A Former IRA Child Bomber Tells His Story

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @cadetmouse
    @cadetmouse 8 лет назад +522

    for those not yet born, I hope they have a better and happier life in Northern Ireland on both sides.

    • @amyhuk
      @amyhuk 8 лет назад +24

      cheers

    • @smokeybirdman
      @smokeybirdman 8 лет назад +48

      +amyhuk you think your British. you are irish, when all you protestant knuckleheads realize this then peace will enter Ireland.

    • @bigchubbypandas8342
      @bigchubbypandas8342 8 лет назад +4

      smokeybirdman true

    • @petermgruhn
      @petermgruhn 7 лет назад +4

      Hope for no sides.

    • @mariakelly1621
      @mariakelly1621 7 лет назад +14

      north of Ireland ,thankyou ,

  • @oby-1607
    @oby-1607 2 года назад +21

    Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. No one should ever believe that salvation is impossible.

  • @amysdope9538
    @amysdope9538 4 года назад +232

    I grew up in the troubles as a child an seen things no adult should see dosent matter what side you were born hope it never happens again

    • @finbarromahony8304
      @finbarromahony8304 4 года назад +2

      👍

    • @kieranlucas3882
      @kieranlucas3882 4 года назад +5

      Solitary confirmed Shitzophrenic That’s one of the most delusional comments I’ve seen, imagine fearing for your life every day of your life, that’s not something to be envious of

    • @l.f.c9973
      @l.f.c9973 4 года назад +6

      Here in liverpool we had riots because the goverment treated us like the you guys coz we r u guys

    • @shazzzabanazz4789
      @shazzzabanazz4789 4 года назад +4

      Me to but my mum's generation had it worse 60s n 70s I was kid in 80s n 90s sad to say you get used to it

    • @jamesdavidsonmlm1829
      @jamesdavidsonmlm1829 4 года назад +9

      Born and bread in Ardoyne during it seen some crazy stuff and when you look back now it was an actual war zone we grew up in and it was great craic as we knew nothing else apart from it

  • @kevinadamson5768
    @kevinadamson5768 Год назад +23

    I did two tours in the 80,s on the border far away from the madness of Belfast. You wouldn't know the difference from the Catholics and Protestants just by sight unless you had a players list of all the Known IRA. Stopped and searched quite a few on the border checkpoints but I'm pleased to say I never had to fire a shot in anger. I could never understand the animosity between the different factions and it puzzled me why they never got along being an atheist but christened church of England myself. I'm glad it's sorted out now because I wouldn't like it to go back to the bad old days.

    • @truenorthgames
      @truenorthgames 10 месяцев назад +5

      Lad i come from a irish catholic family, I wanted to thank you for keeping the peace whenever you could. I'm sure most people wirh family's would agree.

    • @kevinadamson5768
      @kevinadamson5768 10 месяцев назад +7

      @@truenorthgames pleased you are all getting along better. I've heard Belfast is nice now and good for sightseeing. The enemy is not your neighbour now it's the ones coming in on boats.

    • @kevinadamson5768
      @kevinadamson5768 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@truenorthgames we were there doing a job whether the people liked it or not, all we wanted to do was get through it and get back home in one piece to our loved ones.

    • @truenorthgames
      @truenorthgames 10 месяцев назад +2

      @kevinadamson5768 im canadian but my family is from Northern Ireland ( Down County) on me dads side my mother's not sure but I still bless the boys who did all they could to keep the peace even after bloody Sunday bless you all

    • @Kdoggydogger
      @Kdoggydogger 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@kevinadamson5768who are the people on the boats?

  • @memefarmer5255
    @memefarmer5255 6 лет назад +36

    For the people that keep asking how he was not executed or jailed is the fact of the good Friday agreement.

  • @quirkypurple
    @quirkypurple 7 лет назад +148

    9:18 Wilhelm scream. Seems a bit of an odd choice for this sort of documentary.

    • @puccipuu1797
      @puccipuu1797 4 года назад +14

      Yeah very out of place.

    • @yuzat
      @yuzat 4 года назад +10

      I burst out laughing

    • @aaronfinnegan5035
      @aaronfinnegan5035 4 года назад

      😃

    • @aaronfinnegan5035
      @aaronfinnegan5035 4 года назад +2

      @@yuzat so did i😃

    • @tomphillips5438
      @tomphillips5438 4 года назад

      Dude. Read if you can? Learn b4 you give opinions. I saw friends bodies butchered by axes. Please. Research b4 speaking. War is horrible. There are no victors in war. God bless you

  • @jarjarbinks8198
    @jarjarbinks8198 4 года назад +47

    Knew and worked with Shane in the mid 90's when he was doing a bit of journalism in Dublin. Was always a thoughtful kind person, he had a beautiful dog at the time too as I recall. A gorgeous black lab. Good to see him doing well these days.

    • @aalexjohna
      @aalexjohna Год назад +1

      Also a murderer.

    • @quikie1984
      @quikie1984 5 месяцев назад +1

      Did you used to have renault 5 turbos????

  • @MAGAISKLAN
    @MAGAISKLAN 2 года назад +10

    I'm Catholic and we don't worship Mary. We honour her as the Mother of God. We worship Jesus Christ. I often wonder why this is so difficult for others to understand. I never knew Catholics in Ireland ever went through the type of discrimination this man is describing. It's often mind boggling to me how human beings insist on mistreating one another over absolutely ridiculous reasons.

    • @jackietreehorn5561
      @jackietreehorn5561 2 года назад +1

      Usually religion is the main culprit

    • @johnd8538
      @johnd8538 3 месяца назад

      Better off before Christianity.
      So called Paganism, belief in a nature God, is far more peaceful and un corrupted.

    • @victorygarden556
      @victorygarden556 3 месяца назад

      @@johnd8538 polytheism in a monotheistic world is an admission you worship evil.

  • @xwsftassell
    @xwsftassell 5 лет назад +66

    You can see this guy's got a broken heart.

    • @TheSpecky5eyes
      @TheSpecky5eyes 4 года назад +5

      And a broken accent

    • @owenmcdermott1320
      @owenmcdermott1320 2 года назад +2

      @@TheSpecky5eyes remain calm. No ones out to steal your favourite toenail clippers.

  • @keithmartin1497
    @keithmartin1497 8 лет назад +76

    he had the guts to change

  • @rossmrmojorisin9579
    @rossmrmojorisin9579 4 года назад +21

    What a amazing perspective. Great to watch gripping.. What a man.. What a man..

  • @valentindegen
    @valentindegen 7 лет назад +94

    What an important message in such troubled times. Shane O'Doherty's transformation should be an inspiration to everyone! Thanks Journeyman!

  • @kerrylord2576
    @kerrylord2576 4 года назад +12

    I am a 60 year old woman who has been looking to find out about the troubles in ireland for many years ,finding this video i found out more in 25 minutes than watching hours and hours ,also reading for hours, i now understand .thank you so much ,God bless to all .

  • @SJXN
    @SJXN 5 лет назад +24

    Im a unionist from Northern Ireland and would like to say thank you for sharing your story.
    I don’t think the country of Northern Ireland will ever move forward together as it is the parents that raise their kids to hate the other side from a very young age.
    Personally I hate living here. I just hope some day both sides can leave the past in the past and move forward to create peace and happiness for both sides.

    • @jiroyoshida6617
      @jiroyoshida6617 5 лет назад +5

      trailerparkboys How about you start by stopping to call yourself a unionist.

    • @SJXN
      @SJXN 5 лет назад +9

      Giro Azzolini I am a unionist. There’s a difference between being a unionist/nationalist and a loyalist/republican. I am what I am as I was born in to it. I don’t hate nationalism and I am not a bigot.

    • @jiroyoshida6617
      @jiroyoshida6617 5 лет назад +1

      EMB 2017 That’s easy said when you have been free from oppressive rule by the British government since 1922.

    • @joeday397
      @joeday397 5 лет назад +4

      There cant be "sides" and peace,just one Ireland will be the only thing that ever brings peace....the north is an English outpost waiting for the opportune time.

    • @michaelmckeown5396
      @michaelmckeown5396 2 года назад +2

      @@jiroyoshida6617 definitely shows your ignorance about Northern Ireland, most unionist identity as that because of cultural reasons not political ones, plenty of unionists don't vote because politically they disagree with the opinions of the DUP/UUP/TUV (the three biggest unionist parties) and have more in common with SDLP.

  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup 3 года назад +8

    “A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.” “It wasn't only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple truth that other people are as real as you.”

  • @SweetSirenia
    @SweetSirenia 6 месяцев назад +1

    This was beautiful. Thank you.
    All people, especially young people, need to be given an offramp from radicalism and violence. If they aren't afforded a real opportunity to be forgiven and accepted, there's no incentive to ever change. I'm so glad you changed, sir.

  • @DrRyan82994
    @DrRyan82994 3 года назад +11

    i’m glad he’s here to speak, it’s sad some people don’t know how to listen

  • @ToffeenoseToffee
    @ToffeenoseToffee 3 года назад +10

    Perhaps he needed to live the life he lived to come to his conclusions. What a waste his early years were. With people as passionate, driven and intelligent as him he could of been an Irish Martin Luther. Some people will say he should be locked up for life and their opinion would carry weight, but who better to teach the young of Ireland the way forward than this man?

  • @garymcmahon155
    @garymcmahon155 6 лет назад +25

    I'm glad the troubles are over I hope the sides can get along now and drink together and stop all the hatred it will take generations but it will happen I'm glad there is peace god bless you all

    • @stevesutton9444
      @stevesutton9444 4 года назад +3

      You hit the nail on the head when you said God bless you all. Answer me this, why would God bless anyone now and not when innocent people were being blown to smithereens? When we finally remove this stupid, illogical belief, peace might have a chance. Really, try to apply some logic. The Catholics were fighting the Protestants and the Protestants were fighting the Catholics, who was God blessing then?

    • @mob3144
      @mob3144 4 года назад +5

      @@stevesutton9444 Nothing to do with God. It is simply a land ownership struggle between the scum of Britain who stole it and the rightful owners of Ireland.

    • @alexbell8687
      @alexbell8687 4 года назад

      @@JasonMurphy1 proud to be from n Ireland and always will be three cheers for the red white and blue

    • @petebondurant58
      @petebondurant58 4 года назад

      @@stevesutton9444 Oh, great...another smug, annoying atheist who can't go one second of his life without shitting on anyone who isn't a smug, annoying atheist.

    • @irishlegend5326
      @irishlegend5326 3 года назад +1

      @@mob3144 imagine being a bigot.
      Fuck off because your kind of hate is no longer welcome.

  • @martinjackmcfinney112
    @martinjackmcfinney112 4 года назад +18

    Although the wrong having been done, obviously and very unfortunately can never be undone, may your victims and last but not least you be blessed Shane Paul O'Doherty.
    Peace to them, you and Ireland, the Republic as wel as Ulster, whether politically united or not. No more war, no more tragedy and shedding of blood, no more pain. McFinney, protestant, Irishman from Ulster and non-violent.

  • @Anglo_Saxon1
    @Anglo_Saxon1 3 года назад +20

    My god what an amazing fella.After everything he went through,he had the balls to stand up to some of his fellow countrymen to say this just isn't right,and it's certainly not Christian.

    • @greatone7314
      @greatone7314 2 года назад +1

      It's called being a Human Being.

  • @gaggymott9159
    @gaggymott9159 4 года назад +7

    Thank God I grew up in a town where Protestants and Roman Catholics grew up and were deep and sincere friends. Ecumenism and 'cross-community' relations have always been strong, business owner and customer, priest and minister, Billy and Seán, Siobhán and Sadie...... Thank goodness our community have had the mature good sense and understanding to see past someone's religious denomination...

    • @rymic72
      @rymic72 2 года назад +1

      When was it ever truly a matter of religion?

  • @nallekarhu7994
    @nallekarhu7994 Год назад +3

    Born In Dublin 72, I remember the atmosphere, our working class suburbs were full of Provo activity, especially during hunger strike, black flags hung everywhere

  • @Ead32180
    @Ead32180 4 года назад +8

    Unfortunately, armed struggle has done nothing but killed men, women and children and imprisoned men and women. I understand how easy it was to get caught up in wanting to fight for your freedom and country, but everyone was just disposable on both sides to the paramilitary groups. And to think that not much has changed in NI since the 1980s is just extremely disappointing and sad..but it seems like it is Irish history, doesn't it? I hope to see a united country and one where religion does not define a person...

  • @edwardodonnell6857
    @edwardodonnell6857 2 года назад +37

    It takes courage to change.Shane opens his heart and soul gives a honest account of his life narrative a child born into the troubles.He certainly did some awful things but he attempts to explain how and why in his own understanding of the dirty war.

    • @tub19
      @tub19 2 года назад +4

      I learnt a lot the troubles from a young Irish lad, who moved away from it, met him at college..
      He told me about when he was between 6 or 7 and he was a corner shop, he saw guy getting shot in the back..

  • @franciscassidy2131
    @franciscassidy2131 6 лет назад +78

    Great film. But the comments here give me the impression we still have a long way to go.

    • @johncarey7656
      @johncarey7656 5 лет назад +3

      It will never end.

    • @eamonngreene7594
      @eamonngreene7594 4 года назад

      Ya can say that again

    • @tomceltic5502
      @tomceltic5502 4 года назад +4

      Ireland unfree shall never be at peace p.pearse

    • @MarvelousLXVII
      @MarvelousLXVII 4 года назад +1

      When people quit fighting over imaginary gods things will be better.

    • @franciscassidy2131
      @franciscassidy2131 4 года назад +1

      @Kevin Green Ticking time bomb in what sense? You mean the unprocessed collective trauma we all hold?

  • @tonyjames5444
    @tonyjames5444 4 года назад +50

    Interesting seeing a UVF murial on the intro, reminds me of a time in the USA when I was talking to some men in a bar who said they were Irish American and supported the Reuplicans, I'm not saying they were clueless but one had recently gotten a UVF tattoo complete with the red hand logo. I didnt have the heart to tell him they were a Loyalist group and often wonder if he ever found out.

    • @michaeljohnson7929
      @michaeljohnson7929 4 года назад +10

      That can't be true surely...

    • @tonyjames5444
      @tonyjames5444 4 года назад +23

      @@michaeljohnson7929 Afraid it is, aside from that you'd be amazed how many Irish Americans actually have Ulster/Protestant ancestors and are totally unaware of what it means.

    • @tonyjames5444
      @tonyjames5444 4 года назад

      @Samsung Worldwide 'our children'....are you 6?

    • @tomphillips5438
      @tomphillips5438 4 года назад +7

      Unfortunately if I see a UVF tattoo I don’t think I could control myself. Sucks. So much bitterness. I’m a nicePeaceful guy.

    • @Ead32180
      @Ead32180 4 года назад +2

      No they were clueless

  • @jobutterfill6558
    @jobutterfill6558 4 года назад +13

    my father was a British soldier in northern Ireland. He did riots mostly.

    • @tomphillips5438
      @tomphillips5438 4 года назад +2

      Wow. He was just a bloke looking for a job. That’s the worst part. Just kids looking fir a job. And we killed them. Poor fuckers.

    • @tomphillips5438
      @tomphillips5438 4 года назад +1

      You would have grown with jail. But you give your incarceration the credit. I dont, You were destined to become free if evil either way. I credit the Irish, your heart is the heart of all our people. From the Druid to the Christian. No snakes here.

    • @tomphillips5438
      @tomphillips5438 4 года назад +1

      I’m happy he’s alive and having. Pint. Those troubles were bs

    • @tomphillips5438
      @tomphillips5438 4 года назад +1

      I saw many a Brit bleeding on street.

    • @tomphillips5438
      @tomphillips5438 4 года назад +2

      Breaks my heart.

  • @TheNoSuchThingPodcast
    @TheNoSuchThingPodcast Год назад +10

    I grew up in Northern Ireland as a Catholic from 1970-2000 then i emigrated. The IRA were wrong. The bombing campaign and armed struggle were wrong and cannot be morally justified. So many innocent people were killed. I realize why they started, as a response to the conditions at the time and I understand the gunmen on both sides, but no matter what way you slice it, it was just just wrong.

    • @kriegenjoyer6913
      @kriegenjoyer6913 Год назад

      Civilians should never ever be killed

    • @jimmyalfonda3536
      @jimmyalfonda3536 7 месяцев назад +3

      The way the British treated the Irish can totally justify an armed campaign. The way the campaign went became morally wrong, but there was nothing wrong about an armed campaign from the getgo.

    • @PatTigue
      @PatTigue 6 месяцев назад +1

      So it rong to be Irish n catholic your queen is dead boss not any loss they taught they ruled world dont rule me !!!!!

  • @sinthrax
    @sinthrax 6 лет назад +7

    To many people today would never fight. Look around the world....

    • @SadieMage
      @SadieMage 5 лет назад

      Sinthrax 11 yea this is what treaties got us.

    • @peterbalac1915
      @peterbalac1915 4 года назад

      Sinthrax 11 your right, only on call of duty ect

  • @phillipasalisbury7570
    @phillipasalisbury7570 4 года назад +9

    My relative William Murray was born in Dublin in 1829 an imigrated too Australia some time later an having heard an read the history an stories of the IRA an Irish history I'm so glad he moved here to Australia

  • @johnsabini2330
    @johnsabini2330 3 года назад +26

    There in 1970 and as a young soldier felt but for a change of UK government the 40 + tragic years could have been avoided. As the video progressed I warmed to the guy and his message! How is victims would view this I don’t know, but I applaud him for making this video. I wish peace to all the people of The Island of Ireland and no return to dark times.

  • @ATLmodK
    @ATLmodK 2 года назад +3

    A very good example of the trauma of causing death and destruction. I have been impressed by the number of IRA explaining how difficult the pain of knowing their own guilt

  • @thegenie3312
    @thegenie3312 4 месяца назад +2

    I was born into a very protestant home and my dad was taken prisoner by the IRA whilst they used his car to carry out an operation and he never recovered from the trauma BUT I say without hesitation that the protestant people from the 1920s to the 1960s should have done more to recognise the outrageous discrimination against people who simply wanted to be Irish. The roles will be reversed when a United Ireland comes which it will before 2030 and the protestants will then know what it is like to be in such a minority - I have no doubt there will be anarchy in loyalist areas when this inevitably and democratically happens.

    • @TheScaryTruthCatalyst
      @TheScaryTruthCatalyst 3 месяца назад +1

      When the Irish Free State was founded, it was founded with rampant Catholicism at its core. Burnings and attacks on Protestant homes was common in rural areas during the 1920s throughout the Free State with IRA attacks continuing in the North. This created a 'cold war' between north and south...A united Ireland is meaningless in today's context as both the UK and Republic of Ireland and mere economic zones, overwhelmed with 'non-islanders' and run by the same Globalists.

    • @thegenie3312
      @thegenie3312 3 месяца назад

      @@TheScaryTruthCatalyst Great point. The huge US companies call the shots now and have made Ireland a cash rich country unlike the UK.

  • @r3g4rds
    @r3g4rds 8 лет назад +33

    why do all journeyman videos have this accidental 90's aesthetic

    • @BK4YN_HC_GUERILLA
      @BK4YN_HC_GUERILLA 8 лет назад +1

      +MrRabastan IT's because they are from the 90's and older and presented as "new" and want you to go to their site and buy the documentary you would like to watch

    • @InfiniteRhombus
      @InfiniteRhombus 8 лет назад +5

      +MrRabastan because the documentaries are from the 90's you dope

    • @r3g4rds
      @r3g4rds 8 лет назад +4

      There was also a recent documentary on the panama leaks that looked like it was filmed on a 90's camcorder. I think it's just the cameras they use or something.

    • @Lawrence818
      @Lawrence818 8 лет назад +1

      +Iggy Tubman stupid answer dumb shit!

    • @LThaPunisha
      @LThaPunisha 4 года назад

      @@BK4YN_HC_GUERILLA well theyre not the kid was wearing a Liverpool top from a few years ago

  • @getzapt743
    @getzapt743 8 лет назад +21

    Outstanding video...very informative....thanks

  • @johnsabini2330
    @johnsabini2330 3 года назад +5

    Watched and warmed to the man as it progressed. Was there in ‘70 as a squaddie and felt but for a change of the UK government., the 40 + tragic years would have been avoided, it did not have to happen.

  • @KyleInOklahoma
    @KyleInOklahoma 5 лет назад +24

    *_As an Irish Catholic, i'm in awe every day at how good & forgiving God is to us_*

    • @jaypee6061
      @jaypee6061 5 лет назад +4

      As a prod , I say thank God he is , otherwise the lot of us would be going to Hell..........

    • @keithverrills3235
      @keithverrills3235 5 лет назад +2

      AUDE SAPERE Hell is where God sends English rapists and murderers for the last 800 years,and their Scottish Protestant mercenaries for the the last 400 years ,who committed,and still are committing those crimes against Irish Catholics in our own country. What about over 400 Irish Catholic priests tortured to death by the English in English Occupied Ireland? This clown didn't mention that. It sounds like he's grovelling to England.

    • @jaypee6061
      @jaypee6061 5 лет назад +8

      @@keithverrills3235 Hell is also where people who won't forgive others are sent..... You must let go of the past Keith , otherwise you merely become a prisoner of the past....... No country's hands are clean in history...... the Irish slave traded the Cornish and the Welsh for two centuries, does St. Patrick ring a bell..... invaded Scotland ( alba) in 500AD , and by 900AD had removed the Picts from their land..... Involved in slave trading the Africans to America and helped ' rid ' America of 80 million Native Red Indians ( so did the Ulster Scots.) The Red Indians claim it was more like 300 million...... thru disease and ' war '..........

    • @Devils-advocate78
      @Devils-advocate78 5 лет назад +4

      and as an athiest im disgusted with the lot of you

    • @Devils-advocate78
      @Devils-advocate78 5 лет назад +5

      @@keithverrills3235 no hell is an imaginary place made up by catholics to frighten people into doing what they say

  • @gordon4228
    @gordon4228 6 лет назад +27

    That was a really moving story , how he changed from violence to seeing a peacefull way forward. They should make him First Minister to knock sense into both communities. The weird thing about Northern Ireland is they have way more in common with each other than anyone else...

    • @silver4831
      @silver4831 2 года назад

      Still a murderer.

    • @davidharrison441
      @davidharrison441 Год назад

      Well it moved me , i threw up at his wonderful conversation but no thought of managing to live with the murder he brought to the world , a good man would have killed himself once he realised what he had done .

  • @keithverrills3235
    @keithverrills3235 5 лет назад +6

    This guy just waffles on.Ireland belongs to the Irish.What's hard to understand about that?

    • @FannyShmellar
      @FannyShmellar 4 года назад

      Nobody is saying it doesn’t. Ireland belongs to Ireland, Northern Ireland belongs to England.

    • @Johnnyfive55
      @Johnnyfive55 3 года назад

      @@FannyShmellar Your lack of understanding is exposed when you said "England" that's even insulted to Unionists

  • @SpZ013
    @SpZ013 8 лет назад +23

    Thank you for sharing this information. Now i know more about that madness then.Much respect.

  • @jacksonrailroadIreland
    @jacksonrailroadIreland 10 месяцев назад +1

    13:41 who played this version of amazing grace

  • @tonygreene81able
    @tonygreene81able 5 лет назад +6

    WOW this guy is probably responsible for SO many deaths of innocent people. And he just a nice down to earth everyday guy. WOW

    • @ssmmkk82
      @ssmmkk82 5 лет назад +2

      Even a wild dog can be tamed with the passage of time.

  • @CartePostale.
    @CartePostale. 4 года назад +4

    I was born in Derry too. The "problem" of the name, if this man is honest, occurs only when one is away from "home". EVERYBODY in Derry calls it by the shortened version. I was born into a home with parents who didn't teach us that religion was something to beat our neighbor with who worshipped in another way!! The British army entered Ireland at the behest of the Nationalist community & they only became the bad guys to Nationalists when they realised it was unfair to only search Loyalist communities & drive past barricades leading to Nationalist communities where guns & bombs were being gathered up. The R.U.C. was not a protestant police force. Put simply any Catholic who tried to join was shot! We lived in the U.S.A. for half our lives & there is simply NO comparison to the civil rights abuses that were perpetrated on the African-American communities, especially in the southern states. We all know about "Bloody Sunday" but never, "Bloody Friday" when almost 30 bombs were planted by the I.R.A., just as schools were getting out. One man was asked to "identify his son" & when he went to do so was handed a bent signet ring, the ONLY thing left of his son. He talks of armed struggle & "war". It wasn't war, as paramilitaries wear regular clothes & can't be identified as the enemy. You can all hear what a "brave boy" he was, destroying his own city & slaughtering his fellow countrymen...........His turn around didn't come quickly enough for those whom he murdered. I'd like to see him try writing a letter of apology to them. You may hear of the I.R.A. only killing drug dealers now & think that they're doing the community a service. Not so. Other drug dealers are impinging on "their" territory &, so, they have to be killed!! A woman saw a comment I'd written (2 weeks ago) of how lovely it was to have normal life back. She was a Roman Catholic from the Bogside in Derry, like the monster in this video. She wrote, "It may have changed for you but not for anyone living in a Republican stronghold. Our kids have their kneecaps shot out for the smallest of offences but especially if they don't buy drugs from the I.R.A. We get a call to actually bring our own children to be "punished", if we don't, they come to get them at home & kill them in front of us". Now for a strange ending to this very strange "documentary". Despite "the troubles", Northern Ireland usually came near the top or held the top spot for the "safest place to vacation in Europe". Despite the bombs in certain "strongholds", minor crime was not & is not a big issue in N. Ireland. We were blessed to live in a beautiful country & simply need to give peace a decent chance!

  • @polpotter3640
    @polpotter3640 4 года назад +5

    Good luck Mr Shane Paul o Doherty you have travelled a long and dangerous path in so many ways and you deserve peace

    • @matthewbond6029
      @matthewbond6029 3 года назад

      100%. We need more people like him on both sides to tell their story.. and how futile and wrong it was. Now? Its the politicians that keep us separated.

  • @chrisj197438
    @chrisj197438 6 лет назад +20

    I’ll never understand why one country must impose its way of life whatever that may be onto another country.

    • @creamcornsurprize6608
      @creamcornsurprize6608 5 лет назад +9

      GREED

    • @SadieMage
      @SadieMage 5 лет назад +2

      Same. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Britain is to thank.

    • @5888max
      @5888max 5 лет назад +2

      But they wish too that is what republican violence was all about and even now with peace they still want to force the Unionists into a country that they do not want

    • @LetsSeeYourKungFu
      @LetsSeeYourKungFu 5 лет назад +2

      It's not an issue of a country imposing it's dominance. It's an issue of humanity being a completely failed experiment. What occupies these countries? People. Every powerful nation got powerful by brutally and systematically eliminating all perceived enemies and "undesirables". Undesirables are defined subjectively, and can vary according to the whim of whatever tyrant happens to be in charge. As long there are humans, there will always be cruelty and mistreatment. It's just different varieties according to the locale

    • @joemoody7440
      @joemoody7440 5 лет назад +3

      @@5888max you mean native Irish people who you stolen our land from fuck off home

  • @kingkong5424
    @kingkong5424 3 года назад +8

    I repent any wrong I spoke of this man he is a man of our saviour

  • @sauceru99
    @sauceru99 8 лет назад +22

    Jeez, you can see the regret in his eyes

    • @ianbennett1491
      @ianbennett1491 5 лет назад +4

      All evil killers turn to Bible bashing. Myra Hindley,Rose West.They think it will make people think,well he was a bastard but he's turned to God. Ask your victim's,the father's and mothers who lost children .See what they think about you.Not just Catholics, protestants as well .It is too late to be sorry. The damage has been done.I could never forgive anyone that murdered members of my family.

    • @joemoody7440
      @joemoody7440 5 лет назад +5

      bennett imperialist occupation always ends up in blood shed it should never happen

    • @nicholasmolloy7343
      @nicholasmolloy7343 4 года назад

      Just read ur comment and yeah ur right to a certain point, I couldn’t forgive anyone that hurt mine, but at least he tryed to change things.

    • @holeefuk413
      @holeefuk413 2 года назад

      @@ianbennett1491 the Bible is full of people who did bad things and saw the light

  • @Stephan74
    @Stephan74 4 года назад +3

    Would the people of Northern Ireland vote to be an all Ireland and give up all things British? No NHS for one.

  • @TheJimbojetset1
    @TheJimbojetset1 8 лет назад +9

    look I am British but I do understand were this man comes from you have to watch what a educated man thinks and what he became as a child glad its history now

    • @RobertK1993
      @RobertK1993 8 лет назад +7

      He was an IRA terorist all IRA and Ulster Loyalits terorrists should be in jail.

    • @seanwhitty5155
      @seanwhitty5155 7 лет назад +8

      Robert Kelly you haven't a fucking clue about Irish history so don't comment on something that you don't know anything about

    • @torquemada3273
      @torquemada3273 5 лет назад +3

      @@seanwhitty5155 Maybe rk should go to school and try and learn how to spell then he could read some books😋

    • @crazytanks2001
      @crazytanks2001 4 года назад +2

      @@RobertK1993 no they should be killed

    • @amysands8925
      @amysands8925 3 года назад +1

      @@RobertK1993
      Instead of that they let them out. To kill again.

  • @caoimheodonnell6529
    @caoimheodonnell6529 7 лет назад +9

    The flag at the start wasn’t the Irish flag

  • @iansoutryer3189
    @iansoutryer3189 3 года назад +17

    I must say, a very courageous, thoughtful and (not least of all) an insipiring man.
    A very good film.

  • @nealbeard1
    @nealbeard1 5 лет назад +17

    The comment section is like a verbal version of Derry/Londonderry at the height

    • @petebondurant58
      @petebondurant58 4 года назад +6

      And about 90% of the commenters neither Irish nor British.

  • @shazzzabanazz4789
    @shazzzabanazz4789 4 года назад +6

    Let's ask a victim of the bombings omagh bombing or shankill bombing or more ,, u were 18 old enough to know better,,

    • @exthetic6755
      @exthetic6755 3 года назад

      i mean, if your growing up around it you'd think it's normal

  • @StonefieldJim4
    @StonefieldJim4 4 года назад +5

    Thank you for this candid account. Powerful and moving.

  • @Dave5783
    @Dave5783 4 года назад +3

    Amen pray for both sides and all who have passed

  • @karr1111
    @karr1111 8 лет назад +70

    Hopefully the Irish will have all their land back....

  • @dalroache
    @dalroache 5 лет назад +17

    Amazing grace....how sweet the sound too save a wretch like me....amen stay blessed brother with God all things are possible

  • @oshaughnessyrof5201
    @oshaughnessyrof5201 7 лет назад +38

    Your not a child soldier at 18

    • @oshaughnessyrof5201
      @oshaughnessyrof5201 7 лет назад +5

      I'm 18 and going thru the process of becoming a member of the forces am I a child soldier?

    • @pringleprice5084
      @pringleprice5084 5 лет назад +10

      The guy was 15

    • @garyreynolds5733
      @garyreynolds5733 5 лет назад +10

      @@oshaughnessyrof5201 did you grow up yet?

    • @DARRENTINOnz
      @DARRENTINOnz 5 лет назад +6

      @@oshaughnessyrof5201 What a gay thing to say..

    • @diturner7247
      @diturner7247 5 лет назад

      @@DARRENTINOnz yes and it literally makes me sick.

  • @joekavanagh8997
    @joekavanagh8997 14 часов назад

    Great video and Shane O' Doherty is a unique individual.
    I was born in the South ,in Kerry,and never went to o the North.I've been all over America,coast to coast,and across Canada from Montreal to Vancouver and have never set foot in Belfast or Derry.
    When I was a teenager in the 1970''s ,everynight on the RTE News were stories of shootings and bombings in the North.To us it became like a foreign country as we never had the experiences of the people in the North.Plus we had a very different accent which made us feel ,even though they were Irish , that they were not Irish like we were.
    I plan on visiting Ireland in 2025 and will be finally going to Belfast and Derry.I feel like I owe them a visit.Its been long enough .
    I plan on

  • @masoodahmed2041
    @masoodahmed2041 2 года назад +8

    An inspirational film well narrated this is a lesson to us all that it can be done, through adversity and political courage it can happen, just a shame it will not happen in Israel and Palestine.

    • @WKDMOUSE67
      @WKDMOUSE67 Год назад

      The Bible tells you what will happen. Heavenly Father have mercy on us all your children give us wisdom and discernment amen.

  • @corettaha7855
    @corettaha7855 5 лет назад +2

    Child soldiers are below 14, though all my uncles were to the point their mama would have had to call cops if they’d been too determined to fight with her below that age. To say you take no responsibility for yourself because you weren’t middle aged yet is just excuses. No hard feelings, but don’t feel the need to disrespect your own agency to be accepted. It’s a respectable cause, but we are all glad it’s being pursued politically now.

  • @ScragNath
    @ScragNath 3 года назад +3

    I toured on my motorcycle in 2018 and stayed on Culmore road In Londonderry (A2). As I withdrew cash from the ATM that evening, an Irish local was surprised to hear my English accent when I said hello. I lived in Belfast as a child in the early 60's when my father did his tour whilst in the Army and I have fond memories of Northern Ireland. Very friendly people.

  • @mikecwiklinski6999
    @mikecwiklinski6999 8 лет назад +18

    the guy gets sentenced to 30 life terms and only serves 14 years wtf

    • @Christinebanks11
      @Christinebanks11 8 лет назад +2

      Irish "justice"

    • @ulsterscotsman6648
      @ulsterscotsman6648 5 лет назад +6

      There is no justice in Northern Ireland thanks to the IRA scumbags

    • @ROC14088
      @ROC14088 5 лет назад +10

      Good Friday agreement

    • @barlb0se301
      @barlb0se301 4 года назад +7

      @@ulsterscotsman6648 it started because brits treated the irish as second class citizens and didnt give them freedom, the IRA wanted the brits out of ireland and wanted a unified ireland to stop that, there is no justice thanks to the brits

    • @britopia1341
      @britopia1341 4 года назад

      mike cwiklinski It just show you that us UK’ers aren’t evil after all. We give our murdering opposition a second chance. The TRUTH is we consider the Irish British. They’re our brothers and sisters. I’m not really sure if I care about the UK or the RoI. I just want the people of our isles to be united and

  • @darengraham4909
    @darengraham4909 5 лет назад +3

    Whatever happened to him also happened to southern Irish protestants in the south of Ireland,no say,intimidation,ethnically cleansed from their homes,there is always two sides to every story,wake up

    • @northernwhatshapping6724
      @northernwhatshapping6724 5 лет назад +2

      So true 30% of southern irelands population was unionist and protestant. And now it is less than 2% explain that??? Nobody seems to be talking about it

    • @paigeleigh2554
      @paigeleigh2554 5 лет назад

      I didn't know that.
      Thank you!

    • @beaglaoich4418
      @beaglaoich4418 4 года назад +1

      Just to clarify this point, that is factually untrue (for the few people that may read it) While there was a marked decrease in the population of Protestants in what would become the Republic of Ireland it was not due to government or paramilitary discrimination post Anglo-Irish Treaty. As one example of this mixed marriages in the pre Free State were common, 15% of Protestant men married Catholics with purportedly 4/5 raising Catholic children.
      Also for stats on Protestantism pre Free State; 10% of the population of the 26 were Protestant around 1900, declining to a low of 3% in the 1990s. The population of Protestants now has grown to 4% as of the 2011 census.
      While there is a substantial reduction of Protestants halving of their numbers is a large reduction again this can be attributed to a variety of aspects such as the British government representatives whether army auxiliary constabulary or other civil service would most likely follow their employers out of the Free State as well as given that it can be fairly assumed Protestants tended to have stronger connections to U.K. as well as being a driving force behind industry pre 1920.
      There are 100% instances of violence committed against Protestants or British sympathisers as well as some instances of marginalisation but other important factors include the migrations of cultural groups across the border in Ireland. This is despicable and should be condemned in the strongest degree.
      On the flipside Ireland’s first and fourth Presidents were Protestant, in my own constituency in Ulster we have Protestant Teachta Dala, though their religion is immaterial only that I went googling about them it turns out this self professed republican (supporter of the values of a Republic not to be confused with the nationalist Republicans) is of Unionist stock.
      The scars of sectarianism are much lessened south of the border, that’s not to pretend they don’t exist, they definitely do. But by in large we have managed to lessen the religious emphasis of the past to the point the old labels are almost meaningless and hopefully the same will happen to Northern Ireland.
      I am happy to engage with anyone willing to fruitfully converse on these areas, especially as I become more reflective on the past as fears of the hardening of the border I live near grows.

    • @northernwhatshapping6724
      @northernwhatshapping6724 2 года назад

      @Billy nolan you don't have a clue what your talking about you clown

    • @northernwhatshapping6724
      @northernwhatshapping6724 2 года назад

      @Billy nolan yea like 1 person. And was the easter rising not meant to happen in every major town in Ireland??? Lol only Dublin rebelled

  • @haalstaag
    @haalstaag 4 года назад +21

    It saddens me when I see the language used on vids like these. As an ex British soldier who served many times in the province, I really do believe, for there to peace, the hate has got to stop....then we can all move on and have a United Ireland and a friendly neighbour

    • @peterbalac1915
      @peterbalac1915 4 года назад +2

      If only carlsberg did happy ending's mick, sadly I doubt that will ever happen 👍

    • @mashupbeatz5042
      @mashupbeatz5042 4 года назад +2

      The Brits have left a scar too deep to forgive

    • @haalstaag
      @haalstaag 4 года назад +7

      No scar is too deep to heal....if you truthfully believe it is....you are part of the problem

    • @mashupbeatz5042
      @mashupbeatz5042 4 года назад +5

      @@haalstaag some scars dont heal. I think about my little brother every day who was shot in the head by a rubber bullet and killed. An innocent 9 year old! The problem has been there well before me. There shouldn't even be a problem in the first place if you Brits just stayed on your own land.

    • @johnjones8572
      @johnjones8572 4 года назад +1

      @@mashupbeatz5042 guess you turned down the sound and made up your own commentary

  • @didimean
    @didimean 7 лет назад +10

    great video, the music choice alone was fantastic.

  • @oundrayflemingpietersz4190
    @oundrayflemingpietersz4190 5 лет назад +18

    I love Ireland

    • @christophercarmody7094
      @christophercarmody7094 4 года назад +3

      Ireland loves you

    • @alexbell8687
      @alexbell8687 4 года назад +1

      @@christophercarmody7094 I love Northern Ireland

    • @kumar9346
      @kumar9346 3 года назад +1

      @@alexbell8687 You mean northern Ireland, "Northern Ireland" is an illegitimate country.

  • @astrohaterade
    @astrohaterade 8 лет назад +18

    So powerful.

  • @eliassmyrneos1247
    @eliassmyrneos1247 8 лет назад +6

    So the Eola's boys turned you around man...still N. Ireland is under British rue, right?

    • @misterdabalina4694
      @misterdabalina4694 8 лет назад

      I don't think so anymore

    • @thesaturdaytechchannelwith553
      @thesaturdaytechchannelwith553 8 лет назад +1

      Well half true, Britain isn't an empire using the world colonies and Ireland as slaves for resources anymore, instead each international territory in our modern world, today, gets their own democratic government with the military support and finical benefit of being legally considered a British oversea's territory with of course mutually sharing the increased tax's of from the British mainland and the international mainland itself - so is the same with Northern Ireland and in fact, Northern Ireland actually has quite a few more legal freedoms than the average British person in Scotland, England or Wales, the first I know is that the people of Northern Ireland actually is legally allowed to defend themselves (meaning they can actually purchase objects with the intent of harm) and even legally purchase a pistol firearm! So yes Northern Ireland is under 'British Rule' but it's not what it sounds and as we've learned from the past, the relationship with the rest of the UK with Northern Ireland as stated is mutually beneficial nowadays.

    • @TY-gh2yf
      @TY-gh2yf 5 лет назад

      @Pj12160 keyboard warrior mate, grow up.

  • @amysmith3189
    @amysmith3189 7 лет назад +29

    can I just say something ? 1 UP THE RA , 2 if u were a true Irish person u would take this in WE R FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM. AND WE WONT GIVE UP SO STICK UR UNION JACK WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK !!! IF U DONT LIKE IT U KNOW WHERE THE DOOR IS

    • @user-lf3wr8rh7r
      @user-lf3wr8rh7r 7 лет назад +5

      union flag, it,s only a union jack when aboard a ship young spuddy

    • @calutron008
      @calutron008 6 лет назад

      AS if the prots would go back to Scotland or England or wherever they came from if only they could lol. smile from down under.

    • @tracer3351
      @tracer3351 6 лет назад

      calutron00 we dont need the north

    • @dougie-ru4yp
      @dougie-ru4yp 6 лет назад +3

      If you dnt lik living in the uk you know were the border is 🇬🇧

    • @richsmith3529
      @richsmith3529 6 лет назад +1

      Amy Smith scumbags

  • @michaelhussein870
    @michaelhussein870 2 года назад +3

    Bless you, à very straightforward piece, and continued enlightenment to you & all of us going forward, no matter where or why. Peace

  • @davidclarke4040
    @davidclarke4040 5 лет назад +5

    Very very sad for both sides I think it will get better out there

  • @charliebridges3584
    @charliebridges3584 7 лет назад +24

    What a wonderful and moving story. How a man moved from war to peace. He probably saved as many lives as he took by the change of his ways and his efforts to make peace. It is amazing how Jesus can change things around completely in a split second - he probably created this entire universe in a split second.

    • @hello.1325
      @hello.1325 6 лет назад +2

      Great point! Well said!

    • @Devils-advocate78
      @Devils-advocate78 5 лет назад

      @@hello.1325 complete waffle

    • @rahowherox1177
      @rahowherox1177 4 года назад

      Ffs, it's a war between Christians, you moron. The war is over jesus.

  • @Dibby98
    @Dibby98 4 года назад +5

    1:37 correct use of the word "problematic"

  • @TheRicardoSanchez
    @TheRicardoSanchez 3 года назад +2

    War is war. You didn't ask for it. It was imposed on you. War is ugly and there are innocent victims. The English Cabal is responsible for all the lives lost thru that struggle. Not the patriot standing up for a righteous cause.

  • @DC-fo3bn
    @DC-fo3bn 3 года назад +4

    To none Irish people, it was never about Catholics vs Protestants, it was always about Irish people being colonised by British people. Armed struggle against occupation is enshrined as a right in international law.

  • @mattd6204
    @mattd6204 8 лет назад +18

    If you changed Catholic and Protestant to Shia and Sunni and all in Arabic, the comment section would lead you to believe this was a video about the Iran/Iraq War.

    • @mickfunny4185
      @mickfunny4185 7 лет назад

      Matt DiBerto so you voted for Trump

    • @thorkrynu4551
      @thorkrynu4551 5 лет назад +2

      All religion is gang warfare no exceptions.

    • @ssmmkk82
      @ssmmkk82 5 лет назад +4

      And your point is?????
      Before you think of an answer can i just point out that, other than the humans killing humans similarity! that's where the similarities END.
      its a completely different kettle of fish altogether.
      COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

    • @michaelheery6303
      @michaelheery6303 3 года назад

      Add in KURDISH PROBLEM

  • @mikehansen3820
    @mikehansen3820 3 года назад +3

    Forgive me I did not know that I left a comment but after briefly looking at the content of the video I have spent a lot of my childhood study the problems of Ireland and do agree with many of the Irish

  • @aquaticaustralia
    @aquaticaustralia 4 года назад +2

    Shame such a creative and inventive young kid could not have turned his engineering talent for peace instead of war! Sad.

  • @PMMagro
    @PMMagro 6 лет назад +21

    Can you this man taking/selling drugs and threathening his own kin for personal gains?
    This kind off fighter can not be beaten, he is just and fair (and hence has a bad consience for what he did...).
    I wish more people in this world where like you Sir!

  • @rymic72
    @rymic72 2 года назад +1

    Why’s the thumbnail of a UVF mural in Carrickfergus?

  • @backwoodsjunkie08
    @backwoodsjunkie08 2 года назад +10

    This guy is what men all over should strive to be. Even though he was a very horrible person, he is seeking redemption and forgiveness. Not many men can do that while setting aside their pride

  • @bytpranks8089
    @bytpranks8089 Год назад +1

    I was born in 1984 my dad -my father brought me up with no hate- but il never be Irish I'm northern Irish 🇬🇧 no surrender

    • @jamiemcc6253
      @jamiemcc6253 Год назад +1

      That's sound, But why stay in Ireland if you don't want to be irish. I'm not even being disrespectful. The irish that went to Scotland should come home, And yous go home. No disrespect. It's just easier that way.

    • @jamiemcc6253
      @jamiemcc6253 Год назад

      Yous are like the trans people, You have to call them they/them. Trying to make things difficult. When there tons of better options. Yous aren't even British, Yous are Scots. And even England doesn't want to know Yous. How long is this gonna last. We could all be living peaceful, But instead people let there ego win, No surrender etc.

    • @jackietreehorn5561
      @jackietreehorn5561 Год назад

      Surely you have some Irish in you, I mean the description is in the title

  • @pakilovescurry7828
    @pakilovescurry7828 8 лет назад +23

    This year I will be going to France and helping the French army as I'm in the irish army we don't go out to war we help the men and women and children in the world

    • @ssmmkk82
      @ssmmkk82 5 лет назад +3

      And your point is?

    • @rapid1019
      @rapid1019 5 лет назад +1

      Ireland doesn't have an army

    • @joemoody7440
      @joemoody7440 5 лет назад

      @@rapid1019 are you simple?

    • @rapid1019
      @rapid1019 5 лет назад

      @@joemoody7440 what do you mean? Ireland has a defence force it's not recognised as an army

    • @joemoody7440
      @joemoody7440 5 лет назад

      @@rapid1019 the army is part of the defence forces a number of different organization naval air Corp etc just putting out a statement like Ireland doesn't have an army is disingenuous at best

  • @MrSporkster
    @MrSporkster 7 лет назад +13

    Now, I remember when Domnall Ó Murchadha was trying to skip across to Antrim for a PIRA job in '72, his bird was opposed, but I said 'Aibreann, you must let him go, he's doing the Lord's work for sure', so he went and the UVF kneecapped him on Crosskennan Road. Looking back, it wasn't my best recommendation. :/

  • @richardcollins6815
    @richardcollins6815 5 лет назад +14

    I respect that you felt the need to change but the struggle for an United Ireland is a just cause

    • @andrews1376
      @andrews1376 4 года назад +5

      Killing people to achieve it is not a just cause and that is the point that he is making.

  • @britopia1341
    @britopia1341 4 года назад +8

    I’m an Albion and a Brit. I’m from a Protestant background but my family aren’t really Christian. I suppose I’d say I was a Unionist but I prefer the name Derry to Londonderry. It’s just a better sounding name. We need to come together and have a good old love making session in our Isles.

    • @invisibleman4827
      @invisibleman4827 4 года назад

      To be honest, it's two cities in one, and which name applies depends on which part of town you are in.
      "Derry" is the Bogside section and the Catholic majority areas, "Londonderry" is the Protestant majority area inside the walls and on the hill. Nobody says so, but from an outsider's perspective, that's what it is.

    • @britopia1341
      @britopia1341 4 года назад

      Invisible Man Mainly Protestants live inside the city walls?

    • @invisibleman4827
      @invisibleman4827 4 года назад

      @@britopia1341 That's what they were originally for.

    • @britopia1341
      @britopia1341 4 года назад

      Invisible Man I know that. It’s just that when I looked at a map of segregation I thought it showed a Catholic majority inside the city walls.

    • @invisibleman4827
      @invisibleman4827 4 года назад +2

      @@britopia1341 No wait, you're right. There is a Catholic majority there. It does seem like that's the character of the division, though.

  • @troutlips5597
    @troutlips5597 6 лет назад +9

    Honest outlook of an volunteer, brave individual, good description of the terrors we endured, but also remorseful after the troubles we inflicted, there's two sides to every story and I think he did OK, but did loyalist learn anything, unfortunately NOT

  • @dave-kr6sc
    @dave-kr6sc Год назад +1

    The one thing that doesn't make sense is, it seems like the Protestants just snapped one day what caused that ?

  • @MarK-iw2xj
    @MarK-iw2xj 4 года назад +14

    Provided this is a true story. It's quite humbling that this man was able to turn his life around and bring an end to the violence. It must be very difficult to grow up after experiencing such a difficult childhood

    • @benjijarman
      @benjijarman 3 года назад

      Protestants of Northern Ireland are one and the same as their evangelical brethren in the USA. Racist religious bigots who revel in hatred and violence.

    • @iansoutryer3189
      @iansoutryer3189 3 года назад +1

      @@benjijarman What has your comment to do with the original entry by Marco?

    • @benjijarman
      @benjijarman 3 года назад +1

      @@iansoutryer3189 This is social media mate. Provided I don't fall foul of their guidelines I can't comment anything I like. If you don't like it ignore it.

    • @benjijarman
      @benjijarman 3 года назад

      @@iansoutryer3189 Also, I saw a comment of yours claiming the EU is autocratic. How so? Do you know the meaning of 'autocracy'? How does it apply to an economic community of states of which none of them even have an autocratic leader?

  • @markdowney4837
    @markdowney4837 2 года назад +1

    Why is there a loyalists mural at the start when it's about ira

  • @seandohertydoherty5853
    @seandohertydoherty5853 4 года назад +7

    I'm here thanks to my dad being on the run in the early 70s. Met my mother in Limerick and hey bingo here I am .he was in the IRA

    • @mrsuperger5429
      @mrsuperger5429 2 года назад +2

      That's nothing to be proud of, more to be ashamed of.

    • @holeefuk413
      @holeefuk413 2 года назад

      @@mrsuperger5429 he didn't say he was proud of it

  • @francisohara4252
    @francisohara4252 3 года назад +1

    How can I thank you Journeyman Pictures for making A Former IRA Child Bomber Tells His Story ????

  • @phillipscannell9108
    @phillipscannell9108 5 лет назад +8

    True Irish man ! Need more of you !!

  • @paulpayton8238
    @paulpayton8238 4 месяца назад

    I married a local lassie from Northern Ireland and I learned a lot about prodistants and Catholics my great grandparents are from co wexford and I lived in Northern Ireland for 20years I've got no time for the British army I've had guns at my head and been threatened but God bless you all over in Ireland north and south ❤️ from me in England ❤️ I'm a born again Christian ✝️

  • @truthmediarebel5816
    @truthmediarebel5816 2 года назад +4

    You do not win with the bomb and gun. As ex soldier I agree with this man and accept his apology for killing my friends. Anyone who committed murder on all sides should do the same.

  • @johnnyb5645
    @johnnyb5645 4 месяца назад +1

    The ego in this fella. Sounds like he single handedly started the war then single handedly started the peace process. Fair play he had an involvement with the peace process but he directly suggests that others took his words and ran with it... Emphasizing his words were the beginning.
    "I was the first voice" to call off the war. Not John Hume no Paul Shane shame?

    • @damayantimukherjee7889
      @damayantimukherjee7889 3 месяца назад

      Totally agree with you!! Full of himself, he thought he was a "hero"and still thinks so. Just seeking attention as usual. Spits at the face of former republicans as well, must be living abroad.
      He could have never taken part in the peace process as he was in jail. Freed thanks to the GFA by the way. Megalomaniac attention seeker.

  • @APOKOLYPES
    @APOKOLYPES 6 лет назад +9

    what an incredible story

  • @GavTatu
    @GavTatu 4 года назад +2

    30 life sentences and 20 years.... how was he released ?

    • @starrchild254
      @starrchild254 3 года назад +2

      The good friday agreement. Prisoners from both sides were released