Emmy Winner Martin Sheen finds ancestral ties to the IRA! 

Martin stood with all of us in the Ohio Valley against WTI ( big polluter). Thank you Mr. Sheen❤

Ramon Estevéz is half Spanish and half Irish and 100% iconic. I really loved him on West Wing.

I love Martin’s eye glinting at “I heard he burned the prison down”

Good man, his uncle was on the right side. Martin half Galician, half Irish, that’s some wild combination.

Sure yer one of our own Martin. There never was a doubt. Sure with Charlie as your son we all knew he was Irish - welcome 🇮🇪💚

So Martin is Spanish on his dad's side and Irish on mom's. Interesting combination.

One of the best actors ever, underrated but fantastic

Martin Sheen is a wonderful man (who looks a lot like his Mom) an Irishman to be proud of.☘️🇮🇪☘️💚

If Martin is ever arrested again for civil disobedience ,he should tell the judge that he can't help it ,it's in his DNA

Love love love Martin Sheen! Such an intelligent, handsome man and a talented actor.

Loved him on The Departed, didn't know he was half Irish.

Well your uncle had good hand writing

Civil disobedience is genetic. RESPECT, Mr. Sheen.🦾🎉🎊🥃😀

I visited Kilmainham Jail in 2006. The staircase should be familiar to anyone who remembers the Michael Caine film 'The Italian Job' and most of the interior of the jail featured in the Daniel Day-Lewis film 'In The Name Of The Father.' Of course, the prison also has many historical connections too.

Kimainum visit is quite interesting even if you don’t have a relative who had been imprisoned there.

His defiant stance against injustice is in his blood.

"I don't fight fascists because I think I'll win. I fight fascists because they're fascists." - Chris Hedges.

One of my favorite actors. Didn't know I shared Irish heritage with him.

He has 2 interesting sides of his family to investigate Irish from his Mum Spanish from his Dad

I have had the pleasure of meeting and spending time with Mr . Sheen . He's a gentleman , and a lovely man . I am a huge fan , but never let on , or even blinked an eye in his company . People deserve respect , and freedom from being " on " .

👏 well said Mr Sheen

My Grandfather knew Eamon De Valera as a friend, they lived locally, and my Dad met him twice as a boy, in the 30 and 40s when De Valera was in power, including a visit to the cottage my family lived in. My grandfather fought with De Valera.

Not surprising , right? I mean it seems to fit his personality and beliefs.

4:57 Kenneth Branagh could have played Michael Collins. The resemblance is amazing.

I met Martin Sheen when I was 16...a long, long, time ago.

Incredibly talented actor and yet so humble and genuine. Apocalypse Now, Wall Street, Catch me if you can, The Departed - some of the greatest movies ever made.

I have always admired Martin Sheen, and hearing his family story makes me admire him all the more.

Love this man, he was such a good human!!

My uncle Sylvie Heaney was anti-Treaty IRA during the civil war. Part of the last unit to be captured and one of the 77 executed by the Feee State. His name and his comrades names are written on wall in one of the cells in Killmainham, after the news of their unjust executions reached their comrades in there. Very proud of my uncle Sylvie.

Something to be proud of for sure!!!! 💯🎯💪

Re-elect Josiah Bartlet.

You go, Martin Sheen! 😊

Martin is such a lovely man and a first class class actor.❤

Aggghhhhh can't stop hearing The Illusive Man 😂😂😜😁

His uncle was on the right side, “We have declared for an Irish Republic, and will not live under any other law”

If Kilmainham prison looks familiar, it's because it's where they filmed the "Mr Bridger" scenes in the original "Italian Job" movie with Michael Caine and Noel Coward.

My favourite actor so convincing in all his roles

I love this man.

What a nice man

I'm a huge fan of martian sheen and both of his sons

Great to see the Military Archives on tv

I love this man

You have Emelio. Thank You.

... What Was His Ancestor Called?... FERGAL ESTÉVEZ😂😂😂

Great story thanks Martin

Sir, I salute You! Honor and respect, wow! I love His acting but I love Him more now, as a Human being. ❤

Are people aloud to make copies of these documents that they find about their family members?

A fantastic family man and a great actor who has played versatile characters in some if the best and classic films .😂😂

I'm Brazilian and Spanish descent on my mother's side. I used to think the Sheens were part Latino, only recently did I find out he's also part Spanish.

They should make a movie about his uncle! I’d pay money to see it!

He explained it precisely one couldn’t be one’s self unless you did what these marvellous patriots did

Fantastic story and he is proud he Irish

This guy is amazing 👏🙏

My daughter was a competitive Irish dancer 20+ years ago. She danced for Gerry Adams at Martin Sheens' house. It was some sort of fundraiser.

My grandfather was also in Kilmainham, Company Sergeant Major in S Dublin E company (I think it was E) but he ended up in the FS army.

he is fit more movies mr sheen thank you

I can't get over just how like him his eldest son ( Emilio) is . They even sound alike. I knew Martin had Irish and Spanish roots but like most I believed that he was part south American.

Sheen has that "Irish wolfhound" Look.

I wonder if Martin had a few pints of Guinness when he was home in Ireland

I'm from a little village in Ireland Martin sheens mum looks very like a lady I knew from this village I heard she met him in killinaul where aunts of his lived

Great story of a true hero 😎👍🇮🇪

Love Martin Sheen , terrific Actor and person’ I’m half Irish like him , just hope I’m related to him maybe 🤔 Could be worse’ just imagine’ finding out your related to the Royal family ugh 😩 I’m ok I think, my ears 👂 don’t stick out.

WOWWWWWW

5:00 LOL I grew up in the suburbs of Boston that had a high Irish-descended population (I'm one m'self) I went to school with not one but three Michael Phelans. (Class of 1979 +/- a year)

Just think…the newest generations won’t be able to read historic documents. They won’t be able to read cursive😵

Good bless Michael Phelan, a man of principles. When the day comes and we finally have a free Ireland, people like Michael will receive the true respect they deserve.

Marty you're not surprised to hear your uncle was a trouble maker are ya? :-). runs in the family..thank god.

A GREAT ACTOR And a great human being.

Knew threre was something about the sheen's lol any wonder where Charlie gets it from😂 🇮🇪🇮🇪

Martin sheen great irish man 🇨🇮🙏🇨🇮

Emilio looks so much like his dad.

Loved Martin and his son Emilios performance in the movie The War at Home , still one of my favourite films

Civil wars are vicious because people reserve a special hatred towards other people who are similar - but different. Around 45 years ago I watched Robert Kee's extensive television history of Ireland and he interviewed pro and anti veterans : right into the 1930s private scores were being settled on both sides. I understand the " free state" only became a republic in 1949.

Ireland, we're a small island with a world wide reach

Nice

Martin Sheen is Cool 😎👍

Really goes to show it’s in our blood

i thought his real name was Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez. Perhaps he was from Spanish Point!

Isn't his real name Estevez?

Should get Charlie and Emilio to do this...

I'm Irish. I'm blown away that we're talking about his Uncle! Not earlier generations. Fun fact - of 46 US Presidents 23 were?are Irish - and since JFK all but 45 were/are Irish!!!!!

In these shows I see a re-occurring theme of 'I have this personality trait, and now I know I INHERITED THIS PERSONALITY TRAIT from so and so". This is an interesting topic that has solid backing with scientific studies. We can inherit personality traits, emotions, trauma, and general memory of how to survive in this world from the DNA of our parents. I remember an experiment where they took eggs from the cold north (where food was scarce) and the warm south (where food was plentiful) of the same species of bird and hatched them in a lab. They presented the birds with a simple food puzzle. The birds from the south (where food was plentiful) could not figure out the puzzle. The birds from the north (where food was scarce) were able to figure out the puzzle, implying they were born with a survival instinct belief that "You can find food, but you will often need to work for it".

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People like Martin Sheen show how real the connection is between USA and Europe. I hear so many Irish people cursing American people for claiming to be Irish. This quite plainly demonstrates that Charlie, Emilion and siblings' granny was Irish. They are pretty Irish if you ask me. Do all your parents / grandparents need to be of a particular place to claim that heritage ?

Is that song, “ North And South Of The River” about the IRA ?

Shocker 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I'm from Dublin Ireland, and have been a fan of Martin Sheen since I was a kid when I watched his portrayal of JFK in the mini series Kennedy. Little did I know that a decade later I would be married to my childhood sweetheart by her local parish priest Fr Pat Cleary who was Martin Sheen's first cousin.

Imagine a hot blooded Spanish man and a hot blooded a Irish woman, definitely a “bomb” combination.

love this show, the old I.R.A. was different in them days....it meant more....Sheen is a class man

His ancestor was a Freedom Fighter. He *fought* *to* *free* his People.

Somehow i think they'd handed me the wrong dossier! 🤔🤔🤔

Welcome aboard Martin , you're an inspiration to people who want justice.. and countries united that were divided by imperialist swine, for want of a better word.

It always amazes me that these people never pick up their computer prlor to going on this show if they really were so interested!

Sheen=544 😂

Ireland to america were not friends were family

Thursday 19th february 2009

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An explanation of the incarnations of the IRA over the years, might be beneficial for our American friends?

9:25 not exactly interested in peace. didn't sound like.

I thought he was called Esteves