If the PIRA army council had of serious listened to what Mr Hughes was saying and not agreeing with certain targets, we would of had peace alot sooner and not as many ppl would of died, RIP Irish Warrior ☘️
“A nation that keeps one eye on the past is wise. A nation that keeps two eyes on the past is blind.” - A quote on a sidewall on Montgomery Street, Belfast. The new generation will move Ireland forward, fight for a better future.
This is my 2nd time watching this. The first time I cried even though It wasn't a surprise to me , being a lifelong Republican, and I knew the kind of things the Brits done to us !!!! This time I shed a tear for Martin as he was alive & well the 1st time I seen this! God Bless him, Brendan & all their brave comrades, including the bravest of the brave, obviously 🙏🏻🇮🇪✊🏻🇯🇴🙏🏻..... Great documentary especially when your brought up with nothing but Brit propaganda on TV. I'm old enough to remember having only 4 channels on TV (my God.. I must be old now??? Hahah) God Bless the UNDEFEATED Provisional IRA 🇮🇪☘🇮🇪
😂😂😂😂😂Yeah, right!!!! Another deluded buffoon!! Every so-called ”republican” movement that’s ever existed, including up to this day, has been riddled with informers from day 1!!!! God Bless them all, they know what’s right and what’s wrong....and Martin McGuiness was one of the greatest assets that MI6 (NOT MI5, as is generally believed) ever had👍🏻🇬🇧
@DML1888 what about us? What about the innocent people from the Protestant/Unionists side! The men, women & babies who were blown to bits by Republican sectarian gangs! Do we not get a say on how our land is distributed? The point being! It's not the English you have to convince it's the other people you live with that have just as you do!
I think this documentary explains anything that needs explaining, and anyone who still claims the IRA were wrong are too embedded in their right wing pro colonial views. As Brendan Hughes said, no one other than a complete psychopath likes to use violence. If we could force change via a peaceful democratic path we would, but the British ALWAYS used violence to crush peaceful protest, drawing the Irish people into armed conflict in an attempt to undermine the morality of our grievances!!! No one disputes the IRA often done terrible things, some premeditated, some accidental, but who can rightfully judge them?? Only those who condemn ALL violence, be it the violence of an elected government or a guerilla army, that's who!! So please none of this my army has higher morals than your army.
plenty of complete psycos in the ira. how does abducting a mother of ten torturing her cutting her fingers off and hiding her body further the republican cause? or shooting a six month old baby through the head?
The British reaction to the civil rights movement in NI lead directly to the violent struggle. The Unionist attitude toward " Catholics" was exclusionary and designed to eliminate the Irish Catholic. Ulster was the forefront of resistance to English rule in Ireland, and the English answer to it was to unleash genocide vis a vis the Planters. As history has shown, the Irish will fight back and war is hell. Although the IRA committed many atrocities, a failure to mention the genocide that preceded it, or the bigotry that is still alive and we'll in Loyalist communities, is a disservice . Best to learn that insults and bombs only produce more of the same
The Republic of Ireland is constitutionally and institutionally for the Irish/Catholic in much the same way that the United Kingdom is for the British/Protestant. You think it's an outrage that Irish/Catholics are forced to live under a sectarian British/Protestant government, yet you're fine with British/Protestants being forced to live under a sectarian Irish/Catholic government? Both systems represent only one section of the community whilst subjugating and disparaging the other.
***** , all of the people of NI would live under a secular Irish government. Protestants and Catholics. The simmering divide has been kept alive by those with an economic interest in conflict paramilitaries on both sides are gangsters and extortionists. Most people in the Republic could care less if someone is Protestant or Catholic
Anthony Inger England put those Scottish planters there. My Mum's side are Presbyterians from Ulster, though they were United Irishmen who moved to French Canada. They were Mac Gregors who became Walkers because the English banned their name. Scottish people who would rather be English have sold out their race. The English cleared them off their lands against their will to make way for sheep. When we gave Scotland its independence at Drum Ceat, it was agreed under the influence of Colm Chille that we would defend each other until the end of time. When Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped from Culloden, it was with my 6th great grandfather's brother, Captain Conn O'Neill of The Feevagh, County Antrim who took him to Flora Mac Donnell in South Uist and thought up the plan to disguise him as Betty Burke.
Rian O Maol Chonaire It was a Scottish King, King James the Sixth of Scotland who put his own people into Ireland. Welsh people also settled in Ireland.
Brendan hughes great human being, bit ignorant on socialism though, that's exactly what the bankers want, socialism even fewer people at the top run by a central bank. just a different version of the same world but with even less freedom and fewer people at the top, that's why were heading towards a one world socialist government, its actually the best system the rothshcild bankers and royal family can wish for. they didn't really hate it during the cold war, they invented it and sent Trotsky over from new York to implement it, they had to pretend to hate it to create fear amongst the public of imminent nuclear war, it was all about controlling people. in reality were heading towards a one world soviet union type government unless people wake up and realise the agenda that is now unfolding before our eyes. rip Brendan, what a man.
Great vid...Peter Taylor was fair. I miss Belfast. My da was a prod from Antrim and my mums people were from Co Derry. That reltionship had to play out here in Canada. History is a fucker..if you dont remember you are bound to fail. Im glad the young ones cant be arsed about it for the most part. Ireland could be a powerhouse....young educated people, resources and the Belfast engineering skills...ffs! Think about the threat to UEFA with an all Ireland squad! Watch out England!
The words of every generation since partician. When the unionist community wishes to become a part of a united Irish society that treats each and every one of her citizens equally and with dignity, through freedom to practice their beliefs and tradition without fear of the "boot being on the other foot." When the schools in the 6 counties become mixed and the children of the north growing up together, without the Us and Them doctrinations on either side. Another "stepping stone," it'll be some pathway when it's finished. For those who read go raith mile maith agat agus Slan go foill ☘💚
That democratic election you're talking about wouldn't have been possible if it wasn't for the "unfair response" to the 1918 general election. The majority matters when Britain wants it to. The so-called diplomats who drew up the partition scheme knew exactly what they were doing when they did it. They created an artificial majority. They also originally only included 4 of the 6 counties but that was considered a non-viable solution so they forced the majority catholic populations into NI.
They already have. Instead of being planted by Brits, you're being planted by the rest of the world and all with the support of shinners and the British government.
@2:23 Brednen Hughs? That guy is Irish?? He looks almost exactly like my uncle from Iran, haha. Sorry, I know this isn't the place but just weird. Having said that, the IRA is an oranization I think will never go away fully.
The dark complexion in Ireland came from the Spanish Armadas Marines that crashed on the west coast of ireland after the royal navy routed them. The local population welcomed and protected the Spanish Catholics from English patrols seeking to finish them off. My mother is from dublin, all her family have a dark complexion. The irish refer to them as black Irish. My mother told me that the family knew there was Spanish blood in our Gene's from as far back as the 1500s.
@@Londubh1 www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/who-were-the-black-irish I think Utter BS might be too strong a comment. However from the link I've sent the subject maybe opennto futhur debate.
Brendan Hughes was a decent, courageous man. A good man. A true Republican. He encapsulated what a true Republican meant. There was zero thuggery within him, only decency and a yearning for a peaceful united Ireland. God Bless Him
All brave men and warriors for taken on the government and all the north of Ireland 🇮🇪 and so on)) These fellas did genuinely fight for freedom and peace to all,,,, The were the most intelligent people in this war very cleaver men and women,, The is the fault of so many people being killed and tourcherd by the soldiers and the police// But the IRA Did not back down for anyone and for that I’m very proud of them // they were and are the proper fighters Of that war ,, Rest in peace Brendan the dark Hughs ,,
The violence is suspended, the hatred still festers....it is being contained, but hasn't gone away. The 'peace' wall is there so that we don't have to stomach with the sight of each other....we do NOT get along....
@@mrman8516 Real cryptic🤷♂️ I suppose you are another expert on Northern Ireland? Probably a fantasist who believes these people were heroes when in fact they were a murdering bunch of scum !
I don't know if it's true or not but I was told the IRA really let Brendan down when he got out of longkesh even though that's when he really needed them most....
@OceanBlue does anyone consider the fact that Ireland was going to be given a United Ireland (Churchills offer) had they agreed to join Britain in ww2. In my opinion this is ignored and is integral to the British government's subsequent position towards Ireland.
@@Professionalcynicalist Yes this is a matter of fact and was rejected by the Taoiseac Eamon de Valera. Ireland at that time was still part of the British Commonwealth but maintained neutrality. during this time he interned active republicans, hanging 6 and 3 died on hunger strike. Many Irish servicemen deserted and joined the British forces to fight. de Valera signed a book of condolences for Adolf Hitler at the German Embassy as did the Irish President
@OceanBlue what I'm pointing out that is after ww2 the world changed dramatically, the British empire was essentially gone,basically every other country who fought alongside Britain was going to be given independence so why not Ireland? People were migrating all over the world... Obviously we have the benefit of hindsight as regards the outcome of the war... However I wonder if Mr de Valera would have answered differently had he known 🤔. Ps if you consider the access to Irish ports and the Atlantic shipping lanes it would obviously have made a difference to the war effort. I'm also thinking that the British government would be holding that grudge a long time!! The final payment of £83 million in war loans from USA was only paid off in 2006.
@@nightster6378 it's my understanding that de Valera HIMSELF rather than the majority of the Irish people or even the Oireachtas was a supporter of Hitler and he basically promoted /forced the policy of neutrality. Ps thank you for some interesting information I wasn't aware of 👍
OceanBlue it’s untrue to say that “they” (the Irish) tried to help or supported Hitler. There were at different times popular elected Jewish mayors of both Dublin and Cork, (Robert Briscoe, Gerald Goldberg). As with most countries (including England) there was a tiny minority who supported Hitler, the vast majority of Irish people were deeply horrified by the Nazis. Your comment shows little respect for the huge numbers of Irish volunteers who served in the W.W.2 British Army. Four V.C.s won by people from my county (Tipperary). The complexity of the wartime period defies the easy generalizations in your comment.
Look like Czarist Russian pogroms. Burning of houses, followed by violence and employment restrictions as well as glass ceilings due to religious identity. Seems it was done on purpose. Kill peake and attack their communities and expect no push back? Come on. Only one result would happen anywhere there are able bodied peaple Defense. Glad it's calmed down all us Britain gave relatives on both sides of the divide. So the educated amongst us see both sides. It was a bloody mess. It's a lot better now. It is what it is though.
Reason for surveillance is security from terrorists. Same excuse along with "drug war" for surveillance in America. Government, be it American, English, USSR, stasi, etc always have "reason"
Terrance Clark was there front and centre when the two corporal’s were pulled from the car and murdered on the Andersontown Road. What a hero!. Most of the comments here are from naive outsiders who have no knowledge or experience of the horror inflicted by PIRA. To see these people as some sort of hero’s is beyond sickening! I suppose the people who crashed the plane’s into the Two Towers where hero’s in their community. Be careful who you applaud and congratulate, it often comes back to haunt you!
..."Soldier F, the man whose first name is Dave and who was a Lance Corporal in the First Parachute Regiment, may have killed between four and ten people on Bloody Sunday in Derry, in 1972, a parachute regiment soldier in the witness protection programme, has stated."
The hardest thing to do is be Christian and be proud of who your ancestors snd relatives were right back to the Middle East or allthe way up to Scandinavia
I think Brendan’s life would have been very different had he not been born into the troubles and social deprivation.Ghandi achieved his political aims Didnt raise a fist people should talk listen to each other strive for peace.
@edwardodonnell6857 same as if none of the Ira members weren’t born into the troubles. The Brits forced the troubles/war on the people of the north of Ireland
protestants have lived in the north of ireland for 400 years ,twice as long as the US has existed ,how can you call loyalists as not native to the north,theve got a better claim than you have in america. its funny how you irish americans are brought up on hate ,yet irish who settled in england after the famine ,intergrated with english ,and in fact after several generations,dont have that anti englishness as you have ,most in fact concider themselves english ,
***** Sections in both communities where up to no good long before it all kicked off. Pity the fuckers didnt leave the rest of us alone. My grandmother never got over losing her Catholic neighbours after she was forced out of her home by republicans
***** Just outside Beacon old bean, in the heart of the old tin mining country, where my good lady is from, but I also split my time between London and Belfast, cant spend all my time surfing, not bad for a working class lad from south Belfast. As for my grandmother she lived in a wee street on the Grosvenor Road end of Roden Street, Grosvenor Park ran across the bottom of her street, so if the Blues where away my grandfather would go and see the whites...
Forgive me but that's complete dribble and once again off topic. Alleged personnel experiences that you, use to justify your pathetic weakness and possible sectarian aggressive violent fantasy should be discussed with a professional. People like this risk exclusion in a shared society.
love to hear Brenndan Hughes speak, ....wisdom. Sad that a few seats in Parliament is what the movement sold out for. 32 counties is the only solution.
The Darke. I think anyone can respect his commitment, and if young men see him as a mentor, none can do better. I believe he embodied the truth of the Republican movement. Sad that he was sold out and down the river.
Great vid...Peter Taylor was fair. I miss Belfast. My da was a prod from Antrim and my mums people were from Co Derry. That reltionship had to play out here in Canada. History is a fucker..if you dont remember you are bound to fail. Im glad the young ones cant be arsed about it for the most part. Ireland could be a powerhouse....young educated people, resources and the Belfast engineering skills...ffs! Think about the threat to UEFA with an all Ireland squad! Watch out England!
There was two brendan hughes in the provos one the dark the other is oc of tyrone both legends and good at escapes look them up the other brendan hughes played a part in the helicopter escape two legends of erin TAL32
Sweden has had a very successful political system and country based on a form of socialism... problem is the countries enforcing extreme socialism had always been corrupt
It was never broadcast, because it wasn't made for television. It was made in 1984, by the Irish Freedom Movement. powerbase.info/index.php/Irish_Freedom_Movement A different film, with the same title, was made in 1991: www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7b7dd9b5
I'm British and I fully support the PIRA and their struggle and what they were fighting for. I deplore some of their actions though like Eniskillen, Warrington, and Omagh. Totally unnecessary that was. As could be said for the British Army in Derry (Bloody Sunday)The Army were sent in to NI to protect the Catholics from Loyalist thugs, the RUC, who of course sided with the Loyalists. And then ultimately the the British Army too. Atrocities were committed on both sides, innocent civilians were killed on both sides, that's what happens in all Wars. Their is currently a fragile peace in NI atvthe moment. But their won't be total peace until their is a United Ireland I feel. But that will come by Political means and the ballot box, not by the guns & bombs of the past.
@IPLO Rokas Oh sorry you say your loyal to the UK? I guess that makes you a Loyalist then? But in your comment you don't condemn the Loyalist murdering scumbags like the UVA and UFF among others, just the PIRA, bit one sided from you I must say. As for myself I said I supported the PIRA cause not wholly their methods of trying to achieve it. I condemn all violence. Atrocities were committed on all sides in Northern Ireland including the British Army RUC, Loyalist and PIRA paramilitaries. And the future of NI will now be decided by the ballot box and not the gun and bombs I hope.
@Alex Mulvihill Yes it was the British government that deployed the Army, not the Northern Irish government, Northern Ireland didn't have their own government at that time. The army were sent in initially to protect the Catholics from the RUC and the Loyalist thugs. Some protection that turned out to be, the British Army eventually siding with the Loyalists. And so the Catholics turned to the PIRA for protection. All the Catholics wanted were their civil rights which they were denied. Jobs, Housing, the right to vote etc. A basic requirement for most people in a civilised society today. But instead they were discriminated against, subjected to violence, burned out of homes denied a vote, and subjected to Gerrymandering.
My admiration for Mr Hughes cannot be stated strongly enough. That he died not seeing his cause fulfilled is an awful sight. I hate that he was disillusioned. May he rest in eternal peace and know he is loved the world over.
Both sides should unite and fight the european union that enslaves them both, british people want to leave, irish people want to leave, therefore its time we joined up and stopped being mere provinces of this colonial tyranny and united in action against it
hahaha!!! no country's hand is more drenched in blood than the English ( not so much the scots, welsh). almost everywhere where there is conflict the dead hand of the English can be traced. just 3 examples from the past 17 years only. iraq, libya, Syria,
@@dsd7004 The Scots and Welsh played a massive role in the empire, with Scotland playing an even bigger role than the English. The British empire certainly did some bad things in Ireland for which cannot be excused but it also did not happen out of a vacuum, British colonialism in Ireland was a result of medieval Gaels constantly raiding England's borders (so much so that the patron Saint was an Englishman who was taken as a slave in one of these raids). Britain was one of the more benevolent empires, in comparison to many of the African, Arab and Asian ones - but you'll discover this soon enough, as Sinn Fein and the rest sell you down the river and replace you with these people. You are so focused on the past that you ignore the common problem that Ireland and Britain now face with globalism.
Well as an American you have just proved you know nothing about what all this was about. Total ignorance. You lot know nothing about what happens in other parts of the world
A socialist republic? Not sure how close that is. But I would rather the debate means some people are upset rather than dead. On either side, in case that's necesary (and thank God for spellchecker)
Further to my last statement where I stated British civilians knew both sides of the story (those knowledgeable ) because of relatives n friends . Further in this was confirmed When Bredon Hughes ira man, stated whilst under arrest 2 British soldiers were arguing for and against. Shows what I stated to be true in that those British citizens in the know got both sides of the argument or were for or against Republicanism or loyalism. Thank God its calm now.
Excellent documentary, not much on the loyalists view, but it's title tells you that. Gives good insight into some of the main players motivation and feelings regarding their struggle. Very informative. Good journalism of the type we don't see.much anymore. Where are the real journos in the big media companies these days??
Always remembered the brave volunteers who give up their lives for Irish freedom. God bless each and every one of them. Revenge will be the laughter of the children......
@@GKD1395 They didn't achieve their immediate aims. But they ended the discrimination catholics faced in the north and created the Good Friday Agreement, which has led to the situation today where Sinn Fein will soon be the biggest party on the whole island.
@@censedfear They didn't achieve their long term aims either, unless the aim was 'Brits out, everyone else in'. All that blood spilled just so Ireland could be given away to anyone else but the Brits. What a waste.
If the PIRA army council had of serious listened to what Mr Hughes was saying and not agreeing with certain targets, we would of had peace alot sooner and not as many ppl would of died, RIP Irish Warrior ☘️
Brendan Hughes one of Irelands bravest men 🇮🇪🇮🇪
He was working as a British Agent dumb ass. 😂😂😂
Brendan Hughes comrade and gentlemen
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The kingdom of God is at hand
Irish preacher warns the ppl to repent
God you Anna
“A nation that keeps one eye on the past is wise. A nation that keeps two eyes on the past is blind.” - A quote on a sidewall on Montgomery Street, Belfast.
The new generation will move Ireland forward, fight for a better future.
I don't and never will believe a word that eminates from Gerry Adams mouth.Brendan you done your duty,Rest in Peace Oglaigh.
Well said
RIP Mr Hughes. A man among mice or Rats
The absolute bravest of the brave - HUGHES and MEEHAN. Spoken with Cohenesque (Leonard) reverence to this very day in Belfast.
Just when I think I understand about the situation in Ireland I find out more information and wonder if it can be fully understood.❤ Nothing but Love
easy... occupation of the 6 counties...
This is my 2nd time watching this. The first time I cried even though It wasn't a surprise to me , being a lifelong Republican, and I knew the kind of things the Brits done to us !!!! This time I shed a tear for Martin as he was alive & well the 1st time I seen this! God Bless him, Brendan & all their brave comrades, including the bravest of the brave, obviously 🙏🏻🇮🇪✊🏻🇯🇴🙏🏻..... Great documentary especially when your brought up with nothing but Brit propaganda on TV. I'm old enough to remember having only 4 channels on TV (my God.. I must be old now??? Hahah) God Bless the UNDEFEATED Provisional IRA 🇮🇪☘🇮🇪
The IRA surrendered and Adams & Mcguiness sold their people down the river.
😂😂😂😂😂Yeah, right!!!! Another deluded buffoon!! Every so-called ”republican” movement that’s ever existed, including up to this day, has been riddled with informers from day 1!!!! God Bless them all, they know what’s right and what’s wrong....and Martin McGuiness was one of the greatest assets that MI6 (NOT MI5, as is generally believed) ever had👍🏻🇬🇧
@DML1888 what about us? What about the innocent people from the Protestant/Unionists side! The men, women & babies who were blown to bits by Republican sectarian gangs! Do we not get a say on how our land is distributed? The point being! It's not the English you have to convince it's the other people you live with that have just as you do!
@@davidcurrie7512 We live side by side in the south with no problems is the answer.
@@asifso5954 As long as there's a border. 👍🏻
Being a prod I have heard some comments on the bus (this was in 04...) a lad was wearing a Celtic top the comment was ''he must be a taig'' so sad..😢
Paddy Mayne 😎
No shit, if a lad wears a rangers top the chances are he's a prod, or 'hun'
Thanks for the upload
Great doc, allowing people to speak their mind uninterrupted.
Partition is a total disaster. It never should have happened.
Brendan Hughes a true leader of men his memory will live on for generations to come n the hearts n minds of all true republicans 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪☘️☘️🇮🇪32
I think this documentary explains anything that needs explaining, and anyone who still claims the IRA were wrong are too embedded in their right wing pro colonial views. As Brendan Hughes said, no one other than a complete psychopath likes to use violence. If we could force change via a peaceful democratic path we would, but the British ALWAYS used violence to crush peaceful protest, drawing the Irish people into armed conflict in an attempt to undermine the morality of our grievances!!! No one disputes the IRA often done terrible things, some premeditated, some accidental, but who can rightfully judge them?? Only those who condemn ALL violence, be it the violence of an elected government or a guerilla army, that's who!! So please none of this my army has higher morals than your army.
plenty of complete psycos in the ira. how does abducting a mother of ten torturing her cutting her fingers off and hiding her body further the republican cause? or shooting a six month old baby through the head?
Thanks for the upload. Important documentary.
The British reaction to the civil rights movement in NI lead directly to the violent struggle. The Unionist attitude toward " Catholics" was exclusionary and designed to eliminate the Irish Catholic. Ulster was the forefront of resistance to English rule in Ireland, and the English answer to it was to unleash genocide vis a vis the Planters. As history has shown, the Irish will fight back and war is hell. Although the IRA committed many atrocities, a failure to mention the genocide that preceded it, or the bigotry that is still alive and we'll in Loyalist communities, is a disservice . Best to learn that insults and bombs only produce more of the same
The Republic of Ireland is constitutionally and institutionally for the Irish/Catholic in much the same way that the United Kingdom is for the British/Protestant. You think it's an outrage that Irish/Catholics are forced to live under a sectarian British/Protestant government, yet you're fine with British/Protestants being forced to live under a sectarian Irish/Catholic government? Both systems represent only one section of the community whilst subjugating and disparaging the other.
***** , all of the people of NI would live under a secular Irish government. Protestants and Catholics. The simmering divide has been kept alive by those with an economic interest in conflict paramilitaries on both sides are gangsters and extortionists. Most people in the Republic could care less if someone is Protestant or Catholic
Scotland also put planters into Ireland in large numbers, not just England.
Anthony Inger
England put those Scottish planters there. My Mum's side are Presbyterians from Ulster, though they were United Irishmen who moved to French Canada. They were Mac Gregors who became Walkers because the English banned their name. Scottish people who would rather be English have sold out their race. The English cleared them off their lands against their will to make way for sheep. When we gave Scotland its independence at Drum Ceat, it was agreed under the influence of Colm Chille that we would defend each other until the end of time. When Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped from Culloden, it was with my 6th great grandfather's brother, Captain Conn O'Neill of The Feevagh, County Antrim who took him to Flora Mac Donnell in South Uist and thought up the plan to disguise him as Betty Burke.
Rian O Maol Chonaire
It was a Scottish King, King James the Sixth of Scotland who put his own people into Ireland. Welsh people also settled in Ireland.
it is a crying shame people still think like this.
Brendan hughes great human being, bit ignorant on socialism though, that's exactly what the bankers want, socialism even fewer people at the top run by a central bank. just a different version of the same world but with even less freedom and fewer people at the top, that's why were heading towards a one world socialist government, its actually the best system the rothshcild bankers and royal family can wish for. they didn't really hate it during the cold war, they invented it and sent Trotsky over from new York to implement it, they had to pretend to hate it to create fear amongst the public of imminent nuclear war, it was all about controlling people. in reality were heading towards a one world soviet union type government unless people wake up and realise the agenda that is now unfolding before our eyes. rip Brendan, what a man.
Great vid...Peter Taylor was fair. I miss Belfast. My da was a prod from Antrim and my mums people were from Co Derry. That reltionship had to play out here in Canada. History is a fucker..if you dont remember you are bound to fail. Im glad the young ones cant be arsed about it for the most part. Ireland could be a powerhouse....young educated people, resources and the Belfast engineering skills...ffs! Think about the threat to UEFA with an all Ireland squad! Watch out England!
A United Ireland is coming, I may not see it but it's coming & IF I don't see it I'm sure my children will.... Tick tock tick tock
Tiocfaidh ar la 🇮🇪
Our day will cum. Probably won't see it in my lifetime either. 🇮🇪🇮🇪
Not gonna happen, no appetite for it anymore in the North and the South can’t afford it.
And then you'll all live happily ever after.
I want to see Scotland n Ireland become independent Feck the Brits Soar Alba/ TAL
The words of every generation since partician. When the unionist community wishes to become a part of a united Irish society that treats each and every one of her citizens equally and with dignity, through freedom to practice their beliefs and tradition without fear of the "boot being on the other foot." When the schools in the 6 counties become mixed and the children of the north growing up together, without the Us and Them doctrinations on either side. Another "stepping stone," it'll be some pathway when it's finished. For those who read go raith mile maith agat agus Slan go foill ☘💚
That democratic election you're talking about wouldn't have been possible if it wasn't for the "unfair response" to the 1918 general election. The majority matters when Britain wants it to. The so-called diplomats who drew up the partition scheme knew exactly what they were doing when they did it. They created an artificial majority. They also originally only included 4 of the 6 counties but that was considered a non-viable solution so they forced the majority catholic populations into NI.
thugs and gangsters in orange sashes.
EXACTLY
No more borders...one Eire please
Freedom fighters universary of freedom long kesh pows huts just like ww2 billets own clothes own classes etc totally diffrent from the maze TAL32
Hughes will always be one of my Heroes. Rip......
@Chrissie 1950 god looks kindly on working class heroes like hughes actually
Brendan Hughes is a legend
i met brendan once nice guy he was right
I’m on the other side. A Brit and and a prod but I like listening to Hughes . Has a calming voice
Those who died willingly and unwillingly, not matter the side they fought on shall not be forgotten.
They already have. Instead of being planted by Brits, you're being planted by the rest of the world and all with the support of shinners and the British government.
Always admired and respected the volunteers This a great film. Saw it years ago. This English man is very happy to see this again.
You must be so proud to know they could blow up people including children
@@goth_dude6874 Who has blown up more children, the British military or the IRA?
@@andrewcriscione is it a competition now ?
@frank 1976 of course no one knows the answer do you???
@frank 1976 yea if course it is , have a nice day get on with your life the war is over we won
Wat a Great warrior for Ireland. He should have been treated better. ♥️👍
@2:23 Brednen Hughs? That guy is Irish?? He looks almost exactly like my uncle from Iran, haha. Sorry, I know this isn't the place but just weird. Having said that, the IRA is an oranization I think will never go away fully.
The dark complexion in Ireland came from the Spanish Armadas Marines that crashed on the west coast of ireland after the royal navy routed them. The local population welcomed and protected the Spanish Catholics from English patrols seeking to finish them off. My mother is from dublin, all her family have a dark complexion. The irish refer to them as black Irish. My mother told me that the family knew there was Spanish blood in our Gene's from as far back as the 1500s.
Brendan Hughes was known as the dark for his dark swarthy complexion
@@treblerebel2362 Utter BS.
@@Londubh1 www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/who-were-the-black-irish
I think Utter BS might be too strong a comment. However from the link I've sent the subject maybe opennto futhur debate.
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Gerry Adams works for special branch
Brendan Hughes was a decent, courageous man. A good man. A true Republican. He encapsulated what a true Republican meant. There was zero thuggery within him, only decency and a yearning for a peaceful united Ireland. God Bless Him
it would be good if they joined together to fight Islamic invasion rather than each other
Well that makes no fucking sense
Lol, the next troubles will be Shiite Vs Sunni Muslim.
'Brits out, everyone else in.'
terrible sound quality, hope it improves ....
All brave men and warriors for taken on the government and all the north of Ireland 🇮🇪 and so on))
These fellas did genuinely fight for freedom and peace to all,,,,
The were the most intelligent people in this war very cleaver men and women,,
The is the fault of so many people being killed and tourcherd by the soldiers and the police//
But the IRA Did not back down for anyone and for that I’m very proud of them //
they were and are the proper fighters
Of that war ,,
Rest in peace Brendan the dark Hughs ,,
Adam's is a traitor to these brave men
Good to see Gerry going beyond the voluntary position of a upstanding citizen even though he was never in the IRA
Thank god all this hate and violence from both sides is now over!
Peace to all...
.sean grahame bookmakers oldpark road
only it isn't
The violence is suspended, the hatred still festers....it is being contained, but hasn't gone away. The 'peace' wall is there so that we don't have to stomach with the sight of each other....we do NOT get along....
Over?what fairytale land do you live in
You really think it's over. Wow
Heroes
This video was a “Who’s Who” of Republican British Agents. 😂
Great film..................brilliant .
This man was a true legend... Rip🙏
This man was a murderer pure and simple
@@NorthernIrelandBob
So is the British Government
@@mrman8516
Real cryptic🤷♂️
I suppose you are another expert on Northern Ireland?
Probably a fantasist who believes these people were heroes when in fact they were a murdering bunch of scum !
I enjoyed this one to. .so I did.
HUGHS ROCKS MAY HE SLEEP WI THE ANGELS
I doubt he will . After his exploits he will have gone to the other place
RIP The Dark
He was called "Darky" Hughes not "The Dark". "The Dark" is just a politically correct rewriting of history. Fact is he was known as Darky Hughes.
A eye for a eye makes everyone blind.
Really fascinating stuff.
I don't know if it's true or not but I was told the IRA really let Brendan down when he got out of longkesh even though that's when he really needed them most....
They let loads of brave volunteers down who give there lifes for Irish freedom
You get what you deserve I suppose. Karma and all that.
There are always two sides to a story. The English documentaries tend to omit the systematic oppressive bits
@OceanBlue does anyone consider the fact that Ireland was going to be given a United Ireland (Churchills offer) had they agreed to join Britain in ww2. In my opinion this is ignored and is integral to the British government's subsequent position towards Ireland.
@@Professionalcynicalist Yes this is a matter of fact and was rejected by the Taoiseac Eamon de Valera.
Ireland at that time was still part of the British Commonwealth but maintained neutrality. during this time he interned active republicans, hanging 6 and 3 died on hunger strike.
Many Irish servicemen deserted and joined the British forces to fight.
de Valera signed a book of condolences for Adolf Hitler at the German Embassy as did the Irish President
@OceanBlue what I'm pointing out that is after ww2 the world changed dramatically, the British empire was essentially gone,basically every other country who fought alongside Britain was going to be given independence so why not Ireland? People were migrating all over the world... Obviously we have the benefit of hindsight as regards the outcome of the war... However I wonder if Mr de Valera would have answered differently had he known 🤔. Ps if you consider the access to Irish ports and the Atlantic shipping lanes it would obviously have made a difference to the war effort. I'm also thinking that the British government would be holding that grudge a long time!! The final payment of £83 million in war loans from USA was only paid off in 2006.
@@nightster6378 it's my understanding that de Valera HIMSELF rather than the majority of the Irish people or even the Oireachtas was a supporter of Hitler and he basically promoted /forced the policy of neutrality. Ps thank you for some interesting information I wasn't aware of 👍
OceanBlue it’s untrue to say that “they” (the Irish) tried to help or supported Hitler. There were at different times popular elected Jewish mayors of both Dublin and Cork, (Robert Briscoe, Gerald Goldberg). As with most countries (including England) there was a tiny minority who supported Hitler, the vast majority of Irish people were deeply horrified by the Nazis.
Your comment shows little respect for the huge numbers of Irish volunteers who served in the W.W.2 British Army. Four V.C.s won by people from my county (Tipperary). The complexity of the wartime period defies the easy generalizations in your comment.
You have such a warped sense of reality. What happened when the overwhelming majority voted in the entire island of Ireland for independence in 1918?
Erin Go Bragh..!!!!
Look like Czarist Russian pogroms. Burning of houses, followed by violence and employment restrictions as well as glass ceilings due to religious identity. Seems it was done on purpose. Kill peake and attack their communities and expect no push back? Come on. Only one result would happen anywhere there are able bodied peaple Defense. Glad it's calmed down all us Britain gave relatives on both sides of the divide. So the educated amongst us see both sides. It was a bloody mess. It's a lot better now. It is what it is though.
Reason for surveillance is security from terrorists. Same excuse along with "drug war" for surveillance in America. Government, be it American, English, USSR, stasi, etc always have "reason"
Terrance Clark was there front and centre when the two corporal’s were pulled from the car and murdered on the Andersontown Road. What a hero!. Most of the comments here are from naive outsiders who have no knowledge or experience of the horror inflicted by PIRA. To see these people as some sort of hero’s is beyond sickening!
I suppose the people who crashed the plane’s into the Two Towers where hero’s in their community. Be careful who you applaud and congratulate, it often comes back to haunt you!
..."Soldier F, the man whose first name is Dave and who was a Lance Corporal in the First Parachute Regiment, may have killed between four and ten people on Bloody Sunday in Derry, in 1972, a parachute regiment soldier in the witness protection programme, has stated."
Soldier F .. David James Cleary
72P it is I believe our first meeting. I have met your brother 144P last week.
ná déan iad cosúil le Brendan inniu! Meas Comrade 🙏🇮🇪✊
The hardest thing to do is be Christian and be proud of who your ancestors snd relatives were right back to the Middle East or allthe way up to Scandinavia
I think Brendan’s life would have been very different had he not been born into the troubles and social deprivation.Ghandi achieved his political aims Didnt raise a fist people should talk listen to each other strive for peace.
@edwardodonnell6857 same as if none of the Ira members weren’t born into the troubles. The Brits forced the troubles/war on the people of the north of Ireland
protestants have lived in the north of ireland for 400 years ,twice as long as the US has existed ,how can you call loyalists as not native to the north,theve got a better claim than you have in america. its funny how you irish americans are brought up on hate ,yet irish who settled in england after the famine ,intergrated with english ,and in fact after several generations,dont have that anti englishness as you have ,most in fact concider themselves english ,
English/Lionheart
The Mick Roach clones ..they don't like it up 'em
that's because they didn't claim that England was Irish. They 'integrated'. They had no choice. But your people...hmm..and here....
Too many people are living in the past and wont be happy unless there is violence. GET OVER IT.
you tell the innocent familys who lost there loved ones to murdering scum what you put (get over it }go on go tell them alister i dare you
We will. When the last trace of the british stain is removed from our beautiful land.
Erin go bragh.
dark was the man !! legend
Some great footage and stories.
Yes if you can understand them lol.
Imagine all those real men who died during the troubles came back to realise their sacrifices were pointless.
there where was plenty of bloody murder from republicans before bloody sunday...
***** Sections in both communities where up to no good long before it all kicked off.
Pity the fuckers didnt leave the rest of us alone. My grandmother never got over losing her Catholic neighbours after she was forced out of her home by republicans
***** Just outside Beacon old bean, in the heart of the old tin mining country, where my good lady is from, but I also split my time between London and Belfast, cant spend all my time surfing, not bad for a working class lad from south Belfast.
As for my grandmother she lived in a wee street on the Grosvenor Road end of Roden Street, Grosvenor Park ran across the bottom of her street, so if the Blues where away my grandfather would go and see the whites...
Where's the sound?! I don't hear any sound!
lets all just get along with each other, lets not argue
BRENDAN HUGHES BEYOND RIP
Brendan Hughes RIP
Eric Cambridge he was a legend.
Forgive me but that's complete dribble and once again off topic. Alleged personnel experiences that you, use to justify your pathetic weakness and possible sectarian aggressive violent fantasy should be discussed with a professional. People like this risk exclusion in a shared society.
love to hear Brenndan Hughes speak, ....wisdom. Sad that a few seats in Parliament is what the movement sold out for. 32 counties is the only solution.
The Darke. I think anyone can respect his commitment, and if young men see him as a mentor, none can do better. I believe he embodied the truth of the Republican movement. Sad that he was sold out and down the river.
You speak truth.
James Berry
much, but not all.
The EU enforces laws in the UK as well as Ireland, you simply don't get it.
@Micheal Prendergast You're an ignorant twat!
Great vid...Peter Taylor was fair. I miss Belfast. My da was a prod from Antrim and my mums people were from Co Derry. That reltionship had to play out here in Canada. History is a fucker..if you dont remember you are bound to fail. Im glad the young ones cant be arsed about it for the most part. Ireland could be a powerhouse....young educated people, resources and the Belfast engineering skills...ffs! Think about the threat to UEFA with an all Ireland squad! Watch out England!
Rest well Mr. Hughes. 26+6=1
Rot in hell
There was two brendan hughes in the provos one the dark the other is oc of tyrone both legends and good at escapes look them up the other brendan hughes played a part in the helicopter escape two legends of erin TAL32
The funny is they support british football clubs perticular the irish such is liverpool manchester arsennal
Respect...I.R.A from Hellenic Land.
Freedom is to what we all aspire. But socialism?
Sweden has had a very successful political system and country based on a form of socialism... problem is the countries enforcing extreme socialism had always been corrupt
Most of the organizers of the 1916 rising would be called socialist. The aim has always been for 32 county socialist republic
Recorded through a potatoe.
Potato
what year was this documentary aired & which channel broadcasted this incredible documentary? BBC, Channel 4, or ITV?
I don’t know the specifics but I would guess it was filmed in the early 90s by the looks of Adams and Hughes
It was never broadcast, because it wasn't made for television. It was made in 1984, by the Irish Freedom Movement. powerbase.info/index.php/Irish_Freedom_Movement A different film, with the same title, was made in 1991: www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7b7dd9b5
@@StonefieldJim4
Thanks for that information, was wondering who made/showed this
1989
I'm British and I fully support the PIRA and their struggle and what they were fighting for. I deplore some of their actions though like Eniskillen, Warrington, and Omagh. Totally unnecessary that was. As could be said for the British Army in Derry (Bloody Sunday)The Army were sent in to NI to protect the Catholics from Loyalist thugs, the RUC, who of course sided with the Loyalists. And then ultimately the the British Army too. Atrocities were committed on both sides, innocent civilians were killed on both sides, that's what happens in all Wars. Their is currently a fragile peace in NI atvthe moment. But their won't be total peace until their is a United Ireland I feel. But that will come by Political means and the ballot box, not by the guns & bombs of the past.
@IPLO Rokas Oh sorry you say your loyal to the UK? I guess that makes you a Loyalist then? But in your comment you don't condemn the Loyalist murdering scumbags like the UVA and UFF among others, just the PIRA, bit one sided from you I must say. As for myself I said I supported the PIRA cause not wholly their methods of trying to achieve it. I condemn all violence. Atrocities were committed on all sides in Northern Ireland including the British Army RUC, Loyalist and PIRA paramilitaries. And the future of NI will now be decided by the ballot box and not the gun and bombs I hope.
@IPLO Rokas Yes why not. The World in general, not just NI would be a safer place without Terrorism.
@Alex Mulvihill Yes it was the British government that deployed the Army, not the Northern Irish government, Northern Ireland didn't have their own government at that time. The army were sent in initially to protect the Catholics from the RUC and the Loyalist thugs. Some protection that turned out to be, the British Army eventually siding with the Loyalists. And so the Catholics turned to the PIRA for protection. All the Catholics wanted were their civil rights which they were denied. Jobs, Housing, the right to vote etc. A basic requirement for most people in a civilised society today. But instead they were discriminated against, subjected to violence, burned out of homes denied a vote, and subjected to Gerrymandering.
It's So Sad That People Give There Lives For Freedom Good Men and women God Bless Them all Tiocfaidh ar la 🙏🍀
Inaudible. Its like listening to it through your neighbours wall next door.
you deaf or daft mate
Chronica fkn pervert
Turn your iPhone the other way
Oh, you do that as well.....
@@bigtamshort its perverted to say that the sound is muffled and sounds like its coming from next door? Give your head a wobble you tard
My admiration for Mr Hughes cannot be stated strongly enough. That he died not seeing his cause fulfilled is an awful sight. I hate that he was disillusioned. May he rest in eternal peace and know he is loved the world over.
May the innocent people he bombed on bloody Friday 21st July 1972 which included catholics rest in peace
Well said mate.
I grew up in Belfast. Where were you?
Belfast was ripe with touts.... BH himself said it knew it all to well...
there was so many touts in the IRA, it was brit vs brit in the troubles
Fife with touts ffs
If that's the case, then why was the RUC eventually scrapped for the PSNI?
Brendon Hughes is in heaven if there is one
I very much doubt it
Can anyone tell me all army bases and RUC in the Belfast area plz thank you
Brendan the dark hughs a true freedom fighter
Both sides should unite and fight the european union that enslaves them both, british people want to leave, irish people want to leave, therefore its time we joined up and stopped being mere provinces of this colonial tyranny and united in action against it
Yes. Too busy looking at our past differences that we are being blinded to it happening again but from different people.
I had no idea how evil the British were I'm an American one person one vote that's what I always thought we learned from England I guess not
hahaha!!!
no country's hand is more drenched in blood than the English ( not so much the scots, welsh).
almost everywhere where there is conflict the dead hand of the English can be traced.
just 3 examples from the past 17 years only. iraq, libya, Syria,
@@dsd7004 The Scots and Welsh played a massive role in the empire, with Scotland playing an even bigger role than the English. The British empire certainly did some bad things in Ireland for which cannot be excused but it also did not happen out of a vacuum, British colonialism in Ireland was a result of medieval Gaels constantly raiding England's borders (so much so that the patron Saint was an Englishman who was taken as a slave in one of these raids).
Britain was one of the more benevolent empires, in comparison to many of the African, Arab and Asian ones - but you'll discover this soon enough, as Sinn Fein and the rest sell you down the river and replace you with these people.
You are so focused on the past that you ignore the common problem that Ireland and Britain now face with globalism.
Well as an American you have just proved you know nothing about what all this was about. Total ignorance. You lot know nothing about what happens in other parts of the world
A socialist republic? Not sure how close that is. But I would rather the debate means some people are upset rather than dead. On either side, in case that's necesary (and thank God for spellchecker)
RIP Brendan Hughes.would have loved to go for a pint with himself stories he would have had s
Diarmuid Kelly met him once in Dublin through his relatives. Very funny man and some great stories. Absolutely fearless
@@mrleodun Dublin was founded on slavery
@@goth_dude6874 go back to school.
You sound like a well educated man !!!
Brendan Hughes - a clever, articulate, well-read man.
Was he gay?
David P. Gray why did you fancy him. A true legend.
@@mrleodun A legend of your gay club?
David P. Gray
What a low IQ’d comment. Grow the fuck up!
@@DPG214 is that the best 'insult' you've got? You're an intellectual vacuum.
partitioned not?
International funding from fascists ie Ghaddafi .....are you proud of that
Wonder who killed him? Probably your lot?
@@bogger5119 it was his own people you balloon!
Further to my last statement where I stated British civilians knew both sides of the story (those knowledgeable ) because of relatives n friends . Further in this was confirmed When Bredon Hughes ira man, stated whilst under arrest 2 British soldiers were arguing for and against. Shows what I stated to be true in that those British citizens in the know got both sides of the argument or were for or against Republicanism or loyalism. Thank God its calm now.
Excellent documentary, not much on the loyalists view, but it's title tells you that. Gives good insight into some of the main players motivation and feelings regarding their struggle. Very informative. Good journalism of the type we don't see.much anymore. Where are the real journos in the big media companies these days??
Always remembered the brave volunteers who give up their lives for Irish freedom. God bless each and every one of them. Revenge will be the laughter of the children......
Died for fuck all 🇬🇧
@@GKD1395 They didn't achieve their immediate aims. But they ended the discrimination catholics faced in the north and created the Good Friday Agreement, which has led to the situation today where Sinn Fein will soon be the biggest party on the whole island.
@@censedfear They didn't achieve their long term aims either, unless the aim was 'Brits out, everyone else in'. All that blood spilled just so Ireland could be given away to anyone else but the Brits. What a waste.
is that you kevin Webster, you still off the drink. good lad.
Show some respect man ffs....