Terrible hand-wringing, typically, from RTE.

Look at the irony. Asgard is a Nordic name. In 1014 the Vikings (mostly Nordic) arrive at Howth and march against Brian Boru's forces. At the battle of Clontarf, the Irish break the Vikings in a bloody battle. In 1914 a vessel named Asgard delivers rifles to the Irish Volunteers at Howth. The Irish take them and march off. They are then in a conflict with British soldiers at Clontarf. The rifles will be the backbone of the Easter rising,eventually leading to Irish freedom. Funny how history has a way of coming full circle.

Ironic. Asgard is a Nordic name. In 1014 Boru defeated the Vikings in the battle of Clontarf. 1914 and a Nordic named vessel arms the Irish at Howth not far away. History comes full circle.

A shower of West Brits shoving shit down our throats. They do not deserve the Ireland that our heroes lived and died for...what a shower of "woke" shit

Mulcahy did not turn up at the Battle of Ashbourne attack celebrations, he was upset thinking back on the dead and wounded I suppose. This dirty animal ordered the taking out of prisoners such as the Drumboe 4 from their prison cells and having them executed. It never would have been allowed under Michael Collins. Mulcahy for me was a dirt lower than the shit that sticks to my boots on cleaning the farmyard barn.

Francis Sheehy Skeffington was cold bloody murdered by Captain Bowen-Colturst he was not shot by firing squad. But a good podcast, thank you

Good debate.

These R.T.E. hows make me sick, the problem in Ireland is we still have too many West Brits.....

It was so justified and what a miracle it succeeded.....God bless our Creator for that gift at the time ....... and it gave many nations the will to rid themselves of the British Empire........ the Brits are still pissed off with Ireland for showing the way for all the others that followed.🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

some women in our areas here on the falls road during the 80s/90s done more than the males! its no secret... thanks to two main women from the beechmount area of falls road they are the reason we got the rights to education threw the irish language.. they protested and fought for this and they won and now look at irish schools topping the charts in uk wide test papers! they fought and won and we owe them everything! bigger balls than most men.. FACT!

Was he Framed?

Was He Framed?

First and does this make heroin the soldier's drug? Or is that the wrong poppy? Seriously though this is sad.

Very interesting discussion.

First and in 1915 the country was quiet. I guess the surprise is how quiet.

Only a minute or so into it and already there's nonsense being spoken. The 2nd. RDF were a REGULAR ARMY battallion and their boots would have been not only correctly sized but well broken-in. This was a time when the British Army marched pretty well everywhere and long route-marches were a regular occurence. What I suspect the narrator is actually speaking about is the problem that many of the Reservists - me who have served a minimum of six years in the Army and returned to civilian life but who had a Reserve obligation in case of war when they could be recalled "to the Colours", which is what happened upon the declaration of war in August 1914. These reservists would have received a letter from the War Office directing them to report to their Regimental Depot on a certain date. On arrival there they would have been issued with their full set of of uniform and equipment - including brand new bootsm of hte correct size! - and sent to their units, wherever they happened to be. These were the people who were having problems, and it had nothing to do with wrongly-sized boots! The mobilisation plan for the Army was a masterpiece of planning and preparation, after one order from the Commander-In Chief in Aldershot the whole thing worked like clockwork. This "historian" is completely wrong in his asserticn that there was any lack of organisation or planning . As for his understanding of the Battle of Le Cateau, the less said the better!

I am surprised they had no role for the Irish Brigade.

I wonder why they could only get 1,200 guns.

Informative indeed. I guess it is a good question as to how accepted the use of troops was as in 2024 I suspect no British Government would countenance such a thing.

Dudley Edward’s is a discredited revisionist historian who allows her anti republican sentiments run riot through absolutely everything she writes. Blinded by a Free State, conservative ideology, she constantly illustrates her inability to understand her subject through every utterance that emits from her. IMHO 😎🇮🇪

The ruling elite using RTE to soften up the republic for centenary commemorations designed to undermine modern day republican thinking. It didn’t work though. The wall is gone and the Tans/RIC/Auxies didn’t get their planned party.

What an incredibly biased, revisionist tale is told here. Dudley Edward’s is incapable of taking anything other than a vicious anti republican stance in anything she ever writes or says. She is, in my opinion, a largely discredited historian as a result. Townshend and McGarry (both highly respected and renowned historians)I fear have been heavily edited to suit the views of the programme. Diarmuid Ferriter is the one to listen to in this programme, as his views seem to have largely survived the revisionist editing suffered by the rest.

Was he a Freemason by any chance…

My great grandad william henry moore was one of the survivors

Mc Garry is out of his depth in this company.

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Richard Shoal

Good talk,very fact specific!

I love ❤️ the 🇬🇧 Hopefully, Northern Ireland will never be ruled by Rome

No!

Hobson was a shitbag. I support Connolly, Markievicz, Pearse.

It would take our own National Broadcaster the West Brits RTE to question the merit or justification of our 1916 Hero’s. Some were indeed happy under the thumb of The British, some had it decent, but the country was not ours, none of it. There has been many changes since, Rte is not one of them

God help Ireland we need men like them today

Who is the fancy boy old man speaking?

Thats why Ireland had to leave, the British were disinterested ....

Some people don't seem to realise that Hill 16 has been knocked down and redeveloped several times over the past 100 years. Hill 16 is actually the youngest part of Croke park today, built in 2004. It is bizarre that some people could think it is build by rubble over 100 years ago.

No other country on earth psychologically beats itself up about its past quite like Ireland.

The nation existed long before one of its most distinguished sons .Padraig Pearse also knew well that .

My Grand Uncle from Galway died in Ypres in 1915. I have no doubt had he the benefit of hindsight he would have chosen to die here in Ireland opposing British rule instead.

In fairness you cldnt put a black an Tans name on anything except a fire 🔥

"If you remove the English army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the organisation of the Socialist Republic your efforts would be in vain. England would still rule you. She would rule you through her capitalists, landlords and financiers." - James Connolly Now the world is a different place, England herself has lost much power too, but this does not mean Ireland is free. A new Anglo nation has taken her spot on the world imperialist podium, and from there she leads Ireland, nominally independent as she might be, but dominated economically.

It's the start to the end of England rule in Ireland it will happen as sure as night follows day.

OMG, quit interrupting each other . Hence primitive fools abound !

it seems obvious to me that Casement was being blackmailed by republicans.. or the whole thing was a plot to solve the Irish question

Amazing interview. Great to have this available for all. Thank you

He's my great great uncle

No mention of the real leader of Erin, Mary Jane. Shows how little people know

RTE revisionist shit. I’m not buying it. Neither are most Irish people these days. 🇮🇪

You where in the lions den.. Dingle 💚

And 100 years later we all walked around in Premier League Tops and lived happily ever after...