IRA Informer : The Dark World of IRA "tout" McGartland - Documentary Northern Ireland Troubles
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- Опубліковано 3 січ 2022
- Martin McGartland (born 30 January 1970) is a former British informer who infiltrated the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1989 to pass information to RUC Special Branch.
When he was exposed as an informer in 1991 he was abducted by the IRA, but escaped and was resettled in England. His identity became publicly known after a minor court case. He was later shot six times by a gunman, but recovered from the injuries. He has written two books about his life, Fifty Dead Men Walking: The Terrifying True Story of a Secret Agent Inside the IRA and Dead Man Running.
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Thanks for setting up this repository of such valuable content. Great job!!
I'm really starting to appreciate the insane complexity of this geopolitical mess called the Troubles, all thanks to this channel.
Very biased channel. Up to you wether you want both sides but this channel is not an impartial source
@@Didyeaye404 the channel only uploads documentaries not produce them...most done by BBC employed journalists I think
Its really not a geopolitical mess, completly local political mess
Whichever way you look at it ,it was just all a mess. Especially both sides got involved with drugs
This clip is just the tip of the iceberg. The Troubles
Brilliant documentary. Had me on the edge the whole time. Thanks!
It is beyond ridiculous that an Irish nationalist would not know Padraic Pearse
He's not a nationalist he's a state agent
The letter being read out at the start is that of John Dignams to his wife.
It's a dirty job. I hope them times never come back.
It'll be against islam next watch..
An incredibly unlikable character. He was a petty criminal who informed on members of his own community for cash while not knowing even one republican hero. "Saving lives" was never his motivation.
He was a petty criminal informing on other criminals, you say he is an unlikeable character, seems true but what does that say about those people he says were friends that they wanted him to inform on.
Saving thousands of cash for being a lowlife informer
It was all about money and what he could get.
Those old Mercury tilt switches made you nervous
I heard INLA sold MTS' to the IRA with a demonstration for a couple of weapons & a shotgun. That's socialism for ya. Yeah, great idea...just don't 'tilt' the fucka!
So did the bomb squads radio frequency sets....Donal where's your hands!!!
Then you woke up an had your weetabix😂😂😂
You.d wanna be correct when moving a Mercury tilt switch. Fcuk.that..
Wild times we grew up in !!
I'd be dead interested in any story's u could share with me love from Glasgow x
Yes my Auntie moved out of NI in the early 70s and moved to Jersey in the Channel Islands
She was from the Falls Rd and the Stories she told about the hardships the Catholics faced day in day out
She was a fantastic Lady and proud of her roots God Bless you Anne ❤
If a tout is the lowest form of life, then under what category do you put the men who abducted Louth farmer Thomas Oliver in February 1991- he had been shot EIGHT times in the head by the IRA; he left behind a young family. What was his "crime"? He alerted the Gardaí to a Provo arms cache on his land😢
The fact that they attacked an IRISH farmer on IRISH territory who was helping the IRISH police (Gardaí) tells you all you need to know about the Provos. They were just thugs with a cause
This is what An Poblacht, the PIRA’s newspaper, had to say about the murder:
‘IRA EXECUTES INFORMER
The IRA has a duty to protect its organisation, its volunteers and the back-up provided by its supporters. Tom Oliver’s death was due to his willingness to act as an agent for the Dublin Government’s Special Branch.’
So, does this mean that the PIRA were traitors to their own country? They are going against their own percieved “government”, not very patriotic if you ask me 😂😂😂
the provos were set up run and controlled by mi5, @@henzohewson
@@henzohewsonHow many of them would have been involved in crime if the troubles were never to have happened? I cannot under how so many sick minded people can be found in such a small place.
@@henzohewson Informers at different times get called different names..Irish farmer...Julian Assange..Bradley Manning....George Blake...Alex Litvinenko...who is anyone to label them or how they are handled..sheltered..executed..take your pick wise lad
1:30 she's talking about the bodies of Gregory Burns, John Dignam and Aidan Starrs!
Bad eggs
I remember well when Sinn Fèin member's voices where dubbed over by actors. That is the definition of stupidity.
Why were they dubbed?? On U.K. tv or ROI? Or both?
@@aoifemckeown2591 They were dubbed in both countries. You're guess is as good as mine as what it was meant to achieve. Growing up in the 80s the only time I ever heard Gerry Adams real voice is when I met him on the Aran islands when I was 12 in 1993. That's why I defined it as stupid.
They were dubbed because Sinn Fein were rising as a political party and the censorship in British medias eyes were gagging their voice and influence, in a modern democracy seen as fascism
Yep. Bit of a shock to the brits..they thought he went to acting classes. Badly dubbed like a 70s kung fu movie. Not a clue ..RTE banned republicans too, no?
@@dominicseanmccann6300 Yeah, RTÈ dubbed them as well. To think that this was as recent as 1994 truly makes the mind boggle. The fact that Sinn Fèin is now the largest party both North and South shows how much "Democracy" meant back then. BTW, I never condoned the murder of innocent people in my life, regardless of religion.
A fool with a hard neck is the kindest I could call him.
A tout nothing else
100% true plus he was very likely to be robbing elderly people too at the time
How can they call this hiding his identity.
Sad murky world
are these the same vids that were on the red hand ulster channel except you have zoomed in a bit? (and with more tactful titles)
i dont understand who would be taking these videos down or striking them such a shame. or was it the dreaded algorithim
Screw their filth algorithms
That site was taken down
Wasn't to save anyone. all for money
The effects of informants within the IRA made little difference. The IRA was organized in such a way that one cell at times knew nothing about what another was doing. The British have talked this up but as Peter Hitchens has rightly said the Good Friday Agreement is a surrender to the IRA. The IRA got the British army off the streets and out of NI, they got their prisoners released and the Royal Ulster Constabulary's name and uniforms changed and made sure it was no longer a primarily Protestant force what did the IRA give up in comparison? Not much. Supposedly they turned in their weapons but no one even knows for sure how many overall. Thankfully those days are over but no one should be under the illusion the British defeated the IRA when British Cabinet documents recently declassified say the exact opposite. Wisely, both sides ended the violence. The vast majority of informants were murdered by the IRA.
How wrong you are!
Tony Blair sold out in his desperation to get a peace deal. The IRA only came to talks because there was too much Intel being gathered against them and most of their best operators had run up against the SAS and found out that they weren't the best.
DNA and advances in forensics ended most of these Marxist terror organisations, IRA,ETA,and the like...they knew they couldn't get away with it anymore...idiotic ideology, but they were bright enough to see the writing was on the wall!
The IRA were compromised by Stakeknife et al, as well as loyalist deathsquads killing anyone related to volunteers, they had no choice but negotiate.
@@speedster2464 In the seventies the British got somewhere with informants until the IRA effectively rearranged themselves into cells and then the usefulness of informants was limited and official gov. documents reveal this to be true.
Fascinating. Thanks.
I lived through the troubles in the heart of West Belfast as a teenager we knew what we were fighting for we all knew the rules of the game informers were shot to stay safe DO NOT INFORM simple
Why the red hand. I'd hope it's red hand of ancient ulster.more than 6 counties in Ulster a ancient land you know. Ireland unfree shall never be at peace p pearce
Patrick Pearse...an ice cream man :D
MC gartland always plays the victim he's a two Bob tout without a country that's where the British left him
He done it for the money he was a common criminal
How much did you pay him for the story ,someone who gets to be handled by the Brits tells them what they want to hear.
That tout was out for himself, he'd sell out his Nan. Tal 32
What a shame Martin turned on his people and community (putting his life in danger too) for some $$ and a car. Meanwhile the movie makes him out to be some hero. Over the years he didn't send a dime to the mother of his children. POS!
Cudnt agree more So called hero He turned tout for the money Then took it on his toes an forgot his own child Wot a hero
No luv, they dunnit for pounds, stirling, queens head with a bit of euro, no such thing as dollas in the bad lands..............
Any tout who turns on their comrades for money or whatever is a POS....
@@mikeymc3094 Exactly I hate the way that movie portrays him!
Aye i know a tout is a tpur
the subtitles are not much good i don't think.😉
When sinn fein members were talking on 📺 t.v there was a voice over so you couldn't hear gerry Adams actual voice..how petty are the brits..🇮🇪
They never hid that informers face pretty well did they 😂
RAT 🐀
Informers killing informers
From what I understand, the creator of this channel grew up during, and at the geographical heart, of the Troubles. Given his technical savvy and the origination dates of the footage posted, I'm assuming he grew up in or around Belfast during the 1980's, which in and of itself doesn't indicate any particular leanings or bias, and, so far as I can tell, neither do his choice in videos (essentially any relevant footage he can get his hands on). Which is I'm surprised with what I see in this video - the "red right hand" of the Ulster Volunteer Force appears in the upper right hand corner of the screen throughout this video as a sort of quasi water mark, or stamp if you will.
If the hand was part of the original video - meaning he received and/or procured the footage with the hand already inserted - then case closed. Aside from technical remastering, I fully support posting the footage, unedited. However, if he placed the UVF symbol, it would be a bizarre admission not repeated during his otherwise noble endevours toward the preservation of modern history. In fact, inserting the image would be such an anomaly that, were I to venture an explanation, I'd posit the former.
I did grow in Belfast and yes the 80's was my decade. Not as old as some of you wiser guys on here but I try :)
When I started uploading I wanted a symbol that was universally recognized as belonging to all sides.
The red hand is not just a loyalist symbol hence my use of it.
I found though many on both sides assumed it to be loyalist so I changed to my current logo.
Many thanks for your comment 👍
@@ATroubledLand the red hand is a symbol of Ulster Catholic or protestants. Ancient symbol origins in O'Neil's or the occult symbol of sacrifice.
@@youwantshumshun.2867its neither here or there, troubles inna nut shell...and if memory serves me right more welsh patriotism than any!!!!!!!!!!!!
You grew up in Belfast during the 80's and you don't know what the red hand of Ulster is???
Righto .
Would an active loyalist murder gang called ' The red hand commandos' be a clue?
Dirty War,
They got him in whitley bay on tyneside shot twice
but survived...
I live close to Whitley Bay
Probably his handlers to shut him up
@@jackietreehorn5561 You'd say that, of course. Here in the real world, it was IRA scumbags.
He got rumbled when the police put his real name in the local paper .over a spending ticket
Acting the big man in the interview. He sold his soul for a few quid and a buzz.
It's very odd that, the ruc approach him recruit him, Al of the sudden their is targets, who run the ira? It's like that pos shit in newry who went 2 an ira man & got an old ruc officer killed as Newry saying why use letting ruc walk about, then the same guy recruited a young guy & got him 2 kill, but he felt bad about it, he made a book can't remember his name, but these guys went looking for it, encouraged by ruc mi5,, South armagh was the back bone of the pira, no touts, until scap was told about the digger bomb, then Al 8 were took out,, ruc mi5 run the pira,, Al for money bonuses,,sending good men 2 jail &, 2 the grave,
We Brits could have made Slab and his Fenian family disappear in a heartbeat, if we had so chosen. Instead we destroyed the Rah by making 25 percent of them Touts, and buying off Adams and McGuinness.
@@chiricahuaapache5132but sure yous would have my generation fighting against you. Small tight group 3 men one driving one doing look out & the shooter.. Yous killed a lot of innocents. & put entire families in jail for something they didn't do..your government wanted the war.. & stil do.. Yous got slaughtered in Afghanistan. Not so hard without a gun or armoured cars.tiocfaidh ar la 32
Why is he calling him Michael and in the story its Martin
so we dont know who martin really is so they calling him michael ooppps just gave him away sorry
We know now who Martin is. This video was made prior to his book then movie 50 Dead Men Walking. Which is so fictional making him look like a hero. He was shot a bunch of times at close years later and survived like cocaroach. He was suing the town in England that he claims didn't protect him enough. So yeah this a good documentary but it is older before much of what I said happened.
@@itsjustjill hahaha catholics working for British intelligence nothing new there.
@@youwantshumshun.2867 I know and it was disgusting. I was born in the Royal hospital in Belfast . I came to the states when I was almost 8. Even I knew the rules and I know this guy was not and is not a hero.
@@itsjustjill right then, okey dokey so ur a yank?, so tell me wtf would you know then about these so called troubles.. !!!! Yous never shipped bak dewn from boston ta help..... Did ya!!!! Any of ya...... Sounds good on twalve inch, not so gud when the gimpey "n" SLR rattle's back, jeezus, mary, mother of, where were them armalites we were promised!!!nah where ta b seen in tight arse piece meal, more ruskie than tha boston brethren...in fact why should any trust these types in first place, certainly not the country of the berth....
This guy, gave up other informants who were killed.. this guy should be in prison
He was a pawn, used by intelligence who are the faceless puppet masters...they should be in prison before their agents
@@jackietreehorn5561
He wasn’t ignorant to deal. Hope he gets what he deserves
@@eagleclaw1179 he is a hero
@@eagleclaw1179 just like the other 800 touts the brits ran in the republican movement vtttouts
Why he's a hero
It disgusts me the people who say that informers are the lowest forms of life. They stood up to their paramilitaries and saved countless lives with their information, organisations which were usually terrifying to get on the wrong side of. Incredibly brave!
I agree, they put their life at risk to prevent harm to others
It's fucking Ireland where the British used force to conquer. This bastard sold out his family and friends. Read Irish history
U stupied
I can't add up
To reply
It must have been a precarious proffesion belonging to any paramilitary group knowing one of your own could sell you out.Frightening stuff because it often resulted in ambush and death.Personally I would have been on the first available flight to Australia see ya.
@@acecolnaco6587 Don't be pissed off mate, you served under the British who invented the term "dirty tricks" and have committed more terrorist acts than even the IRA could dream off and many I'd dare say they'd would baulk act. They're still balls-deep it to this very day by way of the Ukrainian conflict. The empire didn't come about via cups-o-tea and fair play ole boy.
@@acecolnaco6587 he was too valuable to them so the government turned a blind eye when he satisfied his thirst for killing, lives expendable to protect their golden egg
Cdddxdd 😂😂
IRA more holes than a sieve
Pretty sure Gerry had a big mouth too
Pity about Warrenpoint
@@ericpowell194 What about Warrenpoint?
How anyone could inform on a paramilitary organisation that will give you a slow agonising death if found out (which is likely) is beyond me.
The pay must’ve been amazing
Totally agree. They must never had any peace. I’d have been a nervous wreck expecting a knock at the door any second
No pockets in a shroud lol
They’re informing on ppl they worked along side Evil bastards deserve everything they get
He had balls. As did Raymond Gilmour and Sean O'Callahan. Brave, brave men.
Yeah £25k then was like £75k now.
Money. Simple.
Fifty Dead Men Walking is a fascinating book and film. He saved so many lives.
Name 5 of them
R u hving a laugh
The ambulance scene,,was gta productive,complete bs, so dos he drive still, everyone else done lessons, he should give the hand bags back he stole & the houses he broke into stuff back, since he so good,, touts always have something that the average person can't have,,more money & materials,, never read the fabricated book, lies,, mon marty 2 saved lives aleast
@@mikeymc3094 He was a good Grass, and we English owe him a great deal.
@@chiricahuaapache5132 I can respect someone for their ideology even if it's different than but not someone who turns on their own for $$. Then walks away from his kids without ever sending a dime.
Well that's what happens to grasses
I suppose he couldn't be really called a Tout, as he wasn't a member of the IRA until he was forced to join by the British Security Services.
So infact he was a British Agent, but treated as a Tout by his British handlers, because he was a common thief.
A Tout is someone that is turned by British forces that were already a member of the Organisation.
thats right because cppers hate informers just as much
Probably handlers set him up for getting whacked in case he exposed their secrets
Nah mate he's stil a tout no matter how you look at it. He was so easy 2 get. Probably the glue done it😅😅 complete scumbag
Did his information cause harm to the IRA ? if the answer is yes then he was a tout pure & simple, only if a common theif managed to get introduced to Brian Gillan who ran active service units, sort of goes to prove we're not talking mensa members are we, he had his first unit arrested before the second he is no different to scap aka steak knife or the many known others , A rats a rat's a fucking rat who deserves all he gets- this one got paid , & the brits didn't give a fuck about him & he gave no fucks about the cause only the money paid to him by the brits !
He wasn't "forced" to join the IRA... his handlers told him he'd earn more if he joined and informed them prior to any operations starting. They said the higher you go, the more £ was forthcoming.
Grass
I’m from the Protestant side lived threw the late 90s as a kid things were different back then but things have definitely got worse here in Belfast and surrounding areas with drugs and crime honestly in my view of mind the way things work here are normal to me with the paramilitary’s it’s not headline news for someone to knee capped round here lol Honestly RAAD is the only organisation really doing anything about drug dealers the loyalist side well they just shoot and beat whoever dosnt sell for them that’s the difference the Republican side has never really been too fond of drugs believe me my fiancés da was a provo and I went in smokin weed one day and he near chased me outa the house get that outa my fucking house he said well I didn’t take the weed back anyway in case I was gettin done next haha stay safe folks keep er lit
To be fair weed is not a drug or a hard drug.. He probably hqd a can of beer after chasing you.. Coke herion & the other stuff our life destroyers
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Veronica guerin got killed for reporting on dealers in Dublin , Gilligan served 20 years for it , kinahans were supposed to have non fatally shot Gilligan , most of them moved to Spain , not a surprise there ,
RAAD = Cover for Drug Lords
I SINCERELY APPRECIATE SUBSCRIPTIONS ĹIKE THIS. U GET EDUCATED ABOUT THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW. MAIN LAND BRITISH I
Reminds me of 2 trams I know one drive to cover hill
He has a touch of chopper Reid about him.
He was full of shit. Just a rat trying not to go to prison.
Thanks for that dangerous life very intresting and worrying
A waste of time and a waste of life!!
Correct and good riddance of this
Too many touts in the Movement
and they get what they deserved
Read his book. It ends with him being shot. Bad business all round.
we grew up with these massacres ... here in Ulster... you are prods .... or you are Tim's..... this is life in Ulster
Pakistani Punjabi guys?
The people that know, know!
Watch the film: 50 Dead Men Walking.
Amazing film...who is Michael then mate,thought it was about Martin mcgartland like in 50 dead men walking
Who created the monster? British elites!
Who was "Chico"?
Free press is important
Para living in NI.......... would have thought they would have relocated him...
Lose lips sink ships
Marty was a good lad.
Looks like Dennis Taylor
Regardless of what side ur on informants get what’s coming ☠️
rashtrapati bhawan
Snitch
From the River to the sea
Palestine and Londonderry will be free
Red Hand ident, says it all, the love for a common criminal informer 😂 December is "Give a Loyalist A Hug Month" 😂
A tout is the lowest form of life.
Especially when you grew up in a community. Oh and you're one of the oppressed DISGUSTING!
Even if their information prevents the barbaric slaughtering of innocent souls?
@@brucem7390 yes that's correct now fk off
He knew the risks, and played the game to line his pockets...read few years ago he was complaining about having to drive a 10 year old car because his handlers ditched him....he wasn't a saint either, a local hood
Wish they stiffed him.. Marty steal the handbags
Disguised his appearance! lol. signed his death warrant more like.
Fanstastic story
GA MM British agents...
Give it a break, we are at peace ✌️
👹 *Seems everyone was a TOUT in the IRA!* 🏃💨
If you believe Loyalist propaganda like this you would get that impression.
Certainly a lot and at the top too
It's bullshit u know u watching loyalist propagation grow a brain
Yet they killed so many ruc udr and brits ask yourself how 🤔 if they so many
There’s definitely a lot of them.
Tony Bennett's wife and children weren't surprised by the death of their husband/father. He was 96 and had been suffering from Alzheimers disease.
His brother Gordon was shocked though.
MAIN LAND BRITISH SHOULD BE EDUCATED IN PRIMARY SCHOOL SO THEY DON'T THINK NORTHERN IRELAND IS BRITISH .DIFFERENCE IS REPUBLIC OF IRELAND IS NOT BRITISH. I HAVE SEEING IT WITH FAMOUS PEOPLE BEING CALLED BRITISH. 17:26
wtf are you ranting about, and we're not deaf
@@georgerichardson7728 IGNORANCE IS WHAT I AM RANTING ABOUT.
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Guy is a hero
This guy was a good grass. As an Englishman I want to thank him for his services to the Crown. He risked his life numerous times and has been failed by the British State.
OK troll
@@itsjustjill You sound triggered Mistress Fenian. Hee hee hee ....
A person who turns on his own ' troops ' and people isn't a good grass.
A traitor is the only word.
@@dsd7004 Wrong! A good grass is a good grass, and he was as good of a grass as it gets. The only grass anywhere near as good was Sean O'Callahan. He was a grass's grass
@@dsd7004 oh yes I absolutely agree. I'm so angry about that book and movie. It should be considered fiction!
Scap is dead watch out marty
You do not glorify or condone violence, yet display a red hand of ulster?
I did indeed , I take it you've no understanding of that symbol other than Loyalism?
The legend of the red hand predates the English invasion of Ulster and is meant to apply to all people of Ulster, not just the Loyalists. However, this is an older documentary and ATL has said he removed it on subsequent documentaries because the modern symbolism caused many viewers distress
To my knowledge there are many interpretations of the symbol. None of them peaceful and in modern times a symbol of loyalist domination of the six counties of NI although it has been claimed to represent the nine counties of the island.
Thats why I got shot of it years ago.
It was being seen as a solely Loyalist symbol and therefore a Loyalist channel, which it is not.
@@ATroubledLand
You know the historical significance of the symbol but many who display it, wear it to show political or religious preference.
I would ask anybody who claimed to wear such a symbol in reference to less well known beliefs or meanings, if they displayed any other historical emblems, but on the whole they wouldn't. They would only wear the more common symbols to project their affiliations.
Removal of the symbol will help to get your educational videos out to a wider audience and I hope you go on to educate people about truth and the reality of history of Ireland.
weasel
Loyalist propaganda open u eyse
If he is prepared to sell ireland down the river or maybe he's changed his mind and he likes the idea of England rolling the north of Ireland.... A free and independent ireland is what almost everybody wants 🇮🇪💓🇮🇪💓🇮🇪💓🇮🇪💓🇮🇪💓🇮🇪💓🇮🇪💓🇮🇪💓🇮🇪💓🇮🇪💓 for the love of Ireland....
Everybody should be working together to bring about a free and independent ireland for everybody to enjoy that lives on the land.. The British government need to keep off the land and keep out of it..
@@Dublinireland5 put the gluebag down ffs!
TOUT
Give over
@@neil4817 TOUT
There were certainly plenty PIRA members working for the British State & quite far up the chain at that.
@@KeithWilliamMacHendry TOUT
@@KeithWilliamMacHendry had to be touts high up on both sides, the army and the ruc used them to set up many targets then needed rid off, they had touts killing touts to save touts
FILTHY GRASSSSSSSS
nice money talks lol
They payed him, what was the money worth.
Gud ol queens head thats what, most cant let the shilling past.....it called greed, and no cant else be paying the same, money talks 'n' bullshit walks...
@@wor53lg50 money talks, and legs 🦵 don’t walk when you’ve got shot in the head.
@@jaywalkercrew4446 exactly what i was trying to put across, it gone beyond of, wha bakka tha leeg ya wannae... Harsh crimes call for harsh punishment!!!!!, and when your the one who made the rules, then ya fuct......
you Irish folks know it is people like this that cost you your freedom
The ira were fighting a British empire. They had al the tools.. We were never getting freedom even if they had no touts
Just backward the whole thing.
Stool pidgin, one of Thatchers mob.