It wasn't "a series of crop failures". It was a blight that killed the potato crop, upon which the impoverished Irish peasantry relied for their sustenance. All kinds of other foodstuffs were produced and exported to Britain under armed guard during this so-called 'famine', while entire Irish families driven from their cottages for nonpayment of rent starved to death beside the road. British imperialism at its finest.
The Choctaw Nation being a kind and generous nation gave a broken down and beaten country hope that we could survive a terrible genocide, and the fact that even though they were still probably struggling themselves shows that kindness can lead to a generation of compassion
@@MexicanBandit The famine wasn't caused by a fungus. Potatoes blight was caused by a fingus. The famine was caused by the British moving food out of Ireland during the potato crop failures. There was more than enough food in Ireland to feed everybody. Famines are not caused by a shortage of food, but by lack of access to food. Read 'Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation' by Amartya Sen, the accepted explanation for why famines happen. It is available online in PDF format
@@MexicanBandit No arguably about it, they certainly made things worse. Did they learn their lesson? Well, ask any Bengali what they thought about Churchill's policy towards them during WW2. Lighting struck twice.
@@MexicanBandit it was called the GREAT HUNGER. !! It was not a famine a famine effects all crops .. plenty of food still there , if you touched it , you’d be shot dead .
The Choctaw leaders have been guests at the Famine walk in Westport, Co. Mayo, on a number of occasions since 1990. The event commemorates the walk that the starving local people took to persuade the local British administration to allow food aid (not that there was much success to be had there).
Ireland gives 800,000,000 euros to 3rd world every year. Where it goes to or how it is used is another story. That is in addition to spending on asylum seekers and housing for all who turns up at the gate Ireland is not doing too badly in generosity
The beauty of these Natives is wonderful. I can see why the Irish and these wonderful humans get along so well. Both hurt and ruined by the same humans that invaded our land. I donated only €70 because that is all I could spare duing the donation period but one day I would genuinely love to visit the home (the were forced to have by Europeans) and enjoy their company and beautiful tobacco. I always say, native Americans have the BEST tobacco in the world.
Ireland had lots of food imported to England during the worst years of the supposed famine. British government failure was the biggest cause of suffering
@msmissy6888educate yourself! Ireland is an extremely fertile country and there was plenty of food to feed the population many times over, but the British exported it to Britain and let the Irish starve! Those are facts!
Chocktaw nation a fantastic people. You act of incredible compassion and generosity will never be forgotten. It's good that official state-level recognition and projects are being implemented.
I’m proud of you Leo doing this on behalf of our wounded nation of yesteryear, to acknowledge a loving gesture to a wounded nation which is still suffering. Thanks,
The reconnection is not just recent: On October 18, 1919, Éamon De Valera, while touring the US as the President of the Irish Republic, was adopted as an honorary chieftain of the nation during a visit to their reservation in Wisconsin.
I find it funny as doing research on this subject the choctow people gave 3 times more then the Queen of England at that time and other country's thought it would be rude to insult the Queen if they gave more,,,as ireland was given by the Queen to an English man called trevelyn to rule as seen fit who caused a genocide on the irish population and the potatoe blight was not a famine their was every other type of grain veg and other foods but it was transported to feed English army's in Europe and further a field
Well clearly the Irish in Ireland, whom the Choctaw were assisting, were not involved in these atrocities. Also, Sheridan was an American, born and bred. His parents were Irish, but he himself was not. And Conor left Ireland at the age of 12. Most importantly, however, it was in no sense Ireland or the Irish in any collective sense that waged war on the Indians. Although, both Conor and Sheridan may have had some personal connection to Ireland, all of the atrocities you refer to were the acts of the United States Union Army - which is the only real way to look at it.
It's still! Very much unknown that these native Americans can actually study for free here in Ireland but of course would need to pay for Room and board
It's great to see how the Irish have repaid the generosity shown by the Chokta tribe back in 1847. But don't be conned by this "Tosser"Veradkhar..He's for selling Ireland ☘️ down the river!
@Leonie Marshall He doesn't hold Ireland's interests close to his Heart,he has a less than hidden agenda!!. This fella barely makes a move without weighing up the "Pro's&Con's".and I'm sure this includes visiting the bathroom!.. Just recently he signed back on to be Doctor,(when he's spent the last decade+ being involved in Politics!) it's all about image and ambition,along with trying to remodel Ireland ☘️.into his pretentious and phony idea of what it should resemble..Not to be trusted!
What a load of rot. Varadkar has been a great Taoiseach. He and Fine Gael dragged the country out of the doldrums of the financial crises and the Covid Pandemic to the successful economy it is today. Yes the country has problems, but so does every country. There’ll always be begrudgers and moaners in every country. “Selling Ireland down the river” - what a load of bollo*ks!!
Well at that particular time there was 8 million of us Irish in Ireland but the famine was over there was 4 million Irish left about 1 .6 million perished ,the rest of our nation went to Boston and Savannah then later Chicago and new York remainder went to Canada and Australia Scotland and Liverpool in England . Ireland has recovered somewhat but it a hard sore to know lot of our people never came back to Ireland ☘️
I just like to be clear whenever I see a discussion on the “” famine ““ It was a genocide. Policies from London, contributed directly, to the deaths and immigration of millions of Irish . There was enough food in Ireland to feed the Irish the food was shipped off to Britain. The inhumanity shown the Irish by the British overlords was horrific
The Gulf South in the US has deep Choctaw, Basque, and Irish ancestry. If you put one of each in the sun for a few days, it gets really hard to tell the difference, which is not surprising since these groups have much more in common with each other than they do with Europeans in general. One of the Choctaw symbols happens to be the Basque Lauburu (another is from the Satsuma Domain, but that's another story altogether).
@@qwertyTRiG it's an ancient Irish sport that warriors played also used it for training for battles over speed and agility. You should watch all Ireland hurling match on UA-cam:)
@@aislingokeeffe6195 the direct translation of taoiseach into english is chieftain ,given that he is meeting a fellow chieftain ,that term would be more appropiate
From an Irishman, a lot of love to the indigenous American tribes, you have suffered at the hands of colonists just like us, but this man Leo Varadker does not represent the average Irish person he is out of touch and born into wealth he is not one of us, Saoirse (freedom) to all
Shows how we can be our best selves by giving more to others and taking less. Congratulations to the Irish and Choctaw nation for a beautiful enduring friendship.
4th great grandmother Bushpo Houma Mississippi choctaw married joseph Keene Dawes Commission refused to label her great great granddaughter Choctaw because she did not look Choctaw nor could she count 1 to 10 in Choctaw. Very racist.
There were no crop failures during this period, except for the failure of the potato, the stable food of the peasants. Ireland continued during this period, to export the grain, meat and vegetables to its colonising overlord, England, whilst the Irish starved. Many of the Irish emigrated to the US before English initiated starvation claimed them
What a lovely surprise to see two nations making friends so long ago and remembering each other still. I’m proud to be associated in any small way with you all.pure class and bless your hearts. This btw was a sweet bedtime story for me.
@@jerryoshea3116 Ireland History's is pretty sjw maybe you don't respect Ireland history social justice is written into Celtic law we had an ancient form of democracy best represented in Ireland. there were disabled people found at Newgrange suggesting they were something special as opposed to feared and hated like in most of the world at that time many Irish national heroes gayer than a 3 bob note. The modern sjw movement is simply what pop culture does McDonald's French Fries s*** you do a better job fixing the world around you then complaining about it encourage real culture rather than complaining about powdered eggs in instant mash culture.
@@ridanann Well Ri dan,it's always nice to have hobbies! and appreciating Ireland's History is commendable! (and I'm sure u will have plenty of time to explore them at present) But ur "young&keen" and certainly passionate about ur idealism,but when u finally get out into the working environment,travel some,and meet a variety of people beyond Ireland's Shores,u will start to become somewhat more pragmatic and maybe start to (Q)the likes of Leo&his Pals vision of Ireland's "Brave new world"! Sure anyone wouldn't begrudge Ireland's recent "Celtic Tiger/EU prosperity(considering it's previous borderline"third world" existence)but all of these alliances will not come cheap!!.. Anyway I won't bore u further,we're separated by experience,generations and not quite Poles,but Oceans apart... .anyway,adh mor agus oiche mhaith and stay👍 well!
Very generous of the Indians to help the Irish who were involved in stealing their land and then settling on their stolen land. Many Irish form part of this story - and not always in positive ways. Patrick Edward Connor from Co Kerry, a Union general during the civil war, played a central role in the assault on the Native American community. He masterminded the infamous Bear River Massacre of 1863, when hundreds of Shoshone villagers were killed in retaliation for a series of raids by the tribe. General Philip Sheridan, whose parents had emigrated to the US from Co Cavan, led attacks against the Cheyenne, Kiowa and Comanche tribes across the Great Plains. He is widely credited with coining the phrase: "The only good Indians I ever saw were dead,
Then there's the fact that a lot of the tribal members are straight up white mfers with 1% indigenous DNA. Blood quantum is of course a colonial concept, but where is the line drawn? How hilarious is it that the chief can look like the whitest dude I've ever seen? "Howdy fellas, the name's Standing Bear." 😂😂😂😂
If your info is in fact correct, you are talking about two individuals who happened to be Irish. All peoples have bad apples. The Indigenous Irish people are the people the Choctaw Native people helped. Ireland never colonized any country ever. But they were colonized many times over. Irish people were pushed on coffin ships, sold into indentureship by the harsh conditions of the colonizers to the new world where they worked themselves to death to feed themselves.
@Cian2751 delaney.I think it was Dominic behan,who wrote"Come all ye young rebels,and list while I sing,for Love of ones country is a terrible thing!"The Patriot game" But response indicates that ur not old enough to have the full measure of this(having not lived or experienced any part of it!!)Now no one is asking or expecting you to forget or vanquish Ireland's History into the past,buy try not to carry all of those sad memories around with you,as if this happened just recently!! I think the people in the North can testify to this!!
@@tonyoriordan7642 The president or Uachtarán is not a "mascot" he's supposed to be the head of state, supreme commander of the defence forces, defender of the constitution and represent the state in foreign affairs. I'll leave it up to you if you think he does this job competently (or at all) and deserves the 250k salary + perks that comes with it. I know where I stand on him.
@@yermanoffthetelly I know but in general the Taoiseach tends to be the go to man he still deserves the salary and our respect but I’m just stating facts about Ireland’s political chain of command
@@tonyoriordan7642 The Taoiseach is the top of the political chain of command as the head of government, the President is supposed to be above that as head of State. His predecessors Robinson and McAleese both did amazing work on human rights and for peace in Northern Ireland on the world stage. Higgins is rarely seen anymore except the occasional time he waxes lyrical about some poetry or some other nonsense. The last election was turned into a reality show and has turned the role into a joke. It should be the highest honour in the land, not a retirement home for washed up politicians and business magnates with massive egos. My thoughts, either make the role meaningful or merge Taoiseach and President into one role. Let the Attorney General protect the Constitution as he/she has the competency to do so. We don't need a "royal" waste of money sitting up in the park doing nothing.
@@yermanoffthetelly tldr u want Higgins to do more then he can I will be frank he’s OLD and really wants out. Best he can do is be a patriotic face Also I thought we were shoving opinions and emotions to the side for a logical/professional conversation on modern Irish politics
should a random street boy downq to a cork council? should county cork bow down to the masters of Dublin??? should dublin down to masters of the EU? should the EU bow down to china and the US?
@paddy brady Who made you the authority on who should be called an Irishman? I say that your racism and general ignorance precludes you from being a true Irishman. I long for the old days when the only platform you people had was yelling from a street corner while selling pencils from a cup.
Paddy - you seem to have a VERY SERIOUS DOSE of DIARRHOEA - of the Verbal Type - Go Suck a Lemon or shake hands with Mr Covid 19 Himself Boris Johnson.
Worth recalling - DeValera as President of the newly declared Irish Republic (of course not recognized by London or disgracefully by the USA) in 1920 did visit with the Choctaw Nation.
It wasn't "a series of crop failures". It was a blight that killed the potato crop, upon which the impoverished Irish peasantry relied for their sustenance. All kinds of other foodstuffs were produced and exported to Britain under armed guard during this so-called 'famine', while entire Irish families driven from their cottages for nonpayment of rent starved to death beside the road.
British imperialism at its finest.
@msmissy6888read a few books. Your ignorance is embarrassing
*Taoiseach
The Choctaw Nation being a kind and generous nation gave a broken down and beaten country hope that we could survive a terrible genocide, and the fact that even though they were still probably struggling themselves shows that kindness can lead to a generation of compassion
And now in 2020, the bond of love and honour between the Irish people and American tribes continues
Thanks, the least the Irish can do is help you in this current crisis. You gave us everything when you had nothing!
Yea. Leo fits into the colour scheme.
" Crop failure " Very nice euphemism for attempted genocide.
Well, it was caused by the potato late blight fungus. The British arguably made things worse but the famine was caused by a fungus.
@@MexicanBandit The famine wasn't caused by a fungus. Potatoes blight was caused by a fingus. The famine was caused by the British moving food out of Ireland during the potato crop failures. There was more than enough food in Ireland to feed everybody.
Famines are not caused by a shortage of food, but by lack of access to food.
Read 'Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation' by Amartya Sen, the accepted explanation for why famines happen. It is available online in PDF format
@@MexicanBandit No arguably about it, they certainly made things worse. Did they learn their lesson? Well, ask any Bengali what they thought about Churchill's policy towards them during WW2. Lighting struck twice.
@@MexicanBandit it was called the GREAT HUNGER. !!
It was not a famine
a famine effects all crops ..
plenty of food still there , if you touched it , you’d be shot dead .
@msmissy6888 Uh?
The Choctaw leaders have been guests at the Famine walk in Westport, Co. Mayo, on a number of occasions since 1990. The event commemorates the walk that the starving local people took to persuade the local British administration to allow food aid (not that there was much success to be had there).
We need to try n send these people some money on a regular yearly basis
The Irish responded very well last year.
Ireland gives 800,000,000 euros to 3rd world every year. Where it goes to or how it is used is another story. That is in addition to spending on asylum seekers and housing for all who turns up at the gate
Ireland is not doing too badly in generosity
The beauty of these Natives is wonderful. I can see why the Irish and these wonderful humans get along so well.
Both hurt and ruined by the same humans that invaded our land.
I donated only €70 because that is all I could spare duing the donation period but one day I would genuinely love to visit the home (the were forced to have by Europeans) and enjoy their company and beautiful tobacco. I always say, native Americans have the BEST tobacco in the world.
Ireland had lots of food imported to England during the worst years of the supposed famine. British government failure was the biggest cause of suffering
@msmissy6888educate yourself! Ireland is an extremely fertile country and there was plenty of food to feed the population many times over, but the British exported it to Britain and let the Irish starve! Those are facts!
Chocktaw nation a fantastic people. You act of incredible compassion and generosity will never be forgotten. It's good that official state-level recognition and projects are being implemented.
An gorta mor....the great hunger.
The hunger great. Amen to that. There was no famine. Lest we forget.
This is just beautiful 😭
I’m proud of you Leo doing this on behalf of our wounded nation of yesteryear, to acknowledge a loving gesture to a wounded nation which is still suffering. Thanks,
The reconnection is not just recent: On October 18, 1919, Éamon De Valera, while touring the US as the President of the Irish Republic, was adopted as an honorary chieftain of the nation during a visit to their reservation in Wisconsin.
I find it funny as doing research on this subject the choctow people gave 3 times more then the Queen of England at that time and other country's thought it would be rude to insult the Queen if they gave more,,,as ireland was given by the Queen to an English man called trevelyn to rule as seen fit who caused a genocide on the irish population and the potatoe blight was not a famine their was every other type of grain veg and other foods but it was transported to feed English army's in Europe and further a field
As much as I don't like Leo, it's Taoiseach, not PM.
Much love to all my Choctaw brethern and sisters.
Well clearly the Irish in Ireland, whom the Choctaw were assisting, were not involved in these atrocities. Also, Sheridan was an American, born and bred. His parents were Irish, but he himself was not. And Conor left Ireland at the age of 12. Most importantly, however, it was in no sense Ireland or the Irish in any collective sense that waged war on the Indians. Although, both Conor and Sheridan may have had some personal connection to Ireland, all of the atrocities you refer to were the acts of the United States Union Army - which is the only real way to look at it.
Love this for both side’s what they did for each other in time of need.
A wonderful piece of history that I didn’t know
It's still! Very much unknown that these native Americans can actually study for free here in Ireland but of course would need to pay for Room and board
Thats interesting. I actually didn’t know that. yakoke for the information.
Actually the get €10,000 to cover living expenses too!!
It's great to see how the Irish have repaid the generosity shown by the Chokta tribe back in 1847.
But don't be conned by this "Tosser"Veradkhar..He's for selling Ireland ☘️ down the river!
To the EU
@@muskrat477 You got it!👍
@Leonie Marshall He doesn't hold Ireland's interests close to his Heart,he has a less than hidden agenda!!.
This fella barely makes a move without weighing up the "Pro's&Con's".and I'm sure this includes visiting the bathroom!..
Just recently he signed back on to be Doctor,(when he's spent the last decade+ being involved in Politics!)
it's all about image and ambition,along with trying to remodel Ireland ☘️.into his pretentious and phony
idea of what it should resemble..Not to be trusted!
@@muskrat477 to anyone, provided the give him a mic and take his photo
What a load of rot. Varadkar has been a great Taoiseach. He and Fine Gael dragged the country out of the doldrums of the financial crises and the Covid Pandemic to the successful economy it is today. Yes the country has problems, but so does every country. There’ll always be begrudgers and moaners in every country. “Selling Ireland down the river” - what a load of bollo*ks!!
More than 1 million lost, was about alot more.
Well at that particular time there was 8 million of us Irish in Ireland but the famine was over there was 4 million Irish left about 1 .6 million perished ,the rest of our nation went to Boston and Savannah then later Chicago and new York remainder went to Canada and Australia Scotland and Liverpool in England . Ireland has recovered somewhat but it a hard sore to know lot of our people never came back to Ireland ☘️
Not PM Taoiseach we are not British
I just like to be clear whenever I see a discussion on the “” famine ““ It was a genocide. Policies from London, contributed directly, to the deaths and immigration of millions of Irish . There was enough food in Ireland to feed the Irish the food was shipped off to Britain. The inhumanity shown the Irish by the British overlords was horrific
The Gulf South in the US has deep Choctaw, Basque, and Irish ancestry. If you put one of each in the sun for a few days, it gets really hard to tell the difference, which is not surprising since these groups have much more in common with each other than they do with Europeans in general. One of the Choctaw symbols happens to be the Basque Lauburu (another is from the Satsuma Domain, but that's another story altogether).
He should have given them a hurley . They should have game played at croke park.
I think he did, actually. I remember reading about it.
@@qwertyTRiG The choctaw play a mad game with those sticks called stickball
@@galoglaich3281 Is that related to Lacrosse?
@@qwertyTRiG it's an ancient Irish sport that warriors played also used it for training for battles over speed and agility. You should watch all Ireland hurling match on UA-cam:)
@@geminiii6634 I know what hurling is (and I agree that it's pretty awesome). I was asking whether stickball is related to lacrosse.
Well done the Taisoch
We do not have a Prime minister. Just makes no sense it’s very silly and shows that you lack in knowledge
In fairness, Taoiseach won’t make sense to most people
@@aislingokeeffe6195 the direct translation of taoiseach into english is chieftain ,given that he is meeting a fellow chieftain ,that term would be more appropiate
No need to slander. PM is used when showing videos of the Taoiseach to other countries that have no idea what a Taoiseach is.
@@NegativeAccelerate not slander it’s frankness in culture
From an Irishman, a lot of love to the indigenous American tribes, you have suffered at the hands of colonists just like us, but this man Leo Varadker does not represent the average Irish person he is out of touch and born into wealth he is not one of us, Saoirse (freedom) to all
That chap, Leo, would turn up anywhere if he thought he was going to get his photo taken.
Oh... Same as the others
Shows how we can be our best selves by giving more to others and taking less. Congratulations to the Irish and Choctaw nation for a beautiful enduring friendship.
Send us your Irish women.
Yea but there were no Leo's in Ireland at the time of the famine
Goood old leo. . 🙏🙏☀️☀️☀️😎😎
Lost tribes and native Indians lived in peace and harmony and no crime in America in Ancient times..Ancient Covenant people
Who told him what happened
Very proud of Leo doing this 👍❤👏
I'm not Fine Gael but I admire Leo for doing this.
Leaky leo did this for a pat on the back and that's all should of sending a true irish patriot to thank them personally
4th great grandmother Bushpo Houma Mississippi choctaw married joseph Keene
Dawes Commission refused to label her great great granddaughter Choctaw because she did not look Choctaw nor could she count 1 to 10 in Choctaw. Very racist.
There were no crop failures during this period, except for the failure of the potato, the stable food of the peasants. Ireland continued during this period, to export the grain, meat and vegetables to its colonising overlord, England, whilst the Irish starved. Many of the Irish emigrated to the US before English initiated starvation claimed them
2023 smoking magic mushrooms all day and getting government money.
WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE.. THIS IS TURTLE ISLAND 🏝️
What a lovely surprise to see two nations making friends so long ago and remembering each other still. I’m proud to be associated in any small way with you all.pure class and bless your hearts. This btw was a sweet bedtime story for me.
Great people thank you from ireland
"Pit stop" means bathroom break.🤣🤣🤣 But we know what she meant, bless her heart.💕😁
is he one of the conn varadkars.
Prime minister 😒
Great!!! 😍🍀
I was here trying to figure out what pm stands for.😅 it’s Taoiseach, prime minister is the uk Taoiseach.👍
Don't worry,he's just another phony,preening SJW,who doesn't respect Ireland's History ..
@@jerryoshea3116 Ireland History's is pretty sjw maybe you don't respect Ireland history social justice is written into Celtic law we had an ancient form of democracy best represented in Ireland. there were disabled people found at Newgrange suggesting they were something special as opposed to feared and hated like in most of the world at that time many Irish national heroes gayer than a 3 bob note. The modern sjw movement is simply what pop culture does McDonald's French Fries s*** you do a better job fixing the world around you then complaining about it encourage real culture rather than complaining about powdered eggs in instant mash culture.
@@ridanann If u don't mind me asking,how old are you?
@@jerryoshea3116 I'm a millennial I just like history or maybe thousands of years old who knows
@@ridanann Well Ri dan,it's always nice to have hobbies! and appreciating Ireland's History is commendable! (and I'm sure u will have plenty of time to explore them at present)
But ur "young&keen" and certainly passionate about ur idealism,but when u finally get out into the working environment,travel some,and meet a variety of people beyond Ireland's Shores,u will start to become somewhat more pragmatic and maybe start to (Q)the likes of Leo&his Pals vision of Ireland's "Brave new world"!
Sure anyone wouldn't begrudge Ireland's recent "Celtic Tiger/EU prosperity(considering it's previous borderline"third world" existence)but all of these alliances will not come cheap!!..
Anyway I won't bore u further,we're separated by experience,generations and not quite Poles,but Oceans apart...
.anyway,adh mor agus oiche mhaith and stay👍 well!
$170 is around $5,000 in today's money
❤
Wow... what is all this? I have to research this.
Thats beautiful🥝🇳🇿😎
This is Red Man's Land
Beautiful !
This really WARMS MY HEART!❤️🤗. THANK YOU OUR CHOCTAW FRIENDS! LOL🙏💚☘️
Exactly.
Very generous of the Indians to help the Irish who were involved in stealing their land and then settling on their stolen land.
Many Irish form part of this story - and not always in positive ways. Patrick Edward Connor from Co Kerry, a Union general during the civil war, played a central role in the assault on the Native American community. He masterminded the infamous Bear River Massacre of 1863, when hundreds of Shoshone villagers were killed in retaliation for a series of raids by the tribe.
General Philip Sheridan, whose parents had emigrated to the US from Co Cavan, led attacks against the Cheyenne, Kiowa and Comanche tribes across the Great Plains. He is widely credited with coining the phrase: "The only good Indians I ever saw were dead,
Then there's the fact that a lot of the tribal members are straight up white mfers with 1% indigenous DNA. Blood quantum is of course a colonial concept, but where is the line drawn? How hilarious is it that the chief can look like the whitest dude I've ever seen? "Howdy fellas, the name's Standing Bear." 😂😂😂😂
If your info is in fact correct, you are talking about two individuals who happened to be Irish. All peoples have bad apples. The Indigenous Irish people are the people the Choctaw Native people helped. Ireland never colonized any country ever. But they were colonized many times over. Irish people were pushed on coffin ships, sold into indentureship by the harsh conditions of the colonizers to the new world where they worked themselves to death to feed themselves.
Lovely❤
Thank you
❤
Back door leo
@Cian2751 delaney.I think it was Dominic behan,who wrote"Come all ye young rebels,and list while I sing,for Love of ones country is a terrible thing!"The Patriot game"
But response indicates that ur not old enough to have the full measure of this(having not lived or experienced any part of it!!)Now no one is asking or expecting you to forget or vanquish Ireland's History into the past,buy try not to carry all of those sad memories around with you,as if this happened just recently!!
I think the people in the North can testify to this!!
he not a prime minister get it right HE'S OUR TAOISEACH
Hello I am Ireland's leader... Indian wearing a sinn fein T-shirt says "how"
Irish Taoiseach jumps at the chance to get some air time with this story, Is this not the Presidents role....?
No In Ireland our president Is like the mascot and representative the Taoiseach makes political decisions
@@tonyoriordan7642 The president or Uachtarán is not a "mascot" he's supposed to be the head of state, supreme commander of the defence forces, defender of the constitution and represent the state in foreign affairs.
I'll leave it up to you if you think he does this job competently (or at all) and deserves the 250k salary + perks that comes with it. I know where I stand on him.
@@yermanoffthetelly I know but in general the Taoiseach tends to be the go to man he still deserves the salary and our respect but I’m just stating facts about Ireland’s political chain of command
@@tonyoriordan7642 The Taoiseach is the top of the political chain of command as the head of government, the President is supposed to be above that as head of State. His predecessors Robinson and McAleese both did amazing work on human rights and for peace in Northern Ireland on the world stage. Higgins is rarely seen anymore except the occasional time he waxes lyrical about some poetry or some other nonsense.
The last election was turned into a reality show and has turned the role into a joke. It should be the highest honour in the land, not a retirement home for washed up politicians and business magnates with massive egos.
My thoughts, either make the role meaningful or merge Taoiseach and President into one role. Let the Attorney General protect the Constitution as he/she has the competency to do so. We don't need a "royal" waste of money sitting up in the park doing nothing.
@@yermanoffthetelly tldr u want Higgins to do more then he can I will be frank he’s OLD and really wants out. Best he can do is be a patriotic face
Also I thought we were shoving opinions and emotions to the side for a logical/professional conversation on modern Irish politics
Bunch of imposters
I can't tell the Irish from the Choctaw. They're just as pale. What happened to the Real Copper colored Choctaw nation?
Ireland doesn't have a prime minister. Also lol varadKAR
They probably expected an irish person
Well Leo was born in Ireland so that kinda makes him Irish
Leos a clown but we as a nation need2 help these people
MiChEal MARTIN WOOH
5$ Indians
Varadkar is not an Irishman how can he be when his only aim is to replace the irish people and he only bows to the E.U. masters.
should a random street boy downq to a cork council? should county cork bow down to the masters of Dublin??? should dublin down to masters of the EU? should the EU bow down to china and the US?
@paddy brady Who made you the authority on who should be called an Irishman? I say that your racism and general ignorance precludes you from being a true Irishman. I long for the old days when the only platform you people had was yelling from a street corner while selling pencils from a cup.
You're not Irish
Paddy - you seem to have a VERY SERIOUS DOSE of DIARRHOEA - of the Verbal Type - Go Suck a Lemon or shake hands with Mr Covid 19 Himself Boris Johnson.
@@jamesmflynn ah its a hard life
Worth recalling - DeValera as President of the newly declared Irish Republic (of course not recognized by London or disgracefully by the USA) in 1920 did visit with the Choctaw Nation.