Ireland in Rebellion: Rare Footage from 1916-1921

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This is rare footage of Ireland during times of the 1916 Easter Rising and the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921).

[@Dancogan5]

Last year, while my mother was cleaning out my grandmother's house, she discovered an old obituary for my great-grandfather, Patrick Deveny. The obituary revealed that he was involved in the Easter Rising.

[@jimbanda]

I'd love to read it, bless him, RIP 🙏

[@philtoner2621]

❤🙏🏻💚🇮🇪☘️

[@MarkHarrison733]

@@philtoner2621 The uprising failed.

[@frankieninja2583]

A lot of our Families were

[@franklarrigan5537]

29:30 ​@@MarkHarrison73329:30

[@MickRussell-jr5rf]

living in England, with Irish parents i have never understood why the British have never seen through their own hypocracy in calling native irish citizans TERRORISTS.... ireland never invaded anybody but quite simply would not give in to a a hostile invader. tell me i am i deluded or wrong.

[@Utube-l1p]

You're not wrong nor deluded you're 💯 right. I see your name is Russell, my mother's maiden name was Russell, and an aunt of hers was a member of the Cumann na mBan, in1916 rising. Great lady 😊😊

[@MickRussell-jr5rf]

@@Utube-l1p my father was from youghal who passed away to young my mother from cobh who is alive and well. They never hated the British and in fact respected what at the time was unacheivable in Ireland,, but home was ALWAYS Ireland and Cork,My grandfather or Pop as we called him who was 18 in 1916, captured my imagination as a very yound lad,with his storys of historic days

[@otaku1524]

Ireland never invaded, but WAS invaded. Important distinction to be made here!

[@MickRussell-jr5rf]

@@otaku1524 my point exactly

[@esterherschkovich6499]

Its a tough difficult history😢😢 and using the word terrorist..they cause terror.... There are so many phrases that are thrown around.

[@ShoJ369]

My Granda Cassidy, ( originally from Camlough, then met my Granny and moved to Belfast ), fought in the Rising, he was anti treaty and fought during the civil war. He's mentioned in a few books and pictured in one in his uniform too. But how Ireland is now, well ; " For what died the sons of Roisin " !

[@elizabethtobin6894]

My grandfather, and grand uncles were also anti treaty, and fought during the civil war. They were imprisoned, and went on hunger strike, some of them were blacklisted after the war,and could not get jobs, or pensions, and for what indeed. The north was sold out to the British,and today the country is sold out to Europe. RIP Mr Cassidy🇮🇪 and the many comrades who are long since passed, and forgotten about.❤️🇮🇪

[@geniemarie7977]

My father paddy Coyne will never be forgotten , we found out a lot when he passed I'm proud of you paddy

[@karlfarrell615]

Davy thank you so much for that. We dont see enough documented footage with such detail. Love the channel keep up the good work. 🇮🇪

[@davyholden]

Thanks so much Karl!

[@ManInTheAttic57]

Great footage Davy! Thank you so much! Irish in Germany.

[@davyholden]

Thank you pal!

[@alfredroyal3473]

treachery beyond belief.

[@MarkIRE1]

​@@alfredroyal3473tiocfaidh ar la

[@bernardkelly6731]

My grandfather came to Dublin with a Scottish regiment dispatched to quash the 1916 rising ,he met my grandmother on his tour, they lived after independence in Grenville street off mountjoy square where they had 9 children my mother being the youngest, there were many Dubliners fighting on the British side during the Easter rising, it was anything but straightforward which is the norm for Irish history and politics. Great video 👏

[@sharonm1990]

Yes & they came home & fought for their country, putting their acquired skills to good work. The Irish men wemhere coerced to join the British army, under the promise that we would then aquire independence.. they were duped of course & used as cannon fodder.

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

I'm English and find this terrible what we did to our neighbours! I'm from Irish and Scottish decent also

[@wlj344]

Any violence for a cause is despicable and leads to permanent enmity.

[@Soulsociety2005]

@@wlj344?

[@wlj344]

@@Soulsociety2005 sorry, what are you asking?

[@Charles-t7z]

Of course you are that's why you think it's terrible.

[@johndoe-ss9bz]

@@wlj344 When the choice is slavery and poverty for your children, a Man will stand up a Fight, every Irish generation since Cromwell's killing of whole towns of Irish catholic adults and children along with sending children into penal colonies in the American colonies.

[@SweetDreams-wt7vo]

Great historical vid. Thank you. I would have loved to have seen this studying Irish History in school. Better late than never

[@michaelshanahan4042]

How can you call someone a terrorist when they are fighting for freedom off their own country 🇮🇪

[@BlairMayne-iv2bw]

Because these freedom fighters slaughtered innocent men woman and children from both sides

[@user-ly5mk1dr1l]

Exactly.....Briitish rule for 700 years had to end..

[@brjimbo1]

I believe that's exactly what the British thought of the Colonists in 1776...

[@user-wt8ee3st6y]

Its easy when you feel you're entitled, strange that, have you noticed when they go abroad they expect everyone to speak english.

[@aidankitson7877]

Thanks for this Davy. Amazing footage much of which I've never seen before

[@avagrego3195]

highly informative, enlightening, sad, timely, thank you

[@Jahson70]

Excellent video, thanks for putting it together. Great Uncle (on my mother's side) Seán Howard was mortally wounded by the British in the 1916 Rising. Sean Bernard Howard, B. Coy., 1st Battn., 26, temple Cottages, Broadstone, Dublin, was only 17 years of age when he was fatally wounded at dawn in the Church Street area, 1916. He died in the Richmond Hospital. He was a student of brilliant attainments, taking first place in French and Irish in the Intermediate Examination. After this he went to London as a boy clerk in 1914, returned to the Land Commission, Dublin, in 1915, and transferred to the Congested Districts Board. Early in 1916, he left there and entered the Stanley Streeet Works of the Dublin Corporation. He was amember of the Fianna Pipers Band. The stone was unveiled on 24th November 1935. He was buried in the family plot in Glasnevin.

[@garygallagher7269]

Great video Davy thanks for sharing

[@colinmatts]

Excellent documentary. Concise and informative

[@kenkenny1622]

Brilliant upload......👍

[@GkPhotographic]

Our greatest generation , to one and all we Owe them . everything . to honour the flag and honour there memory . for its with Gold ink there names are wrote in the History of all Free nations . Ulster will return to us . the dream of Four green fields united once again . Proud Irishman Proud Dubliner

[@davyholden]

"Our Greatest Generation" - Absolute Fact.

[@JakeBor]

their

[@Jen999]

This was amazing.. seeing this actual footage .. we especially noted the expressions on the faces of the people.. their true feelings clearly show… How difficult and dangerous were these times.. seeing the actual footage puts us right back there.. So appreciated this Davy.. as the narrator said at the conclusion.. that Irelands troubles were not over., and the worst was yet to come.. We wondered if he was referring to the Civil War.. and if this documentation will follow.. And yes there were tears.. for all those who died by hunger strike.. and the hanging death of 18 year old Kevin Barry.. Also in the shots they showed of victims of the potato famine.. the Great Hunger.. could not help but wonder if members of my father’s family were among them.. His forebears immigrated to Canada.. and later to US.. which is how our family came to be in Michigan.. These documented videos press us to think and to wonder what their lives must have been like.. Thanks is not enough for what you do, Davy.. a valued service indeed it is..for all of us.. Slan mo chara..💜💙☘️

[@Scale_Slotcars_Latvia]

My grandfather was the compositer and printer of the 1916 Irish proclamation . He also was a volunteer and fought in the rising .

[@Charles-t7z]

Why?

[@Scale_Slotcars_Latvia]

@Charles-t7z ahh here we have Charlie the troll with his 2 week old youtube account and his 0 subscribers...you go Charles 🤣🤣🤣

[@lynnemurphy114]

Great footage

[@Jen999]

Davy your videos are without compare.. we can feel the power and poignancy of the history you teach.. There we will be.. among others who desire to learn.. we thank you so much.. slan mo chara💜💙☘️

[@davyholden]

Thank you! Hope you enjoy this one!

[@Jen999]

@@davyholden We will enjoy the learning.. although we cry at the sad parts.. thank you Davy💙💜☘️

[@user-xj4by5gt2g]

​@@davyholdenhello

[@wildgoose5964]

What the Irish nationalists achieved can never be underestimated...they took on the world's greatest empire and won. For all its short comings had they not done what they did Ireland would have remained a dependent backwater of the UK. The English like their Irish either comedic or drunk..Collins was to prove that they were neither.

[@dublinsnob3989]

Mass migration exodus from Ireland after we go our so called Independence to English speaking countries complete contradiction

[@DarrenCarrie]

Well said friend. They were all heroes. But I think it's very sad that young people today don't remember there history 🇮🇪

[@rorykinsella8826]

They achieved less than they were going to get anyway .Country divided in two . Rule by the Catholic Church 70 years of economic stagnation.

[@johnbohan4222]

Thanks for an informative and well researched video Davy.

[@git050]

Wow Davy what a fantastic video thank you 😊

[@davyholden]

Thank you!

[@davyholden]

@@git050 Thank you!

[@johnlavery6116]

Fantastic archive!.

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

Even Wolfe Tone was a Presbyterian in 1798

[@user-ly5mk1dr1l]

Vinegar Hill --- in Enniscorthy

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

Thank you, Davy

[@wieszo2112]

Because of you i learned more about Irish history than from any ither chanell. Thank you. Slan Slan

[@DaithiONUALLAIN-ow3es]

My grandparents lived next door to Kevin Barry on Fleet Street during their first married yrs . My grandfather knew him well because of rugby .

[@raymoran4149]

My uncle James Moran was posthumously awarded a medal for his part in the raid where Kevin Barry was arrested

[@jeffreyadams648]

The Irish will never forget. Ever.

[@JamesMcDermott1968x]

This is an outstanding video Davy, really interesting. Is this history taught to all republican children in school? I mean the treatment of the Irish by the British?

[@davyholden]

Thank you James! Irish history is taught, but it's more of a summary to be honest. They don't go into much detail unfortunately. There is no 'Irish History' subject in our schools, just a 'History' subject. So it's a world history class with some Irish history involved. It should involve more Irish history in my opinion.

[@JamesMcDermott1968x]

@@davyholden I totally agree mate

[@sharonm1990]

Davey, this is why are songs & stories past down are super important & keep the flame burning strong within us. Hense why this government were trying to ban our songs. They got their answer at electric picnic when a huge jubilant crowd sang along with the wolf tones. The airiel scene was amazing. Eireann go bragh 🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@LeonidasLost480]

Good documentary. Ulsterman here - probably Irish. I don't understand why the Irish get so exercised about the English occupation from about the 12th Century. That's just how things were done then all over the world. Why do you think the Indian population of South America speak Spanish? It's called Imperialism and nobody was better at it than the English/ British. Remember the old slogan "the sun never sets on the British Empire" because it was so extensive. Of course the suffering and theft of goods from occupied countries made Britain what it used to be - a rich land of c**ts. Britain is responsible for long standing trouble in the middle East and China and just about everywhere. It's important though to look at history in the context of it's time. The creation of Northern Ireland was a reaction to an Irish state dominated by the Catholic Church at grass roots level and the North was populated by me - well Presbyterians planted from Scotland. Thank God things have changed. The most recent Troubles have encouraged some Protestants/ Unionists to think of themselves as Irish and ironically Sinn Fein is not as popular in the 26 counties as they are in the 6 making up Northern Ireland. Enough people have died for Ireland. Let's do some living. xo

[@peteby485]

And because of this we irish have a free state and Republic now .

[@spiritcrunch]

No you don't. You have a province of the EU.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

You are part of the Global American Empire just like the rest of the West.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

​@@spiritcrunch in or out of the EU, we all live under the Global American Empire and its Globalisation project.

[@desmondhull5778]

Full of migrants.

[@desmondhull5778]

Full of Migrants.

[@rubberduckarmada2758]

And yet to this day - 6 counties are still abandoned

[@rapier1954]

Not exactly under the Good Friday Agreement if a majority vote to join the Republic it can happen.

[@malahammer]

@@rapier1954 you mean not at all abandoned.

[@user-ly5mk1dr1l]

@@malahammer Abandoned??? You chose to be ever linked to Westminsiter.....there will not be a United Ireland in my time ....Long Live the Republic

[@maidenaholic]

Love this. My second name is MacTreanor. We held sway over Monaghan for many years, our enemies were the O'Neills. The English invaded and one of the very few clans to refuse to bow were the MacTreanors. We banded together with the mckennas and the O'Neills, our old enemy. For centuries we rebelled and eventually our names became Traynor. During the Easter rising we fought against the british, got elected to government, and never once did we bow to English rule. It destroyed a lot of us, some left during the flight of the earls but many stayed. To this day my ancestors never gave in and same applies to the present day. I changed my name back to MacTreanor to bring back my old name.

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

That's hilarious It took us 700 years or so to get the British out of Ireland, and then what do we do in our drunken sense of freedom hand our country lock stock and barrel over to Europe. Way to go guys.

[@MickRussell-jr5rf]

kind of agree to a point, but at least Europe has Irelands back, and all Britain gave to Ireland was pain and misery in a country so much steeped and stifled in culture , community and class.,looked down upon. dont forget Britains working classes suffered the same fate from a tyrant that was the crown and westminster

[@Soulsociety2005]

@@MickRussell-jr5rfyawn more simping for the “ innocent working class Brits”.

[@paulmorrison-hs4lw]

Britain hasn't been in Ireland for 700 years

[@Charles-t7z]

Europe. Try Islam.

[@williammccabe7340]

We never forget the mem and wemon who my grand dad was was and he did what he had to do proud Irish men he was a a lovely person who work hard all his life his family always first Willie

[@barbaralloyd3770]

Davey thank you I enjoy all your videos I do enjoy all Irish history but the 1916 means so much to me I have all my knowledge on 1916 hanging on my walls and I think now what these men and women died for we fought the English and won and what I see my country is now everybody from all over the world our gov would do good to be reminded of the 1916 heroes 29:30

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

Many persons who fought in 1916 were actually Protestant

[@desmondhull5778]

First I heard that one.

[@operationcreation5583]

Really good documentary, where did you find it?

[@robertquinn3603]

👌🏼

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

My late maternal birth Grandmother's maiden name was Coll

[@LOGOS422]

Edward Carson wasn't an Ulsterman. He was a Leinsterman from Dublin..

[@Gombeen1916]

1:03 that man must be 8ft tall at the least!

[@frtedcrilly39]

Sinn fein translates as 'We Ourselves' not 'Ourselves Alone' as mistranslated by the film narrator.

[@dublinsnob3989]

That was because of the conscription for the first World War raging on in Belgium between Germany Ireland objected to the conscription and the rest is history

[@oconnorkieran5837]

hopefully one day soon Ireland will be united again through peaceful means

[@MarkHarrison733]

Ireland reunited with the UK on 1 January 1973.

[@HB-iq6bl]

only the civilian infrastructure and the education of an entire generation sufferred as with every revolution

[@anthonywalsh7613]

I often wonder if the uprising was in 1918, just after the war. The British may have had less stomach for a fight

[@user-ly5mk1dr1l]

No it was in 1916 and planned that way as the Brits were fightining in the Great War.

[@user-ly5mk1dr1l]

The finest time from our uprising brothers and sisters who finally gave us our Republic and out of hands of British overloads. Over 700 + years of Colonial power was removed. We now have a stronge country with one of the best economies in the EU. This is down to the men and women who gave their lives for our Generation. Long live our Republic !!

[@Alif-dg6oz]

My Gran from County Kerry had my mother in Ireland. During the time my mother grew up in a certain border village. My mother moved to Scotland after having me where I had been brought up. Growing up I watched ww2 movies then joined the Scottish regiments not knowing of the troubles, say my mother kept me sheltered. In the army I had been deployed to NI where family started to educate me on history. I found myself in trouble several times for not following orders. My greatest memory was pulling this disgusting excuse for a human out of his car with his driver. They wouldn't follow instruction. The whole time he had been spitting while shouting "dont you know who I am" face down in the mud at the side of the country road. That man had been a certain Mr Paisley. The worst piece of sh*t I ever met. He would have us arrested and jailed. I'm still waiting. My heart is still in the south where I visit family to this day. The way the uk is going and indeed Scotland I will be moving back to the Republic

[@smallies7154]

Alan Rickman delivered a. Fantastic performance as dev in Michael Collins

[@alanlong1120]

Hi davy in 100 years i wonder will there be somebody like you posting content about how the irish have fought of the hordes of african and asian hell and won !!!! Regards , great videos

[@BrianGarrigan007]

Irish Lives Matter #IrishLivesMatter

[@JON-qm5ft]

G'way with that Americanised culture war BS

[@seanohare5488]

Definitely

[@maurice2657]

Fascist

[@michaelkilbride2927]

​@maurice2657 no he's a Irish man

[@maurice2657]

Which makes it worse

[@StewBrew-y7t]

Thats because the dublin crowd where royalists

[@frankieninja2583]

There never was a Famine as you say because there was food in the country. The Brits stole food and starved my ppl

[@eugenebuckley7657]

Terrorists? What a sad joke. They were defending our country. The arrogance of these fools never ceased to amaze me 😡

[@KaraMack-xy9ms]

do u know when this was first Broadcast

[@paulkilmartin787]

Davy you are an Irish gem. Thanks for the info.❤

[@bammontenegro5639]

As much as I dislike Dublin in the modern day, hearing the narrator call Dublin a city of the United Kingdom genetically irks me 😂

[@JackHwyte]

Ireland belongs to the Irish and not foreigners ☘

[@spazzymacgee5648]

Far right xenophobic traitor detected. Comment rejected.

[@dubinatub1]

Over taken by foreigners now.RIP

[@aidankitson7877]

Often the words Tans and Auxies are used interchangeably. This is wrong as the Tans were part of the police force and the Auxies were a militia

[@johndoe-ss9bz]

WW-1 was the war for the "Freedom for Small Nations" but England exempted Ireland, despite the fact that 200,000 Irishmen fought in the trenches of France, believing that it was for the "Freedom for Small Nations".. (English Lies)

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

The Blaclk and Tans were some shower!

[@Celticspy911]

They're back in Garda uniforms.

[@desmondhull5778]

They fought terror with terror.

[@pemj7360]

Now Ireland has black and tans mk2. 2024

[@desmondhull5778]

@@pemj7360 Somebody has to keep law and order.

[@brianking3565]

Brilliant one day the British will have to hand the Irish back there land as they have a big job ahead now defending there own

[@ROC14088]

So was Belfast the capital?

[@zainalismail6798]

Imperialist brutal occupation

[@user-ly5mk1dr1l]

Yes indeed---from Wexford

[@stefftravel]

Bring back the broke roads

[@pamelachubb7790]

Davy im delighted to have found your channell we were not terrists vrown biggest terrorist of all

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

Dev did not accept the Treaty

[@user-ly5mk1dr1l]

The treaty was the Gensis of the uprising as we had pro and against treaty

[@patrickdempsey4034]

It sad to say , they would turn in their graves if they saw the state of the country now , so many Irish gave their life’s for our freedom, even the garda are against there own people now , the last time we saw that was under English occupation.

[@user-wt8ee3st6y]

Hopefully sinn dein are now finished politically, although you still see the dumbest of the dumb out canvassing for them, you wonder.

[@johnhennessy8903]

You mean Ireland in defence!!!

[@robertscahill7987]

This video says the trouble was between 1916 ? i thought that was the 80's belfast

[@user-ly5mk1dr1l]

1916 was the uprising of the birth of our Republic!! The troubles was a term used for the Belfast/Republic in the 1970's

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

Through his Mother Kate Coll

[@declanbroughal795]

Phillip you said it right now look at our country tail wagging dog 😢😢

[@melmcintyre3211]

The Irish State was a Vassal state of the Empire ( Rome ( religion regardless & London ( military )& Finance, etc ) The Irish state was the aristocratic 'the ones at the races playing golf etc .1916 to 1923 was all about them maintaining POWER the enemy wasn't the English people the enemy was the aristocratic in England Ireland and every other land of the Empire 'this also included America 'Germany 'France etc Because Ireland wouldn't join in the Great Aristocratic War ( WW1) we had to be forced in like our English and German and other friends 'The working class ' 14 000 000 of our working class died in World War one so that the upper class could mantain power I note how all MY enemy all wore uniforms 'gorilla fighters don't ' There are no heroes in this video other than the men in blindfolds and corpses Brilliant video

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

The Roman Catholic were no angels

[@Utube-l1p]

That's true.

[@AnnetteMurphyger]

Unfortunately Sinn Féin id noe mé Féin (myself not ourselves)

[@MarkHarrison733]

Ireland reunited with the UK on 1 January 1973.

[@user-tc7fb2pb6j]

Republic of Ireland

[@adamosantonio1499]

11 oclock today 1-8 24 warsaw uprising 80 anniversaty 11 oclock 12 in poland hole country stand still.

[@Charles-t7z]

Jesus, can the commentator pick up the pace a bit. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

[@adamosantonio1499]

No change sins

[@mariekelly2016]

Chuckie ar lagh ✅

[@edwardbourke5240]

do'nt know who the singer is but he dose'nt know the words 28th day of November and the impolite (usual) version is made shite of the whole fucking lot

[@Utube-l1p]

😂👏

[@dub1951]

in the end they went of to torment other countries

[@sirrobinofloxley7156]

Can see there, all the African and Asians there , like they've always been on Ireland for 10,000 years and more.

[@pija9505]

The ununists armed to stop a goverment/ crown order.. ?? "" So did the irish... " Wonder why.. pfft !

[@johncordes7885]

What don't the British mess up

[@Charles-t7z]

The cultural differences between the Irish and the Brits is about as wide as the edge of a piece of paper. I'll never get why the Irish were so upset with the Brits.

[@StewBrew-y7t]

Other responsibilities over seas 😂😂😂

[@DavidKenny-nm1qy]

Just the Americans said they always come for your guns

[@yerdone4]

And we gave it all away to africa and the middle east Great...

[@michaelpower4372]

But Irish people have allso gone to live in different country's all over the world. But don't get badly treated like muslims do.

[@ciaranliggett6944]

In 1921 the British Army basically gave their uniforms and weapons to the new Irish Free Sate Army....100+ years later...nothing much has changed...the "Pale" remains... 🙂

[@seanbuckley8935]

The commentary and standpoint is fascinating in this. Calling the Republican army terrorists whilst the Auxies indiscriminately bombed and shot civilians. Context is key.

[@StewBrew-y7t]

Why wud they go to Westminster it wasn't British who elected them it was irishmen and women

[@user-ly5mk1dr1l]

They went to see if they could work out the treaty that would still have Ireland accoutable to the UK and we would have to swar to Royalists....No Thanks...we fought and won our independabce frpm the UK.

[@Robbie7441]

And now we are becoming a minority in our country, so this was all pointless.

[@maurice2657]

Where do you get your statistics

[@willywonka7812]

​@@maurice2657from natzees and corporate think tanks

[@Louiseodonnell19777]

​@@maurice2657 We get our statistics from the magical gift of sight.

[@maurice2657]

Nobody gets their statistics from sight am I dealing with an idiot here

[@Celticspy911]

​@maurice2657 The government. The most popular name in Galway was Muhammad last year. The government have plans to import millions. Thousands of Irish babies aborted.

[@peteraustin370]

Wonder what these guys would have thought about endless immigrants...????

[@DougFenders]

Take a look before this footage disappears as it becomes not appropriate in the New multicultural enriched urtopia to come can't have stories of independence and nationalists upsetting the new history of diverse Ireland and certainly as a province of the EU empire who needs the above mentioned freedom fighters etc. upsetting the new reality.

[@Godlynessinate]

imagine explaining to these guys that they won the war against the British then lost Ireland to a bunch of immigrants because it would be mean to tell them they can't come.