The men behind the wire

[salian66]

HAVE YOU YANKS GOT TEETH LIKE THE (BENT) KENNEDYS.

[justicepartyuk]

There is amnesty to terrorists who committed terrorisms before Good Friday Agreement, then why a former terrorist who committed terrorism in 1973 was sent to prison for 2 years yesterday. Only Loyalists are sent to prison & not Republicans. Government favors Republicans because it is afraid of Republicans.

[hanoriapaddy]

to be fair....they are Normans..Not english.....Mahon

[OmacOmac1]

Fuck the Brits, they have butt ugly teeth, their women are so ugly, like give me a break and also they're so retarted. The Irish Chicks are hot, such as Katie McGrath. Irish Rulez!!!!

[OmacOmac1]

Fuck the Brits, they have ugly teeth, their women are soooooooooooo ugly and very retarted. Irish chicks are very hot, such as Katie McGrath. Irish Rules!!!

[jsimms132]

ye ha kats we r ni so fuck of u dirty tramps every 1 hates u lot go back to ireland

were u belong u dirty tramps your preasts are peados fuck u lot fuck the pope

no surrender kats fuck the ra god save the queen together we night

[killetercity17]

@jsimms132 together yas shit. we'r still in ireland its just you wankers have another name for part of it. so you go back to england were you belong.

[CrawdaddyJoe]

'Only doing what they were told is the Nuremberg Defense, and it doesn't work.

[MrToine78]

god bless îrish and scottish men and fuck english from brittany

[OrangeFemineBastards]

I Am british but i support the irish and the ira i do sort of agree with doncaster cos there are doing what there told if u say no ull be fucked by thje general thats the way the gay wankers work. GOD BLESS ALL IRISH AND THE IRA From a Scottish lad

[francineM0]

Fuck you doncaster1959!!!

I hope it never happens to you!!

God Forgive your... The Brits R Bastards!!

[GingerBlue84]

Up the BA

[doncaster1959]

the soliders were only doing as they were told

[ATITANIC1992]

get over it UK. you are not a coloinal power any more. welcome to the 21. century. Eire belongs to irish people.

[lfcmanfan5]

fukin british

[brigham78]

Fuckin british? lfcman?...thats awesome, really funny..your not very clever are you?

[lfcmanfan5]

im fukin irish ya fukin plank ye ..

ye n fuk da british government ira 4 fukin lyf hope ya lykd all de fukin bombs ye tik bollix ye

[brigham78]

ahh no, you missed the point!!!!

[ThePierrie]

IRA all the way., english scum, go back assholes

[eoghanhickey]

DoutorMartins should learn to spell>

[folwert]

They came to take away your sons really maybe because your sons fucking blew up innocent people and took away innocent lives. My father was killed when you can explain why to me I will become nationalist until then FUCK THE RA!!!!

AND UP THE UDA!!

[MMcDuna]

ye were the invaders!

[Callthefuzz923]

Irish Republican Army ! fu*k the smelly orange huns. tiocfaidh ar la !

[Brenna2k8]

That Was Hilarious.. :|

(Sarcasim..)

[UlidianPechts]

Men? behind the wire dont make me laugh the IRA are nothing but common criminals and druggie dealing scumbags who murdered over 1,500 people of their co-religionists more than the UK army and all the other organisations together As a Irishman the IRA do not represent me nor do I want my Protestant neighbours driven out from their homes by intimidations bombings shooting and ultimately by cold blooded murder in front of their children wives fathers mothers and grand children Fuck the IRA

[adamturner123]

i know , im protestant and th hatred they have for us is unbelieveeable!

[staffybill]

No young squadie ever died in that shit hole of a place then .What young brave lad wanted to serve in that dirty smelly shit hole . Fuck you and your smelly town.

[annadecola]

i'm italian, so catholic and republican!

[adamturner123]

my ant is itallian ,and catholic , and of italian nobility so she is unionist

[annadecola]

My mother is Irish and my father was italian. I was born in Bogside at Derry so

UP the RA

[DUTCHKID66]

O HA continuará.

[LindaLimerick]

My favourite song =)

[sandyrow100]

Hi Linda

[SomeFatGuy001]

IRA FOR FUCKING LIVE!!!!

[LordAstaris]

tiocfaidh ar la :)

[kaneda83]

fuck those yank bastards - this is korea all over again

[FlatOutHOGAN]

No this is belfast and they are the British Army

[johnpaulmeehan]

most of us irish migrated to america or have you forgot the famine

[cj200606]

bloodly americans!!

[LordAstaris]

why u yelling at americans????? this is against the british.

[zebrahead32]

raed in the paper today that dido has a lyric from this song on her new album-nice one

[smyth2005]

some of the lyrics dat were put up in more info sum are wrong most of dem are right but sum are wrong...

[birdman404]

great song was wolftones only hit(so i believe)

[birdman404]

love this song regards from ringsend!!eirann go brah!

[KittyStarlight]

They're also singing "hear the sobs of crying children" instead of "heedless of the crying children"...and something that I'm not familiar with that sounds like "watched the scene while helpless mothers" instead of "beating sons while helpless mothers". ("Heedless of the crying children" and "Beating sons while..." are the more usual lyrics as far as I know, and *I think* are probably what the original songwriter wrote.) ^_^

[KittyStarlight]

'Nother comment about the lyrics:

This version actually starts out "In",

not "Through" (and "through" is what the

poster typed in the "more info" section)

(I've heard it both ways, though...I think I

like "through" better...but I do like this

rendition of the song...and the background

music is nice [pennywhistle/tinwhistle, it

sounds like ^_^]).

=^__^=

[KittyStarlight]

To coverchenko: The IRA are, I think, TRYING to be like the kind of people who were in the resistance movements AGAINST Hitler. They're "freedom fighters" but there are *lots of different kinds of* freedom fighters, and some kinds can be too extreme sometimes. That does NOT mean that they have the same ideals as Hitler...just that sometimes some of their methods are kind of violent... for *totally different* reasons than Hitler! (Sorry about your family's suffering. ~_~ Very sad.)

[tralston123]

I want to join the I.R,A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jonnyw127]

I don't know why I was sent an abusive message by an Irishmen and then this video.

I'm British and I supported a united Ireland. I recently visited Dublin and it's a fantastic place, the Irish are some of the friendliest in Europe.

I disagree with a lot of the IRA's stuff but on the whole I support a untied Irish republic.

You shouldn't paint all English people with the same brush, I for one wont paint all Irishmen with the same brush.

[KittyStarlight]

To Jonnyw127 about "I disagree with a lot of the IRA's stuff but on the whole I support a united Irish republic": Same here. ^_^ (Actually I *even more* support, the Irish not killing the Irish any more...but I won't get all involved in a whole long discussion of that, there's not room for it in these ultra-short posts! ^_~) I also agree about not painting all English or all Irish (or all of any group) with the same brush! ^_^ Kitty =^__^= =^__^=

[alan4kim]

Fck the dirty orange english bastards!!!

[KittyStarlight]

Quick note about the lyrics: It's actually usually (including in this version) "or indeed a crime at all" (although maybe it is

"trial" sometimes, I thought for years that it was, but apparently in most versions it's not).

And apparently the blood can "pour", "flow" or "fall" from their heads, depending on who's singing it.

There's also another verse after this, but apparently not everyone sings that part.

^_^

[celticsfan34x]

the song is about false imprisonment and mistreatment of irish catholics by UK government

[KittyStarlight]

To celticsfan34x: I know. I didn't say otherwise. I'm sorry if my post seemed confused or something...I was actually simply commenting that the lyrics as sung are *very slightly* different from the version written in the "more info" section. I do know what the song is about...it was in a play that I helped with backstage, in college, years ago. I'm American but I do know *something* about these things. ^_~ Not a lot ...but still, *something*. ^_~ Thanks, though. ^_^ =^__^=

[spikealan]

no surrender

[gazd772]

fukin english bastard cunts invadin our country and makin our peoples lives hopeless and a diasaster...fukin hope every1 of them are in hell were they belong...hateful pricks

[p6867]

I'll never understand how ireland inspires this kind of loyalty. All i remember from my formative years there before doing the traditional thing for a young man of my country and leaving for america is watching yank tourists piss up in "the motherland" and working a crappy job that paid less than my shit job in the states. I'm just saying, there's a reason we all left.

[shebalxim]

Hahaha. There's a truth to what ya say mate. I'm still here though, was singing this last night at the pub. Good ol Seisún.

[superfour72]

You are 24 years of age!! Which means you left while the economy was booming??

Stop talking through your ass.

[superfour72]

That comment is at p6867.

You tube is acting the bollox.

[kevbev1967]

Ostensibly

[Tyruse2]

Heinz.Your an idiot.The'irs in Socialism that has anything to do with catholosism.Capitalist idiot.

[heinzp57]

Robert, you cannot be Irish without being Catholic. You cannot be Catholic and a socialist. So what are you? Do you think the land of saints and scholars that said a loud 'Nyet' to the EU should embrace their socialist pro-abortion agenda? Come to think of it, what is so pro-'working class' about encouraging them to kill their unborn children???

[RobertZimmerman897]

God Bless the men who fought for my freedom, I'm Irish, I'm Catholic and I'm a socialist. I wish we could have the whole of our island and that those english bastards would fuck off!

[sssiiinnneeeaaaddd]

the british evaded ireland and imprisioned us.

we freed our selfs...

which one is more like the nazis...

[vagabound84]

which ones got help from the same assholes guys like me are having to put down in the desert during this time? Betcha Gerry doesn't like that little fact known.

Freedom Fighters my ass

[PaddyLongDong]

England´s name again is sullied

In the eyes of honest men.

[hkseo100]

Heil Hitler!

[fruitmuffin]

This reminds me of a disco on the Antrim Rd somewhere...

[sp1ink]

i would've supported the pira in the 70s but they are no longer republicans but constitutional nationalists - they won equal rights imho. not that the nicra did a bad job, they brought it to peoples attention.one of the major injustices of the 20th century, from 1929-1972, tyranny under a unionist govt in the north. The heroes of the pira put a stop to that in those days and have changed to achieve their goals by political means when violence was no longer necessary, saving lives

[sp1ink]

fuck up you ignorant cunt. im not a big massive republican but you ARE a twat, without a clue.

[caribbeandhal]

but.

[gavinstrawbridge51]

my great uncle wrote this song :)

[gateway1099]

you are very dumb and misguided. The IRA was a socialist organization...not very NAZI like. Not to mention all they are doing is fighting British opression and imperialism.

[newmcc92]

I'm not saying you don't know what suffering is. I'm saying that in THIS case you obviously don't know what you're talking about. The IRA NEVER had the same ideals as the Nazis. Fighting to get freedom from Britian and foreign occupation is in no way the same as the Final Solution, or Kistallnacht, or the Numerburg Laws, or Nazi Youth, or Lebensraum. Please tell me where these two ideals cross or even are similar????? And I notice you haven't even touched on the UVF???

[newmcc92]

I'm not saying you don't know what suffering is. I'm saying that in THIS case you obviously don't know what you're talking about. The IRA NEVER had the same ideals as the Nazis. Fighting to get freedom from Britian and foreign occupation is in no way the same as the Final Solution, or Kistallnacht, or the Numerburg Laws, or Nazi Youth, or Lebensraum. Please tell me where these two ideals cross or even are similar????? And I notice you haven't even touched on the UVF???

[newmcc92]

I'm not saying you don't know what suffering is. I'm saying that in THIS case you obviously don't know what you're talking about. The IRA NEVER had the same ideals as the Nazis. Fighting to get freedom from Britian and foreign occupation is in no way the same as the Final Solution, or Kistallnacht, or the Numerburg Laws, or Nazi Youth, or Lebensraum. Please tell me where these two ideals cross or even are similar????? And I notice you haven't even touched on the UVF???

[newmcc92]

You don't have a clue what you're talking about. Try watch your father and grandfather being beaten and dragged away by soldiers from a foreign country when they're trying to promote CONSTITUTIONAL methods! I can guarantee you that the majority of the people in that video are NOT IRA.

[indianh8trs]

up the ra! up the pope!

[utopiarules]

why did a famine occur in ireland when there were ship loads of livestock and food leaviving the ports. the irish were reduced to eating grass. was it social engineering?

Look at us now, Thank you the IRA & the EU

[buckfastvictim]

shame

[MagnersAddict]

My Granny used to sing this to me!!!

[arianvynn]

An Irish Republican Grandma :). You are a lucky one!

[buckfastvictim]

haha fukin provo cunts u all need shot llf

[MayakovskyPunkRock]

Shut up your cunt, nazi loyalist faggot

[Sniper392b]

Just shows you the real cunt is who said she was a support of the provos

[Sniper392b]

Shows you who the real prick is!!!!

Who said she supported the provos!!!

[SPIKESCULLY]

I like to play this to my friends and then ask them, Are you really proud to be english now?

[lennonpx200]

super ira proud to be irish,,,,,

[Daiz666]

i suck ur ma's balls every ni weed15

[Daiz666]

kill all the brithish ira irsh repulic army 4 like

[scatmav]

I fking love this song, it was drilled into me as a Kid =) Come on the tims, God bless to all

[x3RiNxFx]

sinn fein, Tiocfaidh ár lá! IRA number 1!

IRA IRA I I IRA

[obrien97eire]

TA!TIOCFAIDH AR LA!ERIN GO BRAGH!

[blcute]

yes guys keep your lands and kick the british

[emmalou212]

up the i.r.a hart toutching

[wee1d5]

that song makes me greet lol wolftones are ftw :)

[adhooma2007]

We believe and support to free Northern Ireland from this aggresion & Bristish occupation. Just like Palestine/ Israelie occupation now!!!

[sasukeisthemoprince]

hey i support freeing palestine from the occupation but N. ireland chose to be part of the british isles

[niamhus77]

Aye sure why don't got get your facts right, N. Ireland isn't and never has been part of the British Isles, its part of the UK not Britan you fucking moron.

[JBwoodall1]

Britain is the UK, you idiot.

[niamhus77]

No it isn't Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales, the UK is N. Ireland, England Scotland and Wales and the British Isles is all of the above as well as the Republic, so get your facts right before you call me an idiot, also check your passport, Great Britain and N. Ireland? Thought so.

[plug007]

Ha you proved the stupid american wrong!

[niamhus77]

Holy Fuck I live in N.Ireland and someone who couldn't even spell it tries to tell me its in Britain, silly yank.

[KittyStarlight]

To niamhus77: I don't mean to be rude but you seem to have contradicted yourself...first you said that Northern Ireland was not part of the British Isles, then you said "and the British Isles is all of the above as well as the Republic", so it's difficult to tell what you actually meant to say. And most Americans do usually think that "Great Britain" and "the United Kingdom" are merely two names for the same thing... how are we supposed to know otherwise, if no one tells us? ^_~

[KittyStarlight]

To niamhus77: Oh, I think I see now some of what you meant...the British Isles are the islands themselves while the UK is the government... so it was not the *British Isles* that N. Ireland *chose to be part of*, since N. Ireland was *already geographically* part of that. ^_~ And yes, Great Britain AND Northern Ireland (well, I don't actually *have* a passport at the moment, but even in America, we do occasionally hear/read the expression "Great Britain and Northern Ireland"! ^_~).

[newmcc92]

No they didn't. Fermanagh and Tyrone both had Irish Nationalist majorities when the borders were drawn - and Derry City sure didn't want to be part of the British Isles. If you're going to talk about history, make sure you've got it right. Btw - I support the freeing of Palestine too.

[bogsidewarrior]

Typo: Óglaigh na hÉireann ;)

[bogsidewarrior]

The H-Block martyrs will forewer be irish heroes.

For every dead men there will be 15 new fighting men enlisting

Gra, Dilseacht, Cairdeas!

Tiocfaidh ar La!

Fuirich air falbh Oglaigh na Heirean!!!!

[mick4eire]

TAL

[1916Paddy1981]

A large amount was not found. Thats simply not true. British Army officers have branded that it was completely pointless and didn't help their motives at all.

Those interned had nothing to do with the IRA, the closest they got was an old man who hadn't been active since the Irish Civil War...

[RiverBirch1967]

Is this struggle still going on? I have heard nothing for years, yet posters here still seem passionate. Why did England not want to let Ireland go? Was it the same as the U.S. wanting to keep the Southern states in the Union... meaning MONEY and TAXES.

[xXxIarlaxXx]

yes the struggle is still ongoing.nd the brits wanted 2 keep ireland bcuz de are nothin but robbin bastards

[cadetgp]

cant do the time dont do the CRIME

[taicelt]

There was no CRIME execpt being Irish---Dickhead

[cadetgp]

are you cluless the reason for the searchwas to find ira weapons and ammunition og which a large ammount was found

[pipecad123]

too long have the people of ireland been oppressed, their hatred for the foreign oppresser is very strong, the people of ireland and irish people around the world will answer ireland's call, we must all join together, protestant or catholic, for one cause, to get the british bastards out of ireland

[tomo1916]

tiocfaidh ar la

[BMX32]

oglaigh na heirean

[homehappy]

Oh please, Northern Ireland is British through choice. Ireland will never be free, mark my words we will be back and Dublin will be in flames.... AGAIN.

[rocknroller111]

And whose choice was that? Remember this if you burn Dublin, the capital of a sovereign nation, the world will be watching.

"I'm Irish and I'm American, and we've had to kick these degenerate English motherfuckers out of both of our countries." George Carlin

[AdAmMuR]

scum bags....spits

[sickdark1]

disgraceful fucks.. butcher every last british soldier on Irish soil...

Tiocfaidh ar la!!

[handball91]

unser voorsingliiied

<3

tihii

[jamesshort]

Tiocfaidh Ár Lá

[moominpic]

Wasn't it called "Operation Motorman"? It was a bad move and wrong. Pretty disgusting.

I've got Dublin City ramblers singing the song.

Do you have any films of IRA prison camps, where they keep their prisoners.

[carluketim]

cromwells men

[cris10n]

hooray fuck the english

[BelfastFenian]

chukey ar la? are u a hun?

tiocfaidh ar la.

[simpleminds]

Chukey ar la !!

[RiverBirch1967]

Thank you for the explanation and the name of the singer. I do not know enough, but why on earth Ireland should not be able to seceed entirely from the U.K. is beyond me.

[RiverBirch1967]

Who sings this? I love the music and would like to find more of their work.

[TiocfaidhArLa]

It's the Wolfe Tones.

[RiverBirch1967]

I don't understand what this is about. My history sucks. Please tell me; I find this video fascinating and the music is top notch.

[TiocfaidhArLa]

It was a terrible policy called internment. The Brit Army came at 4:30 AM on 9 August, 1971 and arrested those who were suspected of being in the IRA. They were not given trials, nor were they granted the right of habeus corpus, they were simply held...indefinitely. The song "Men Behind the Wire" was a call to remain loyal to the cause which those brave men supported: Irish freedom.

[hmmcrunchy]

hooray fuck the irish

[IrishDaragh]

Fuck the British scum why cant u leave other countrys alone!! Dirty Feckers

[hmmcrunchy]

loser!

[maxi1989]

TIOCFAIDH AR LA!