Brendan Behan on Capital Punishment, Ireland 1964
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- An interview with Brendan Behan on the abolition of capital punishment.
In early 1964, the Irish Government announced the abolition of capital punishment. Brendan Behan’s play ‘The Quare Fellow’ is a critque of capital punishment and is set in a prison in the hours before an execution.
In the only surviving Telefís Éireann (now RTÉ) interview with Brendan Behan, the writer gives his opinion on the decision. By 1964, Brendan Behan was suffering badly from a combination of the effects of years of heavy drinking and diabetes.
In this clip, although Behan is somewhat slow in conveying his thoughts, his passion for the subject comes through. Brendan Behan died a short time after this interview on 20 March 1964.
Imho the Irish have given ten times more than they have taken. I worked alongside the Irish on London concrete for many years Bank vaults, 15 hour shifts - extreme. Respect to a warrior nation.
"""Thank u Nile--- and God Bless You.. 🙏🙏🙏
@@marykategraham.205 I once battled a hostile Irish man for four hours - barrowing concrete non stop. Neither of us would give in, he was total IRA. Half a ton at a time. Absolutely great days. We used to get paid over the bar of a couple of pubs - and I mean literally thousands of men. Dirty, thirsty and every single one of us claiming unemployment. London was built by ghosts.
@@nilepax8168 They were the previous generations of Irish men, steadfast, loyal, spiritual, giving.There are still some left thankfully
Behan was a massively overrated character whose fame is essentially built on his famed alcoholism, self-destruction, and supposed wit. I never found him remotely original or interesting.
@@TodayFreedom that's because you don't have a clue and are most likely an ignoramus.
I wos actually in that borstal in hollesley bay on the coast of Suffolk in 1974.... Nice place too....long before beehan left in 43......
A great man destroyed by drink.
Very sad to see. I always assumed he died much older than he was. Because the drink made him look many decades older. In the end he became like a Brendan Behan caricature in a play.
Brendan is Great he formed my life...........
That was the year of his death 1964
Just before he died
As an aside, and not to be irreverent, he does look very like Lee Mack! Check it out.
You can see why he died at a young age he looks absolutely terrible here and years older than what he actually was the ravages of alcohol and the sort didn't do his body any good.
Rereading ‘Confessions of an Irish rebel’ again. Superb. He left behind a great body of work. RIP Brendan..
Im also watching the old type cars driving by . Amazing
Wow 41 years old, how sad......
A man at the end of his days the damage of too much alcohol on a formally bright mind.R.I.P. Brendan
Formally or formerly? Do litriu not geall. Ceannaigh focloir amadan
That’s very well said
No he was at his most lucid and Human here
@@jimmymalone9139 Cant believe i missed your correction, Thank you very much for taking a minute of your time to correct and insult and in Irish no less ...you must be a gift of an arsehole to meet in person..😂😂
Absolute nonsense he's destroyed from alcohol by this point in his life and died within a few weeks after this interview@@eddiestaunton514
what an amazing citizen , insight and lesson in a sentence ,
Us Dubs really miss the old character's this great city , Dublin got its life from .
The pork shop.... not to many of them around Dublin now...
"""Brendan - a man who wasn't afraid for his life to END--- but made sure his life begun."""--- R.I.P......Brendan--- they could never Harness your Tongue ..Go ráibh máith agát CR's---- V.V.....
BEST TAOISEACH WE NEVER HAD. PURE GENIUS
This is very sad to see Brenden in such bad shape, a most brilliant, gentle and a kind-hearted man with a heart of Gold who was destroyed by drink, He would have rolled the world with his brilliance and writing if not for alcohol
If not for alcohol he’d be a different man. That’s according to all accounts of his wife that I’ve come across.
He died on Friday March 20th that year.
Terrible
We need to bring it back for the most heinous of crimes. Protect the innocent and punish the guilty.
It was revoked so bastards can do what they do with no fear of been lawfully roped up in the street.
Get lost. Taking a human life is always wrong.
Bollux.
Would someone know the physical location of the interview?
If I had to guess, it'd the corner of Whitworth road and Drumcondra road lower.
@@mitchell16, I have a feeling I've cycled past it for years. Thinking along the same lines. Focal length of the camera makes the road look very dinky and narrow though.
It looks like bridge over the Grand Canal onto Rathmines Road
I got it after a bit of a search, its actually in Ballsbridge, they're in front of where the "Bridge 1859" pub is today looking across the road, that Pork Shop in the background is "Hemingways Food Co" & "Al Blschetto Cucina" today.
@@mitchell16, EDIT: SPOT ON - Disregard the pontificating below.. I thought it was there at first, but then had doubts, because it seems like they'd be hovering over the Dodder, given the location of the camera crew, the depth of field just seems weird. Other location I wondered about is beyond EverReady in Rathmines, one of the bridges further up the Canal.. the ornate metal works and stone pillars narrows it down.
SOULJAH ROCKER
Lee mack the comedian is the spit of him. Never realised the resemblance
Robbie Coltrane looked like him. Sean Penn was once planning to make a movie about Brendan. Sean was going to play him. Robbie told me that he should play him and I agreed that, at that time, he was the best man for the job.
That was embarrassing, frankly a senile drunk, how on earth could they film it?
That comment is embarrassing 🙄
@@Paul5520 Why? Not that you can talk since, like so many UA-camrs, you don't even post under your real name, what are you afraid of?
@Tony Or dignity?
@@johnallen7807well you are clearly a moron who knows very little about the man. You are an embarrassment to both yourself & your family. Good day.
He 8s drunk. Why ask anything
Like you on the Internet constructing a sentence......
@@kieronduffin2067 haha ye I was having a bad day with a new phone big thumbs and small letters anyway my point been. It's just plain dumb going into a pub asking serious questions. When clearly brendan was highly intoxicated. To me that's disrespectful. I'm Irish and a fan of brendan. I know what he went through in England etc. So sometimes you got to read between the lines before you come to a conclusion
Definitely not drunk. Maybe a bit hungover
Rab Nesbitt.