A Farmer's Revenge on The Black and Tans.

[@noelmoran5725]

Michael Barry was a hero, hope he's a bright star in heaven

[@MrCarlRosen]

Ever heard of "THOU SHALT NOT KILL?" (Even when some Blk&Tns raped your wife and burned your house down killing your baby son? That's right." said JESUS CHRIST. There's NO EXCEPTIONS to the 10 Commandments nor The Golden Rule. "Vengeance is MINE sayeth the Lord!" Did the Lord have to "sayeth" "So that means vengeance is NOT YOURS!" ?

[@kelloscully9632]

@@MrCarlRosen Bullocks to that. God helps those who protect the innocent from all evil. Barry saved more lives. He is a hero in my eyes.

[@rampageclover9788]

And I hope the three evil POS who slaughtered his wife and infant son are burning in hell

[@lightofthejul]

I believe he does ! I truly believe he does ! ❤❤❤❤

[@eoin79]

This story is fiction. The Black and Tans definitely carried out attacks like this, and a lot worse, on innocent people. But the Tarantino-esque revenge element to this story doesn't ring remotely true. (1) First of all, when an attack like this happened, it would NOT have been left to the grieving widower to seek revenge... and possibly leave his son an orphan in the process. The local IRA unit - particularly in Cork of all places - would definitely have taken care of it on that man's behalf. (2) While its true the Black and Tans were drunkards, they didn't get served in pubs. They drank in their barracks. And they didn't wander alone outside the barracks late at night. When they left the barracks, they came out in numbers, and usually with all guns blazing. (3) Given the tit for tat nature of the war, there's NO WAY even one Black and Tan going missing wouldn't have aroused suspicion - let alone three. His buddies would have suspected immediately he'd been abducted and murdered. (4) This is probably the biggest give away of all. If the Tans suspected this farmer of abducting their comrade, he wouldn't have been arrested and charged. This might come as a shock to you, but the Tans weren't big believers in the rule of law. He'd have been murdered and his body dumped in the bog. Àlso, the story is supposed to have taken place on March 1st 1920. But the Tans didn't arrive in Ireland until March 25th of that month. Look, a yarn is a yarn. There's nothing wrong with that. But the use of dates, names and photos really gives the impression this story is supposed to be true. The Tans committed enough real atrocities without having to invent your own

[@trevoror8668]

And better work had never been done. Bless Michael and his family

[@eoin79]

This story is fiction. The Black and Tans definitely carried out attacks like this, and a lot worse, on innocent people. But the Tarantino-esque revenge element to this story doesn't ring remotely true. (1) First of all, when an attack like this happened, it would NOT have been left to the grieving widower to seek revenge... and possibly leave his son an orphan in the process. The local IRA unit - particularly in Cork of all places - would definitely have taken care of it on that man's behalf. (2) While its true the Black and Tans were drunkards, they didn't get served in pubs. They drank in their barracks. And they didn't wander alone outside the barracks late at night. When they left the barracks, they came out in numbers, and usually with all guns blazing. (3) Given the tit for tat nature of the war, there's NO WAY even one Black and Tan going missing wouldn't have aroused suspicion - let alone three. His buddies would have suspected immediately he'd been abducted and murdered. (4) This is probably the biggest give away of all. If the Tans suspected this farmer of abducting their comrade, he wouldn't have been arrested and charged. This might come as a shock to you, but the Tans weren't big believers in the rule of law. He'd have been murdered and his body dumped in the bog. Àlso, the story is supposed to have taken place on March 1st 1920. But the Tans didn't arrive in Ireland until March 25th of that month. Look, a yarn is a yarn. There's nothing wrong with that. But the use of dates, names and photos really gives the impression this story is supposed to be true. The Tans committed enough real atrocities without having to invent your own

[@Mary-oe4vu]

This story made me cry...it’s insane how they refused to investigate her murder but sent 20+ to investigate Michael when he took justice into his own hands.

[@stevechapman6336]

sounds like the current situation with the media and deomocommies investigating any thing conservative but not left related.

[@illyboulder2557]

Do the anglo Irish own Ireland?

[@nealflanagan3138]

@stevechapman6336 Trying to overturn, or ignore, the demonstrably fair outcome of an election and refusing to participate in a lawful transfer of power sounds more like something the British of the 1920s would do.

[@seanmccann8368]

They were brits, what did you expect.

[@Demun1649]

@@seanmccann8368 They were ENGLISH, using Celt slaves for the filthy bits, but Croke Park was 100% ENGLISH ACTION AGAINST THE UNARMED, the Bloody Sunday of 1920, just like the Bloody Sunday of 1972, with 2 Para.

[@johnhenry12341]

My dad served in the second world war & he told me what bastards the tans were.To me justice was served for its what I would have done,hope they really suffered for what they did to his wife & baby daughter. Im proud of what he did RIP Michael, from an Englishman

[@dormerhouse1]

Nothing to do with 2nd world war. This happened long before that.😣

[@eoindee7007]

Good on you Geoffrey 👏 👍 from Ireland 🇮🇪 🤝

[@karancoyne7719]

the udr in the 6 counties were as bad

[@axdde6428]

@@dormerhouse1 he may have grown up wgen they were in place

[@Dannyboysraceshit]

I think that's the wrong kind of pride. From a Southern Irish American. Maybe neither of us should have an opinion as we are not Irish, living in Ireland at that time?

[@stevecosy]

That was extremely moving and very sad. I'm glad those evil bastards were dealt some proper justice.

[@jameslappin9017]

leave it to the irish ,

[@scotthendry6298]

​@@jameslappin9017😂😂 yeah now you have a different colour of invader no tans this time😂😂😂

[@MrXyzzy99]

They got sent to Israel

[@sharonm1990]

​@scotthendry6298 at least we stand & fight! 🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@bernardoconnor9371]

This is amazing. Thanks you so much for taking to time to do this and share these old Irish stories with the world.

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Thanks a mill Bernard. Much appreciated my friend 👍🏻

[@catherinetiernan5888]

My granny showed me a fake bottomed bench she had in her old house that was connected to an underground tunnel that hjd many an IRA Member on the run from the Black and Tans ,she couldn't remember all of them but she remembered enough. I was sworn to secrecy by her and never told anyone until about 5 years ago when the home place was sold. So proud of her and her family❤

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Wow. Amazing! I’d say that old house could tell some frightening stories. God bless your Grandmother for her courage. 🙏🏻❤️

[@catherinetiernan5888]

@ThreeMinuteTales Can't put into words how proud I am of her and her husband. They had a very small holding in Wexford and never looked for gratitude for what they did. She only told me because I was and still am a history fanatic. I passed this story on to one of my children because I don't want it to die with me. My daughter so proud she cried.

[@movenis66]

Black and tans were mostly papist prisoners from the Uk

[@tuxster123]

Just met an Irish gentleman,,, (my nan was from Ireland also)... had a half hour talk and got onto Ireland and things,,,, anyway he told me to watch this video and glad I did. My nan told us about the black and tans and how ruthless they were. I wrote a song about her life in Ireland,its called 'old ireland' by Peter dee. I recorded it originally but Peter redone it for me because as a country and western singer ,Peter nailed that irish tang,(its on you tube,go on,have a listen) thanks Peter, and thank you so much ireland for my nan... ❤

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Thanks Tucker. I’ve actually just listened to your song. Seriously catchy and what beautiful tribute to your Nan. Bualadh Bos. 👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@tuxster123]

@ThreeMinuteTales thank you for your kind comments and for the video too,epic. ❤️

[@margarethess6583]

My great aunt lived through the Black and Tans, and she remembered as a young child, hiding under the bed as the soldiers walked around their house wrecking it and taking things. She knew of people who were taken by the tans and never seen again.

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Indeed Margaret. Very dark days in Irish history. Thanks so much for the comment.

[@zhillaburns1160]

Sounds like Isreali army

[@mob3144]

@@zhillaburns1160 Exactly the same.

[@SEANPOL203]

Tans were made up of psychopaths & criminals and men traumatised and mentally messed up by what they had seen and done in WW1

[@shaykearney4638]

Many people have horror stories involving the black and tans. My grandmother was one of 9 children in cork city and the only girl. They broke into her house one night, not sure what they did to them all. It is true to say that my then 3 year old granduncle didn't speak after wards for at least 5 years. Thanks for your post.

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Shocking story Shay. Must have been awful for the entire family. Thanks for the view and comment. Appreciated.

[@Tigerland1962]

he was probably drunk ,,,, up the t,,,,,,,,

[@steveharrison-vj6th]

The Black and Tans were bastards. Dont let them be the benchmark for your view of the UK

[@skindawg3615]

Made me cry. 😢 A true eye opener. More people see this, hear this story and other similar stories... The more people like me will have a better understanding of all that went on, and still goes on in the beautiful country Ireland. Thankyou. ❤

[@immaggiethesenilegoldenret7918]

Understandable. You’re a great storyteller! There are those murders that are blatant grave sins as well as crimes, and there are those “killings “ that literally cry out to Heaven for vengeance. I’d say Justice was served.

[@neveo9428]

What an amazing man he was to avenge his family so well. But they ruined his life of course as they did to so many families in Ireland. Michael Collins was also from West Cork of course a hero sold out and killed by DeValera who was, it turns out, a Britihs spy. The Irish people suffered for centuries such land theft, murder, and more before the IRA was formed. The Irish were represented in MSM as thick, violent, dishonest idiots ie barely human and thsi is the method used in every country looted by the British from Ireland to Africa to India and beyond. Churchill is worshipped by many for supposedly getting rid of Hitler but Britain was losing that war before they bribed the Americans to come and win it for them. As a reward, American Zionistts were given Palestine. And I read recently that the Black and Tans operated there too. That is how the Royals swan around in castles, spend millions of the 'Jubilee' parties and the Queen invests millions offshore (Paradise Papers) while UK etc live in severe poverty eg hundreds of children in hospital with malnutrition, working families need food banks . British Empire still looting and killing around the world.

[@yeaboi7500]

Justice Where's the Justice for Enoch Burke? Woke bustards run Ireland nowadays

[@josephkenny6011]

Good man Micheal , I’m sure if you had a thousand years to think about what you done, you would do it again, every time

[@jenrutherford6690]

Poor Michael . He wasnt looking for that burden .Killing those 3 men no doubt saved many other victims

[@carolinewhite3435]

Well no because all the black and tans were like them

[@cacampbell3654]

@@carolinewhite3435 : Everyone is never exactly the same in any group of people. Reductionism. Not helpful.

[@John-mi2rt]

@@cacampbell3654 The vast majority were. That's why they were chosen.

[@moominpic]

Not necessarily. They were as likely to carry out revenge attacks.

[@corvegastarkiller9786]

What do you do with a rabid dog?

[@IAmJaguarPaw.ThisIsMyForest.]

A just end for unjust men. Too bad the whole family suffered so much.

[@mjograus8800]

The Black and Tans were thoroughly evil bastards but so were the politicians that sent them. The ordinary folk of these islands have suffered at the hands of a ruling elite but no one suffered as much injustice and sorrow as the Irish. I am glad that farmer carried out his own brand of justice.

[@basilpunton5702]

That politician was the nefarious Winston Churchill.

[@mjograus8800]

@@basilpunton5702 The oppression of the Irish, Scots, Welsh and even the ordinary English was at the hands of the land owning Norman descended aristocrats and those that aspired to be gentry. Not enough history is taught about this. It isn't common knowledge that many of the British soldiers of the Great War, (wherever they came from), didn't even have the vote. In Northern Ireland which is claimed to be part of the UK, universal suffrage was not achieved until 1969, too late to stop the "Troubles". My Paternal grandfather hated Churchill because of his use of troops after the Great War when there were strikes for better pay and conditions.

[@Murphy1968]

Good man! May Michael rest eternally in peace. My nana witnessed the atrocities perpetrated by the Tans. What a fitting ending for them - just feel sorry for the pigs.

[@ronalddump4061]

Why, that was excellent eating for those pigs.

[@prussiankingdom1693]

@@ronalddump4061 it was cannibalism. Pigs feed to pigs

[@yeaboi7500]

Dept of Agriculture..Bord Bia...animal welfare regulations would never allow that now...oh by the way was one of the pig fodder Tans married to a UK Lass by the name of Bacon?

[@michaelwalsh9145]

@@yeaboi7500it’s like a cross between the outlaw Josey Wales and he’ll on wheels if you remember the slaughterhouse episode.

[@michaelarmstrong5065]

So did my nana

[@SSAFADevonvolunteering]

A sad and traumatic tale of ordinary Irish folk brutalised for no reason other than the complete subjugation of a free people. These stories need to be told!

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Yes indeed. It is a tragic story alright. A horrible time in Irish history.

[@elizabethbennet4791]

for centuries. the brits had no right ruling anyone in their own land

[@Sam_Green____4114]

no one's interested !

[@neveo9428]

Like so many countries Ireland keep very poor for centuries due to British theft and murder. Tragic so many Irish people suffered and died due to greed and violence of British Empire.

[@Tigerland1962]

well said bunch of boring posh plastic paddies..@@Sam_Green____4114

[@scal5134]

I studied this at College in Oxford, under Post Colonialism. It was an absolute atrocity! They were lunatics and murderers released from the UK prisons and trained. A film should be made from an Irish narrative. Keep the peace ❤

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Thank you ❤🙏🏻

[@shanefitzgerald3850]

no you didnt, cause this particular story isnt true. Believe me, Ive dug threw all reports and census. Its completely made up, I am from Macroom myself

[@jameskellard5075]

If you studied this subject anywhere other than the internet I'd be surprised. "Lunatics and Murderers released from UK prisons" Call yourself an Oxford man? More like another Walter Mitty

[@sharonm1990]

The Wind That Shakes The Barley with Cilian Murphy 🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@martincurrid5047]

So sad, Thank you for sharing,would love to hear more on the Black and Tans,my mother was a child when the came to our place,only when I got old did I realize why my parents hated Churchill.

[@dolceanstar]

During the '70's, living in West Cork, I made the aquaintance of an old British Brigadier. He was a career soldier who fought in both world wars. His hatred of Churchill, for being responsible for the Black and Tans (who he described as "murderous thugs") was palpable. He once told me of his marriage and how the local IRA sent him a message that they did not want to spoil his and his wife to be's special day but they would be obliged if he went for the full military. Asked him to keep it 'low key' and wished him all the best. He described them as "Gentlemen". Later, in WWII, his hatred of Churchill (whilst acknowledging his value for that time) was cemented when Churchill sent his tank brigade to Crete on a suicide mission. He described it as a retreat from the time they landed, fighting their way to the other end of the island, he lost 80% of his men.

[@dolceanstar]

@NYHC1000 Obviously more than you are capable of digesting.

[@G58]

Churchill was a liar, a spy, a high born bankers’ whOre, agent of the psychopathic elites, a serial war criminal and one of the most disgusting creatures ever. Cards on table, he was one of my heroes - until I learned the truth.

[@terencebates6808]

@@G58 As flawed as he was without Churchill it is very likely that Hitler would have marched into Britain. In essence he was the lesser of the two evils.

[@G58]

Terence Bates You wrote: “G58 As flawed as he was without Churchill it is very likely that Hitler would have marched into Britain. In essence he was the lesser of the two evils.” Quite possibly. But the story of WW2 does not start with one man’s, or even a regime’s ambitions. And, contrary to the official narrative, Hitler did not start the war. Most agree that there would have been no WW2 if it wasn’t for WW1. But who started WW1? It sure as hell was not Germany or the Kaiser, as the official historians attempt to personalise events. If you read Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War by Gerry Docherty and James MacGregor, you will discover the extent to which Churchill was involved, though he was at that time a more minor player, he was already a puppet of the Zionist banking elites. So, no Churchill, no Hitler.

[@KolyaNickD]

There's a few curious stories like this. My grandfather was born in Cork but moved north after partition, joined the army and stayed in britain after ww2. Yet strangely moved back to the republic in the 70s at the height of the troubles and ran a farm - Always seemed very English to me but everyone respected him there as some old timer, maybe due to his Russian wife. Anyway, getting an irish passport soon thanks to him.

[@papabear5253]

He did what any decent man would have done. Justice has many faces. So does evil. Three devils are now in hell. Michael with his family in heaven .

[@anti-apathy9715]

What the Irish were forced to endure/ suffer...is but a tiny mole hill to a Mount Everest when one calculates the casualties/ rapes/ murderers brutal assaults on women / children/ law enforcement whites were force to suffer from the hands of the American Blac man from 1900 to 1964 (then came forced integration in 1964).

[@Pumpherstonsmith]

Hope they kept a seat by the fire for that old bastard Churchill.

[@francisdoran8992]

@@anti-apathy9715 aye you have no clue ,we suffered for 800 years we were also slaves. Read a little before you make a foolish statement. Yes yous suffered but not for 800 years

[@daithibenz3767]

@@anti-apathy9715 Couldn't care less bout America, this video is about Ireland.

[@lowttze5688]

@@anti-apathy9715 it’s not a competition though, or is that how you see it?

[@michaelgovers8036]

He got both revenge and justice!

[@homegrownpa]

Thank you for telling these stories, so eloquently. I'm a 55 yr old brit, and ashamed to say I didn't know the history of all this. Sadly these atrocities for immoral reasons, are still happening, in all our worlds

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Thanks so much for your comment Paul. Glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, as you said, sadly atrocities are still happening all over the world. Most of which are driven by greed, power and intolerance. It really is a sad world that we live in. 😢

[@karancoyne7719]

it happened as nearas 1999 with the udr n british organised murder squads in the 6 counties!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@PercussusResurgo]

@homegrownpa I appreciate you honest words. You and I are about the same age. My Grandfather From Ballina in County Mayo was one of the many great and brave men and woman who fought back against this brutality. Sadly families were often divided as a result of their allegiances with many dependent on the Brits for work or had strong commercial and professional relationships etc. His family were mainly middle class with Doctors, Teachers and Tailors. He chose to be a nationalist republican and therefore part of the underground freedom movement. His specific role was weapons procurement through a rather devious mean. He became manager of a big pub in Glasgow where he used his wits to acquire handguns and rifles from the demoralized post WWI squaddies in the nearby Maryhill Barracks. Stolen and smuggled weapons were of course vital to the Irish resistance movement and more so when those bastard Black & Tans were sent over (who remain one of the blackest stains in British Military history). My Grandfather was eventually seized and incarcerated due the betrayal of an Irish informant paid by the Brits. In prison without due process or legal representation he was regularly threatened to be executed without trial. Thankfully he was released as part of an amnesty that took place in about 1921 when the Brits decided to negotiate their way out of the embarrassing bloody cruel mess they had created in Ireland. A few years later after the controversial Home Rule Treaty was signed and on route to full independence for 2/3 of Ireland while walking in his home town some men of the Irish Republican Brotherhood came up to him in the street and called him by is IRB code name to identify themselves. They told him who the traitor informant was (his extended family still lived in that same town) and explained that he had used the betrayal money to emigrate to the USA and that they had their own informants over there keeping an eye on him. They showed my Grandfather a bullet and told him it was destined for the back of that man's head and that out of respect for his high rank in the IRB they sought his agreement. My Grandfather asked about traitor like if he was married and had children and how was he conducting himself in his life. They said he was a working man who drank a little too much at times but was a decent enough family man. My Grandfather listened, considered the situation and gave instructions not to kill the man. His view was that the past was in the past and much bitterness should stay there too as they moved forward in life and as a country. The IRB men agreed and said they would have him roughed up a bit, tell him that they knew who he was and what he had done and that he was granted mercy by my Grandfather but that if he ever stepped out of line because of his drinking, like beating his wife or not taking care of his children or anything like that they would be back and the outcome would be different. The Irish like most immigrants clustered together in New York, Boston, Baltimore etc and all went to the same Churches etc so people knew each other and their families back home. He would never be difficult to find and he would know that he was a marked man. My Grandfather was wise, calm and peace loving and my father had a similar kind and gentleman neither of them drank or smoked which was fairly unusual for men back then if it was not a temperance or religious reason. My Grandfather rarely spoke of that period of his life and like man of the Old IRB/IRA was not a supporter of the methods of Sinn Fein or the Provincial IRA in targeting civilians and bombing of public areas etc. Anyway those days are past and like my Grandfather says and we have to move on with our lives and play our part in not letting history repeat itself. I lived in England for many years from 1981 onwards and before that as a child in the 60s and 70s traveled through the nightmare that was Belfast and the North every year to and from 'the old country'. I am very proud of my Irish roots and the actions of my family to bring about peace and independence after 800 years. My Grandfather and Father taught me decency, right from wrong and that true courage is not only to be found in the biggest or loudest in a patriotic crowd but in the hearts of decent people. I hope you don't mind me sharing my story. Spending many of my late teens and 20s in England at University etc around London most people had no idea how badly the indigenous Irish had been treated for many hundreds of years. However I did not support the methods of the Provisional IRA of the 70s & 80s either but I did understand the sentiment behind their beliefs. It was a dark time to see innocent people being killed by bombs but the North of Ireland was ignored and sadly it only got any attention when they started through bombs around England. Thank God those days are over. I now I live in Canada where by virtue of my age, skin colour and gender I am increasingly automatically considered to be part of a hated group deemed to be Misogynistic, White Colonialists Genocidal Oppressors by Woke Diversity clowns who have never met me but can tell the contents of my heart from the colour of my skin. They are the epitome of racists are some of the most intolerant, hateful, bigots you could come across. The other irony is that the worst of them are often upper middle-class, University 'educated' white females who take courses that had the name Studies in their title who hate everyone and everything and have likely never read a history book in their life but want to cancel it rather than learn from it. You have to laugh or you would cry some times. Erin Go Bragh and give my best to Ol' Blighty!

[@mrkus-nc7od]

​​@@ThreeMinuteTalesyes ! Greed 😮 and makes me think of Transwall and the first ? Concentration Camp , that that Austrian copied . Greed for Gold ! Greed for Power .

[@jimmorrison3035]

There were atrocities on both sides even in the past more recent troubles. If you didn’t live it don’t judge. Not saying it was right just saying there are two sides to every story. Wasn’t about religion the lyrics of a song, “ The priests they stood on both sides the priests they stood behind another fight in Jesus name the blind against the blind”Priests say God is on our side Vickers say same. It was a bad lot on both sides. Tell both sides in your next video

[@junkmail6206]

WoW, what a story. He shouldn't have felt guilty, those bastards had it coming.

[@brainwreck667]

He wasn't a monster like they were. the fact that he felt guilty proves it.

[@tonydiamond1875]

Oh, we've all got it coming.

[@Theywaswrong]

His guilt was for his soul in asking the priest for absolution. I doubt he regretted his actions which in Christian belief can be forgiven before death.

[@elizabethbennet4791]

its not guilt but a religious fear of punishment

[@neveo9428]

@@elizabethbennet4791 yes the Empire brutalised and owned Ireland so did the Catholic Church for centuries. Scared people with tales of Heaven and Hell while priests and nuns did as they pleased. Brilliant film called 'The Magdalen Girls' or something like that.

[@roberttreborable]

A fascinating story, from long before I was born... Michael was a good man driven to taking extreme action, I hope it brought him peace .... P.S I'm English but I support Michael, No Justice, No Peace....

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

I'm so glad you enjoyed the story Robert. Yes indeed, sometimes good men are driven to do things that they would never normally do. Thanks for the view and comment. Much appreciated.

[@johnbutler3654]

nothing wrong with the english

[@bluenose007]

I,m English an them Bastards got what they deserved

[@EEX97623]

@@johnbutler3654 Hoping that's 100% sarcasm

[@seansands424]

@@EEX97623 A lot English people are disgusted about the black and tans and are ashamed about it, not all English are nasty, not like that piece off sh:t churchill and his cronies black and tans

[@risin4949]

Deeply moving and an excellent piece of story telling. If the General Strike of 1926 had continued longer and become more militant, I have no doubt that Churchill would have been treating the working class of England, Scotland and Wales in a similar manner.

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Thanks so much for the view and comment. Much appreciated.

[@trevormann8221]

That’s the way justice should be served for scumbags. RIP, Michael

[@37Dionysos]

He fed the bodies to his pigs. The crunching must have been music to his ears.

[@gregconway736]

The story is fake.

[@37Dionysos]

@@gregconway736 According to whom?

[@MrVILLAN25]

@@37Dionysos There is no record of any of these five deaths occurring during the War of Independence. There is no record of anyone of the name Jeremiah Locke or James Cornwell serving in the R.I.C. at the time the events are supposed to have occurred. Great story but it seems to be a work of fiction not fact.

[@37Dionysos]

@@MrVILLAN25 Looks like more than a few disagree.

[@ardakolimsky7107]

"A reign of terror unlike anything seen on Irish soil"? "Hold my beer" - Oliver Cromwell.

[@Biffo1262]

@Gone Fishin You might have made more of an impression if you weren't such a cretin.

[@rosaleencanning7228]

An king James

[@mariemiller8740]

Arda Kolinsky, I just found out that Cromwell was a jew

[@elizabethbennet4791]

OLIVE CROM-! *shudders and spits on floor*

[@ardakolimsky7107]

@@mariemiller8740 Have you had a conniption? What are you talking about?

[@Dechieftian]

There are only twenty two countries in the world that were not invaded or interfered with by the English Crown. The destruction of island and country natives by colonial powers is at the very least inhumane and could be reasonably argued that the reckless behaviour of the Crown intruders was brutal and abhorrent. Winston Churchill and his lieutenants knowingly unleashed a body of men into the Irish conflict that were known retrobates, criminals and murderers. It is Winston Churchill and the English Crown that murdered Michael Barry's family in that small farmhouse in Cork.

[@basilpunton5702]

I doubt the figure of 22 as there are 44 countries in Europe. Not even the English have managed to get at all half, there a few in the old USSR that seem safe, given some in North Africa and South America that seem safe after all the French and the Spanish kept them out in the colonial period. So where does this figure come from? 😊. I agree that the English tried dirty stuff everywhere they went.

[@davidpearn2484]

God bless Michael Barry, and his family.

[@nervesinapattern7261]

I hope his actions didn’t torture him, he’s good man but he was forced to take those pure evil scum bags off this earth. God bless him.

[@fcb9950]

@@nervesinapattern7261 100%

[@nigelmurphy6761]

Indeed.

[@nervesinapattern7261]

@Vladimir Lenin absolutely, British colonial violence didn’t start and end in Ireland and more Irish need to call it out.

[@trevaperes5343]

Amen

[@silicononsapphire5102]

The bloke deserves a medal. RIP Fella.

[@Tigerland1962]

why ....? english and proud or is that not allowed anymore

[@williamgrant1362]

I know a lady who's grandmother was raped and bayoneted by the the black and tans they were never brought to justice for this outrage so any thing done to them they well deserved and may they ro't in hell

[@oMaoildeirg]

You are describing the M.O. of the British Empire's brave soldiers. Even to this very day they cannot be held accountable for their actions and that's because those actions are in keeping with their policy of using every conceivable means to supress rebellion. The Brit's try to claim they won WW11 when in fact it was won by Russia. The Russians are not the nicest in the world but they are not nearly as bad as the British. The royal families of Europe caused WW1 and the British royals were well and truly in the thick of their shennagins. WW11 was brought about by an unjust settlement that impoverished the Germans.

[@williamgrant1362]

@@oMaoildeirg no I'm talking about a mother out shopping and being raped and murdered by a bunch of thugs for no other reason than because she was there

[@terencebates6808]

@@oMaoildeirg Incorrect WW2 was 'won' by the Allies consisting of The Soviets, Americans, British, Canadians, Anzacs, Indians etc etc etc. Don't let the truth get in the way of your hatred of anything British.

[@ronalddump4061]

@@terencebates6808 But if one needed to point to one country who was instrumental in winning WW2, it would be the Americans. They were fighting this war before they ever even entered this war. FI how many ships headed for europe full of supplies prior to their entrance into the war?

[@biddyearly9262]

@@terencebates6808 Russia still won it in my book.

[@kevinhayes7830]

That was a amazing video it shows the strength of the Irish people

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Thank you Kevin. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yeah indeed, it shows the true fortitude of a decent man.

[@gerrysmith7031]

TOO PAT

[@kevint8448]

@@ThreeMinuteTales I live near Glasgow Airport but have strong DONEGAL roots love getting over to EIRE but growing up a was roughly 11 or 12 when ma granny wouulkd tell me about the BLACK AND TANS how evil they were Im 56 now and very passionate about these things that happened no wonder the people fought back. Thank you for telling this emotional story SUPERB. P.S hope the pigs didnt get indegestion 🐖🐖

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

My father was in the British Army for 18 years, up to and including World War II, and he was of the opinion that the Black and Tans were a disgusting and rotten stain on Britain’s history. That’s what comes when you allow psychopathic evil scum to enlist. The IRA didn’t need any recruitment campaign; the Black and Tans did it for them. PS: great presentation. Thanks!

[@dechannigan2980]

It's baloney

[@LawrenceMclean]

Arthur Percival, who command Black and Tans as portrayed in this video, became a General and was in command of the Commonwealth Forces in Singapore during World War 2 that surrendered to the Japanese Imperial Army. My Uncle, who was an Australia Soldier under his command became a prisoner of War and served on the construction of the notorious Bangkok to Burma railway. He was lucky to survive, especially considering that he suffered being Bayoneted and left for dead by a Japanese guard. My Uncle had a very poor opinion of General Percival, he used to say that Percival was brave and vicious against the unarmed men and women of Ireland, yet rushed to surrender to the Japanese for his fear he may have been expected to commit hara-kiri if he fought and lost!

[@josematos1695]

The bullies are always cowards

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Thanks Lawrence. Fascinating story. There are some amazing stories out there that remain untold. Your comment is much appreciated.

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

@Tommy Robinson Thanks for your comment Tommy. What a dreadful thing to do to anyone, particularly a child. Absolutely shocking story. They certainly were the very dark days in Irish history.

[@michaelgallagher6553]

Coward

[@Ridirerua]

Percival was a Major when in Ireland and spent months trying to capture General Tom Barry but failed to do so. When Percival who was then General surrendered the British forces to a small number of Japanese soldiers in Singapore Tom Barry sent him a telegram with one word - "CONGRATULATIONS".

[@worldorthoorthopaedicsurge6147]

Churchill has alot to answer for, including refusing to meet Hess and possibly prevent WW2.

[@royhardy407]

As a proud Englishman ,I feel the pain and distress of the Irish people of this time. The Tans were a rogue army and helped to destroy the relationships of the new Republic and The Empire. I will not apologise because there is no gain in that , but let us move forward in hope and reconciliation. My words, written in tribute to my grandfather was one of the first into Dublin in1916 with the Sherwood Foresters and then shipped to the Somme where he (Thank God) survived. Also very importantly, let us NEVER forget the thousands of Irish men from all 32 counties that gave their lives in the Great War, a fact that seems very readily forgotten.

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Thank you for your comment Roy. Wise words indeed. Much appreciated, my friend and thanks for taking the time to watch my video.

[@gerardfriel5354]

They were no "rogue army". They were sent to suppress and terrorise and all in charge of them knew exactly what they were doing. There's no forgiveness no forgetting due those scum.

[@mikki3562]

Sorry, but we in Ireland do not celebrate or commemorate the slaughterhouse of WWI on behalf of British imperialism Our war was against it. And Ireland and Britain never had a normal relationship. Our countries were: one was a colonial predator, and the other a colonised, oppressed country, reduced to impoverishment and degradation by colonialism. But even furthermore there can be no normalisation as long as Britain retains its colony in the north of Ireland, which is Irish territory that no amount of false narration can alter. I would also give you a little advice regarding British colonialism's history of murderous oppression, whether it was in Amritsar India, where hundreds of unarmed civilians were gunned down, or Ballymurphy in Belfast 1971 and six months later in Derry in which dozens of civilians were shot by the British army, the British response was always the same: They were innocent and if anything happened that shouldn't have happened, it was a "rogue" element, a scapegoat who acted without authority. The orgy of killing by the British army in Dublin after the Rising in 1916 was supposedly only due to General Maxwell who supposedly acted alone, again not true. The latest falsehood and scapegoat is "soldier F" in relation to the mass shooting by the British army in Derry 1972. Do you see the pattern in your reference to the Black and Tans as "rogue"? So if you want to find some normality with people in other countries in relation to events involving British forces in other people's countries, you should ask the victims, the ones who endured occupation and brutality, for an account of events. I'm sure you don't mean it, but by restating official British interpretations, you are really throwing insult onto injury.

[@royhardy407]

@@mikki3562 Oh the old moan about the Northern six counties. Listen mate if the people of those six counties voted to leave and rejoin you in the 26 then so be it. Until that time why do you not just carry on being supplicants to your masters in Brussels. You my friend have completely missed my comments and distorted them to suit you rather misguided views. I was honouring those from Ireland all 32 that died in a warthat the ordinary people of the UK did NOT want. I lost my grandfather two uncles at the Somme do I will not take lectures from you OK? It is the hatred that people lolike you still carry that will never see a healing process. You call the UK the devil re incarnate yet your government were deligjhtfully happy to take a £12 billion loan to dig your nation out of the SH One . I will remember my ancestors in November and I will also remember those from Ireland that gave their lives with the same reverence. Try to lose that 800 year old chip on your shoulder.

[@royhardy407]

@@mikki3562 Also what about the orgy of killing of the Sherwood Foresters who were the first into Dublin. Take off your single lens glasses. You and people like you will forever perpetuate the animosity between the two nations. Go and suck up to your "friends" in Brussels who will drop you like a hot brick when they have used you. We dont need your products, we dont need your trucks using us as a land bridge, find another way to sell your products into the EU if you hate the UK so much. Oh and by the way a three party coalition, now that really is a joke! How many dinghys does your Navy have? We can sell you some for your fishery patrols when you cant come in to raid our stocks. Your country is in for a hard time and honestly, with your attitude , you deserve it.

[@savonarolaconfession7325]

True hero!!! Never a murderer! Brave man!

[@irish1388]

Excellent telling of a harrowing story. Well done.

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Thanks so much. I really appreciate the feedback. Yes, indeed, it is a harrowing tale.

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Thanks a mill. As a matter of interest, how did you come across the video?

[@irish1388]

@@ThreeMinuteTales I was looking thro youtube today at old footage of Ireland and it was in the list that comes upas suggested play. I was looking at footage from 1900 Cork

[@WiltshireMan]

What a story. Truly awful. Can't blame the farmer.

[@buddymacbuddington]

Glad he got them, only sad that he felt so bad about it at his death, I'm sure he would have felt worse though if he had done nothing

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Yeah. A horrible dilemma for anyone to end up in. He was obviously torn for all those years. Thanks for the feedback.

[@SeanTaniane]

It's what should have been done with every last one of them. To quote Dan Breen, "The only thing I'm sorry for is all of them that got away." End Quote. Dan Breen was a man who had the right idea. The great Tom Barry, who was largely an unsung hero of Ireland's fight for freedom, once said, "They (Black & Tan's) had gone in the mire to destroy us and our nation and down after them we had to go." Tom Barry certainly let the Black & Tan's know what it really meant to be a proper Irishman.

[@elainekerslake6865]

Justice served. If God disapproves he can do one.

[@irenemax3574]

Elaine Kerslake Yes, God has a peculiar tolerance for rotten behaviour, and a reluctance to intervene in any situation where a poor craythur is being harmed. Can’t help wondering if all that Omnipotence is simply a good PR job.

[@glenng]

So true, poor Michael had to put his wife and child at peace, knowing that he could not rest himself until justice was served in a land where it didn't exist.

[@barbaramellette6070]

I love it! The hog of the forsaken. Perfect

[@LNixon-d2r]

Englishman here. UK owes the Irish nation and people a big apology for the crimes we committed on your people. It's a shame that our education system does not teach British children what the UK did in Ireland.

[@jameskellard5075]

Bloody disgrace, you've brought into the lies hook line and sinker

[@sinneadfert]

thank you for that.

[@sinneadfert]

@@jameskellard5075 what lies? From the brits?

[@jameskellard5075]

@@sinneadfert The Irish, the worlds greatest liars. They've made it an art form, music, fantastic tales, literature, the Irish have created an industry out of lying.

[@jameskellard5075]

@@sinneadfert Irish lies, its all the irish have

[@37Dionysos]

THANKS----Long Live Free Ireland

[@SectionSixteen]

That was sure worth my quarter hour. It is believable . . . and educating. Thank you for putting this video together.

[@danielofinan5071]

I struggle with belief in the afterlife but its stories like these where I truly hope there is another side where his wife and daughter would be waiting for him. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

[@thertis580]

Absolutely medieval what went on. There were still burnt out houses to be seen in the seventies. Left as a reminder of the "Tans" who did it.

[@JimWalsh-rl5dj]

Well bollocks obviously are what you have between your ears. The micks have always enjoyed decay and squalor, thats why they are called the Great Unwashed

[@brianmccarthy5557]

To the approximately named Roach. You lost. Get over it. Consider that at some point you will have to face God with these remarks. I hope that is not what you want and that you reconsider them.

[@JohnnyPeacock1959]

I've read many stories about the crimes of the Tans but never heard that one and what a story it was. I've subscribed.

[@gregconway736]

The story is fake.

[@edwardvanscoy5916]

Heart breaking. Live for the poor hasn't changed that much. Still pissed on from above.

[@cacampbell3654]

Enough with the heart break. Stop it. End it. Resist class systems, racism, xenophobia, etc., colonialism and imperialism - ongoing today.

[@neveo9428]

wherever British Empire touched there was genocide and still is in Palestine now called 'Israel' created by British

[@morgy1916]

I'm British with Irish parents who has served in the British army. I love the history of the Irish as well as most of the history of the British army. I'm obviously ashamed and angry to hear stories like this. As we approach the one hundredth anniversary of this tragedy and the upcoming Brexit, I hope the future between our nations can be more respectful, calmer, prosperous and kinder. Peace people!

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

I couldn't agree with you more. Peace is the only answer. Thanks for the view and comment. Much appreciated.

[@johndanielharold3633]

Fair enough.

[@axdde6428]

@@ThreeMinuteTales war is the only action 26+6=1

[@Anglo_Saxon1]

​@@axdde6428 See,you can't help yourself can you.

[@Texas_or_Bust]

The first 5 words make no sense

[@garryyoung8945]

A very interesting story. Thank you.

[@nawkir]

Best one yet Al

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Cheers Ro. A bit long though. broke my heart.

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

@@mosuilleabhain Thanks Michael. Thanks for the view and fascinating comment. Much appreciated.

[@terencebates6808]

@@mosuilleabhain War makes devils of us all... so true. And it's always ordinary people that suffer most.

[@johnoleary5901]

Up.the.Irish.24.11.2020

[@ducktapepilot]

Wow what an amazing story. Great video!

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Thanks so much!

[@jimmcgettigan1326]

Amazing that he not only managed to successfully liquidate the three uniformed thugs, but he got away with it in a capricious and arbitrary legal system.

[@jimmcgettigan1326]

N/A N/A But. But I thought Jeremy Andrew Harris, OBE, QPM (PSNI) was sent from the Northern 6 to set you lot straight? 🤔🇨🇮

[@cantona57]

One of hundreds of incidents carried out by these cowardly thugs. Not long after this the Kilmichael Ambush wiped out tan unit and the British Government saw the writing on the wall. There was one more act , the keeping of the six counties known as Northern Ireland , and for the past century has haunted our history. That issue was partly settled with the Good Friday Agreement, but is under threat now with Brexit,

[@seansands424]

Good ending

[@rorykinsella8826]

Terrible story but the IRA were no better murdering poilce men and there families a third of the black and tans were irish Generations of children since 1922 me included have been educated on a one sided version of a events IRA / black tan s both a had their share of scum

[@jimmcgettigan1326]

@@rorykinsella8826 Perhaps, but no amount of “whataboutary” will ever justify what happened to this man’s family and if any trio had it coming it was these three low lifers.

[@josefeschweiler3631]

Shocking.....history becomes so personal. 'The occupation' was such a brutal thing and this story is topping it even.

[@robertryan2542]

Fantastic. Just discovered your channel this morning.

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Awesome, thank you!

[@koont666]

From a family of pig 🐷 farmers ( new Ross) I've just subscribed, brilliant content 🇮🇪💪 from the UK ❤

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Cheers buddy. Thanks a mill. Glad you like the content. New Ross! A great little town. I’ve a mate a mate who has lived there for a number of years. 👍🏻

[@redtobertshateshandles]

My grans family were from New Ross. Greetings from Australia.

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

@@redtobertshateshandles Thank you my friend. What a beautiful country you live in. I lived in Perth for a number of years with my family. Worked FIFO in the Pilbara for a few years and made many dear friends there. 🙏🏻❤️

[@redtobertshateshandles]

@ThreeMinuteTales Great, then you know the sunshine. I've been to New Ross, and it was a bit cold and gloomy in autumn. I'll have to go back in summer. My wife's ancestors were from Wexford too, which is probably why we're together. She might have more Irish blood than me. She's certainly a tough one. 😆

[@Vegan123]

The Tans were paid 10 shillings a day - easy money and lots of drinking

[@heritage195]

ADRIC were paid £1 a day

[@heritage195]

Tans 10% Irish and Catholic. ADRIC 14% Irish and Catholic

[@heritage195]

ADRIC also recruited Australians, Americans etc.

[@toast2610]

@@heritage195 always traitors everywhere that needs paying

[@conoromeara8974]

I think most families have stories of the tans... On my mother’s side my grandfather recalled how they came to the farm, they searched the house and outhouses for valuables, finding nothing worthwhile they took the bicycle and left. There was only one bike, and it was a prised possession of the family. It was used to get to town (about 10km away). On my father’s side my grandmother told us that one night the tans came knocking on their door, they had got a tip off that they were hiding ‘someone of interest’! My great grandfather managed to stall them while the man came down from the attic and went into my grandmother’s bed (a teen at the time). After professing his innocence and convincing the tans that my grandmother was his wife, they left empty handed!

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Wow. What an amazing escape. 🙏🏻❤️

[@nelprana5861]

Eye for an eye, I would have done the same

[@arronblack67]

Barry Breen Lynch Hogan Tracey. Just some of the names the Black and Tans would come to fear! They where met with the same force and failed in Ireland! ✊🏻🇮🇪 Fantastic story, good to see the tans got what was coming!! 🇮🇪

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Thanks for the comment Arrón. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@beyondnatural9155]

Sean McKeon, Cathal Brugha Dinny Lacey

[@zerofox7347]

Evil bastard's! I'm a Brit but I have close friends who are Irish and visit there family farm regularly. The story's they have told me are horrendous, when you think it was in Churchill's time a man we cherish! Its amazing they speak to us at all!

[@matthewcunningham8691]

Very sad story with a great ending. Thank you.

[@johnwilliamknox7156]

RESPECT! Makes me proud to be IRISH! Don't let the fool YOU.

[@irishblondie6750]

We Irish will never bow down for know one..NEVER🇮🇪☘✊💪

[@russellbrown7028]

The Tans and and the Auxilliaries were a huge mistake, though I doubt if Churchill ever admitted it. However, the Irish War was an early notice to the British heirarchy that the days of their empire were numbered, and strong-arm methods were never going to hold it together.

[@risin4949]

A very good couple of points. I think, the days of 'all' empires were numbered at that time.

[@russellbrown7028]

The "imperial delusion" is that it is all going to last forever. Imperialists like Churchill were always quick to point out the enormous material progress that had been made by the territories and their peoples "assimilated" by the empire. That the subject communities very rarely view the situation in those terms amazes and perplexes the imperialists who usually assume that within a generation or two, everybody will think of themselves as part of a big "family." One of the interesting aspects of imperial decline is how these systems manage to struggle on long after they have lost the financial, cultural and military means to maintain effective control. The Portugese empire was possibly the best example of this in the 20th Century. It won't work for China either, and I wonder why they even bother.

[@seansands424]

@ Churchill being born was a mistake

@@seansands424 his ancestor was another traitor to Europeans. He was given a Title for increasing the public debt with the Bank of England to fund another stupid war ie to make British people tax slaves.

[@conormcandrew1646]

Sounds like Michael didn't get revenge but Justice was served by his hands and rightly so, they were ruthless upon our nation. What a fascinating story and one of so many I bet are rarely told.

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Thanks Conor. Much appreciated.

[@davidthomas1131]

A sad harrowing tale. Can I just say that the pictures you included depicting how they must have felt didn't do the story justice and some were rather silly. Dave Thomas,Cardiff.

[@johnrogers2253]

Oh my dear Father in Heaven this is my home 30 years before I was born.. Thankyou Father that your justice is always perfect .😢

[@davidpatterson3612]

Father was very kindly to wife and child. Somewhat less than perfect.

[@dianebridges9257]

Ireland was imprisoned in the days of the black ntans Never again

[@neveo9428]

The North is still not free

[@sami-zc1nl]

thank you for this story the man was an irish hero in my book every irish child should be told this story.

[@seansands424]

My Mother told me this story

[@sami-zc1nl]

@@seansands424 great,i hope you also pass it on sean

[@Minime163]

Fair play to him

[@leoshine7034]

God love him may he rest in peace Amen ❤️

[@j.a.emmanueltemplemann5627]

G-d bless this righteous man ... and long live Irish Independence

[@marykategraham.205]

"""Gó ráibh máith ágát - Triúr Noiméad Scéalta-- post thár cíonn""-- Diá dháoibh-- Béannácht -Léat.""-- ☘️☘️☘️🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@marykategraham.205]

@@johnroche7541 """Good Morning John- I've just got in from night shift -@- your message has literally floored me- I've nearly scalded meself with a piping hot Green Tea. No one has ever told me (except- me Parents R.I.P)- that I was (NICE).. YES- it's me. I'm Organically from Belmullet in Co. Mayo on the north west Atlantic Ocean Coastline- which I'll be heading very shortly out of the Capital bk down there as I've got -2- wks holidays thank God..On my Mother's side R.I.P. I'm Donegal- -@- my Father's side pure Belmullet. I'm the youngest of -8- 36 yes now unmarried as no man wants me - no children. My job takes most of my time as I work nights -@- that's 12hrs. per shift. ""STUNNING ""- you say -God I've never been so taken aback -@- flattered. I'm just a pure - simple- raw- Irish woman -- First -@- Foremost. God Bless You John- May your Beautiful Kindness be your Blessings now -#- ALWAYS in a world full of sadness --@- hostility.""--- Diá dháoibh- Béannacht-Léat""-- 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪☘️☘️☘️🙏🙏🙏

[@markdavids2511]

Hiya Mary, I’m English born of Irish Catholic family who left Ireland looking for work, I know my history & have had my fair share of anti Catholic bigotry. My mum & dad had been planning to return until my dad died. There’s always been support for Irish Republicanism in the north of England. 26+6=1. Take care.

[@astorrian6247]

@@johnroche7541 From someone living in the UK but born in Co.Mayo I just wanted to say that I'm loving the interchange between yourself and the beautiful Mary...God Bless you both xx

[@marykategraham.205]

@@astorrian6247 ""Good Evening Astorrian- what a Beautiful comment - please don't think me impertinent what part of Mayo did u hail from? God Bless You and Keep u Safe- don't show the white feather where ever u roam-- speak like a Brother -@- Help one another like the true hearted men from the Co.Mayo. Erin go Brágh-- Diá dháoibh Astorrian-"""- Go ráibh máith ágát..🙏🙏🙏☘️☘️☘️🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@marykategraham.205]

@@johnroche7541 ""Good Evening John- ""3""-- Beautiful men commenting on an old Spinster like meself it's unbelievable. Your message blew me away. I arrived bk home in Mayo afew hours ago -@- took a strool along the Beautiful- Spectacular Atlantic- to cool me down-as I was all fired up looking like an old Lobster. I'm bk now sitting by me Beautiful turf fire the Beautiful Aromá from the turf still boggy God's Great Gift to US THE IRISH..My encounters with Men have been disastrous as Gaelic--- is my First Mother Language so I tend to stutter with English Pronunciations- plus me old red head puts them running - but I'm stuck with it till the end of time. Comparing me to the Beautiful Maureen -Ó Hara sorry John you definitely need an eye test only one thing I'd have in common with Maureen is me Father God Rest Him used to say ""Mary Kate your stubborn like our damn Ass -@- can give a good kick if need be God forgive me. No John I'm single -@- the Men I've met on me travels were not for me as I'm not into PROJECTS a man is the full shilling or he's not I have no intention of changing him. I'm goin to turn in now for the night the 400 mile drive done me in. God Bless You -@- Keep u Safe-- I'll REMEMBER YOU "3"BEAUTIFUL MEN IN MY PRAYERS as I kneel by me bedside. Tonight there's ""3""- Corners on me bed JOHN - MARK- @- ASTORRIAN- ( last but not least Astorrian-. Diá dháoibh - Béannacht --Léat "" 🙏🙏🙏☘️☘️☘️🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@johnnymaddog212]

I was born in england and myself are 1/8 irish blood which i am very proud of. if i was Mr Barry i myself would of done exactly the same. god rest the barry family.

[@irishkaren69]

What a story 😢 and what a man. I was bawling watching this.

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Thank you. It is a sad story, alright.

[@davehurley8239]

What a great story ❤

[@waynehoward8409]

Thank you a very interesting and sad,story,I have recently come back from Inchigeelagh and heard about the black and tans

[@margaretgreenwood4243]

Barbarism. British Barbarism

[@thomasmcguinness365]

Great video, but would you mind putting your sources in the description?

[@geovanniali6060]

Very informative thanks. Keep up the good work 🇮🇪

[@kyhber1]

What a great man Michael was . And well done to the Kelly's too for thire helping.. Should be a movie make of it ...He only did what many orders wish they could have done ...

[@lilliankeane5731]

That's such a sad story...that woman being treated and dying like that. 😔..knowing her babies were in danger... The infant in a drawer... Another under a bed... I hope they are all where they belong now...

[@PaulinAsia_]

Thank you for the story, I enjoyed it.

[@justinneal515]

I'm half Irish and having just seen this ashamed for my British half. It's no wonder this progressed the way they did.

[@Morgan-kn6xb]

That was a geat story. I was happy to hear that they ended up being food for his pigs! 😆 Thanks for uploading.

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Thanks for the view and comment. Much appreciated.

[@JimWalsh-rl5dj]

And I am glad that yet again, by BREXIT, we are fucking over the micks

[@tallllus]

Just read Guerrilla Days in Ireland and this could have come right out of that book!

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Same surname too Greg. Those West Cork Barry's weren't to be messed about with. Lol. I have meant to read that book myself. Dark days.

[@tallllus]

@@ThreeMinuteTales I recommend it, a very good read.

[@keithwilliams1243]

I am an English man and I deplore what some of the English did to the Irish. I have always believed that Ireland should be for the Irish and that they had every right to fight back against English oppression, I wish they had won. On a brighter note I love and respect traditional Irish music. A couple of years ago I sang with a Galway man, a fine musician and singer, he was surprised I knew so many traditional Irish songs and he was astonished that as an Englishman I was familiar with the late great Margaret Barry. The reason I knew these things was because more than fifty years ago I was a sailor (RN) and when I was in Portsmouth I used to frequent an Irish pub with Irish music on the duke box. My memory these days is fading but the pub in question was either called the Lennox or the Criterion. It was near the railway station in commercial road. I also recall the infamous Golden Fleece.

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Thanks so much for your comment Keith. It’s very much appreciated. It’s amazing to hear that you as an English man, are so well informed about Irish history. It’s funny, a lot of younger Irish people are far less knowledgeable as your good self. Thanks again my friend. 👍🏻🙏🏻

[@Tigerland1962]

Poncy man you are scared of them,,,, go and live there ok you can mix with them,,,,coward...

[@itsjohndell]

Justice done.

[@micky82omara32]

I always wonder why i was called michael Barry im saying it proud now i hope his son was proud of his father, he was not a killer he was a saviour

[@vorlons100]

he committed no sin there those men of churchill did all the sinning

[@gastrickbunsen1957]

The decision was his and he knew what he was unleashing. Sending the army against striking miners, Gallipoli, advocating gassing Arabs, and the destruction of Dresden, any sins there?

[@hungryhil]

Absolute brilliant story, thank you

[@ThreeMinuteTales]

Thanks for listening Alan. Appreciated.

[@Improveng1]

Churchill is portrayed as a hero, there are many who would argue with this assessment.

[@theeaskey]

Churchill was a war criminal,,may he rot in hell

[@georgehetty8647]

Martin Kenny no need to give.credit for the only democratic leader to fight the nazi’s ,wonder how your wold would be now?

[@Improveng1]

@@theeaskey I couldn't agree more

[@brianmccarthy5557]

Michael O'Donnell; Are you aware that Collins and Churchill formed a friendship during the treaty negotiations? Both admired admired the other, though they firmly disagreed on many things. The friendship didn't stop the Big Fellow from planning and executing the assassination of General Wilson, who was one of Churchill's colleagues, at about the time of the Treaty. Collins was a far more complex man than most know. It's perfectly possible he and Churchill would have had a long term friendship had Collins not died in battle. Of course, this wouldn't have stopped Collins from fighting a second war to liberate Ulster, which he was definitely planning to do in the period before his death. Note that Churchill also had a long term friendship with the South African Boer General Louis Botha, who had personally shot at Churchill and captured him during the Boer War. I'm a distant relative of Collins, and related to a lot of other Fenian and IRB figures. Michael Collins and Winston Churchill are both two of my heros. I suggest you learn more about both of them and reconsider your position.

[@FrannyWard]

@@georgehetty8647 If you get a chance, watch Oliver Stone's The Untold History of the United States.

[@seanmc9410]

What a man! Slainte!

[@steed3902]

may God bless Michael! A stronger man by all accounts!

[@freespirit2319]

Absolutely amazing narritive! Your voice is so engaging. They were from the devil himself. My uncle who died in 2007 aged 101 told me first hand of their brutality. Very very sad and tragic story😢

[@finneire2081]

The Tans most dreaded weapon which is never spoke about was rape

[@finneire2081]

@RichJW ??

[@misterbonzoid5623]

It's spoken about here.

[@treblerebel2362]

Strange how times like this are soon upon us again.

[@prcoakley1]

Very interesting. Good to know they got what was coming to them.

[@ferretman6790]

“And commandeered the vacant houses for themselves.” That’s the same thing that Britan did to America, one of the many reasons we fought for independence. We clearly have much in common!

[@LoudaroundLincoln]

Don't think you can really compare the 2. The Americans didn't want to pay their taxes, the Irish were being ground under a boot heal with the intention of destroying their culture and identity.

[@bmphil3400]

@@LoudaroundLincoln no....they were quartering British soldiers in any home they saw fit. Our constitution has specific language against that and against search and seizure of property for just those reasons. To search your property in the US the police have to get a search warrant signed by a judge showing cause and what they are to search and what they are searching for.

[@martinkillips180]

@@bmphil3400 I don't dispute what you say about the British conduct - but I think the Americans used much the same tactics in Afghanistan and Vietnam and many other places they 'liberated'!

[@bmphil3400]

@@martinkillips180 yes they did and still do. Increasingly the rights to due process and equal protection under the law are dwindling. When the military goes to another country they don't follow our constitution.....they follow military rules if engagement and treaties which are very very different than our constitution.