A Former IRA Child Bomber Tells His Story

[@cadetmouse]

for those not yet born, I hope they have a better and happier life in Northern Ireland on both sides.

[@amyhuk]

cheers

[@smokeybirdman]

+amyhuk you think your British. you are irish, when all you protestant knuckleheads realize this then peace will enter Ireland.

[@bigchubbypandas8342]

smokeybirdman true

[@petermgruhn]

Hope for no sides.

[@mariakelly1621]

north of Ireland ,thankyou ,

[@amysdope9538]

I grew up in the troubles as a child an seen things no adult should see dosent matter what side you were born hope it never happens again

[@finbarromahony8304]

👍

[@kieranlucas3882]

Solitary confirmed Shitzophrenic That’s one of the most delusional comments I’ve seen, imagine fearing for your life every day of your life, that’s not something to be envious of

[@l.f.c9973]

Here in liverpool we had riots because the goverment treated us like the you guys coz we r u guys

[@shazzzabanazz4789]

Me to but my mum's generation had it worse 60s n 70s I was kid in 80s n 90s sad to say you get used to it

[@jamesdavidsonmlm1829]

Born and bread in Ardoyne during it seen some crazy stuff and when you look back now it was an actual war zone we grew up in and it was great craic as we knew nothing else apart from it

[@oby-1607]

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. No one should ever believe that salvation is impossible.

[@kevinadamson5768]

I did two tours in the 80,s on the border far away from the madness of Belfast. You wouldn't know the difference from the Catholics and Protestants just by sight unless you had a players list of all the Known IRA. Stopped and searched quite a few on the border checkpoints but I'm pleased to say I never had to fire a shot in anger. I could never understand the animosity between the different factions and it puzzled me why they never got along being an atheist but christened church of England myself. I'm glad it's sorted out now because I wouldn't like it to go back to the bad old days.

[@truenorthgames]

Lad i come from a irish catholic family, I wanted to thank you for keeping the peace whenever you could. I'm sure most people wirh family's would agree.

[@kevinadamson5768]

@@truenorthgames pleased you are all getting along better. I've heard Belfast is nice now and good for sightseeing. The enemy is not your neighbour now it's the ones coming in on boats.

[@kevinadamson5768]

@@truenorthgames we were there doing a job whether the people liked it or not, all we wanted to do was get through it and get back home in one piece to our loved ones.

[@truenorthgames]

@kevinadamson5768 im canadian but my family is from Northern Ireland ( Down County) on me dads side my mother's not sure but I still bless the boys who did all they could to keep the peace even after bloody Sunday bless you all

[@crowie6844]

@@kevinadamson5768who are the people on the boats?

[@memefarmer5255]

For the people that keep asking how he was not executed or jailed is the fact of the good Friday agreement.

[@jarjarbinks8198]

Knew and worked with Shane in the mid 90's when he was doing a bit of journalism in Dublin. Was always a thoughtful kind person, he had a beautiful dog at the time too as I recall. A gorgeous black lab. Good to see him doing well these days.

[@aalexjohna]

Also a murderer.

[@quikie1984]

Did you used to have renault 5 turbos????

[@valentindegen]

What an important message in such troubled times. Shane O'Doherty's transformation should be an inspiration to everyone! Thanks Journeyman!

[@quirkypurple]

9:18 Wilhelm scream. Seems a bit of an odd choice for this sort of documentary.

[@puccipuu1797]

Yeah very out of place.

[@yuzat]

I burst out laughing

[@aaronfinnegan5035]

😃

[@aaronfinnegan5035]

@@yuzat so did i😃

[@tomphillips5438]

Dude. Read if you can? Learn b4 you give opinions. I saw friends bodies butchered by axes. Please. Research b4 speaking. War is horrible. There are no victors in war. God bless you

[@keithmartin1497]

he had the guts to change

[@mk-ee7vx]

Just dont take his potatoes away

[@jackietreehorn5561]

@@mk-ee7vx idiot statement

[@paul-dq6lk]

​@@mk-ee7vxwhat a pathetic, lame insult

[@chadheintzelman2122]

Guts to bend the knee

[@kingkong5424]

I repent any wrong I spoke of this man he is a man of our saviour

[@xwsftassell]

You can see this guy's got a broken heart.

[@TheSpecky5eyes]

And a broken accent

[@owenmcdermott1320]

@@TheSpecky5eyes remain calm. No ones out to steal your favourite toenail clippers.

[@rossmrmojorisin9579]

What a amazing perspective. Great to watch gripping.. What a man.. What a man..

[@edwardodonnell6857]

It takes courage to change.Shane opens his heart and soul gives a honest account of his life narrative a child born into the troubles.He certainly did some awful things but he attempts to explain how and why in his own understanding of the dirty war.

[@tub19]

I learnt a lot the troubles from a young Irish lad, who moved away from it, met him at college.. He told me about when he was between 6 or 7 and he was a corner shop, he saw guy getting shot in the back..

[@kerrylord2576]

I am a 60 year old woman who has been looking to find out about the troubles in ireland for many years ,finding this video i found out more in 25 minutes than watching hours and hours ,also reading for hours, i now understand .thank you so much ,God bless to all .

[@Anglo_Saxon1]

My god what an amazing fella.After everything he went through,he had the balls to stand up to some of his fellow countrymen to say this just isn't right,and it's certainly not Christian.

[@greatone7314]

It's called being a Human Being.

[@SweetSirenia]

This was beautiful. Thank you. All people, especially young people, need to be given an offramp from radicalism and violence. If they aren't afforded a real opportunity to be forgiven and accepted, there's no incentive to ever change. I'm so glad you changed, sir.

[@garymcmahon155]

I'm glad the troubles are over I hope the sides can get along now and drink together and stop all the hatred it will take generations but it will happen I'm glad there is peace god bless you all

[@stevesutton9444]

You hit the nail on the head when you said God bless you all. Answer me this, why would God bless anyone now and not when innocent people were being blown to smithereens? When we finally remove this stupid, illogical belief, peace might have a chance. Really, try to apply some logic. The Catholics were fighting the Protestants and the Protestants were fighting the Catholics, who was God blessing then?

[@mob3144]

@@stevesutton9444 Nothing to do with God. It is simply a land ownership struggle between the scum of Britain who stole it and the rightful owners of Ireland.

[@alexbell8687]

@@JasonMurphy1 proud to be from n Ireland and always will be three cheers for the red white and blue

[@petebondurant58]

@@stevesutton9444 Oh, great...another smug, annoying atheist who can't go one second of his life without shitting on anyone who isn't a smug, annoying atheist.

[@irishlegend5326]

@@mob3144 imagine being a bigot. Fuck off because your kind of hate is no longer welcome.

[@DrRyan82994]

i’m glad he’s here to speak, it’s sad some people don’t know how to listen

[@SJXN]

Im a unionist from Northern Ireland and would like to say thank you for sharing your story. I don’t think the country of Northern Ireland will ever move forward together as it is the parents that raise their kids to hate the other side from a very young age. Personally I hate living here. I just hope some day both sides can leave the past in the past and move forward to create peace and happiness for both sides.

[@jiroyoshida6617]

trailerparkboys How about you start by stopping to call yourself a unionist.

[@SJXN]

Giro Azzolini I am a unionist. There’s a difference between being a unionist/nationalist and a loyalist/republican. I am what I am as I was born in to it. I don’t hate nationalism and I am not a bigot.

[@jiroyoshida6617]

EMB 2017 That’s easy said when you have been free from oppressive rule by the British government since 1922.

[@joeday397]

There cant be "sides" and peace,just one Ireland will be the only thing that ever brings peace....the north is an English outpost waiting for the opportune time.

[@michaelmckeown5396]

@@jiroyoshida6617 definitely shows your ignorance about Northern Ireland, most unionist identity as that because of cultural reasons not political ones, plenty of unionists don't vote because politically they disagree with the opinions of the DUP/UUP/TUV (the three biggest unionist parties) and have more in common with SDLP.

[@MAGAISKLAN]

I'm Catholic and we don't worship Mary. We honour her as the Mother of God. We worship Jesus Christ. I often wonder why this is so difficult for others to understand. I never knew Catholics in Ireland ever went through the type of discrimination this man is describing. It's often mind boggling to me how human beings insist on mistreating one another over absolutely ridiculous reasons.

[@jackietreehorn5561]

Usually religion is the main culprit

[@johnd8538]

Better off before Christianity. So called Paganism, belief in a nature God, is far more peaceful and un corrupted.

[@victorygarden556]

@@johnd8538 polytheism in a monotheistic world is an admission you worship evil.

[@Sameoldfitup]

“A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.” “It wasn't only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple truth that other people are as real as you.”

[@gaggymott9159]

Thank God I grew up in a town where Protestants and Roman Catholics grew up and were deep and sincere friends. Ecumenism and 'cross-community' relations have always been strong, business owner and customer, priest and minister, Billy and Seán, Siobhán and Sadie...... Thank goodness our community have had the mature good sense and understanding to see past someone's religious denomination...

[@rymic72]

When was it ever truly a matter of religion?

[@martinjackmcfinney112]

Although the wrong having been done, obviously and very unfortunately can never be undone, may your victims and last but not least you be blessed Shane Paul O'Doherty. Peace to them, you and Ireland, the Republic as wel as Ulster, whether politically united or not. No more war, no more tragedy and shedding of blood, no more pain. McFinney, protestant, Irishman from Ulster and non-violent.

[@davidharrison441]

And void of morals .

[@franciscassidy2131]

Great film. But the comments here give me the impression we still have a long way to go.

[@johncarey7656]

It will never end.

[@eamonngreene7594]

Ya can say that again

[@tomceltic5502]

Ireland unfree shall never be at peace p.pearse

[@MarvelousLXVII]

When people quit fighting over imaginary gods things will be better.

[@franciscassidy2131]

@Kevin Green Ticking time bomb in what sense? You mean the unprocessed collective trauma we all hold?

[@ToffeenoseToffee]

Perhaps he needed to live the life he lived to come to his conclusions. What a waste his early years were. With people as passionate, driven and intelligent as him he could of been an Irish Martin Luther. Some people will say he should be locked up for life and their opinion would carry weight, but who better to teach the young of Ireland the way forward than this man?

[@SpZ013]

Thank you for sharing this information. Now i know more about that madness then.Much respect.

[@paigeleigh2554]

Same!

[@johnsabini2330]

There in 1970 and as a young soldier felt but for a change of UK government the 40 + tragic years could have been avoided. As the video progressed I warmed to the guy and his message! How is victims would view this I don’t know, but I applaud him for making this video. I wish peace to all the people of The Island of Ireland and no return to dark times.

[@gordon4228]

That was a really moving story , how he changed from violence to seeing a peacefull way forward. They should make him First Minister to knock sense into both communities. The weird thing about Northern Ireland is they have way more in common with each other than anyone else...

[@silver4831]

Still a murderer.

[@davidharrison441]

Well it moved me , i threw up at his wonderful conversation but no thought of managing to live with the murder he brought to the world , a good man would have killed himself once he realised what he had done .

[@iansoutryer3189]

I must say, a very courageous, thoughtful and (not least of all) an insipiring man. A very good film.

[@ATLmodK]

A very good example of the trauma of causing death and destruction. I have been impressed by the number of IRA explaining how difficult the pain of knowing their own guilt

[@dalroache]

Amazing grace....how sweet the sound too save a wretch like me....amen stay blessed brother with God all things are possible

[@phillipasalisbury7570]

My relative William Murray was born in Dublin in 1829 an imigrated too Australia some time later an having heard an read the history an stories of the IRA an Irish history I'm so glad he moved here to Australia

[@nealbeard1]

The comment section is like a verbal version of Derry/Londonderry at the height

[@petebondurant58]

And about 90% of the commenters neither Irish nor British.

[@sinthrax]

To many people today would never fight. Look around the world....

[@SadieMage]

Sinthrax 11 yea this is what treaties got us.

[@peterbalac1915]

Sinthrax 11 your right, only on call of duty ect

[@Ead32180]

Unfortunately, armed struggle has done nothing but killed men, women and children and imprisoned men and women. I understand how easy it was to get caught up in wanting to fight for your freedom and country, but everyone was just disposable on both sides to the paramilitary groups. And to think that not much has changed in NI since the 1980s is just extremely disappointing and sad..but it seems like it is Irish history, doesn't it? I hope to see a united country and one where religion does not define a person...

[@charliebridges3584]

What a wonderful and moving story. How a man moved from war to peace. He probably saved as many lives as he took by the change of his ways and his efforts to make peace. It is amazing how Jesus can change things around completely in a split second - he probably created this entire universe in a split second.

[@hello.1325]

Great point! Well said!

[@Devils-advocate78]

@@hello.1325 complete waffle

[@rahowherox1177]

Ffs, it's a war between Christians, you moron. The war is over jesus.

[@polpotter3640]

Good luck Mr Shane Paul o Doherty you have travelled a long and dangerous path in so many ways and you deserve peace

[@matthewbond6029]

100%. We need more people like him on both sides to tell their story.. and how futile and wrong it was. Now? Its the politicians that keep us separated.

[@nallekarhu7994]

Born In Dublin 72, I remember the atmosphere, our working class suburbs were full of Provo activity, especially during hunger strike, black flags hung everywhere

[@karr1111]

Hopefully the Irish will have all their land back....

[@seanpauldonnell5761]

Catherine Powell DAM RITE

[@maiavennard7673]

Catherine Powell where u from

[@justasmalltowngirl2456]

We will in 2023

[@BreakerBreakerYeo]

They still wouldnt be happy

[@billymorrissey4815]

Y? That’s all the IRA are fighting for, a free United Ireland

[@getzapt743]

Outstanding video...very informative....thanks

[@TheNoSuchThingPodcast]

I grew up in Northern Ireland as a Catholic from 1970-2000 then i emigrated. The IRA were wrong. The bombing campaign and armed struggle were wrong and cannot be morally justified. So many innocent people were killed. I realize why they started, as a response to the conditions at the time and I understand the gunmen on both sides, but no matter what way you slice it, it was just just wrong.

[@kriegenjoyer6913]

Civilians should never ever be killed

[@jimmyalfonda3536]

The way the British treated the Irish can totally justify an armed campaign. The way the campaign went became morally wrong, but there was nothing wrong about an armed campaign from the getgo.

[@PatTigue]

So it rong to be Irish n catholic your queen is dead boss not any loss they taught they ruled world dont rule me !!!!!

[@KyleInOklahoma]

*_As an Irish Catholic, i'm in awe every day at how good & forgiving God is to us_*

[@jaypee6061]

As a prod , I say thank God he is , otherwise the lot of us would be going to Hell..........

[@keithverrills3235]

AUDE SAPERE Hell is where God sends English rapists and murderers for the last 800 years,and their Scottish Protestant mercenaries for the the last 400 years ,who committed,and still are committing those crimes against Irish Catholics in our own country. What about over 400 Irish Catholic priests tortured to death by the English in English Occupied Ireland? This clown didn't mention that. It sounds like he's grovelling to England.

[@jaypee6061]

@@keithverrills3235 Hell is also where people who won't forgive others are sent..... You must let go of the past Keith , otherwise you merely become a prisoner of the past....... No country's hands are clean in history...... the Irish slave traded the Cornish and the Welsh for two centuries, does St. Patrick ring a bell..... invaded Scotland ( alba) in 500AD , and by 900AD had removed the Picts from their land..... Involved in slave trading the Africans to America and helped ' rid ' America of 80 million Native Red Indians ( so did the Ulster Scots.) The Red Indians claim it was more like 300 million...... thru disease and ' war '..........

[@Devils-advocate78]

and as an athiest im disgusted with the lot of you

[@Devils-advocate78]

@@keithverrills3235 no hell is an imaginary place made up by catholics to frighten people into doing what they say

[@tonyjames5444]

Interesting seeing a UVF murial on the intro, reminds me of a time in the USA when I was talking to some men in a bar who said they were Irish American and supported the Reuplicans, I'm not saying they were clueless but one had recently gotten a UVF tattoo complete with the red hand logo. I didnt have the heart to tell him they were a Loyalist group and often wonder if he ever found out.

[@michaeljohnson7929]

That can't be true surely...

[@tonyjames5444]

@@michaeljohnson7929 Afraid it is, aside from that you'd be amazed how many Irish Americans actually have Ulster/Protestant ancestors and are totally unaware of what it means.

[@tonyjames5444]

@Samsung Worldwide 'our children'....are you 6?

[@tomphillips5438]

Unfortunately if I see a UVF tattoo I don’t think I could control myself. Sucks. So much bitterness. I’m a nicePeaceful guy.

[@Ead32180]

No they were clueless

[@johnsabini2330]

Watched and warmed to the man as it progressed. Was there in ‘70 as a squaddie and felt but for a change of the UK government., the 40 + tragic years would have been avoided, it did not have to happen.

[@r3g4rds]

why do all journeyman videos have this accidental 90's aesthetic

[@BK4YN_HC_GUERILLA]

+MrRabastan IT's because they are from the 90's and older and presented as "new" and want you to go to their site and buy the documentary you would like to watch

[@InfiniteRhombus]

+MrRabastan because the documentaries are from the 90's you dope

[@r3g4rds]

There was also a recent documentary on the panama leaks that looked like it was filmed on a 90's camcorder. I think it's just the cameras they use or something.

[@Lawrence818]

+Iggy Tubman stupid answer dumb shit!

[@LThaPunisha]

@@BK4YN_HC_GUERILLA well theyre not the kid was wearing a Liverpool top from a few years ago

[@thegenie3312]

I was born into a very protestant home and my dad was taken prisoner by the IRA whilst they used his car to carry out an operation and he never recovered from the trauma BUT I say without hesitation that the protestant people from the 1920s to the 1960s should have done more to recognise the outrageous discrimination against people who simply wanted to be Irish. The roles will be reversed when a United Ireland comes which it will before 2030 and the protestants will then know what it is like to be in such a minority - I have no doubt there will be anarchy in loyalist areas when this inevitably and democratically happens.

[@TheScaryTruthCatalyst]

When the Irish Free State was founded, it was founded with rampant Catholicism at its core. Burnings and attacks on Protestant homes was common in rural areas during the 1920s throughout the Free State with IRA attacks continuing in the North. This created a 'cold war' between north and south...A united Ireland is meaningless in today's context as both the UK and Republic of Ireland and mere economic zones, overwhelmed with 'non-islanders' and run by the same Globalists.

[@thegenie3312]

@@TheScaryTruthCatalyst Great point. The huge US companies call the shots now and have made Ireland a cash rich country unlike the UK.

[@PMMagro]

Can you this man taking/selling drugs and threathening his own kin for personal gains? This kind off fighter can not be beaten, he is just and fair (and hence has a bad consience for what he did...). I wish more people in this world where like you Sir!

[@StonefieldJim4]

Thank you for this candid account. Powerful and moving.

[@tonygreene81able]

WOW this guy is probably responsible for SO many deaths of innocent people. And he just a nice down to earth everyday guy. WOW

[@ssmmkk82]

Even a wild dog can be tamed with the passage of time.

[@e2ltpjm]

Our Lord does not differentiate between Catholics or Protestants. He does care about the killing of his children in his name. Those that do, will face the Lords final judgement no mater what the cause.

[@sauceru99]

Jeez, you can see the regret in his eyes

[@ianbennett1491]

All evil killers turn to Bible bashing. Myra Hindley,Rose West.They think it will make people think,well he was a bastard but he's turned to God. Ask your victim's,the father's and mothers who lost children .See what they think about you.Not just Catholics, protestants as well .It is too late to be sorry. The damage has been done.I could never forgive anyone that murdered members of my family.

[@joemoody7440]

bennett imperialist occupation always ends up in blood shed it should never happen

[@nicholasmolloy7343]

Just read ur comment and yeah ur right to a certain point, I couldn’t forgive anyone that hurt mine, but at least he tryed to change things.

[@holeefuk413]

@@ianbennett1491 the Bible is full of people who did bad things and saw the light

[@didimean]

great video, the music choice alone was fantastic.

[@michaelhussein870]

Bless you, à very straightforward piece, and continued enlightenment to you & all of us going forward, no matter where or why. Peace

[@CartePostale.]

I was born in Derry too. The "problem" of the name, if this man is honest, occurs only when one is away from "home". EVERYBODY in Derry calls it by the shortened version. I was born into a home with parents who didn't teach us that religion was something to beat our neighbor with who worshipped in another way!! The British army entered Ireland at the behest of the Nationalist community & they only became the bad guys to Nationalists when they realised it was unfair to only search Loyalist communities & drive past barricades leading to Nationalist communities where guns & bombs were being gathered up. The R.U.C. was not a protestant police force. Put simply any Catholic who tried to join was shot! We lived in the U.S.A. for half our lives & there is simply NO comparison to the civil rights abuses that were perpetrated on the African-American communities, especially in the southern states. We all know about "Bloody Sunday" but never, "Bloody Friday" when almost 30 bombs were planted by the I.R.A., just as schools were getting out. One man was asked to "identify his son" & when he went to do so was handed a bent signet ring, the ONLY thing left of his son. He talks of armed struggle & "war". It wasn't war, as paramilitaries wear regular clothes & can't be identified as the enemy. You can all hear what a "brave boy" he was, destroying his own city & slaughtering his fellow countrymen...........His turn around didn't come quickly enough for those whom he murdered. I'd like to see him try writing a letter of apology to them. You may hear of the I.R.A. only killing drug dealers now & think that they're doing the community a service. Not so. Other drug dealers are impinging on "their" territory &, so, they have to be killed!! A woman saw a comment I'd written (2 weeks ago) of how lovely it was to have normal life back. She was a Roman Catholic from the Bogside in Derry, like the monster in this video. She wrote, "It may have changed for you but not for anyone living in a Republican stronghold. Our kids have their kneecaps shot out for the smallest of offences but especially if they don't buy drugs from the I.R.A. We get a call to actually bring our own children to be "punished", if we don't, they come to get them at home & kill them in front of us". Now for a strange ending to this very strange "documentary". Despite "the troubles", Northern Ireland usually came near the top or held the top spot for the "safest place to vacation in Europe". Despite the bombs in certain "strongholds", minor crime was not & is not a big issue in N. Ireland. We were blessed to live in a beautiful country & simply need to give peace a decent chance!

[@Dave5783]

Amen pray for both sides and all who have passed

[@aquaticaustralia]

Shame such a creative and inventive young kid could not have turned his engineering talent for peace instead of war! Sad.

[@backwoodsjunkie08]

This guy is what men all over should strive to be. Even though he was a very horrible person, he is seeking redemption and forgiveness. Not many men can do that while setting aside their pride

[@masoodahmed2041]

An inspirational film well narrated this is a lesson to us all that it can be done, through adversity and political courage it can happen, just a shame it will not happen in Israel and Palestine.

[@WKDMOUSE67]

The Bible tells you what will happen. Heavenly Father have mercy on us all your children give us wisdom and discernment amen.

[@jobutterfill6558]

my father was a British soldier in northern Ireland. He did riots mostly.

[@tomphillips5438]

Wow. He was just a bloke looking for a job. That’s the worst part. Just kids looking fir a job. And we killed them. Poor fuckers.

[@tomphillips5438]

You would have grown with jail. But you give your incarceration the credit. I dont, You were destined to become free if evil either way. I credit the Irish, your heart is the heart of all our people. From the Druid to the Christian. No snakes here.

[@tomphillips5438]

I’m happy he’s alive and having. Pint. Those troubles were bs

[@tomphillips5438]

I saw many a Brit bleeding on street.

[@tomphillips5438]

Breaks my heart.

[@keithverrills3235]

This guy just waffles on.Ireland belongs to the Irish.What's hard to understand about that?

[@FannyShmellar]

Nobody is saying it doesn’t. Ireland belongs to Ireland, Northern Ireland belongs to England.

[@Johnnyfive55]

@@FannyShmellar Your lack of understanding is exposed when you said "England" that's even insulted to Unionists

[@tadhgclifford923]

they tried to make modern videos of Derry look old 😂 a boy was wearing a Liverpool jersey from a few years ago. not taking away from this interesting point of view during the struggles

[@williamhetherington6810]

LOL I was thinking the same thing I'm thinking that looks like like the newest Liverpool Jersey

[@philmcgroin]

If that's your biggest takeaway from this video then you're a pair of eejits

[@jaywalkercrew4446]

So

[@jaywalkercrew4446]

@@williamhetherington6810 🙄

[@amysmith3189]

can I just say something ? 1 UP THE RA , 2 if u were a true Irish person u would take this in WE R FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM. AND WE WONT GIVE UP SO STICK UR UNION JACK WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK !!! IF U DONT LIKE IT U KNOW WHERE THE DOOR IS

[@user-lf3wr8rh7r]

union flag, it,s only a union jack when aboard a ship young spuddy

[@calutron008]

AS if the prots would go back to Scotland or England or wherever they came from if only they could lol. smile from down under.

[@tracer3351]

calutron00 we dont need the north

[@dougie-ru4yp]

If you dnt lik living in the uk you know were the border is 🇬🇧

[@richsmith3529]

Amy Smith scumbags

[@robertshaw9990]

Ireland's freedom fighters will be long remembered after the English planters are forgotten.

[@mrshankly213]

Loyalists also butchered innocents. I'll remember them all as terrorist scum. Even the British Army, everyone's scum.

[@bustertypsy]

Just to confirm,I couldn't harm a soul and believe in live and let live.

[@mrshankly213]

That's the problem with war, in the end there's no good side, perhaps just a lesser of 2 evils.

[@ogrebattle22763]

But see that's where the problem lies you may believe in live & let live but what happens when you come across those who don't believe in what you believe? Then you are either forced to make a stand or be slaughtered like a lamb... most will fight before they allow the indignity of being treated like shit to continue..

[@asleepinthealley]

mrshankly213 The "good" side is the one fighting for their's and their children's Freedom. It is never wrong to fight oppression.

[@phillipscannell9108]

True Irish man ! Need more of you !!

[@Dibby98]

1:37 correct use of the word "problematic"

[@ScragNath]

I toured on my motorcycle in 2018 and stayed on Culmore road In Londonderry (A2). As I withdrew cash from the ATM that evening, an Irish local was surprised to hear my English accent when I said hello. I lived in Belfast as a child in the early 60's when my father did his tour whilst in the Army and I have fond memories of Northern Ireland. Very friendly people.

[@troutlips5597]

Honest outlook of an volunteer, brave individual, good description of the terrors we endured, but also remorseful after the troubles we inflicted, there's two sides to every story and I think he did OK, but did loyalist learn anything, unfortunately NOT

[@richardcollins6815]

I respect that you felt the need to change but the struggle for an United Ireland is a just cause

[@andrews1376]

Killing people to achieve it is not a just cause and that is the point that he is making.

[@mattd6204]

If you changed Catholic and Protestant to Shia and Sunni and all in Arabic, the comment section would lead you to believe this was a video about the Iran/Iraq War.

[@mickfunny4185]

Matt DiBerto so you voted for Trump

[@thorkrynu4551]

All religion is gang warfare no exceptions.

[@ssmmkk82]

And your point is????? Before you think of an answer can i just point out that, other than the humans killing humans similarity! that's where the similarities END. its a completely different kettle of fish altogether. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

[@michaelheery6303]

Add in KURDISH PROBLEM

[@oshaughnessyrof5201]

Your not a child soldier at 18

[@oshaughnessyrof5201]

I'm 18 and going thru the process of becoming a member of the forces am I a child soldier?

[@pringleprice5084]

The guy was 15

[@garyreynolds5733]

@@oshaughnessyrof5201 did you grow up yet?

[@DARRENTINOnz]

@@oshaughnessyrof5201 What a gay thing to say..

[@diturner7247]

@@DARRENTINOnz yes and it literally makes me sick.

[@davidclarke4040]

Very very sad for both sides I think it will get better out there

[@astrohaterade]

So powerful.

[@thomaskilday3096]

God Bless Ireland.Thanks For Share'ing Your Story.

[@MarK-iw2xj]

Provided this is a true story. It's quite humbling that this man was able to turn his life around and bring an end to the violence. It must be very difficult to grow up after experiencing such a difficult childhood

[@benjijarman]

Protestants of Northern Ireland are one and the same as their evangelical brethren in the USA. Racist religious bigots who revel in hatred and violence.

[@iansoutryer3189]

@@benjijarman What has your comment to do with the original entry by Marco?

[@benjijarman]

@@iansoutryer3189 This is social media mate. Provided I don't fall foul of their guidelines I can't comment anything I like. If you don't like it ignore it.

[@benjijarman]

@@iansoutryer3189 Also, I saw a comment of yours claiming the EU is autocratic. How so? Do you know the meaning of 'autocracy'? How does it apply to an economic community of states of which none of them even have an autocratic leader?

[@Stephan74]

Would the people of Northern Ireland vote to be an all Ireland and give up all things British? No NHS for one.

[@JWeezy-kr6yz]

Well said bud.

[@corettaha7855]

Child soldiers are below 14, though all my uncles were to the point their mama would have had to call cops if they’d been too determined to fight with her below that age. To say you take no responsibility for yourself because you weren’t middle aged yet is just excuses. No hard feelings, but don’t feel the need to disrespect your own agency to be accepted. It’s a respectable cause, but we are all glad it’s being pursued politically now.

[@chrisj197438]

I’ll never understand why one country must impose its way of life whatever that may be onto another country.

[@creamcornsurprize6608]

GREED

[@SadieMage]

Same. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Britain is to thank.

[@5888max]

But they wish too that is what republican violence was all about and even now with peace they still want to force the Unionists into a country that they do not want

[@LetsSeeYourKungFu]

It's not an issue of a country imposing it's dominance. It's an issue of humanity being a completely failed experiment. What occupies these countries? People. Every powerful nation got powerful by brutally and systematically eliminating all perceived enemies and "undesirables". Undesirables are defined subjectively, and can vary according to the whim of whatever tyrant happens to be in charge. As long there are humans, there will always be cruelty and mistreatment. It's just different varieties according to the locale

[@joemoody7440]

@@5888max you mean native Irish people who you stolen our land from fuck off home

[@caoimheodonnell6529]

The flag at the start wasn’t the Irish flag

[@britopia1341]

I’m an Albion and a Brit. I’m from a Protestant background but my family aren’t really Christian. I suppose I’d say I was a Unionist but I prefer the name Derry to Londonderry. It’s just a better sounding name. We need to come together and have a good old love making session in our Isles.

[@invisibleman4827]

To be honest, it's two cities in one, and which name applies depends on which part of town you are in. "Derry" is the Bogside section and the Catholic majority areas, "Londonderry" is the Protestant majority area inside the walls and on the hill. Nobody says so, but from an outsider's perspective, that's what it is.

[@britopia1341]

Invisible Man Mainly Protestants live inside the city walls?

[@invisibleman4827]

@@britopia1341 That's what they were originally for.

[@britopia1341]

Invisible Man I know that. It’s just that when I looked at a map of segregation I thought it showed a Catholic majority inside the city walls.

[@invisibleman4827]

@@britopia1341 No wait, you're right. There is a Catholic majority there. It does seem like that's the character of the division, though.

[@mikehansen3820]

Forgive me I did not know that I left a comment but after briefly looking at the content of the video I have spent a lot of my childhood study the problems of Ireland and do agree with many of the Irish

[@seandohertydoherty5853]

I'm here thanks to my dad being on the run in the early 70s. Met my mother in Limerick and hey bingo here I am .he was in the IRA

[@mrsuperger5429]

That's nothing to be proud of, more to be ashamed of.

[@holeefuk413]

@@mrsuperger5429 he didn't say he was proud of it

[@DC-fo3bn]

To none Irish people, it was never about Catholics vs Protestants, it was always about Irish people being colonised by British people. Armed struggle against occupation is enshrined as a right in international law.

[@mikecwiklinski6999]

the guy gets sentenced to 30 life terms and only serves 14 years wtf

[@Christinebanks11]

Irish "justice"

[@ulsterscotsman6648]

There is no justice in Northern Ireland thanks to the IRA scumbags

[@ROC14088]

Good Friday agreement

[@barlb0se301]

@@ulsterscotsman6648 it started because brits treated the irish as second class citizens and didnt give them freedom, the IRA wanted the brits out of ireland and wanted a unified ireland to stop that, there is no justice thanks to the brits

[@britopia1341]

mike cwiklinski It just show you that us UK’ers aren’t evil after all. We give our murdering opposition a second chance. The TRUTH is we consider the Irish British. They’re our brothers and sisters. I’m not really sure if I care about the UK or the RoI. I just want the people of our isles to be united and

[@paulpayton8238]

I married a local lassie from Northern Ireland and I learned a lot about prodistants and Catholics my great grandparents are from co wexford and I lived in Northern Ireland for 20years I've got no time for the British army I've had guns at my head and been threatened but God bless you all over in Ireland north and south ❤️ from me in England ❤️ I'm a born again Christian ✝️

[@haalstaag]

It saddens me when I see the language used on vids like these. As an ex British soldier who served many times in the province, I really do believe, for there to peace, the hate has got to stop....then we can all move on and have a United Ireland and a friendly neighbour

[@peterbalac1915]

If only carlsberg did happy ending's mick, sadly I doubt that will ever happen 👍

[@mashupbeatz5042]

The Brits have left a scar too deep to forgive

[@haalstaag]

No scar is too deep to heal....if you truthfully believe it is....you are part of the problem

[@mashupbeatz5042]

@@haalstaag some scars dont heal. I think about my little brother every day who was shot in the head by a rubber bullet and killed. An innocent 9 year old! The problem has been there well before me. There shouldn't even be a problem in the first place if you Brits just stayed on your own land.

[@johnjones8572]

@@mashupbeatz5042 guess you turned down the sound and made up your own commentary

[@MrSporkster]

Now, I remember when Domnall Ó Murchadha was trying to skip across to Antrim for a PIRA job in '72, his bird was opposed, but I said 'Aibreann, you must let him go, he's doing the Lord's work for sure', so he went and the UVF kneecapped him on Crosskennan Road. Looking back, it wasn't my best recommendation. :/

[@mickfunny4185]

MrSporkster do you eat beans sporky

[@TheScouseassassin]

I'd say it was, well done that man.

[@nicholasmolloy7343]

Ur full of shite

[@reginaosullivan1387]

You learned injustice as a child you were an innocent child freedom is your right powerful message thanks for sharing you were not the cause of the war our greatest enemy is the enemy within⚓

[@houyi3982]

a lad of 18 ain't no child soldier. I enlisted myself at 17, if that's a gauge for anything of the sort.

[@DuruttiVisca]

an honest man god bless you

[@APOKOLYPES]

what an incredible story

[@pakilovescurry7828]

This year I will be going to France and helping the French army as I'm in the irish army we don't go out to war we help the men and women and children in the world

[@ssmmkk82]

And your point is?

[@rapid1019]

Ireland doesn't have an army

[@joemoody7440]

@@rapid1019 are you simple?

[@rapid1019]

@@joemoody7440 what do you mean? Ireland has a defence force it's not recognised as an army

[@joemoody7440]

@@rapid1019 the army is part of the defence forces a number of different organization naval air Corp etc just putting out a statement like Ireland doesn't have an army is disingenuous at best

[@brakaponter]

God bless you. Thanks

[@truthmediarebel5816]

You do not win with the bomb and gun. As ex soldier I agree with this man and accept his apology for killing my friends. Anyone who committed murder on all sides should do the same.

[@elliestoth1311]

Peace, equality and respect

[@extriotic]

We are proud of the work you did, and the sacrifices you made. Tiocfaidh ár lá, mo chara.

[@chrysalis72]

Hate doesn't defeat hate..only love can do that.

[@TheJimbojetset1]

look I am British but I do understand were this man comes from you have to watch what a educated man thinks and what he became as a child glad its history now

[@RobertK1993]

He was an IRA terorist all IRA and Ulster Loyalits terorrists should be in jail.

[@seanwhitty5155]

Robert Kelly you haven't a fucking clue about Irish history so don't comment on something that you don't know anything about

[@torquemada3273]

@@seanwhitty5155 Maybe rk should go to school and try and learn how to spell then he could read some books😋

[@crazytanks2001]

@@RobertK1993 no they should be killed

[@amysands8925]

@@RobertK1993 Instead of that they let them out. To kill again.

[@bytpranks8089]

I was born in 1984 my dad -my father brought me up with no hate- but il never be Irish I'm northern Irish 🇬🇧 no surrender

[@jamiemcc6253]

That's sound, But why stay in Ireland if you don't want to be irish. I'm not even being disrespectful. The irish that went to Scotland should come home, And yous go home. No disrespect. It's just easier that way.

[@jamiemcc6253]

Yous are like the trans people, You have to call them they/them. Trying to make things difficult. When there tons of better options. Yous aren't even British, Yous are Scots. And even England doesn't want to know Yous. How long is this gonna last. We could all be living peaceful, But instead people let there ego win, No surrender etc.

[@jackietreehorn5561]

Surely you have some Irish in you, I mean the description is in the title

[@oundrayflemingpietersz4190]

I love Ireland

[@christophercarmody7094]

Ireland loves you

[@alexbell8687]

@@christophercarmody7094 I love Northern Ireland

[@kumar9346]

@@alexbell8687 You mean northern Ireland, "Northern Ireland" is an illegitimate country.

[@ringsidejudge4302]

Come clean and tell us about the Claudy Bombings if you really have repented.