When Ireland Nearly Went Fascist

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  • čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
  • Ireland leaned VERY closely into Fascism in the 1930s.
    Eoin O'Duffy and Blueshirts had nearly 50,000 members, nearly launched a coup and fought in the Spanish Civil War.
    Surprisingly, not many on CZcams have dived into this topic as a whole. So I presume this is the only proper biography on Eoin O'Duffy and the Blueshirts.
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    / jordanpower
    www.buymeacoffee.com/JordanPower
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    00:00 Quickfire
    1:40 O'Duffy vs De Valera
    3:50 BlueShirts
    9:36 Spanish Civil War
    16:00 Veterans
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    Sources/Links:
    www.rte.ie/archives/2016/0111...
    www.rte.ie/archives/2021/0408...
    www.rte.ie/radio/doconone/647...

Komentáře • 780

  • @otaku1524
    @otaku1524 Před 26 dny +225

    When you hate Brits so freaking much that the Germans seem friendly by comparison. Remember that Germany did try sending rifles and munitions to Ireland in 1916, pre-Rising. But lots of people forget that.

    • @ruairi110
      @ruairi110 Před 25 dny

      The Germans sent rifles to both sides, UVF in NI and IRA. the Germans didn't care as long as the UK was in turmoil and they were making money.

    • @grlfcgombeenhunter2897
      @grlfcgombeenhunter2897 Před 25 dny

      There brain dead

    • @davidgraham6434
      @davidgraham6434 Před 24 dny +33

      Ha ha, yeah blame the British for everything

    • @NKCS7
      @NKCS7 Před 24 dny +20

      The germans also supplied the unionist side, so they were nothing more than gun suppliers for both sides.

    • @lamaft1812
      @lamaft1812 Před 24 dny

      They did not care about the Irish at all they just wanted to use us as a distraction for their war

  • @MacCionnaith
    @MacCionnaith Před 27 dny +241

    Fascist just love a good uniform don't they

    • @KimJong-101
      @KimJong-101 Před 25 dny

      They hate gays but love being flamboyant.. suspicious if you ask me

    • @johndaarteest
      @johndaarteest Před 25 dny

      So do communists, especially the woke ones.

    • @user-dw6xh6rt9n
      @user-dw6xh6rt9n Před 24 dny

      Aye but now days they wear all black and call themselves antifascist.

    • @n00bsalsa42
      @n00bsalsa42 Před 24 dny +2

      That's were the word comes because loved loved their fancy uniforms

    • @stephenholmes1036
      @stephenholmes1036 Před 24 dny +13

      Not as much as communists

  • @MaytayMaya
    @MaytayMaya Před 7 dny +19

    Never ask:
    A woman her age
    A man his salary
    Irish and Scottish nationalists who they supported during WW2

    • @JordanPowerYT
      @JordanPowerYT  Před 7 dny +3

      😭😭😭

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 Před 4 dny +1

      A bit disingenuous, most supported the Allies or neutrality...well Teachta Dálas at least. Edit: Actually the public as well.

  • @nologeo
    @nologeo Před 27 dny +41

    This is a brilliant video, good job

  • @67nairb
    @67nairb Před 10 dny +6

    The Irish fascist Blueshirts should've been called the Greenshirts.

  • @bohsgerry
    @bohsgerry Před 22 dny +16

    The German National Socialist gov also financed at least 3 films on Ireland with a direct pro Nationalist bias directed by Leni Reifenstahl the famous female national socialist film director

    • @peterhoulihan9766
      @peterhoulihan9766 Před 12 dny +1

      Good for them.
      Go figure a bohs fan would have a problem with that.

  • @jerryward5555
    @jerryward5555 Před 19 dny +95

    Dont forget that around 200k Catholic Irish fought for the English please

    • @geordiewishart1683
      @geordiewishart1683 Před 16 dny +5

      Why mention they were papist?

    • @slowbroplum
      @slowbroplum Před 15 dny +2

      They dont like remembering that lol believe me

    • @fortificationenjoyer1919
      @fortificationenjoyer1919 Před 10 dny +3

      As volunteers or as cannon fodder like the indians? There is a big difference

    • @slowbroplum
      @slowbroplum Před 10 dny

      @@fortificationenjoyer1919 how does it make a difference

    • @slowbroplum
      @slowbroplum Před 10 dny

      @fortificationenjoyer1919 youre on this mad flex thinking irish people throughout history have hated english people but its complete bullshit just because YOU hate the english doesnt mean all irish pople did
      You were a part of the british empire when all the atrocities were commited
      Your hands arent clean
      If you really value history you would know that but

  • @jamesjanson6129
    @jamesjanson6129 Před 12 dny +5

    O Duffy was also a closet homosexual and left Ireland under a cloud of this hanging over him.

  • @andrew097
    @andrew097 Před 3 dny +3

    We are very close to extream, authoritarianism today.

  • @johncoughlan1435
    @johncoughlan1435 Před 25 dny +52

    Do you have a "When Ireland Nearly Went Socialist" including the Limerick Soviet.

    • @22grena
      @22grena Před 25 dny +5

      Never happened

    • @johndaarteest
      @johndaarteest Před 25 dny

      It's gone socialist, in face it's gone totally communist. Taking huge hoards of economic migrants in like all the other western countries.

    • @Cloughjordan23
      @Cloughjordan23 Před 24 dny +17

      ​@22grena doesn't it fit your viewers of history?

    • @howard51723
      @howard51723 Před 24 dny +5

      That would be an interesting video but the limerick soviet wasn't the first social experiment in Ireland, Carlow had one years before it comprised three different areas of rural carlow, one area still exists but is in no way socialist the place name is Bilbo named after the city bilbao which was a haven for socialist thinking in the late 19th and early 20th century

    • @sl_721
      @sl_721 Před 23 dny

      Ireland has been socialist for the last 30 years

  • @didyouknow3360
    @didyouknow3360 Před 18 dny +6

    Excellent video!

  • @Falkriim
    @Falkriim Před 22 dny +8

    Very interesting video

  • @HistorywithMatt10
    @HistorywithMatt10 Před 20 dny +9

    Great Video. Well researched. Good to focus on the Spanish Civil War as people from Ireland supported the Nationalists from a religious perspective or the Republicans from an ideologcial perspective. Interesting to the see the links to modern Irish politics as well.

  • @invino1475
    @invino1475 Před 24 dny +8

    Great video

  • @TradeMarkMarz
    @TradeMarkMarz Před 27 dny +53

    You wouldn't see this on the mainstream. Great informative video.

  • @fiona3447
    @fiona3447 Před 23 dny +8

    Excellent video 👌 subscribed 💯

  • @_Snapper
    @_Snapper Před 24 dny +9

    Time is a flat circle

  • @daleboydell7150
    @daleboydell7150 Před 20 dny +51

    I'm 40yrs of age from a mining town in the north-west of England. My grandparents and their ancestor's slaved in coal mines or cotton mills. I didn't endure that life and was lucky enough to find a career in sport. I've searched my lineage with my siblings, and all we found is that we have a deep-rooted heritage of being working class british people.
    Without wanting to draw an outrageous amount of abuse my way, could I please ask how we are to blame as poor working class people born on an island for the atrocities of Lords, Ladies and Politician's of yesteryear?
    Surely pointing detest to 'The Brits' is rather broad brushing us all for something that we and our ancestors had no part in.

    • @Hibernia63
      @Hibernia63 Před 19 dny +17

      I understand what you are saying but there were a LOT of atrocities committed in Ireland by brits - and not all of those british were lords and ladies - the length of time (approx 800 years) right up until 2007 when the british army finally moved out, is also a factor! Thats a long time being persecuted by one nation ie the brits! You and your kin might not have been directly involved but you have to be able to see it from the point of view of the victims! Was every German responsible for the Nazi party? Yet the hatred for the Germans is quite strong in britian, even today - and the hatred for the French it quite strong too - it would be hypocritical of you to not see the point of view of the Irish!

    • @robscoggins
      @robscoggins Před 19 dny

      @@Hibernia63Now both of your countries are being over run by third world turds. Well played.

    • @darren92redrum67
      @darren92redrum67 Před 19 dny +10

      Many irish benefited and part toke in the british empire

    • @daleboydell7150
      @daleboydell7150 Před 19 dny +14

      @@Hibernia63 fair do's. I'll make sure my kids go to school this morning with a belly full of guilt.

    • @jerryward5555
      @jerryward5555 Před 19 dny

      For the most part, Irish people don't hold working class people accountable at all, as you all suffered too. Unless they start spewing songs about the empire and whatnot.
      I personally only feel my skin crawl when I am in the presence of too many London accents.

  • @93Gav
    @93Gav Před 11 dny +2

    nearly?

  • @mitch7890
    @mitch7890 Před 6 dny +1

    Very educational video

  • @FeltBored
    @FeltBored Před 17 dny +2

    Interesting video, Good job I subscribed!

  • @osgur9636
    @osgur9636 Před 20 dny +5

    I wrote my Leaving cert history paper using that book as a source, O'Duffy did however do quite a bit of exageration, he wasnt sent home because Franco no longer needed him although that is true, but instead because Franco had grown tired of him and the Irish's lackluster performance and drinking

  • @danielktdoranie
    @danielktdoranie Před 25 dny +182

    What we have now is SOOOOO much better! Be right back, I need to go move my tent away from the house the asylum seeker got for free

    • @teddykilgallen2381
      @teddykilgallen2381 Před 24 dny +2

      like the lads on leeson street?

    • @GeoffreyBronson
      @GeoffreyBronson Před 24 dny +23

      Brits out, everyone else in

    • @TonyMacFarlane
      @TonyMacFarlane Před 23 dny +7

      @@GeoffreyBronson Sounds like a fair deal to me.

    • @GeoffreyBronson
      @GeoffreyBronson Před 23 dny +9

      @@TonyMacFarlane alhamdullilah

    • @TonyMacFarlane
      @TonyMacFarlane Před 23 dny +12

      @@GeoffreyBronson The Brits have been expertly dividing Éire for centuries. Geoffrey is a mere amateur.

  • @EOGHANDUFF
    @EOGHANDUFF Před 6 dny +1

    great content

  • @LondonHistory1977
    @LondonHistory1977 Před 26 dny +9

    Eoin O Duffy went for the Brush Shiels look!

  • @Dubjaxfilms
    @Dubjaxfilms Před 21 dnem +3

    Thank you

  • @shanenolan4503
    @shanenolan4503 Před 23 dny +34

    Hitler actually viewed the Irish with favour from a racial perspective.
    In 'hitlers table talk' he includes the irish as potential colonists in the east.
    In 'a time of war' it mentioned how the Irish were the same race as southern germanics. It mentions how much 'anglo saxon and norman blood' is present among the population.
    Nordicism did not begin with Hitler.
    He based his views a lot on Madison grant who viewed the Irish as mostly nordic, with Mediterranean elements in the south and west.

    • @GAMER123GAMING
      @GAMER123GAMING Před 23 dny

      0 mediterranean influence in Ireland. More influence in scandinavian country due to the viking raids into africa seeking for an i quote "african bulls"
      Yep its crazy

    • @Team-fabulous
      @Team-fabulous Před 22 dny +8

      I have to laugh at republicans who criticize the wearing of the Poppy and all that it stands for.. These people dont consider the fact that if Hitler had won the war Ireland would have been invaded by the Nazis as it was of considerable geographical importance as it was Europe's mains staging post to the Americas.. Republicans should be on their knees thanking the great British Tommy for what they saved us all from..

    • @ciyrainshgaming507
      @ciyrainshgaming507 Před 22 dny +24

      ​@@Team-fabulous you really have no idea do you

    • @Team-fabulous
      @Team-fabulous Před 22 dny +4

      @@ciyrainshgaming507 well maybe some of us don't. Education doesn't appear to be your friend

    • @ciyrainshgaming507
      @ciyrainshgaming507 Před 22 dny +7

      @@Team-fabulous for your information I'm against the wearing of the poppy due to its connotations towards the troubles not exactly in regards to ww2

  • @Michael-he7tc
    @Michael-he7tc Před 19 dny +16

    Painting De Valera as a nazi sympathiser purely is inaccurate. Through Benevolent Neutrality throughout the war he allowed the Allies use of certain air bases, especially to land American troops, he arrested crashed German pilots in Ireland whereas he sent those from the Allies back to Britain, he also gave his condolences at the death of FDR. Its clear that De Valera wanted to stay in the good graces of both sides of the war while arguably leading towards the British side more than anything. This could be down to Ireland still technically being on dominion status at the rime but such actions still don’t suggest a fondness or sympathy of the Nazi regime beyond that of maintaining good relations.

  • @gavintuesday4959
    @gavintuesday4959 Před 21 dnem +4

    The Blueshirts were dead by 1936

  • @BaronsHistoryTimes
    @BaronsHistoryTimes Před 27 dny +10

    Thanks - a solid informative video once again 😆

    • @JordanPowerYT
      @JordanPowerYT  Před 27 dny +1

      Thanks Baron Trump!

    • @BaronsHistoryTimes
      @BaronsHistoryTimes Před 27 dny

      @@JordanPowerYT Baron anti-Trump.... lol, I'd have a field day dedicating a channel to 'expose' him , let's mildly put it.
      I'm curious as to what category you promote your clips under when you upload?I've been doing 'News'...
      Do you use Education > I tried that one but it looks complex.
      I can't understand why YT doesn't show enough smarts to have a 'History' category.

    • @JordanPowerYT
      @JordanPowerYT  Před 27 dny

      @@BaronsHistoryTimes
      I don't think I've ever used a category tbh, I've wondered would that damage view count since the video would then only be promoted to a specific audience?

    • @BaronsHistoryTimes
      @BaronsHistoryTimes Před 27 dny

      @@JordanPowerYT - hmmm, interesting. I think I'll experiment with my next couple of uploads and ignore using a category - your point is logical and one which I completely overlooked as a potential audience-restricting factor....
      ps. I uploaded a new short an hour ago.... Normandy/American history > can't get much more general history than that one; let's see how it fairs.
      thanks for the info too 😳

    • @JordanPowerYT
      @JordanPowerYT  Před 27 dny

      @@BaronsHistoryTimes No problemo! Maybe check out r/NewTubers aswell, for small CZcams channels. I'll watch your video.

  • @cichlid_official
    @cichlid_official Před 21 dnem +41

    Fascism was popular in many countries in the 1930s, especially in Italy, Spain, Poland, and Hungary. The National Socialists usually denied being fascists because their roots were different (their roots lay in the anti-Semitic Volkish movement). Italian fascism was originally supported by many J*ws.

    • @willie2761
      @willie2761 Před 21 dnem

      Wasnt unknown in England ( IIRC)

    • @Kaiserbill99
      @Kaiserbill99 Před 20 dny

      Anti semitism is not ordinarily associated with the far right. National socialism was an exception. It is the far left that has increasingly been the vehicle for anti semitism.

    • @vagueasshole
      @vagueasshole Před 20 dny

      Bro deadass censored jew 😭

    • @trust_in_jesus
      @trust_in_jesus Před 18 dny +11

      Why did you censor "Jew"?

    • @Kaiserbill99
      @Kaiserbill99 Před 18 dny

      @@willie2761 Anti semitism has existed at some point through all of Europe but Britain escaped most of the worst excesses.
      Surprisingly one of the most anti semitic nations, given the relatively small Jewish population, is Ireland.
      Not just your standard Catholic attitudes towards Judaism, but a pogrom of all things in Limerick at the beginning of the 20th century, incredibly anti semitic justification in the Dail for not accepting Jewish orphans post war, tacit approval of Nazi Germany, and more than happy to give shelter to Nazis post war.
      Even today the current hysteria over Israel makes you wonder if much has changed.

  • @gerardgearon4206
    @gerardgearon4206 Před 21 dnem +3

    New sub, number 587.
    Very interesting.

  • @bouse23
    @bouse23 Před 27 dny +6

    i was reading an account recently of incidents around the village of innishannon in west cork during this period . the village was a stronghold of both the republicans and blueshirts. and their was a lot of fights and other disorder between the 2 groups. including at least 1 murder in the area.

    • @JordanPowerYT
      @JordanPowerYT  Před 27 dny +4

      Wow you're right, I never heard of that. It's funny how a lot of it seemed to be centered in Cork.
      Even during the war of independence and civil war, Cork seemed to be the epicenter for most of it.

    • @dendradwar9464
      @dendradwar9464 Před 26 dny +2

      @@JordanPowerYT Famine impacted West Cork more than anywhere else big part of the reason, that and remoteness leading to clannishness ... exists to this day

    • @bouse23
      @bouse23 Před 26 dny +2

      @@JordanPowerYT I read once that the blueshirt movement was at its most active in areas that had been anti treaty in the civil war.

    • @MartinMartinm
      @MartinMartinm Před 24 dny +1

      They don't call it the republic of Cork for nothing 😂😂

    • @dendradwar9464
      @dendradwar9464 Před 24 dny +2

      @@MartinMartinm 1900 Queen Victoria visited Cork City .. such was the welcome the British Press dubbed Cork "Loyal Cork"
      1920 the very same British Press now dubbed Cork "Rebel Cork"
      We are the rebels and we are the boys who beat the black and tans!

  • @christiangreene1196
    @christiangreene1196 Před 25 dny +12

    The iron fist of de Valera’s government and the hard back hand of Archbishop McQuad’s Catholic Church took good facist care for the decades that followed.🫤

  • @M00NEYY
    @M00NEYY Před 23 dny +18

    More of this please, great video 👍☘️

  • @ModernHistory1
    @ModernHistory1 Před 3 dny +2

    Does this make me like AH more or dislike Irish nationalism more? the first one

  • @fintonmainz7845
    @fintonmainz7845 Před 28 dny +29

    Good timing. Only yesterday Leo Varadka (up to a few weeks ago the Fine Gael leader) called himself a "blue shirt".
    They haven't gone away you know.

    • @raffles7556
      @raffles7556 Před 27 dny +3

      Lol

    • @JohnJKelly-of4dc
      @JohnJKelly-of4dc Před 27 dny

      ​@raffles7556 I'm not sure why you're laughing, they're everywhere in Ireland...even the so called anti fascists are fascists here. They're international socialists these days.

    • @captainteeling7002
      @captainteeling7002 Před 26 dny +1

      There is no tangible connection between Fine Gael of today and the Blueshirts, The Blueshirts were Christians Nationalist, anti Abortion, anti gay marriage, anti trans ideology. Fine Gael today are anti Irish, Anti Catholic and EU Unionists, the Blueshirts faded to a sickly Pinkshirt.

    • @paulcolin9926
      @paulcolin9926 Před 26 dny +7

      They're worse than ever

    • @MartinMartinm
      @MartinMartinm Před 24 dny +8

      I don't know about Leo being a blue shirt, but he does like to lift shirts if you know what i mean.

  • @Pointblankmos
    @Pointblankmos Před 20 dny +4

    Very oddly pro-Franco language used in the civil war segments. Otherwise a good video.

  • @Thready_Carnival
    @Thready_Carnival Před 21 dnem +3

    Some sources would be nice so people can dig in further

    • @JordanPowerYT
      @JordanPowerYT  Před 21 dnem +2

      I've got a video coming out soon based on O'Duffys book 'Crusade in Spain'.
      Hopefully should be out in 4 or 5 days.

    • @Thready_Carnival
      @Thready_Carnival Před 20 dny

      ​@@JordanPowerYT sweet will check it out, can you give me your sources for this video though, it's a pretty interesting topic to dig further into

  • @davidbrennan5973
    @davidbrennan5973 Před 21 dnem +18

    Listen, obviously fascism is not defendable but after going through what we went through with the Brits I don’t feel like we can be blamed for not wanting to be on their team….

    • @Guitarpeacepic
      @Guitarpeacepic Před 21 dnem +6

      Does Ireland ever stop blaming England for there actions?

    • @davidbrennan5973
      @davidbrennan5973 Před 20 dny +20

      @@Guitarpeacepic does England ever take responsibility for their action

    • @icemanire5467
      @icemanire5467 Před 20 dny +8

      ​@@Guitarpeacepic20 years before they were at war. Churchill was responsible for the Black and Tans and partition. They were in a trade war with them a handful of years before the war. Why would they join the Brits or anyone?

    • @Guitarpeacepic
      @Guitarpeacepic Před 20 dny

      @@icemanire5467 it’s better than joining Hitlers side surely?

    • @MiloAnglin05
      @MiloAnglin05 Před 19 dny +5

      @@Guitarpeacepicno way

  • @theo_2949
    @theo_2949 Před 26 dny +29

    Not sure how reliable everything discussed in the video really is
    I mean Ireland wasnt close to being facist

    • @alanconway3647
      @alanconway3647 Před 25 dny +11

      Have you seen the current government.

    • @theo_2949
      @theo_2949 Před 25 dny

      @@alanconway3647 shush Alan Conway u absolute jokeman living off millions

    • @justaguy2742
      @justaguy2742 Před 25 dny

      Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/ FASH-iz-əm) is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement,[1][2][3] characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.[2][3]
      There's the definition of fascism. Stop calling everyone you disagree with facists or else nobody will believe you when they do show up.

    • @conortobin6180
      @conortobin6180 Před 25 dny +16

      @@alanconway3647 What do you think fascism means. And what makes you think the current government is in anyway fascist.

    • @fedmcglowie7240
      @fedmcglowie7240 Před 25 dny +17

      ​@@alanconway3647if the current government was fascist, Aisling Murphy would still be alive.

  • @PaddyP-mr5ww
    @PaddyP-mr5ww Před 16 dny +7

    The enemy of my enemy is my friend

  • @N.R.A_Enjoyer
    @N.R.A_Enjoyer Před 23 dny +5

    My grandad left for Ireland after the war and my family's lived here ever since

  • @syes3030
    @syes3030 Před 19 dny +4

    incredible video keep itup

  • @paulcolin9926
    @paulcolin9926 Před 26 dny +2

    4 years ago

  • @fci1
    @fci1 Před 14 dny +10

    Rome is in italy, italy was in the axis

  • @JordanPowerYT
    @JordanPowerYT  Před měsícem +17

    Is Eoin O'Duffy unfairly judged? What would happen if he took power?
    Also, I forgot to mention at 13:10 that 'Bandera' was the name of the battalion.
    ___
    Edit: I should note I simplified bits of Irish politics for any non-Irish viewers, especially those who think the IRA = right wing just because they were nationalist. Socialism has long been part of the IRA.
    Also, as someone else pointed out, the IRA did split during the Civil War, and De Valera sought to integrate former members from his side who were anti-treaty, but again I didn't go into it as to avoid going off topic.
    Irish politics from 1916 up to the 30s can be confusing even to the best of us with all the different factions and ideologies.

    • @EricMcCurrySharonGodwinSlayer
      @EricMcCurrySharonGodwinSlayer Před 28 dny +2

      Bandera is loved by Ukrainians currently infesting Ireland. We are importing fascists. But you probably support that.

    • @bouse23
      @bouse23 Před 27 dny +3

      bandera means flag in spanish. its used in the spanish army to mean battalion

    • @skipstopstart
      @skipstopstart Před 26 dny

      Yeah, and it's used in hungarian to mean: traitorous bootlicking sellout😆

  • @Pllayer064
    @Pllayer064 Před 15 dny +3

    Makes sense why it has so many pro-Russian tankies now.

    • @NapoleanBlown-aparte
      @NapoleanBlown-aparte Před 10 dny +1

      Not pro russian tankies, just lunatic replacement conspiracy theorists.

  • @simonhailes6580
    @simonhailes6580 Před 22 dny +1

    Check out the book Buried Lives

  • @RD-hs3oy
    @RD-hs3oy Před 21 dnem +10

    What amazing Irish history who knew thanks

  • @kevanhubbard9673
    @kevanhubbard9673 Před 21 dnem +6

    I wonder if De Valera sent his condolences to the millions of people that Hitler and his sidekicks gassed and otherwise murdered?

    • @merton3745
      @merton3745 Před 21 dnem +3

      @michaelfarren,
      In Newry, before Churchill became Prime Minister and UK Minister for Defence, the British Minister for Defence met the Eire Minister for Defence. The meeting confirmed the relations between the UK and Eire if war ensued between the UK and Germany. Eire was fully active during the war on behalf of UK and its allies, notably the USA. 3 of my uncles won Atlantic Stars, another uncle oversaw the return to the UK of crashed RAF planes and dead UK and US airmen. UK, US, Canadian and Norwegian naval personnel were welcomed in Moville - one Philip Mountbatten was one such.

  • @gavintuesday4959
    @gavintuesday4959 Před 21 dnem +2

    Collins called O’Duffy “the best man in Ulster” lol . Certainly not a view held within Ulster Nationalism at the time . Just shows how piss poor Collins’ opinion was when it came to the North in terms of military leaders

  • @leptir7110
    @leptir7110 Před 24 dny +10

    VOLJETI SVOJU DOMOVINU NIJE FAŠIZAM NITI RASIZAM NE MOŽETE VOLJETI.ONOGA KOGA VAM NETKO ODREDI

    • @lunkycultist5519
      @lunkycultist5519 Před 20 dny +1

      Patriotism isn't racist,
      Nationalism is.

    • @Apple-om5mr
      @Apple-om5mr Před 18 dny

      @@lunkycultist5519i mean nationalism isnt inherently racist (though it is bad), but often goes hand in hand with it

    • @hatinmyselfiscool2879
      @hatinmyselfiscool2879 Před 6 dny

      ​@@Apple-om5mr please explain to me how irish nationalism that seeks too free itself from the shakles of britain is bad? This has nothing to do with nationalism and everything to do with the people who are nationalist. An irish person has no history but the oppression too look back on and an englishman has nothing but oppressing to look back on. Of course their developments are wildly different, although sometimes history gets very convoluted and it still turns out in a way people weren't expecting, like polish nationalism deriving into fascist asthetics. Humans are dynamic and putting a label on the concept of supporting their nation and what they stand for ignores what they actually individually stand for

  • @IrishDemon
    @IrishDemon Před 19 dny +5

    I’m a mad history nerd but didn’t know Moseley house is about 10 minutes from me!

  • @diarmuidoconnor4268
    @diarmuidoconnor4268 Před 16 dny +2

    Still have hope😊

  • @rhodiusscrolls3080
    @rhodiusscrolls3080 Před 17 dny

    We must.not forget.that this sympathy survived and became Fine Gael I think.and that W B Yeats penned marching songs for the Blueshirts.

  • @gavindouglas7020
    @gavindouglas7020 Před 25 dny +106

    As sinn fenn said
    Brits out
    3rd world Islamic country's welcome

    • @Wolf-hh4rv
      @Wolf-hh4rv Před 25 dny +1

      Fought for Irish identity for decades, and now giving it away to Arabs and Africans. You just make this shit up.

    • @wasabia349
      @wasabia349 Před 24 dny +15

      Really living up to their legacy

    • @user-gv4mi9cd2y
      @user-gv4mi9cd2y Před 24 dny +17

      You all are so unbelievably whiny about immigrants

    • @wasabia349
      @wasabia349 Před 24 dny +22

      @@user-gv4mi9cd2y No if I was Irish I wouldn't want any foreigner dictating me, British or not

    • @jefferykirschner8816
      @jefferykirschner8816 Před 24 dny

      @@user-gv4mi9cd2yimmigration is bad

  • @ulyssees30y
    @ulyssees30y Před 13 dny +1

    Ireland almost went socialist too.

  • @cheesychad
    @cheesychad Před dnem

    U from cork?

  • @ImplodingSubmarine
    @ImplodingSubmarine Před 16 dny +1

    Makes you wonder how things would've been if we did

  • @papiezpolak505
    @papiezpolak505 Před 26 dny +7

    Part about reasons for spanish civil war and "Franco saving spain from communism" are old talking points of Franco regime propaganda. Communist Party of Spain had little relavance before the uprasing and real power was held by PSOE which wasnt close to being so radical as communists. The rapes and mass murder hapenned mostley after the start of the war when clergyman offered their support on mass to the nationalist cause. The acts of violence against the church before july 1936 were sporadic and not nearley as brutal as you described.

    • @JordanPowerYT
      @JordanPowerYT  Před 26 dny +7

      The 'Red Terror' in Spain started long before Franco's attempted coup, it's not like Franco woke up one morning and decided to do it for no reason. You're right it wasn't as bad before, as compared to what happened after, but it was still horrifying.
      Nice pfp.

    • @jonkel-fs7ch
      @jonkel-fs7ch Před 23 dny

      The Bolsheviks were only a part of the Russian revolution too, but afterwards they were able to weasel into absolute power. With the communists getting full fledged support from the Soviets, in Spain, and the Republicans only getting nominal aid from the Democratic countries, if Franco lost Spain would've gone Red quicker than a Commie's face when he says "Real socialism has never been tried"

  • @Admiralofthedeeps
    @Admiralofthedeeps Před 20 dny +5

    Ireland is a good example of a new country trying to find itself. We tried out a few different things and thankfully left this behind.

    • @MiloAnglin05
      @MiloAnglin05 Před 19 dny +3

      Unfortunately

    • @Criispy___
      @Criispy___ Před 18 dny

      Fascist scum ​@@MiloAnglin05

    • @tobim5574
      @tobim5574 Před 17 dny +2

      Sadly yeah, now look at you. Dying language, immigration nightmare and still not united.

  • @petermedcalf1191
    @petermedcalf1191 Před 10 dny

    Why "nearly"?

  • @yungshinobi8162
    @yungshinobi8162 Před 18 dny +1

    Well then.

  • @sergez6172
    @sergez6172 Před 25 dny +1

    What like the last year?

  • @ciarandoyle4349
    @ciarandoyle4349 Před 9 dny +3

    No. Ireland did not nearly go fascist. The Blueshirts were a significant and highly visible movement in the 1930s. However, they were never able to present any kind of threat to the highly popular government of the Fianna Fáil party led by Éamon DeValera. Fianna Fáil won most of the elections and held government office for most of the time from 1932 to 1973; the Blueshirts were a historical footnote by 1939.

  • @alexanderjharper3549
    @alexanderjharper3549 Před 26 dny +24

    Love to show this to the Celtic fans up here in Glasgow 😂😂

    • @liammcnulty1837
      @liammcnulty1837 Před 26 dny +3

      We're seeing it, when celtic played SS Lazio in the past the green brigade hung banners talking about how the Republican celtic fans stand against fascism which I think could be a reference to the conflict between de valeras IRA and the fascist Blue Shirts

    • @Stand663
      @Stand663 Před 25 dny +8

      Celtic flying hamad flags

    • @grlfcgombeenhunter2897
      @grlfcgombeenhunter2897 Před 25 dny +7

      @@Stand663sad innit

    • @antonioantonio48
      @antonioantonio48 Před 25 dny +4

      ​@@liammcnulty1837yes and you run away first in Glasgow then in Rome 😂😂😂

    • @liammcnulty1837
      @liammcnulty1837 Před 25 dny

      @@antonioantonio48 elaborate

  • @frankgreen1663
    @frankgreen1663 Před 23 dny +4

    Heading that way again

  • @MartinaDowney-ql9rz
    @MartinaDowney-ql9rz Před 23 dny +2

    Life I s v short what are we supposed s d to do depressing millions have died for what why bring kids into this world tr u to live in peace 😢

  • @lamalama9717
    @lamalama9717 Před 27 dny +9

    1) England and France didn't support the Spanish Republicans. They adhered to the Non-Intervention agreement.
    2) O'Duffy's men directly faced the Irish fighting on the Spanish Republican side at the battle of Jarama.

    • @JordanPowerYT
      @JordanPowerYT  Před 26 dny +4

      The Republicans got support from them at first, particularly a lot from France, to the point where the Nationalists were actually stealing the aid because they weren't getting enough from Germany and Italy.
      There was plenty of back channel aid from Britain to the Republicans
      I maybe should have said the Soviets instead of Britain though, as they helped more, but I don't really consider the Soviets to be European.

  • @KingMob.
    @KingMob. Před 21 dnem +7

    The Irish fascist Blueshirts.... The only army in the whole history of warfare. That went off to fight for the fascist Gen. Franco in Spain and came back with more men, that when they left...😂😂😂😂

    • @angelicupstart1977
      @angelicupstart1977 Před 21 dnem +5

      Never make fun of a brave man who stands by his beliefs, regardless of which side they are on. Especially from behind a computer.

    • @nomore9004
      @nomore9004 Před 14 dny

      There where an army from the Romanian Iron Guard as well.

  • @TellySavalas-or5hf
    @TellySavalas-or5hf Před 19 dny +11

    Irish and Germans are brothers in blood. Friends for life!

    • @dmbatman2922
      @dmbatman2922 Před 19 dny +2

      Ironically you say that in this video smh you must not know your history

    • @phillynott1060
      @phillynott1060 Před 18 dny

      I’m Irish and live in Germany, there’s no connection. Just Germans who want whiskey and green hills.

    • @Apple-om5mr
      @Apple-om5mr Před 18 dny

      Bro meined too much kamph

    • @mylescasey8914
      @mylescasey8914 Před 18 dny

      There *is* a connection, albeit a small one.
      Roger Casement traveled to Germany in 1914 to acquire guns for the IRA. He stayed a while, and presumably, this is where our good relations come from.

  • @angelicupstart1977
    @angelicupstart1977 Před 21 dnem +4

    Keep pushing right 🇮🇪

  • @kevinmurray764
    @kevinmurray764 Před 24 dny +1

    9:1

  • @marymyers4751
    @marymyers4751 Před 19 dny +1

    Listen...Fascism was at one time a political movement in many country: America too during the war.

    • @avishaybm6222
      @avishaybm6222 Před 19 dny

      But how popular was it really in all those places?

    • @Apple-om5mr
      @Apple-om5mr Před 18 dny

      Eh not really during the war, at least not once we joined it. It also was never truly popular enough to actually have a major effect on government, though stuff like America first certainly did, but wasnt (at least entirely) facist

  • @poomen
    @poomen Před 22 dny +4

    If only

  • @howard51723
    @howard51723 Před 24 dny

    The blues hits took their inspiration from mussolinis blackshirts, but they were not quite as extreme, they were actually ultra Conservative most were mostly very pro Catholic and very anti socialist.
    O'Duffy was also a homosexual so as such wasn't really a fascist, he was actually just a horrible bollocks.
    FG were formed from three organisations of which the blueshirts were only one, the party views O'Duffy as an embarrassing moment in their history and evolved into a social Liberal party but have now lost their identity and are no different to FF now.
    Prediction for the future, FF and FG will merge and will remain in government for the foreseeable future.

    • @dogwklr
      @dogwklr Před 23 dny

      He did look a lot like Ernst rohm 😂😂 batty boys

  • @ryanrusch3976
    @ryanrusch3976 Před 12 dny +21

    To be fair to Oswald Mosley, he spoke out against the Black and Tans, supported Ireland in every regard, and was one of the few who stood up for Irish rights. If any man deserves a little leeway in Ireland, it’s Oswald Mosley.

    • @Natalietransfem
      @Natalietransfem Před 12 dny

      Kinda shocking for a staunch British nationalist

    • @jafro8
      @jafro8 Před 11 dny +4

      Just as long as the Irish didn’t want to go to England

    • @ryanrusch3976
      @ryanrusch3976 Před 11 dny

      @@jafro8 an invasion would be off the table for at least a couple of years

    • @Alan_Woke
      @Alan_Woke Před 10 dny +1

      no he doesnt

    • @ryanrusch3976
      @ryanrusch3976 Před 10 dny +1

      @@Alan_Woke ah well, God protect ya.

  • @paddyt4043
    @paddyt4043 Před 24 dny +10

    " ignorance and and scutch grass will never be ridden from ireland " emmon devalera

    • @howard51723
      @howard51723 Před 24 dny

      Dev was the embodiment of ignorance, he opposed every single Liberal idea and basically handed this country over to an organisation even more evil than the British empire namely the Catholic Church, every aspect of our lives was controlled by that rotten bollocks McQuaid including the cover up of child sexual abuse and murder of said kids.
      This lead ireland to be a basket case for decades with no future or foresight, economically or socially, so who were the real fascists?
      In the 1930's fascism in Ireland was more of a fashion statement rather than an antisemitic racist organisation as seen in nazi Germany.
      That said, ireland was a truly awful place to live if you happened to be a member of any protestant denomination, even into the mid 80's protestants were looked down upon, myself being a victim of the underlying hatred by many so called good Christians.
      We now live in a democratic state were opinions matter and no longer under the Jack out of the Catholic Church or cowardly politicians.
      That said, I look at the communist losers PBP and the likes of Clare Daly as being worse than anything the blueshirts ever were and just as dangerous as stalinist Russia or maoist bullshit doctrine.

    • @ardri31
      @ardri31 Před 23 dny +3

      Probably the worst irishman in history

    • @GAMER123GAMING
      @GAMER123GAMING Před 23 dny

      @@howard51723
      Liberalism is communism. zillions dead to communism.

    • @user-gv4mi9cd2y
      @user-gv4mi9cd2y Před 23 dny +1

      @@ardri31 what substance are you on

    • @ardri31
      @ardri31 Před 23 dny

      @@user-gv4mi9cd2y what are you talking about? Random thing to say lol

  • @wolfthequarrelsome504
    @wolfthequarrelsome504 Před 25 dny +5

    What exactly is"fascism"?
    No one definition fits the stereotype.
    That Mussolini was the inventor of fascism gives us the characteristics that could be applied to a whole bunch of historical leaders doesn't help much.
    To claim that Duffy is similarly incorrect in that he didn't rule a country.
    It appears today to merely be an attempted slur against someone you doing like. That's all.
    As for Duffy, can't say i ever even met him.

    • @bouse23
      @bouse23 Před 25 dny +4

      Thats an interesting question. fascism is quite a flexible belief system. That can be moulded to local conditions or beliefs. There isn't a single rulebook like communism has with Karl marxs the communist manifesto.

    • @washerdryer3466
      @washerdryer3466 Před 24 dny

      Hyper Nationalism with a hatred of outsiders and a strong tolerance for violence. Great political camouflage for psychopaths and the criminal class.

    • @GAMER123GAMING
      @GAMER123GAMING Před 23 dny +1

      @@bouse23 Doctrine of Fascism:

    • @brownsauce0921
      @brownsauce0921 Před 23 dny

      Totalitarian Nationalism.

    • @nomore9004
      @nomore9004 Před 14 dny

      Fascism is a form of national syndicalism with a strong influence from Catholic social teaching

  • @benbrouder3927
    @benbrouder3927 Před 26 dny +2

    3:02 Duffy is chief of staff of ira. Do you mean free state army in confused. 3:10 dev is opposing him in civil war. But was anti treaty of anti free state so ira then???

    • @JordanPowerYT
      @JordanPowerYT  Před 26 dny +4

      I simplified it for the sake of any non-Irish viewers, I didn't want to go into too much detail of the ins and outs of the IRA split factions.
      But yes you're right it became labelled the 'Free State Army', or 'National Army', after the IRA split during the civil war. Though on both sides some still just considered themselves the IRA.
      Dev opposed him because Dev was anti-treaty.
      Irish history with all the different sides and factions is confusing in this period so I didn't want to confuse any non-Irish viewers too much.

    • @lunkycultist5519
      @lunkycultist5519 Před 20 dny +1

      ​@@JordanPowerYT "A war about peace"
      -Thomas shelby

  • @jimmyvanilla5285
    @jimmyvanilla5285 Před 14 dny +1

    When you say Franco was trying to "save Spain from Communism" are you saying that that's how fascists saw it? Or are you presenting that as fact, as a fascist?

    • @chrisharv8647
      @chrisharv8647 Před 14 dny +1

      Yes because the left in Spain at the time totally weren’t free masons and communist radicals that committed massacres on the regular.and had no policies to actually help Spain

  • @MrMegan1962
    @MrMegan1962 Před 17 dny +1

    I heard a rumour that they let German u-boats and ships harbour in their ports in Southern Ireland , is that true?

    • @teomac
      @teomac Před 16 dny +1

      Not true. We were neutral on the side of the Allies in WW2. For example, if an RAF or US pilot crash landed in Southern Ireland, he was repatriated but a German was interned. We also supplied food to Britain. The only blot on our copybook was our condolences on Hitlers death, but that was mainly done to annoy Churchill whom de Valera hated.

  • @zerom9527
    @zerom9527 Před 11 dny

    Eion is my great granddad😂

  • @CENTRIX4
    @CENTRIX4 Před 16 dny

    Zizler and Walt Disney are the same person.
    Kermit Roosevelt is his real name.
    Born and grew up in Texas USA member of the Texas Roosevelt family part fo the Rothschild Clan.
    Zizler and Stalin are brothers.
    Stalin's real name Archie Roosevelt.
    Zizler's real name Kermit Roosevelt.

  • @bennygoodmanisgod
    @bennygoodmanisgod Před 12 dny +3

    In my (unfortunate) experience, many Irishmen I’ve met that are of the more nationalist sentiment tend to hold very casually antisemitic views (especially justified by the war in Gaza and following October 7th). I wonder if that is a holdover from this era of Irish politics.

  • @paddyt4043
    @paddyt4043 Před 24 dny

    Whow whow whow there horse ....you could just as easily put mick Collins at the start of this instead of dev .

    • @JordanPowerYT
      @JordanPowerYT  Před 24 dny +2

      Elaborate?

    • @paddyt4043
      @paddyt4043 Před 24 dny +3

      @@JordanPowerYT look im of the opinion that once chathal brugha was shot , there was about 400 rifles around ireland looking for Collins, its all brutal cival war stuff , however Collins was foolish to go down , that much is true . What my opinion is that if he had lived , we would have been closer in our ties to Spain and European affairs ....and therefore possible at risk of being tied up in the conflict
      Churchill had awful plans for ireland , had we joined the germans...
      ....devalera for all his faults, navigated the whole situation expertly , giving us the gift of neutrality. Alot of irish people are alive today because of refusal of conscription and neutrality...
      They were all Collins worshipers and that's fair enough , the man was great ...but he had flaws like us all...
      Maybe im wrong and mick would have steered them out of that lunacy ,but the irony is not lost on me .

    • @JordanPowerYT
      @JordanPowerYT  Před 24 dny +3

      @@paddyt4043
      You're right we were lucky to have Dev during WW2.
      He actually cared about us, if it happened now our politicians would be gagging to get us involved.
      Very interesting point though, and its a good debate, how radical or isolationist Collins would have been compared to Dev.
      But we'll never know sadly.

    • @paddyt4043
      @paddyt4043 Před 24 dny +2

      @@JordanPowerYT I think isolationist, would be good term to describe devalera...under his leadership forgein direct invest were dirty words .
      Imagine the lunacy if brugha had had control !!!..I think he might have attacked England himself 😂

  • @alfredpetrie7920
    @alfredpetrie7920 Před 20 dny +25

    Scotland,England,Wales and Ireland need to forget the past and unite against new threats

    • @Shay-bp7yt
      @Shay-bp7yt Před 20 dny +5

      True lad , from donegal lad

    • @ericp0012
      @ericp0012 Před 20 dny +5

      We need to unite against the threats of globalism.

    • @lunkycultist5519
      @lunkycultist5519 Před 20 dny

      ​@@Shay-bp7yt unless there shams 😂

    • @rianmacfarlane6990
      @rianmacfarlane6990 Před 20 dny +2

      its hard to forget the past when the english are still on our island

    • @MiloAnglin05
      @MiloAnglin05 Před 19 dny

      @@ericp0012ah shut up will you

  • @Shane-xj4wt
    @Shane-xj4wt Před 17 dny +4

    Some of the rhetoric here is very dangerous. I encourage you to engage more critically with your sources (and cite them).
    History is not just about telling stories from the past. History is about interrogating narratives, interpreting them, and importantly, engaging responsibly with your sources. Anyone can read a few books and parrot back what they have read.
    Please have a look out there for instances where poor historiography have resulted in pervasive and damaging myths, or misconceptions. Likewise, please make an effort to improve your own historiography, and better yourself as a historian. As one, you have more power than you may think, we all bear an enormous responsibility as historians, professional or amateur.

    • @gussygrom8047
      @gussygrom8047 Před 17 dny +1

      Are you a Marxist?

    • @Oakeedokee7
      @Oakeedokee7 Před 9 dny

      ​@@gussygrom8047 what about this screams Marxist to you?

    • @gussygrom8047
      @gussygrom8047 Před 9 dny

      @@Oakeedokee7 sounds like critical theory to me. The bits about, “history is about interrogating narratives, interpreting them… anyone can read a few books and parrot back what they read” .

    • @Lala-kc2fw
      @Lala-kc2fw Před dnem

      ​​​@@gussygrom8047 we must learn from history, yes? So many people in Ireland are not really doing this, either doesn't care, or a legitimate commie or a legitimate self proclaimed neo nzi nowadays.
      So imo, op has a point about this is said channel.

  • @flannelboxingday4620
    @flannelboxingday4620 Před 19 dny +2

    "the irish have fought for centuries to regain control of their own affairs" and yet the same thing is happening in ireland today when sovereignty is outsourced to bureaucrats in brussels

  • @nucleja
    @nucleja Před 17 dny +8

    to say Franco started the war over throwing the "communist" government is just stupid. he overthrew a liberal democracy and took that liberalism to its extreme: fascism.

    • @JahNgomba-ir2zi
      @JahNgomba-ir2zi Před 15 dny +1

      That’s complete nonsense. The socialist and communist had overturned Democracy in Spain . Franco tried being diplomatic with them . He didn’t even want a war but at that point the Marxist didn’t want it. And fascism and liberalism are not the similar

    • @hui1475
      @hui1475 Před 14 dny +1

      I always thought fascism is the extreme ideology of social democracy, not liberalism. I was always under the impression that the extreme form of liberalism is libertarianism

    • @roderik3059
      @roderik3059 Před 14 dny

      No, your ideology is just stupid. Spanish government in 1936 was communist and they killed lot of people, that's the truth you cannot accept.

  • @FernandoSanchez-fx4os
    @FernandoSanchez-fx4os Před dnem +1

    Franco wanst about protecting spain from communism, but him self

    • @JordanPowerYT
      @JordanPowerYT  Před dnem

      Not sure what you mean. Did your (great) grandfathers fight in the war?

  • @samsum3738
    @samsum3738 Před 21 dnem +12

    Irish neutrality would not have saved ireland , if there had been a german victory . Most germans just saw them as Western British . They spoke English , they looked English , or at least British and their culture , barring Disneyfied Irish customs , was still basically British . The Georgian architecture of Dublin , the decent Irish , who were in the vast majority , would have risen up and given the germans a big headache . Ireland had nothing in common with nazi germany , unlike the Baltic States , Croatia , Romania , Bugaria , etc. The fate of Ireland , would have had more in common with the occupied states of Czechoslovakia , Poland , Greece , etc .

    • @psycho8927
      @psycho8927 Před 20 dny +12

      Total nonsense Germany had no intention of invading Britain let alone Ireland

    • @samsum3738
      @samsum3738 Před 20 dny +1

      @@psycho8927 The control and occupation of ireland would mean , the control of the Western Approaches . German airfields in the far west of Ireland would mean it would be far easier to attack cargo ships from the US bringing food , arms and ammunition . The agricultural potential of Ireland also would not have gone unnoticed . But as Operation Sealion failed to take place , the germans could or would not have one without the other .

    • @psycho8927
      @psycho8927 Před 20 dny +5

      @@samsum3738 Germany never even had war games for the invasion of Britain it was AH main principle never to get rid of the the British Empire.

    • @samsum3738
      @samsum3738 Před 19 dny

      @@psycho8927 And you believe the words of that lying demon ? As long as Great Britain and its empire existed , he would never feel secure . May be a few years after the victories in Europe and Central Asia , he would turn on Britain and attempt to destroy his old enemy . The British Isles include Ireland , so he may have attempted a job lot . This would surely have brought Canada , Australia , New Zealand , South Africa and possibly much of India against germany , but being no great military commander , he would not have considered the consequences . In the end he believed his own propaganda , always a fatal mistake . Ireland would have been turned into a feudal agricultural state of 2 or 3 million peasants working the land .

    • @JD-wn3cc
      @JD-wn3cc Před 19 dny +1

      ​@psycho8927 that was his initial plan in the late 30s but not by the time all out world war broke out. Only the pressure from the Russians in the east and the eventual arrival of America into the war prevented this.

  • @67nairb
    @67nairb Před 10 dny +1

    15:56-16:03 what was that? Were there Irish soldiers in Wehrmacht who fought on the Russian Front.

  • @olmecking1
    @olmecking1 Před 26 dny

    At 13:48, why did you hush?

    • @JordanPowerYT
      @JordanPowerYT  Před 26 dny +4

      CZcams's censorship laws can be very strange on certain keywords nowadays. You see big history channels doing this too.

    • @olmecking1
      @olmecking1 Před 25 dny

      @JordanPowerYT what a load of crap, your video is titled fascist Ireland, and you can't repeat a quote about masonic jews! You have an agenda of some kind - for sure.

  • @fedmcglowie7240
    @fedmcglowie7240 Před 25 dny +21

    If only. In a fascist Ireland, Aisling Murphy would still be alive.

    • @Maidaseu
      @Maidaseu Před 22 dny

      And thousands would be dead. No freedom of speech. And you’ll be sent abroad as cannon fodder for a dictatorship

    • @ruairiobradaigh9810
      @ruairiobradaigh9810 Před 17 dny +1

      Yea but you might not be

    • @dickdiver9614
      @dickdiver9614 Před 9 dny

      ​@ruairiobradaigh9810 What does that mean? Old Ruairi was born in Top Barracks on the battery.

  • @Mark-xh8md
    @Mark-xh8md Před 19 dny +3

    Now Irelands support of Hamas makes a lot more sense.

    • @marymyers4751
      @marymyers4751 Před 19 dny +1

      It is a wonder

    • @rianmacfarlane6990
      @rianmacfarlane6990 Před 18 dny +1

      Israelite shill spotted.
      we support the Palestinian people cause we know what its like to be subjected and oppressed

    • @Lala-kc2fw
      @Lala-kc2fw Před dnem

      ​@@rianmacfarlane6990nah, we just love virtue signals

  • @22grena
    @22grena Před 25 dny +7

    They were not fascists. They adopted some of the theatrical trappings of fascism which was not uncommon in Europe at this time but their beliefs were very much Irish Catholic nationalism. Lets not forget that American schoolchildren gave the Bellamy salute to the American flag right up to 1942. In case you don't know this is identical to the Roman salute.

  • @olliephelan
    @olliephelan Před 19 dny +1

    13:50
    Not O Duffy
    Thats Eisenhower

  • @tiocfaidh28
    @tiocfaidh28 Před 10 dny +2

    What's all this talk regarding Ireland? BRITAIN has been/is more fascist than Ireland. It was britain who together with the local reactionaries overthrew the Republic and established the 26 county 'free' state and the 6 county statelet based on settler terror.
    "If you remove the English army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the organisation of the Socialist Republic your efforts would be in vain. England would still rule you. She would rule you through her capitalists, landlords and financiers." (James Connolly)