The so called "plane spotters" or spies as they should be referred to looked like members of a prog rock band! Roger Curtis is the singer and Paul Mason is on keyboards. Even the names fit.
This is such revisionist nonsense: On a universal human level it's a shame poorly trained boys were killed but who put them there in the first place and in support of what kind of system of rule?! Also, does anyone seriously believe 'take no prisoners' means 'let them go'? Perhaps the Brits could've handled it all in a more nuanced way, but that would've been ahistorical. They had an Empire to maintain and Empire is based on the suppression of anyone trying to stand up for themselves.
Iv red some books about Brendan, that a friend gave me to read that he had got. Wonderful to read. I saw Mrs brown's boys at the theatre in Coventry some year ago too. Brilliant thank you for your comedy programmes Brendan.and all your family in them.🎉🎉❤❤😊😊
At my ripe old age of 60, the uprising and what the IRA was in 1916 compared to the '70s and beyond always used to confuse me. And MRS BROWN made it so understandable and relatable?!? Hats off to Brendan O'Carroll🫡🫡 this was an amazing program
I met Sir Terry a few times as a young kid , at the Terry Wogan Golf Classic in Dun Laoghaire Golf club Dublin Ireland in the 80s . My dad was a member there. He was a lovely bloke . Signed tons of autographs, posed for a ton of photos
The oddest bit was the comparison with islamic jihadists. Their conception of martyrdom is different, self-immolation Edit: "not" martyrdom, and Patrick Henry Pearse died through execution (He was obviously willing to die through warfare which he considered as a soldier for Ireland. Maybe perverse but certainly not cultish, the Rising was done deliberately not like an insurgency and failed (Although with my limited knowledge I think it could have won if the orders were not rescinded and the Castle and other approaches defended.) yet he is portrayed here as a lunatic. Bear in mind too that there were plenty of non-"culters" in the Rising.). On the other hand I happen to agree on the other points, it was British over-reaction more than anything that sealed it, in fact I do not even see how the executions are excessive (They tried to over-throw the government, what else would you do?). A pardon would have been politically sensible and it is definitely true that the rebellion was really unpopular. Try to square what I wrote with the fact I am a Monarchist and an Irish Nationalist.
I have studied European history for years and just recently started to learn about Irish history. Very well done documentary, I hope Brendan will do more documentaries like this.
😁Funny, but true anecdote from 1969/70 when Prof Michael O'Kelly (UCC Archaeology Dept) was preeminent at New Grange. I was not directly involved in this innocent fun. Archaeology Students from UCC were volunteering at the site during Summer Tourist Season, acting as tour guides, when it was getting very late but visitors were disinclined to remove themselves. One student feigned alarm saying to the other student 'was that crack in the ceiling there this morning'? (it had been there millennia) which instantly got the attention of the tardy visitors. 'No', said the other student, at which the visitors swiftly evacuated the monument and the volunteers were able to lock up and leave. 🤣
Well done! I absolutely enjoyed viewing this documentary! Sammy will forever continue to live on-he is the blueprint of a remarkable and timeless star!🎩🎶🎙
Last Christmas I planned to see Newgrange, but the gates were closed on the day after Christmas. So i hope to see it another time again with more luck.....
What I don't understand is why not one of the 1916 leaders ran for election before starting a rebellion. The case for a republic - and the case for achieving it by any means necessary - was never put before the people. The case for home rule was put to the people by the IPP and won an overwhelming mandate. The rebels should have done the same, if only to establish there was widespread backing for extreme actions.
Interestingt he Brits talk about the cult of blood sacrifice. Don't they have their own? The Somme? Rememberance day? Battle of Britain? And so many more. What about that fella who charged an Argie machine gun nest during the falklands...no blood sacrifice there nah?
So so sad time, so much lost, but forgotten children innocents yes there should be some sort of a remembrance Day for these lost souls, this is an awakening we should not forget☘️🙏🕊️
