Team Handball is the most underrated intense Olympic sport: Balletic like basketball, aggressive like American football, and strategically fast like soccer (football). Highly recommend. (+ players are _fit_ AF!)
@@miseentrope What is being referred to here is a different sport, also called handball. It is somewhat similar to squash. This caused me no end of confusion and irritation as a scandinavian kid living in Dublin, let me tell you!
@@sindrimarsteingrims I never heard of "Team Handball" as a sport .... Only "Handball" which I think is also a GAA game (along with Football and Hurling) but I understand Handball is probably not an exclusively Irish sport of course and is probably international.
@@TT_1221 Team handball is often referred to as Olympic Handball and is like a mix between basketball and football. The (Irish) handball that's referred to here is like squash but played with your hands instead of a racquet.
And there you have it folks. It's not Patty's Day. It's Paddy's Day. Paddy comes from Padraig which is the Irish for Patrick. The only thing we know about Patty in Ireland is that she's Marge Simpson's sister.
Had to correct an American (well many Americans) for saying that and she actually had the nerve to say "yeah well that's just what we call in the states" . When I said it was disrespectful, especially since she knows it's wrong, she ended the conversation 🫠
I think this is where the confusion comes from. because people don't say 'padraig's day' and many north Americans say 'patty' as a nickname for 'patrick'. if it makes you feel any better we may spell it 'patty' but unless you ask us to slow down and enunciate it's typically pronounced with the 'd' sound.
As a first generation American whose parents were born in Eire I am always correctiong my friends on how to say St. Padraigs day the right way and stop saying top o the mornin to my parents! So glad I know about my heritage, slan
As a first generation American whose parents were Hungarian and Romanian, I still got to spend the first eight years of my schooling in Catholic school being educated ONLY by Irish nuns. So I got a 100% on Paul's quiz. (Does being raised by Irish nuns give a person a crack (not craic) at being a tiny bit honorary Irish?)
@@Ciaradexy I am fully aware of the fact I am a proud first generaton Irish American who is very proud of my heritage and knows its called St. Paddys day God forbid any one of Itish decent share there heritage with any one who is irish and wasnt born there !
@@Kitiwakehe’s on a press junket and is being asked to play a game created by a media company, and he’s supposed to respond to random questions about clover, and honors a saint by describing the symbolism…and he misspeaks. You’re doing so much better promoting your $250,000,000 movie in this international media moment?
It's a southern pronunciation. It's different in Ulster Irish. I think people forget there are differences which is why Caoimhe for example has two pronunciations. Similar to differences between northern and southern welsh
Also worth noting that Munster Irish uses ‘Gaelainn’ as well as ‘Gaeilge’. Thought I’d throw that in to the ring, as I’ve witnessed Connacht speakers/East Coasters have the absolute neck to try and ‘correct’ fluent Munster gaeilgeoirí, despite the term being perfectly correct to use
You use the expression "Irish roots" ( or any other country) to refer to someone who has another nationality but has Irish ancestors, NOT for someone who is actually Irish like Mescal.
What do you mean by “…his Irish roots…”? Frankly, that is a silly comment. Not only does he have Irish roots, he also has the trunk, the branches, and the leaves. He was born and raised in Ireland. He lives in Ireland. He is the quintessential embodiment of the great Irish oak.
I’m Irish, living in Ireland and I thought the Irish Goodbye was when you said bye a million times when you left or you finished a call. This goodbye is normally interrupted by a restart in the conversation, before another round of a million goodbyes. This could go on for hours 😂. Now I learn it is the opposite 😂 Everyday is a learning day.
Yes, I know what you mean. I think they're both valid actually. I've done both, especially the slipping away from a party thing but also the endless goodbyes on the phone too! 😊
No the global definition is that sneaking away thing but your version is way more accurate. Right. That's me off........1 hour later.... I'm REALLY off now....
Yes, the long goodbye. You're leaving your friend's house, saying goodbye/good night, the chat gets going again at the door, you reach your car, the chat gets louder from the door and back again, and the waves as you drive away, go on foreverrrrrrr. Love it!
For anyone watching this who is new to hurling, you should play this incredible sport! As Paul said, hurling is one of the national sports of Ireland, but it is also played globally. Hurling is a fast-paced stick sport, over 3,000 years old, and the fastest field sport in the world. Currently, there are 2,200 clubs on the island of Ireland, and 400+ worldwide. North America represents nearly half of the hurling clubs worldwide, with over 200 clubs. If you’ve never tried it, you’re missing out. You should give hurling a go!
It’s so interesting that Halloween has had such an impact in the states. Probably because there are a lot of Americans who are of Irish descent and Irish immigration has played a large part in creating the US.
No I really think that’s wrong. It’s nothing like the original haloween in ireland. Americans made it completely different, same with cinco do mayo or st Patrick’s day
@@SmcdMcd-d2k Its similar, the trick or treating is Scots/Irish tradition, the jack o lantern is Irish only they realized pumpkins were easier to carve than turnips.
@@betsyduane3461 81 percent of all Immigrants in the 19th century were Irish. They brought all their traditions with them, which is what the og comment is about. So your point is pretty pointless really.
@@paulinegallagher7821 Sorry no, my Irish family got here in 1843, I know all about it. The Irish did not form this country. What traditions were brought that formed the country?
Feckit, I love it. It's the most honourable " gathering " we have for us when we pass, you'd hope people enjoy themselves. My Dad is 79 and is now warning us already Not to be so sad when he goes, to enjoy ourselves on the day and smile with his memories ☮️💚
@@eddiemaxwell6949it’s plausible . But most funerals they would actually sing and play an instrument . No need for karaoke itself (you know the god awful ones in pubs )
@@seanfagan8490 It was actually invented at Foynes, where the flying boats landed. They were used for transatlantic flights before jet planes. Just down the river from Shannon airport.
Yes, Irish hotels etc absolutely serve them and Shannon airport were famous for them but Americans were definitely involved in their creation . They just aren’t really a thing for people on a day Today basis. More a tourist thing
@trottolina1712 yes, that was what I recalled too. Those Flying Boat type planes were not comfortable or warm, and the passengers got offered a hot coffee spiked with some whiskey as they got off.
Didn't expect a shout-out to the specific SuperMac's in Galway. Love that spot. Used to go when I was a kid on summer vacation and then play Street Fighter in the arcade nearby.
"All of the players you idolize growing up, they play a match on a Sunday to 80.000 people, and then they go back to work on Monday" - I see that it's probably unique for men who do sports at an elite level (which is interesting so I get why he pointed it out), but it's the case for way more women even in elite sports. Just shows something about society.
He said 'players'. The GAA is unique in that it's predominantly run by volunteers. The GAA football, hurling and camogie finals (both men and women's teams) are essentially our Super Bowl. Americans always view everything through their own cultural lens; when you have no knowledge or context for something, maybe just consider learning more about it?
With a side note, the men's and women's associations have been historically separate. So if saying "The GAA" in Ireland has meant men. The camogie players and ladies footballer have been amazing all along and getting recognition :) If playing Gaelic Games overseas, then every is typically together. Go support your local club!
For some areas here in Ireland, Irish is their first language and they actually have to learn English! Like my aunt who was born and raised speaking ONLY Irish, had to learn to speak English when she met my uncle and there was only about a 30 mile difference in where they lived, but unfortunately she has since lost all of her Irish language now and we always said she should've spoke it to her children and grandchildren because irish is a mandatory subject in school!
@@jackydooley6053 It is sad, and will continue to decline because of the stranglehold the Gaelgoirs have on the language. After over a century of compulsory Irish in schools, 71,000 people profess to speaking Irish every day, and most of them work in the Irish Language industry. That's out of 5.2m of a population in the Republic of Ireland. That 71k is a 2,000 drop from the 2016 census. It's all about keeping the Government grants.
@@jackydooley6053 as he said there’s a resurgence of Irish people wanting to speak and learn Irish again which is shamazing , our language was taken from us when the English tried to take over our country . That’s the reason why it faded out .
While Paul is correct that far too many U. S. citizens don't know their geography (nor civics, nor history, nor anatomy nor any number of important things, we're getting more and more evidence of by the day), I'm pleased to report that I am one of the rare ones who could point out Ireland on a world map... even before I got an Irish boyfriend! ☘
@@thesoul2sqeeze I don't need to flex. If you had watched the video, you'd understand why I made note of it... because Paul made note of it. It was a response to him.
@@thesoul2sqeeze Easy easy easy. Sri Lanka is in south Asia close to India. Iceland? Piss easy head north and it's east of Greenland; in between Canada and the Nordic countries. Puerto Rico is below the US.
@thesoul2sqeeze Calm down a small bit Boy, feckit what's with your agression🙄☮️💚, Be kind boy, that's all. If you've nothing nice to say, say nothing at all, I'm sure you're heard that before somewhere. There's too much " nastiness " around, please don't add to it x
We are very proud of all of them, Paul Mescal, Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Kenneth Brannagh, Barry Keough, and Andrew Scott. Brendan Frazer also gets an honourable mention.
Nothing? Nothing else at all? But a random actor? Never mind all our great achievements, how beloved we are around the world, all our great writers, artists, sportspeople, nope, none of that, a somewhat popular actor stands above all of them ha
It’s when Americans refer to Europe as if it’s just one place. “I want to visit Europe”…. You’re gunna have to be more specific hun, Skegness or Paris? 😂
It did make me giggle that the interview was supposed to be about Ireland and Irish facts, and half of this was talking non-stop about America. Definitely a very Irish interview. 😄
He had to straighten some things out with Hollywood. He definitely didn’t want to talk about America but they need to step away from their “Irish” narrative, especially when they all claim heritage every 4 seconds.
A very nice decent well grounded fella. I hope and anticipate that fame and fortune won't change that. Love how he is consciously proud of his Irish language knowledge which is the soul of any national identity. Maith thú Paul, agus go néirí an bothar leat !! PS.......Have the English claimed him yet as one of their own, which he quite palpably is not !!
What is intrinsically Irish? Great language and commentary. Of course the great irony is that English is not the Native language of Ireland. Super impressive that Mr. Mescal knows the island's early language. It is amazing to see the outstanding contemporary actors like Mescal and Saoirse Ronan getting so much acclaim. Small country, Huge culture.
Irish coffee is most certainly an Irish creation, it was created in the airport lounge of Shannon Airport, then the most important trans- Atlantic stopover, this drink was invented at more or less the same time as the concept of 'Duty Free', Ireland was poorer than Appalachia at that time, look how far we've come!
It was actually invented a few miles lower down the River, at Foynes where the flying boats landed. This was in the earliest days of transatlantic travel, before jet planes. The person credited with inventing Irish Coffee did the go on to work in Shannon airport when it opened to commercial flights. And Duty Free was introduced in Shannon.
I got the impression that he meant the idea of Irish people drinking lots of Irish coffee is a fallacy. Although it was invented at Foynes, it was likely primarily Americans drinking it prior to their flight home. Few Irish could have afforded a transatlantic flight at that time.
To all of my fellow Americans who can't point out Ireland on a map, please do yourself (and fed up people like me) a favor, and buy yourself a F'ing globe for Christmas.
It is hilarious the amount of extraordinary Oirish fallacies we have to fight! Mescal is a really good ambassador as he uses humour to overturn them. This era is amazing though, ireland is producing some more than astounding actors. May they keep their acting AND personal feet on the ground of our world, not an easy task...
I appreciated them using the right word too, and I’m a Gàidhlig speaker. The amount of people that mix up the Celtic languages is so annoying and its publications like this usually that cause the confusion
Is it just me who got a little upset that they chose the non-irish sign for Daisy when Paul said that she's the proper honorary irishman, Justice for Daisy
Saying you have "the luck of the Irish" actually does mean you are inherently unlucky. It's just become misunderstood through use. And yes, the best supermacs is in Galway. 😍🥰
@@brendanmeliamusicprefer a Burger King myself, but not always the way. Supermacs standards have gone to shite in recent years , (bar the Smokey bacon burger ) rarely go there , no matter the town . Christy even a full meal with some sides like onion rings, are pricy , though that’s the same in all of them . Supermacs use to be serious value for money. Even a humble €2 burger with none of the fancy stuff on it was good value as they still put some nice sauce on it , where as in other places you’d get nothing but the burger and the bun
I go to Ireland at least once a year and love it there. If I didn't have children and grandchildren, I would apply for a long-term visa. I have been to all 32 counties and 4 provinces. It is a very special place.
You have a pic of clover with 4 leaves. That would be a mutation. There are approximately 10,000 three-leaf clovers for every “lucky” four-leaf clover, and shamrock is a type of clover.
@@ladyneroli The name shamrock comes from Irish seamróg ([ˈʃamˠɾˠoːɡ]), which is the diminutive of the Irish word seamair and simply means "young clover"
Irish St Pat's day, for me, was going to Mass, early, buying shamrock from the old ladies outside the church. Then we would go for a ride in the Wicklow mountains, stop for lunch, have a pint of shandy, and go to the session at O' Donoghues that night.
Halloween was very important in my childhood in Wales, but also in Cumbria, the Derbyshire Peak District, Dorset, the Tabwrdd in Wales is the same as the Bodhran. A lot of Irish things have a shared Identity. Finding a four leaf clover is lucky throughout Britain. He's sounding less Irish.
The Irish immigration to the US is a clear sign that it WAS the Irish that brought Halloween to the US. When by Parents were in England in the 60s and 70s nobody there heard of Halloween.
(edited) 4:07 She has it as “Patty’s Day” there so to clarify for anyone who sees this in the future my question was do Americans know it’s Paddy’s day (because they know Paddy is short for Patrick) OR are they calling it Patty’s day but because of their accents (the fact that they say t’s as d’s) they are just fortunately saying Patty’s as Paddy anyway?
Please don’t be confused patties day is wrong whatever an Irish person from Ireland tell you to call Saint Patrick’s Day call that .. paddy comes from Padraig the irish for paddy
@@pmc237 In America? If so what I was asking was do you call it Paddy’s Day cause you know Paddy is short for Patrick (which it seems is wrong based on what the guy above said) or because you think it’s Patty’s but you would pronounce that as Paddy anyway, cause you say t’s as d’s for words like that
Most of the Lucky Charms crap that Paul is correctly defining as Not Irish here, are intentionally negative stereotypes made and perpetuated in the USA/UK by largely WASP led companies and media. 'Luck' is a pretty back handed insult that implies any achievement was a fluke, contrasted to earning with 'grit' aka Protestant Work Ethic.
@@Hnossa its mad how it was looked upon as normal for them to be separate for so long, can't think of any sport worldwide that has separate governing bodies. At least it is changing now
As most restrictions on opening hours came into place during the First World War we may well be able to take credit for their lock-ins to some extent as well as our own seeing as we were still imperialising the whole place at the time. In a just about hanging on sort of way. I'm sure they've made them their own in the meantime though, just as we have ours!
Ah here Paul, leprechauns and Irish coffees are Irish for fecks sake. Irish coffee comes from Foynes in Limerick. And Leprechauns are bloody terrifying, not the twee shite that's peddled these days.
Shamrock is a type of clover. They are almost always trefoils but a four leaf clover will occasionally appear in Ireland and America. To find one is good luck wherever you are.
Ya we know that but the four leaf clover is good luck in many Celtic countries while the shamrock is specific to Ireland as a symbol due to the st Patrick story he told. To use a four leaf clover for paddy’s day is very incorrect. I would only use a four leaf clover talking about good luck. Use a shamrock for Ireland
Irish goodbyes are a thing, because you'd always be bullied into staying longer at a party than you want to, if you say you're leaving; so quietly just leave... try it out if you haven't yet, no one will notice for at least an hour, if at all 🤣
It’s beyond weird to see a photo of a handball tournament I played in earlier this year in a video on Paul Mescal 😂
😂😂
Team Handball is the most underrated intense Olympic sport: Balletic like basketball, aggressive like American football, and strategically fast like soccer (football). Highly recommend. (+ players are _fit_ AF!)
@@miseentrope What is being referred to here is a different sport, also called handball. It is somewhat similar to squash. This caused me no end of confusion and irritation as a scandinavian kid living in Dublin, let me tell you!
@@sindrimarsteingrims I never heard of "Team Handball" as a sport .... Only "Handball" which I think is also a GAA game (along with Football and Hurling) but I understand Handball is probably not an exclusively Irish sport of course and is probably international.
@@TT_1221 Team handball is often referred to as Olympic Handball and is like a mix between basketball and football. The (Irish) handball that's referred to here is like squash but played with your hands instead of a racquet.
He's a good lad , a likeable character and a decent advocate of Ireland ...
I love him… but we gotta stop talking about America . Who cares.
@@velocitygirl8551it’s an interview with American magazine.
And there you have it folks. It's not Patty's Day. It's Paddy's Day. Paddy comes from Padraig which is the Irish for Patrick. The only thing we know about Patty in Ireland is that she's Marge Simpson's sister.
Stop gushing! Shameful
Had to correct an American (well many Americans) for saying that and she actually had the nerve to say "yeah well that's just what we call in the states" . When I said it was disrespectful, especially since she knows it's wrong, she ended the conversation 🫠
YANKS SAYING PATTY IS WILD
@thesoul2sqeeze even here in the US, we'd not have the cheek, normally. Did she understand the you were saying Paddy with a D and not Ts?
I think this is where the confusion comes from. because people don't say 'padraig's day' and many north Americans say 'patty' as a nickname for 'patrick'. if it makes you feel any better we may spell it 'patty' but unless you ask us to slow down and enunciate it's typically pronounced with the 'd' sound.
As an Irish man, this was incredibly refreshing to watch. The rest of the world needs to get their head straight on proper Irish facts! 😂 🇮🇪
As a first generation American whose parents were born in Eire I am always correctiong my friends on how to say St. Padraigs day the right way and stop saying top o the mornin to my parents! So glad I know about my heritage, slan
As a first generation American whose parents were Hungarian and Romanian, I still got to spend the first eight years of my schooling in Catholic school being educated ONLY by Irish nuns. So I got a 100% on Paul's quiz. (Does being raised by Irish nuns give a person a crack (not craic) at being a tiny bit honorary Irish?)
@@HunHareno.
@@michaelmcenery7515you're a Yank, not Irish. Irish people don't say St Pádraig day either.
@@Ciaradexy I am fully aware of the fact I am a proud first generaton Irish American who is very proud of my heritage and knows its called St. Paddys day God forbid any one of Itish decent share there heritage with any one who is irish and wasnt born there !
My new celebrity crush after watching this. He’s so charming. And that accent …. What’s not to love?!
that miserable clip of the bodhrán 😂
That was fecking terrible!!! I've paused the video, laughing, knowing that there would be a comment close to the top
That's gas! 😀
Thank you!!
W
should've been a clip of Rónán O'Snodaigh !! unvelievable
Dude is so down to earth 🥹 💛
love his voice , seems like a lovely lad
I’ve watched this 3 times already
More fool you😅😂
Well done. Here's a cookie 🍪
Time on ur hands
This was fun. Ireland should be proud to have Paul Mescal represent btw.
not when he needs to make a joke out of his religion.
@@Kitiwakeshut up man, I’m Irish and I was raised catholic but no longer practice. It doesn’t make you a bad person
@@Kitiwakehe’s on a press junket and is being asked to play a game created by a media company, and he’s supposed to respond to random questions about clover, and honors a saint by describing the symbolism…and he misspeaks. You’re doing so much better promoting your $250,000,000 movie in this international media moment?
@@Kitiwake every religion can be made fun of, none of them are special
Why ? He’s a wooden film actor
Good man, Paul! Love the proper pronunciation of 'Gaeilge' & 'Gaeltacht' here. Maith an fear. Bródúil asat!
It would be embarrassing if he couldn’t pronounce them correctly after being in a gaelscoil!
I'd say most Irish pronounce them correctly!
@ you’d be surprised!
It's a southern pronunciation. It's different in Ulster Irish. I think people forget there are differences which is why Caoimhe for example has two pronunciations. Similar to differences between northern and southern welsh
Also worth noting that Munster Irish uses ‘Gaelainn’ as well as ‘Gaeilge’. Thought I’d throw that in to the ring, as I’ve witnessed Connacht speakers/East Coasters have the absolute neck to try and ‘correct’ fluent Munster gaeilgeoirí, despite the term being perfectly correct to use
He's very mindful and thoughtful. The way he expressed his appreciation to his Irish roots is admirable and insightful.
very demure
You use the expression "Irish roots" ( or any other country) to refer to someone who has another nationality but has Irish ancestors, NOT for someone who is actually Irish like Mescal.
What do you mean by “…his Irish roots…”?
Frankly, that is a silly comment. Not only does he have Irish roots, he also has the trunk, the branches, and the leaves. He was born and raised in Ireland. He lives in Ireland. He is the quintessential embodiment of the great Irish oak.
Roots? He's the full tree!
He sounds pretty Irish to me
I’m Irish, living in Ireland and I thought the Irish Goodbye was when you said bye a million times when you left or you finished a call. This goodbye is normally interrupted by a restart in the conversation, before another round of a million goodbyes. This could go on for hours 😂. Now I learn it is the opposite 😂 Everyday is a learning day.
Yes, I know what you mean. I think they're both valid actually. I've done both, especially the slipping away from a party thing but also the endless goodbyes on the phone too! 😊
No the global definition is that sneaking away thing but your version is way more accurate. Right. That's me off........1 hour later.... I'm REALLY off now....
Yes, the long goodbye. You're leaving your friend's house, saying goodbye/good night, the chat gets going again at the door, you reach your car, the chat gets louder from the door and back again, and the waves as you drive away, go on foreverrrrrrr. Love it!
You are correct. People confuse it with an Irish exit , which is slipping out so nobody knows.
@@robbyel3958 that's an Irish exit 😒
Lmao this is perfection
Also, we had to address the iconic shorts. I remember someone dressing up as him in those shorts for Halloween lol
Its so weird, they're just normal shorts here lol
Thats a funny costume! :)
@@BadDubII Exactly. But he makes them high fashion
I fit right in here in australia where he wore the AFL ones
@PokhrajRoy.
Typical tennis shorts, no?
Jaysus...he's beautifully Irish all the same, isn't he?!
Not your quintessential GAA God eh?
Bali! .... haunis
😅😅 sausages. @@TT_1221
@@TT_1221 Ha Ha! The woolly hat!😁
Interesting to learn this!
“Historically unlucky!” 👏🏻👏🏻
Luck can be "Good" or "Bad", so we've had our share of luck historically.
@@CGM_68 it says unlucky pal
The English used to use it when Ireland beat them at anything
@@CGM_68most of it is unlucky or down right miserable . Whatever “luck” was achieved it was through hard work
@@joecleary579Yep, thus, patronising
the way he makes me proud to be irish (I'm not irish whatsoever) 🇮🇪☘️
Hahahahaha i felt the same and I’m mexican 😂
@@NataliaDiaz-r7vapparently Mexico is close to Ireland
@NataliaDiaz-r7v Irish and Spanish people are kindred spirits! So Mexican people are part of our wider family too❤
Ye are gas.
Sure we're nearly neighbours 😂@@markwillies7666
For anyone watching this who is new to hurling, you should play this incredible sport! As Paul said, hurling is one of the national sports of Ireland, but it is also played globally. Hurling is a fast-paced stick sport, over 3,000 years old, and the fastest field sport in the world. Currently, there are 2,200 clubs on the island of Ireland, and 400+ worldwide. North America represents nearly half of the hurling clubs worldwide, with over 200 clubs. If you’ve never tried it, you’re missing out. You should give hurling a go!
It’s so interesting that Halloween has had such an impact in the states. Probably because there are a lot of Americans who are of Irish descent and Irish immigration has played a large part in creating the US.
No I really think that’s wrong. It’s nothing like the original haloween in ireland. Americans made it completely different, same with cinco do mayo or st Patrick’s day
@@SmcdMcd-d2k Its similar, the trick or treating is Scots/Irish tradition, the jack o lantern is Irish only they realized pumpkins were easier to carve than turnips.
Only 9.5% of the US has Irish decent, America was pretty well formed before the Irish immigration in the 1800's, my family was one of them.
@@betsyduane3461 81 percent of all Immigrants in the 19th century were Irish. They brought all their traditions with them, which is what the og comment is about. So your point is pretty pointless really.
@@paulinegallagher7821 Sorry no, my Irish family got here in 1843, I know all about it. The Irish did not form this country. What traditions were brought that formed the country?
Last Irish funeral I went to they had a karaoke 😂 gotta love the craic
Feckit, I love it. It's the most honourable " gathering " we have for us when we pass, you'd hope people enjoy themselves. My Dad is 79 and is now warning us already Not to be so sad when he goes, to enjoy ourselves on the day and smile with his memories ☮️💚
I walked in to two ladies on the karaoke singing their hearts out to Whitney Houstons " I wanna dance with somebody". 😂😂
In Ireland?
@@eddiemaxwell6949it’s plausible . But most funerals they would actually sing and play an instrument . No need for karaoke itself (you know the god awful ones in pubs )
@@gavintuesday4959 That's what I was thinking. I wondered if the funeral was somewhere else, e.g. the USA.
A Lock In is a beautiful gift ❤
Supermacs must be delighted with the mention!
He's such a handsome gentleman!
Ayo Edebiri: Irish ☘️
She's black not Irish
@@RyanG0899 tell that to Phil Lynott
@@RyanG0899 She's our fabulous adopted Irish lady - yes, Daisy Edgar fab Irish accent but have you heard Ayo?
@@RyanG0899and Paul Mescal is white...not Irish...?
Missed that one too😂
The first place Irish coffee was served was in Shannon Airport in the 1950s When the Free Port was opened, Methinks.
@@seanfagan8490 It was actually invented at Foynes, where the flying boats landed. They were used for transatlantic flights before jet planes. Just down the river from Shannon airport.
Yes, Irish hotels etc absolutely serve them and Shannon airport were famous for them but Americans were definitely involved in their creation . They just aren’t really a thing for people on a day Today basis. More a tourist thing
I enjoy them and would make them a lot around Christmas or order them as a treat in a pub @gavintuesday4959
@trottolina1712 yes, that was what I recalled too. Those Flying Boat type planes were not comfortable or warm, and the passengers got offered a hot coffee spiked with some whiskey as they got off.
Foynes flying boat anchorage.
Much love Paul, well done
Didn't expect a shout-out to the specific SuperMac's in Galway. Love that spot. Used to go when I was a kid on summer vacation and then play Street Fighter in the arcade nearby.
"All of the players you idolize growing up, they play a match on a Sunday to 80.000 people, and then they go back to work on Monday" - I see that it's probably unique for men who do sports at an elite level (which is interesting so I get why he pointed it out), but it's the case for way more women even in elite sports. Just shows something about society.
He said 'players'. The GAA is unique in that it's predominantly run by volunteers. The GAA football, hurling and camogie finals (both men and women's teams) are essentially our Super Bowl. Americans always view everything through their own cultural lens; when you have no knowledge or context for something, maybe just consider learning more about it?
With a side note, the men's and women's associations have been historically separate. So if saying "The GAA" in Ireland has meant men. The camogie players and ladies footballer have been amazing all along and getting recognition :) If playing Gaelic Games overseas, then every is typically together. Go support your local club!
Good point,well made.
For some areas here in Ireland, Irish is their first language and they actually have to learn English! Like my aunt who was born and raised speaking ONLY Irish, had to learn to speak English when she met my uncle and there was only about a 30 mile difference in where they lived, but unfortunately she has since lost all of her Irish language now and we always said she should've spoke it to her children and grandchildren because irish is a mandatory subject in school!
Where is your aunt from in Ireland? Is breá liom an Ghaelainn agus is rud an-shuimiúl dom nuair a chloisim na scéalta seo.
Yeah, whereas the overwhelming majority of us are forced to "study" Irish for 14 years before we bin it.
@peterincork3121 exactly, it's sad!
@@jackydooley6053 It is sad, and will continue to decline because of the stranglehold the Gaelgoirs have on the language. After over a century of compulsory Irish in schools, 71,000 people profess to speaking Irish every day, and most of them work in the Irish Language industry. That's out of 5.2m of a population in the Republic of Ireland. That 71k is a 2,000 drop from the 2016 census. It's all about keeping the Government grants.
@@jackydooley6053 as he said there’s a resurgence of Irish people wanting to speak and learn Irish again which is shamazing , our language was taken from us when the English tried to take over our country . That’s the reason why it faded out .
1:58 kneecap mention
Fav moment
Ask me the significance of this 2 weeks ago I would not know
Seen them live and met them Tuesday, great lads 👏👏
Amazing film
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Cheque on the way from Pat McDonagh for Paul!
He knows his Supermacs!
He's getting a Supermacs Platinum card for this
USA-also Super Max. They're just huge prisons for really high risk inmates.
Proper irishman . Bang on with everything
I'm from New Zealand. I was asked if NZ was near Ireland when I visited the US. Not at all.
While Paul is correct that far too many U. S. citizens don't know their geography (nor civics, nor history, nor anatomy nor any number of important things, we're getting more and more evidence of by the day), I'm pleased to report that I am one of the rare ones who could point out Ireland on a world map... even before I got an Irish boyfriend! ☘
Is that meant to be a flex ? What next , you know where Tasmania is? Sri Lanka? Taiwan? Iceland? Puerto Rico? Literally the easiest to point out 😅😅
@@thesoul2sqeeze I don't need to flex. If you had watched the video, you'd understand why I made note of it... because Paul made note of it. It was a response to him.
@@thesoul2sqeeze Easy easy easy. Sri Lanka is in south Asia close to India. Iceland? Piss easy head north and it's east of Greenland; in between Canada and the Nordic countries. Puerto Rico is below the US.
@thesoul2sqeeze Calm down a small bit Boy, feckit what's with your agression🙄☮️💚, Be kind boy, that's all. If you've nothing nice to say, say nothing at all, I'm sure you're heard that before somewhere. There's too much " nastiness " around, please don't add to it x
@@marieO07 🥂
Maith an Fear
You for Rounder's.. the 4th GAA sport
Ireland should be proud and happy of its son.
It is….very proud 🇮🇪
We are very proud of all of them, Paul Mescal, Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Kenneth Brannagh, Barry Keough, and Andrew Scott. Brendan Frazer also gets an honourable mention.
putting supermac's on the global scale haha
Michael Flatley and Jean Butler of _Riverdance_ fame are from Chicago and Long Island, respectively.
Is the 'avoidant tendency' a subliminal nod to him running away from his hook-ups?
nothing makes me prouder to be irish than paul mescal
yeah its nice balance since we had to deal with with that absolute toolbag gobshite ejit Conor McGregor as our most famous export.
That's really sad
@ says “the quiet man”
And Cillian Murohy
Nothing? Nothing else at all? But a random actor?
Never mind all our great achievements, how beloved we are around the world, all our great writers, artists, sportspeople, nope, none of that, a somewhat popular actor stands above all of them ha
I’ve met a few Americans that don’t know where Europe is. One asked me if we have the same moon as they do.
I thought "do you have beaches" and "how did you get a Nike hoodie" were bad 😅😅
Mine was: Do you have churches.😂
Aye, the same ones who have assured the next four years will be a sair yin (Scottish).
It’s when Americans refer to Europe as if it’s just one place. “I want to visit Europe”…. You’re gunna have to be more specific hun, Skegness or Paris? 😂
@ or expect to do a tour of the whole UK in 5 days
It did make me giggle that the interview was supposed to be about Ireland and Irish facts, and half of this was talking non-stop about America. Definitely a very Irish interview. 😄
He had to straighten some things out with Hollywood. He definitely didn’t want to talk about America but they need to step away from their “Irish” narrative, especially when they all claim heritage every 4 seconds.
A very nice decent well grounded fella. I hope and anticipate that fame and fortune won't change that.
Love how he is consciously proud of his Irish language knowledge which is the soul of any national identity.
Maith thú Paul, agus go néirí an bothar leat !!
PS.......Have the English claimed him yet as one of their own, which he quite palpably is not !!
Why did they get a Mexican to talk about Ireland if they're not in the same place?
I know right! As a stupid American, this whole video confused me.
What is intrinsically Irish? Great language and commentary. Of course the great irony is that English is not the Native language of Ireland. Super impressive that Mr. Mescal knows the island's early language. It is amazing to see the outstanding contemporary actors like Mescal and Saoirse Ronan getting so much acclaim. Small country, Huge culture.
Super impressive?!
Why did they use a photo of Rio Ferdinand to show hurling ffs
Irish coffee is most certainly an Irish creation, it was created in the airport lounge of Shannon Airport, then the most important trans- Atlantic stopover, this drink was invented at more or less the same time as the concept of 'Duty Free', Ireland was poorer than Appalachia at that time, look how far we've come!
It was actually invented a few miles lower down the River, at Foynes where the flying boats landed. This was in the earliest days of transatlantic travel, before jet planes. The person credited with inventing Irish Coffee did the go on to work in Shannon airport when it opened to commercial flights. And Duty Free was introduced in Shannon.
Thank you for the information, I was always led to believe otherwise...
I got the impression that he meant the idea of Irish people drinking lots of Irish coffee is a fallacy. Although it was invented at Foynes, it was likely primarily Americans drinking it prior to their flight home. Few Irish could have afforded a transatlantic flight at that time.
It was invented by an irish lad to sell to americans on their stopover, because americans were well known to love their cup of joe
Seamus Moynihan made Variety... About time
Andrew Scott mentioned!!
I could listen to him all day.
To all of my fellow Americans who can't point out Ireland on a map, please do yourself (and fed up people like me) a favor, and buy yourself a F'ing globe for Christmas.
It is hilarious the amount of extraordinary Oirish fallacies we have to fight! Mescal is a really good ambassador as he uses humour to overturn them. This era is amazing though, ireland is producing some more than astounding actors. May they keep their acting AND personal feet on the ground of our world, not an easy task...
Thank you for calling it 'gaeilge' and not 'gaelic'. You did your reseach!
@@thesoul2sqeezeThey’re saying Variety did their research in spelling it correctly. Not him.
@@Tfayyy10 ah cheers, I musta been tired writing that 🙏🫣😅👍
I appreciated them using the right word too, and I’m a Gàidhlig speaker. The amount of people that mix up the Celtic languages is so annoying and its publications like this usually that cause the confusion
@thea1990x oh absolutely agree
I lived in Dublin for ten years. I still miss her.
Is it just me who got a little upset that they chose the non-irish sign for Daisy when Paul said that she's the proper honorary irishman, Justice for Daisy
Yes. Daisy should be an honorary Irish just for nailing that often butchered accent better than any actor ever.
Love Paul Mescal!
Lovely man ❤
I have never met anyone from America or anywhere else who thought Ireland was somewhere near Mexico.
Paul is so sound.
jaysus that bodhran clip was desperate
Gives saoirse Ronan a break about saying Irish names 😅
Rounders is actually part of the original GAA. Irish boxing and kickboxing are sometimes thought but not officially.
Inherently Irish "The Mother"!
The Irish mammy 👍☘️☘️☘️
Of which i am one 😂😂😂 xx
We have lock-ins in the UK too.
Saying you have "the luck of the Irish" actually does mean you are inherently unlucky. It's just become misunderstood through use.
And yes, the best supermacs is in Galway. 😍🥰
I got food poisoning in Supermacs once.....not pretty...would never eat in one again....am I un-patriotic or just a wuss?
@@brendanmeliamusicprefer a Burger King myself, but not always the way. Supermacs standards have gone to shite in recent years , (bar the Smokey bacon burger ) rarely go there , no matter the town . Christy even a full meal with some sides like onion rings, are pricy , though that’s the same in all of them .
Supermacs use to be serious value for money. Even a humble €2 burger with none of the fancy stuff on it was good value as they still put some nice sauce on it , where as in other places you’d get nothing but the burger and the bun
I go to Ireland at least once a year and love it there. If I didn't have children and grandchildren, I would apply for a long-term visa. I have been to all 32 counties and 4 provinces. It is a very special place.
I'm Irish and even I haven't been to all 32 :)
Go on Maynooth 🎉🎉🎉
All the people who know more about Ireland than Paul…..On your marks ! Get set ! Go !!!
You have a pic of clover with 4 leaves. That would be a mutation. There are approximately 10,000 three-leaf clovers for every “lucky” four-leaf clover, and shamrock is a type of clover.
Clover is different to shamrock
@@ladyneroli The name shamrock comes from Irish seamróg ([ˈʃamˠɾˠoːɡ]), which is the diminutive of the Irish word seamair and simply means "young clover"
@@ladyneroli clovers vote republican
Seen four leaves clovers but never four leafed shamrock.
@@knoll9812 Because they don't exist.
I love how Irish actors promote their culture and stay true to their nature, even when they make movies in the US for a long time.
Are ya bringing home the denny
😅😂😅😂😅😂😅
Irish St Pat's day, for me, was going to Mass, early, buying shamrock from the old ladies outside the church. Then we would go for a ride in the Wicklow mountains, stop for lunch, have a pint of shandy, and go to the session at O' Donoghues that night.
"Irish goodbye" in Brazil is called "saída à francesa"
Halloween was very important in my childhood in Wales, but also in Cumbria, the Derbyshire Peak District, Dorset, the Tabwrdd in Wales is the same as the Bodhran. A lot of Irish things have a shared Identity. Finding a four leaf clover is lucky throughout Britain.
He's sounding less Irish.
I dunno, he sounds like a pretty typical Kildare person to me
The Irish immigration to the US is a clear sign that it WAS the Irish that brought Halloween to the US. When by Parents were in England in the 60s and 70s nobody there heard of Halloween.
Four leafed clover?....oh! Maybe you mean the three leafed Shamrock😉
(edited) 4:07 She has it as “Patty’s Day” there so to clarify for anyone who sees this in the future my question was do Americans know it’s Paddy’s day (because they know Paddy is short for Patrick) OR are they calling it Patty’s day but because of their accents (the fact that they say t’s as d’s) they are just fortunately saying Patty’s as Paddy anyway?
Please don’t be confused patties day is wrong whatever an Irish person from Ireland tell you to call Saint Patrick’s Day call that .. paddy comes from Padraig the irish for paddy
@@SmcdMcd-d2k so Paddy has never been a short version of Patrick then? Ok in fairness we get that wrong in Britain too 😂
We do call it paddy's day for short
@@pmc237 In America? If so what I was asking was do you call it Paddy’s Day cause you know Paddy is short for Patrick (which it seems is wrong based on what the guy above said) or because you think it’s Patty’s but you would pronounce that as Paddy anyway, cause you say t’s as d’s for words like that
A patty is the meat you grill for a burger. Patty is also an abbreviation of Patricia, a woman’s name.
He's a sound fella. Seems very down to earth.
Gwan Paul, you mad yoke. 😂 right next to Cillian Murphy, Paul is probably my favourite Irish actor and a great rep for us.
Id add andrew scott and wee barry to that list
And Colin Farrell and Robert Sheehan. We've got a lot of talented Irish actors doing us proud
My favorite "Irish" thing is there is no point in learning how to swim cuz if you fall off a fishing boat, you are just prolonging the inevitable.
Not Irish
Was really looking forward to hearing him say something in Irish... which he then didn't!
Eh hello. Didn’t he say Halloween os gaeilge?
He said some Irish words: craic, Gaeltacht, Oíche Shamhna. 😊
Love that the photo representing hurling is a picture of Rio Ferdinand
"Luck of the Irish" was originally meant ironically. It's weird how these things mutate!
Exactly, like the shamrock/ four leaf clover thing
Hooray for Supermac´s
Most of the Lucky Charms crap that Paul is correctly defining as Not Irish here, are intentionally negative stereotypes made and perpetuated in the USA/UK by largely WASP led companies and media. 'Luck' is a pretty back handed insult that implies any achievement was a fluke, contrasted to earning with 'grit' aka Protestant Work Ethic.
Daisy does a very good Irish accent
Irish? A Tayto sandwich.
Ahh but which tayto, I think it’s a kings crisps sandwich not tayto tho.
It's weird seeing him in Hollywood blockbusters. I feel like I know him down the road😅 one of the lads like haha
Not him forgetting camogie 😮😢
Yeah. Surprised at that, when he remembered handball.
@@trishloughman5998it’s just hurling ffs
Camogie is not a gaa sport unfortunately
Camogie, while it has close ties to the GAA, has its own separate association. Ladies Gaelic football is also a separate entity.
@@Hnossa its mad how it was looked upon as normal for them to be separate for so long, can't think of any sport worldwide that has separate governing bodies. At least it is changing now
Oh my Goodness i love him 🤯
We imperialist bastards on the other island also do lock-ins, it has to be said. When I lived in Hackney, in East London, they were a way of life.
As most restrictions on opening hours came into place during the First World War we may well be able to take credit for their lock-ins to some extent as well as our own seeing as we were still imperialising the whole place at the time. In a just about hanging on sort of way. I'm sure they've made them their own in the meantime though, just as we have ours!
Our troublesome first cousins.
That's why the the Irish were there
It's a British Isles thing.
Supermacs/Galway mentioned. I am now a devoted Paul Mescal fan
Galway Supermac's/Dunnes Stores supremacyyyyyyy :)
Apache
I'm confused about what he was saying about Irish actors at 6:12? What is it that British media does that annoys him?
They try to claim them
Ah here Paul, leprechauns and Irish coffees are Irish for fecks sake. Irish coffee comes from Foynes in Limerick. And Leprechauns are bloody terrifying, not the twee shite that's peddled these days.
We don’t say Top of the morning. But Irish Coffee was invented in Shannon Airport for American tourists
Why’s Rio Ferdinand the image for Hurling? 😂
Yeah, that's him having a go at Hurling Alley in Croke Park. Odd Choice!
Watch the Maguires family playing a Traditional session.........The young kid on The Bodhran, unbelievable
Shamrock is a type of clover. They are almost always trefoils but a four leaf clover will occasionally appear in Ireland and America. To find one is good luck wherever you are.
Ya we know that but the four leaf clover is good luck in many Celtic countries while the shamrock is specific to Ireland as a symbol due to the st Patrick story he told. To use a four leaf clover for paddy’s day is very incorrect. I would only use a four leaf clover talking about good luck. Use a shamrock for Ireland
Shamrock is Irish symbol bit 4 leaf clovers. You won’t see it in Ireland.
@@murpho999 Unless you are very lucky 😅
Irish goodbyes are a thing, because you'd always be bullied into staying longer at a party than you want to, if you say you're leaving; so quietly just leave... try it out if you haven't yet, no one will notice for at least an hour, if at all 🤣