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Owen has an ideal voice for making history interesting.

Rathmore credit union should be spending my bleddy money in Rathmore and Gneeveguilla not bloody Milltown!!

History dont come much more thoroughly researched than this. Well done❤❤❤

The Black and Tans and other British forces were encouraged to kill Irish people. They became so trigger happy that they executed a boy riding his bike, a famous journalist and 2 protestant loyalists.

This is good , but I Loved " The Dubliners" too

Brilliant young generation keeping music alive irish music famous all over the world ❤❤❤❤❤

So the British created a training camp in north wales for 1800 Irish revolutionaries. After their 6 month training course was over they were sent back to Ireland to put all their training into practice in fighting the British. 😅 Anyone who thinks this was just the blundering British is severely deluded. The British ruling elite built a successful empire. They weren’t stupid.

Thanks for your talk Owen. My Grandfather was born in Castlemaine in 1921 so I found it interesting to hear what was happening at that time and place.

Well said owen!!

Everyone has invaded Wales, including the Irish - the Lleyn Peninsula is named after invaders from Leinster, in Pembrokeshire there are places with Irish placenames or are called in translation, the village of the Irish, the Headland of the Irish.

My great grandfather was there Laurence redmond from ringsend

The most amazing fact is the birth of the Welsh drive for self determinism and our Senedd was around the building of Llyn Celyn the flooding of the village and valley for water to Liverpool, without a democratic mandate and consent from those who lived and worked in the valley. This place is just up the road from FronGoch. Cofiwch Dryweryn

A very real benefit it was for the first time in Irish history that rebels nationwide met as a unit , as one national group of men - it must have given them all great encouragement to meet each other and know the dedication / intent nationwide was real - great video thanks for posting

Can you recommend any good books on it ? I am curious about their daily life and the classes they gave as its been said that it became a university on warfare

My grandfather was in here. Martin Mullen from Dublin.

My Grandfather D.P. Walshe was interned here also. Tipperary Man. I have been to visit but unfortunately it was closed on the day.

I read some articles a while ago about this place, very interesting. I'm sure it said that there was another camp across the border in England that was in Winsford in Cheshire I think, but I have not been able to find anything else about it.

Hello I have just become aware of your account/video. One of my brothers has very generously made me aware of it. Annie (Sis) Cronin was my great Aunty. Her brother Patrick Kerrisk Cronin was my Grand Father and he emigrated to New Zealand as a young man in the early 1900. I am unsure on what date or year. Much to my Grand Fathers Mother's consternation, another of her sons, Con Cronin followed his brother Patrick to New Zealand as well. Your video was extremely interesting and I had never heard any previous accounts of that area of Irish history or any accounts of the role my Great Aunty had to play in it. Thank you for recording this excerpt of Irish History. Regards Lynette Deerness Auckland New Zealand

My name is Erin Wyatt and Annie Cronin (Sis) was my great aunt. Her brother Patrick was my grandfather. He came to New Zealand as a young man but always kept in contact with Sis even though he never got to return to Ireland. I have found this account of great interest.

Buíochas mór leat ,Owen, as ucht cúntas soiléir ,suimiúil, a sheoladh chugainn faoi'n chaibidil dobhrónach sin d'ár staire.

😢 God bless all who suffered. And Ireland and it's people

Just imagine if Britain had done this? Irish Nationalist's hypocrisy knows no bounds

Cumann na mBan, never surrendered, great people. very interesting history video.

Got to say also sad it irish against pity collins was killed great man he def would have freedom no dought x bless the garda to all irish just done wat they did o duffey blue shirt scum should have stayed in spain

Sad but think wat they done and a sad time god bless all peace jesus will judge

We were at war with scum evil fuc.... so wat u shouldn't be doing this wat duty wat to kill his own shut up get a life bless him fought lost as old saying fly your colours high the Kings that's enough sure d King came to his funeral especially wat King we no King

What about knocknagoshel and all the atrocities carried out by the irregulars

The reference to the Peter the Painter gun is in reference to anarchist Peter Pawakto involved in The Sydney Street Siege in London in January 1911 used in the Siege was C96 Mauser automatic German revolver deadly first generation automatic revolver, one more slight error here in 1924 Thomas Pierrepont uncle of Albert Pierrepont carried out executions in Ireland even though he may have assisted ,Albert Pierrepont first official executions in Britain or Irish Free State was 1932...just one more piece of useless information Chief Executioner in the UK ,John Ellis who had executed Both Roger Casement ,Kevin Barry and the 9 others resigned in March 1924 ,he was involved in the botched execution of Edith Thompson in 1923 and attempted suicide which was then a crime in itself, he botched that too but was successfully in 1932 ...almost all executions in the Irish Free State were carried out by Thomas and Albert Pierrepont, John Ellis did perform the first in 1923,there was another in the 1930s not carried out by either in 1934 ..

never heard anyting about this. brilliantly researched and very well told. If I may address my fellow englishman mr stevens, he seems to have missed the point of the video. We all know about british atrocities in ireland, this concerns what irishmen were capable of doing to each other, during and after the civil war. I am curious as to what the money and valuables held in the police station were, not usual to hold such things in english police stations, as far as i know.

I am English and am ashamed of what terrible things we did to the Irish, hopefully there will come a time we you can forgive us. At least you have the satisfaction of knowing that you, yes the IRISH brought the mighty BRITISH EMPIRE to its knees.😊😊😊😊😊😊

I suppose we should consider the role of the one, and only, English Pope, Hadrian/Adrian the Fourth, who authorised the Norman-English invasion of Ireland (on very spurious grounds) through issuing his Papal Bull 'Laudabiliter' circa 1166? 🤔

We should never forget the men and women that fought for irish freedom

Thank you for this. I'm writing a book about my grandmother and her family, trying to understand conditions in Kilgobnet during the Civil War. She and her brother and sisters, orphans ages 16-20, all emigrated from there to Boston in 1924-25.

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Great video

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I'm suprized you don't have more subs. This is proffesional quality! 👏 bravo And your an author I see. I'm going to check out your book. :) I just randomly typed in June 1921. That's 100 years ago. Fascinating.

Thanks for all the positive feedback!

Ammunition theft, hunger strikes, spying and romance. Quite a lot of excitement.

Thank you for all your hard work. Most interesting

Jo Cashman worked for the Sweepstakes in Ballsbridge. Her sister Kathleen was a teacher.

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It was a pleasure working with you owen

An area of Irish history we don't hear about enough. Thank for this.