IRA HELICOPTER ESCAPE Mastermind & Portlaoise Jail Break| Brendan Hughes (Tyrone) IRA COMMANDER
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- Brendan Hughes (not to be confused with the deceased Brendan ‘The Dark” Hughes) shares his truly extraordinary life story, a life shaped by his membership of the East-Tyrone PIRA in the early days of the conflict in the North.
Brendan tells us about his time ambushing British soldiers in the countryside and robbing banks to fund raise for the IRA and his thoughts on having to take human life for his cause. Brendan shares the incredible story of how masterminded the second ever prison escape involving a helicopter on Halloween 1973 and how he himself ended up leading a 19 man jailbreak from Ireland’s most secure lock-up.
His tale later involves a split form the movement and a team of assassins being spent to NYC to take out Brendan, one of whom Brendan would later meet.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Growing up in Tyrone, first contact with sectarianism
07:20 Joining the IRA
13:10 Robbing banks
24:40 AMBUSHING BRITISH SOLDIERS
31:00 Becoming an intel officer
35:50 Lead-up to MOUNTJOY HELICOPTER ESCAPE
45:30 DAY OF THE ESCAPE
56:50 Getting caught & jailed
1:05:27 Planning the Portlaoise prison escape
1:14:20 DAY OF ESCAPE FROM PORTLAOISE
1:22:25 Immediately after escaping
1:36:25 Split from IRA (hit-team sent to NYC to get him)
1:42:40 Back to prison
1:44:25 Thoughts on united-Ireland
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As a former British soldier, I very much enjoyed Brendans stories and his honesty and I never fail to consider what it was all about. I grew up in West Belfast and as a young child lived in what was a "mixed" area, not that I knew back then what that was, but my elderly mother still describes how my best friend and I were distraught when a failed state dictated that we couldn't go to the same primary school because of "religion", which again neither knew what that was. I refuse to believe after the loss of so many lives that any current politician enters that particular sphere of employment for anything other than monetary gain. Regardless of my belonging to a particular faith and my extensive service in the military, I have not, nor ever allowed it my most sincere and solemn trust in all and I hope my actions in the past and the present bear true testament to that. Thanks for sharing this series.
What a great story,it'll go down in history..Brendan is immense in his convictions...
Wow…. Just wow.. as a local lad in Dublin City, listening to the “helicopter song” and many more from the Wolfe tones, knowing Mountjoy (surroundings lol) .. and this is the man who made that happen?
I’m absolutely chuffed he’s still alive and I’m more chuffed i heard the real story from the horses mouth ……
100% buying the book…
Brilliant 👏A+
what he said at the end about a united Ireland is so well said.
Great stuff, John. Interviews are always interesting. Wish you continued success with them.
Could listen to Brendan all day
What a guy
Respect from Glasgow 🏴🍀
Great book. An insight into what ordinary people dealt with. ☘️💚
Fantastic interview Brendan it’s terrible they threw you under the bus all you done for them 😢
Having struggled to get s mobile phone in to D wing yard. I take my hat of to the man that landed in it 😂
Legend has it that the 'kamgers' were shouting 'shut the gates' as they took off! 😁
that's a very good chat this man knows wat he's taking about god bless
Brilliant Interview!
You need to get my da on this.
Without any disrespect to your guests
He fought hand on hand and survived both sides and is still here to tell it
Banks, bookies and taking on the butchers
If you want to hear more get in contact
Absolutely!! I’d love to.. give me a shout there thegoodlistenerpodcast@gmail.com
Thanks very much!!
John
I'd love to hear his views on Muslim invaders.
Irish Republicans of intelligence understand the world and history more than anyone. British Jew American colonisers have opened the gates of Africa with their murder and mayhem. Thats why we have the current problems with migrants.
Why? Tell us more about the invasion.
😂love the Blue Shirt bit❤
G'day from Australia lads, love your work. Long Live Ireland ☘☘
Such a closing statement
Socialism stopped when Sinn Fein went into politics,no doubt about it. Mention Socialism Sinn Fein suddenly get Toothache..
Bullshit
Shame Fein. Brits out everybody else in. #Irelandisfull
Socialism has ZERO to do with the cause for Irish Nationalism
I know Brendan personally and he’s the most ordinary person you can meet but you would know
Thanks Brendan
A celebrating wedding party in stretch limos?
That's escaping in style.
Read the book and it’s an amazing and interesting read.
Mountjoy, not Portlaoise
I can't remember if he already answered this question. Why did the guards not shoot at the helicopter when it landed in the prison yard? Or did they shoot? They couldn't have known the pilot was a hostage. I can't think of why they wouldn't try to shoot the helicopter down
They didn't have a rock let alone a firearm mucker
Irish army ware the armed men in the Prisons . Well Trained and not with a shoot to kill policy...
@@alcoyne3333333333333 the defence forces where not there my friend. Shortly after this happen all the provos and Inla prisoners where bussed down to portlaoise in the Midlands which did and still does have the defence forces walking the walls.
@990drifter thanks for your kind words. I am on the other side and was in school in 1977 it was the same that was Craigavon lurgan. We made it, more people just forgive now is the only way
Well said.
I was in port laiose prison with you best of luck
So was I when .I was arrested 50 yrs ago today.20 th May 74.
Just history repeating its self. At the end of the interview. The officials gave the young provos the exact same advice when the split in 69
at the end of the day, the shinners got there way,
The provos don't send a hit team for nothing
Steak knife
Well done brian keenan a unique republican
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