Reverend Ian Paisley: 1926-2014 | Channel 4 News

[@niallackroyd7210]

He simply made a legitimate and peaceful request for cheddar cheese and pineapple on a stick

[@elton1981]

I wonder how many others got that reference.

[@CfOme]

MRS BANFIELD!

[@niallackroyd7210]

@@CfOme AT ES NOT MAY, WHO ES BEAING UNRAISONABLE, ET ES YEOU

[@DannyRic3]

I totally and utterly REJECT your expressions of sorrow Mrs Bunfield

[@fd6661]

Those are crocodile tears!

[@Slarti]

I have made a peaceful and legitimate request for cheese and pineapple on a stick!

[@williamulsterman6771]

I TOTALLY AND UTTERLY REJECT YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF ME! LET NO ONE BE IN ANY DOUBT THAT THESE ARE CROCODILE TEARS YUUUU ARE CRYING! YUUUU SHALL ALL BE JUDGED GUILTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Slarti]

@@williamulsterman6771 ha ha - that had me laughing aloud.

[@stevegreen9460]

lol i was about to write the same thing !

[@andym28]

Even the pope laughed when he called him the antichrist

[@thejq8310]

Haha!

[@Krass.Estranged]

Everyones got a mate who can do a great Paisley impression.

[@nightw4tchman]

I asked my mate several times and finally he said "NEVER NEVER NEVER". So I stopped asking after that.

[@moonbug7252]

If you're like 40, bless

[@HH-ln5xu]

I am that mate

[@richardmcgrath9729]

My cat was not scared of any dog or other cats...we had a page of Ian Paisley quotes on the fridge...when in the grip of 'the buttermilk' I'd roar a fire n brimstone sermon... he'd flee in terror then he'd poke his little head nervously through the cat-door... that's how I knew he was a papisher

[@SirMrShanks]

I sir, am that mate of my group 😂 a great knashing of teeth haha

[@slainehagan8672]

Too many Catholics Too many Protestant's Not enough Christians Frank Carson.

[@Poetofsound]

Excuse me who is Frank carson thanks

[@fairlyvague82]

Packet but do they not go hand in hand?!?

[@Sir-Cletus]

@Packet That is still too simplistic. There were a large group of Northern Irish who liked being British.

[@Sir-Cletus]

@Packet But you said Britain v Ireland. Northern Ireland is apart of Britain.

[@gezzarandom]

poetry Jamie R Hill A comedian from Northern Ireland

[@Vesnicie]

Came here from Harry Enfield's Mr. Ulsterman sketch. Have to say the prototype is still a lot crazier.

[@dubig23]

Same as me 😂

[@gurnechnaz1196]

For hundreds of years, my community has enjoyed cheddar cheese and pineapple on a stick, and you have trampled our demands UNTO THE MUD.

[@elton1981]

*contemptuously unto the mud

[@machida58]

?

[@Gennettor-nc8kx]

No! Et es YEE who has refused my peaceful and legitimate requehst !

[@Ligerpride]

I'd say one thing.....he wasn't one for fluff. He hated Ireland less than Varadkar and Coveney do.

[@joesoap1960]

You have brains. A relief to know you are out there

[@johnkelcher7994]

Where is the clip of Paisley shaking hands with GerryAdams? That is the one that had me think I was hallucinating.

[@Whizzy-jx3qe]

He never shook hands with Adam's

[@petercampbell1287]

It was the ulster unionist and the SDLP leaders shaking hands

[@Slayer-ev1of]

He reminds me of an American fire and brimstone,Bible belter.

[@pragmatic1ultramagnetic202]

+898989Slayer One and the same.

[@samnicholson5051]

Indeed, the southern accent is rooted in the "Scotch-Irish" accents of Paisley's ancestors.

[@londoncalling151]

@@samnicholson5051 The circumstances deserved him becoming Catholic/

[@shotpusher]

Regrettably, the Bible Belt doesn’t have that sort anymore.

[@pamelamyers9613]

John Knox

[@eannamc]

Acceptance, tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons. Perhaps Mr. Paisley learned these lessons after spending many years he spent ignoring them.

[@eannamc]

@@James-xn1oe yeah where did I say I support UI? 🤔 I don't want to pay higher taxes to fund your failed statelet up there. More than happy to have the British footing the bill. While I buy cheap goods thanks to the weak pound 😊

[@raphaelrau1728]

His verbal attack on the Pope (John Paul the 2nd) when he was invited to address the EU Parliament is jaw dropping and toe curling!

[@derekmcmanus8615]

But so Northern Ireland

[@k8aik8ai]

rightfully so

[@Ror0009]

False doctrine Catholicism

[@savedandblessed79]

Paisley was right about the Pope and summed up that materialistic demonic ridden faith in that speech. Toe curling because its entirely true

[@chrisdurant7351]

@@k8aik8ai he would a madr a good, Jehovah,s. Witness, very mu h so,

[@patriciaharte8113]

The thought of first minister was too enticing to give up even if it meant sharing power with Sinn Fein. Tells it all really

[@jonharrison9222]

Or because he was dying and finally realised peace mattered more than his pride.

[@Kitiwake]

Ian Paisley preyed on the fears of his poorly educated supporters to further himself in life. When it suited him, he dropped the act.

[@goyonman9655]

Nah He believed what he said And they believed what they did You seem to have a condescending view of these so called "poorly educated supporters" You seem to believe you're less susceptible to propaganda than them

[@chrisdurant7351]

Ian paisly, was an opossr of God, a satanist,.2nd corinthions, cha, 11 on wards, cute that deil is, very,.judus was of the devil,.

[@youngwaveaudio9390]

@@goyonman9655 I think what they mean is that he was not just a politician, but entertaining, a strong leader archetype to listen to and also follow as part of a movement, which as always attracts the less political minded people and quite a lot more emotionally driven, less "educated" on actual matters etc. It happens all over the world. He loved to put on a show from what I can gather, I don't think he was truly as hardline as his youthful frontman persona let on, it was a huge gig too so he had to play all his cards. Could be wrong, I'm a ceasefire child from the other side so who knows. "I would never repudiate the fact that I am an Irishman".

[@jonharrison9222]

@@goyonman9655 Does he believe the EU is the tool of ‘the Antichrist’…? Paisley did. Next.

[@goyonman9655]

@@jonharrison9222 Exactly Paisley did So did a lot of his supporters So what? What is condescending is assuming out of hand that he must be putting on a fake show to fool supporters. Nah Both Paisley and his supporters believe what they said

[@stpat7614]

The George Wallace of Northern Ireland.

[@Cormac0bbz]

That's twice

[@snowflame4333]

He used to be. Then he got old and gave in.

[@stpat7614]

@@snowflame4333 So did George Wallace. Too little too late.

[@PeterFlanagan0987]

George Wallace at least came to his senses for whatever reasons in the mid 70s Paisley was still belting sectarian shite when Blair was in office.

[@phillmartin6196]

Yes, both kind and wonderfull

[@jgrj52]

I have not read enough about the conflict In Ireland to have an opinion on the matter and as I am an outsider I would love to hear from both sides of the issue. I just watched this because dr Ian Paisley has a great voice

[@jamesasher63]

It's a very complicated subject, one that's incredibly politically and emotionally charged for millions of people in N.Ireland, Ireland and beyond. Definitley worth looking into, but I guess you could say that it began with the British colonisation of Ireland, you had English people settling in much of the East and Central parts of Ireland forming what became the Anglo-Irish community and in the northern province of Ulster, Scottish people were also settling and forming communites. These communities were largely protestant as opposed to the native Irish folk who were largely catholic. Political, economic and social rights became drawn down these lines with the Protestant minority given the right to take land from Catholics without cause, impose harsh taxation and were the only ones with any right to vote. Also, their was a huge effort to erradicate the beautiful language of Irish and replace it with English. I think all the languages of the british isles have their beauty, Gaellic, Welsh, Cornish, Manx and Irish. The imposition of english was a way of killing cultures and it's disgusting. Emancipation was slow with changes to the legislature meaning now voting rights were based off of land ownership, status and wealth. It wasn't until the mid 1800's that the Irish were given any kind of political agency but were treated with disdain by the rest of the UK, the Irish Potato famine typified this xenophobia and hatred. We were meant to be brothers in arms within the 'Union' but people were starving to death en masse and Westminster did nothing to aliviate the suffering. The population of the Ireland has still not recovered to pre-famine levels. Irelands status as a puppet state of Englan->Britain->The UK would last from 1542-1922 with the war for independence. However, the Northern part of Ireland, which as stated now consisted of a large communitiy of protestants were deeply opposed to Irish independence. Many considered themselves to had developed a distinct accent, culture and identity of being Northern Irish/Ulstermen or British. They saw, and many still see themselves as a seperate people with seperate views, goals and wish to remain firmly within the UK. Similarly, religion would of course play a great role in the devisivness that followed with many Protestants feeling repulsed by the concept of living in a Catholic nation. Then for roughly the next 40/50 years Northern Ireland existed as a part of the UK having a devolved parliament within it, however, the large catholic minortity living there were still very much segregated from the rest of the country, living in walled off communities, segregated schools ect. All of this resentment came to a head when civil rights activists marched in Derry, protesting against catholic discrimination on October 5th 1968. The police began beating the protestors severely injuring over 100 people. After this (there were many *many* other events bear in mind) the troubles began with inter community violence between those that wanted Irish reunification and those that wanted to remain British. This was largely contested between the IRA and numerous Unionist groups like the UDA, the UVF, which were firmly but (not so) covertly backed by the government of the UK. Finally this ended in 1998 with the signing of the GFA between the British Government led by Tony Blair and the Irish Government led by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. This established firm rights, a solid politcal system that would represent both republican and unionist voices as well as travel/citizenship rights between the North and South. There's definitley stuff I've left out, like Cromwell and Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the impact of William of Orange as well as the recent impact of Brexit. But that about covers it. Sorry it took so long, if you've read all that I'm impressed, definitley worth looking into.

[@jgrj52]

@@jamesasher63 I had an idea that it was more than a religious conflict but the sheer depth and scope of it is astonishing. Thank you for the information you gave me

[@jamesasher63]

@@jgrj52 no problem mate

[@patrickmccutcheon9361]

@@jamesasher63 that is a pretty good summary. I would just add that opportunistic as politicians are the people have a lot to answer for. After the bravery of the Ulster Unionists and the SDLP, respectively the more moderate unionist and nationalist parties, in making the peace agreement the voters in NI rewarded Paisley’s rabble rousing DUP and SF the political wing of the IRA terrorists. Amazing Paisley and McGuinness managed to get on and make the devolved administration work. Their successors have not been as successful and now the whole process is threatened by the stupidity of Brexit which the DUP support in order to undermine the peace process. The irony is that the English nationalists in the Tory party, egged on by the various Farage parties, insisted on a hard Brexit and a protocol introducing customs controls between the mainland GB and NI to protect the Belfast agreement. This enrages the DUP and means NI cannot form an administration. But getting back to the story you could say that Paisley was successful in fomenting bigotry but failed to prevent other parties and the British and Irish Governments in promoting peace.

[@terrapinalive6192]

@@jamesasher63 Fantastic resume on history of The Troubles and not at all long Thanks a lot

[@TintedVisionMovies]

Don't loyalists realise that 3 Ulster counties aren't under British rule?

[@rileys1005]

Tinted VisionZz one day 😎

[@jack18over]

It was unionists that carved up the north and created the boundaries for partition so yes we are well aware that only 6 out of 9 Ulster counties are British because we were the ones that decided it so.

[@Charliemc1112]

@@jack18over so ur a prod

[@jack18over]

Charlie McCreery whether someone is a prod or not does not necessarily correlate with them being Unionist and the only type of heure to even come out with “so ur a prod” is either a wain or has an intellect on par with a hen. Away with you now boyo, famines over.

[@edcarson3113]

Don't you realise that's a 1600s Elizabethian boundary map. Ulster has varied in size over the centuries. Some times smaller sometimes larger.

[@raphaelrau1728]

How did Paisley survive in Ulster without a hair out of place from the 60s onwards?! He was untouchable like Adams and McGuiness. I shudder to think what would have happened in Ulster if the rival factions had killed one of them.

[@mochyeas5266]

Paisley was such an embarrassment the RA kept him alive

[@neilmcfadden4936]

Ever time he spoke 100 people joined the cause. He was the greatest recruitment advertisement for the IRA there could ever be

[@georgedoherty962]

Paisley looked good on the RA recruitment posters.

[@jonharrison9222]

The IRA’s greatest recruiting tool.

[@gezzarandom]

Every time he opened his mouth the IRA gained more recruits. He was the best recruiting tool they could’ve hoped for.

[@eddietuite732]

If anyone else from any other country did the type of things Paisley did he would be compared to Hitler

[@MrBiggiefuckinsmalls]

What an utterly ridiculous thing to say. To equate Ian paisley to Hitler is laughably stupid

[@martinda7446]

His voice has stuck in my head, like a nail, since the 70s.

[@conorfields506]

Missed the part where he gave addresses of "papists" who lived on the shankill road to a crowd he was whipping up with his hate speeches

[@conorfields506]

@@arohanpatla4308 yes. Research the history of this mans work, the people who had their homes burnt in 1969 knew it was "the paisleyites" that done it This man used his religious standing to ingrain sectarianism and racism into the poor peoples hearts The protestant loyalists from ireland have always had a hate preacher teaching them to hate and fear the catholics going back hundreds of years, paisley was just another incarnation of this evil

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

@@conorfields506 the papacy is the antichrist

[@MarineAqua45]

This man had balls of steel.

[@stephenowens354]

+MarineAqua45 why no name or face ? he had a heart of one too - funny how he changed his tune as he got closer to judgement day he will still burn in hell for the hatred he spewed and the blind eye to children being abused

[@jamesm8964]

Could do with him today!!!

[@jonharrison9222]

And a brain of pure Swiss.

[@mattjames4358]

He had anger management issues....

[@paulpayton8238]

I lived in Northern Ireland with my x wife a local lassie and I was friends with Dr Ian paisley 😊

[@tomburke6642]

You must be hard up for friends.

[@hensmithers9687]

so obsessed with being the leader of Northern Ireland he even accepted McGuinness as his deputy..ponder that one

[@anonUK]

Born 1926. Religious outlook from 1626.

[@dh1872]

We shall never surrender. Ever.

[@paulcronin3626]

It won't be a choice.

[@Bellabella-n2i]

Surrender to what ????

[@seanbarrett2629]

We dont want ye to surrender, just hand back all the lands ye stole.

[@imperatorscotorum6334]

@MsMissy the Scots came from Ireland originally. Scoti was the Roman term for the Irish.

[@davidmcnulty8907]

my old man had a big head on him like Paisley. they could have been twins

[@earlybhoy1119]

He spoke a good game, he lined his pockets whilst he got his monkeys to do his bidding. He knew his time was coming to an end and jumped straight into bed with Sinn Fein.

[@marionbraidfute2991]

Remember Kinora's boy home....

[@anonUK]

Kincora. Apparently, only three people were involved, they were convicted years ago and they are all dead now. If you buy that, I've got a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland you may be interested in buying.

[@johnungi7315]

He exposed the paedophiles within the Catholic Church but turned a blind eye to those within his own

[@robertreape]

He would have made a great guard dog,he even came with a collar.

[@sonneyputh6503]

I don't know what Paisley has done in his life, however, standing up against the darn Pope is something I deeply admire. -An ex Catholic

[@kxam2]

Paisley was evil. He wasn't just anti Catholic Church he was anti Catholics and was bigoted against them. He hated gays and was a religious conservative. Awful man.

[@sonneyputh6503]

@@Toby-jj6us I don’t condone hating anyone. Him standing up to the Pope was something I have never thought someone would do..that is all. And I personally have been “blessed” in person by Pope John Paul II and he’s polite I guess but he’s still the Antichrist…

[@cf9719]

@@kxam2 based

[@aglennane]

He wasn't fit enough to lick Pope John Paul II's boots. The late pope forgave every person he saw and worked on the good of all God's people even those were not Catholic. A man who even forgave his assassinist. Ian Paisley was a horrible man.

[@jimbehr2291]

Legend. Gone but never forgotten. Calling the Pope the anti christ to his face....legend.

[@stephenowens354]

+Jim Behr NEVER FORGOTTEN - for one half of the chuckle brothers and by the kids he allowed to be abused - but i dont think he will have much to chuckle about now he has meet his maker him and the pope r both cheecks of the same arse

[@robertshaw9990]

+Jim Behr The bigot is gone but the Pope lives on.

[@stephenmurphy2212]

Jim Behr That's sounds rich coming from that anti-Christ! 😠

[@davidmcnulty8907]

it was funny

[@daniellamont3439]

Robert Shaw actually the pope he did it to is dead

[@MrStoneyburke]

Wasent he some stone age monster the DEVIL will never be dead,yet he made a fortune out of his VENOM.

[@northernirelandhd5907]

He was a good Godly man who hated violence

[@user-ys5yv2nz6w]

@@northernirelandhd5907 He hated violence so much that he set up a paramilitary and led counter-protest marches which were deliberately violent

[@Life-zu2tv]

@@user-ys5yv2nz6w Police exists to destroy Violence and Terrorism.

[@user-ys5yv2nz6w]

@@Life-zu2tv That has nothing to do with what I said

[@gd1059]

Ulster Says NO!!! We say NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER!!!!

[@stellaormes1844]

The DUP has never said Yes to anything except bigotry.

[@gd1059]

@@Amoore-vv9wx Ulster is British and will always remain an intergral part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

[@paulcronin3626]

@@gd1059 change your last name seoinin

[@cpl.geckell6355]

The irony of holding up a sculpture of Thatcher being hung while waving a Union Jack in Northern Ireland is an irony apparently lost on these lads

[@ItsZombiefied]

They despised Thatcher because they saw her as a sellout, and a traitor to the Union. The Union flag is probably there as some dominance thing I can't put into words properly.

[@mikegalvin361]

He lived for a very long time.

[@djharto4917]

Empty vessels usually do

[@mattrogers7521]

He spent the 1950's and 60's sowing crocodile teeth and we all paid the price for his bigotry.

[@scottw0028]

Even if you don’t agree with his views you have to admit he is a great speaker. Not sure if I He beats Hitler tho

[@vainparasite]

I do miss the 80s

[@anthonylondon3366]

Incredible political career but not the outstanding non sectarian leader that the Unionist community would have benefited from in the long run.

[@Whizzy-jx3qe]

He was the most intolerant unionist N Ireland ever produced, ironically the party he founded have been thrown under the bus by the conservatives.

[@Valencetheshireman927]

That’s not true . Being a strict unionist isn’t a bad thing when you have the IRA to deal with and the DUP are still supported by the Conservatives.

[@patrickmccutcheon9361]

Sadly no Unionist leader has proven outstanding in the way John Hume was. Sadly he was a one off and NI is saddled with mediocre politicians.

[@aricato4399]

@@patrickmccutcheon9361 John Hume is not a Unionist. He came from the Republican SDLP.

[@patrickmccutcheon9361]

@@aricato4399 I never suggested Hume was a Unionist. My point is that the Unionists never had a politician of his calibre. While happily David Trimble proved to be an able foil and they got they deal done, the visionary was Hume. Sadly the electorate, were not ready did not appreciate their efforts and they chose as the largest parties the more hardline unionists and republicans. Their leaders are not capable of running NI. It did work for a while when those parties were led by Messrs Paisley and McGuinness who could pull their parties with them. But those days are gone.

[@roberth1322]

2:00 - I'm kind of happy that Paisley shouted at a bigger crowd than Trump has ever shouted at, that HAS to be about 100000 people, bending around Royal Avenue, past what we can even see, scary.

[@ItsZombiefied]

That's a mass protest against the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement. I think it was over 100,000 if I recall.

[@adrianharvison9269]

The only man to bring to northern Ireland

[@Walkinjoy]

John 15:18 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you." Of course everyone hated Ian Paisley, if Jesus was hated what makes us think true Christians will not? If the world loves you then something isn't right.

[@BrianDuncan-w6o]

Pure brilliance. The man spoke the truth . God bless him

[@patricklawson9756]

What truth was that?

[@Jesse-cy7ws]

Should have chosen rugby as a profession. Made a great lock.

[@dohertm2]

Horrible antagonistic person, responsible for nothing but bloodshed.

[@Saewelo-returns]

A great man, gone to his eternal reward. I opposed his Masonry, his anti-Catholicism, and his support for the usurping Zionist entity, but he was a loyal soldier for his cause right to the end. The haters below might want to ponder the deeper lessons obviously acknowledged by Reverend Paisley in the closing years of his life, the brevity of our lives on this earth, and what we want our legacy to be, his was peace and reconciliation.

[@tryhard2315]

Ian Paisley was one fucking dictator he's not ducking religious for the stuff he done Fuck Britain and their government free irelanddd

[@johnbull9195]

He would be the first to tell you that salvation is not a "reward" for good works but a gift freely given through faith alone in Christ. "The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans.

[@annefranciselizabeth3840]

@@johnbull9195 Salvation is different from "rewards". Salvation is by faith alone but there is "rewards" for service in the New Testament.

[@johnbull9195]

@@annefranciselizabeth3840 Amen.

[@irenemeno3585]

Brother Paisley, You will be upon a white horse with fine linen,white and clean, following our King of Kings and Lord of Lords, The Word of God, at that great battle (Armageddon) against the Beast you so fiercely spoke against. And this time, he WILL be defeated!!! (Rev. 19:14-21) Can't wait to meet you!!

[@icemanire5467]

I think Ted Bundy has a better shot at heaven .

[@Samn3212]

Ahhh, another example of the tolerance of religion.

[@skyred2]

The worst being the religion of modern humanism.

[@jackhughes1741]

As a nationalist, I hate the UVF or any branches and anything and everything it stands for. I also hate the queen, as useless as she is. However, Ian Paisely, with all the hate spread from both sides then working with Martin. They did not have to shoot at eachother to get people to listen to them, i'll still sing the RA songs and stay inside on the 12th but both Ian Paisely and Martin McGuiness secured a more peaceful Ireland if not fully at peace. But you have to admit, the way Ian speaks would put a shiver down anyones spine.

[@Valencetheshireman927]

Death to the Ira!!

[@MLMACCANA]

@@Valencetheshireman927 death to prods

[@peacehope7365]

@@MLMACCANA now now, no bigotry please. Protestants come in all shapes and sizes. You get nice and not-so-nice people of all faiths and none. Peace and love and life to all ✌️☮️🕊️

[@jonharrison9222]

You support terrorist organisations?

[@jackhughes1741]

@@jonharrison9222 yup and im a nazi.

[@patobrien6364]

even his own kirk fucked him out in the end !

[@51wins]

Correction: Ian did not hate Roman Catholics! Ian was a Christian above all else. Christ tells us to love one and other. Please do not mistake his protesting (Protestantism) against the Roman Catholic Church as hate. Ian had no problem sharing power with Roman Catholics provided they weren't terrorists in the IRA.

[@robertshaw9990]

+51wins CATHOLICS, not roman catholics. I blame the schools.

[@RobertK1993]

Wrong on all accounts of this bigoted old Ulster Scots soaking in lava brimestone right now IRA hunger strikers pissing on him . Only true Christains are ones who remained loyal to st Peters Roman Catholic chruch did not follow some deranged German monk and obese English King into Hell.

[@RobertK1993]

Same thing Protestants are protestant Cathollics.

[@WiggaMachiavelli]

Go away, Papist. The only true and Catholic church is the Church of England.

[@PhilHoy97]

+WiggaMachiavelli your profile pic is pretty racist...

[@AlexanderBogdanow]

He converted me to Calvinism in 2008... (Was raised as a Lutheran iun Germany) One of the greatest Staetsmen of the 20th Century and one of the greatest Men of Ulster!

[@NoahSpurrier]

“…I would have been totally unbelieving.”

[@Codarsnacht]

Great video

[@BeltandBraces]

paisley was never ordained so wasnt entitled to be called reverend, the church of Ian is his temple.

[@tomkennelly7393]

What a change for Ian Paisley

[@TheVojvoda]

Its like they took the puppet character from spitting image and made it a person. That show didnt exaggerate at all. He makes peoples hair fly off.

[@CradaOC]

It just goes to show you how pointless it all is

[@joshkusiak7613]

God bless them

[@Charliemc1112]

He was a fucker

[@Charliemc1112]

He was a fucker

[@MrBiggiefuckinsmalls]

@@Charliemc1112 they were all fuckers, both sides. The lot of them

[@Valencetheshireman927]

God bless unionism god bless the union

[@Valencetheshireman927]

@@anniegrath1417 North of Ireland? Donegal? Ok…

[@ack3145]

"blessed are the makers of peace for they will be called the children of God." 🤔 If Jesus were to spread his gospel today, the world would still murder him because people like this and legions of hateful preachers spread the messages of death. Deceiving the world as if that is what Jesus taught. "The Pharisees and the scribes haven taken the keys of knowledge and hid them. They themselves have not entered, nor have they allowed to enter those who wish to."

[@supahnubz]

Amen

[@Andraphile]

@JP Collider Whether you believe in Jesus or not, it is a historical fact that he existed.

[@onnnbbb]

Look i will never speak ill of the dead, but this man was Vile without hatred be would have remained nothing

[@spms3018]

I so wish he was alive to see the Catholic majority reunite to one Ireland

[@buddymacbuddington]

Hey look it's the man responsible for gaining the PIRA more recruits than anyone else, hope it's warm enough for him down there with tatcher

[@JMBPro]

What a hero

[@angusewanmacdougall839]

A great well respected man of the cloth . The world mourns this great human being . You shall never be forgotten sir . ...... R.I.P : Revrand Ian Paisley :(

[@pearse9116]

Fuck off. He was a horrible human being.

[@ericmourinho9589]

Angus MacDougall he was a shit stirring bigot so he was who belong to a man made church and that son of his a complete wanker

[@bigboyozzy9215]

He has been immortalised in history. God bless Paisley!

[@jonharrison9222]

Terrorist enabler.

[@potterj09]

Jon Ronson's book Them brought me here lol

[@94Bulletproof]

I hated and despised him... laughed at him for his bigotry, but in hindsight, over time, one cannot deny a certain charm and magnetism of this figure. Clearly a maniac, sometimes ridiculous when he shouted, but I think even his most bitter detractor cannot help but recognize a certain gravitas. In those days I supported John Hume and the SDLP. While I do not absolve him, I recognize that he was a character in his own sinister way fascinating.

[@dimb9]

God bless you Ian

[@toyotaprius79]

@Jesse Brennan DUP = great bunch of lads

[@Valencetheshireman927]

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[@corkboy4523]

I doubt he will

[@Valencetheshireman927]

@@corkboy4523 More likely to bless Ian than Martin

[@miltonchorei4105]

He really was a good Christian.... He doesn't fear, nor shame, nor gave up...... God will reward u in the millennials day to rule with him

[@nervesinapattern7261]

He preached hate to working class Protestants and definitely has blood on his hands

[@chrisdurant4627]

Do read, john cha5v18,, jesus resurects who he wants to resurrect,,, an thats it,, we.not got a say in it,,,,, ahh,

[@jasonwood3377]

He really wasn’t, he hardly loved his neighbour as himself, he may not have personally fired a shot in anger but he knew how to manipulate those that would.

[@chrisdurant7351]

Read john, cha, _5 ,v ,10- ,21 ' ,,interesting,

[@jonharrison9222]

Who encouraged paramilitaries and hated Catholics and gays.

[@rayjacques8850]

John 6: 55-9 suggests he was preaching against the truth on the Eucharist

[@londoncalling151]

Become Catholic.

[@whitetroutchannel]

the greatest political mind n.ireland ever saw and history will remember that the union will never break

LOL

[@Bansidhe]

MUSSUS BUNFIELD

[@ericmourinho9589]

By god Paisley was some mouthpiece he was only for himself

[@geoffwhite7535]

both gone?

[@alfredroyal3473]

He foretold it all

[@rkgrant]

This report misses the boat....Paisley didn't, in the words of the presenter, rage against ''all compromise with the catholic community of northern Ireland'' He raged against Sinn Fein which was the political arm of an organization, the IRA that was seeking the unification of Ireland by violent means, including violence against innocent protestant civilians. The excerpt of his speech presented here quite clearly says that. Moreover, unlike McGuiness and Adams who had ties to the IRA, Paisley was never affiliated with the Protestant paramilitaries. His political action consisted of speeches not assassinations, bombings, and kidnappings. And yet, at the end of his life he was able to forgive his violent adversaries and work for the betterment of his province.

[@sayno2lolzisback]

What level of simping is this?

[@Evemeister12]

Ian Paisley was a prominent opponent of the Northern Ireland civil rights movement in the 1960's, a peaceful organisation that had no desire to pursue republican aims. Portraying him as a righteous defender of the realm is unrealistic folly. He was a hateful man who only relented once he got a sniff of power.

[@BRUTUALTRUTH]

NURVER NURVER NURVER but maybe

[@gezzarandom]

Liam Neeson, although Catholic, used to sneak in to listen to Paisley giving his sermons. That’s why he took up acting.

[@stephenowens354]

I dont understand this man he stoked up the fires of hatred and then .............Well the rest is history He spoke up for children abused by Catholic priests but said nothing about the children abused by members of the Orange Orders ( although they got booted out of it - how come priest got away with it ? ) I honestly hope he R's. I. P. but i dont think he will have much to chuckle about now he has met his maker. If i go to hell i doubt i will get close to the fire for members of the clergy

[@IRISHROVER-ub2ob]

What a wonderful way to spend your day watching Ian Paisley pass away😂😂😂

[@hhorsley6264]

The measure of his statesmanship is that he was willing to compromise if others did!

[@FcoJavierCF]

A man who stand against lies and the devil... And yet there are many insulting him as a person and not argument against his claims. It's clear Jesus had enemies w/o good arguments just emotions, His disciples too.

[@jonharrison9222]

Jesus encouraged sectarian violence and paramilitaries…?

[@heiltd1286]

I liked Paisley's campaign against liberalisation of Northern Ireland's homosexual laws. There was no beating about the bush..the slogan was 'Save Ulster From Sodomy'.

[@jonnmara6011]

he didnt no where he was born but he was born in ireland

[@rhodiusscrolls3080]

I think it rather perverse that hardly anyone talks about him any more.

[@standiallo]

Does Ian Paisley work for the Irish catholik government ?

[@jacquelinemullan4900]

Mr Paisely was lost for words for once when the beef ban came in, that british beef was all diseased and had to be distroyed, so because we are under Brittish rule it meant N.Irelands beef also but our farms and beef was healthly, so we will see what hes made off as he was all for the union and keeping N.Ireland British. i said we have got him so the N.I. famers spilt from labeling Brittish to N.lreland beef and still are.

[@chrisrogers3457]

Rip

[@irishelk3]

I can see from the protestant point of view in a way, they're the ancestors of the people who came into the north in the 17th century and they had to grow up in a place where they weren't wanted, but screaming and shouting isn't going to get you anywhere, or using guns. Religion is old hat, were basically genetically the same anyway -- you telling me protestant ancestors weren't Celts either?, you bet they were. We should all just have some compassion for each other and human decency and Paisley didn't preach about that. Nothing about love or truth or kindness -- we don't need religion to tell us about that.

[@k.r.murphy4301]

Jim O'Ryan. They were placed there and given what belonged to others. The Loyalists have been the Crown's lackies for over 300 years, just to be above someone and to hold onto the scraps thrown to them. Paisley himself was the anti-Christ.

[@maireadmulholland5996]

Never,never,never

[@Jim54_]

How Protestants and Catholics, two groups of people who worship the same god, same Jesus and use the same bible, don’t get on, just baffles the mind

[@chrisdurant4627]

Why, they follow mans voice,,, and not the voice of. Jah,s, word,,, psam 83, v18,

[@heywoodjosh]

Look at Ireland now. Protestants and Catholics joining against the true terror, Muslims and their false prophet

[@joevenecia6254]

And so are u Thomas Walsh.

[@finnhagan7036]

That was not paisley either he was coptimiaed or he was taken out and replaces by a clone

[@leanne16195]

Martin won the battle a true irish man

[@MrBiggiefuckinsmalls]

Did he though? Theres still a queens head on my money

[@Valencetheshireman927]

You sure about that? Northern Ireland still exists.

[@Fummy007]

Respect.

[@urakunt866]

What a vile man

[@alfredfanshaw4786]

If he were a catholic he would have been a saint

[@edcarson3113]

Irony

[@nifralo2752]

Why can't Ireland get over religious bigotry like every other country in Europe (other than Yugislavia). Even Lebanon and Iraq are slowly moving out of that mentally. And before anyone says Ireland is different, Germany had a 30 year long civil war between the catholics and the Lutherans and Hitler said German catholics had dule loyalties to the Pope rather than him (unlike the Lutherans). Yet Germany is 100% over Catholic vs Calvinist/Lutheranism. Why can't Ireland ?

[@Valencetheshireman927]

It has got over religious bigotry but the sectarian violence is to do with identity rather than just religion. The violence has calmed down now so it’s not much of an issue any more.

[@nifralo2752]

@@Valencetheshireman927 but if it's not about religion then what is it other than tribalism?

[@seanbarrett2629]

The troubles in the north was not about religion, the aposing factions were , natniolests versus unionests, who just happened to be different types of Christians.

[@JackieChanFan1]

A lot of lives lost because a few men's egos. Shame. Shame. Shame.