Bobby Sands: Republican & Unionist Interviews After His Death
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On 5 May 1981, Bobby Sands died in Long Kesh Prison after 66 days on hunger strike. Two days later, on 7 May 1981, he was laid to rest at Milltown cemetery in West Belfast. This video also includes original interviews with his sister and mother, Marcella and Rosaleen.
Bobby Sands MP will always be remembered ! A brave son of Ireland 🇮🇪..
OUR REVENGE WILL BE THE LAUGHTER OF OUR CHILDREN 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Do you think Bobby sands would approve of the shit Féin of today ? Not a Fooking chance. Erin go bragh 🇮🇪 happy Easter 🐰
Yawn
@@williambinions4205Get a life why are you even watching republican videos then spamming mindless derogatory nonsense. 120000 people lined the streets of Belfast to be at Bobby's funeral. I wonder how many will be at yours? When you die you'll vanish and be forgotten. Bobby's name lives on forever.
@@williambinions4205 you sound gay
No mention of the "ra " molesting young children?
Marcela Sands was my mothers best friend at school. They lived on the same street in Newtownabbey, it was originally built as a mixed area, both Protestant and Catholic, but the Catholics were forced out.
My mother said the Sands were a lovely family... RIP Bobby ❤❤❤
He certainly won't be resting in peace if he's in hell. No need for you to go to that place
Thatcher is in Hell,The 10 certainly aren't
@@davidkothe2873 Who hath bewitched yo galatioins 3 v 1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
@@edwardduff4746 Do you have to believe in hell before you can go there ?
@edwardduff4746 they say the Devil knows his scripture. Maybe you should keep in mind Matthew 7.
“He’s a fenian”. Correct he is a brave Irishman and god bless each and everyone of the Hunger Strikers 🇮🇪
Was. The. Whole. suffering..Really. Necessary. For. All concerned😮
He was a part of Republican death squads carrying out sectarian murders, most if not all were MI5 agents or informants. £££££££££££££. That’s just the reality of them.
@@dantro542 definitely not, wasters
Unfortunately they are groups of people who like their limited freedoms and won’t risk their bits of comfort for true rights and true freedoms. This is a world wide concern working class vs the 1% ruling class. Smarten up folks
Well said
Rip Bobby Sands. A true Irish patriot who will always be remembered ❤❤❤
Never fails to amaze me how the oppressors take umbrage with the oppressed fighting back
Amazes me how the journalist constantly talks about Irish propaganda-the entire criminalisation process was British propaganda
Well said.
Maybe they think that if you are unhappy in society then you take action via peaceful democratic means rather than planting bombs and shooting people.
Now do you understand?
A Fenian warrior! Bless you Bobby! 🇮🇪💪🏻
Truly heartbreaking this.. will definitely be there.. thank you Davy.. your videos are always factual and respectful.. so worthy to watch☘️💜💙
Thank you Jen 💚
@@davyholden You are so welcome Davy.. thank you for what you do.. you are appreciated always💜💙☘️
Bobby Sands.... We never forget you! You made the whole world understand how Ireland was oppressed!
Rest In Peace Bobby Sands ✝️
Thank you Davy for keeping his memory alive and reminding us of his (and their) sacrifice.
Davy, you re going well. I hope you can keep up this quality work.
How ignorant and classless did the unionists come across, sums up the difference between both sides perfectly
May god rest youre soul Bobby Sands 🙏
Very sad but interesting video on Bobby Sands... RIP. Thanks for sharing a martyr for Ireland. God bless the Irish.🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪☘️☘️☘️☘️
Very sad that some are being entertained while Bobby Sands is burning in hell????
@@edwardduff4746 Bobby Sands lives forever, and is in Heaven with the Lord amen ! Erin go bragh !! 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪☘️☘️☘️☘️
@@patrickcosgrove2623 Absolute rubbish
@@edwardduff4746 Not rubbish .
@@patrickcosgrove2623 No I said absolute rubbish
R.I.P Bobby. Martyr, legend and true son of Ireland 🇮🇪
As a person from the north as I republican Bobby was a great man and this is just heartbreaking 💚
He was a murderer.
Ah the northern Republican, glorifying terrorists since 1969
My father was on the blanket for 3 years. He was coming back from mass with Bik McFarland and they bumped into Bob. It was the only time my father had seen him and Bob asked him how he was and to keep goin and to keep his spirits up. My dad was only 19. It was when they walked away that Bik said to my father "Tommy you've just looked into the eyes of a man who knows he's goin to die". Still today it makes my dad and me proud that he even met the great man. RIP the 10. 🇮🇪
Is your father still alive? How does he feel about Mary Lou McDonald and the direction she's taken Sinn Féin? Good rest Bobby Sands, a true H Block Martyr
@martanoconghaile Alright Martan? Yes my father is still alive. As far as Sinn Fein is concerned. They haven't had his support for years.
@thomasloughlin8526 Sad, isn't it? I'll be voting 🗳 Aontú in the locals, at least they still have Republican commemorations. Cheers to your Dad for his sacrifices. They're honoured in our house, you can be sure
go raibh maith agat a chara. 🇮🇪
That thumbnail alone is worth the watch! 💚
If I remember correctly, people picked up the brass after the salute had been done. His situation was a big deal.
RIP to all 10 men true sons of Ireland 🇮🇪 the people who get joy from his and the other 9 men that died have no idea of the strength of the Irish THEY TRIED TO BURY US THE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE SEEDS
Skylark Sing Your Lonely Song - Bobby Sands. Poet, scribe, hero and still sorely missed. ☘️📚🎚️🇮🇪
Marcella. 💜🙏
God save the king @@DaveSCameron
People saying that they're delighted about his death is so shocking...! 😡💔
Yes shocking and deeply sad
It is shoc king because he is now in hell
Are you for fucking real?
@@edwardduff4746 clearly he had more political conviction than you !!! Sands will be remembered for the rest of time , honoured by many nations ,streets ,roads ,monuments too him !!! What will they say about you ???? That's right FA , sad little man .
@@edwardduff4746nah he's good
Davy, thank you for your amazing work. Maith an fear, Davy.
GRMA a chara
Thanks for sharing this. It would be great to see more content on the "Troubles" on the channel.
GOD BLESS BOBBY SANDS UTR LOVE YOUR WORK I HAVE LEARNED ALOT FROM YOUR VIDEOS KEEP THEM COMING DAVEY PAL GOD BLESS
A true courageous hero for Ireland. Rest in Peace Bobby Sands
So you think he was saved and went to heaven. and not hell. I never once heard him saying he was born again John 3 v 3 so I believe he is burning in hell
So many died for Ireland, so it would be free and the hunger strikers, among them. I don't know what you all think, but to me the hunger strikers were murdered by the brits and old maggie just as much as if she used a gun and shot each one. One word from the old bag was all it would have taken and 10 lives could have been saved, but she chose to not do the right thing, so their blood is on her hands.
Thank you, Davy
Really... You need tomdi a little more research.. their leaders had meeting behind closed doors and allowed ones to die who didn't need to . It's public knowledge..but brushed under the rug quite a bit. Same as the crimes they committed for being in jail to start with. Bobby Sands name been biggest money maker for sin feinn. 🤑
And now ireland is sinking with Eastern Europeans and Africans would you rather them
Very sad. Thanks for the video.
Thatcher cared for no-one. The milk snatcher...rip
It was the beginning of self serving politicians not nation serving. Both Haughey and Thatcher cared little for humanity.
Thatcher would have laughed. Everyday.That Sands was on hunger strike.Just like she did with the miners.
Never to be forgotten 5/5/1981 .17 minutes past 1 .. I was 17
The sentiments at 6:45 are coming through post GFA. In 2024 SF has a North of Ireland First Minister and SF in the republic are closer than ever to getting into Government.. RIP Bobby Sands
Oh Davy what a SAD day, that was!! I remember THAT day!! a great man, and brilliant poet!! "THE RHYTHM OF TIME" RIP BOBBY SANDS MP.!!xxx he once said, OUR REVENGE WILL BE THE LAUGHTER OF OUR CHILDREN!!xxxx
thanks Davy! very moving!!xxxxx
The ten dead hunger strikers also won political status for Loyalist prisoners
Bobby would have just tirned 70 this month. Instead he will be forever young. Never forgotten RIP
If he could come back he would tell you a different story. Don't be coming where I am Luke 16 v 24 KJV Check it out
@@edwardduff4746 Don't be coming where I am ... Prince Andrew ?
@@jacquiewalton1355 can't see your point
@@edwardduff4746 Do you think anyone can see yours ?
@@jacquiewalton1355 Not at all. Appears the majority are happy going to hell
The beginning of this video totally broke our hearts.. how courageous was Mrs Sands.. Bobby’s mother.. as she spoke about her dear son.. and the expression on her face.. cannot be forgotten.. what torment she must gave gone through.. there is no greater pain than losing a child.. this video was heartbreaking and difficult to watch.. 😭😭
This must have been difficult for many to watch.. including you Davy.. as for my family, this man was brave and courageous.. never to be forgotten 😭🐜
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Imagine being in that crowd. Not knowing who is really who and being paranoid af.
Bang on lad. Not only had they to be worried about prods but infiltrators also. A dark world of paranoia and death.
Grim years indeed . ☘️
And what? @@Klaus-777
I was only a 4 year old boy living in Australia, when this happened and It was big here as it was in Ireland and West Belfast,4 years later in 1985 when I was old enough at age of 8 I was visiting family in Ireland and the death of Bobby Sands was still very raw even today in Australia Bobby Sands gets mention in a good way and what he stood for.
They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irish man who doesn't want to be broken
First...Thank you, Davy for your continuing work in keeping Irish History alive. 'Those that don't know history are doomed to repeat it.' Second...RIP to all of the Hunger Strikers. It took a lot of courage to remain steadfast to their convictions and be a beacon of hope for Ireland's future. Third...it never ceases to amaze me how the Brits can remain so convinced that their actions are'proper' and sanctimonious! I pray that one day Ireland will enjoy the freedom from English rule, as we do here in America.
"English rule"? Are you serious?
@@stewartthomas4569whist now sir Tommy Robinson and his new teeth are on some other channel shag off now and leave us to the real Deal.
The only difference between you and the Nazis....the Nazis failed in world dominance but Tommy new teeth Robinson is the Messiah, hunger strike he was crying in his cell and you'd have ignored him like the other Brits as well - He liked his semen and flem flavoured curry.. go find him go fund him. He embarrassed you all unlike the no wash ten Dirty protest blanket men on there Christ like hunger strike. You wouldn't miss EastEnders for your beliefs. No foot soiders just internet chiefs.
Vives por siempre, querido Bobby Sands. Desde 1980 a hoy con ustedes Irlandeses. Desde Ecuador...
Our bravest and best
Great video
rip bobby sands mp!!
'he's a Fenian', and then Elvis get's promptly called away by his mother.
His mummy called him in case he was overheard and saved his last brain cell .
Hi davey love your channel excellent content just subscribed to your channel love from Dublin
There was no reason for Bobby Sands to die the way he did; there was no real reason why the British government of the day should have refused the recognition of political prisoners and the very simple demands put to them. This video highlights the very complex nature of the situation in The North / The Province / Northern Ireland etc; which I, for one, hope is resolved in my lifetime to reunify the Island of Ireland.
God rest all those who hungered for justice..OUR REVENGE WILL BE THE LAUGHTER OF OUR CHILDREN 🙏🏼🇮🇪🙏🏼
God bless Bobby Sands and all the Hunger strikers 🙏
Gave their lives for a just cause . Sold Out by Mcguiness and Adams .
They took the money and betrayed the cause! !
Agreed, the book Ten Men Dead is one of the finest regards this tragic tale amidst the war. ☘️👍🙏
It just goes to show what Gobshites those ten fools were
what cause. Are yoiu still in dreamland after all that has happened
This is gonna be interesting
This man died for his beliefs, rightly or wrongly, takes guts to do what he did , I’m not a catholic, or indeed any religion apart from being a Christian, if you believe in what you do then that’s enough
10 brave men who gave their all ✊🏻
When Ireland is united Bobby will be remembered properly
Nuair a bhfuil sí athaontaithe!🇮🇪💚
Our revenge will be the laughter of our children
Des Wilson such a great worker for people in West Belfast.
Bobby and his 9 comrades achieved in death martyrdom for Freedom and a legacy that would lead us further down the path to national Freedom that before could not have been imagined and will never be forgotten . May they rest in eternal peace. Mary Queen of the Gael pray for them 🙏 . Go raibh maith agat Davy 💚🇮🇪☘✊
Yep. But they died for a deluded dream of a unites Ireland fantasy. I pity the fools
you know jack shite otherwise you would t be mouthing with all your schoolboy comments @@williambinions4205
@@williambinions4205Nobody wants the pity of a fool.
@@Marius_vanderLubbe well the fools are the reprobates who actually believe iunited Ireland could happen. More than likely they spend their time looking for the leprechauns gold at the end of the rainbow😂
@@williambinions4205Well nothing could be more insane than being loyal to an imperialist state and crown that doesn't give a damn about you. Yeah, that's some insanity right there.
My granny went to school with his mummy
Heartbreaking RIP
I look back and remember it like yesterday. I can't but ask what it achieve?
During those days many people died on the streets of Belfast and many lives were destroyed. We are still under British rule.
It's all those who suffered I pray for now I'm getting old.
That priest spoke well
RIP Fr, Des.
Bless you Bobby . A man with principles who died to free Ireland. May the English Government live in shame for what the did to Ireland and now to my beloved Scotland . Get out England
Lord Have Mercy on his sou ❤l
Love these videos
Respect 🙏🙏
Hey Davy lad do you send your books to canada?
💔
I can admire Bobby Sands’ conviction, but 40 years later I struggle to see what did his sacrifice & that of others achieve? That may not be his fault, but the question still remains valid.
Really 🤔 The People's Own MP Fermanagh South Tyrone 30 OOO Votes Anti H Block Bobby Sands MP Today Michelle O'Neill First Minister For All Michelle O'Neill Irish Republican Bobby Sands And His Nine Comrades Saved the Irish Republic May They All Rest in Peace 🙏
@@patrickcullinane7461 Michelle O’Neill is administering British rule in Ireland. SF have been doing this for nearly 20 years. I don’t think that is what Bobby Sands had in mind.
As an ex political prisoner I benefitted from these brave men's sacrifice. I didn't have to wear a prison uniform or protest by going on the blanket. 😢
@@cushyglen4264 the North of Ireland is not British It Took The DUP two years To Recognize First Minister Michelle O'Neill Irish Republican And The DUP are British 🤔 Everyone Republican or Otherwise has a Part To Play no Part to Big or to Small no one To young or to Old Bobby Sands MP Are you Sure you Understand Republicanism
If it wasn't his fault, as you rightly say, then the question is invalid.
When I was a young Irish lad growing up in London, it was such a massive moment, and we were all thinking to go off, I was just about only enough to know. Those old enough did go off
I feel sick of how our previous generations suffered for what our country is now. We have let them down badly
Fair play davy...love all of your content! 🇨🇮
I have him on my wall always.
Good man.
TAL Ireland 🇮🇪 ❤️ United. Brits out forever.
R.I.P 💚🍀😎🙏
Hero 💚🍀😎🙏
Rest in 💩🏴
The Troubles still is living in me even if i am from sweden and the period in my life when i spent time in Eire was in the last part of the sixties. The catholic family i spent time with did not like to talk about what was happening in Northern Ireland. There were a discussion about the background to the violence in Derry. Some means it was of religious backgrund, other meant it was political wih great britain involved. And others meant it was a political fight ot class origin where the catholics had no support from the republic of Eire while the protestants where supported from London and Great Britain. Today it is a lid on the kettel and in my mind its a boiling conflict in the minds of them who were a part in the period thats called the troubles. You will find the same boiling kettel in different parts of the world today
This has been the best comedy ive watched.
Slim roberta sands no loss .
God bless Fr Des Wilson.
The NIO office called him "Mr Robert Sands", that was a breach of protocol, he should have been referred to as the Right Honurable Robert Sands MP, as he was an MP. Later there was concesions that even loyalist prisoners benefited from too
Óglach Bobby Sands , Hunger Striker , Political Prisoner , MP Fermanagh/SouthTyrone , OC Long Kesh , IRA Martyr & Republican Icon !! Rest Well Brave Soldier Of Eíre ✊😎💚🤍🧡☘☘☘ #OglaíghNaEíreann #TíocfaídhArLá #SaoIrse #EíreNuá #ErínGoBrágh #RSF
Go ndéana Dia trócaire air!🇮🇪🇮🇪💚💚💚
100,000 Turned out for Bobbie Sands funeral think that says it all whether the Irish people cared or not🙏☘☘☘
More turned out for Joey Dunlop funeral
And after the funeral they all went for a fish supper and a big bottle of diet coke 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@andrewroy2876 jefferys won't be eating one soon either
People should know that these prisons didn't close until 2000 and the last prisoners weren't released until July of 2000, the worst part is that allot most of what they wanted was to be treated as prisoners of war, that's exactly what they were fighting for Irish freedom
All he wanted was to free his Country from the brutality of a English government. God rest you Bobby and your wee Mammy love to you from a Scottish mammy 🏴🇮🇪
Let Tyrants Tremble at the Courage of these young men , Fidel Castro .
We sang his name in 1981 and we will still sing his name in 100 year's from now 🇮🇪
Some of those interviewed were brutally heartless. Shame on them. The Irish turn on their own.
66 day's. Thatcher was evil. These men shouldn't have died. By Thatcher and the army council on the outside. 🇮🇪
It’s not green and orange anymore it’s about the EU getting a foothold on the island to have complete control.
Jimmy Sands we will never forget you 🙂
Go ndéana Dia trócaire air!🇮🇪💚
Is é mo laoch é!💚💚💚💚💚🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪☘☘☘
Only a small section was at the grave part because its not that big of a plot , thousands were outside the graveyard
The Hun At 7:21 🤣 Oranges for sale 🤣🤣🤣 set him alight back to england
Thatcher will rot in hell for her crimes and lies. God bless to the 10 young martyrs who made the ultimate sacrifice. Prayers to all 🙏💚
Not the only Hero.
Father Des Wilson in “ Tin Town “ just off the white rock road, shabby second class housing that Catholics were forced to live in at the time. Shame on the entire British establishment.
TAL 32 Rest in peace Bobby.
Bobby sands Ripose In Pace with yours friends ommagiu from Corsica...............
Rip ,was not personal,its big brother the elites, who are coming for us we all,need need you now ,bless him from l,pool
"The Irish Republican movement has always been left wing, as it is an anti-imperialist nationalist movement IRA or Irish Republican parties have been outright Marxist.
The Provisional IRA (PIRA or 'the Provos') were the largest and most influential Republican military. They held socialist ideals, and their political wing Sinn Fein has ranged from democratic socialist to social democrat, but nationalism was always the focus of their campaign. Definitely the more "centrist" within the movement. They disarmed in accordance to the Good Friday Agreement."
Official IRA (OIRA) was the militant branch of Official Sinn Fein, also called Sinn Fein - The Worker's Party or in modern Ireland just the Worker's Party. They were the solidly Marxist faction of the Republicans and are often seen as the second most prominent behind the Provos. The Worker's Party today continues to campaign on a basis of socialism and anti-austerity, based on radical socialist republicanism.
The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) was another player in the Republican stage. A splinter from the OIRA on account of opposing a ceasefire in 1972, the INLA was more focused on insurrectionist actions than electoral politics and committed a series of bombings and assassinations including a successful assassination of Margret Thatcher's close associate and cabinet member Airey Neave. They're still active today. Their political wing, the Irish Republican Socialist Party, has run in a few elections but hasn't since 2011.
Finally is the Continuity IRA (CIRA), a Provo splinter who rejects the peace process and continues to wage guerrilla war against British forces in the north of Ireland. Their political wing Republican Sinn Fein is more radical than regular Sinn Fein but doesn't appear to be avowedly Marxist, similar to its predecessor.
Overall most IRA groups or splinters do hold to some form of left wing ideals, mostly in an anti-imperialist sense and sometimes in a directly Marxist sense. Many position themselves in the lineage of the Easter Rising of 1916, which was lead by the Irish Citizen's Army and its leader James Connolly. Connolly was a Marxist and a Syndicalist, so many of these influences can be seen in the ideals of all Irish Republicans.
God bless you and your family Bobby I bet you're looking down laughing you and Francis God bless
The more I see out of the 6 counties, the more I see Macha’s curse on Ulster.
She’s said to have made the curse in about 500AD, and said it would last for 81 generations. Depending on how you reckon a generation (either the life span of person, or the space between the birth of parent and child) that curse will last 1620-5700 years.
500+1620 = 2120. Which means we have almost another century before the earliest point at which the Ulsters will be free of the curse. Will be interesting for those of us alive then to see if that’s when 26+6 =1 happens.
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Well done big bad Davy Holden very interesting informative of a transformative event the 10 hunger strikes death in 1981 started by Bobby sands
That young lad saying he was delighted Bobby died as he was a Fenian was very silly boy to say that on camera. Belfast is not a big city and i'm sure some who saw that interview would have have enquired about his whereabouts.
RIP. We will rise again.
😂😂
Yeah course you will you have other problems as same as the rest of Europe 😂