About two years before he died, my partner and I, who at that time had a cottage in Castlemaine, were able to have lunch with Dan Keating. His nephews wife Eilleen cared for an elderly friend of ours and arranged the lunch. They lived with Dan in his home in Upper Ballygamboon, an area of Castlemaine. Dan was generally quiet but had some questions for us. He asked if I had done any reading and I told him that I had done a considerable amount of reading in 20th C Irish history. He asked if I had read any first hand accounts. I had not. Dan suggested Tom Barry's book and said that "every word is true". I did...and others....
I know your county of Kerry very well. After researching the Irish War of Independence for over 20 years including Tom Barry I can tell you that not every word in Tom Barry's memoir "Guerilla Day's in Ireland" is true. Tom Barry stated that no one survived the Kilmichael Ambush which is untrue. Historians still regurgitate this erroneous fact. Auxiliary Cadet Frederick Forde MC survived the ambush. His condition was so comatose that the IRA thought he was dead. He was found next day by an Auxiliary recovering party. Obviously you want proof. There is a picture of him with a bandaged head in his hospital bed in the 17th January 1921 edition of the "Irish Independent". He would later emigrate to South Africa and later move to Northern Rhodesia(modern day Zimbabwe) where he would die in May 1941. Also what Tom Barry never mentions in his memoir and neither does his biographer Meda Ryan is that Tom Barry when he came home to Ireland actually failed an exam for a position in India with the British Civil Service ( Colonial Office). If he had passed those exams look how different the conflict in Cork would have been. No Kilmichael,Crossbarry etc. Tom has a connection to Co.Kerry. He was born in Killorglin which is not far from you. His father was a RIC man. Also in Co.Kerry Tom unveiled a monument in Tralee Town Park which is dedicated to an Irishman named Hawley who was murdered by the Crown Forces. There is as you know a housing estate in Tralee called "Hawley's Park" in honour of him. There is more discrepancies in his memoir.
@@johnroche7541 Actually, I always understood that there were not 1 but 2 survivors from the initial attack at Kilmichael. A young Scottish lad, Cecil Guthrie also survived the initial ambush and although wounded he started to make his way back to the barracks at Macroom. Only a few miles from Macroom he was captured and “summarily executed”. His body was buried in a bog for 5 years or so after which time it was finally located, exhumed and reburied in Inchigeelagh Churchyard in 1926. The subsequent Free State government did inform the British government in a communication giving just the approximate location (but not specific location) of Guthrie’s body, albeit there were some typo’s in the communication itself.
As an Englishman, l suppose l should be on the side of the crown forces, and maybe l would at the time. However this is history, and as history it should be told 💯 % accurately, no tampering or rewriting. I wish lreland all the best in a very difficult time. Finally keep your history true and uncensored, it's part of what you are 😊😊
@@barrywhelan8572 It is as simple as this. Barry's account in his memoir is not 100% truthful. For example there is information missing about 2 Auxiliary Cadets that survived the initial ambush. One would later be captured and executed by the IRA and the other Auxiliary survived. The Auxiliary patrol was not totally "wiped out". Also I certainly dont believe the British black propaganda version either. Unfortunately in Ireland everyone who reads Barry's memoir thinks it is 100% truthful historical fact which it certainly isn't.
A book written by a Telegraph journalist, Toby Harnden, has been issued with updates 25 years after first publication. Title - Bandit Country. Very worth reading. The original is available to read free if you look for it on the net. The update names people now dead, so no libel claims!
I know a lot about Ireland but what I don't know I love learning. I've studied Ireland for years, it's been a dream to come to Ireland. For me I know that I probably unfortunately never will be able to but my whole heart is with Ireland believe that. 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
What the video doesn't note is that the Auxiliaries were supposedly the cream of the Empire and they had been rampaging unchallenged around the country for months. This ambush was specifically set up to break the myth of their invincibility.
Even in the silent black & white footage of the Auxiliaries from the time they are described as "His Majesty's Finest". The latter appears in numerous documentaries on the Irish War of Independence and if memory serves me correctly this famous black and white footage of the Auxiliaries is used in the movie "Michael Collins".
@@vatsmith8759 Hundreds of Auxiliaries were decorated for bravery in WW1 including 3 VC holders. In Ireland 9 Auxiliaries would be awarded for bravery which were 8 Constabulary Medals and 1 Kings Police Medal.
@@vatsmith8759 First of all in my first post I was stating a historical fact. Believing or not believing was absolutely irrelevant to my point. Secondly there is no "maybe" about it. Hundreds of Auxiliaries were decorated soldiers from WW1 and 9 would be awarded for gallantry in Ireland. The Auxiliaries were the most decorated force in the world at the time on active .service.
My granda was a Volunteer in North Tipperary- got lifted by the peelers with a Webley on him- they were a little more than annoyed when they found dumdums in the chamber. Got let out after the Treaty, stood up for the Republic, and got a one-way ticket to NYC for his efforts. Before he passed on in the '90's, several historians interviewed him- we finally found out what he did during the Troubles when the Irish government uploaded the WoI Witness Statements.
Tom Barry joined up to see what war was like ! And boy did he learn how to train and structure how warfare was most effective. True soldier of Ireland 🇮🇪
One thing I heard about this raid was the fact they were close to their targets. I think Tom Barry, who served as a sergeant in the British Army in the Middle East, understood his men didn't have much marksmanship training. (Ammo was scarce so when training they were often just given four rounds) Barry reasoned that at close range anyone can hit their targets so he kept them close to about 15 yards or so. In any case they succeed in their attack.
Tom Barry served with the Royal Field Artillery. He served in the Middle East and was part of the force that failed to break through to relieve General Townsend who was beseiged in Kut(Mesopotamia) in modern day Iraq. He actually refused a commission into the Royal Munster Fusiliers. There is a picture of a freshed faced 17 year old Tom Barry in his British Army in several local Co.Cork papers. He was never promoted beyond the rank of Bombardier. He had some disciplinary issues. According to his army medical record has "a mole on left leg".Tom in his memoirs "Guerilla Day's in Ireland" never mentions that when he came home to Ireland he failed an exam for the Civil Service(Colonial Office) for a position in India. His devoted biographer Meda Ryan never mentions this fact either. If he passed look how different the conflict in Cork would have been with no Kilmichael,Crossbarry,Rosscarbery etc. I have reserached the Irish War of Independence for over 20 years including Tom Barry. He was born in Killorglin,Co.Kerry the son of a RIC police officer.
I believe from Tom Barry's own book that after the ambush, he saw that some of the Column were visible shaken by what had happened. Barry ordered the squad to parade to bring them back tto military discipline. The "Parade among the Dead". Inspiring leadership from a truly great leader of men. 23 years old. His book is "Guerrilla Days in Ireland". A well written thoughtful account without a single trace of hubris. A must read for anyone studying these revolutionary events.
My grandparents came from county Waterford and I would often be told stories about the Black and Tans but I was far too young to understand . How I wish I could recall all the history that they tried to teach me back then. Sadly there are none of that generation left in my family as, hearing their first had accounts would carry a greater impact than researching the information from books and other records in my opinion.
The Auxies were pure trash. A more vituperative group of men I've yet to know of. I personally believe this is the way to take care of drug dealers. Cracking video by the way. Very well edited and a nice sharp script.
My ancestors came from Sligo. They settled in the Irish Catholic sector of Liverpool so I decided to check my DNA . Results were 100 percentage Irish after 150 years.
Pretty interesting. Just a reccomendation if there's anyway you can show locations or similar settings while talking about events, like you did showing the auxies and tom's men, that gang. I'm interested in the castle now, the location of these events. (*edit* your short about the ambush was great) Lots of history youtubers will flash a map. The film footage at the beginning might have been good to display at some point while the ambush was described helps the imagination run while the storytelling is occuring. Just my opinion. Anyways, subscribed
A true hero. Growing up here in the states I wish I could have known more about these valiant men and women who fought so gallantly for freedom. I'm happy that this knowledge is here, though, so that my son can have access to it and learn why we never back down when the tyrant tries to claim our Sovereignty. Thank you for this, you're doing a great public service.
This sounds like the scene of the ambush in THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY.My grandfathers parents were from kerry where the IRA fought the British and also freestate forces. Love the turbulent history of the beautiful country, sad though most of it is
I can say..That today's Black and Tan in Ireland will be much harder to get out of the country..,... Those brave men i think would be ashamed of the way that Irish folk are being treated. Seen it all before with the RUC in the North of Ireland Disgraceful acts upon their own people. Said Days Ahead If You Think It Is OK To Pepper Sray People For Standing Up For Their Rights. Take Care My Friends....
It's incredible & sad how WWI bring so many sufferences also after its (official) ending, the revolt and following civil war in Ireland, russian civil war and poland- russia war, and the troubles from 1919/22 in Italy (and we know how it ended), this war pratically afflicted most european countries with a tornado of violence.
And the ruinous reparations imposed on the loser, Germany, after the WW1 armistice that ended the war, which was basically caused by a bunch of imperialist powers squabbling over who got to steal and keep what, led directly to WW2.
So it was a massacre. And you cry when it’s done back. Do you smell the hypocrisy of it all. Like the loughgall ambush in 1987. I wish people would stop the glorification of murder. I can tell you as someone who lost relatives in the recent conflict. That there’s no romantic ballads whistling through the air when kids are walking behind their parents or brother sisters coffin.
No it wasn't. Only belligerents took part in the Kilmichael ambush. The war of independence led to the liberation of most of Ireland from foreign rule after 750 years of occupation. The black and tans were sent to Ireland to destroy a democratically elected government. They were like nazis in occupied France during world war 2. Maybe tell Americans not to celebrate 4th July because George Washington fought the British army and see how far you get.
Hi Davy, I just found your channel and love it. You have great delivery. Could I ask a favour please - some time in the future in your time of course, could you do a podcast on The Burning of Cork. You may have already done it and I haven't come across it yet. It would greatly assist me. Thank you and Best wishes
I'm asking my Irish compatriots which is true was Tom Barry a nationalist or was Tom Barry a socialist in the uprising? I would like it if there were quotes and or commentary regarding this matter.
'Shook the British Empire'? Somewhat hyperbolic don't you think? Yes, it was a brilliant operation but I doubt if most of the British Empire - which comprised more than a fifth of the world's population at this time - ever heard of it.
It’s nice how this should be explained, and it’s a pity people are not aware of the great man Tom Barry was, and most of all , the devils on earth the Black and Tans were , I sing this song with pride , the men from Tom Barry’s bold column, who conquered the red white and blue, probably my favourite song ever, I do get some grief however, as I’m in the UK , 😂😂♥️♥️🇮🇪🇮🇪☘️☘️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
PATHETIC! An ambush that kills a unit which wouldn't qualify as even an understrength platoon by a force 4 times its' size. When you compare that to the B&Ts overwhelming victories at Craiguillamore House, Clonmult, McCartney's Quarry, the Customs House, Blackhall Place.
@@ScepticalSkeptic Britain won, get over it. The Anglo Irish Treaty gave Britain everything we wanted but Nationalists nothing more than the IPP would have got had they agreed to permanent partition. The security forces captured or killed 6 terrorists for every person the IRA murdered, the vast majority of Ireland was still firmly under Westminster's control for the entire conflict. More British soldiers in Ireland died from accidents and natural causes than were murdered by the IRA. When 2 sides come to the negotiating table and one side says "Sign it or else" and the other signs it and has a civil war over its' terms the side having the civil war is not the winner. Come on, it's 2024, it's the Shamrock Awakening, wake up!
@@MrLorenzovanmatterho Look at the absolute state of the UK right now - this is not "winning". Had Ireland not broken away, it would have been dragged out of the EU against its will, just as the Six Counties and Scotland have been. So yes, in a very real sense the UK has lost, while Ireland has escaped the stupidity of Brexit.
No, we need to learn from history. Most have moved on from the conflict with the British, but in case you haven't noticed, there are new black and tans in the country. And the RIC seems to have formed again. We don't need to "move on", we need a few tips!
The Kilmichael Ambush must be taken in its proper context and viewed realistically in its Irish War of Independence setting. It was a major engagement by the standards of this conflict that led to 16 Auxiliaries and 1 Black & Tan deaths. Prior to this engagement the biggest loss of life for Crown Forces was the Rineen Ambush,Co.Clare in September 1920 where 6 RIC men were killed. Even British Prime Minister called the Kilmichael Ambush a "military operation". These were the Auxiliaries that were killed and hundreds of them had been decorated for bravery in WW1 including 3 VC holders. Nine Auxiliaries would be awarded for bravery in Ireland. They were seen as elite at the time. The Auxiliaries were the highest paid police officers in the world and one of the first prototype counter insurgency units formed. British PM David Lloyd George was shocked because due to the Kilmichael Ambush and the Bloody Sunday assassinations exactly a week earlier there was barricades erected leading into the streets of Downing Street. This demonstrates the impact including psychological this attack had on the British government. One must remember that not only is David Lloyd George the British PM but also the head of the British Empire. Also British PM David Lloyd George famously and prematurely announced on 8th November 1920 at the Guildhall banquet that the Crown Forces in Ireland had and I quote verbatim "murder by the throat". However let's look at what happened in Ireland by the end of November 1920 and see how the IRA emphatically demonstrated how wrong the British PM was. 1)The Bloody Sunday Assassnations on 21st November 2) The first major attack on British soil where portions of the Liverpool docks were burned down on the night of 27th November 3) The Kilmichael Ambush 4) 60 members of the Crown Forces were killed that month including 20 Auxiliaries( 18 of these were from "C" Coy where two Auxiliaries involved in intelligence were captured and executed by the IRA near Macroom and these were the first to be killed and the 16 killed at Kilmichael. Two Auxiliaries were killed on Bloody Sunday.) 5) November 1920 was the heaviest monthly death toll for Crown Forces in 1920 and one of the worst months for the entire conflict.
Not related to this whatsoever Ireland had a mandate by a democratic vote in the 1918 national election wanting independence freedom from devious greedy bloody Brits
Yes and even after the ira had sent a warning to the british of where exactly the device was planted and how much explosive it contained, the police proceded to direct the public into the exact place where the device was planted in a litter bin directly in front of booth's pharmacy, strange that isn't it!.
There was no mandate for 1916 was there? Furthermore what percentage of the vote did SF win in 1918? 49% - hardly an overwhelming majority is it? The fact is that the so called War of Independence was no more that the first civil war in Ireland followed by the second civil war when the IRA scum fell out with each other.
@@corkboy4523 What about the Auxiliaries killing 2 Catholic Clergymen and the Black & Tans also killed a priest. Paul Goggin was only 7 when fatally shot by the Crown Forces in Co.Cork in April 1921 and died a month later.
I was born in the wrong time, I should have been born during the time of the Irish War of Independence, I would have loved and been honored to fight with our Heroes. Davy, the way you teach makes me feel as though I am there with these brave men and women. Thank you, Davy
@@Hilts931 yeah well the british did the same thing, and furthermore, they should have stayed out of Ireland. They tried to take over every country they could. They were without a morals and were known for the terrible things they did, like hurting or killing, even women and children, because to them it was fun. THEY GOT WHAT THEY DESERVED IN THE AMBUSH!!!
I worked with a lot of Irish and had many good friends the only time I disagreed with them was when some of them sang pro-IRA songs, this was back in the 1980’s and before the ceasefire I guess as I don’t like violence and killing and I think those that sang them saw me as a Welshman having similar beliefs, which the Welsh were and still are exploited as many of the working classes of the home nations. We had some bloody good times though and the Irish people I still know do not want a return to violence and are thankful as am I that chapter is closed for ever I hope.
About two years before he died, my partner and I, who at that time had a cottage in Castlemaine, were able to have lunch with Dan Keating. His nephews wife Eilleen cared for an elderly friend of ours and arranged the lunch. They lived with Dan in his home in Upper Ballygamboon, an area of Castlemaine. Dan was generally quiet but had some questions for us. He asked if I had done any reading and I told him that I had done a considerable amount of reading in 20th C Irish history. He asked if I had read any first hand accounts. I had not. Dan suggested Tom Barry's book and said that "every word is true". I did...and others....
That’s absolutely incredible!
I know your county of Kerry very well. After researching the Irish War of Independence for over 20 years including Tom Barry I can tell you that not every word in Tom Barry's memoir "Guerilla Day's in Ireland" is true. Tom Barry stated that no one survived the Kilmichael Ambush which is untrue. Historians still regurgitate this erroneous fact. Auxiliary Cadet Frederick Forde MC survived the ambush. His condition was so comatose that the IRA thought he was dead. He was found next day by an Auxiliary recovering party. Obviously you want proof. There is a picture of him with a bandaged head in his hospital bed in the 17th January 1921 edition of the "Irish Independent". He would later emigrate to South Africa and later move to Northern Rhodesia(modern day Zimbabwe) where he would die in May 1941. Also what Tom Barry never mentions in his memoir and neither does his biographer Meda Ryan is that Tom Barry when he came home to Ireland actually failed an exam for a position in India with the British Civil Service ( Colonial Office). If he had passed those exams look how different the conflict in Cork would have been. No Kilmichael,Crossbarry etc. Tom has a connection to Co.Kerry. He was born in Killorglin which is not far from you. His father was a RIC man. Also in Co.Kerry Tom unveiled a monument in Tralee Town Park which is dedicated to an Irishman named Hawley who was murdered by the Crown Forces. There is as you know a housing estate in Tralee called "Hawley's Park" in honour of him. There is more discrepancies in his memoir.
Guerrilla warfare in ireland.by Tom Barry....
@@user-rb4ug9le2i The name of his memoir is "Guerilla Day's in Ireland".
@@johnroche7541 Actually, I always understood that there were not 1 but 2 survivors from the initial attack at Kilmichael. A young Scottish lad, Cecil Guthrie also survived the initial ambush and although wounded he started to make his way back to the barracks at Macroom. Only a few miles from Macroom he was captured and “summarily executed”. His body was buried in a bog for 5 years or so after which time it was finally located, exhumed and reburied in Inchigeelagh Churchyard in 1926. The subsequent Free State government did inform the British government in a communication giving just the approximate location (but not specific location) of Guthrie’s body, albeit there were some typo’s in the communication itself.
As an Englishman, l suppose l should be on the side of the crown forces, and maybe l would at the time. However this is history, and as history it should be told 💯 % accurately, no tampering or rewriting. I wish lreland all the best in a very difficult time. Finally keep your history true and uncensored, it's part of what you are 😊😊
sure your irish@freebeerfordworkers
@@barrywhelan8572 It is as simple as this. Barry's account in his memoir is not 100% truthful. For example there is information missing about 2 Auxiliary Cadets that survived the initial ambush. One would later be captured and executed by the IRA and the other Auxiliary survived. The Auxiliary patrol was not totally "wiped out". Also I certainly dont believe the British black propaganda version either. Unfortunately in Ireland everyone who reads Barry's memoir thinks it is 100% truthful historical fact which it certainly isn't.
We …Should never have been in Ireland! Stupid Brit politics!
Whatever the exact truth of this ambush, the murder of innocent civilians in Croke Park is absolutely true.
A book written by a Telegraph journalist, Toby Harnden, has been issued with updates 25 years after first publication. Title - Bandit Country. Very worth reading. The original is available to read free if you look for it on the net. The update names people now dead, so no libel claims!
I know a lot about Ireland but what I don't know I love learning. I've studied Ireland for years, it's been a dream to come to Ireland. For me I know that I probably unfortunately never will be able to but my whole heart is with Ireland believe that. 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Do you mind if I ask what country you're from?
Never say never you can
What the video doesn't note is that the Auxiliaries were supposedly the cream of the Empire and they had been rampaging unchallenged around the country for months. This ambush was specifically set up to break the myth of their invincibility.
Even in the silent black & white footage of the Auxiliaries from the time they are described as "His Majesty's Finest". The latter appears in numerous documentaries on the Irish War of Independence and if memory serves me correctly this famous black and white footage of the Auxiliaries is used in the movie "Michael Collins".
@@johnroche7541 You really shouldn't believe everything the newsreels tell you!
@@vatsmith8759 Hundreds of Auxiliaries were decorated for bravery in WW1 including 3 VC holders. In Ireland 9 Auxiliaries would be awarded for bravery which were 8 Constabulary Medals and 1 Kings Police Medal.
@@johnroche7541 Maybe, but you still shouldn't believe everything the newsreels tell you.
@@vatsmith8759 First of all in my first post I was stating a historical fact. Believing or not believing was absolutely irrelevant to my point. Secondly there is no "maybe" about it. Hundreds of Auxiliaries were decorated soldiers from WW1 and 9 would be awarded for gallantry in Ireland. The Auxiliaries were the most decorated force in the world at the time on active .service.
My granda was a Volunteer in North Tipperary- got lifted by the peelers with a Webley on him- they were a little more than annoyed when they found dumdums in the chamber. Got let out after the Treaty, stood up for the Republic, and got a one-way ticket to NYC for his efforts. Before he passed on in the '90's, several historians interviewed him- we finally found out what he did during the Troubles when the Irish government uploaded the WoI Witness Statements.
Expanding ammo is used by EVERY police force in the UK . Expanding ammo is also known as Dum dums
Tom Barry joined up to see what war was like ! And boy did he learn how to train and structure how warfare was most effective. True soldier of Ireland 🇮🇪
One thing I heard about this raid was the fact they were close to their targets. I think Tom Barry, who served as a sergeant in the British Army in the Middle East, understood his men didn't have much marksmanship training. (Ammo was scarce so when training they were often just given four rounds) Barry reasoned that at close range anyone can hit their targets so he kept them close to about 15 yards or so. In any case they succeed in their attack.
Tom Barry served with the Royal Field Artillery. He served in the Middle East and was part of the force that failed to break through to relieve General Townsend who was beseiged in Kut(Mesopotamia) in modern day Iraq. He actually refused a commission into the Royal Munster Fusiliers. There is a picture of a freshed faced 17 year old Tom Barry in his British Army
in several local Co.Cork papers. He was never promoted beyond the rank of Bombardier. He had some disciplinary issues. According to his army medical record has "a mole on left leg".Tom in his memoirs "Guerilla Day's in Ireland" never mentions that when he came home to Ireland he failed an exam for the Civil Service(Colonial Office) for a position in India. His devoted biographer Meda Ryan never mentions this fact either. If he passed look how different the conflict in Cork would have been with no Kilmichael,Crossbarry,Rosscarbery etc. I have reserached the Irish War of Independence for over 20 years including Tom Barry. He was born in Killorglin,Co.Kerry the son of a RIC police officer.
Well said and true
Thank you for educating the world on this very important Irish history. You do an amazing job.
Agree they don't call him big bad Davy Holden for nothing
Good man Davy. Nice to see a bit of real history for a change.
Nice little history lesson. I wish I could hire you as a guide on our trip to Ireland in September!
Can't wait keep up the great work 🏆🇨🇮👍🏻☘️☘️☘️
Thank you!
Great work, Davy. I love your work.
Thank you for the history lesson! :)
I believe from Tom Barry's own book that after the ambush, he saw that some of the Column were visible shaken by what had happened. Barry ordered the squad to parade to bring them back tto military discipline. The "Parade among the Dead". Inspiring leadership from a truly great leader of men. 23 years old.
His book is "Guerrilla Days in Ireland". A well written thoughtful account without a single trace of hubris. A must read for anyone studying these revolutionary events.
My grandparents came from county Waterford and I would often be told stories about the Black and Tans but I was far too young to understand . How I wish I could recall all the history that they tried to teach me back then. Sadly there are none of that generation left in my family as, hearing their first had accounts would carry a greater impact than researching the information from books and other records in my opinion.
Brilliant Davy. Another fantastic account of a pivotal time in Our History and a very audacious engagement with the Crown forces. 👏👏👏☘🇮🇪
The Auxies were pure trash. A more vituperative group of men I've yet to know of. I personally believe this is the way to take care of drug dealers. Cracking video by the way. Very well edited and a nice sharp script.
I agree the atrocities the auxies did just in Galway is beyond belief
Thanks for the history. I remember my Nana telling me the postman had a rifle on his back going up the glen road in Sligo 💚🇮🇪💚
My ancestors came from Sligo. They settled in the Irish Catholic sector of Liverpool so I decided to check my DNA . Results were 100 percentage Irish after 150 years.
Please do a video on the blackwatch rebel song, I'm scottish and want to know what these traitors were all about
Pretty interesting. Just a reccomendation if there's anyway you can show locations or similar settings while talking about events, like you did showing the auxies and tom's men, that gang. I'm interested in the castle now, the location of these events. (*edit* your short about the ambush was great) Lots of history youtubers will flash a map. The film footage at the beginning might have been good to display at some point while the ambush was described
helps the imagination run while the storytelling is occuring. Just my opinion. Anyways, subscribed
A true hero. Growing up here in the states I wish I could have known more about these valiant men and women who fought so gallantly for freedom. I'm happy that this knowledge is here, though, so that my son can have access to it and learn why we never back down when the tyrant tries to claim our Sovereignty. Thank you for this, you're doing a great public service.
My neighbour, went weak at the gob when he saw this. His father was called Thomas Barry and his uncle was Kevin Barry.
Excellent strategy!
heres to the bhoys of kilmichael ✊
This sounds like the scene of the ambush in THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY.My grandfathers parents were from kerry where the IRA fought the British and also freestate forces. Love the turbulent history of the beautiful country, sad though most of it is
I can say..That today's Black and Tan in Ireland will be much harder to get out of the country..,... Those brave men i think would be ashamed of the way that Irish folk are being treated. Seen it all before with the RUC in the North of Ireland Disgraceful acts upon their own people. Said Days Ahead If You Think It Is OK To Pepper Sray People For Standing Up For Their Rights. Take Care My Friends....
The invasion of Ireland by the Church of Rome, which overthrew the Celtic Church, was the greatest disaster that befell the indigenous Irish Celts.😢
Nonsense, and I wish I knew as little about it, as you do.
I met the Almighty Tom Barry when i was 7 years old with my Dad.T'was quite a moment
I been there a few times when I pass I just have to stop
Great stuff. Loved it
God bless those men and women who gave their lives for Ireland
In this instance it was more than a few auxies giving up their lives for Ireland. Very considerate of them.
It's incredible & sad how WWI bring so many sufferences also after its (official) ending, the revolt and following civil war in Ireland, russian civil war and poland- russia war, and the troubles from 1919/22 in Italy (and we know how it ended), this war pratically afflicted most european countries with a tornado of violence.
And the ruinous reparations imposed on the loser, Germany, after the WW1 armistice that ended the war, which was basically caused by a bunch of imperialist powers squabbling over who got to steal and keep what, led directly to WW2.
Great content but, now all we need is the aftermath.
Very well said.
Tragic waste of time. Look at what is happening in S.Ireland now.
WTF is "S.Ireland"?
Barry's Flying Column.
Thoes brave lads so galant and true
I agree
Can you cover the dripey ambush in cork pls
Brilliant thanks
"Hope you enjoyed that story" who doesn't enjoy stories of death and destruction?
One man's death and destruction is another man's fight for freedom from an oppressor intent on death and destruction.
So it was a massacre. And you cry when it’s done back. Do you smell the hypocrisy of it all. Like the loughgall ambush in 1987. I wish people would stop the glorification of murder. I can tell you as someone who lost relatives in the recent conflict. That there’s no romantic ballads whistling through the air when kids are walking behind their parents or brother sisters coffin.
No it wasn't. Only belligerents took part in the Kilmichael ambush. The war of independence led to the liberation of most of Ireland from foreign rule after 750 years of occupation. The black and tans were sent to Ireland to destroy a democratically elected government. They were like nazis in occupied France during world war 2. Maybe tell Americans not to celebrate 4th July because George Washington fought the British army and see how far you get.
Ireland shall be free as long as men in the North keep her at it
Lol
I agree
"Shook The British Empire" 🤪🤣🤣
I love listening to you
Hi Davy, I just found your channel and love it. You have great delivery. Could I ask a favour please - some time in the future in your time of course, could you do a podcast on The Burning of Cork. You may have already done it and I haven't come across it yet. It would greatly assist me. Thank you and Best wishes
I second this please! Trying to find out more about it too.
Yes and when he's at it I'd love to hear his take on Kingsmill, LaMon and Moutain Lodge. They would be interesting topics
What about the ambush at Narrow water? The greatest in the north
Just seen your passionate posts.
Was Tom and Kevin Barry related?
The bhoys of kilmichael🙏🏽🍀
I'm asking my Irish compatriots which is true was Tom Barry a nationalist or was Tom Barry a socialist in the uprising? I would like it if there were quotes and or commentary regarding this matter.
Irish Lives Matter
So true
Tom Barry ex British service man and the son of an RIC man ,thats some pedigree for an Ira man.
We're talking about Tom Barry, what's your point?
'Shook the British Empire'? Somewhat hyperbolic don't you think? Yes, it was a brilliant operation but I doubt if most of the British Empire - which comprised more than a fifth of the world's population at this time - ever heard of it.
Domino effect - once Tiny Ireland could defeat Britain the empire lost its fear factor and collapsed soon after
Slimey auxies
At feabhais - maith an fear
It’s nice how this should be explained, and it’s a pity people are not aware of the great man Tom Barry was, and most of all , the devils on earth the Black and Tans were , I sing this song with pride , the men from Tom Barry’s bold column, who conquered the red white and blue, probably my favourite song ever, I do get some grief however, as I’m in the UK , 😂😂♥️♥️🇮🇪🇮🇪☘️☘️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
B specials?
ahh the cowards , the ira
As opposed to the British forces that shot at players and the crowd at a football match?
An undefeated army, can be called cowards, in any situation , think anyone knows that, 😂🇮🇪🇮🇪☘️☘️
@@user-yh3xm3zo9l army? Hiding behind kids and women when they wasn’t beating them, as i said cowards, never an army in the first place
Routine Kills.
And now, the Repubilic is in the EU. Think about it.
Yes indeed and happy to be in it. The Brits fucked up big time by leaving.
Why were they called the Turd West Cork Brigade?
PATHETIC! An ambush that kills a unit which wouldn't qualify as even an understrength platoon by a force 4 times its' size. When you compare that to the B&Ts overwhelming victories at Craiguillamore House, Clonmult, McCartney's Quarry, the Customs House, Blackhall Place.
You have some difficulties with arithmetic. Four times 17 killed is 68, and IRA Column numbers aren't even half that.
@@genghisthegreat2034 Estimates vary and there is much myth making about it but my point holds true.
You lost.
Get over it.
@@ScepticalSkeptic Britain won, get over it. The Anglo Irish Treaty gave Britain everything we wanted but Nationalists nothing more than the IPP would have got had they agreed to permanent partition. The security forces captured or killed 6 terrorists for every person the IRA murdered, the vast majority of Ireland was still firmly under Westminster's control for the entire conflict. More British soldiers in Ireland died from accidents and natural causes than were murdered by the IRA. When 2 sides come to the negotiating table and one side says "Sign it or else" and the other signs it and has a civil war over its' terms the side having the civil war is not the winner.
Come on, it's 2024, it's the Shamrock Awakening, wake up!
@@MrLorenzovanmatterho Look at the absolute state of the UK right now - this is not "winning". Had Ireland not broken away, it would have been dragged out of the EU against its will, just as the Six Counties and Scotland have been.
So yes, in a very real sense the UK has lost, while Ireland has escaped the stupidity of Brexit.
Just finding ya here. One of yer shorts drifted into my feed, I'd consider it a parting gift from Sinead O'Conner. A fine channel you've got going on.
We need to move on!
History is history.
@@dontmesswithcrows I love history, thank you for keeping it alive for future generations.
No, we need to learn from history. Most have moved on from the conflict with the British, but in case you haven't noticed, there are new black and tans in the country.
And the RIC seems to have formed again.
We don't need to "move on", we need a few tips!
I agree with you wholeheartedly, History repeating itself! thanks for your reply .
I’m sure it was significant. But I doubt it shook the empire. At the time it was 1/3rd of the world
It shook Britain's Lloyd George at a cabinet meeting quoted in Tom Jones book on him
The Kilmichael Ambush must be taken in its proper context and viewed realistically in its Irish War of Independence setting. It was a major engagement by the standards of this conflict that led to 16 Auxiliaries and 1 Black & Tan deaths. Prior to this engagement the biggest loss of life for Crown Forces was the Rineen Ambush,Co.Clare in September 1920 where 6 RIC men were killed. Even British Prime Minister called the Kilmichael Ambush a "military operation". These were the Auxiliaries that were killed and hundreds of them had been decorated for bravery in WW1 including 3 VC holders. Nine Auxiliaries would be awarded for bravery in Ireland. They were seen as elite at the time. The Auxiliaries were the highest paid police officers in the world and one of the first prototype counter insurgency units formed. British PM David Lloyd George was shocked because due to the Kilmichael Ambush and the Bloody Sunday assassinations exactly a week earlier there was barricades erected leading into the streets of Downing Street. This demonstrates the impact including psychological this attack had on the British government. One must remember that not only is David Lloyd George the British PM but also the head of the British Empire. Also British PM David Lloyd George famously and prematurely announced on 8th November 1920 at the Guildhall banquet that the Crown Forces in Ireland had and I quote verbatim "murder by the throat". However let's look at what happened in Ireland by the end of November 1920 and see how the IRA emphatically demonstrated how wrong the British PM was. 1)The Bloody Sunday Assassnations on 21st November 2) The first major attack on British soil where portions of the Liverpool docks were burned down on the night of 27th November 3) The Kilmichael Ambush 4) 60 members of the Crown Forces were killed that month including 20 Auxiliaries( 18 of these were from "C" Coy where two Auxiliaries involved in intelligence were captured and executed by the IRA near Macroom and these were the first to be killed and the 16 killed at Kilmichael. Two Auxiliaries were killed on Bloody Sunday.) 5) November 1920 was the heaviest monthly death toll for Crown Forces in 1920 and one of the worst months for the entire conflict.
Tim Parry 12. Johnathan Ball 3. Murdered by scum.
Not related to this whatsoever Ireland had a mandate by a democratic vote in the 1918 national election wanting independence freedom from devious greedy bloody Brits
Yes and even after the ira had sent a warning to the british of where exactly the device was planted and how much explosive it contained, the police proceded to direct the public into the exact place where the device was planted in a litter bin directly in front of booth's pharmacy, strange that isn't it!.
There was no mandate for 1916 was there? Furthermore what percentage of the vote did SF win in 1918? 49% - hardly an overwhelming majority is it? The fact is that the so called War of Independence was no more that the first civil war in Ireland followed by the second civil war when the IRA scum fell out with each other.
What would you refer to the British soldiers that killed the two kids in the crowd at a football match?
@@corkboy4523 What about the Auxiliaries killing 2 Catholic Clergymen and the Black & Tans also killed a priest. Paul Goggin was only 7 when fatally shot by the Crown Forces in Co.Cork in April 1921 and died a month later.
I was born in the wrong time, I should have been born during the time of the Irish War of Independence, I would have loved and been honored to fight with our Heroes.
Davy, the way you teach makes me feel as though I am there with these brave men and women.
Thank you, Davy
heroes dont ambush
@@Hilts931 yeah well the british did the same thing, and furthermore, they should have stayed out of Ireland. They tried to take over every country they could. They were without a morals and were known for the terrible things they did, like hurting or killing, even women and children, because to them it was fun. THEY GOT WHAT THEY DESERVED IN THE AMBUSH!!!
@@Hilts931 Why not?
@@josephpostma1787 bitch move because you know you’d lose a proper fight.
Driving into a packed stadium and shooting children is heroic so is it....
Ireland should have been cleaned out and sent to the usa.
That where ya send everyone you can't beat in a fight?
Ur rite matty , biggest mistake u made : left too many of us alive
Erin go bragh
Yees tried that more than once.
That sounds like a nazi talking about Jews.
Lol - “shook the British empire”. No one heard of it other than some sad Anglophobes
Britain agreed to leave most of Ireland the following year so it made its mark.
It actually did shake the British Empire.
@@dontmesswithcrows a few cowards shooting people in the back? No one heard of it
This is The Truth of The Irish and The American Irish en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish-American_Medal_of_Honor_recipients God bless The Irish.
I worked with a lot of Irish and had many good friends the only time I disagreed with them was when some of them sang pro-IRA songs, this was back in the 1980’s and before the ceasefire I guess as I don’t like violence and killing and I think those that sang them saw me as a Welshman having similar beliefs, which the Welsh were and still are exploited as many of the working classes of the home nations. We had some bloody good times though and the Irish people I still know do not want a return to violence and are thankful as am I that chapter is closed for ever I hope.
Irish Lives Matter