It doesn't surprise me one bit that Lee Mack has Irish blood-- his gifts as a comic writer with Not Going Out--easily as good as Fawlty Towers-- his puns and quips on Would I Lie to You?: a very Irish, razor sharp wit. And he is very clever of course. If he was an Oxbridge grad he would be treated much more seriously by the British media, but no harm: he has brought a lot of joy and laughter to millions. On a side note-- my mother's people the Gallagher's (pronounced "Gallaher" in Ireland--the second g is silent-- and "Gollaher" in Mayo) was born not far from Ballina, and I can recall many a happy holiday on the family farm near Moygowna. My family lived in of all places the Cotswolds, but that part of Mayo holds a special place in my heart. Well done, Lee, and thank you to whomever posted this.
'Ancestors can be abstract people'......it's a great quote and very true for most of us, but they were very real people who in many ways shaped who we are
I became addicted to Ancestory during COVID lockdown. I already knew so much about my family from Ireland. I wish it was easier to travel from the US to Ireland and find very distant relatives. My 2x great grandparents came through Ellis Island from Connaught in the mid-1800s and settled in Northeast Pennsylvania where we all still are -- Conlin, Gillespie, Maloney, Dunlavey... we're very Irish!
Your ancestors probably landed straight on the dock. Ellis island didn’t open until the 1890s. I hope you make it to Ireland in the not too distant future.
The civil war had repurcussions 4 yrs to follow up until the 1980ees my great uncle fought with Michael Collins he died aged 94 in 1989 and he only talked very little about it like many of those great men and women who fought for our freedom but they brought an awful amount of pain and suffering to there graves...May they all rest in peace 🙏🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Exactly the same here, and the family splits still persist. My grandmother had 9 brothers and sisters, one brother was allegedly very close to Michael Collins, and another was allegedly 'on the British side' - I'm the only one who has tried to find out nore, but if I attempt to dig any further about that brother, I've always been met with silence, or even hostility. Probably not surprising, but I'm not sure of the truth in it.
@@eoinmaguire6691 Ruling America for decades aswell, when surely they should be returning North America to the indigenous natives, similar to what they demand in Ireland.
Ballina. He reads his GG grandfather's location from the record and that his Grandfather was 12 when the house in Ballina was shot at. Ballina is in Mayo
Ha ha, very recently I had a similar interaction with a wee German girl, here in Ireland. We were passing each other by and she asked: Do you have time? And I said: Yes, I do. To which she said nothing, and just waited, so I said: What for? 😁 I wanted the earth to swallow me whole when she said her dad had left his phone at home and they had no idea what time it was! 😁
Ballina and Kilmoremoy...that's where my Gran's people came from before her grandfather ended up in Liverpool! Rogan, Feeney, and Ruane were the family names then...Rogan was anglicised to Regan in Liverpool.
Where did you get that nonsense from? From Wikipedia: "The O'Regans of Meath were a branch of the southern Ui Neill and one of the four Tribes of Tara. Before the Anglo-Norman invasion, they were lords of south Breagh and the north of present-day County Dublin."
@@jackthelad5366 div............ersity. ? div.............ide ? div.............ine ? div ...........erge ? Are there any stories of Irish who actually stayed in Ireland......or is it just about the millions who moved to the UK, Australia or America, but still claim to be "Irish".
God we still have (shebeen) in glasgow eastend at parkhead .but its run by orangeman not fenien .. so I don't go there even tho anyone is welcome if from eastend and old Alfie runs it knows not copper lol
Of course this area is now famous in April 2023 for the visit of another famous emigrant, Joseph R Biden 46th President of the United States of America 🇺🇸 who's people came from the same place.
@@JHatLpool We abandoned our own in the Six Counties, and left them suffer under the rule of Britain, supported by sectarian bigots that is still continuing. So no, it's not what matters.
Well name ..O'HARA IS BIG FENIEN REPUBLICAN NAME THATS INTRENCHED IN TROUBLES OF MY MOTHELAND ... MY ANCESTORS MOVED SCOTLAND DURING WW2 .. BUT OHARA IS GREAT REPUBLICAN ANCESTOR NAME .. IM SO PROUD MY FENIEN BACKGROUND (AND I CAN CALL MYSELF FENIEN) BUT NOT BE OFFENDED AT IT ..
It doesn't surprise me one bit that Lee Mack has Irish blood-- his gifts as a comic writer with Not Going Out--easily as good as Fawlty Towers-- his puns and quips on Would I Lie to You?: a very Irish, razor sharp wit. And he is very clever of course. If he was an Oxbridge grad he would be treated much more seriously by the British media, but no harm: he has brought a lot of joy and laughter to millions. On a side note-- my mother's people the Gallagher's (pronounced "Gallaher" in Ireland--the second g is silent-- and "Gollaher" in Mayo) was born not far from Ballina, and I can recall many a happy holiday on the family farm near Moygowna. My family lived in of all places the Cotswolds, but that part of Mayo holds a special place in my heart. Well done, Lee, and thank you to whomever posted this.
It staggers me to see how many British celebrities have Irish backgrounds.
'Ancestors can be abstract people'......it's a great quote and very true for most of us, but they were very real people who in many ways shaped who we are
I became addicted to Ancestory during COVID lockdown. I already knew so much about my family from Ireland. I wish it was easier to travel from the US to Ireland and find very distant relatives. My 2x great grandparents came through Ellis Island from Connaught in the mid-1800s and settled in Northeast Pennsylvania where we all still are -- Conlin, Gillespie, Maloney, Dunlavey... we're very Irish!
You should try to come to Ireland. Especially travel Connaught- it’s fabulous this time of year. 💚
Your ancestors probably landed straight on the dock. Ellis island didn’t open until the 1890s. I hope you make it to Ireland in the not too distant future.
@@DLM440 The name of the province is Connacht, not the Connaught. The British left 100 years ago.
@@JC-gm3zs 🙄
@@JC-gm3zs chill out ffs
Always liked Lee Mack,now I no why,he's one of our own..................
Ye I always he had a hint of Irish in his humour.
Oh no he’s not he’s one of ours at least half of him is.
@@paulbromley6687 A very, very funny man anyway.😄😄
Here we go... 🤦🏻 One side of his family and only one great, great, great etc grandparent. So bugger all Irish blood in him.
@@paulbromley6687 Probably about 1/96th or sumat irrelevant like that 😂
The civil war had repurcussions 4 yrs to follow up until the 1980ees my great uncle fought with Michael Collins he died aged 94 in 1989 and he only talked very little about it like many of those great men and women who fought for our freedom but they brought an awful amount of pain and suffering to there graves...May they all rest in peace 🙏🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Exactly the same here, and the family splits still persist. My grandmother had 9 brothers and sisters, one brother was allegedly very close to Michael Collins, and another was allegedly 'on the British side' - I'm the only one who has tried to find out nore, but if I attempt to dig any further about that brother, I've always been met with silence, or even hostility. Probably not surprising, but I'm not sure of the truth in it.
@@nacekozo If you keep digging you'll only end up in Australia so just let sleeping dogs lie, I learnt that along time pal👍
@@eoinmaguire6691 Ah yes, there are lots of people of Irish ancestry in Australia.
@@davew4998 Never knew that's news 2 me😜👍
@@eoinmaguire6691
Ruling America for decades aswell, when surely they should be returning North America to the indigenous natives, similar to what they demand in Ireland.
I think if you dig a little deeper into Lee Mack's Mayo roots he's probably related to Buzz from Hardy Bucks 😄
A really great piece of film.
Watch “The Wind That Shook The Barley”
The wind that shakes the barley.
@@Simonmc78
Regional dialect Officer 👮♀️
You have to tell me where it is as well, it's not a quiz!
Ballina. He reads his GG grandfather's location from the record and that his Grandfather was 12 when the house in Ballina was shot at. Ballina is in Mayo
Like Lee, I was waiting for a direction to the street 🙂
Ha ha, very recently I had a similar interaction with a wee German girl, here in Ireland. We were passing each other by and she asked: Do you have time? And I said: Yes, I do. To which she said nothing, and just waited, so I said: What for? 😁 I wanted the earth to swallow me whole when she said her dad had left his phone at home and they had no idea what time it was! 😁
haha .I t was really Irish .But if you think about it ,he never asked where it was.
Lee Mack one very funny bloke 🤣
Lee should be honoured to have met Dermot. And I'm sure he was.
Diarmuid
Regime historian
@@jamesrichards3842 no not just a regime historian, a historian off all Irish history
Loved to have listened to Lee at the proclamation !
Lee and the lad he was asking for directions from are the head off each other
An Irishman selling sly grog...just doesn't make sense.
“Drink is the curse of this country: it makes you quarrel with your landlord, it makes you shoot at him, and worse, it makes you miss.”
Is every british person in showbusiness of irish decend.
I have always thought Lee Mack,had Irish Banter.
No he's English, from North of England.
@@dannymcintyre3819 he was talking about his banter ..... not his nationality
That’s the Irish blarney !!
@@dannymcintyre3819 he gets his humour or craic from his Irish ansestors. Well done lee u have Irish blood in you 😂💚🇮🇪
@@Irish780 his crack is from the north of England
6:07 Goodness, is this Grafton Street?
Yes.
It is, think its a Getty image of a group of IRA men at the bottom of Grafton Street.
Tis
Yes
Ballina and Kilmoremoy...that's where my Gran's people came from before her grandfather ended up in Liverpool! Rogan, Feeney, and Ruane were the family names then...Rogan was anglicised to Regan in Liverpool.
Where did you get that nonsense from?
From Wikipedia:
"The O'Regans of Meath were a branch of the southern Ui Neill and one of the four Tribes of Tara. Before the Anglo-Norman invasion, they were lords of south Breagh and the north of present-day County Dublin."
Regan is definitely an irish name as is rogan
It seems the Irish can't get out of Ireland quick enough.
@@Drifty40 div
@@jackthelad5366
div............ersity. ?
div.............ide ?
div.............ine ?
div ...........erge ?
Are there any stories of Irish who actually stayed in Ireland......or is it just about the millions who moved to the UK, Australia or America, but still claim to be "Irish".
What happened to Delia in Canada????
Good program.
Interesting that. I think it shes some light on Lee's wicked sense of humour, too. It's in the blood.
God we still have (shebeen) in glasgow eastend at parkhead .but its run by orangeman not fenien .. so I don't go there even tho anyone is welcome if from eastend and old Alfie runs it knows not copper lol
I thought we were French, turns out we are more English than the Queen 👸 but I guess so are the majority of people.
Erm..the civil war was'nt just about swearing allegiance, the Brits kept 1/3 of the country...
Keep sbs hands above water
It's a hefty fine
Automatic dogs?
Of course this area is now famous in April 2023 for the visit of another famous emigrant, Joseph R Biden 46th President of the United States of America 🇺🇸 who's people came from the same place.
Dev was a coward
Do you mean Eamon ?
Whether he was or was not, only matters for the history books. The fact that Ireland became an independent republic in the end, that is what matters.
@@JHatLpool We abandoned our own in the Six Counties, and left them suffer under the rule of Britain, supported by sectarian bigots that is still continuing.
So no, it's not what matters.
@@dontmesswithcrows OK. I hear you.
@@dontmesswithcrows amen brother 🙏🏼 TÁL 🇮🇪 26+6=1
Well name ..O'HARA IS BIG FENIEN REPUBLICAN NAME THATS INTRENCHED IN TROUBLES OF MY MOTHELAND ... MY ANCESTORS MOVED SCOTLAND DURING WW2 .. BUT OHARA IS GREAT REPUBLICAN ANCESTOR NAME .. IM SO PROUD MY FENIEN BACKGROUND (AND I CAN CALL MYSELF FENIEN) BUT NOT BE OFFENDED AT IT ..
Be ok if you could spell FENIAN properly
@@anthonyoneill9053 Or Motherland,or entrenched.
Why are you screaming?
Independence was the worst thing to ever happen to Southern Ireland. That's Lee's grandfather headed to the homeland of the UK says it all.
West Britain.
'Southern Ireland'
LOL
How do you explain the fact that Irish people in their millions had to emigrate prior to independence?
LOL
@@lasigh3883 You prove my point for me. Independence was a fool's errand.
@@mrsuperger5429How do I prove your point? Be specific.
A 'fool's errand' how?
No? Yet more deafening silence, right?
LOL