Do the French people know about Ireland?

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  • @justagame101
    @justagame101 8 місяців тому +40

    I think if you asked that couple about anywhere or anything they'd struggle 😅

    • @squarecircle5522
      @squarecircle5522 7 місяців тому +4

      Apparently THEYRE STILL TRYING TO FIND THEIR WAY OUT OF Nice.

    • @europeanliving6077
      @europeanliving6077 6 місяців тому +2

      Dpn't send them to Ireland, we have enough!

    • @mjw12345
      @mjw12345 6 місяців тому

      @@europeanliving6077 Nah! They're very welcome - they seem good sport!

    • @robovac3557
      @robovac3557 6 місяців тому +1

      Hey, plenty of simple people in Ireland. They'll fit right in.

    • @squarecircle5522
      @squarecircle5522 6 місяців тому

      @@robovac3557 yeah but these two seem extra thick, they'll have to do some training in being an Irish simpleton before before they arrive, providing they know what an aeroplane is and are able to find the airport, before we can accept their level of stupidity....but yes, you are right, the dopey dumb French public would feel at home in ireland.

  • @usandusonly32
    @usandusonly32 2 роки тому +72

    I liked that first guy straight away. When he was asked what is the capital of Ireland he responded the Republic of Ireland? Good man

    • @IRISHATLANTIC
      @IRISHATLANTIC 2 роки тому +8

      The correct and official name of the independent republic in the English language is "Ireland".

    • @pagimaidj
      @pagimaidj Рік тому

      @@IRISHATLANTIC And what is it in Irish? Our offical language

    • @pagimaidj
      @pagimaidj Рік тому

      @@IRISHATLANTIC And what is our national football team called? The Republic of Ireland? Right?

    • @IRISHATLANTIC
      @IRISHATLANTIC Рік тому +6

      @@pagimaidj that is the name of a soccer team. It's not the official name of our country, it is the name of a sports team.

    • @IRISHATLANTIC
      @IRISHATLANTIC Рік тому +1

      @@pagimaidj both English and Irish are the official languages of Ireland.

  • @thetwoboyos8366
    @thetwoboyos8366 7 місяців тому +9

    A lot of french people have probably travelled more of Ireland than a lot of Irish do in their whole lives ..
    One of our biggest visiting tourist groups .. .. Viva la France🇨🇵✊🇮🇪

  • @mcfcfan1870
    @mcfcfan1870 4 роки тому +59

    2:10 It is the harp. But yes the shamrock is kind of an unofficial symbol

    • @MrSchizoid405
      @MrSchizoid405 3 роки тому

      it's the four leaf clover if you're American

    • @MrSchizoid405
      @MrSchizoid405 3 роки тому

      @@gillian2502 Jesus it's like you're blind "it's the four leaf clover if you're American" What part of that do you not understand?

    • @michelbonnet3787
      @michelbonnet3787 9 місяців тому

      ​@@MrSchizoid405 Irish shamrock is three leafed ! ☘

  • @bikeman9899
    @bikeman9899 2 роки тому +26

    Apart from that young couple who were clueless, everyone else was very well informed.

  • @JohnHirsch88
    @JohnHirsch88 8 місяців тому +25

    That couple were just thick

    • @ZaandamGrayson21
      @ZaandamGrayson21 7 місяців тому +3

      I’m struggling to figure out how they were so monumentally stupid! 😂

    • @europeanliving6077
      @europeanliving6077 6 місяців тому

      yeah! and we have enough of them ....lazy thicks in Ireland

    • @mylescasey8914
      @mylescasey8914 6 місяців тому

      When you're hot, you tend to be a moron

    • @RadioNul
      @RadioNul 6 місяців тому +1

      nah they are just tired from not getting any sleep

  • @celtbell
    @celtbell 2 роки тому +43

    The woman with the hat.."both Irelands the same"...fucking right

    • @EpicAelflaed
      @EpicAelflaed 7 місяців тому +2

      They’re not though - half of the north are English and Scottish with some Irish British

    • @pdon987
      @pdon987 6 місяців тому

      @@EpicAelflaed This didnt age well

    • @EpicAelflaed
      @EpicAelflaed 6 місяців тому

      @@pdon987 A poll is like me going up to Manchester United fans and asking if they like Manchester City. The polls names nothing. Ireland will always have English in there - you’ll never take it out. It’s a good thing because England has Irish connections too - A win win

  • @VunterSlaush1650
    @VunterSlaush1650 3 роки тому +24

    That couple are obviously visiting from our mirror dimension where all of their answers are actually correct.

  • @annedunne4526
    @annedunne4526 3 роки тому +16

    Ils sont adorables les francais.

    • @michelbonnet3787
      @michelbonnet3787 9 місяців тому

      Ouais... Vite dit ! Ils me font quand même souvent honte quand je les entends parler... 😂

  • @austinmoore7328
    @austinmoore7328 3 роки тому +30

    Love the French

  • @ryanmccarthy406
    @ryanmccarthy406 4 роки тому +30

    I swear that one couple got everything wrong

    • @JS-uq7iy
      @JS-uq7iy 2 роки тому +7

      Man they were dumb lol

    • @maxm6086
      @maxm6086 2 роки тому +1

      @@JS-uq7iy I'm french and I'm ashamed about their lake of culture lol

    • @baibac6065
      @baibac6065 2 роки тому

      @@maxm6086 Lake of Culture? I'd be proud if I were you!

    • @maxm6086
      @maxm6086 2 роки тому +1

      @@baibac6065 I assume that the first question was tricky. I mean, what is the capital of Ireland ? Okay but which part ? I don't want to sound mean to my people though but the first couple was 🤦. Anyway I would love to visit Ireland 🇮🇪. Love you guys.

  • @davidfinn3771
    @davidfinn3771 6 місяців тому +1

    The symbol of ireland is a harp and hurling is the national sport . Merci pour le video , c'est tres bien ❤

  • @mikemcdonagh2049
    @mikemcdonagh2049 7 місяців тому +1

    Im irish. Thanks that gave me a chuckle. Merci

  • @heftigman205
    @heftigman205 6 місяців тому +1

    A few points,
    1) the harp is our official symbol. The Shamrock is kind of unnofficial but more recognised as being associated with Ireland.
    2) Both the border with ROI/NI as well as NI/rest of UK caused problems during Brexit.
    Otherwise very good video.

    • @heftigman205
      @heftigman205 6 місяців тому

      Also Hurling should have been an option for a national sport.

  • @yuudoooo
    @yuudoooo 7 місяців тому +3

    Ive noticed that compared with any foreign country the French seem know the most about Ireland.

  • @AJ_real
    @AJ_real 6 місяців тому +1

    Nice is a lovely city. That's my next holiday!

  • @hugo110997
    @hugo110997 5 років тому +5

    trop mignon le journaliste

  • @empedocles200
    @empedocles200 7 місяців тому +1

    Gaelic soccer kind of hurts my eyes but that tall blond guy knowing all the answers? 😍

  • @IrishConorrr
    @IrishConorrr 7 місяців тому +4

    The symbol of ireland is none of those answers he listed. It's the harp is our national symbol.

    • @geroutathat
      @geroutathat 6 місяців тому

      Its actually not the Harp, it is Brian Borus harp, a very specific harp. Its also in the british Royal family crest next to 3 lions. Do you know where the 3 lions came from? Brian Boru too.

  • @Quanny69
    @Quanny69 7 місяців тому +1

    love from Dublin brotha you should visit

  • @jamie8032
    @jamie8032 2 роки тому +9

    i've always wondered what our neighbors on the continent think of my little island country. i assumed none of them knew anything/or cared, we are always in the UK's shadow, being mistaken for them constantly.

  • @jgg59
    @jgg59 2 роки тому +7

    Hurling!

    • @raymonddixon7603
      @raymonddixon7603 8 місяців тому

      Hurling is a minority sport in Ireland with only about 6 or 7 counties any way competitive.

    • @jgg59
      @jgg59 8 місяців тому

      @@raymonddixon7603lol it’s Ireland national sport

    • @raymonddixon7603
      @raymonddixon7603 8 місяців тому

      @@jgg59 I agree but not very popular.

    • @jgg59
      @jgg59 8 місяців тому

      @@raymonddixon7603 it is the most popular game in Ireland

  • @aidanmasterson50
    @aidanmasterson50 7 місяців тому

    Even when they got it wrong, they just sounded great saying it. It’s a beautiful language.

  • @darraghfarrell9024
    @darraghfarrell9024 7 місяців тому +5

    Nah nah the traditional Irish sports are Gaelic Football and Hurling!?! And if don’t know what Hurling is look it up on UA-cam!?! And it’s mental none of the players get paid to play the sport and every summer they fill a stadium with over 80,000 for the passion of the sport!?!

    • @fitzerelli1
      @fitzerelli1 7 місяців тому

      Not mental, just stupid.They are being used and abused training thirty hours a week for nothing.

  • @TheAnthraxBiology
    @TheAnthraxBiology 5 місяців тому

    That young couple were so funny. I feel like he threw them in here for balance.

  • @cianw2942
    @cianw2942 7 місяців тому +2

    La harpe est en réalité le symbole de l'Irlande. De plus, l'irlandais est le nom de la langue, pas le gaélique.

  • @durthacht
    @durthacht 8 місяців тому +2

    Ah lads...

  • @coolmacatrain9434
    @coolmacatrain9434 7 місяців тому

    3:07 Half the Pubs in Ireland have closed in the past 15 years.

  • @gusperson
    @gusperson 5 місяців тому

    You look like a French mr beast. That’s cool bro

  • @RobertK1993
    @RobertK1993 2 роки тому +4

    Irish and French have one thing in common dislike of the English/British

    • @fintonmainz7845
      @fintonmainz7845 2 роки тому +1

      Well English. They like the Scots and Welsh, as do we.

    • @Majestic8573
      @Majestic8573 11 місяців тому +2

      we're both Celts !

    • @raymonddixon7603
      @raymonddixon7603 8 місяців тому +1

      Well I have a lot of English friends. There about 210.000 English people living and working in Ireland and I have never heard any complaints about them. You are confusing the Tory elite with the ordinary guy. Remember the same elite attempted to starve Lancashire to death as well as Ireland.

  • @mjw12345
    @mjw12345 6 місяців тому

    Can you ask that couple back and ask: What planet are we on - Earth, Europa, Ganymede..Titan, Enceladus....

  • @musashidanmcgrath
    @musashidanmcgrath 6 місяців тому

    The French are always trying to forget Ireland exists......during the 6 Nations every year. 😆

  • @geroutathat
    @geroutathat 6 місяців тому

    I lived in France, the French people know about Ireland, and they really do think Rugby is the national sport because they know we are so good at it, and poor at football. They assume we eat, drink, read, rugby. There are some "French" who wouldn't even be able to find it on a map.

  • @Dignity4allhumanity
    @Dignity4allhumanity 2 місяці тому

    Been to France 🇫🇷 a few times and found the young French people to be ignorant to people who do not speak the language. Coming from Ireland 🇮🇪 being automatically thought of as British because of our English language is a little offensive to Irish people.
    I wear my local jersey Irish rugby or Leinster helps a little.
    My French is terrible and this in my understanding is also a problem for French people. Unlike the Germans, Spanish and Italians they want to know where your from first

  • @SAnd-pd1ou
    @SAnd-pd1ou 6 місяців тому +1

    First guy, was brilliant..last couple dreadful.
    Although let's not pretend the language of Ireland is Gaelic, its English. That's what everyone speaks except in small gaeltaght pockets

    • @musashidanmcgrath
      @musashidanmcgrath 6 місяців тому

      The official language of the state is Gaeilge. 15% are fluent speakers, and up to 35% are proficient in the language. Not you obviously due to your use of 'Gaelic'. 😉

    • @SAnd-pd1ou
      @SAnd-pd1ou 6 місяців тому +1

      @musashidanmcgrath Mhaith Thu. Fair point re. Gaeilge But I think you missed the main point. I was responding to the guy who said it's not called Gaeilge it's called Irish.. It's not!. Unless of course he's speaking English. Never understand why people anglise the name of the language. Its Gaeilge

    • @SAnd-pd1ou
      @SAnd-pd1ou 6 місяців тому

      @musashidanmcgrath Also I think you will find that Ireland has 2 Official languages...not 1. Gaeilge and English

  • @damokkles7063
    @damokkles7063 6 місяців тому +1

    le symbole de l Ireland c est pas la harpe ?

  • @IndridCold.
    @IndridCold. 6 місяців тому +1

    Gaelic soccer?

  • @alanmcguinness3267
    @alanmcguinness3267 6 місяців тому

    The national symbol is the harp bud!

  • @camilledodet3714
    @camilledodet3714 5 років тому +2

    #JusticepourVincentPic

  • @columbmurray
    @columbmurray 7 місяців тому +1

    Interesting the black guy doesn't know anything about the world he lives in.

  • @onezerooneo
    @onezerooneo 7 місяців тому +3

    I’ve lived in Spain and Italy and if you asked these questions there they would get 95% wrong! They all think we’re English!
    Which is sad because I remember learning about Italy in geography class in school and a lot of our freedom fighters fought in Spain for their republicans.

    • @musashidanmcgrath
      @musashidanmcgrath 6 місяців тому

      You mean for the Communists. Many Irish fought on both sides in the Spanish civil war. They weren't fighting for 'freedom' in Spain. 😆 They were fighting against Soviet-backed Communists.

    • @onezerooneo
      @onezerooneo 6 місяців тому

      @@musashidanmcgrath that’s got nothing to do with the point I made.
      Have you lived in Italy or Spain or have any knowledge of Spanish or Italian perceptions of Ireland?
      Because all you do is comment anti communist arguments on my comments on videos.

    • @musashidanmcgrath
      @musashidanmcgrath 6 місяців тому

      @@onezerooneo I've been living in Spain for 3 years. I've been all over the country, and I've also traveled all over Italy (although I don't know what Italy has to do with it?) Weird that you're upset because I'm anti-Communist. What rational person isn't? 😂

    • @onezerooneo
      @onezerooneo 6 місяців тому

      @@musashidanmcgrath it weird that you comment about communism on my comments on different videos. Very weird. Italy has to do with it because that’s what my comment talked about, but you obviously don’t read them properly.
      You seem obsessed with communism, is everything ok?

    • @musashidanmcgrath
      @musashidanmcgrath 6 місяців тому

      @@onezerooneo I have no no idea who you even are? Why do you think I'm 'commenting on all your videos'? Communism had to be mentioned in order to correct your original post. Too many people online who really should be researching the history of the Spanish Civil War before posting about it.

  • @KieranKelly-o9s
    @KieranKelly-o9s 6 місяців тому

    The symbol of Ireland is a harp

  • @gerrytyrrell1507
    @gerrytyrrell1507 6 місяців тому

    The more mature French adults better educated ...younger no hope I'm afraid that's the world over .Many are schooled few are educated...Dublin

  • @camilledodet3714
    @camilledodet3714 5 років тому +2

    Les droits d'auteur de ton cameraman Vincent Pic ils sont où ?
    Le Griffith va te renvoyer à lEDJ

  • @PuchoSprite
    @PuchoSprite 2 місяці тому

    The first 2 persons are not french

  • @cianw2942
    @cianw2942 7 місяців тому +2

    The harp is actually the symbol of Ireland. Also, Irish is the name of the language, not Gaelic.

    • @cianw2942
      @cianw2942 7 місяців тому

      @@fintonmainz7845 What are you on about lad? This is literally fact

    • @SAnd-pd1ou
      @SAnd-pd1ou 6 місяців тому

      Nonsense. It's Gaelic. By calling it Irish you are anglicising it's name.

    • @E9JMX
      @E9JMX 5 місяців тому

      ​@@SAnd-pd1ou Nonsense!! It's not even Gaelic either (thats for Scotland). The language in Ireland is Gaeilge.

    • @SAnd-pd1ou
      @SAnd-pd1ou 5 місяців тому

      @E9JMX anglising the name. Why? It's Eire not Ireland

  • @pmurpy061
    @pmurpy061 8 місяців тому +2

    Guinness isn't a beer it's a stout.

    • @raymonddixon7603
      @raymonddixon7603 8 місяців тому +1

      You are being a bit pedantic. Stout was discovered by accidentally burnt hops, I think, while making beer. You might be confusing beer with ale.

    • @jamieoshea1681
      @jamieoshea1681 6 місяців тому

      @@raymonddixon7603No, ale is also a beer. Cider isn’t classified as a beer tho.

    • @raymonddixon7603
      @raymonddixon7603 6 місяців тому

      @@jamieoshea1681 Ye I know, did not explain myself properly. I was trying to say that stout is also a beer.

  • @caomh6168
    @caomh6168 3 роки тому +6

    It's 'Éire' (''Air-uh'') btw, 'eire' = burden XD Fair play to most of them though. Their pronunciation was obviously off, but they somehow knew the answer

    • @MrSchizoid405
      @MrSchizoid405 3 роки тому +1

      It's Erin.

    • @caomh6168
      @caomh6168 3 роки тому +3

      @@MrSchizoid405 nah

    • @caomh6168
      @caomh6168 3 роки тому +1

      @@MrSchizoid405 'Erin' is an anglicisation, which was derived from 'Éire'. 'Erin' is usually just used as a girl's first name today, but was originally used as a literary name for Ireland in English.
      'Éire' is still used and is the official name of the state in Irish

    • @MrSchizoid405
      @MrSchizoid405 3 роки тому

      @@caomh6168 It's Erin not Eire, Eire is an anglicisation but it's the English anglicisation, the Irish English anglicisation is Erin. The Irish hated the Eire one, the English forced it into the Anglo-Irish treaty.

    • @caomh6168
      @caomh6168 3 роки тому +4

      @@MrSchizoid405 You're grossly misinformed. Irish ppl only disliked the use of 'Eire', because it's supposed to be spelt 'Éire' and also because it was used by the British when speaking English in a condescending and denigrating manner. It was used to belittle the Free-State and the Republic for decades by refusing to acknowledge the country correctly in English, as they were bitter over our new found independence and territorial claims over the entire island

  • @bluechip297
    @bluechip297 6 місяців тому

    Why are young people so thick? Knowledge at their fingertips, yet they still know nothing.

  • @nitsugua11
    @nitsugua11 3 роки тому +1

    What a shame 😭 they aren't good

    • @maxm6086
      @maxm6086 2 роки тому

      They mostly responded well. Don't be too rough with us lol.

    • @michelbonnet3787
      @michelbonnet3787 9 місяців тому

      @@maxm6086 You meant "replied" ?

  • @TineBeo
    @TineBeo 7 місяців тому

    Hurling is the National Sport of Ireland PAS football Gaelic... désolé :)

  • @tropical7848
    @tropical7848 5 місяців тому

    That couple were just useless 😂😂😂

  • @shanef8728
    @shanef8728 4 роки тому +5

    What a ghastly shirt my French ami ! Sacre bleu! hurling is our national sport not gaelic football, thats not as skillful!

    • @iorekby
      @iorekby 3 роки тому +6

      My da was a hurler at county level. He used to say "Gaelic Football is the sport we invented for lads with no skill who couldn't play hurling"

    • @bridgetreilly2023
      @bridgetreilly2023 2 роки тому

      handball is the offical sport of ireland

    • @IRISHATLANTIC
      @IRISHATLANTIC 2 роки тому

      Hurling and Gaelic Football are both our national sports.

    • @michelbonnet3787
      @michelbonnet3787 9 місяців тому

      GAA includes 5 sports, most known being Hurling, Gaelic football and Camogie.

  • @jameskeogh948
    @jameskeogh948 2 місяці тому

    France is an embarrassment 28/07/24

  • @saoirse.pen15
    @saoirse.pen15 2 роки тому

    pov: You are French and Irish and you are grinning

  • @IrlBandit
    @IrlBandit 7 місяців тому

    M'allez mes ami Francais, c'est pas mauvais mais c'est pas genial non plus!

  • @jimk140
    @jimk140 7 місяців тому

    Éire is the only name.

  • @cullen3624
    @cullen3624 8 місяців тому +4

    Is fairness 20% of Ireland would struggle to answer those questions because 20% of Ireland are not Irish!😊

    • @DufftronicOk
      @DufftronicOk 7 місяців тому

      It's actually a really healthy 12%.

    • @cullen3624
      @cullen3624 7 місяців тому

      @@DufftronicOk I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it.
      What I meant to say was 20% are foreign born. 12% are non citizens but once they become sitizens they are removed from that statistic. I myself am an Irish citizen (parents from Kildare and Dublin), but foreign born, as are my 2 sisters and brother. It was just a bit of humour.
      I'm all for genetic diversity. If there was one thing that concerned me it's that Ireland has no way of doing background checks on people with no documents. In a lot of cases you don't even know what their real names are!

  • @michelbonnet3787
    @michelbonnet3787 9 місяців тому

    I always guess from far a people is French when I hear that kind of prononciation. The most common fail is this terrible lack of tonic accent... 😄
    But it's definitely funny to see how people imagine Ireland.