James Connolly - The Man Behind Irish Independence Documentary

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[@gearoidantoineomaolain3285]

Your documentary about the Irish Citizen Army Volunteer James Connolly is excellent. However your statement regarding the Irish (Famine) Genocide 1840 to 1860; is not accurate; It was not a Potato Famine but a Genocide planned in the smoking rooms of London, England and implemented in Ireland; resulting in the extermination of over Six Million Irish People through enforced homelessness and starvation. While Irish Men, Women and Children Rest In Peace; starved to death; the English/British army shipped all the food out of Ireland; included in these foodstuffs were:- Beef and Livestock, Pork and Livestock, Poultry and Poultry Produce, Grain, Wheat, Bread, Flour, Parsnips, Parsley, Onions and Onion Seeds, Butter, Cheese, Milk, Fish, etc, Ale, Beer, Stout, Cider, Wine, Whiskey, Brandy, Vodka, Gin, etc. Some Irish People managed to Emigrate; but others drowned aboard what were known as "Coffin Ships" which were unworthy sea vessels under the Command of a drunk Captain; these ships would break up out at sea; there are reports of some of these "Coffin Ships" breaking up near the departing docks in view of the families and relatives; one can only imagine their grief and horror at such a ghastly spectacle.

[@olivialaferriere1489]

I didn't know that 😮

[@Hagiastheite]

As a dedicated trade unionist and the grandson of an IRA leader, I hold Connolly in the highest esteem. A true Irish hero. Thank you for recording this episode.

[@MarkHarrison733]

He was a Communist.

[@reallywicked1]

Excellent. Whenever I visited Dublin ,I used to walk across Conolly Bridge not even knowing who Conolly was . It is very interesting to learn about what this great man did for Ireland and Irish labor movement . Thank you !

[@Mrtalbotf]

That's O'Connell bridge which joins O'Connell street to Westmoreland st, named after Daniel O'Connell, who was also mentioned in the video. Connolly train station is nearby though.

[@punchy1325]

🤣🤣 confused much

[@Isaaccummins]

I've ended up here after hearing the words of rhe modern socialist Mick Lynch and proclaiming Connolly as his hero. I am so thankful that men like this existed and still exist today to protect the working men and women who without, industry and society would collapse. I am shocked that I never heard of him before, but at the very same time, given the privilege of those currently in charge that we are not thaught about these people in school. Anyhow, he is definitely one of my new hero's .

[@johnboylan3591]

The slaves of the slaves

[@johnboylan3591]

Read Connelly`s book Labour in Irish history.

[@punchy1325]

Where are you from

[@patrickquinlan3056]

I like the spirit Mick Lynch demonstrates. "A working class hero is something to see. A working class hero is something to be". Lynch and Connelly share the same fire.

[@punchy1325]

@@patrickquinlan3056 connelly was a rebel and a man of principle willing to give his life for his beliefs micks a bankrupt builder who after losing his fortune turned to politics as an angry man who likes to be heard please don't compare the two it's an insult to James and the men that died by his side

[@andrewcross5292]

This is our country Our great great grandparents survived the Irish Holocaust misnamed as "The Famine " hunger ,evictions poverty ,treated as 2nd class citizens in their own country by land grabbers and foreign power

[@missk1942]

More like 3d class citizens much like the working class in England. It is and will always be a class war, Connelly knew that.

[@VladDeFietser]

An odd thirty years ago an Irishman sang (as Irishmen do) about Connolly's fate in a pub in Lahinch while I happened to be there. He sang as if Connolly's execution had happened only the week before. The singer was moved by the song and all of us there present were. I thought then and I still do, that when a man can have such an impact, decades after his demise, he somehow isn't really dead.

[@finn4012]

Nice pronunciation of all the Irish county and place names. People barely get them right and you got them all right. Nice job

[@pedrotome9119]

Hello! Thanks to all that made and brought this vieo to us. This segment of History was, until an hour ago, completely unknown to me. As an southern european citizen, now going to the 57th y/o, nothing was ever taught to me about this as well as other historical matters and facts. Now I can clearly understand Ireland's present. As I know from this hour on, some of its past.

[@tonyodonnell8472]

a great man- hard worker- visionary of the people- disliked tyranny- wonderful family man- excellent leader-- had a clear vison for ireland- sadly executed by an unjust govt- who had no business being in ireland in the first place- shame on yoi- we will never forget-- RIP james.

[@russellmcghee2172]

Two sides to every story.

[@GlasgowCelticChampionsagain]

A revolutionary of a special kind a man who saw men and woman as equals stood up for the rights of the working class not to mention the irish uprising and the creation of a free irish state he warned the world about partion and was spot on may you forever rest in eternal peace Oglach James Connolly 🇮🇪

[@cravatenoire3269]

His Movie available? Tay

[@robbiemontgomery581]

A true great whose writings are as relevant today as they have ever been 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪

[@1916jamesconnolly]

Michael Collins said James was the only man he would march into hell with. James was on the side of the ordinary working man and woman and dedicated his entire life to improving conditions and wages for them. He saw men and women as equal and for the early nineteenth Century this was a revolutionary idea. God bless you James Connolly a true Irish hero 🇮🇪✊🇮🇪

[@johnkeating4221]

Collins was a passionate leader of our nation murdered by his own people. The party founded by DeValera is still destroying this country even today.

[@freespirit2319]

And just look what we have in 'Power' now ? Elitest, greedy and power hungry! They are a disgrace and the sooner ff/ fg are booted out the better..and that so includes the Green party. I would shout it from the top of the GPO if I could Great video thank you!

[@karlbarry6004]

@FrancoBegbieT2 all them men that died at 1916 they knew they were going to die for the cause off Irish freedom

[@internetual7350]

​@FrancoBegbieT2 Pearse was as committed to the cause as any of them.

[@stiofanofirghil1916]

Yet he settled for less than the 32 county republic James & the men of '16 died for.. Collins would say anything that made him look good.. He was a selfish charmer who got what he deserved after turning against true Irishmen with British guns.. No way would James had been pro-treaty..

[@calconolly1839]

Proud too be a distant relative ! Learning a lot about our history!

[@malbowman9789]

Thank you so very much for telling the story of the great James Connelly, an Irish martyr, executed by the British for the freedom of Ireland, along with his fellow comrades. He, & they, were true heroes who gave their lives during the long, protracted journey to our eventual freedom from the tyranny of Britian, albeit without the inclusion of The North of Ireland. Also, well done for the perfect pronunciation of Sean MacDiarmada's name. I have just discovered your channel & each profile I have so far watched has been superb in every way. Thank you

[@michellepeoplelikeyoumurde8373]

Freedom from tyranny? What about the tyranny of the Catholic Church,? What happened to the socialist movement in Ireland?

[@chrissymacneil3811]

James Connolly is my great Uncle, of whom I’m very proud. I’m a socialist too Uncle James…I didn’t fall far from the tree.

[@MrResearcher122]

Are you in Scotland?

[@jamesduffy1749]

Hero

[@MrResearcher122]

@@jamesduffy1749 Sean Connolly's tribe.

[@jimmyfarrell2961]

I was a coalminer in every miners house a photo of the Connelly hung on the wall. All my family were republican

[@calconolly1839]

I think we must be related !

[@f.b508]

James Connolly was. And still is a true champion of the working class ppl. An Irish hero. 💚🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✊

[@missk1942]

Of all working class people!

[@kellyquinn3981]

All he wanted was fair game for all: religion as rightly so had no place in politics. My sentiments exactly. If I was around then I'd definitely be a supporter. Thank you Mr. James Connolly ❤

[@timcoakley1710]

And the fight goes on today led by Mick Lynch and the rail unions following in the footsteps of Connolly.

[@trueblue3719]

As a Scottish Protestant unionist I found this very interesting as I’m a trade unionist and Labour voter. I believe what Connolly believed in that irrespective of your religion or wither your Unionist or Nationalist you can still be a trade unionist and believe in workers rights.

[@ccahill2322]

true blue, I am with you there. Well said.

[@karlbarry6004]

Sure mate loads off Irish hero's were prostant wolfe tones steward parnell and etc all this religion is just propaganda bollix

[@wboyle9721]

Same here religion does not matter but values rip James connelly

[@john-hl5tq]

While I agree that your Nationallity, Religion or lack thereof, should have only minimal influence on ones political believes. Since the mid-70s I have been utterlly convinced that to Identify as Scottish and proffess to be a socialist, requires you to lock your brain in a secret underground dungeon...Being Scottish or indeed anything other than English, is not compatible with believing that social change in YOUR country, is conditional on receiving the consent of the English Parliament.

[@stiofanofirghil1916]

Exactly comrade.. Religion, creed nor colour should never be an issue.. The father of Irish Republicanism, Wolfe Tone, was a Protestant.. Freedom & the rights & betterment of the working class is what matters my good man..

[@richardlynch-sb1gr]

Very informative film - badly needed.

[@yuzitrikov]

Um documentário muito bom! Adoro ler sobre a Rebelião da Páscoa e as músicas irlandesas. Que Pearse e Connolly vivam pra sempre.

[@begbieyabass]

I used to live in the tenement house of James Connelly in the Cowgate. The kitchen window had views of Arthur s seat and Pentland hills

[@jamesfahy3963]

A great man ; thanks for the documentary. He should be remembered for all of his contributions. Very little of this stuff was taught in secondary school. Too much time on the Punic wars , and other remote events. Worked in the hospital named after him in Blanchardstown , yours truly ; a proud fenian.

[@marcng2655]

These People Profiles are truly excellent. Would you consider episodes on Michael Collins, de Valera and the Easter Rising?

[@ethanramos4441]

“The worker is the slave of the capitalist system, the female worker slave of the slave” James Connolly

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

Truer words were never spoken.

[@ethanramos4441]

@@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 true words were never spoken indeed

[@HenryRaeburn367]

Thanks

[@irishmade8136]

James Connolly. What a brave man and so talented. We could do with him today in Ireland. Not like the shower of crooks in politics today. FF/FG. Separate wings of the same Duck. Thanks for a great documentary. 👍🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@christinecaldwell4514]

And he has a train station named after him. Should be more

[@se7enei8htnin97]

Long live James Connolly, a true Socialist martyr and hero

[@robertoleary5470]

Wonder what the war of independence and Irish society would look like if he had survived 1916

[@bushranger51]

It's a great what if, though, and suggests many alternate futures for Ireland.

[@Skorzeny00]

@@stephenwright8824 Bernie sanders is a multi millionaire sell out.. The Dems fucked him over in the primaries (Hilary then Biden) and he just took it.. They're All compromised and dirty..

[@djhouseproject]

For certain it would have not have become the Catholic Fundamentalist hegemony that DeValera created . Connolly dreamed of a 32 county socialist Republic of Ireland.

[@rosaburgs6019]

@@djhouseproject DeValera was such a disappointment and arguably ruined Ireland’s much greater potential

[@punchy1325]

He would have shot the current day labour party for being traitors that's for sure and he'd definitely wouldn't of allowed the rise of the blueshirts

[@stephengemmell3685]

A man truly fearless in his pursuit, his death was not in vain. Our day will come.

[@dwaynefoley1020]

😂😂😂

[@longpmike3161]

Another great man 🙏.

[@Daddydj500]

Great Job. No either or, he put his neck on the line for his beliefs, he is a hero of the Irish people full stop. I also appreciate his views on religion, chastising people for their faith alienates potential allies.

[@corcaighrebel]

Thanks so much for making this, hugely, hugely appreciated. Michael Davitt also had an extraordinary life of achievement as well as Michael Collins.

[@georgehernandez9372]

James Connolly a true warrior and organizer of early trade unions.

[@danicornea]

Connolly is a real hero of Irish nation....no matter how cruel the brits were at the end of the day an independent Irish Republic was created in 1921...Another hero, M Collins ...The breaking of british empire was starting ....

[@dawsonyoyo]

Collins was a counter revolutionary...used British weapons on Irish men also didn't become a Republic until 1948.... with the treaty Collins signed they still had to swear allegnce to the king!

[@HenryRaeburn367]

Unfortunately Lloyd George gave Collins no alternative but to agree to the terms and conditions of the treaty of 1921 after weeks of negotiations Lloyd George told Collins if he didn't agree then it was all out war, full British armed forces which would have resulted in countless Irish deaths Collins also knew that he signed his own death warrant, he knew the provisional IRA would never accept the division of Ireland this resulted in the Irish civil war free state troops against IRA who knows what would have happened to Ireland 🇮🇪 if Collins had rejected the treaty 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@jasondoherty3102]

@jamesconnolly1967 provisional Ira your 50 years off on that one 👍

[@vonbeedle554]

an independent Republic of Ireland created in 1949, which stemmed from a Free State puppet set up in 1921. Neither of which the Irish Republic that the heroes of 1916 and 1919 died for.

[@stiofanofirghil1916]

@@vonbeedle554 True.. None died for a 26 county Free State, with an oath of allegiance to the British Crown.. But a 32 county republic independent & sovereign..

[@roadend78]

Respect from Liverpool for this great man ✊️🚩💚❤️

[@MarkHarrison733]

The 97 were killed by Liverpool fans.

[@FranzBieberkopf]

@@MarkHarrison733 What does that have to do with Connolly?

[@dwaynefoley1020]

From one shithole to another 😂 🇬🇧🥔🇬🇧

[@58johnjohn]

You can fully understand why the current leader of the RMT union, Mick Lynch, has publicly stated that James Connolly is his political hero. Lynch possesses the same principled arguements against the same capitalist set up which is not much different to Connolly's day.

[@charlesyost8507]

Very interesting history lesson! Love From Orlando

[@ivanoech]

I think he should be remembered by both, the second was a consequence of the first. He was a great lider of the struggle for the independence of his country and organizer of workers in his country Irland as well as in USA. Thanks for this excelent profile.

[@petermcginley5333]

James Connolly was a hibs fan god bless him and everything he done 🇮🇪

[@fawltyoldboybasil.2178]

First, I have to say that this was a most impressive presentation about James Connolly. At one point the narrator talks about the 'simplified historical image' (words to that effect) that has been taught about the man - an entirely accurate observation. I grew up in Ireland in the 1960s & 70s and well remember the curated history taught from national through secondary levels. I am stunned by the hardship he endured in his early life, yet he clearly demonstrated a rare level of determination back then, something he would never lose. I have to be fair though in any criticism I make of the education system. The years 1850 to 1922 is a period of the most prolonged political & social chaos in the country's history and all of this is taking place against a background of similar chaos on mainland Europe. James Connolly is a far too complex individual to be classified as just one type of person.

[@jamwri671]

He is my hero I wish I could have a tenth of his courage

[@iainadams571]

James Connolly, A proud Scotsman, Socialist, and commander of the ICA.. The Starry Plough still fies high.

[@ccahill2322]

Ian Adams, Ian, how many claimed him as a Scotsman when when his dad was collecting horse manure in the Cowgate?

[@MrBagpipes]

If Connolly was such a proud Scotsman he wouldn't have fought for Ireland.

[@Valhalla88888]

A true Scottish Legend 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@paddyt4043]

Ordinary beginnings to an extraordinarily end.

[@bhaveshparekh8966]

India owes a great debt to Ireland. It was an Irish poet, Yeats, who promoted Tagore worldwide. And the constitution of the Republic of India is modeled in part on the Irish constitution.

[@carthy29]

Thanks for posting this, i was unaware of Tagore so i goggled, great to find new info on thst period, i look forward to reading more about him

[@larrydouglas1763]

Not potato famine. British induced famine.

[@iainadams571]

An Gorta Mor. Genocide.

[@colincowdrey1669]

Glossed over

[@punchy1325]

This is something I wish the world would understand and call it like it was a genocide and systematic and was happening for hundreds of years with breaks in between but the ultimate goal was the less irish in Ireland the better it still happens today but instead of starving us out they make it hard economically to push out a generation every now n then they really did just paint the post boxes green and carried on the tradition

[@jamesmccarthy4777]

I'm no socialist but James Connolly went down a true hero for the Irish.

[@James-ch4ml]

James connelly what a legend

[@finn4012]

Countess Markievitz, one of the main members of the IRB was actually the first woman to ever be elected to the British Parliament, which is pretty cool I think

[@punchy1325]

@@jamescraft2976 anything to hide history it's the British way

[@tymanung6382]

@@punchy1325 Recent videos uncover English right-wing gov + business covered up unbelievably much worse devastation vs. Indians.

[@punchy1325]

@@tymanung6382 we know

[@jpgduff]

​@tymanung6382 It's not a competition, lad. Britain murdered it's way around the world.

[@michealjones9863]

@@jamescraft2976she would of refused her statue like she refused her seat . Still she is the first elected it should not matter that she said stick it !

[@socire72]

Lenin rated Connolly "head and shoulders" above others in the socialist movement in Europe. Leon Trotsky recalled the impact the Rising had on him in a letter to James Connolly’s daughter, Nora Connolly, in 1936: “The tragic fate of your courageous father met me in Paris during the war. I bear him faithfully in my remembrance”.

[@MarkHarrison733]

Trotsky enabled genocide.

[@theunknownartist4011]

For me, it’s the Easter rising that I will remember him mostly of. a child. We’re all taught about the Easter rising in school but we really don’t understand workers rights till we are older.. brave man TAL32

[@kaushiksheshnagraj7176]

Thanks for this amazing video. It is one of my best life experiences. You are underrated. But don't disheartened you definitely gain success. By the way KZbin is your part time or full time

[@jamesbutler2974]

James was my 4th Great Grandfather on my Mothers Side of the Family. 🍀

[@carrigadaashcroft]

I'm from Ireland too, and think Connolly should be remembered for giving his life for the people

[@divinedefiance7069]

Brilliant video!

[@williamsdaf]

Excellent Video. Thank you for making it.

[@yxngmxrr6892]

the great james connolly, irish republican and socialist! 👊❤️💙

[@creaghzer1]

I'm here on Easter Sunday 2022 to say that James Connolly's legacy still lives on. Connolly's writing are amazing and worth reading. "Our demands most moderate are, we only want the earth!"

[@tommybhoy1581]

Great Irish patriot that will never be forgoten. I wish he was hear today THE STRUGGLE GOES ON☘✊

[@barrykevin7658]

He was a product of his time when workers really had absolutely No rights .

[@MrResearcher122]

His time is now, it seems.

[@sovietrazor]

Holdon, connolly was put in first aid shelter yes but he didnt get care for his wounds, it was one of the biggest outrages of irish people after his death.

[@andreasleonardo6793]

Too nice video from excellent historic channel specialist introducing society lives of selected famous historic persons this video about (Games Connolly) story life in this video oenjoyed video. Thanks for sharing

[@San-th9rg]

A bloody international hero in every way...the current ireland would have made him sick 🤮 ...his writing is still so relevant in this modern world.

[@stacyblue1980]

The one Socialist who made a difference. God bless Connolly. 🌹

[@TrulyUN-mh5mw]

Nationalism, correctly understood and presented, is fundamental to world peace and a cleaner natural environment. Ireland for our Irish People, our nation, our choice. Well behaved foreign tourists and well behaved foreign temporary ESSENTIAL guestworkers should be welcomed 🕊️❤️🙏☘️

[@MrResearcher122]

A gift, from my mum, before she died, was a broach, in green, with an image of Mr Connolly. She shared a similar heritage.

[@HarcusCGTV]

I think its HUGELY sad that this "documentary" is supposed to be a biography of the Great man that was James Connolly... Who in his own words held dear these things... His Family, His Politics and his Football Club... sadly Hibernian FC (the Roman word for Ireland, born out of Little Ireland from St Patricks church, where his parents were married) gets absolutely no mention in this "documentary"? He worked as a ballboy at many games and was there the day the club was founded! Considering on the day that he heard the British were advancing on his position at the Post Office, he heard two pieces of news, one the British were coming, two, Hearts hard beaten Hibs in the Edinburgh derby. Those close to him that day said they did not know which bit of information depressed him more.

[@mialovesschliech2299]

My name it is James Connelly and freedom is my game, death meant nothing to me when it came i smiled i knew it was forever and for Eire my green isle

[@wboyle9721]

James connelly must repected in scotland for his values

[@2012photograph]

Interesting Irish historical figure

[@mhennessy5134]

My ultimate hero....an unselfish person who knew what the hard end of life was like and yet he gave everything and everyone a go...I miss people like him in 2023.He would also say ...Long live places like Ukraine and to hell with tyrants,dictators and scummy empires.

[@MarkHarrison733]

Ukraine is ruled by a tyrant.

[@Occident.]

Great man. One of my Father hero's. Now i know a lot more about him, hes one of mine too, along with the men who signed the 1916 proclamation and also the Big fella! IRELAND BELONGS TO THE IRISH 🇮🇪 32 💪

[@roryd1888]

Strange profile picture if he’s one of your hero’s

[@FerdarPleaseSubscribe]

James Connolly was a socialist first, irish nationalist second.

[@osamaobama]

@@roryd1888He was a Nationalist not a international socialist

[@roryd1888]

@@osamaobama “The day has passed for patching up the capitalist system; it must go. And in the work of abolishing it the Catholic and the Protestant, the Catholic and the Jew, the Catholic and the Freethinker, the Catholic and the Buddhist, the Catholic and the Mahometan will co-operate together, knowing no rivalry but the rivalry of endeavour toward an end beneficial to all. For, as we have said elsewhere, socialism is neither Protestant nor Catholic, Christian nor Freethinker, Buddhist, Mahometan, nor Jew; it is only Human. We of the socialist working class realise that as we suffer together we must work together that we may enjoy together. We reject the firebrand of capitalist warfare and offer you the olive leaf of brotherhood and justice to and for all.”

[@roryd1888]

@@osamaobama strange he was organiser in the Industrial Workers of the World too. But you must be right. 👍

[@StephenLuke]

RIP James Connolly (1868-1916)

[@San-th9rg]

Now THAT makes me weep.

[@lochlainnmacneill2870]

I wish his spirit would come back to Scotland,

[@jmconnelly]

Just found out I'm related to him on Ancestry thought so being my last name is Connolly but ancestry confirmed it!

[@johnwayne3331]

His wife was crying as he was about to be executed the next day and he said to her dont cry lilly you will unman me then they strapped him to a chair and put him in front of the firing sqaud he was as brave as they come and as honest and realistic as a man can be when the kids in dublin were starving the preist would bless them conolly went down to the arch bishop and told them there prayers wont feed the hungry he was a realist if him and collins had of survived we wouldn hav had the scandal of the church for dev was for church well connolly and collinsxwere state first

[@Homemade574]

“The socialist of another country is a fellow patriot, as the capitalist of my own country is a natural enemy.”- James Connolly

[@damienlindsay4569]

He was a great socialist and great internationalst !

[@rippedtorn2310]

A huge figure in Scotland to this day .

[@antoindearg5614]

*Griffiths originally set up Sinn Fein to work for a British-Irish Dual Monarchy, on the Austro-Hungarian model, although he did transition to a Nationalist/Republican political programme fairly quickly.

[@adriankelly17]

If Connolly was alive today, Varadkar and Martin would not be!

[@Backpfeifengesicht45]

Explain

[@lukemorrissey91]

Make a michael Collins one aswell. Finally some Irish history 🙌

[@Frawls42]

Davy, please do me a favor and break down the lyrics “The Lonely Banna Strand” or the ballad of Roger Casement. The first stanza of the song are as follows: Twas on Good Friday morning, All in the month of May, A German Ship was signalling, Be yond out in the Bay, We had twenty thousand rifles All ready for to land, But no answering signal did come From the lonely Banna Strand. The song is about the 20,000 rifles bound for Kerry just a few days before the beginning of the Easter Rising in 1916. The actual set date of the the arrival of the rifles was 21 April 1916 just three days before the Easter Rising began, Monday 24 April 1916. Why did the writer of this song mislead us by saying Twas on Good Friday morning, all in the month of May? It is historically inaccurate. Lastly, who wrote this song and music. It’s a hauntingly beautiful melody.

[@peterweicker77]

Impressively articulate. This makes clear how individual life stories matter. If the ISRP hadn't seen fit to spend Connolly's salary on booze the world would be a different place.

[@Ann-qf5vk]

What an amazing man.

[@MatthewLyons-wq7wn]

I think his sacrifice in 1916 along with his comrades set Ireland and if they had not died Ireland would be under British rule regardless of his ideas on politics lot of respect for the man

[@MarkHarrison733]

The Easter Rising was a complete failure.

[@brianmacc1934]

Pearse was the leader of the rising

[@jasonwolfe5787]

Named my son Connolly after this man.

[@IRELAND_SAYS_NO]

Must be American are you ? Connolly is a second name here in Ireland .

[@billhaywood3503]

hero of ireland and the international working class

[@osamaobama]

He was a Nationalist

[@paulmaher2392]

Hero

[@nigelhamilton815]

RIP comrade.

[@missk1942]

No Gods No Masters No Keisers No Kings.

[@carthy29]

The leaders of the easter rising heard that connelly was planning his own uprising with the irish citizen army, so they offered his a commanders position etc all i have read most who participated in the rising spoke highly of his leadership

[@richardlynch-sb1gr]

Would love you to do a documentary on the great agrarian revolutionist MICHAEL DAVITT, who wrote about THE FALL OF FEUDALISM IN IRELAND. ☘️

No mention of the penal laws.

[@stephenclare5913]

Lets not forget ,James Connolly was Scottish. This is beginning to get lost in the rhetoric here,and clearly, bringing born and brought up in Scotland had an enormous impact on his political thoughts processes. There should be much more made of the memory of him in his native country(but the British won't like it!!!).

[@deeppurple883]

We think we know James Connoly, I don't think we do at least I don't. I've never knew his background. What I did know we're snipets of information. The older I get the less I knew. It's good to see through the propaganda. It would be great if the national archive could bring in a lip reader to transcribe what these men were saying on film, for Irish prosperity. ✌️☘️ 25:18

[@rachelquinn9248]

I thank all the men and women who fought for our freedom. I apologise to them for the shitshow it is today

[@joesantos2455]

Socialism - "weeeeeeeeeee!"

[@robertoleary5470]

???

[@thealbozz4059]

Can we please get the Albanian medieval prince Skanderbeg?

[@carmelmulroy6459]

It's so sad that the English workers didn't strike during the lockout in Ireland. And that the unionists up north didn't join with Connolly. The Catholic church might not have gotten such a firm grip on the country and maybe we could have avoided the troubles. (Maybe).

[@robertthomas4234]

Miss, may I remind you that religion was a mask used to separate the lost and confused. Humans don many guises to justify their confused feelings regarding the other. That other may be black, white, yellow, fat, thin, rich, poor, bespectacled, Catholic, Protestant, Jew, ugly, too pretty etc. I agree that it's sad as you say, but the human failing is where the sadness is. Why can't we all just get along?

[@SlyBlu7]

That line of thought did almost avoid the Troubles. In 1970, there was a split within the Sinn Fein party over several issues, the primary two being the end of Abstentionism, as well as ending the armed conflict and reframing of the Irish Independence struggle as a Working Class struggle against English Capitalism. As a result, the Provisional IRA and Provisional Sinn Fein were created by the minority side of the vote. It was these groups who became the leading players in 'The Troubles'. The larger group of the split became Original Sinn Fein Workers' Party, and the Original IRA. OIRA violently participated in the Troubles to a lesser extent, and was the first to disband and disarm. 'Official Sinn Fein' eventually became the Workers' Party. Modern Sinn Fein is descended from 'Provisional Sinn Fein,' but is still a Left wing party, largely thanks to their heritage going all the way back to the IRB and their alliance with Connolly's ICA.

[@IainMcGirr]

My father was born in 1893 ..he meet my grandmother and she had 5 children only 4 survived .. .. my mother was the last child when my grandmother was in her later forties ..so YEAH I am in my famlly massively aware... of all this .. we are a complex people us Irish

[@raymondjelich185]

Did you mean to write that your grandfather, not your father, was born in 1893?