0:00:26 > 0:00:27APPLAUSE
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Oh, well...!
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Oh, yeah -
0:06:36 > 0:06:38"Pulpit of Dean Swift." Yeah.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47"Here lies the body of Jonathan Swift,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50"Doctor of Divinity and Dean of this cathedral,
0:07:50 > 0:07:54"where savage indignation can no longer lacerate his heart.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56"Go, traveller, and imitate, if you can,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59"this dedicated and earnest champion of liberty."
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Here we are.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- Oh, wow.- Here - here is Gulliver.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15"The emperor lays on a table three fine silken threads
0:10:15 > 0:10:17"of six inches long.
0:10:17 > 0:10:22"One is blue, the other red, and the third green."
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Now, Gregory, you read, "One is red, one is blue and one is green,"
0:10:26 > 0:10:28but that's not what's in the printed text.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Indeed. In the printed text, it says,
0:10:30 > 0:10:35"One is purple, the other yellow, and the third white."
0:10:35 > 0:10:36So, what was the issue?
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Well, the issue is that blue is the colour of the Order of the Garter,
0:10:39 > 0:10:41the primary order of chivalry.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Red is the colour of the Order of the Bath, the second,
0:10:45 > 0:10:48and green the colour of the Order of the Thistle.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Swift is getting at the system of political favours.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- Oh, sort of buying honours. - Exactly!- Ah!- Exactly.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58The publisher could see whom Swift was getting at,
0:10:58 > 0:11:02and the trouble, therefore, he might be in once this got out.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03So, he toned it down.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Why, what were the consequences for the publishing?
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- Imprisonment.- Right.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11The printer felt Swift's satire was getting far too close to the bone.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14"Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others."
0:14:38 > 0:14:39- Lovely to have you here. - Thank you.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Happy birthday. Two years old.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Yes! Two years old, as a band. It's insane.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46- It's insane how much success you've had, too.- Yeah, it is.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Everything's happened very quickly, it kind of hasn't stopped for us,
0:14:49 > 0:14:52- so, we're just taking it in our stride.- Well, it's no wonder,
0:14:52 > 0:14:55because the songs are so anthemic.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59They really have struck a chord with the Irish listeners,
0:14:59 > 0:15:03with radio listeners in particular. Ryan, you're the main songwriter.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06When you go about writing a song, do you think about, you know,
0:15:06 > 0:15:08- striking that anthemic chord? - Yeah, I do.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10I always say, like, when I'm writing a song,
0:15:10 > 0:15:12if I can't imagine a room full of people singing it back to me,
0:15:12 > 0:15:14then I just kind of abandon it a bit,
0:15:14 > 0:15:16because that's the kind of music we want to produce,
0:15:16 > 0:15:18is big, anthemic, uplifting music,
0:15:18 > 0:15:20cos we thought there was a gap there,
0:15:20 > 0:15:24because a lot of music was kind of dreary and downtrodden,
0:15:24 > 0:15:26we wanted to bring out some uplifting music,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- so, yeah, I definitely think about it.- And inject some fun.- Yeah.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Also, social media has been a big, big thing with you,
0:15:33 > 0:15:34and getting you to this point,
0:15:34 > 0:15:38- so, tell me, would you be the ultimate social media band?- Um...
0:15:38 > 0:15:39I don't know, really.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Like, we're very into social media, of course,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44and we take it very seriously, what we do on social media,
0:15:44 > 0:15:46and we're still in charge of our own social media,
0:15:46 > 0:15:48so, everything we post comes directly from us,
0:15:48 > 0:15:49and we try and post every day.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Like, people used to call us a social media band at the start,
0:15:52 > 0:15:54but we never saw ourselves like that, I don't think.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56- No.- It's developed.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59There is lots of social media bands who are just social media bands,
0:15:59 > 0:16:01or singers, or whatever, but they can't translate that
0:16:01 > 0:16:03to then going and playing gigs and stuff,
0:16:03 > 0:16:05but straight away we had just a mad fan base
0:16:05 > 0:16:08that just wanted to see us playing straight away.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Well, that's it - the connection is there with the fans, for sure.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12Look at the gigs - you've sold out the Academy,
0:16:12 > 0:16:16the string of gigs at the Olympia, now the SSE Arena, the 3Arena.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19How are you dealing with the success and the fame?
0:16:19 > 0:16:20We try not to think about it too much.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22You have to let it over your head a little bit,
0:16:22 > 0:16:25or else - you don't want to get complacent, or anything like that,
0:16:25 > 0:16:27but, you know, we're so thankful and appreciative
0:16:27 > 0:16:29of absolutely everything that's happened to us so far,
0:16:29 > 0:16:31and we'll never forget that it's the fans
0:16:31 > 0:16:33and the people that support our music that -
0:16:33 > 0:16:35- they're the reason that we're here, like.- And last word to Jimmy.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Yeah... I agree with everything he says, usually!
0:16:39 > 0:16:42- And that is the key to your success! - Yeah, definitely, it is!
0:16:42 > 0:16:43It's everybody that listens to our music,
0:16:43 > 0:16:45like, everything goes over our heads,
0:16:45 > 0:16:47we're still very grounded,
0:16:47 > 0:16:49and we just want - at the end of the day,
0:16:49 > 0:16:51we just want people to enjoy the music
0:16:51 > 0:16:53- as much as we enjoy producing it. - Well, we are enjoying it.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02For a small league and a minority sport, we've been very lucky,
0:19:02 > 0:19:04and we've won a lot of international competitions.
0:19:04 > 0:19:062001 was the first international competition,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09and our men's team took part in it, and we actually won that.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10The following year,
0:19:10 > 0:19:12it was the first version of the AFL International Cup.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15We went in there as huge underdogs, as a new team,
0:19:15 > 0:19:17and we won that against the odds.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Ireland have actually won it twice.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22We're hoping to win number three this time round.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Our ladies' team has been hugely successful, as well.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31They've won, like, six in a row, European Championships.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34They won the first ladies' AFL International Cup in 2011,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37got to the final in '14, and they're hoping to win this year.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53The biggest challenges would be competing with other sports.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56It would be, still, very much a minority sport here in Ireland.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58We might have to stagger our playing season,
0:19:58 > 0:20:01so that it doesn't compete directly with GAA.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Our other challenges, of course, then, would be financial.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06The League and the organisation
0:20:06 > 0:20:09doesn't receive any external government funding
0:20:09 > 0:20:10at all at the moment,
0:20:10 > 0:20:12so, all this success - and despite all this success -
0:20:12 > 0:20:16we continue to have to self-fundraise for every tournament.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Hopefully, we can come back with two World Cups,
0:21:31 > 0:21:32which would be phenomenal,
0:21:32 > 0:21:34and continue our success at that level.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37Going forward, we'd love, even at a small level,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40just to grow the sport, get a few more clubs established.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42We might get to a stage
0:21:42 > 0:21:44where we'd have a full-time development officer here in Ireland
0:21:44 > 0:21:46to promote and grow the sport.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:23:43 > 0:23:46# There's a thousand things
0:23:46 > 0:23:49# I've wanted to say
0:23:49 > 0:23:51# But I've never been brave
0:23:51 > 0:23:54# No, I've never been brave
0:23:54 > 0:23:57# And you deserve
0:23:57 > 0:23:59# The whole world
0:23:59 > 0:24:01# An island to yourself
0:24:01 > 0:24:04# You're an island in yourself
0:24:04 > 0:24:07# And I think it's time
0:24:07 > 0:24:09# That I tell you
0:24:09 > 0:24:12# How I feel
0:24:12 > 0:24:15# This is how I feel
0:24:15 > 0:24:18# And I get lost
0:24:18 > 0:24:20# When I'm with you
0:24:20 > 0:24:24# And you'll hear me say
0:24:24 > 0:24:27# Never change, baby
0:24:29 > 0:24:32# Stay the same lady
0:24:34 > 0:24:40# That I've known for so long
0:24:40 > 0:24:42# Never change
0:24:52 > 0:24:55# There's a hundred places
0:24:55 > 0:24:57# I've wanted to see
0:24:57 > 0:25:00# Would you see them with me?
0:25:00 > 0:25:03# Would you see them with me?
0:25:03 > 0:25:05# And I don't care
0:25:05 > 0:25:08# Where we go
0:25:08 > 0:25:11# Cos you are home
0:25:11 > 0:25:13# You are my home
0:25:13 > 0:25:16# And we can stay
0:25:16 > 0:25:19# In cheap hotels
0:25:19 > 0:25:24# Let's just pay to entertain ourselves
0:25:24 > 0:25:27# And I get lost
0:25:27 > 0:25:29# When I'm with you
0:25:29 > 0:25:32# And you'll hear me say
0:25:33 > 0:25:36# Never change, baby
0:25:38 > 0:25:42# Stay the same lady
0:25:44 > 0:25:49# That I've known for so long
0:25:49 > 0:25:52# And I'm your man, hear me
0:25:54 > 0:25:58# Scream your name daily
0:26:00 > 0:26:05# Who I've known for so long
0:26:05 > 0:26:07# Never change
0:26:10 > 0:26:13# And I will take you with me
0:26:13 > 0:26:16# Everywhere I go
0:26:16 > 0:26:18# Pack your bags, we're leaving, baby
0:26:18 > 0:26:20# I want you to know
0:26:20 > 0:26:23# That loving you is easy
0:26:23 > 0:26:26# I thought I'd tell you so
0:26:26 > 0:26:32# And I want you to know
0:26:32 > 0:26:35# Never change, baby
0:26:37 > 0:26:41# Stay the same lady
0:26:42 > 0:26:47# That I've known for so long
0:26:47 > 0:26:51# Never change, baby
0:26:53 > 0:26:56# Stay the same lady
0:26:59 > 0:27:04# That I've known for so long
0:27:04 > 0:27:07# And I'm your man, hear me
0:27:09 > 0:27:12# Scream your name daily
0:27:14 > 0:27:19# Who I've known for so long
0:27:20 > 0:27:22# Oh, oh
0:27:22 > 0:27:25# Never change
0:27:28 > 0:27:33# Ooh, ooh. #
0:27:36 > 0:27:38APPLAUSE
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