ANCIENT IRELAND (Part 1 of 9)

Henry P. McNally, M.A. loves his heritage so much, he drives 78 miles each way to teach Irish history at a local community college as a volunteer without pay. Although he taught biology during his career as a teacher, he has spent a lifetime traveling to Ireland as a student and a guide. His life has become a repository of the books he has read and knowledge he accumulated. No man knows more about Ireland.

The first inhabitants of Ireland crossed an ice bridge from mainland Europe 10,000 years ago (8000 BC). One thousand years before the Egyptian pyramids were built (3500 BC), the Irish built vast tomb structures which are just being fully explored today (Newgrange, Louth & Douth are examples). Well after sacking Greece & Rome in 1200 BC, the Celts were defeated by Julius Ceasar and moved to the edges of Europe, including Ireland.

Stay tuned for future episodes of Ancient Ireland. In the spring, Hank McNally will be teaching modern Irish history.

This clip is Part 1 of nine parts. Part 2 can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX-3G5iNdn0

Category:

Education

Tags:

• ancient
• ireland
• history
• irish
• newgrange
• louth
• douth
• celts
• henry
• mcnally

[SnowflakeDryad]

Hmm maybe you could link each video to the next sometime? It's a little tricky finding them all as they don't always appear in the Related Videos list..

[radiohogan]

How do I do that?

[12hiddendragons]

oh yeah, and the "Celts" were not defeated and pushed back to the edges of Europe by Caesar. The GAULS were defeated because Caesar made friends with different tribes just so he could set them against one another, then came in and sweep up when they were weakened from fighting one another. He could only beat the Gauls by turning them on one another, and they werent fully beaten. He got whooped in Britain by his own admission.

[12hiddendragons]

...they more or less completely ignore the HUGE wealth of written material to be found at the library of Trinity College in Dublin, where manuscripts written by Irish monks give us remarkably precise information about ancient Irish society, and TONS of it! DON'T BELIEVE PEOPLE LIKE THIS when they tell you the Celtic heritage and teachings are lost!!! They were somewhat christianized but they did survive! Scholars just tell you that so that you will believe crap like this!!!

[12hiddendragons]

Wow...no wonder most people don't know anything at all about Irish or Celtic history...the only people out there talking about it in public are guys like this, who are completely ignorant of it, but act otherwise.

The problem is, people like him do this:

First, they read the greek and roman accounts of the Celtic tribes, which are half-true propaganda pieces AT THEIR BEST.

Then, they look at the things that have been dug out of the ground and assumed to be Celtic

then, worst of all...

[k0vert]

Thanks for posting these!

[cloneabe]

There probably from hi brazil that's why there so smart

[rccaulfield]

Go-on the Caulfields!!!

[shgibby61981]

The smart Paddies left to America when given the chance, otherwise they probably would have starved.

[LadyStonecut]

Tainted by the opressors. Tribe of Dan from Israel. Jeramiah the prophet is buried there. The coronation stone of David was taken there, then to Scotland then stolen by the English then stolen back by some Scots and Elizabeth was crowned on the fake. Lion of Judah the Royal House of England. Ireland the Harp of David, the tribe of Dan like Sampson. St Columcille knew this as did Robert the Bruce in Scotland. England suppressed history, destroyed the language.

Revelations about the Ark soon!

[GLORD99092]

Plastic Paddie yankees are not Irish