McGuinness on his IRA past: 'I fought against the British Army on the streets of Derry'
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- Опубликовано: 21 мар 2017
- Martin McGuinness became frustrated with questions about his IRA past when he ran as a candidate in the 2011 Presidential Election.
“Most Irish journalists, if Nelson Mandela was sitting in front of them, would not go down this line of questioning,” he told reporters at one point.
“I have never tried to pull the wool over people’s eyes about my history," he said in an interview with TheJournal.ie in December 2015.
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Seriously missing this man's experience and his pragmatic and honest approach to problems. RIP
murderer
@@JustMe-yi8cd awww bitter little prod 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪😂😂😂😂😂😂
He did deny his past, on many occasions he said he was never in the IRA, he only admitted he had been when giving evidence to the Bloody Sunday enquiry. Even then he claimed he left it in the 1970’s, most people agree he was on the Army Council until the IRA disbanded in 2005 - that’s all the time he was education minister and later too.
Fought for what we have today peace god bless u Martin rest easy king
What a great patriotic Irishmen 🇮🇪🇮🇪
Born in Northern Ireland though.
@scoop2963 and that make him as Irish as any Irish person.
@@scoop2963he was born under British occupation, but so where so many Irish people when Ireland was fully occupied 105 years ago.
@@scoop2963He was born in Ireland 🇮🇪 You Obviously don't UNDERSTAND what your gobbing off about .?..
Rest in peace Martin N.Y.
He always struck me as a decent and reasonable man. As a non nationalistic Brit I hope to see Ireland unified in my lifetime.
♥️🇮🇪
Wise up
@@frosty_soda?
Shouldn't call urself a brit if ur willing to sacrifice the self determination of some of its people after their history if fighting wars for UK & being murdered during the "troubles"..shame on u
@@ballysilly8436 I doubt there are many in Ulster who fought at the Somme or against James II. Shame on you for hiding your nationalism behind long dead soldiers. Ulster is dieing. That's a healthy thing for everybody else on our two islands.
Give him that Martin, he's never been backwards in coming forwards some times. But when it was time to.take responsibility for the.chance for peace through compromise on all sides. He was a guarantor with lots of nameless or less known personalities for the pax. So gotta give him that once the process was started he did put his elf on the line for the peace. So hats off to all that ended the violence. It was sad.as we are all cousins and friends of friends. Thank god good sense came back from all sides.
A great wise man who is sorely missed, not just by his own community, but across the whole community of Irish people in the north of Ireland.
God bless you Marty 💚✊🙏
Lived and died a terrorist! Awful man.
God bless you Martin....you were a true hero to Ireland
Mi5 loved him
Yes blowing up kids in England in a shopping centre is a true hero!
Two Great men sorely missed in the political arena in the north, Martin McGuiness and David Ervine... These were men who took up arms against each other yet when meaningful dialogue was eventually offered by the British they saw an opportunity to grab peace.
Peace wasnt offered by the british, it was first started with john hume and gerry adams to find a way towards a united ireland without taking or causing a single life. The london government knew this was a good thing and so went with it, david ervine and other unionists was also the heroes of the peace.
He is a hero and good politician. History will judge him as such
God rest you, Martin . You were a truly great uncompromising patriot and freedom fighter when most needed. Thanks to you and Gerry, we are where we are now , and no going back. There would never have been a ceasefire without both of you. Eire Amhain ........ Eire Nua..........Ta Ar La Tagtha....... Our Day Has Come.
Compromised by his liking for very young girls ... Martin McGuiness was MI5 biggest tout ... name was "" The Fisherman ""
One of the most intelligent, honest politicians that ever lived. RIP Martin
Amazing to hear his journey in life. Total respect for him and Gerry Adams - they had the balls to make peace.
Balls of steel they both had maybe, yet Adams to this day denies his membership within the IRA. McGuiness was always up front about his past
That man was a hero! may he rest in peace 🇮🇪
You will find he is burning on that other place like Stalin and Hitler
RIP Martin,
@@jimwalsh8520 So you ARE a believer micky ?
He was right to point out the rubbish the media try to portray him as.
They always leave out the massive context of how britain started that mess, and loyalists were just as bad as any ira in northern ireland.
Ireland is a better place today because they had people like martin here, and michael collins.
These people were so right that living on your knees to the british gov, is no place to be. He is right to have talked about how ireland would be treated very badly today if people like him never existed. He saw what treated like a 2nd class citizen was, and many irish people experienced this too due to the vile uk gov, and its apparatus.
Living on your knees to the uk gov was not something any people should want to do. I am glad irish people decided a 100 years ago, they would not accept that, and no peoples should, ie living on your knees to any occupier.
If the ira never came into being, ireland today would be a 2nd class citizen country run from westminster, alot like scotland is, but treated worse, as irish were always treated worse by uk gov, probably as they were another island.
No peoples should live on there knees to a country like uk gov, whom would of liked nothing more to see ireland to be there vassal, and 2nd class citizens.
Whether people like it or not, people like michael collins, and martin here, gave ireland dignity, they would never of had, if it was not for irish people 100 years ago, saying no more to the vile uk gov, and there crimes and discrimination of irish people in ireland, ie there own country.
Uk gov is a vile gov, and no one should of wanted to live on there knees to them.
I always love the way it was the ira that forced the peace process in northern ireland, and not the british gov. The vile uk gov wanted the conflict to never end, and the best way for the ira to stick there fingers up at the uk gov, was to force peace.
No countries people should ever have to live on there knees to a vile gov like uk gov ever. Like i said if the ira had not been formed, ireland today would of been a country today on its knees to westminster, like scotland is, but ireland would of been 2nd class citizens to westminster.
People like martin here, and michael collins were so right, and they saw what being 2nd class citizens was.
Uk gov is a disgusting sadistic example of a gov, and no one should want there people living under them as 2nd class citizens.
For me, anyone whom idolises michael collins, should appreciate that martin here was of the same mold.
andyhello23 well said no difference between Martin and Micheal Collins both warriors who fought for this country against the British occupation. 💚
@DML1888 "shortighted" ???? .. Is that what Robin Hood wore ?
Rubbish media was confused with Irish propaganda and should have portrayed him as he really was... Not good
A few things to say about this. First, never judge a man unless you've walked in his shoes. Many of his critics will have no idea what his upbringing was like as a Catholic in a system designed to ensure Protestant supremacy. Secondly, despite his past at least he was big enough to adapt and moderate his viewpoints in the name of progress. It must have been hugely difficult for those who witnessed/engaged in the attrocities of the troubles to cooperate with the other side. We should be thankful that senior figures such as McGuiness did exactly that. Those who want to hold him to his paramilitary days show great ignorance - do we ignore that this man formed a government with Ian Paisley? Do we forget he shook hands with and made a toast to the Queen? Literally the figurehead of everything he stood against. That shows great strength, leadership and moral courage and for me demonstrated the progress of the peace process more so than any document or statement ever could. From a Brit you're alright Martin McGuiness. Rest easy.
No different to radical Islamic in UK taught from birth to chirp about disadvantages but will never forsake aphreid lifestyle and education UK paid for.. End all faith schools
Excellent summation and so true .
Utter victomhood talking racist rubbish
Our United Ireland is coming thanks to you Martin. A true freedom fighter.
@Digger Gardi A murderer ? He fought for the freedom of the Irish people. Why were the British in martins country in the first place ? If the Brits didn't try and invade Ireland for over 600 years the IRA would never have existed . The Irish people are obviously going to fight back when the British are trying to invade their country you fool. Would you bend over if the Taliban went to invade your country ? No I didn't think so either you clown..
@Digger Gardi they were not invited you fool.. You think they would have got the idea that they were unwelcome when the Irish people asked them to leave and then started an uprising after being oppressed by them for centuries.
Martin what a man my hero up the rebels rip troops out now leave ireland for irish
The rhetoric of fighting is over...Ian Paisley even said to make a Great Ulsterman you must be a Great Irishman aswell.
Ya and he supported the new ruc soilders
True irish leader 32 on its way
A true Irish patriot
My hero
Evil is what Evil does 💩
Greatest Irishman Michael Collins...
This man and Jerry Adams were the appitamy of evil and if he had come across my gun sight I would not have missed
Like you missed the spelling lessons at school ?
Hope i am half the man, Martin was!! 🍀🇮🇪🍀 RIP Martin 🙏💚
evryone here judging are the same people who idolize michael collins as a hero when in reality he slaughterd hundreds to achieve his goal
We shouldn't forget a government that let a million starve Protestants (my own) and Catholics to death as one rotten to the core, thankfully most of Ireland has a government that would never ever allow that to happen, and hopefully a government in the six counties with similar values in the near future. The Dail Erin,tha gu dearbh!
@@grahamfleming7642 Ireland has a government? They have not done the job that the people sent them to do for nearly three years. I'd call that a dereliction of duty, wouldn't you. Stormont was suspended by your own good Irish people, not the UK government because they refused to work with each other. Remember your Irish government can only protect when they bother to turn up for work,
@@grahamb5930 Stormont was suspended for a number of reasons, the failure of the D.U.P to accept the teaching of gaelic in Northern Ireland was one,to their credit they have campaigned for my own native language LALLANS, guid oan dem,but as they are now very much a minority in NORTHERN IRELAND they will have to accept the will of the people at the last Westminster election, especially the new Alliance members(north down)address in Gaelic,to Westminster, bha sin,direach sgoinneil nach eil,smath sin.p.s I am not Irish or one in three Scots with Irish blood (or one in four people in England)just a Scottish visitor to the island, and absolutely gobsmacked to find most of the black propaganda to be totally untrue, the vast vast majority love the peace in these Islands, an lang may thir chumley reek!
Mi5 loved him
The British are foreigners Ulster is Irish Sovereignty backstop fullstop..Period...
A true freedom fighter 💯 He fought with ballot and gun. May God give you rest our hero💚
And victims back to families who are innocent n irish
Evil personified filling a country with sorrow
A true revolutionary, the fight continues, RIP...
It's a shame that he wont see a United Ireland.
Nor will you
@@georgeskillen5422 Seeing that I'm thirty three, its more than likely that I will. Thanks to Brexit, it'll happen sooner than most people ever expected.
@@eamonnmaccionnaith5761 i ts wishful thinking but i believe you are wrong Dublin is happy as things are at the moment They do not want a sizeable potentially troiblesome minority in their country Under the eu power would be devolved to the four provinces How is that a united ireland
@@georgeskillen5422 Nobody in the Republic is happy with the partition. Not only for political reasons, but also for economic reasons with Brexit looming.
The majority of people in the north do not share your fear of being under 'EU power,' seeing that the majority voted against Brexit.
If you're hoping that unionist fear mongering will retain the union, you're clutching at straws.
Nor will you
An irish hero up there with collins and pearce
Israel elected Menachem Begin, the former leader of the IRGUN, as their Prime Minister and don't recall any reporters ever questioning him about his involvement with that organization. And if they did ask him Begin would probably have laughed in their face.
Unlike today's traitors.who are given our countys and country away. 🇮🇪 Ireland..Our leaders of 1916 are turning in their graves as well 🙏 of this government. Roll on the elections
If that lady believes what she has just said then she should stand for election and see how much support there is for the cheap and dirty comments she made at an Irishman who dedicated his life to bringing this island forward. He has worked hard to move Ireland away from that partitionist mentality. The people of Ireland do not feel that way.
Not man enough to cope with truth
Wonder will we ever know if he was compromised. So much still to come out.
A true legend.RIP.
Rip he is true Irish no regrets. But in the end grew up.
You mean evolved.
God bless Martin
legend
The gunman who caused a horrendous day
Obviously your heads up your bitter Arse,,
No matter what the Brits or the west Brits do, there will be a united Ireland. It will be inclusive and it will be prosperous. Northern workers would see a hugh bump up in wages, productivity and pensions. Thank you Martin.
A true coward that lost the war
RIP hero. No surrender ever.
Come out ye Black and Tans come and fight me like a man.
Martin could have been picked up for the car-bomb,which was showen in part 2 of "The Irish Troubles" the car plate was clearly seen,you have to ask who exactly he was working for.Martin was termed as a hawk within the IRA,very easy to practice when you know who your alleginces are for.Never once was Martin ever targeted by the RUC on protests,you can bet your boots on it his head would have been smashed on a few occasions if he was only one way. J118.Sidenote...All those loyalists he said that he was doing a great job,well they have the same impression as me. Doing Britains dirty work for decades.
Very funny when the Derry supergrass Raymond Gilmour named all of the Derry Brigade that old Martin was not on the list, Probably to big an asset to MI5. There can be no other rational explanation . More useful guiding the PIRA away to the Stormont Regime that paid better than PIRA .
Took the shilling and met the Queen when it suited him!
We are more than proud of you for fighting against the British Army on the streets of Ireland when the British soldiers came onto the streets of Ireland in army uniforms with rifles over their shoulders and some went back home in body bags to England,,, England paid the price,, nobody in Ireland has anything to be sorry for.. An apology from England would be a good way forward,, Mr McGinnis sir we all miss you ❤️❤️❤️🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 for the love of ireland💓❤️❤️🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪....
No apologies, no surrender
Sick
@@joprocter4573 I hope you've got over your sickness now
Even Gingers go gray and even brave men die..
Rip a true hero of Ireland 🇮🇪
A murderer yes
You can hear the beginning of his breathing problems here in this
Mi5 loved him
Peace but truce. Surrender no.
Wat a warrior for Ireland. God bless Martin McGuinness. ♥️👍
We need a United lreland , but we need to talk about this , we need EU passport for future equal , We are Europe
Yes you colony of EU now. Sector 387
Londonderry,
Tell God about it now McGuinness, not us.
kcirdrab thts not god he's standing in front of and those sure ain't gods hounds taking him
God loves a fighter and he was a fighter. .r I p Martin
@DML1888 'kcirdrab' is one of the sad, bigoted 'mick roach' school of clones ..he has dozens of different IDs on here
Hero
The queen might have forgiven him for blowing up her uncle but the British will never forgive the IRA. I remember innocent families being blown up in a town near me and the Irish caused their own troubles over religion.
tell the Unionists they are Irish and not British, maybe they'll listen to you and acquire some sense
Do not judge a man unless you have walked a mile in his shoes.
Do you remember the innocent people who were killed by British security personnel? Do you remember the innocent people who were killed by loyalists?
All groups involved in the conflict have the blood of innocent people on their hands.
Mr McGuinness never asked for anyone’s forgiveness.
And the Irish did not cause their own problems over religion - the conflict was about national identity, a conflict that could have been avoided if the U.K. Government had overseen the political process in Northern Ireland more diligently.
Read a history book and maybe learn why so many young men and women felt that resorting to violence was their only option.
Freelance Online teacher from Wigan in your description who knows nothing about history it seems. Don't worry about the British forgiving anybody the whole world won't forgive you lot either.
brave men? i take it you are on about others rather than mcguinness? where is the courage in denying to the son of a murdered man that at the time you were on the leadership council, or the courage in going for the peace process when you were aware of the fact the ira had been infested by the intelligence service from its grass roots to its upper most offices and just before being arrested for cowardly murders jump on the peace talks band waggon...lots of courage in that realy
He destroyed the economy of a nationalist city, lied about his involvement with the Army Council, negotiated the abandonment of republicanism in the Belfast Agreement, and suffered a decline in the nationalist vote in 2 consecutive elections under his leadership at Stormont, He also allowed Irish History to be scrapped at Magee and transferred to Coleraine. They should have buried him in Coleraine.
By your comment there seems to be no way of winning with you.