dan breen talking about michael collins

[GedKelly1999]

For a moment I RAGED at that caption "IRA Volunteer" - it seemed such an inadequate description of this extraordinary man. But then I realised that he probably would have chosen exactly that description for himself, if asked.

This video put a lump in my throat.

[Naoighiallach379]

@GedKelly1999 well thats what he was an irish volunteer,he did not ask for money at the end of the week,He was not ordered out that morning on jan 21st 1919, him and treacy and the others went out on there own accord to fire the first shots of the war of independence,were tipperary leads ireland follows .

[OConnellsHeros]

We partied hard for ten or fifteen years wth the celtic tiger. Connolly would be rolling in his grave at what a bunch of spineless psuedo bourgeois fucks we have become

[tlv156]

@TheSergeantslash I will. I have irish blood in me. Thank you for clarifying it. I have a good friend from there. he always says slyntia for cheers. probably butchered the spelling and i apologize. I think you irish have a very special, and respectable tradition. wish i could say the same for my government. i have nothing but respect for a man that stands up and dies for his country. thank you and respect.

[Naoighiallach379]

@tlv156 his book my fight for irish freedom is a great read ,

[tlv156]

@TheSergeantslash i recently watched the movie michael collins. my friend went to ireland and brought me back a bottle of paddy as a souvenir. i tried looking it up and didn't find anything. when you say paddy do you refer to the liquor or are you referring to something else? respect from the u.s. is that a pro or anti treaty sentiment? just curious. thanks!

[Naoighiallach379]

@tlv156 a bottle of paddy is slang for a bottle of whiskey, and when a lot of the irish went to work in england in the 50s the brits use to call everone irish paddy, you see motheres often naned there son paddy after saint patrick.

[thedoniedan]

Thanks so much for this clip. My great-grandfather met Collins once and adored him. The August Bank Holiday should be moved to the third Monday in August and named Michael Collins Day.

[NorthernGael32]

They Brits still aren't gone, backed now by the IMF and corrupt staters.

[ScarkProductions]

Damn.. I live a crappy generation!

[scientific1982]

Tears in his eyes @00.13 remembering when the country was under Brittish rule. My granny remembers it too. Hard times.

[84DricTig]

lousypenguin please leave your own agenda off this post, this is no place for it with all due respect

[84DricTig]

"I looked upon him as God" well said... Michael Collins, the bravest and most heroic Irishman that ever lived

[scientific1982]

Thanks for uploading. Powerful stuff.

[Naoighiallach379]

@TheSergeantslash your dead right there

[Lousypenguin]

A true Irishman. Where are they now? Watching the Royal Fucking Wedding.

[marmaladekamikaze]

@Lousypenguin

I didn't watch it...but true most of us are in a sad state of affairs, although from time to time I recall(I think a quote from him but I can't find a source) what Thomas Mac Donagh once said about his time and Irish people then, was much the same as your and my criticism of modern Irish people.

[marmaladekamikaze]

@Lousypenguin

The Mac Donagh quote ''This country will be one entire slum unless we get into action, in spite of our literary movements and Gaelic Leagues it is going down and down. There is no life or heart left in the country."

[Lousypenguin]

@marmaladekamikaze Very True.

[marmaladekamikaze]

@Lousypenguin

It is up to people like you and I who see this decay ,to lead others out of the decay by example, Bitching and Moaning ain't going to do anything. Out of interest, What would you like to do?

[Lousypenguin]

@marmaladekamikaze To be honest I'm ashamed of this whole situation. I'm not ashamed of being Irish, far from it but it's the politics/leadership that has ruined this country. Us Irish are probably the one of the most laid back societies in Europe if not the world. We piss and moan but never act in the vain hope that someone else will do it. We can organise over a million anti-war protesters back in 2003 but can only gather a few hundred to protest outside the Dail regarding our own Country.

[Lousypenguin]

@Lousypenguin My great-Grandfather fought in the War of Independance 1919-21 to give us a land to call our own, be a nation amongst the free world, to raise future generations in peace and hope for the future and above all having the soverignity and rightful leadership to make the decisions that will better all Irishmen and woman. His generation gave so much for us and we have well and truely fucked it up. Sometimes I think they wouldn't of bothered had they known what lay ahead.

[marmaladekamikaze]

@Lousypenguin

Well the 2003 anti war protests where the largest in World history and yet the invasion of Iraq still went ahead, sometimes protests are not the order of the day, sometimes other more effective measures should be employed. I personally don't know why Private investigators don't go around- find where the Central bank employees are living, and post their home address' online so that others may harass them with fake pizza orders etc.Until the employees give their wealth to a charity.

[buloo1234]

this man was ireland......rip 

[mogbasterd]

*tear

[hhockey617]

thanks for sharing... just reminds me of the many stories my grandfather told me of his life in ireland.. I miss him everyday.

[rath1234567890]

strong words from one of our strongest men..... rip dan

[32Fearghal]

Thanks For Sharing this...we talked recently mo chara and im that i could put it up and Dan's facebook page...thanks again a chara Gael.

[Naoighiallach379]

@32Fearghal you could do with dusting the cobwebs off your utube page lol

[MUFC127]

@32Fearghal Mo Chara? Is that like comrade or something?

[32Fearghal]

@MUFC127

Mo Chara is the irish for ( My Friend)

Ok Mo Chara.

[MUFC127]

@32Fearghal No problem Mo Chara.

[barinit]

what programme was this off id love to see the whole thing

[Naoighiallach379]

@barinit it was 4 or 5 clips took from a programe called the ric the forgotton force

[stopreadingmycoment]

what a hero..

[dubbigot]

for a man of breen's age to say he loved another man is an astounding thing , the loyalty is still alive after all them years , what a powerfull statement ,

[Naoighiallach379]

@dubbigot and also after bein on oppisite sides of the civil war

[pkiernan86]

@dubbigot don't mind his age, he was probably the toughest known volunteer at the time...

[dubbigot]

@pkiernan86 , hey kid , lads born before your time didn't really talk about loving other men , my point was that breen was absolutely loyal to collins even after the civil war , ironic but blatantly true , stay well lad , drop by any time ,

[pkiernan86]

@dubbigot ya all i was saying was that he was a tough bastard, no need to be a condesending dickhead about it

[dubbigot]

@pkiernan86 , i apoligise if i came across as a condescending dick , not my intention ,