oh my god, will everyone stop arguing whether it's history, mockery, not true to real life, blah blah blah, it's a show, they are telling a story, it doesn't have to be historically correct, they are just conveying key events, so what the redcoats didn't wear wigs, they are just trying to show the difference between the irish and the english and make it more clear for the audience, ITS JUST A SHOW, ITS JUST A DANCE, it doesn't affect your life so shut up, build a bridge and get over it.
This is a musical journey through the history of Ireland. It shows some of the key moments in Irish history from the landing of the Vikings all the way to how on the backs of Irish tradesman the United States was built.
@EJLSWE it could also be pointed out that the English didn't invade. If you want to go back it was the Normans first in 1169 and then the Dutch in 1690.
anyone else notice the 7th guy from the left having a stumble at 2.41/2.42....nearly sat in mid air! Ha! Lovely traditional hornpipe!!! Only fault, they have all the girls doing the jumping and fairy dancing, and all the guys are getting to do the real rhythmic stuff! That annoyed me , being a female dancer!!!!
as an irish dancer i loved this dance the best, since it was one of the few in this show that was actual irish dancing. as an american i can tell you that i have always known the difference between the "british" and the "english". lol! also having irish and scottish and welsh heritage i can understand why they are depicting them this way since it is historic and there is no love lost.
It's not exactly is it? Redcoats in Irish wigs in 1916? I get that it's to make things clear to people abraod but hey...I watched every video, and none of it is history. Sorry!
It's not actually history, that's the problem. I make my living from history. I know it's all done for visual effect but the element of history is comepletely gone. I watched all the videos and they are pretty far off the mark. Men in redcoats and wigs in 1916? Call it what you will, just don't call it history!
really good very irishy dancey if that makes sense defintiyl one o my fave peaces otu the whole celtic tiger, becaus ea lot of it is just flatly showing of
This is an Irish show---this scene depicts what the British did to the Irish. So no, we are not supposed to be agreeing with British. Making fun of them, maybe.
The Irish are making fun of the English (what is the British!?!), you have the English (as I am myself) then you have the Scotts and the Welsh (all of whom live on the British Isles) and then you have the Irish living on an island next to us. Oh sorry, you not Irish but American, that explains the confusion, was about to deem you a schizophrenic there.
The Irish, Scots, Welsh, English, (Mans, Cornish etc etc.) anyone living in or on the British Isles are British. But, "Brits" seems to be a term used only for the English, I guess it all depends on where YOU are from. Yankee or Yanks refers to Americans in general but in the states it means anyone from north of the Mason-Dixon line, in the north it means one from New England)
@memikell- Great comment. For those who aren't fimiliar with the Mason-Dixon line. It was surveyed between 1763 & 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in the resolution of a border dispute between British colonies in Colonial America. It forms a demarcation line among four U.S. states, forming part of the borders of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia (then part of Virginia). In many cases it symbolizes a cultural boundary between the North & the South.
Ah, it shows their power and wealth and the choreography also works to show the ordered, authoritive structure that the British had compared to Ireland, where it was more of a 'shambles'. Also, the way that they dance in a long line also shows how powerful and dominating that they were at the time, as the line is mainly unbroken, it creates the feeling of beign inpenetrable. (I know that your statement was probably pure sarcasm, but I couldn't resist this year-late reply ^^;)
It makes me kind of emtional se all of this videos, Im so In love of Ireland,and Irish dance, and Celtic culture, I think that nothing compares to this!!!!!!!!!1
WOW!!! I'm an irish dancer, and I thought i saw all that guy dancers could do at Worlds, and this just blows me away. They roll their heels in perfect time. And they do rocks (2:47) very rarely do u see male Irish dancers do rocks in their steps, unless they are doing a traditional set dance. It's always the girls who do rocks in dances other than traditional sets (i.e slip jig, treble jig, hornpipe). But hey, learn something new every day.
It's strange - they're wearing the red jackets and powdered wigs like the British army did in the 18th century, yet they're doing an Irish dance. Bizarre, but it looks great!
Who were you referring to? the british being offended? I mean after what we put them through, a little (and very talented) mockery in dance is the least we deserve
i just think it looks stupid to be honest lol i love the dance but the whole red coat and rule britnnia thing? lol i can never remeber being told about brits invading ireland and just enjoying a bit of irish dancing .
Whatever. Nevertheless what you guys think, this show is all about the Irish people gaining their independence from Britain, in the correspondence to America getting it's independence from Britain. Its all about the correlations between the two Rebellions and the Independence's.
yeh honestly i laffed at ur comment lol ... god if dancing was the only thing they did when they were here then ireland would be a much better place now =)
This is my favorite dance and music of the entire show. Granted, I've only seen Youtube clips.
I'm actually rather surprised over all the hatred that has been posted. Not just that targeting the English or the Irish but also Americans and other nationalities. I don't think Americanized should be used to mean made worse or not as good as it could be. Just because something is American doesn't mean it is terrible.
I am an American who is proud of my English and Irish heritage.
People, let's calm down in the content of the comments made here, ok? Comment's like the one Fox wrote will not be tolerated, even if this is a most controversial subject! This is a dance video, not a political one, so let us just stick to opinions about the dance, the music and related stuff.
Its stupid to say that Fox's ignorant and rude comment represents English society and British people, there are idiots in Ireland and England and acrtoss the world, so you can't really generalise. My parents are irish, but I was born in England, and let not forget tat england provided a home, jobs and money for manyirish people. But Fox's comment just shows what and idiot he is.
Glad to see racism and hatred are alive and living in English society. Hope all British people that reat Fox's comment dont die of embarrassment and cringe to death with the ignorance of their spokes peson. Glad to be Irish, thank God ! I look at the beauty of the dance on the screen above and see it as an eloquent answer to the hatred and vile rubbish that Fox has written below. Eire Abu !
The english could never dance like us...they dance around the may pole...like morris dancers...and their bells...now the question is?...what dance would you rather have!!!...I rest my case...ego why...ERIN GO BRAGH.
IT is in our heart and in our souls...music and dance of an undeafed nation of the world...the english tried and still try...Hail to the Irish...you crawl before you can walk...you walk before you can run...and dance before you die...
An ode to all wankers below...and they know who they are..."Respect for others cost nothing provided it is due...the reward for respect of others is their respect for you..." Setanta... (IRAprovos).
I prefer this over some of the other dances in Celtic Tiger. This reminds me of the Riverdancing days. Are there any other dances in the show? Or does he even go so far as to do an actual tribute to LOTD and just do a dance dedicated to is in Celtic Tiger? that would be amazing
There is a difference between 5 years and 800 years, at least the nazis had the decency to have it over in seconds; as opposed to beating people to death. This at croke park singing rule brit wankers is dancing on hogan and cusacks graves! fucking disgrace.
It's a fact that that the Irish and English gene pool is identical,as per a study commissioned by the Irish government. There is not an Englishman or Irishman that does not share the same ancestors.
Having visited Ireland on many occasions to visit my relatives, I can tell you that the Americans who paint themselves green and profess to be died in the wool Paddies are responsible for prolonging the murders and tragedy that occurred "In the north".
Why is it considered so wrong to demonise the Germans for the horrors of the world wars, but it's fine to bash the English for doing what almost every other European country has tried to do at some point?
I'm Irish, but I agree with the fella a few posts below - many Irish folk still carry the victim mentality.
If the French can get over five years of German invasion, we can get over this. And for an American to be bringing this up is even more ridiculous!
The dancing here is excellent, but I don't like the theme of this dance. It's not doing much for Anglo-Irish relations, is it?
Yes, the English were imperialist bastards, but so were the French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and many other smaller European countries. Some might argue that the Americans are now. They just weren't as successful at expanding their empire.
I'm Irish, but I also have some English blood in me and I'm proud of it. I don't like to see the English continually demonised.
i'm irish living in england these last few years and the english are a geniunely good race of people,irish history unfairly portrays britian as a very demonic oppressive force,but those days are long gone,there is good and bad in everybody and i hope u enjoy ireland as much as i enjoy staying here
well, flately is bvery strongly against the british invasion of ireland and this show is a way of his expressing of that. plus it tells the story of how ireland came to be.
What the fuck......... it was an irishman who invited a Norman over which susequently led to the English domination of ireland aftrer the said normans assimulated into what was a Foreign ruled England, but still, i dont want to spoil this.........."jig". Any English Perrson who goes to see this utter cack wants a punch. The so called celts ( which never existed) are full of the victim status
AND BTW who ever the fuck thought that id would be good to add in that 'rule britaine' fing needs to be fucking brought outside and shot seriously the most stupid fing iv ever heard in the middle or sorry the start of a irish dancing clip !!!!
Wow these dancers have real talent especially with their timing, and i think it portrayed the redcoats rather well, i know you get people arguing about how they were ruthless, which im not denying, but that was how nearly every army was, and is
This is really a great clip - congrats! Not only are the dancers amazing, you can also hear BOTH the music AND every single click from their shoes. Wow!
It's incredible how arrogant the Brits still are about Ireland...see comments below. They are really very uneducated when it comes to Irish history, and know nothing of our country. Still, Collins, Pearse and Dev taught them some manners...God bless the Irish :)
Hey, I'm hungarian, too, and also love Irish culture :) It's funny though, that british don't care about your history, but everywhere else I go people now at least a bit about your conflict. And most of them (I mean of course those peole i know) thinks what ganglehoff said. Anyway I also hope that gael will survive. I really want to learn it one day :)
This is my first viewing from the Celtic Tiger show, and I am still amazed at how much they can get out the basic tap form. The double heel turns are fantastic, multiple click leaps front and back, all wonderful, thanks for posting. I hate the cameras always getting blinded by lights, though. I want to see the dance, not the lights.
The song in this part of the show has been made by himself. As i've seen his first two shows and in the second show he's whistling on a flute, and it has the same sound like this flute x3
Also many of the English soldiers over there were emphatic towards the irish, and just had to do there duty or face a similar fate themselves. There is no justification for the repression of one country by another, but to often the actualy people are forgotton. 'Translations' by Brian Friel is a good example of someone trying to explain this.
Oh dear God, the Nazi argument, "we were just following orders". I know you are very well entitled to your opinion, but 800 years of it, without one thing you can say showed some humanity. There is still an enquiry into Bloody Sunday. They didnt really want to shot citizens in the back and waving white flags, they were just carrying on a long tradition, sun got in their eyes.
I dunno... I dont see the point in this. Why do they have people posing as red coats on a stage doing Traditional Irish Dancin when it was the English who tried to wipe our tradition's of the face of the planet. This to me does not symbolize the invasion of Ireland by the English. Looks to me like some wild un-educated idea to me.
tbh it is very ironic. forgive me if i'm wrong but it seems like people still hold some grudge against the british. yes we caused hell loadsa shit in the past but i'm certainly not for it!
Just like to point out that the Scots and Welsh are just as much to blame for Irelands bloody history as the English are. It was about Catholic v Protestant which was settled over a period of 500 years or so...
Oliver Cromwell spinning in his grave? The Irish will be delighted to know that he hasn't got one. The English hated him almost as much as you do. He cancelled Christmas, for heaven's sake. Wikipedia quote follows:
In 1661, Oliver Cromwell's body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey, and was subjected to the ritual of a posthumous execution. His body was hanged in chains at Tyburn. Finally, his disinterred body was thrown into a pit, while his severed head was displayed on a pole outside Westminster Abbey until 1685. Afterwards the head changed hands several times before eventually being buried in the grounds of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in 1960. Any choreographers up for it? ;)
The previous comment is very polite. But I've to say that the irish language nearly went extinct thanks to the english. I hope they'll revive it up to daily use...
look its showing (through dance) that england invaded (and yes we did do all the terrible stuff....sorry) but the irish dance shows that through invading our nations cultures mixed...you learnt our language and you gave us many fine beers :D
did i say the redcoats?!NO!!i said the english!!!black and tans redcoats all of em wer as bad as each othr howevr as far as i cn remeber the black and tans wer the most brutal of all!!
and yeah as if they danced around !! hey were to busy spoting us speaking irish and beating us! well i go to an irish scool now so just to let use all no they havent killed are native tounge they tryed !! but didnt !!! toicfadh ar lá (ar da will come)
hahaha this is exactly why i came onto this particular video i knew there wud be some argument going on!!
basically the british treated us like shit evicted us out of our own homes! didnt let us go 2 mass!made us speak their silly language!i wish we still spoke irish!=]
redcoats didnt do irish jigs in ireland,they raped plundered and murdered the natives,its hard to think of 1 positive thing they done to their smaller neighbour,except force them to speak their language
Dig at the english, the Irish didnt make them do what they did. What the British did in Ireland was nothing short of genocide, believe me we wish its was'nt so but its a fact. British people are going to have to face that, because we are not going to stop telling our history to suit yer sensibilities. p.s redcoats Irish dancing now that is very wrong.
dont tell me- your an American, dreamy and have a romantic thing about spud murhey (ireland)its all bollocks get a life.A potatoe viris and catholic landlords were the doing of the irish peasants.Move on.
oh my god, will everyone stop arguing whether it's history, mockery, not true to real life, blah blah blah, it's a show, they are telling a story, it doesn't have to be historically correct, they are just conveying key events, so what the redcoats didn't wear wigs, they are just trying to show the difference between the irish and the english and make it more clear for the audience, ITS JUST A SHOW, ITS JUST A DANCE, it doesn't affect your life so shut up, build a bridge and get over it.
McBronagh 1 week ago
@McBronagh Totally agree with you ;-) people just don't get the point so many times...
arkantos69 1 week ago
WTF Have I just entered a parallel universe?
engliscwarrior 2 months ago
When I saw this I could only think of one thing. Sharp and the 95th dancing. Strangely hilarious
theshadowling1 4 months ago
Proud to be Irish AND British -3 :))))
kellenxhackettx25 4 months ago
@kellenxhackettx25
as am i
VigisKane 3 months ago
this is how invading a country should be done, America should take notes.
v4552 5 months ago
Gotta love that British military precision, even when they're Irish Stepping lol!
Driinex 5 months ago in playlist celtic tiger
This is a musical journey through the history of Ireland. It shows some of the key moments in Irish history from the landing of the Vikings all the way to how on the backs of Irish tradesman the United States was built.
tireland1077 5 months ago
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lasavoirfaire 5 months ago
I believe there's nothing wrong about telling the story...this is what actually happened, like it or not
dansertoujours 6 months ago
Wooh my dance teacher Stefan danced in this show - and this song!
Joyceop 10 months ago
One of only about three good numbers in this show. Love this piece! Shame the majority of the rest of the show is pure crap.
Michasey 11 months ago 2
Did anyone else get a chill when they shouted "Rule Britannia"?
LolFishFail 11 months ago
@LolFishFail
No.
Sincerely - All of Scotland
MarkMck1994 9 months ago
@LolFishFail I got a chill during their dancing. Britannia not so much.
rebelgabriel4308 2 months ago
superbe cette vidéo,le choré,la justesse et le sourire des danseurs.Very,very good
andreeleclercq 1 year ago
Oh my gawd, I love it when the guys dance, its hawt!! XD
MidnightEyes17 1 year ago
@EJLSWE it could also be pointed out that the English didn't invade. If you want to go back it was the Normans first in 1169 and then the Dutch in 1690.
CyberSoldierGerm 1 year ago
iI agree, with the last statement, teaching the history of the British. njshorelinda
fosterfields 1 year ago
BUENISIMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Artemanopum 1 year ago
LOVE THE BRITS!!
mrAZcardinal 1 year ago 2
Many Irish proudly fought as Redcoats for the British Empire at one point in the 19th century making up 40 % of there total number.
ADZ01982 1 year ago 4
@ADZ01982 boooo! Go Brits :D
mrAZcardinal 1 year ago
all the sing ing and then the really sweet music makes them seem like whimps
erin194 1 year ago
anyone else notice the 7th guy from the left having a stumble at 2.41/2.42....nearly sat in mid air! Ha! Lovely traditional hornpipe!!! Only fault, they have all the girls doing the jumping and fairy dancing, and all the guys are getting to do the real rhythmic stuff! That annoyed me , being a female dancer!!!!
jigginjenny85 1 year ago
This is a peaceful dance. :D As in, hardly any screaming fans. :| and the music's real peaceful too. :)
DudeinGold 1 year ago
absolute perfection♥
excellent footwork, and not a step out of place!
I never get bored of this type of music... :)
PINKmillionz 1 year ago
as an irish dancer i loved this dance the best, since it was one of the few in this show that was actual irish dancing. as an american i can tell you that i have always known the difference between the "british" and the "english". lol! also having irish and scottish and welsh heritage i can understand why they are depicting them this way since it is historic and there is no love lost.
dancerluvspink 1 year ago 2
@dancerluvspink What do you mean depicting them this way? Who do you mean the English or the British?
grobo11 1 year ago
This Was My Fav Part of Celtic Tiger when When I Went at the SECC
MarkMck1994 2 years ago 2
Is this meany to be mockery? I'm British and I like his. Doesn't offend me,
grobo11 2 years ago 4
Its not a mockery, it is just simply history!
deckywalsh1 2 years ago
@deckywalsh1
It's not exactly is it? Redcoats in Irish wigs in 1916? I get that it's to make things clear to people abraod but hey...I watched every video, and none of it is history. Sorry!
fecker555 1 year ago
@deckywalsh1
It's not actually history, that's the problem. I make my living from history. I know it's all done for visual effect but the element of history is comepletely gone. I watched all the videos and they are pretty far off the mark. Men in redcoats and wigs in 1916? Call it what you will, just don't call it history!
fecker555 1 year ago
really good very irishy dancey if that makes sense defintiyl one o my fave peaces otu the whole celtic tiger, becaus ea lot of it is just flatly showing of
ReptaRRluVV 2 years ago
Lots of Red coats had Irish names and were red coats
TheLongfords 2 years ago
they make this seem like its so easy to do
irishroxs18 2 years ago
i'm a little confused... are we making fun of the british.. or agreeing with them???
slambatterback 2 years ago 13
neither
celticknight18 2 years ago
This is an Irish show---this scene depicts what the British did to the Irish. So no, we are not supposed to be agreeing with British. Making fun of them, maybe.
Dreamflower6 2 years ago
The Irish are making fun of the English (what is the British!?!), you have the English (as I am myself) then you have the Scotts and the Welsh (all of whom live on the British Isles) and then you have the Irish living on an island next to us. Oh sorry, you not Irish but American, that explains the confusion, was about to deem you a schizophrenic there.
British?!? ROFLMAO
Wallonische 2 years ago
The Irish, Scots, Welsh, English, (Mans, Cornish etc etc.) anyone living in or on the British Isles are British. But, "Brits" seems to be a term used only for the English, I guess it all depends on where YOU are from. Yankee or Yanks refers to Americans in general but in the states it means anyone from north of the Mason-Dixon line, in the north it means one from New England)
memikell 2 years ago
@memikell- Great comment. For those who aren't fimiliar with the Mason-Dixon line. It was surveyed between 1763 & 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in the resolution of a border dispute between British colonies in Colonial America. It forms a demarcation line among four U.S. states, forming part of the borders of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia (then part of Virginia). In many cases it symbolizes a cultural boundary between the North & the South.
schs1977 1 year ago
@slambatterback
Ah, it shows their power and wealth and the choreography also works to show the ordered, authoritive structure that the British had compared to Ireland, where it was more of a 'shambles'. Also, the way that they dance in a long line also shows how powerful and dominating that they were at the time, as the line is mainly unbroken, it creates the feeling of beign inpenetrable. (I know that your statement was probably pure sarcasm, but I couldn't resist this year-late reply ^^;)
Snowyhuskywolf 9 months ago
Good show; howeever, that RED COAT puts a dimmer on it all.
ErnstBecker 2 years ago
awsome!!
It makes me kind of emtional se all of this videos, Im so In love of Ireland,and Irish dance, and Celtic culture, I think that nothing compares to this!!!!!!!!!1
CatalinaPolkReyes 2 years ago 3
WOW!!! I'm an irish dancer, and I thought i saw all that guy dancers could do at Worlds, and this just blows me away. They roll their heels in perfect time. And they do rocks (2:47) very rarely do u see male Irish dancers do rocks in their steps, unless they are doing a traditional set dance. It's always the girls who do rocks in dances other than traditional sets (i.e slip jig, treble jig, hornpipe). But hey, learn something new every day.
Thanks for posting this dude!!!
ILuvGreenDayX 2 years ago 3
Dude they are perfectly in sync!That's awesome!
Gothicvampyressgwen1 2 years ago 2
Irish Tap dancing Redcoats.
ukbang2007 2 years ago 2
It's strange - they're wearing the red jackets and powdered wigs like the British army did in the 18th century, yet they're doing an Irish dance. Bizarre, but it looks great!
390904902 2 years ago 2
but if u notice, when u c the irish citizens, their dancing is alot more relaxed while the redcoats is more sharp and military-like
APiratezLife4Me91 2 years ago 8
No matter what some people may say...this is one of the most beautiful hard shoe "master" piece I've seen....
eirinn65 2 years ago 2
ammm wow? ok....
was anyone eles a littlle ofended by this ? =/
meanscoilfreek 2 years ago
How would we be offended? It symbolizes teh British invasion of Ireland, like the description said.
ILuvGreenDayX 2 years ago
Who were you referring to? the british being offended? I mean after what we put them through, a little (and very talented) mockery in dance is the least we deserve
evilhazza 2 years ago 5
Dude its not mocking. They're just telling em like it is! lol
APiratezLife4Me91 2 years ago 3
i just think it looks stupid to be honest lol i love the dance but the whole red coat and rule britnnia thing? lol i can never remeber being told about brits invading ireland and just enjoying a bit of irish dancing .
meanscoilfreek 2 years ago
its not from the patriot
thats a battlemarching song used by the redcoats in the 1700's and 1800's and used nowadays by the grenadiers........its a good tune
VigisKane 2 years ago
What do the read coats say exactly at the beginning? I can't understand all of it...
bbenjoe 2 years ago
Its the words from the song Rule Britannia..
Rule Britannia, Britain Rules the waves, Brittons never ever shall be slaves
Saldarin 2 years ago
Whatever. Nevertheless what you guys think, this show is all about the Irish people gaining their independence from Britain, in the correspondence to America getting it's independence from Britain. Its all about the correlations between the two Rebellions and the Independence's.
DemonMastah 2 years ago
the song is the british grenadiers.
its some hundred years older then the movie the patriot
BugMagnet 2 years ago 4
no this is iris dancing
scallygirl07 2 years ago
its not irish dancing its called river dancing
ostrogoth182 2 years ago
No, it's Irish dancing. The show called Riverdance is called RIVERdance because the Irish had to cross a river on the way to America.
hermionefan3 2 years ago 4
thats bc its the redcoats marching theme so it fits the role
danntheman23 2 years ago 3
Did Ronan Hardiman do the music for this show?
SaoirseSwan 2 years ago
Yes he did.
arkantos69 2 years ago 2
Wow, this is so different from the other shows! It's quite good though - thanks for the info :)
SaoirseSwan 2 years ago
Way to turn an awesome dance vid into a meaningless rant about petty politics >.>
Spiralteardrop 2 years ago
i am scottish and proud of my irish heritage which is very close and dear to my heart.
popprincess2006 2 years ago
Say what you like a about your "English" brethren but at least we didn´t invent poofy dances like this!
jethrose 2 years ago
This video taught me that the British conquered Ireland by dancing the Irish into submission.
69Bluntsmoka420 2 years ago 3
Lol - It would be great if that were true :)
SaoirseSwan 2 years ago
yeh honestly i laffed at ur comment lol ... god if dancing was the only thing they did when they were here then ireland would be a much better place now =)
meanscoilfreek 2 years ago 2
ooo~ sexy boys! ;P
uniooms 3 years ago
This is my favorite dance and music of the entire show. Granted, I've only seen Youtube clips.
I'm actually rather surprised over all the hatred that has been posted. Not just that targeting the English or the Irish but also Americans and other nationalities. I don't think Americanized should be used to mean made worse or not as good as it could be. Just because something is American doesn't mean it is terrible.
I am an American who is proud of my English and Irish heritage.
Mysterywriter221 3 years ago
People, let's calm down in the content of the comments made here, ok? Comment's like the one Fox wrote will not be tolerated, even if this is a most controversial subject! This is a dance video, not a political one, so let us just stick to opinions about the dance, the music and related stuff.
arkantos69 3 years ago 6
Its stupid to say that Fox's ignorant and rude comment represents English society and British people, there are idiots in Ireland and England and acrtoss the world, so you can't really generalise. My parents are irish, but I was born in England, and let not forget tat england provided a home, jobs and money for manyirish people. But Fox's comment just shows what and idiot he is.
07931466200 3 years ago 2
Glad to see racism and hatred are alive and living in English society. Hope all British people that reat Fox's comment dont die of embarrassment and cringe to death with the ignorance of their spokes peson. Glad to be Irish, thank God ! I look at the beauty of the dance on the screen above and see it as an eloquent answer to the hatred and vile rubbish that Fox has written below. Eire Abu !
prending 3 years ago
The english could never dance like us...they dance around the may pole...like morris dancers...and their bells...now the question is?...what dance would you rather have!!!...I rest my case...ego why...ERIN GO BRAGH.
IRAprovos 3 years ago
I quite agree give me folk dancing anyday
by ordinary people celebrating ancient pagan rituals such as the fertility of the soil, and the oncomming summer.
These are professionals dancing a version of Step dancing, once common throughout the whole of the British Isles.
LordGodofMercy 2 years ago
IT is in our heart and in our souls...music and dance of an undeafed nation of the world...the english tried and still try...Hail to the Irish...you crawl before you can walk...you walk before you can run...and dance before you die...
An ode to all wankers below...and they know who they are..."Respect for others cost nothing provided it is due...the reward for respect of others is their respect for you..." Setanta... (IRAprovos).
IRAprovos 3 years ago
they need to point their toes in the clicks.
DoOurRentalKids 3 years ago
sure, but one things. One, its harder to point in hardshoe then it is in softshoe.
Potogold8 3 years ago
but these people are the best Irish dancers in the world. Even though it may be harder to do, it's not impossible.
DoOurRentalKids 3 years ago
it's sad how the only proper and sustained irish dance in the show is done by the invading british soldiers :P
InCupsOfCoffee821 3 years ago 33
@InCupsOfCoffee821 Fitting though isn't it? Seeing as Irish dancing is based upona French and British style of dancing.
grobo11 1 year ago
I prefer this over some of the other dances in Celtic Tiger. This reminds me of the Riverdancing days. Are there any other dances in the show? Or does he even go so far as to do an actual tribute to LOTD and just do a dance dedicated to is in Celtic Tiger? that would be amazing
theloveabove 3 years ago
I'd love to learn this Wonderful dance
Edanargu 3 years ago
Aside from all the political discourse going on here, the dancing in fantastic!
wilwondersnevercease 3 years ago 3
There is a difference between 5 years and 800 years, at least the nazis had the decency to have it over in seconds; as opposed to beating people to death. This at croke park singing rule brit wankers is dancing on hogan and cusacks graves! fucking disgrace.
cshields 3 years ago
Ugh this is such crap- and this is some of the best dancing in the show! UGH.
Oireachtaness 3 years ago
What a farcical bit of poncing about!
It's a fact that that the Irish and English gene pool is identical,as per a study commissioned by the Irish government. There is not an Englishman or Irishman that does not share the same ancestors.
Having visited Ireland on many occasions to visit my relatives, I can tell you that the Americans who paint themselves green and profess to be died in the wool Paddies are responsible for prolonging the murders and tragedy that occurred "In the north".
zigimarr 3 years ago
I have never heard so much nonsense in my life! I suggest that you educate yourself a little better before you come to Ireland again.
declanrwalsh 3 years ago 3
I can do a little Irish Step its fun
narniageek14 3 years ago
Why is it considered so wrong to demonise the Germans for the horrors of the world wars, but it's fine to bash the English for doing what almost every other European country has tried to do at some point?
I'm Irish, but I agree with the fella a few posts below - many Irish folk still carry the victim mentality.
If the French can get over five years of German invasion, we can get over this. And for an American to be bringing this up is even more ridiculous!
baileymarie86 3 years ago 3
The dancing here is excellent, but I don't like the theme of this dance. It's not doing much for Anglo-Irish relations, is it?
Yes, the English were imperialist bastards, but so were the French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and many other smaller European countries. Some might argue that the Americans are now. They just weren't as successful at expanding their empire.
I'm Irish, but I also have some English blood in me and I'm proud of it. I don't like to see the English continually demonised.
baileymarie86 3 years ago 2
Thankyou my friend its good to see an irishman who doesn't want to kill all of us lol.
As you said we treated you lot pretty badly but that was my ancestors, not me, and that this was the 'style' of all of the countries at the time.
I love Ireland myself, the accent is amazing, the food is nice and the countryside is enviable even against places like Surrey or Kent
BritLion08 3 years ago
i'm irish living in england these last few years and the english are a geniunely good race of people,irish history unfairly portrays britian as a very demonic oppressive force,but those days are long gone,there is good and bad in everybody and i hope u enjoy ireland as much as i enjoy staying here
k1971C 3 years ago
well, flately is bvery strongly against the british invasion of ireland and this show is a way of his expressing of that. plus it tells the story of how ireland came to be.
APiratezLife4Me91 3 years ago
FInally! Now the men have a taste of what it's like to dance in heavy costumes and wigs! lol!
Reidfidleir 3 years ago
Hey I´m German and I dance Irish Step Dance! It´s so cool to see this! I hope I will dance like them anytime!
AdlerCorbet 3 years ago
those look like Pacelli Shoes to me!
Does any1 know the piano chords?
Muggleman12 3 years ago
Now, that's what I call a hornpipe and treble reel...
aisuilc 3 years ago
I LOVE THIS ARTWORK BRAVO
mztakendreamz 3 years ago
i like it its catchy
Santatonline 3 years ago
History shmistory! I like it!
VY10MH7 3 years ago
magic!
Shipkica 3 years ago
cool! awesome! amazing! wonderful! :D and pretty costumes :P
gswiaczny 3 years ago
What the fuck......... it was an irishman who invited a Norman over which susequently led to the English domination of ireland aftrer the said normans assimulated into what was a Foreign ruled England, but still, i dont want to spoil this.........."jig". Any English Perrson who goes to see this utter cack wants a punch. The so called celts ( which never existed) are full of the victim status
GingeTinge 3 years ago
AND BTW who ever the fuck thought that id would be good to add in that 'rule britaine' fing needs to be fucking brought outside and shot seriously the most stupid fing iv ever heard in the middle or sorry the start of a irish dancing clip !!!!
meanscoilfreek 3 years ago
O yerah thats what the brits idwhen the same to ireland DANCED !! SENSE THAT IM BEING SARCASTIC LOL
meanscoilfreek 3 years ago
Wow these dancers have real talent especially with their timing, and i think it portrayed the redcoats rather well, i know you get people arguing about how they were ruthless, which im not denying, but that was how nearly every army was, and is
BritLion08 3 years ago
This is really a great clip - congrats! Not only are the dancers amazing, you can also hear BOTH the music AND every single click from their shoes. Wow!
Babbe 3 years ago 4
I dont know about the show itself, but I myself really only care for the dancing itself.
katiekat1143 3 years ago 4
this was a terrible show
aidan106 3 years ago
amazing how do they have so much stamina?? lol
cheezymouse3 3 years ago 5
nn ci tengo tanto a esprimere'l mio parere sulla storia tra le due nazioni,però lo spettacolo rimane sempre bellissimo
wind30s 3 years ago
they look very stiff...almost like wooden/tin-soldiers....
vanefreja 4 years ago
thats what they were,lifeless,feelingless and all they did was followed orders,they were not people
1emeraldlover 4 years ago
It's incredible how arrogant the Brits still are about Ireland...see comments below. They are really very uneducated when it comes to Irish history, and know nothing of our country. Still, Collins, Pearse and Dev taught them some manners...God bless the Irish :)
ganglehoff 4 years ago 5
I'm English but half-Irish - I agree, in general the British have no idea. I'm proud of my Celtic half :)
SabianCaz 4 years ago
There is a reason why millions of irish people left Ireland just in 18th and 19th century.
I'm not irish (but hungarian), but I admire your history and culture. I hope your people will succeed in reviving your langueage.
bbenjoe 4 years ago
Hey, I'm hungarian, too, and also love Irish culture :) It's funny though, that british don't care about your history, but everywhere else I go people now at least a bit about your conflict. And most of them (I mean of course those peole i know) thinks what ganglehoff said. Anyway I also hope that gael will survive. I really want to learn it one day :)
SageSeliah 3 years ago
what about the witch hunt can someone tell me where to find it in youtube?
Beatleschick1 4 years ago
this is my favorite part of Celtic Tiger! their hornpipe is amazing.. i wish i could dance like that
suzeee3435 4 years ago 2
This is my first viewing from the Celtic Tiger show, and I am still amazed at how much they can get out the basic tap form. The double heel turns are fantastic, multiple click leaps front and back, all wonderful, thanks for posting. I hate the cameras always getting blinded by lights, though. I want to see the dance, not the lights.
proobu 4 years ago 2
The song in this part of the show has been made by himself. As i've seen his first two shows and in the second show he's whistling on a flute, and it has the same sound like this flute x3
StinkyWeirdo 4 years ago
Michael Flatley AKA God of Irish Dance
matt4payne 4 years ago
Michael is the best dancer. This show I live in Belgium and it's was so great. Hope he will dance again
safraantjes 4 years ago
that's very good dancing. it's amazing how they do that, it looks like they are about to break a few ankles though.
MSBIRDOFKINGWOOD 4 years ago 2
Britans rule the ways !
adiratus 4 years ago
does anyone know the name of the hornpipe music in this?
spr64ing 4 years ago
It could be ,, british grenadiers" - you should know it - because you are American :o)
Falxman 4 years ago
this song is actually called the redcoats it is on the celtic tiger cd
Gimnastica7 4 years ago
Also many of the English soldiers over there were emphatic towards the irish, and just had to do there duty or face a similar fate themselves. There is no justification for the repression of one country by another, but to often the actualy people are forgotton. 'Translations' by Brian Friel is a good example of someone trying to explain this.
Estalwin 4 years ago
Oh dear God, the Nazi argument, "we were just following orders". I know you are very well entitled to your opinion, but 800 years of it, without one thing you can say showed some humanity. There is still an enquiry into Bloody Sunday. They didnt really want to shot citizens in the back and waving white flags, they were just carrying on a long tradition, sun got in their eyes.
scati1971 4 years ago
i'm learning this dance!!!!!
ReelPrincess 4 years ago
très bien!!! J´ai adoré, mes felicitations pour le groupe!!
acshark 4 years ago
I dunno... I dont see the point in this. Why do they have people posing as red coats on a stage doing Traditional Irish Dancin when it was the English who tried to wipe our tradition's of the face of the planet. This to me does not symbolize the invasion of Ireland by the English. Looks to me like some wild un-educated idea to me.
Irishlad23ni 4 years ago
Although on the other hand, the actual performance was brilliant and the music too but I just dont like the scene thats all
Irishlad23ni 4 years ago
i think its because hornpipes are british in origin. thats what I saw anyways when i saw this scene.
LadyMaeve85 4 years ago
If you watch the next scene it shows the redcoats burning the homes of the Irish people.
Twonks 4 years ago
tbh it is very ironic. forgive me if i'm wrong but it seems like people still hold some grudge against the british. yes we caused hell loadsa shit in the past but i'm certainly not for it!
musicrox99 4 years ago
Just like to point out that the Scots and Welsh are just as much to blame for Irelands bloody history as the English are. It was about Catholic v Protestant which was settled over a period of 500 years or so...
MarcoHannay 4 years ago 4
Oliver Cromwell spinning in his grave? The Irish will be delighted to know that he hasn't got one. The English hated him almost as much as you do. He cancelled Christmas, for heaven's sake. Wikipedia quote follows:
ruaridht 4 years ago
In 1661, Oliver Cromwell's body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey, and was subjected to the ritual of a posthumous execution. His body was hanged in chains at Tyburn. Finally, his disinterred body was thrown into a pit, while his severed head was displayed on a pole outside Westminster Abbey until 1685. Afterwards the head changed hands several times before eventually being buried in the grounds of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in 1960. Any choreographers up for it? ;)
ruaridht 4 years ago
The previous comment is very polite. But I've to say that the irish language nearly went extinct thanks to the english. I hope they'll revive it up to daily use...
bbenjoe 4 years ago
look its showing (through dance) that england invaded (and yes we did do all the terrible stuff....sorry) but the irish dance shows that through invading our nations cultures mixed...you learnt our language and you gave us many fine beers :D
jamical123 4 years ago
You know...if I was an Irishman, during the English invasion, and saw this, I wouldn't exactly be threatened.
hahaimpatrick 4 years ago
did i say the redcoats?!NO!!i said the english!!!black and tans redcoats all of em wer as bad as each othr howevr as far as i cn remeber the black and tans wer the most brutal of all!!
irishdancinmusician 4 years ago
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*_*
grimandmandy6 4 years ago
i agree with irishdancinmusician !
and yeah as if they danced around !! hey were to busy spoting us speaking irish and beating us! well i go to an irish scool now so just to let use all no they havent killed are native tounge they tryed !! but didnt !!! toicfadh ar lá (ar da will come)
meanscoilfreek 4 years ago 2
hahaha this is exactly why i came onto this particular video i knew there wud be some argument going on!!
basically the british treated us like shit evicted us out of our own homes! didnt let us go 2 mass!made us speak their silly language!i wish we still spoke irish!=]
is fuath liom sasana!!
i think thts hw ya spell it!!
irishdancinmusician 4 years ago 3
redcoats didnt do irish jigs in ireland,they raped plundered and murdered the natives,its hard to think of 1 positive thing they done to their smaller neighbour,except force them to speak their language
k1971C 4 years ago 4
Um.. It's a hornpipe.
And it's an Irish dance show. Hence the, uh, Irish dancing.
tabby385 4 years ago 2
Actually teh only red coats doing that were Hessians m8.
KingNordy 4 years ago
What about the roads? Education? Irrigation? The penal system? Sanitation? The fresh water system? Public health and medicine?
Life of Brian anybody?
Twonks 4 years ago 6
Nice, very nice, days, weeks, and months practicing, it's worth to watch it ^^
Derekre4 4 years ago
this is a shit!
where is the real spirit? where is the irish feeling?
i don't know, i don't like this
If there is a ordinary show it's ok but please don't say CELTIC, THIS IS NOT CELTIC!!!!
chrisstinne 4 years ago 4
There is very little that is genuinely Celtic about Michael Flatley's shows these days. It's all tacky and americanised.
baileymarie86 3 years ago 2
Ah....I love this. :D
So many clicks though!
xxfacexfacexx 4 years ago 2
yay it's me! :-) I so hated doing this dance!!!
iPoeky 4 years ago
Wonderful !! How can you look at wigs with all that wonderful dancing going on?
NotesGal 4 years ago
MUAHAHAHA! FOR ONCE THE GUYS HAVE TO WEAR THE WIGS! HOW DO THEY LIKE THAT! MUAHAHA... lol
katiekat1143 4 years ago
Dig at the english, the Irish didnt make them do what they did. What the British did in Ireland was nothing short of genocide, believe me we wish its was'nt so but its a fact. British people are going to have to face that, because we are not going to stop telling our history to suit yer sensibilities. p.s redcoats Irish dancing now that is very wrong.
scati1971 4 years ago
dont tell me- your an American, dreamy and have a romantic thing about spud murhey (ireland)its all bollocks get a life.A potatoe viris and catholic landlords were the doing of the irish peasants.Move on.
gray707 4 years ago