stressing you out.
@@CamEraFitnessChannel You’re the one who “corrected” me. And the census shows you are wrong. There was a handful of McDermotts in Cork. If you can’t handle facts, I’m hardly going to get stressed about it. Why don’t you just Google it and stop digging?
Beautiful, just beautiful. Great video young man. Keep em coming.
That lad was not homeless, he was just taking the piss out of ya
No he was just a Bumm.
"Craic". It's spelled C-R-A-I-C. And Ireland is the only country in the world where you can go up to a police officer, ask them "How's the craic?" and not get arrested.
Pretty basic isn't it? I'm not Irish but know that spelling.
He spelled it wrong on purpose to mislead
@chadclay1643 ah, maybe. Like a sub-editor at a tabloid? If so that's not the strongest word-play to be sure!
@@chadclay1643 I'm not so sure that I agree with your point. There doesn't seem to any point in his video where he points out the mispelling and redirects to the correct way.
But then again, the spelling of the term isn't common knowledge anyway.
The Muslim fella you were chatting with definitely wasnt Irish.
So all of the Irish immigrants in USA they called themselves American they definitely not American by any means to
The neck
Yes but the Irish taxpayer pays for his free accommodation and his free spending money
@@bobroberts4548 and that's not sustainable
Hes about as irish as sushi. Cheek of him.
missed pun opportunity at 6:20. You stated that you had to wait until the next boat for a shipment. At the same time, you walked past a boat that was run-down and getting repaired. Would have been a perfect time to point back and say, "and there's the next boat!". Love your vids:)
Greeting from Sweden, i have been to Ireland 3 times and just absolutely love it.
Funny to see that guy driving a scouter and pulling a horse, I love Ireland... hope to visit one day
Another awesome video Tommy! Good work, can’t wait for the next one up north where I’m sure the good craic will be had. Cheers bro
Was about to sleep but a new Sabbatical upload changes everything👌
Yep! My fam left kilkenny then to nova scotia to maine Vermont to Mass.. I was born in Massachusetts..
You always do your best with your cordial "When In Rome" m.o. The gabh mo leithscéal was not too shabby at all!
Great that you went to Donegal. It’s one of Ireland best places to go, great people, lovely scenery and beaches.
An awful lot of the emigration to Canada was followed by a journey south. The ticket to Canada was less expensive so many people opted to make the sailing to there. Many remained in Canada and many made their was to Boston, New York etc.
Ireland looks like a beautiful place. Thanks for the video!
Love you man !! Always a treat when your new videos land
Tommy you were correct about bloody Sunday in croke park. That Steward you were talking to didnt know what he was talking about. Love the video
Fair play to you, you couldn't look more Irish if you tried, but your a gentleman with a great laid back personality, respect🇮🇪🇺🇸👌..
You are a spectacular content maker and an utterly decent and polite human. I salute you and wish you sll the best.
we love the value you bring to us!
Bro makes the most GOATED Travel Videos
Sabbatical and Small Brained American are two of the tinternets underrated travel vloggers atm. Both have quality content. :)
@@thingymabob2209 small brained american did a good job of going on a less obvious ireland expedition also. Went to bad culchie raves with auld lads. Authentic shit.
Sabbatical, Kurt Caz and bald and bankrupt are probs my favorites
He's good but Bald And Bankrupt is the GOAT.
Thank you for starting this video in Donegal ❤️
Love your videos lad. Welcome home!!
In case anyone is wondering, the bridge between Canada and Detroit is the Ambassador Bridge.
Exactly, a bridge between the United States and Canada not America and Canada. Canada is an American country.
when did this come up?
14:20@@arjundureja
welcome to Ireland, the Irish people are legendary and I hoped you loved it. btw Nenagh is pronounced "knee nah"
The stone walls in irleland are pretty amazing too ,,,they are all over the rolling hills.
We definitely had good stonemasons way back in Ireland. Generally make for good craftsmen of any sort.
Craic so sounds like welsh word🏴, but so interesting how irish welsh have sane dna celt, so to compare languages is great, hwyl is craic in welsh Hwyl. A little like the Irish word 'craic', the Welsh word hwyl is used to express a stirring sensation, fervour, emotion, motivation, and enthusiasm.
“… it’s like 57° out, 14°C… it’s July.” 🤣🤣🤣
Welcome to Ireland ! 😂☘️
very strange seeing you walk around Limerick, a city I know very well, after starting to watch your videos to see what China and HK were like before I went there in June.
I studied in Limerick (UL) in 1997 for six months as an Erasmus exchange student. The locals called the town "Stab City" due to its criminal reputation. I had nothing to complain what so ever. Got many good friends. Since I have visited Ireland a number of times and the country has changed a lot with ups and downs. Best greetings from 🇫🇮 to 🇨🇮.
wicked fish n chip fart at 28:05, thought the mic wouldn't catch it haahhaa
Thanks Tommy for coming to my country ive been following you since day one😊
8:54 that's so Irish that she replies your order to confirm :D
My brother used to live right here , so cool you chose this place !
Ireland is beautiful :) was there last year:)
I agree
When it's not raining
Never thought I'd see you post a video to include my home town of Limerick! Did not take long for you to get tapped for a Euro :-)
From the events in the video it looks like you were visiting 3-4 weeks ago??
Pity you did not go down to Co. Kerry further South there is some really beautiful scenic land down that neck of the woods.
Do you know a Shane Birmingham from limerick
Wow Tommy. Thanks for the Crack education.
craic * sorry to check your spelling 😉
My mum's Irish and she was taught Irish in school. I asked her to teach me but she couldn't really remember much of it lol, but it's undergoing a revival and more young people are using it in conversation now x
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND PEOPLE .ALWAYS WANTED TO VISIT BUT AS IT IS NOW IM AFRAID TO .🇮🇪🇬🇧❤️
Can't wait for your videos of Belgium!
Beautiful Ireland’ beautiful people
Welcome to Ireland and the UK, drugs, alcohol and plenty of poverty for everyone, but still full of friendly people and beautiful scenery.
Poverty definitely not for everyone.
Damn We in America do not get to see Ireland poverty.
Stop talking sh/te with your poverty.
Sounds like the U.S except without the friendly people 🤷
@@taratharp588 Thats extremely wrong, and highly dependent on where you are.
So glad you had a good time.👋🍀🌹
The way Sabbatical speaks reminds me /exactly/ of the guys I grew up with. I almost wonder if he somehow is ahahaha. When he told that Irish man "my bad" or when he walked past the goat pissing near the bench and said "Do your thing, bro" reminded me of myself. Sabbatical doesn't put on heirs and is just "himself" regardless of who he's speaking to and i really appreciate that hahaha. I want to kick it with this dude.
sorry the irish are white