He never forgot his father anyway, poor Gerry

Meanwhile the movement was riddled with agents.. enough said

"....ashes"

He was a handsome man Gerry even in his last years

Remember Clinton rubbing McGuiness's coffin....all a creep show by the creeps

He'd still be fighting if he had the support

What a man 🇮🇪🍀👍🙏💚

Rip hero, you knew the truth, spoke it too

At 5 12 he said he leads a most revolutionary force in Irish history?Who gave the oration at Marty funeral???I rest my case....

Ruairi O was a purest, but not a realist. I liked him and his drive for a pure republican position. The IRA and Sinn Fein by 1986 was infiltrated by spies and the people were getting tired. When you have to admit that you cannot defeat the Brits by military means, you have a duty to talk. The Brits also knew that they could not defeat the IRA and told Martin and Gerry that they were not married to holding onto the 6 counties. That left room for negotiations. The Officials became the small ineffective Workers Party, so they entered constitutional politics anyway. Sinn Fein now may head both the Republic and the 6 counties. They gave up on radicalism for control of gov't. That does not feel good but it is prgmatic. Winning by military means might also have produced control over gov't ,either way you have to appeal to enough Irish men and women to make it work and the Provos did not have that kind of support. Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness both knew that from the inside out.

I alway had liked Ruairi O Bradaigh's he was a purist, but ultimately it was not a winning strategy. The IRA either Official or Provisional, did not have enough to defeat the British militarily and visa versa. Without the capacity to beat them militarily, a political settlement is the only answer. It is as simple as that. By 1986 the PIRA and Provo Sinn Fein was infiltrated and were having secret talks with Britain. The Brits at this time made it clear that they do not wish to hold onto the north at any cost, but could not leave based on a military defeat. Gerry Adams never hid the fact that he believed in a political settlement. He wrote about it in several books. Sinn Fein as a whole made the choice to give up the armalite for the ballot box. Talking was the only way to go and spreading republicanism or constitutional nationalism from the inside. The sad thing is radicalism is lost in the mix. I always respected Ruairi O . The Officials went away for lack of support and became the small Worker's Party. On the other hand Provisional Sinn Fein has put itself in a position to lead both in the north and the Republic.Unfortunately that means giving up on being a radical party and becoming more mainstream to win votes. Ireland is now a modern European country and there is no going back to 1969.

LMAO I Love this. Poor Jim, he gets called out so hard here by Toby.

By fk was he right Rest in peace Rauiri a true Irish soilder 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

Good old Martin is buried on British soil😂😂

Rest in Peace! We won't forget you and your father and the other innocent lives damaged.

Scary people, scary times

RIP Ruairi Ó'Bradaigh. What an orator, what a patriot

you had your show, congratulations.. I cheered up on yall . Ironically. Sarcastically.

Surely son aiaiai ai. Thing way. A himmah sweet heart of devil well he. Accept it now

Howhowhow 😂 😮 thats the way the World goes round Moune❤

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Fergal O, Mahoney

They don’t make them like ROB anymore

Rauri O'Bloodbath. Full of sound and fury and never tired of the bloodletting. The people tired of it before he did. The graveyards ran out of space.

How right he was

I heard this when it first aired on NPR's Selected Shorts maybe thirty years ago, and it hasn't lost any of its enjoyment. I got to meet Malachy (brother of Frank McCourt, who wrote Angela's Ashes) one time when we were in the city with my parents.

I have to track this down to listen every year, thanks for putting on KZbin!

What a wonderful character. RIP

I wish I'd be certain of what I knew then an d definitely knew later. Mc Guinness would have been outed with the truth. J118 THE BIGGEST INFORMER IN THE HISTORY OF THE IRA

Shinn Fine the enemy with in fection

R.I.P Patsy Gillespie.

Northern Ireland remains British and always will be.

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The handshake was venomous

Abstentionists were spot on...shame shame shame on you Martin and Gerry run the armed struggle into the ground

Once you enter Leinster House you are no longer a republican, God bless Ruairí

Martin contradicted everything he said here. Ruairi was bang on with his assessment of where things were going to go. Not saying either one was wrong in the long term but on the basis of how things would go and the fact that the armed campaign would be run down and eventually become an embarrassment, Ruairi was 100% accurate. There's no doubt about it and listening to Martin here only reinforces that.

What a well deserved ovation this man got...👍👍

Some Amazing stories here John. What year was this recorded?

Sorry, what does Ard Fheis mean? Surrender?

Adams and McGuinness were very very shrewd operators, you dont fight war for wars sake, with no possibility of attaining the objective, no wise thinking 'general' would commit to that. British brass assessed that the IRA could never be defeated and vice versa, so he was correct in his assessments? Sinn Fein biggest party on the island now and the North, First Minister, its just a matter of time.

Martin McGuinness was right!! United Ireland is closer than ever, yer man here was wrong, a great republican, but a bit of a relic, Adams & McGuinness were very very shrewd operators, 21st century thinkers. We know its coming, Sinn Fein, Biggest party in the North, first minister, the orange are panicking and on the run, the whole world can now see them for what they are. ✊✊✊

Well this is awkward.

I once made a tweet to Martin McGuinness about a place that I think is sacred the graveyard of Yates in County Sligo with a beautiful backdrop of the mountains and he favoured my tweet. I will give McGuinness for that.

Irish unity is on the way 100 per cent and the Brit’s know it 😂😂😂😂🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

The man was 100 percent right but unfortunately he couldn't bring the people with him, Adams won because the vast majority in PSF weren't committed republicans anyway, true republicans were always a minority in Ireland be it 1916 1922 or 1998, Ireland is too aligned to Britain in its people and its capitalism to ever build a true socialist Republic, revolutionary movements are worthless unless you can get the vast portion of a nations population to back you, we see that today with dissident groups, without public support unfortunately they're efforts are in vain

Rúairi was a Great Rebel Republican, but he was Wrong supporting Abstentionism, that was Self Defeating and Futile ...and it got us Nowhere

I'm not a believer in socialism or Communism but absolutely respect this man. He had values, morals & integrity. He's was right about abstentionism. They ended up in leister house & stormont and are totally enmeshed in the system. They still spout the same lies that Rouiri called them out on. RIP from a firm believer in NS

They will live you outside and gang up on you ! Haha ! The truth ! RIP ! A man ahead of his time ⏲️ !