Exclusive | Irish lass in NYC goes viral on TikTok for explaining culture and language of Ireland: I just found this niche

Her Irish eyes are smiling, but it’s her native tongue that has captured New Yorkers’ attention.Born and raised on a farm in County Cork, Ireland, Vivienne Sayers O’Callaghan moved to Ridgewood, Queens in 2023, and soon began posting videos on her page @vivienne_in_nyc.Her lessons on Irish language and culture have become as popular as green beer on St.Patrick’s Day, going viral on TikTok.One of her earliest described the differences between walking down the street in Ireland vs.

the Big Apple.“In Ireland, you’ll make eye contact with the person you’re [passing] and you’ll say hello or nod to them,” O’Callaghan told The Post.“And when I moved to New York, I found it extremely difficult to be able to walk past someone and just continue looking at the floor.

I felt so rude.” Her most-watched post — Gorgeous female names in the Irish language — where she explains the meaning behind monikers like Laoise, Muireann, Róisín and Órlaith, garnered a combined 10 million views over TikTok, Instagram and Facebook.The 23-year-old launched the social media platform after she realized Americans were mostly in the dark about her native land.“Everyone was like, ‘Oh my God, you’re from Ireland.Let’s talk about the famine and the potatoes,'” she said.“And I was like, ‘This is not a narrative that I want to continue.

I want to tell people about Ireland and the Irish people because we’re one of the most progressive and wealthiest countries in Europe.'”One of her missions is to teach the Irish language, called Gaeilge, which, she learned, people in the States didn’t even know existed.“Everyone was like, ‘I’m from Ireland.’ They were 10%, 50%, 90% Irish, and no one was aware of the Irish language,” she explained.O’Callaghan’s ingenuity — mixed with some luck of the Irish — caused her page to explode, and within six months she had 150,000 followers.“I just found this niche,” she said.

“Then I solidified this a...