A truly heroic battle carried out by the IRA and must have sent shock waves through the British establishment as they scurried away like rats to their barracks. So proud of these brave rebels. May they rest in eternal peace. Keep bringing us these moments of our great nations history Davy. Go raibh maith agat 💚🇮🇪☘✊
@@jamesredmond7001 So You say.An uprising of a few thousand participants.Compare that to the 200,000 Irishmem who fought in France in the first world war.The so called uprising was more a murderous campaign of terror carried out by thugs,that's my opinion.No battlefields in Ireland,just ambushes from behind hedges and hills and then running away,that's why they were called flying columns,they hit and run.
@@jamesredmond7001 Ps ,should be proud of the brave Irishmen who fought on the battlefields of France,young men dieing for Irelands freedom.Not for the band of rabble who stayed behind and fought a campaign of murder and terror under the pretext of fighting for Irelands independence ,joke.
I’m so very glad to have stumbled across your channel, I immediately subscribed a few days ago and love to see these shorts in my feed! thank you for your work!
Saddened us to see Brigadier Charley Hurley was killed prior to this incredible battle.. We understand that is what war is.. but knowledge of the facts does not ease the pain of the family loss.. Excellent video Davy.. as always they are.. your work is superb 💜💙☘️
A hundred and four verses twelve hundred?! How is this not better known? Is there a breakdown of how the battle went? Did the Brits drip feed them in? That's mad! Love the channel man keep'er lit!
@@ForkOffjewgle There were no battlefields ,it was a campaign fought on country roads.The Ira hit and run away,ambushing their victims like a snake in the grass.
@@ForkOffjewgle No your right when the Easter rebels were being marched to jail through Dublin,they were booed by the public.And the Roman Catholic church were against them too.The British shot themselves in the foot by executing some of them.That changed everything.
That was commanded by Major Percival. They made him general and he went on to surrender Singapore to the Japanese. He thought the Japs couldnt attack by land through the jungle (afaik). He shouldve learnt from Crossbarry not to underestimate what determination can do.
There was a decorated WW1 vet that was sent over there by MOD to assess the situation in mid to late 1930s. He identified the weak spot that the Japanese could land further up the peninsula, and by trekking, cycling through the jungle could attack Singapore from the North, he was either working class or middle class and the officers, members of the aristocracy, mocked and ignored him. How dare this commoner have the audacity to expect his betters to consider his advice. They had their big new guns facing out to sea. There was no need to listen to this blabbering. He wrote up his report, identified the weak points in Singapores' defence, left for Blighty angry and frustrated. The Japanese must have read his report cause that's how they took Singapore. The elite officers were well treated. We all know the horrors that awaited the rank and file. Well done, percivel.
@@Zappy9518 Jesus, I didnt know that. Robert Fisk in his talk on his book The Great War for Civilisation ;War geopolitics and the Middle East (the media journalism and why we get it wrong) said 'Superpowers have this boundless optimism that they can do anything despite what history tried to teach them' (boundless need to project power, and refuse to believe what the MoD officer said) The book is mainly WW1, Sykes Picot and how its still creating wars up to 2003 Iraq in almost mirror image complete with trench warfare, human waves, nerve gas, mustard gas and biological warfare "After the Great war in 1919, the British and French redrew the borders of Ireland , Balkans and the entire Middle East. And I have spent my entire 45 year professional career watching the people on those borders burn". He had a poster from Baghdad from 1919 (Irak) bought from Pvt Charles Dickens daughter, that said "People of Irak. We come not as conquerors but as Liberators to free you from centuries of tyranny" (Major General Maud) Blair, Bush and every other Western leader used the exact same lines before massacring the place. Im not sure if they knew Mauds declaration but they were destined to repeat it Id suggest watch it (unless you already have) because there are no more genuine war correspondents. czcams.com/video/Qu8R8CQpYBE/video.html
Excellent channel Davy 👌 keep up the good work 🫡 Also I believe that the Crossbarry engagement was the largest during the War of Independence, but I am open to correction on that.
@@desmondhull5778 I am talking about an Irish Flying Column who ambushed the British Army in one of many engagements. The Flying Column’s tactics were to engage the enemy using the element of surprise. I think engagement was an excellent choice of wording myself.
@@niallcnoc9646 This gentleman has made a couple of derogatory comments on this channel.. However it is obvious he never served in the military. The IRA by the time of the 11th July 1921 Truce were first rate light infantry. The IRA used tactics that anyone with basic military doctrine training would recognise.(A) They would travel to and from POC(Points of Contact) with the enemy on foot. (B) Establish skillfull KZ's(Kill Zones) and ambushes (C) Engage more experienced enemy forces in CQB(Close Quarter Battle) (D) After successful operations that inflicted casualties and captured weapons would conduct proper E&E (Escape and Rvade) procedure.
@@niallcnoc9646 The IRA's military modus operandi was guerilla warfare. The Irish War of Independence in military terms was an insurgency which was gathering momentum by the summer of 1921. The last 3 months of the conflict was the worst for the Crown Forces in terms of casualties. At its height the IRA could only put into the field 2,500-3,000 men. The Crown Force presence in Ireland at its height was estimated at 75,000-80,000. The IRA in essence were an army of riflemen with a couple of machine guns and the IED using modern military parlance would be the heaviest weapon in its arsenal..
The biggest battles took place on the battle fields of France.The 200,000 Irishmen who fought in the first world war were the real freedom fighters for Ireland.
@@Zappy9518 Oh they did.No call for an Easter riseing or any insurrection at all.Ireland had been promised home rule just before the first world war started.The Easter Riseing was a waste of lives and time. The UVF fought in the first world war for an independent Ulster and the Irish volunteers fought for an independent Ireland.Full on head to head trench warfare,no skulking behind hedges and shooting men in the back of the head and running away in their world.True heroes.
@desmondhull5778 oh yes because the British always kept there promises to Ireland 😂😂😂 An independent ulster was never part of an Idish or unionist agenda. 1916 a waste of time? Bit rich considering the British just handed over power to taliban🤣🤣🤣🤣
I drive through it every day to get to work. Legendary story
Great work 👍🏻🇮🇪
Thank you
A truly heroic battle carried out by the IRA and must have sent shock waves through the British establishment as they scurried away like rats to their barracks. So proud of these brave rebels. May they rest in eternal peace. Keep bringing us these moments of our great nations history Davy. Go raibh maith agat 💚🇮🇪☘✊
@@peterallison-ex4yy Skirmishes turned into battles,what a joke.
@@desmondhull5778Ah yes, because a fight where the losing side had 1200 men was a skirmish, sure.
@@jamesredmond7001 So You say.An uprising of a few thousand participants.Compare that to the 200,000 Irishmem who fought in France in the first world war.The so called uprising was more a murderous campaign of terror carried out by thugs,that's my opinion.No battlefields in Ireland,just ambushes from behind hedges and hills and then running away,that's why they were called flying columns,they hit and run.
@@jamesredmond7001 Ps ,should be proud of the brave Irishmen who fought on the battlefields of France,young men dieing for Irelands freedom.Not for the band of rabble who stayed behind and fought a campaign of murder and terror under the pretext of fighting for Irelands independence ,joke.
@@jamesredmond7001 Its called stary eyed Republicanism.
Love all your videos Davy love from Armagh 🇮🇪🙏🇮🇪
I’m so very glad to have stumbled across your channel, I immediately subscribed a few days ago and love to see these shorts in my feed! thank you for your work!
Saddened us to see Brigadier Charley Hurley was killed prior to this incredible battle..
We understand that is what war is.. but knowledge of the facts does not ease the pain of the family loss..
Excellent video Davy.. as always they are.. your work is superb 💜💙☘️
A hundred and four verses twelve hundred?! How is this not better known? Is there a breakdown of how the battle went? Did the Brits drip feed them in? That's mad! Love the channel man keep'er lit!
Tom Barry's book guerrilla days in ireland
Versus …
I am praying that Ireland will be reunited as a country in my lifetime. It is simply the right thing to do.
@@maureenmckenna5220 Keep praying.
Amen love ❤
Big fan❤❤❤
It always surprises me how relatively small the forces in the war where, I always thought it involved more people on the battle field.
Common misconception.
Not every Irish wanted a free Ireland!
@@ForkOffjewgle There were no battlefields ,it was a campaign fought on country roads.The Ira hit and run away,ambushing their victims like a snake in the grass.
@@desmondhull5778 yeah I know. I said everyone thinks, these days, that every Irish person, back then, wanted a free Ireland. That is not true!
@@ForkOffjewgle No your right when the Easter rebels were being marched to jail through Dublin,they were booed by the public.And the Roman Catholic church were against them too.The British shot themselves in the foot by executing some of them.That changed everything.
@@ForkOffjewgle Ps 90% of the RIC were Roman Catholic.
Dia a bheannachadh agus a bhith beò Arm Poblachdach na h-Èireann
Thank you Davie love your videos. ❤
That was commanded by Major Percival. They made him general and he went on to surrender Singapore to the Japanese.
He thought the Japs couldnt attack by land through the jungle (afaik).
He shouldve learnt from Crossbarry not to underestimate what determination can do.
There was a decorated WW1 vet that was sent over there by MOD to assess the situation in mid to late 1930s. He identified the weak spot that the Japanese could land further up the peninsula, and by trekking, cycling through the jungle could attack Singapore from the North, he was either working class or middle class and the officers, members of the aristocracy, mocked and ignored him. How dare this commoner have the audacity to expect his betters to consider his advice. They had their big new guns facing out to sea. There was no need to listen to this blabbering. He wrote up his report, identified the weak points in Singapores' defence, left for Blighty angry and frustrated. The Japanese must have read his report cause that's how they took Singapore. The elite officers were well treated. We all know the horrors that awaited the rank and file. Well done, percivel.
@@Zappy9518
Jesus,
I didnt know that.
Robert Fisk in his talk on his book The Great War for Civilisation ;War geopolitics and the Middle East (the media journalism and why we get it wrong) said
'Superpowers have this boundless optimism that they can do anything despite what history tried to teach them'
(boundless need to project power, and refuse to believe what the MoD officer said)
The book is mainly WW1, Sykes Picot and how its still creating wars up to 2003 Iraq in almost mirror image complete with trench warfare, human waves, nerve gas, mustard gas and biological warfare
"After the Great war in 1919, the British and French redrew the borders of Ireland , Balkans and the entire Middle East. And I have spent my entire 45 year professional career watching the people on those borders burn".
He had a poster from Baghdad from 1919 (Irak) bought from Pvt Charles Dickens daughter, that said "People of Irak. We come not as conquerors but as Liberators to free you from centuries of tyranny" (Major General Maud)
Blair, Bush and every other Western leader used the exact same lines before massacring the place. Im not sure if they knew Mauds declaration but they were destined to repeat it
Id suggest watch it (unless you already have) because there are no more genuine war correspondents.
czcams.com/video/Qu8R8CQpYBE/video.html
@@Zappy9518
"superpowers have this insane optimism that they can do anything" Robert Fisk
Excellent channel Davy 👌 keep up the good work 🫡
Also I believe that the Crossbarry engagement was the largest during the War of Independence, but I am open to correction on that.
@@niallcnoc9646 Engagements,they were all hit and run.I notice you never used the word battles.
@@desmondhull5778 I am talking about an Irish Flying Column who ambushed the British Army in one of many engagements. The Flying Column’s tactics were to engage the enemy using the element of surprise.
I think engagement was an excellent choice of wording myself.
@@niallcnoc9646 Your entitled to your opinion.In my opinion the definition of flying columns is surprise , hit and run away.Actions of cowards.
@@niallcnoc9646 This gentleman has made a couple of derogatory comments on this channel.. However it is obvious he never served in the military. The IRA by the time of the 11th July 1921 Truce were first rate light infantry. The IRA used tactics that anyone with basic military doctrine training would recognise.(A) They would travel to and from POC(Points of Contact) with the enemy on foot. (B) Establish skillfull KZ's(Kill Zones) and ambushes (C) Engage more experienced enemy forces in CQB(Close Quarter Battle) (D) After successful operations that inflicted casualties and captured weapons would conduct proper E&E (Escape and Rvade) procedure.
@@niallcnoc9646 The IRA's military modus operandi was guerilla warfare. The Irish War of Independence in military terms was an insurgency which was gathering momentum by the summer of 1921. The last 3 months of the conflict was the worst for the Crown Forces in terms of casualties. At its height the IRA could only put into the field 2,500-3,000 men. The Crown Force presence in Ireland at its height was estimated at 75,000-80,000. The IRA in essence were an army of riflemen with a couple of machine guns and the IED using modern military parlance would be the heaviest weapon in its arsenal..
So when will you do the Dripsy
They ambushed the ambush
I
RAN
AWAY😂😂😂
RIP Patriots
That word has been hijacked now.
@@muinagh Yeagh RIP the new plantation is well underway.
God bless Cork.The rebel county.
@@michaelhughes9067 Cork ,the rebel county that murdered one of it's own sons,Michael Collins.
Why quote distances in miles, when the road signs clearly provide the distance in kilometres?
🙏🇮🇪🕊
🏴 💞 🇮🇪
Pity the Bastards burnt cork to the ground though...
Still you'll never beat the Irish ❤
Capitals matter …. meaning the city of Cork and not the stopper on a wine bottle….!
@@jamesfallon9265 Who doing all the burning now,Cooluck.
Worked out well . ?
Want to know more
ireland forever
💚☘️🤍☘️🧡
All for nothing in 2024
The biggest battles took place on the battle fields of France.The 200,000 Irishmen who fought in the first world war were the real freedom fighters for Ireland.
Those brave men did not fight and die for Irish freedom or for little Belgium freedom either.
@@Zappy9518 Oh they did.No call for an Easter riseing or any insurrection at all.Ireland had been promised home rule just before the first world war started.The Easter Riseing was a waste of lives and time. The UVF fought in the first world war for an independent Ulster and the Irish volunteers fought for an independent Ireland.Full on head to head trench warfare,no skulking behind hedges and shooting men in the back of the head and running away in their world.True heroes.
@@Zappy9518 😁
@desmondhull5778 oh yes because the British always kept there promises to Ireland 😂😂😂 An independent ulster was never part of an Idish or unionist agenda. 1916 a waste of time? Bit rich considering the British just handed over power to taliban🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@gamer-zm7bx Stop rewriting Irish history and tell the world the truth.😊