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Why is it that St Patrick’s Day is the only national holiday that is celebrated in almost every country across the world? Why can Irish pubs be found from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe? It seems that nearly everybody on the planet has some sort of a connection to Ireland.
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00:00On tē a tā biog, nī frilār dhā vēg līg. The thing that is small, better be smart.
00:13Not where is Ireland, but what is it?
00:21There's something in the land that's just of gaiety and fun.
00:24We are of all faiths, of no faith.
00:26We're all curious about the future and about change.
00:29I just think it's a happy, fun place.
00:36What is the thing that puts Ireland most on the map?
00:41YouTube.
00:42Kerrygold.
00:43Guinness.
00:44Red hair and freckles.
00:45Very wet.
00:46Riverdent.
00:46Being taken to the pub.
00:48The writers, the literature, the music.
00:51It is great to find something that defines you.
01:00Every 30 years we've exported half a million people.
01:03I think that we are great travellers because we've had to.
01:09Every immigrant is a leader, is a risk taker, is a change maker.
01:12Wherever I go, I'm a Middle-Orient person.
01:15The whole world has turned green and everybody wants to experience a piece of Ireland.
01:19They don't forget where they come from.
01:20Everybody wants to be Irish.
01:21It's where we came from.
01:22It's who we are.
01:23We are the natural immigrants.
01:33So anyone who has an idea that the Irish have no acumen for business, take a look.
01:38Irish people flourish when they go elsewhere.
01:40In business today, geography is history.
01:45We do make a lot of noise for a very small country.
01:49The Irish invented the submarine, the tank.
01:52Color photography, transatlantic film cults.
01:55We've always been creative, but now people are putting their creativity into business.
02:00I think they do have a genuine hunger to succeed.
02:03I'm not really sure what the magic is, but it's there.
02:06It is not the leprechauns or the little patched cottages.
02:09Irish identity is very divorced from Irish reality.
02:12We definitely have a seat at the table and we can punch way above our weight.
02:17Finance, horse racing, engineering, pharmaceuticals.
02:21Dublin specifically is actually one of the tech capitals of Europe.
02:24Google, Amazon, Intel.
02:26You'd be surprised how many Fortune 500 companies have Irish people at their home.
02:31We can be like anyone. We're shapeshifters.
02:34We have this great optimism.
02:37They're fighters, right?
02:40The number of Irish names you see is
02:42Grace Kelly
02:43Michael Fassbender
02:44Saoirse Ronan
02:45Clinton
02:45Obama
02:46Jimmy Carter
02:47JFK
02:48Look at our heritage. Look at our history.
02:50They touched every single country.
02:52Ireland remains a place of infinite possibility.
02:55Ireland is moving on.
02:56People are being as we are.
02:58Ireland is absolutely destined for its moment in the sun.
03:01If it can be imagined, it can be made.
03:04Ireland
03:05Inc.
03:06Brand Ireland
03:06Brand Irish
03:09Ford
03:09Fear
03:10Facing
03:11Sign
03:11You
03:11And
03:11Toby
03:12You
03:21To
03:21To
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03:22To
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03:22You
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