spotlight on the troubles: a secret history: episode 3
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
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When Margaret Thatcher entered Downing Street in 1979, she was confronted by an IRA prepared to conduct a long war of attrition against Britain.
Jennifer O’Leary discovers arms connections in America and Libya and speaks directly to individuals involved in smuggling weapons for the IRA. She also hears an astonishing admission about the Brighton bomb, which almost killed Mrs Thatcher, and other attacks in Britain.
Out of the IRA hunger strikes, Irish republicans also developed the parallel political strategy that saw their leader, Gerry Adams, elected to parliament.
Success at the ballot box began to build tension inside the IRA between those who wanted to build their political path and those who primarily adhered to their long war.
It wasn't a memo - Park timer used in the Brighton Bomb. It was a electronic timer from a video recorder which could be set for up to 2 weeks in advance. 💥
Brilliant series.
I had a uni friend from Ireland in the 1970’s she didn’t speak about it much and to be honest I don’t think I could have really related being young and educated in the States. I have always wished I had pushed a bit more. She seemed troubled and sad. I can’t imagine what life was like for her growing up during the “troubles”
The idea that Irish Americans didn’t know what NORAID was was the biggest myth of the troubles.
Same as the basket jingling in scotland and england I'd say
Thanks for the upload great show 🇮🇪
thanks for uploading
Ireland needed the help in the Tudor Period in the Sixteenth Century, as the Ukrainian People are getting today, but sadly it never came.
Did Ireland Suffer!
Informative and enjoyable!🇮🇪🕊🕊🇻🇦
I wish one country was not considered beholden to any other country, be shown the courtesy and respect that many nations are shown.
Thatcher walking through crowded streets in Northern Ireland - how times have changed - you'll never see the head of a 1st world nation do this again
I’d love to know the Republican point of view of the Kashmir conflict.
I feel like the natural inclination would be to side with Pakistan. However, historically, I find the Kashmir conflict the most akin to the troubles.
Here you have a land that was once one nation - India - with many ethnicities and religions living together. Then there was partition when it was felt that there needed to be a seperate state for Muslim majority areas. So Pakistan (and east Pakistan, now Bangladesh) were carved out of India to create that Muslim majority state.
Then there is this small section, the northern state of Kashmir, who despite having a majority Muslim population, is still part of India.
Surely the Republican position would be that all of what is now India, Pakistan and Bangladesh is historically the one India. So despite Muslims being majority here and Hindus there...the state shouldn’t be split up.
I’m interested because I can’t see a rational, intellectual argument to be made by an Irish Republican in favour of partition. Yet somehow I feel like the old Marxist/socialist/liberation streak that runs in republicanism would see India as the big bad bully in that context.
I just hope there is someone out there to carry on the fight in the spirit that Father Ryan did in years past. A true Irish Republican to the core.Massive respect to you Father Ryan, May Ireland Have another thousand brothers like you.TIOCHAIDH ARL LA.
The "fight" is over and good riddance to it. 30+ years of armed conflict and very little accomplished except pointless suffering.
As a former IRA man said in episode 3- " What was it all for? Such a waste of time and life! "
All for nothing...PIRA infiltrated at every level..
Ruthless killers an I'm happy that Martin has mad his maker
Who betrayed NORAID - Denis Donaldson!! Wonder why he was the main go between in the 90's 🤔 Tout
We didn't start d violence we met violence wit violence wit d oppression of English rule
Ah yes. Blowing up a Wimpy and a Harrods department store is truly fighting the man.
Big words when many of the people involved consider it "a waste of time and waste of life" but it's easy to be a big man on the internet.
Ah yes, the “he started it, miss!” Defence.
You sound like a child - "he was mean to me, so I will be mean back to him"
Well said John Crawley a view Ireland as going home to Erin from a Glasgow republican lad🇮🇪32
Patrick Ryan is probably one of the most disgusting people (let us NOT use the term priest!) I have ever heard talking. I have never wanted to beat up anyone, let alone an 90-year old, but this one ... Let's hope there is a hell especially for him. I do hope he has been excommunicated!! (some extra info: I am catholic)
Anyone else notice she pronounced the “R” in IRA differently from one sentence to the next??
First it’s like “or” next “argh” then back to “or” again!
Can anyone tell me if IRA members were paid?,just one of those questions that always intrigued me.
LINDA LONERGAN
Their family’s were looked after if they ended up in prison.They had their own way of making money,public transport was not used on the Nationlist West Belfast so black taxis are introduced and operated by IRA,one of many ways it was financed.
Organized crime, extortion, robberies etc
The organisation was well off financially, but volunteers were never paid. You didn’t join because you were skint, you joined because you were dedicated.
No IRA members were never “paid “ .
They were paid by the British to give them information.
We got our shipments 4 big ones not long after the hunger strikers we had enough to equip an army facts about the shipment🇮🇪32
God I would loved to have got my hands on those sexy G3s, SLRs M4s and M16 rifles, just one of each I'm not greedy, and shit loads of ammo.
No footage of RUC brutality or of British soldiers murdered civilians...
This is mid 80s so no. Footage of that is included in early episodes set in the 70s.
Someone hasn't watched any of the other parts of this series.
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Am i the only one who thinks Adams and Mc guiness flipped to be british agents.
I shudder to imagine how the world would get along without Roman Catholicism. I literally shudder. I also delight imagining no religion, at all.
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