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The Crown even started turning aid from other countries away so that the Queen wasnt embarrassed by how little she had helped.
Yes even the Choctaw people sent us money. Which of course we never got
Rubbish, that's a myth, come on, it's 2021.
No he's right but not entirely. They weren't turned away but told not to out do the queen's donation which would embarrass her to the press and other strong Nations.
The British govt donated £8 million directly to the irish.
Set up a works program that employed 144k irish people which in turn supported 800k irish people.
Set up cost price food shops for the poorest.
Soup kitchens that fed millions.
Repealed tax laws making food cheaper.
Multiple brit charities also aided.
Nearly a million irish people fled to Britain to be cared for.
Unfortunately bringing with them a Typhus epidemic which killed thousands of British people.
Britain helped Ireland during the famine more than the entire planet combined & what do the irish do,,,,,,
they slap us in the face by calling it genocide.
@@gradualdecay1040 ahahahahaha.....thats like saying Russia gave Ukrainians a loaf of bread after he destroyed their country.
Liberal has many different meanings. Generally, when you hear the word liberal in Europe it's about economical liberalism (free market, capitalism, etc.). For example, in Europe, Trump would be call a neo-liberal while it would be really strange to call Bernie a liberal.
Basically, economical traditional liberalism is the belief that the state shouldn't interfere with the market while neoliberalism is the belief that everything (including the State) should be run as a business. In liberalism, the market and the State are kept separate, while in neoliberalism the State has to follow and protect the interests of the market.
The Liberal Party in Australia has been the conservative party for years, probably even since we Australians formed our own government. Labour become more conservative lately, I chiefly vote for them because nothing is ever going to make me vote for our Liberal part
"The bad times" is generally used to refer to any large scale disaster in Ireland. Recessions, penal laws, famines all fall under this general category. The second term " the great hunger" is how we refer to the Great Potato Famine. It is a direct translation of the Gaeilge (native language of Ireland) "An Gorta Mór" (pronounced on gur-ta moor)
Potatoes are actually surprisingly high in almost all of the essential vitamins needed to keep a body running. Over on film Theory matpat actually did a video on this regarding the movie The Martian in which the main character subsists on nothing but potatoes for years while stranded on Mars the point of the video was would it be possible for him to do that and surprisingly it is there I've actually been studies done where people have actually tried it and yeah it's really boring but it's a surprisingly balanced diet. I highly recommend taking a look at Matt Pat's video on the Martian and whether or not it would actually be possible for a stranded astronaut to grow and subsist on potatoes when stranded on Mars. It's a fascinating video
The butter milk helps to
Actually potatoes actually have one of the highest nutritional values with minerals and vitamins. Many don't realise it though because it's often overshadowed by the high calorific content. It depends on the type of potato. Whether it's Roosters or Pinks. Pinks are more prone to blight and are hard to grow. Roosters are nice, they have a good vitamin content.
Yep, I Googled it!
One medium (6.1 ounces or 173 grams) Russet baked potato, including the flesh and skin, provides the following (3):
...
Potatoes Are High in Many Nutrients
Calories: 168.
Fat: 0 grams.
Protein: 5 grams.
Carbs: 37 grams.
Fiber: 4 grams.
Sodium: 24 milligrams.
Vitamin C: 37% of the RDI.
Vitamin B6: 31% of the RDI.
Funny story- the word tory comes from the Irish word tòraidhe meaning "outlaw, robber, bandit". It is safe to say they haven't changed at all. But those two factions merged into one party.
Also potatoes are full of vitamins.
Potatoes like with many fruits and vegetables contains the highest vitamins and nutrition over all in the skin, we eat the fresh potatoes with the skin on, later the skin gets hardened but I'm sure that wasn't a big deal for poor farmer back then if that was their main source of nutrition
Free trade economics was traditionally a liberal policy, Protectionism was a conservative policy. However by about 1910 in the UK the Conservatives lost the ecnomic argument and also started to support free trade economics. The problem is that in American politics Liberal has come to mean anything left of centre. In Europe Conservatives and Liberals broadly agree on free trade economics (there biggest disagreements being generally around social/foreign policy), social democratic and socialists are much colder on it. However in the US socialists, social democrats and liberals are all lumped together as 'liberals' even though those groups often have very little in common with each other.
Obviously I am talking boradly here, it varies country to country and time period to time period what these labels mean.
Something similar happened to Scottish Highlanders. If you look at the Highland Clearances, it's a part of UK history that likes to pretend it didn't happen.
Similar, though only 30,000 Scots died, and the Scottish elite took active and vociferous part in the famine.
"The potato is a moderate source of iron, and its high vitamin C content promotes iron absorption. It is a good source of vitamins B1, B3 and B6 and minerals such as potassium, phosphorus and magnesium, and contains folate, pantothenic acid and riboflavin."
#fact
Magnesium is one of those interesting minerals that doesn’t do a lot on its own but facilitates the proper function of other networks. It’s actually a deficiency in many Western diets due to chemical fertilizers that make the plant grow fast, get it on the truck, we’re done. When I was hospitalized last year, I noticed they were always monitoring my magnesium levels in bold (which were fine) on my blood work. So… get your magnesium, kids!
Why does the phrase, the luck of the Irish exist, when their suffering has been so great?
Yeah, historically speaking our 'luck' has been pretty damn shitty.
I know that expression to go either way, one could say luck of the Irish like a four leaf clover or luck of the Irish that you’ve been able to survive or that Irish luck is always bad luck I’ve heard it both ways being half Irish my grandmother was Irish Catholic my great grandfather came over because of the consequences of the Blithe
@@EvolvementEras being from Ireland, I can tell you, generally only people who use this term are American
lethal anelle I appreciate you letting me know that because I have not been to Ireland actually was just looking up my roots today and was able to find where my great grandfather came over and great grandmother came over. From Ireland. Hopefully one day I’ll make my way over but I appreciate you giving me that they have knowledge I had no idea
Because us Irish in general have a dark,sarcastic sence of humor!.
Hey mate, just saw your reaction video and thought I would answer some of your questions from the view of an Irish history high/secondary school teacher from Dublin.
Two of your questions largely have one answer- what did they do to "solve" this problem and why do Irish potatoes have vitamin C? The answer to both is that the potatoes we have today are not the same as those cultivated before the Famine. The potatoes of the famine were Irish Lugger. These had much higher vitamin content than modern varieties but tasted bitter and unappetising. After the famine, these potatoes were largely wiped out and replaced with other varieties of potatoes from the European mainland and America or the now largely vacant land (due to the death toll and migration) was turned over to the production of other crops such as wheat and barley. So, nothing official or systematic was done, just the gradual change of agricultural practices coupled with continued mass migration "sorted out" the issue.
i don't know where you got the idea that Potatoes had nothing of value in them. They are very good for you.
Did he say that? I must have missed it.
If you are interested in the story of the Irish Famine you should check out the two part documentary called "The Hunger" it is narrated by Liam Neeson and goes in to good detail about it.
The problem with Peels relief works was also that it was forcing men who were already weak and starving were walking miles to work on roads that went no where. They often weren't paid on time and many just died at the side of the road. All because the British authorities viewed the Irish and lazy and idle.
Potatos are a super food.
I dont think the parties switched, it was just conservatism vs classical liberalism - no left wing party yet. It gets confusing because from my british perspective, American "conservatives" are more classically liberal than actually conservative.
In addition to starch, potatoes contain vitamins, minerals, and fiber. They're rich in vitamin C, which is an antioxidant. Potatoes were a life-saving food source in early times because the vitamin C prevented scurvy.
I understand the confusion over the name The Bad Times, Like we call the war up the north The Troubles. No the bad times was The Great Hunger.
Late to your videos..but appreciate how much you've reacted to and learned about Ireland 👍
Just to put into perspective, one crop failing (potato) in a country that has some of the most fertile land in the world ! Its still unbelievable to think even to this day it's believed that was the main reason for a 'Famine'. Potato crops failed at the same time in Scotland, Germany, France, and some other European countries, but none had a famine !
And to give a bit of a level of impact, this week Sept 2021 Ireland's population has just reached over 5 million, 170 years ago just before the Famine it's was nearly 9 million !!
One medium baked potato (6.1 ounces or 173 grams), including the skin, provides (2):
Calories: 161
Fat: 0.2 grams
Protein: 4.3 grams
Carbs: 36.6 grams
Fiber: 3.8 grams
Vitamin C: 28% of the RDI
Vitamin B6: 27% of the RDI
Potassium: 26% of the RDI
Manganese: 19% of the RDI
Magnesium: 12% of the RDI
Phosphorus: 12% of the RDI
Niacin: 12% of the RDI
Folate: 12% of the RDI
Yep the little spud is mighty!
I've been waiting for part two, Thanks
The Irish planted a variety of potato which was especially vulnerable to blight. This type of potato was edible even when raw with no ill effects.
Nutrition in potatoes, potassium, iron, vitamins B and C, protein, fibre, copper, tryptophan, manganese and even lutein.
that was the troubles 1970
All of the vitamins in the potato are in the skin. The skin is high in good shit
The famine roads weren't to help feed people, they were used to zap the energy of young people so they wouldn't have the strength to rebel against the English. Just enough food to keep them focused on the work and not enough to survive for most. It was a tactic to keep them from having the energy to plan anything against the English . A lot of the roads never led anywhere you can still find some today..I was taught about it in school but I have friends who basically just thought the crop failed and that was it..Not trying to start a fight just for historical accuracy. There's a poem called famine road by Eavan Boland, I remember we listened to it before learning about them. Just if anyone is interested!
Its great too see a foreign interest.
However the most interesting story from all of this land is the.
Book about the
Under the hawthorn three.
Phytophera still effects plants in the solanaceae family. Our potatoes were mostly the lumper variety back then which were highly susceptible to blight.
My dads side of my family came to the US in 1846 from Ireland, with only the clothes they were wearing. They also served in one of the Irish brigades in the War for Southern Independence.
I’m I mistaken is your tx saying he fought for the confederacy?
@@carolinelees8561 there were Irish brigades on the Yankee side AND the Southern side. My dads folks came here and eventually settled in Iowa. My mom’s family has been here since 1607 (Jamestown) and in Alabama since 1830. It was NOT a civil war, as civil wars are fought to replace governments, and secession is a right all states have, if the people feel that their government is either corrupt or not representing them ( see first US document the Declaration of Independence).
@@TheMacRiada Thank god as the confederate general said you only won bc yous had more Irish ☘️. I know it just wasn’t about slaves but thank F more Irish fought for the union to free their fellow humans . The thought of my Irish ☘️ ancestors leaving Ireland 🇮🇪 for freedom then hiring the black slaves or owning them makes me pike being the persecuted then being the persecuter doesn’t bare thinking about . To think these things were compensated for the lose of the black peoples that they thought were slaves to them . Just like the English being compensated for giving Ireland back to the Irish ☘️. Thank god no more slaves for those confederate mob no confederate flag would enter my home same as the ONION JACK I’m Scottish my mum was Irish ☘️ NEVER BRITISH
@@carolinelees8561 I belong to several groups , including the St. Andrews Society of Alabama and the Sons of the American Revolution. When the Irish got here, they were met with discrimination. Signs that said “ no Irish need apply”, and “ no dogs or Irishmen”. Part of my family are from the Loch Lommond area (apparently they were Picts). I haven’t been to Scotland YET, but I will someday soon.
@@TheMacRiada met with discrimination in ever English speaking country in the world even after the USA civil war you can see an Irish drunk man for the north on the scales of justice & a black with a cigar with headlines is this what the USA has came to the Irish & the blacks . Another head line at least the Negev keeps their houses clean that was to turn people against the Irish that was after the civil war . That KKK mob make me puke . I do hope u do make a trip to Bobbie Scotland 🏴
Great Video bro
In the 20th century, I think you're thinking of what the call 'The Troubles'
Personally, I never heard the term "Bad Times" but it's an American who's narrating the video story so I guess it's an American production. I guess he was referring to the worst part of the Irish Famine, as it got progressively worse over time. Devon, I think maybe what you heard was the term "The Troubles" which refers to a later part of Irish history from the 1960s/70s onwards more or less, and refers to the conflict between Irish Catholics living under the occupation of British Crown forces in Northern Ireland and Unionists living in Northern Ireland (who were loyal to the Crown). This is sometimes referred to as the civil rights era as Catholics were fighting for their civil rights in Northern Ireland, and the movement was heavily influenced by the struggle for civil rights by Black people in the U.S. which was happening at the same time. John Hume, a Nobel prize winner and politician, was friendly with John Lewis back in the day.. They both died within a week of each other this year. Also, Bernadette Devlin, an Irish civil rights activist, gave her freedom of the City of New York to the Black Panthers.
Again I know this is an older vid I'm watching. Irish potatoe famine. You've become one of my favorite people. You take it seriously and you also get the idea. We can't go further in any way. Without coming together. Slainte brother
Great content always say it your always entertaining
Yes, we do have a method for dealing with Blight. Quarantine and disinfectant by fire
about 1969 to 1998 was known as the troubles in northern Ireland mostly calmed down by the Good Friday Agreement. Bad times is the famine years 1845 to 1852.
Potatoe skins are full of vitamins. You can live off nothing but potatoes and water (it would suuuuuck though)
......actually, if I’m anything to go on, you can basically live a shitty life on nothing but pop (soda for the Yankees) and potato chips (crisps for the Brits)
Potatoes are actually a really good source of food.
The Whigs were a Scottish political party in the uk parliament sitting at center right, they were Presbyterian in terms of religious doctrine and rioted against the influence of the the court and monarchy in Parliament. The Tories were on the other hand Royalists and supported the right of a Catholic Duke to take the throne, they stood with the Church of England and center left. Of course the modern day Tories are now very much a right wing party and the Church of England has transgressed to now only allow Protestants on the throne, which they support. The Whigs no longer exist but if they did they would be considered fairly liberal but certainly not left or far left. It's much like the Republican party in the US, which began with a progressive and liberal outlook and only evolved into the far right party they are today. Which kinda explains the close relationship between The Tory government and the Republican govt. in the US.
What changed in Europe was the growth of Socialist/Social Democratic political parties.
The Conservatives, originally the voice of the Aristocracy, expanded to represent the Wealthy/Business class. Other than in Germany where the Free Democrats are classical Free Market liberals, European "Liberals" tend to want to represent the Middle/Intellectual class.
Social Democrats tend to be funded by Trade/Labor Unions and thus represent their interests!
@@michaelodonnell824 Indeed the Communist party was prevalent in most industrial working class cities. In Glasgow our shipyards were daubed Red Clydeside, as a result of the influence of the unions. A legitimate and beautiful party flourished throughout the 20s & 30s, only to be trashed by conservatives taking over the airwaves and the new technology, state controlled media by the medium of television. And here we are...
You got me looking up facts early in the morning on a Saturday! One medium American potato that you could get at the store right now is 70% of all the vitamin C you need an a day. Check in Google it’s wild I’m half Irish and half Colombian so I know a lot about potatoes and coffee. I knew it was high in vitamin C but I had to Google the percentage also high in potassium
I believe you're thinking of, "The Troubles."
Egg sandwhich with ketchup
Yeah like a stereotypical breakfast roll (like an irish breakfast, but in a foot long baguette) has sausage, rashers, maybe some pudding and fried eggs in a bread roll with a combination of butter, ketchup and bbq sauce. I wouldnt put ketchup on my eggs directly but the combination isnt unthinkable
Yeah potatoes are very nutritious if you eat the skins too. High in vitamin C and other good stuff.
Looking forward to part two
It's a well known fact that potatoes are rich in vitamin c and potassium among other nutrients! They are far from being empty calories!
Irish potatoes are just a different breed 🤣
The Prime minister started the Police Force in Britain and the police were known as "peelers" in Ireland and " bobbies" in England after his name.
16:19 WW2 was from 1939-1945
I don't know how you could study up on nutrition and not know that all potatoes contain vitamin C and iron. They're a super food.
Genocide, NOT a famine! 🇮🇪
You mentioned the guys in the hood who don't want people to do better for themselves and get out of the hood that's because the dont have the get up and go to do it so they don't want anyone else doing better for themselves it's like the town drunk don't want to be the only town drunk so they try to bring others down with them
You are wrong about potatoes, not only do they have vitamins, they also contain a small amount of protein if you eat .....the skin!
To learn more about Ireland history check out the video The Animated history of Ireland czcams.com/video/dQvaGt9B6H0/video.html
The Queen stopped the Native American peoples donations to us because it was a lot more than she gave. She couldn’t be seen to be mean so she stopped it.
13:52 this is oodly familiar especially with people denying how bad Covid is right now
And the butter milk helped to
8:27 no, the Tories were the conservatives at that time too. And the wigs don't exist in the UK anymore just like in the USA. Nowadays the main two parties in the UK are the Tories and Labour,/with some smaller ones like Liberal Democrats ('center') and UKIP (far-right)
What might have confused you is that modern Republicans in the USA aren't economic conservatives (except for Trump, but he was just all over the place in policies) they're all super pro capitalists for free market and laissez faire, which used to be a liberal economic ideology (liberal here meaning center right) while conservatives were for infustr protectionism like the story says
I don’t know who told you the common spud was empty calories but it’s not true. Just google it. They are a fantastic source of vitamins and minerals.
we tried growing potatoes for a few years but they always got blight.
A famine is when there is no food .Tons of food were taken under armed guard and shipped to England. Genocide is what happened the only thing the only thing the english were sorry is that only 2 million Irish people died
16:00 the name is the great hunger :P
Look up the richest person in Ireland during the famine.
When can we vote for what u should react next ???
I don't think I'll have a vote for this type of video.
That's true, the Whigs don't sound like liberals. And if you look at politics in America around the same time, the US Whigs were very anti-immigrant. But if you look at the Democrats and newly emerged Republicans from that time, you'd think the Republicans were the liberals. They were anti slavery whereas the Democrats were more conservative.
The troubles
Hi Devon great video.There are 5 parts that constitute Genocide... Britain was definitely guilty... I say this and I'm English.
most of the vitamins are in the skins
ketchup on eggs is the only way to eat eggs. gotta do something so they don't taste like eggs.
The poor Irish only ate potatoes and those were mostly raw
This story gets much worse. Much, much worse. Keep watching.
Nothing disgusting about putting ketchup on fried eggs. Ketchup goes with any fried food.
Never let the facts interfere with a good story.
There were vastly more people driven out of The Republic of Ireland since 1911 because of economic incompetence of the Southern Irish government than were driven out in the whole period of the potato famine. It’s very useful as deflection weapon though, for the government and Irish Republicans generally to blame everything on the potato famine. As usual, also serves to distract the Southern Irish population from their hardships, by demonising the British.
The Dublin parliament was responsible for exports from Ireland but Dublin traders prioritised their profits over basic human compassion. As did the Irish and Anglo Irish farmers who continued to export their produce while those around them, their neighbours, starved. The English were way too busy making money for themselves to care about anyone, let alone the Irish. They didn’t control the trade from Dublin port in any case, so their impact was negligible.
Empty Ireland today, has absolutely nothing to do with the potato famine, it is caused entirely by the economic hardship of the Southern Irish population and continues to this day. High cost of living, high cost of housing, low working class wages, massive wealth gap, expensive healthcare and no facilities outside the greater Dublin area, equals high levels of outmigration of the Southern Irish, the young cannot afford to live there.
An economic situation that also encourages high levels of immigration, as unlike the locals, immigrants receive subsidised housing which allows them to get an economic foothold.
Not a good time to be young and Southern Irish in the last one hundred years, as most of their young have had to leave for the hated UK or America, and are now being replaced by foreigners.
Some areas having a 75% drop in their population since 1911, shows no sign of changing.
Daniel O'Connell was also a prominent global abolitionist, pivotal in getting slaver abolished in the british empire and also sent anti-slavery literature to America so much so an American senator challenged him to a duel. Frederick Douglas spent four months in Ireland at the beginning of the famine and met Daniel O'Connell. They agree the two struggles were a common global struggle against imperialism and oppression.
The issue wasn’t the loss of potatoes. It was he exportation of all the rest of Irish crops to England. That’s what caused starvation. It was an attempted genocide.
I don't believe that the famine was genocide but what the British Government did was more than simply mismanagement. At the very least they didn't care. More realistically they used the situation to further their own interests without regard for Irish lives. Given the attitude of the British people towards the Irish at the time the fact that they were dying was just the cherry on top. The best way I can describe the British governments involvement in a million dying in Ireland is like this: Imagine you keep someone in a shitty, dusty, mouldy room against their will. This causes them to get asthma. One day you witness this person having an asthma attack. Rather than helping you take their inhaler off them and sell it for your own profit. All the while saying what happened to the person is an act of god and if they die it's their own fault. So technically you didn't murder the person. Technically
Bullshit
@@nickmccartan8128 Care to explain?
I see what you’re saying, but also England placed all these laws in Ireland that you can’t eat the cattle, you can’t eat the grain, etc. because it wasn’t for them to eat. The English landlords also continued raising rent prices substantially to the point where the Irish couldn’t even survive. The English had full rule over Ireland and robbed them of food and resources, exporting millions of cattle and food by the boatload, which resulted in over a million people dying of starvation. It sounds like a genocide to me
First?