I'm American (my heritage is Cherokee-Native American, English, Scottish, Irish, Prussian, French, German, Welsh, Belgian, Dutch, and possibly Norwegian....I'm a bit of a mutt, in a sense). I wish I could go on this show and figure out all the little complexities of my ancestries and where I all come from. My uncle is an archivist, so we're working on it that way, but it does take a lot of time. It's incredibly difficult to get as in depth as they do on this show. I'd love to know all that
In History class we never reached the 60s. We spent so much time with everything, we only ever got up to 1956, when my country tried to break free from the Sovjet Union.
As an American who has spent time in NI and learned a little of the history, I didn't expect to be surprised watching this, but the fact that they, the Anti-Sectarians, modeled their protests after the Civil Rights Movement, only to face violence so horrible that they'd stop marching. They didn't lose hope, praise God, but my goodness, I'm impressed that they didn't. At this moment, I'm struck by how little I know, and how I owe it to those who lived before me to learn.
@MurasalaKid318 I can't believe you lived in Ulster and didn't know the history....
moreover, I do love the fact you still see the conflict that has lasted longer than American history in such a black and white fashion. My God, even reading history books would allow you to see the clear image of either side rising from perceived oppression. It isn't as simple as saying "the English are evil" (although, given my own ancestory, I'd get away with saying it! :P) - Religion was used as as a...
@myshiteify ... tool to fight an oppressive power, yet that power was held by a governering force on the other-side of the channel. The people who settled in Ireland where merely pawns whom their descendants now call Ireland home. Argh, it is such a fucked up part of any anglo-celts history, seeing morons label sides, put each in a corner and decide their validity is so infuriating!
I realise the sterotype here, but if you had any idea of the world around you, you'd realise how complex this
@myshiteify I knew a little of the history, as I said, and I never said I lived there, I only stayed there for a time. I stayed in Belfast and Ballymena, and the majority of the people who talked to us about the conflict were very careful not to take a certain side or show a bias while giving information, so I most definitely do not see it as black and white. There are few things in this world which are so cut and dried that they can be seen as something other than a shade of gray...
@myshiteify ...The thing that surprised me was the march and the shooting. No one told me about that during my time there, and, as you can imagine, when American schools study the sixties we tend to focus on Dr. King, Malcolm X, the Vietnam War, JFK, the Women's Lib. Movement, etc., and the struggles of NI slipped through the cracks of my education. If there's one thing I know, it's that I know nothing, but please don't assume that I've had my eyes shut to all the world around me.
@myshiteify I'm sorry if my response comes across as rude, that wasn't my intent. It's too hard to relay the tone of what one is saying in comments. Please, don't be offended.
All that aside, amazing piece of Television and a good stop of history with my cuppa!! And it was quite nice seeing Tennant outside the TARDIS and watching him explore his own history and appearing to be a genuinely nice, down to earth bloke - and sharing quite a few similarities with my own political ideology!
Understanding rather than knee jerk judgement. Appreciating the world they lived in, the problems they faced, how they came to believe and act they way they did. Then you simply try and learn from it, hope that, in some way, we can improve a little and provide the next stepping stone in the evolution of humanity.
It doesn't seem to happen much, as, in the words of Huxley, "That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history."
but then again, we too are also defined and confined by our own time, that our beliefs ideals and morals are shaped by the world we live in. That, and most of us with ancestors involved in not just the troubles, but many many other mars on history (Terra Nullius anyone? And that was just the beginning...) we enjoy the luxury of hindsight within privilege.
I personally believe nobody should be ashamed of their ancestors actions, but rather acknowledge them and delve into the why? It's all about
already well aware of the history of the Troubles in Ireland, and have a huge interest in having completed my Year 12 History (extension unit) major work on the Irish Civil War 1992/23. I understand the discomfort of knowing your ancestors were involved in something you personally find morally reprehensible, yet I always think we need to be reminded that all history is simply a product of it's time, and will always be trapped by those same constraints. It is easy to judge our ancestors...
In all fairness, I did watch this, as I'm sure many other did, for David Tennant. However, I have always loved Who do you think you are?; The history interwoven with self discovery is always amazing to watch, and the crimson past of Northern Ireland and indeed much of British and Commonwealth history is something I have always loved.
I'm Australian, with my ancestors living here for many generations (well, 'many' in the relative sense of the 200 odd years since settlement), however I was...
Very ashamed of having family members that are part of the Orange Order. I have nothing against Protestants (my Mother is one, as are many of my friends) ... I just despise my Granny for talking me to see and Orange walk in Ayrshire when I was 3 when my Dada side of the family were discriminated against for being Cathoilc... Great documentary and interesting to see David's touching reaction through it all...
amazingly interesting. I came to see David. I knew about general history of the troubles in Ireland but how must it feel that you ancestors were in the middle of it. About an hour ago David was only Dr Who and Hamlet to me, but he is much more a person now. that's nice, because that's what I hoped to see.
What do you think the chances are that Billy Blair, who handed David the Orange sash, has ever sat down to tea with his cousin and fellow Derry resident Barry McLaughlin? A bit sad to think about it...
Wow, I'm from the USA and wanting to be a historian, but I just came here to c David. I got alot more then just him, I got alot of imformation on the history of these two groups of religion and how they fought each other. I learned alot in this one episode that I never knew about! thks for putting this up and btw I love David.
I almost never get emotional over historical footage, but after hearing the story and seeing that child being carried to help with that man waving his white flag, I couldn't help but feel upset.
Thanks so much for uploading the episode - can't get any of this show in the States except for the occasional special on PBS and none of the good stuff. A lot of the 'Troubles' were news to me as well, growing up in the US, religious violence in NI was kind of mashed together with religious violence in the middle east - didn't learn too too much about either. Also... David Tennant is the best.
I'm English and growing up I remember hearing about the violence in Northern Ireland and Londonderry would be mentioned on the news a lot but we learned virtually nothing about it in school.
Hearing the experiences of people who lived through it and all the wrongs have been committed by all sides involved makes me sad but determined that we should learn from history to make sure things never get to that point again and the peace process is not undermined by a very small minority.
i'm from the republic of ireland and i'm only 13 and our teachers don't bother to teach us stuff like this till we're older (which is shit tbh), so i have no idea what those times were like. but my dad has always wanted to tell me about it (he's not from the north, but i guess what he thought of it), but he keeps getting distracted, and i really would love to sit down and get him to tell me the story about those times. David Tennant FTW <3
@JohnsonBubleLover Here, history about the Troubles either in school or from families is not all that forthcoming and won't be for a while (it's still too fresh in the memory of people). In secondary school we touched on it briefly when we did all the 1916 Rising et al but I mean briefly. Internment got a five line paragraph in the history book.
I am an English Protestant who has an Irish Catholic dad. This video is heartbreaking. Please God, don't let the Troubles come back. We are all human beings and deserve respect, regardless of our differing beliefs.
David's history on this programme, surely has to be one of the most fascinating to date. I loved every moment of it and it was an added bonus knowing that his roots lay in my own Derry City.
RosieGrl26. You ignorant pathetic idiot. The man waving the white flag is Father Daley (Now Bishop Daley). He was trying to get the body to safety away from the shooting. The British army were shooting anything that moved that day. And it isn't a flag, it's his own hankerchief that he's waving. You seriouslu need to fucking grow the fuck up!
dude calm the fuck down before you assume I'm the biggest asshole on earth. I know the white flag was a handkerchief! What I was saying was sick was the fact that the British army had shot an unarmed 17 year old boy!
It was sick that Father Daley (Yeah I knew who he was, I've taken a history class so I'm not a complete "ignorant pathetic idiot") would have to try and save a 17 year old boy from gun fire in the first place.
Ok, Misunderstanding. I hold my hands up, I was wrong. You should have expressed your point a little clearer though. People comprehend that you meant Bishop Daley is 'sick' by the way you typed it. I mean read it to yourself again. Still I now see what you mean and agree with you. The British army were criminal thugs when they arrived in Derry.
Thanks for uploading! My boarding school (in the states) actually runs a scholarship programme so that one Irish Protestant and one Irish Catholic can come together and study for a post-grad year with the V Formers. As a V Former, I didn't know the context of the sectarian tensions. It seemed strange to me at the time that such a progamme is needed.
The younger generations seem more promising in put the divides aside.
I had set out to watch this because of David, but had no idea of the history lesson that I was to encounter watching this! I have to admit, as someone who grew up in the Philippines and sort of unaware of a lot of things outside of my country growing up, I had little to virtually, no knowledge of the conflict between the Catholics and the Protestants in Ireland back in WWI and so on. Thanks for uploading this program NBNges! I learned quite a few things.
@achau211 I'm Irish, from the South and I was ten was the Good Friday Agreement was signed and made the headlines. And I was utterly clueless as to what it meant.
I watched this for DT but was engrossed about Irish history (being from N I myself with scottish relatives) I am happy to have a mixed background and that most of these problems are on thier way out.
+1. They are, and hopefully we ll see the back of them soon. Thanks for this! Bit of a [n unsettling at times] history lesson, but it's brilliant that David learnt about his family.
Thanks for uploading this episode. ^_^ It was really interesting (and not just because I'm a DT fan :p). As someone with strong Scottish heritage and some Irish too, it's interesting to see how my ancestors possibly may have lived, too. My Gran and Granddad came from Glasgow too. :) I have family still living there today. (I'm from South Africa, if you're wondering).
Surprised to see other Irish people didn't know about these things - I think it would really help if everyone was forced to learn the truth about the troubles although I suppose the Loyalist side wouldn't like that.
This is my favourite episode of "WDYTYA"..Even in Australia, my Protestant father & RCatholic mother weren't able to be married in front of the alter in a Melbourne Catholic Church in 1961. I was truly moved by this episode and I thank my parents for not buying into this religious madness. I AM 1/2 Catholic/Protestant and consider this madness HISTORY. Impartiality I will pass on to my sons as my parents didn't prejudice me.
I really enjoyed watching this. I'm not from GB myself but have always been interested in its culture history etc. so learning more about this through the show was amazing.
Funny, I'm Protestant in NI and i was never taught in history about the rigging or the peaceful protest from the catholics to stop discrimination... interesting how still each side is unable to admit to flaws..
@Jaylxx I am also a protestant, lived in Portadown for over a year, never even heard those things mentioned. All I heard was how violent the Catholics were.
Wow what a great program and David seemed really moved by it all. I have done research about my family as well and it is really weird learning different things, and it must have been really strange for him to find his family "mixed" up in these historical events....
Of course just a fangirl comment as well: david is so hot and it was really nice to see him a bit more casually dressed and so on :D
just for the recorc professorriversong and sandycrossroads are the same person,not only did they come on here to throw personal insults at compete strangers,had to change persona to try and justify it,very sad,stop throwing insults go join a facebook page where that thing is the norm no sorry even there it's not.
Nae sorry for buttin in but reckonin in these parts is that the 39ishmum was the one makin the full'on remarks'- were she hackin-in, like, to other users?
sorry but i felt my original comment was ok given the nature of the programme,and that was all i did comment,profesorriversong decided to post a comment knowing nothing about me all i have done is explain myself,comment under prs statement,bigchickenonastick is nothing to do with me,i posted a reply to prs and thought the two would run together,sadly not,i have hacked nobody never would,why would anyone? maybe i am too naive
was there really a need for Professor riversong to make a statement like that,have you nothing better to do in the early hours of the morning,there was no need for that at all,
wow what a man David Tennant is,and his family,was very moved by it all,so admire him for going out and tracing his family,wish i could,i have only ever had my mum's side that i could really trace ,maybe now at the age of forty i should ask for answers about my dad,maybe you are my inspiration David xx
I'd imagine you should ask your mother,(39ishmum)..of all the men she slept with .. who is the short-incher who was the shortest of them all! ( The product of this possible production would probably result in such a reject as you...No good looks...no knowledge...etc..
Just for the record i know who my Father is,my mum was a widow at 21 my dad died when i was 6months old,when i was 10 months old my mum chose to leave ireland and move to england to try and rebuild her life and mine,the reason i have never investigated it any further was because of the pain i knew my mum went through.Now thanks to your comments i don't think i will look in to it,i have a good life and contrary to your opinion hold a degree,so yeah this reject will stay as she is ,HAPPY
What a decent man Barry McLaughlin is. His cousin was obviously very moved. What an especially great programme in the "Who Do You Think You Are" series. Also the history of Ireland was very well summarised.
What a decent man Barry McLaughlin is. His cousin was obviously moved. Thanks for posting this up; a very great programme in this series of "Who Do You Think You Are".
I wasn't expecting to see anything like this when I started watching...I am an Irish catholic and this is all very close to home for me and my family, even though theres peace the whole superiority, rivalry and unrest is still there I know so many people involved in this that still don't think it's over I just hope that it really truly does end peacefully although I don't know if I can ever see that happening sectarianism is still happening here just on a smaller scale
i have an irish teacher who spoke to us about all of the going-ons in ireland. she grew up in all the violence, it was so tragic and vivid hearing about it all from someone you know quite well. you just don't really know what to say
i agree with milehighlass, i really hope there will be peace in the future and it's really good that it's getting better
So much more to this than just David Tennant. I feel so very sad. Look at Barry's face as he is remembering! My Dad's Mom was Irish Catholic born in 1900, daughter of Irish immigrants from County Mayo. My Mom's Mom was Scottish Prebyterian born 1921, granddaughter of Scottish immigrants. In another time and place, their lives could have been very different. I sincerely hope that the future will be peaceful for the Protestants and Catholics.
doesn't he look gorgeous at 00.42? :( he handled some bad news really well when it came to his heritage, even though he disagreed with the politics of it he tried to have some understanding. aww!
I'm American (my heritage is Cherokee-Native American, English, Scottish, Irish, Prussian, French, German, Welsh, Belgian, Dutch, and possibly Norwegian....I'm a bit of a mutt, in a sense). I wish I could go on this show and figure out all the little complexities of my ancestries and where I all come from. My uncle is an archivist, so we're working on it that way, but it does take a lot of time. It's incredibly difficult to get as in depth as they do on this show. I'd love to know all that
lightupthesky1211 21 hours ago
In History class we never reached the 60s. We spent so much time with everything, we only ever got up to 1956, when my country tried to break free from the Sovjet Union.
zeldaofarel 2 weeks ago in playlist Who Do You Think You Are (TV Series)
As an American who has spent time in NI and learned a little of the history, I didn't expect to be surprised watching this, but the fact that they, the Anti-Sectarians, modeled their protests after the Civil Rights Movement, only to face violence so horrible that they'd stop marching. They didn't lose hope, praise God, but my goodness, I'm impressed that they didn't. At this moment, I'm struck by how little I know, and how I owe it to those who lived before me to learn.
MurasalaKid318 1 month ago
@MurasalaKid318 I can't believe you lived in Ulster and didn't know the history....
moreover, I do love the fact you still see the conflict that has lasted longer than American history in such a black and white fashion. My God, even reading history books would allow you to see the clear image of either side rising from perceived oppression. It isn't as simple as saying "the English are evil" (although, given my own ancestory, I'd get away with saying it! :P) - Religion was used as as a...
myshiteify 1 month ago
@myshiteify ... tool to fight an oppressive power, yet that power was held by a governering force on the other-side of the channel. The people who settled in Ireland where merely pawns whom their descendants now call Ireland home. Argh, it is such a fucked up part of any anglo-celts history, seeing morons label sides, put each in a corner and decide their validity is so infuriating!
I realise the sterotype here, but if you had any idea of the world around you, you'd realise how complex this
myshiteify 1 month ago
@myshiteify I knew a little of the history, as I said, and I never said I lived there, I only stayed there for a time. I stayed in Belfast and Ballymena, and the majority of the people who talked to us about the conflict were very careful not to take a certain side or show a bias while giving information, so I most definitely do not see it as black and white. There are few things in this world which are so cut and dried that they can be seen as something other than a shade of gray...
MurasalaKid318 3 weeks ago
@myshiteify ...The thing that surprised me was the march and the shooting. No one told me about that during my time there, and, as you can imagine, when American schools study the sixties we tend to focus on Dr. King, Malcolm X, the Vietnam War, JFK, the Women's Lib. Movement, etc., and the struggles of NI slipped through the cracks of my education. If there's one thing I know, it's that I know nothing, but please don't assume that I've had my eyes shut to all the world around me.
MurasalaKid318 3 weeks ago
@myshiteify I'm sorry if my response comes across as rude, that wasn't my intent. It's too hard to relay the tone of what one is saying in comments. Please, don't be offended.
MurasalaKid318 3 weeks ago
All that aside, amazing piece of Television and a good stop of history with my cuppa!! And it was quite nice seeing Tennant outside the TARDIS and watching him explore his own history and appearing to be a genuinely nice, down to earth bloke - and sharing quite a few similarities with my own political ideology!
myshiteify 1 month ago
Understanding rather than knee jerk judgement. Appreciating the world they lived in, the problems they faced, how they came to believe and act they way they did. Then you simply try and learn from it, hope that, in some way, we can improve a little and provide the next stepping stone in the evolution of humanity.
It doesn't seem to happen much, as, in the words of Huxley, "That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history."
myshiteify 1 month ago
but then again, we too are also defined and confined by our own time, that our beliefs ideals and morals are shaped by the world we live in. That, and most of us with ancestors involved in not just the troubles, but many many other mars on history (Terra Nullius anyone? And that was just the beginning...) we enjoy the luxury of hindsight within privilege.
I personally believe nobody should be ashamed of their ancestors actions, but rather acknowledge them and delve into the why? It's all about
myshiteify 1 month ago
already well aware of the history of the Troubles in Ireland, and have a huge interest in having completed my Year 12 History (extension unit) major work on the Irish Civil War 1992/23. I understand the discomfort of knowing your ancestors were involved in something you personally find morally reprehensible, yet I always think we need to be reminded that all history is simply a product of it's time, and will always be trapped by those same constraints. It is easy to judge our ancestors...
myshiteify 1 month ago
In all fairness, I did watch this, as I'm sure many other did, for David Tennant. However, I have always loved Who do you think you are?; The history interwoven with self discovery is always amazing to watch, and the crimson past of Northern Ireland and indeed much of British and Commonwealth history is something I have always loved.
I'm Australian, with my ancestors living here for many generations (well, 'many' in the relative sense of the 200 odd years since settlement), however I was...
myshiteify 1 month ago
Very ashamed of having family members that are part of the Orange Order. I have nothing against Protestants (my Mother is one, as are many of my friends) ... I just despise my Granny for talking me to see and Orange walk in Ayrshire when I was 3 when my Dada side of the family were discriminated against for being Cathoilc... Great documentary and interesting to see David's touching reaction through it all...
KieranCampy 3 months ago
amazingly interesting. I came to see David. I knew about general history of the troubles in Ireland but how must it feel that you ancestors were in the middle of it. About an hour ago David was only Dr Who and Hamlet to me, but he is much more a person now. that's nice, because that's what I hoped to see.
EmeraldVideosNL 4 months ago
What do you think the chances are that Billy Blair, who handed David the Orange sash, has ever sat down to tea with his cousin and fellow Derry resident Barry McLaughlin? A bit sad to think about it...
jerseydevs2000 5 months ago
@ 9:07 Are you my mummy?
simplybkuz 6 months ago 3
Thank you for posting this, it was really interesting.
pineapple4nick 6 months ago
well I know I am not the only one who came here just to watch David Tennant, but wow learned a whole lot.
wolfdefender01 7 months ago 3
Wow, I didn't know about any of this. It sure gives all the things named after Derry over here a whole new meaning.
Imaweredeer 8 months ago
Wow, I'm from the USA and wanting to be a historian, but I just came here to c David. I got alot more then just him, I got alot of imformation on the history of these two groups of religion and how they fought each other. I learned alot in this one episode that I never knew about! thks for putting this up and btw I love David.
stsars13 8 months ago 6
So many years later - 2010 - the truth of Bloody Sunday came out
Truly is it said 'no justice, no peace'. That's just the way it is, so let's all work for justice.
kitabwalli 11 months ago 4
I almost never get emotional over historical footage, but after hearing the story and seeing that child being carried to help with that man waving his white flag, I couldn't help but feel upset.
polkakonigin 1 year ago
my grandmother is somehow relted to the nelly person
finlaymsn 1 year ago
It's like if you ever learn about James Blair in a history textbook you now know he was David Tennant's great-granddad!
luckygreensocks 1 year ago 5
Peaceful marching does not include people throwing rocks...
greedyfoot 1 year ago
I'm a Mcleod, and my brother's geneological research found that we're related to David Tennant!
astrophonix 1 year ago 6
@astrophonix neat, u should visit the chap, you could become great mates :)
worldowarguru 1 year ago
i must be related to you
finlaymsn 1 year ago
Paul Greengrass' film Bloody Sunday with James Nesbitt is a fantastic docudrama. Seek that out if you haven't seen it.
TheConciseStatement 1 year ago
my grandad was one of the british soldiers sent into ireland- he wasnt part of bloody sunday but he was there nonetheless.
I dont know as much about my family tree but i wish i did
alex4ev1212 1 year ago
Thanks so much for uploading the episode - can't get any of this show in the States except for the occasional special on PBS and none of the good stuff. A lot of the 'Troubles' were news to me as well, growing up in the US, religious violence in NI was kind of mashed together with religious violence in the middle east - didn't learn too too much about either. Also... David Tennant is the best.
MrRubysneakers 1 year ago
Thanks for posting!
synicalrules 1 year ago 2
I'm English and growing up I remember hearing about the violence in Northern Ireland and Londonderry would be mentioned on the news a lot but we learned virtually nothing about it in school.
Hearing the experiences of people who lived through it and all the wrongs have been committed by all sides involved makes me sad but determined that we should learn from history to make sure things never get to that point again and the peace process is not undermined by a very small minority.
Francis2061 1 year ago 9
What a great show, thanks so much for posting it!
David is just lovely, and clearly a brilliant man. Someone needs to give him a documentary series! :)
junelaurel19 1 year ago 11
I wonder if he will research his great great great grand parents next and have an update. Maybe he will have a DNA test next.
britfrenir 1 year ago
i'm from the republic of ireland and i'm only 13 and our teachers don't bother to teach us stuff like this till we're older (which is shit tbh), so i have no idea what those times were like. but my dad has always wanted to tell me about it (he's not from the north, but i guess what he thought of it), but he keeps getting distracted, and i really would love to sit down and get him to tell me the story about those times. David Tennant FTW <3
JohnsonBubleLover 1 year ago 6
@JohnsonBubleLover Here, history about the Troubles either in school or from families is not all that forthcoming and won't be for a while (it's still too fresh in the memory of people). In secondary school we touched on it briefly when we did all the 1916 Rising et al but I mean briefly. Internment got a five line paragraph in the history book.
everyonelovesdee 1 year ago
I notice how deeper his accent gets the more I watch the show.
ramona7609 2 years ago 7
I am an English Protestant who has an Irish Catholic dad. This video is heartbreaking. Please God, don't let the Troubles come back. We are all human beings and deserve respect, regardless of our differing beliefs.
Qawraqueen 2 years ago 14
David's history on this programme, surely has to be one of the most fascinating to date. I loved every moment of it and it was an added bonus knowing that his roots lay in my own Derry City.
angels77100 2 years ago 8
how sick is that? A man waving a white flag covered in a seventeen year old kid's blood.
people can be truly the worst creatures on the planet when they want to.
RosieGrl26 2 years ago
RosieGrl26. You ignorant pathetic idiot. The man waving the white flag is Father Daley (Now Bishop Daley). He was trying to get the body to safety away from the shooting. The British army were shooting anything that moved that day. And it isn't a flag, it's his own hankerchief that he's waving. You seriouslu need to fucking grow the fuck up!
angels77100 2 years ago
dude calm the fuck down before you assume I'm the biggest asshole on earth. I know the white flag was a handkerchief! What I was saying was sick was the fact that the British army had shot an unarmed 17 year old boy!
It was sick that Father Daley (Yeah I knew who he was, I've taken a history class so I'm not a complete "ignorant pathetic idiot") would have to try and save a 17 year old boy from gun fire in the first place.
So you can ever so kindly go fuck yourself.
RosieGrl26 2 years ago
Ok, Misunderstanding. I hold my hands up, I was wrong. You should have expressed your point a little clearer though. People comprehend that you meant Bishop Daley is 'sick' by the way you typed it. I mean read it to yourself again. Still I now see what you mean and agree with you. The British army were criminal thugs when they arrived in Derry.
angels77100 2 years ago 7
Thanks for uploading! My boarding school (in the states) actually runs a scholarship programme so that one Irish Protestant and one Irish Catholic can come together and study for a post-grad year with the V Formers. As a V Former, I didn't know the context of the sectarian tensions. It seemed strange to me at the time that such a progamme is needed.
The younger generations seem more promising in put the divides aside.
isw1214 2 years ago
Doire Cholmchille !
WhereEaglesDareWWII 2 years ago
I had set out to watch this because of David, but had no idea of the history lesson that I was to encounter watching this! I have to admit, as someone who grew up in the Philippines and sort of unaware of a lot of things outside of my country growing up, I had little to virtually, no knowledge of the conflict between the Catholics and the Protestants in Ireland back in WWI and so on. Thanks for uploading this program NBNges! I learned quite a few things.
And of course, DT, he's just lovely. :)
achau211 2 years ago 89
@achau211 I'm Irish, from the South and I was ten was the Good Friday Agreement was signed and made the headlines. And I was utterly clueless as to what it meant.
everyonelovesdee 1 year ago 5
Thanks for this video, very enjoyable.
2FLUFFY4U 2 years ago 2
I watched this for DT but was engrossed about Irish history (being from N I myself with scottish relatives) I am happy to have a mixed background and that most of these problems are on thier way out.
SiddifOnline 2 years ago 7
God bless you
WhereEaglesDareWWII 2 years ago
+1. They are, and hopefully we ll see the back of them soon. Thanks for this! Bit of a [n unsettling at times] history lesson, but it's brilliant that David learnt about his family.
deepsilentcomplete 2 years ago
Thanks for uploading this episode. ^_^ It was really interesting (and not just because I'm a DT fan :p). As someone with strong Scottish heritage and some Irish too, it's interesting to see how my ancestors possibly may have lived, too. My Gran and Granddad came from Glasgow too. :) I have family still living there today. (I'm from South Africa, if you're wondering).
Saethchan 2 years ago 2
interesting how it is football that brings people together yet forces so many apart. the world war 2 christmas day match springs to mind...
lelejayne 2 years ago 5
Surprised to see other Irish people didn't know about these things - I think it would really help if everyone was forced to learn the truth about the troubles although I suppose the Loyalist side wouldn't like that.
Pretty good program - thanks for posting!
iladerth 2 years ago
This is my favourite episode of "WDYTYA"..Even in Australia, my Protestant father & RCatholic mother weren't able to be married in front of the alter in a Melbourne Catholic Church in 1961. I was truly moved by this episode and I thank my parents for not buying into this religious madness. I AM 1/2 Catholic/Protestant and consider this madness HISTORY. Impartiality I will pass on to my sons as my parents didn't prejudice me.
BradDon2313 2 years ago 4
I really enjoyed watching this. I'm not from GB myself but have always been interested in its culture history etc. so learning more about this through the show was amazing.
thank you for the uploads.
MissFletcherFletch 2 years ago 5
Funny, I'm Protestant in NI and i was never taught in history about the rigging or the peaceful protest from the catholics to stop discrimination... interesting how still each side is unable to admit to flaws..
Jaylxx 2 years ago 66
@Jaylxx I am also a protestant, lived in Portadown for over a year, never even heard those things mentioned. All I heard was how violent the Catholics were.
nutcase4freedom 1 year ago
Not an Inch!!!!!!!!
Sirknight1797 2 years ago
Wow what a great program and David seemed really moved by it all. I have done research about my family as well and it is really weird learning different things, and it must have been really strange for him to find his family "mixed" up in these historical events....
Of course just a fangirl comment as well: david is so hot and it was really nice to see him a bit more casually dressed and so on :D
Filmlover4ever 2 years ago
Thanks for posting. I'm fascinated by this story
Lissabon 2 years ago
Thank you, NBNges, for posting all parts of this. It was absolutely fascinating.
trishamasen 3 years ago 4
just for the recorc professorriversong and sandycrossroads are the same person,not only did they come on here to throw personal insults at compete strangers,had to change persona to try and justify it,very sad,stop throwing insults go join a facebook page where that thing is the norm no sorry even there it's not.
39ishmum 3 years ago 3
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Nae sorry for buttin in but reckonin in these parts is that the 39ishmum was the one makin the full'on remarks'- were she hackin-in, like, to other users?
SandyCrossroads 3 years ago
sorry but i felt my original comment was ok given the nature of the programme,and that was all i did comment,profesorriversong decided to post a comment knowing nothing about me all i have done is explain myself,comment under prs statement,bigchickenonastick is nothing to do with me,i posted a reply to prs and thought the two would run together,sadly not,i have hacked nobody never would,why would anyone? maybe i am too naive
39ishmum 3 years ago 2
The previous comment was posted in response to ProfessorRiversongs,comments about myself
39ishmum 3 years ago
was there really a need for Professor riversong to make a statement like that,have you nothing better to do in the early hours of the morning,there was no need for that at all,
bigchickenonastick 3 years ago
wow what a man David Tennant is,and his family,was very moved by it all,so admire him for going out and tracing his family,wish i could,i have only ever had my mum's side that i could really trace ,maybe now at the age of forty i should ask for answers about my dad,maybe you are my inspiration David xx
39ishmum 3 years ago
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I'd imagine you should ask your mother,(39ishmum)..of all the men she slept with .. who is the short-incher who was the shortest of them all! ( The product of this possible production would probably result in such a reject as you...No good looks...no knowledge...etc..
ProfessorRiverSong 3 years ago
Just for the record i know who my Father is,my mum was a widow at 21 my dad died when i was 6months old,when i was 10 months old my mum chose to leave ireland and move to england to try and rebuild her life and mine,the reason i have never investigated it any further was because of the pain i knew my mum went through.Now thanks to your comments i don't think i will look in to it,i have a good life and contrary to your opinion hold a degree,so yeah this reject will stay as she is ,HAPPY
39ishmum 3 years ago 2
What a decent man Barry McLaughlin is. His cousin was obviously very moved. What an especially great programme in the "Who Do You Think You Are" series. Also the history of Ireland was very well summarised.
ProfessorRiverSong 3 years ago 3
What a decent man Barry McLaughlin is. His cousin was obviously moved. Thanks for posting this up; a very great programme in this series of "Who Do You Think You Are".
ProfessorRiverSong 3 years ago 6
Thanks for posting x
dreamsofoddity 3 years ago 2
Thanks so much for this. I feel so sorry for his family,going through what they did, for their beliefs. David Tennant love :D
emilylovesmcr 3 years ago 4
I wasn't expecting to see anything like this when I started watching...I am an Irish catholic and this is all very close to home for me and my family, even though theres peace the whole superiority, rivalry and unrest is still there I know so many people involved in this that still don't think it's over I just hope that it really truly does end peacefully although I don't know if I can ever see that happening sectarianism is still happening here just on a smaller scale
vivsos 3 years ago 6
Thanks for posting this.
spikelilgirl 3 years ago
i have an irish teacher who spoke to us about all of the going-ons in ireland. she grew up in all the violence, it was so tragic and vivid hearing about it all from someone you know quite well. you just don't really know what to say
i agree with milehighlass, i really hope there will be peace in the future and it's really good that it's getting better
magicbaby44 3 years ago 4
So much more to this than just David Tennant. I feel so very sad. Look at Barry's face as he is remembering! My Dad's Mom was Irish Catholic born in 1900, daughter of Irish immigrants from County Mayo. My Mom's Mom was Scottish Prebyterian born 1921, granddaughter of Scottish immigrants. In another time and place, their lives could have been very different. I sincerely hope that the future will be peaceful for the Protestants and Catholics.
milehighlass 3 years ago 6
Thank you for posting this!
BollyNutmeg 3 years ago
doesn't he look gorgeous at 00.42? :( he handled some bad news really well when it came to his heritage, even though he disagreed with the politics of it he tried to have some understanding. aww!
MargotVoguey 3 years ago 3
this just makes me love him more. hahha.
musicalnames 3 years ago 3