EX-RUC SPECIAL BRANCH MAN on SOUTH ARMAGH IRA

EX-RUC SPECIAL BRANCH MAN on SOUTH ARMAGH IRA | "An Army.. Within An Army"

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Ай бұрын

Ex-RUC special branch officer William Matchett gives his thoughts on the exceptional effectiveness of the South Armagh IRA and what made them such a deadly enemy of the security forces.
William spent part of his career in the South Armagh area and dealt firsthand with the “army.. within an army”
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@John-eo4zm Ай бұрын

While Bandit County on South Armagh by Toby H is an excellent book, I feel it is time for someone able to gain more access and with more personal interest in the subject to cover both Tyrone and Armagh Brigades in one comprehensive study.

@eddiestaunton514 27 күн бұрын

Young People today are lucky not to have grown up during the Troubles

@TirEoghainTim Ай бұрын

The mortar on the back of the tractor, the "Mark 60" was first used at Clogher RUC barracks in early 1994 by operators in the locality and North Monaghan.

@andyrae7265 Ай бұрын

Barrack busters / also A name for a 3L cider bottle 😅

@cormchm2853 2 күн бұрын

@@andyrae7265 You don't know what you are talking about, do you.

@coughlantom4139 Ай бұрын

Funny story, about fifteen years ago I got a call from a former Garda friend of mine who had spent time on the Armagh/Monaghan border during the ''trouble's''. He said ''watch the news'' holy fuck see that lad on there now called Slab Murphy, well many a game of cards we used to have with him. He used to visit them regularly in their security hut for card games at night & they never realised (at that time) he was the ''main man'' in the area. BTW he said Slab was one helluva of a cute operator on the deck...

@user-bg8ib5zo4h Ай бұрын

U need to interview John nixon armagh hunger striker best story for ya

@RJH1971 26 күн бұрын

02:49 "dude"...aye I'm sure that's what the RUC were saying to each other in 1977

@raymondwatson4134 Ай бұрын

Ffs name Gerry Adams for the Loughgall Massacre.. he was the tout cos they threatened him .. !!!!

@KennethFunston 25 күн бұрын

What do you base your comment on, or is this merely conjecture on your part?

@bordercollie1140 24 күн бұрын

@@KennethFunstonOf course it's conjecture on his part. He probably wasn't even alive during the troubles.

@MR-mc6rj 19 күн бұрын

Stop calling people Touts. You have no evidence for your claim other than rumour, speculation & conjecture. The IRA were riddled with informers from top to bottom.

@gshadow30-x4z Ай бұрын

What's the chance of getting some of the South Armagh men on, Sean G Hughes, Caraher or better still Slab, would make great listening. Doubt they'd be too keen to talk opening but it would certainly be interesting

@gerardhenry5501 Ай бұрын

No chance

@irishpride9867 Ай бұрын

Slab Murphy ain't talking to anybody

@Kevin-lo1le Ай бұрын

I’d say you would have better luck finding snow in the desert and winning 2 lottery’s all at the same time.

@thegoodlistenerpodcast Ай бұрын

@@gshadow30-x4z Dream come true if I could 😍😍

@1milkcowblues Ай бұрын

@gerardhenry5501 not a hope if them boys don't know your entire family line,they won't even acknowledge you. Introductions are not possible now or in the future

@darrenfarrell-bn2cb Ай бұрын

Tyrone were like a Crew Of Dan Breens Flying Column , KZbin Dan Breens interview.

@KennethFunston 25 күн бұрын

Tyrone PIRA were virtually wiped out by the Security Forces.

@punkrocker6431 21 күн бұрын

@@KennethFunstonNonsense, east Tyrone became more active after loughgall not less

@6Tghma 19 күн бұрын

@@KennethFunston No it wasn't, there was plenty of men and women willing to step up

@balor7 Ай бұрын

The successful units had no informers. Informers defeated the IRA.

@ArchStanton-xx6sj Ай бұрын

Was just about to say the Loughgall ones were up there, but those units were the exception to informers, the provos were and still are infiltrated by mi5/6, its funny how that video of mcguinness was only "found" after dead and it was owned by a British company, can't wait 4 him that was never even in them 2 go

@Dreyno 29 күн бұрын

When were they defeated? I must’ve missed that news. I remember them signing a ceasefire and then decommissioning their weapons when they were happy with the political concessions they’d gained from the British state.

@balor7 29 күн бұрын

@@Dreyno otherwise known as defeat.

@Dreyno 29 күн бұрын

@@balor7 Known by whom as “defeat”? People who struggle with words? Withdrawing your soldiers, dismantling bases and outposts whilst granting political power to your enemies is a lot more like defeat.

@PatrickWhitaker-ls2cs 29 күн бұрын

United Ireland is nearer now than ever, no defeat-just a slower than desired victory, how's your king doing 😂😂?

@therealpaddy4687 29 күн бұрын

Are we getting the full episode on KZbin John.

@thegoodlistenerpodcast 28 күн бұрын

@@therealpaddy4687 Friday my man

@dantroy5444 26 күн бұрын

The irony of a RUC special branch man calling someone a "terrorist." They wrote the book on it.

@KennethFunston 25 күн бұрын

Please expand on your comment with supporting evidence.

@PaCo-jd3sl 12 күн бұрын

@@KennethFunston RUC officers joining the UDA had to be officially outlawed in the early 80s.. look up why

@TheSubpremeState Күн бұрын

Only recently the Russians started using 3000lbs glide bombs on frontline Ukraine. If they're ones ive seen they're not far off tactical nukes. Then he says the south armath didn't try anything spectacular like the A team lol. He must know what I've suspected was that final explosion in London was allowed to happen to trick them into thinking they had achieved something

@AnonAnonAnon 25 күн бұрын

I used to liaise with RUC Special Branch in RUC Castlereagh in the 1990s on a weekly basis. They were an 'odd' sort. I could see they had witnessed years of death and destruction. One of the senior officers was a female. I had a thing for her but she was married. Occasionally I'd drink with them at the RUC social club. Hard drinkers, mean as fcuk but great sense of humour.

@gearoidt6761 Ай бұрын

You gotta Hawk Tuah spit on that thang 💦

@John_Wood_ Ай бұрын

me little armalite? 🤣

@jaimieboy999 Ай бұрын

In the maze

@user-br8nf2om2n Ай бұрын

U can see he was an evil man back then not saying now cause people do change but where he says "might be collapsed building and "few corpses 👿 " his own comrades at that it make yea sick

@bcgraham3512 29 күн бұрын

I can't see that at all. I thought he was particularly fair and respectful. He no doubt was badly affected by what he saw at the time. Do you want him to blub on camera? Give the man a break.

@kennymacm3031 29 күн бұрын

Not sure where you are coming from. The guy is recounting his experience how he sees it. Not sure what your issue is.

@55ablebof 24 күн бұрын

@@bcgraham3512 He comes across as a fair lad. Doing his job as he saw it. A good cop in other words.

@liam9072 Ай бұрын

Put full video up and I'll subscribe, fuck these 10 minute videos. Content is very good, you don't need to be doing this shit.

@John_Wood_ Ай бұрын

2 week build up ton this...

@kevinbarry1888 Ай бұрын

Preview. As always.

@thegoodlistenerpodcast Ай бұрын

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@MickKly-ih4it Ай бұрын

Good video , that man obviously knows what he’s talking about .

@jofasable Ай бұрын

Local farmer sons and daughters were up against thousands of British soldiers, RUC, UDR. When something was going down , you could get 500 British soldiers surrounding a 10-mile area. Helicoptes. The Provies were brave men and women. 🙋‍♂️🇮🇪

@vespelian Ай бұрын

They relied upon political restraint. The SS would not have been so forgiving under similar circumstances.

@speedster2464 Ай бұрын

Brave men or woman they were not! Nothing brave in hiding in a building, vehicle or bush waiting to slaughter unsuspecting police or military, or detonating a bomb from hundreds of meters away, sometimes from within another jurisdiction. Callous and barbaric is what they were, brave most certainly not!

@timbutler2268 Ай бұрын

SS were just official sanctioned terrorists.@@vespelian

@johncummins3860 Ай бұрын

The English knew everything about the IRA and what weapons they had - it was war games to them & "active training. That's why they were never allowed hand held surface to air missiles or the ability to take out Helicopters !!

@bigbird6039 Ай бұрын

@@johncummins3860 I don’t know about allowing weapons. But for the Military it was definitely viewed as a training exercise. I was on an exercise in Germany where nine lives were lost. Four tours of NI , we lost one lad in a car accident.