I love this song but such a shame the hatred it always seems to cause! I am half English and half Irish and although born in England have a lot of family still in Ireland. Although is getting less common I can't stand the Irish hatred of all English people, particularly young people who have nothing to do with past actions of government and armies! Thank god I am an atheist!!
I hope gaelic isnt being lost on the youth of Ireland. I visited Ireland back when i was 12 with family, there was some Gaelic around, mostly was just English though.
I only say i hope its not dying cause thats your language, and once you lose. What are you? Its like your identity.
IMO i say start teaching the young the language. Dont let it die.
the IRA was good in the 20s when they fought with honor. but then around the 60s they adapted terrorist methods and most of their leaders (gerry adams etc) became leftist extremists willing to support scum like the PLO and Gaddafi. the "provisionals" disgraced their cause, by using brutal terrorism against civilians, and becoming socialist idiots.
Gerry Adams didnt enter IRA leadership until the late 70's onwards, secondly of all the IRA did not support Gaddifi, Gerry Adams was running down the army purposly so the political wing SF would have an advantage as the IRAs actions were undermining SF's political agenda. As i was saying the army was being run down, hardcore republicans who believed Gerry was destroying the leadership seeked to rebuild the IRA to what it was, they didnt support Gadaffi but they needed the arms
@TheTollundWoman to continue and escalate the war, they prepared for a 'Tet' offensive similar to what was used in Veitnam, they planned to strike England at its homeland but they were looking at the causulties and decided to call it off, the IRA never intended to kill innocent people, on the other hand loyalist paramilitiaries were quite willing to do so, but this isnt about that, Gaddafi seen the struggle within ireland for freedom and like he famously said 'it isnt Englands country'
So the IRA actually modelled their strategy of the Communists in Vietnam? Wow. Thats telling....and Gaddafi supporting a "struggle for freedom" is about as logical as Hitler supporting religious tolerance. The Loyalist terrorists were scum too no doubt about it. but accepting funds from Gaddafi is f***ed up.
And now of course Sinn Fein is so outraged about NATO helping the Libyan rebels, saying its "imperialism." Is anyone fooled by that? Its obvious Gerry Adams % Co. are just annoyed their old buddy and sponsor Gaddafi is being unmasked as the murderer he was all along. The IRA after 69 were terrorists. not too mention deranged Leftists...
@TheTollundWoman Doesn't matter about the IRA and Libyan history, the fact is NATo's campaign against Libya has turned from stopping attacks on civilians by the Libyan military and turned into regime change in Libya to install a pro NATO government. That is imperialism, plain and simple, and if you turn off Fox news long enough you should be able to see it.
Right, so I suppose when the Brits supported De Gaulle and the French resistance, that was "imperialism" too? when Frank Ryan led Irish soldiers to intervene in Spain against Franco, that was Irish "imperialism"? coming to the aid of freedom fighters isn't imperialism. and NATO didn't intervene on its own, it responded to repeated requests for aid from the rebels.
I never listen to Fox, except for laughs (Glenn beck is so dumb its funny...) as far as news goes: I watch BBC, Al Jazeera, and occasionally MSNBC, I read the Chosun Ilbo and the Epoch Times online. and sometimes yahoo news b/c it shows up on my homepage. and the so-called "regime change" is a very weird euphemism for a revolution that began entirely internally, by that standard the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic est. 1916 was also an example of "regime change"?
since NATO are the only ones helping the Rebels, of course they are "pro-NATO", just like the Spanish Republic in teh civil war was assumed to be "pro-communsit" b/c it received help from the International Brigades, in reality it was a capitalist democracy, not a communist state, but they took help from whoever offered it
and yes, the IRA's history of collaboration with Gaddafi does matter a great deal. it makes their whole claim to be "freedom-fighters" proposterous. you want freedom for Ireland, but you want Libya to accept a dictatorship? sorry, not happening.
@TheTollundWoman if you care about Libyan freedom so much, why not the rest of the Arabs? Do you denounce Saudi Arabia murdering their protestors, something that the western media doesn't show because they want the west to like Saudi Arabia? How about Bahrain's protestors who were murdered by the Saudi Arabian army? Do you support NATO going into Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to get freedom for their people from their own dictators/monarchy?
Yes, I denounce the Saudi regime which is completely illegitimate, I support the freedom fighters in Bahrain, i support the Jasmine revolution everywhere, and I think NATO should intervene wherever protests are met with violence. unfortunately I have no actual influence in NATO, so its not like they're going to listen to me...
@TheTollundWoman good to see you want to support freedom fighters everywhere, but heres the kicker: there are freedom fighters within NATO countries that are opressed and taken out, such as in Spain, Italy, and UK. NATO itself is corrupt by its refusal to acknowledge this as anything more than internal strife by its own members. Until NATO owns up to its own support of tyranny NATO cannot be the moral police of the world or the freedom fighters, since it is supporting tyranny by doing it.
Spain, Italy and the UK all have democratically elected governments, with constitutions and/or legal systems gauranteeing basic civil and human rights to their citizens, and all allow protest and dissent. Gaddafi's regime is a military dictatorship, he came to power through a coup d'etat, there are no free elections, and no legal gaurantees of basic rights. that comparison is absurd.
@TheTollundWoman UK, Spain, and Italy all say that, but there are protests that go in all of those areas that the police and military break up violently. i remember the 1972 shooting of unarmed marchers in Derry, shot by para's from the UK. Police in spain brutally supress Basque protests, and the same happens in Italy regarding Sicilians, they do not tolerate talks of seccesion there or in any of the places I mentioned. Just because they are democracies doesn't mean they listen to everyone.
@TheTollundWoman the fact of the matter is that NATO supports SOME rebels, only if it benefits them. there are plenty of other rebel movements that run directly contrary to NATO's goals that they don't support, and they even fund efforts AGAINST these freedom fighters. NATO supports Saudi Arabia murdering their own protestors and Bahrain's, but condemns Syria, Libya, and Iran for the same thing. Until NATO handles Saudi Arabia the same way as it does Iran/Libya/Syria it is hypocricy and false
well you're right about that, NATO should intervene against Saudi Arabia as well. of course if it were up to me, instead of assassinating Bin Laden, Seal Team VI would've gone after Kim Jong Il first.
Besides, Fox news and most of the Republicans in america are mad at Obama for helping the rebels, they believe the pro-Gaddafi lies about the rebels being "islamists"
@TheTollundWoman It doesn't matter what the rebels are, let them fight their own war for independence and lets stop involveing ourselves in Libyan affairs. Stop the militayr from shooting unarmed civilians, sure, but lets get out of their internal civil war instead of take sides to kick out a government we have long been at odds with.
Lets solve our problems at home before trying to solve/involve ourselves in world problems.
the rebels are poorly equipped and nowhere near as organized as Gaddafi's forces, Gaddafi in contrast is armed to the teeth thanks to the support he has from his fellow dictators (the rebels captured some of his armies' weapons and found the inscription: "gift of the DPRK"). the rebels need our support, just like De Gaulle needed the Brits' support 60 years ago, and just like freedom fighters everywhere need and deserve the support of the free world
@TheTollundWoman the problem i have with helping the rebels in Libya is we are not also helping the "rebels" in South Ossettia, an area Georgia has never controlled not even in the Soviet Union. We are not supporting the Basques in Spain, we are not supporting the IRA in Northern Ireland, we are not supporting the Drug cartels in their fight against the Columbian government. We pick and chose which rebels to help depending on if they want to our allies or not, not depending on their need.
the IRA and ETA are attacking democratically elected governments that gaurantee basic civil liberties to their citizens. the Libyan rebels are fighting against an unelected dictatorship, essentially a military junta, led by Colonel Gaddafi. NO COMPARISON
@TheTollundWoman Why is a dictatorship necessarily bad? What is so great about Democracy, when most of the population is too dumb or "busy" to understand all the issues they are voting on? It is for this reason that there is no such thing as Democracy, the USA and others "democratic" states are Republics, what your vote does is vote in someone else who does know whats going on and votes for you and everyone else in their jurisdiction.
@TheTollundWoman So instead of allowing the government of Libya to stay in power and just interven to stop the military from attacking civilians, you instead support utter regime change because you believe they want democracy and you don't like dictatorships. Afghanistan doesn't want democracy, they want stability and unity. How do you know supporting a democratic government won't end up with another Mubbarak of Egypt? "Democratically" elected for 30 years?
what that really means in reality is: abandon Afghanistan to the Taliban's oppression, abandon Iraq to Saddam Hussein's dictatorship, abandon Libya to Gaddafi's mass murdering regime. You might as well add: Abandon Poland to the Nazis. the Left has morphed into a modern-day chorus of Neville Chamberlains
@TheTollundWoman abandon Afghanistan to the Taliban because the US and NATO cannot win, and I'd rather pull the troops out and use those billions on projects here at home.
abandon Iraq: too late, the US fucked that place up so bad that the new gov is even worse than Saddam, at least pull the US troops out and let the regional powers fix that country.
stop the shooting of innocent protestors in Libya but you do not have to sponsor an overthrow of the government to do that.
how is the new govt/ worse than Saddam?? does the new government kill civilians with poison gas as Saddam did? Is the new ruling party in Baghdad modelled directly off the Nazis, as the Ba'ath party was? Is the new President of Iraq an unelected dictator as Saddam was? Is the new Iraqi government committing genocide against the Kurds as Saddam did?
@TheTollundWoman the secret police go around and indiscriminately kidnap civilians and put them in death camps. to maintain power they have to do the same tactics Saddam did; lead by fear. make the people so afraid of you they won't dare attack you.
so should the International Brigades, including Frank Ryan's regiment, have "stopped involving itself" in the "internal civil war" in Spain in the 1930s? of course decent people everywhere had "long been at odds with" fascism. but according to your logic stopping fascists was "imperialism" too!
@TheTollundWoman listen clearly, what I am saying is either support ALL freedom fighters, or none of them. Do not pick and chose which ones to support depending on which one will help you out the most, because if you do that you clearly are not a freedom fighter but are merely using them, like the US used the Mujahadeen when they were useful, and are now fighting them now that they aren't.
well I support the freedom fighters in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia as well! I support resistance against any and all dictatorships. and NATO is right in helping the rebels in Libya, NATO should also help the dissidents in China, and across the Arab world, and wherever else freedom is threatened by tyranny.
@TheTollundWoman good. I hope you know that NATO does support tyranny, and even NATO countries must come to terms and stop supporting their own tryanny. NATO must take action against Spain in defense of the Basques, in defense of the Sicilians in Italy, and in defense of the Irish in the United Kingdom. They also must stop Saarkhvili's tryanical regime in Georgia and support South ossettia and Abkhazia, and others before I take NATO seriously with the "freedom fighters" argument from them.
The IRA call themselves "Republicans", implying they support a Republic in which leaders are elected democratically. But their main sponsor was a DICTATOR named Gaddafi...and plus. half the 'Republican' videos on YT have pictures of Che Guevara against a background of the Irish flag claiming he was of Irish descent. Che, who helped create Castro's DICTATORSHIP in Cuba. WTF? You can't support dictators and claim to be "republican"...just doesn't work.
@OurCountryOurCulture man your thick. i doubt that many are proud of that rag flying over the land and btw it flew oer the rest of Ireland before and guess what! it doesn't now! and your calling me the idiot? your a grown women arguing with a 17 year old! your not going to win. your facts may be solid but your logic is off. you'll never beat us and we will be whole once more!
@OurCountryOurCulture this is why you cant win an argument with a fool. they never understand what your saying and its plain english. you can think what you like but in the end Ireland will be a nation once again... a complete one
@OurCountryOurCulture you have no clue do you? we gave the whole constitutional claim because the only way you morons ever get the whole we want out thing is threw force. we showed that in the revolution and btw what happed there? anyways your just like people in the Australian gov. when they "disarmed" the civilians and now they found they got less then half of them. its very easy to hide guns. and who cares what money you take. money is money no matter what disgusting face is on it.
According to these Fenian fucks everything was the fault of the big bad Brits, Their was plenty of food in Ireland during the ''an Gorta Mór'' but that doesn't suit the republican propaganda going into overtime.
@OurCountryOurCulture are you a frinkin idiot? there is plastic in an armalight. not that you have ever seen or touched a gun of ANY sort being a limey ( and really you care bout that spelling its u tube who cares). and another thing we have not been beaten and never will be. we have been down so many times yet you can never beat us in the end.
@OurCountryOurCulture first i have been in Ireland. St. Paddy's day in Dublin is real nice. second the only plastic you should be worried bout is on Armerlights. third my "dumb ramblings" are just common sense. something you limies lack. and how old are you, like 6? your answers are getting less and less productive and just bordering on simple name calling. i bring in facts and logic ad you bring plastic paddy... man your losing yet another battle to the Irish/Americans. thats sad
@OurCountryOurCulture yeah i have! and bout the whole songs being played. you can round up tons of loyalist pigs in a heartbeat, or PAY A BAND TO DO IT! man ur dumb limie
@OurCountryOurCulture you keep on thinking that its forever british. you skummy limies are simply trying to hold on to the crumbling empire you once had. Tiocfaidh ár lá.
@OurCountryOurCulture we did win that war, and also the one in the Pacific! we rebuilt ya ad bailed ya outa the last war. the welsh and the scotts repelled the Romans and the Saxons, and your military if mostly made up of Scotts! yo limies cant do anything on your own! unless its imposing unfair and cruel taxes and killing women and children can you?! Bloody Sunday, and all your other atrocities show your true colors! LEAVE IRELAND FOR THE IRISH!
@OurCountryOurCulture up yours limie! you wonder why we hate you to this day. cant even admit your own mistakes. you and your bloody generals were premodonas and thats why you needed us to save ya during
WWII! you needed a real man like PATTON! not that idiot motgumry. bloody limies cant even fight your own wars unless your killing innocent civilians!
Every day is indeed a school day. It really is amazing the amount of information you can pick up. I hate to sound like a know it all...but the original IRA actually fought in the Irish War of Independence and following Civil War. In the former, all of the IRA targets were primarily British soldiers and or aggressive sympathizers. Most people confuse the Original IRA with the Provisional IRA, and funny enough, most of the attacks against civilians were carried out by the UDF, UFF, UVF etc.
@spartacus7364-- This song was written in the 1970s in order to emphasize the terrible persecution that Irish Catholics faced under British Rule. The lyrics basically connect the IRA's struggles during the Troubles to the struggles faced by Irish Catholics during the Famine, which Charles Trevelyan considered a "god send," and a "natural ethnic cleansing."
@TheProvos1888 I didn't know that. Every day is a school day!
Being a Scot who wishes for independance from "them" I can sympathise with the cause of the ira's campaign however, I can't agree with their methods and I believe that the peace talks proved that both sides could, and should have earlier, come to a peaceful agreement.
@spartacus7364 - I respect your point about terrorism but must take issue with your other statements. First, Ireland had plenty of food besides the potato (such that calling this a famine lets the government off the hook). The Penal Laws are another matter you seem to be ignoring with your assertion that things during this time were the same regardless of religion.
They have no rights when it comes to us, ignore them, we will choose our own way to freedom, We have fought, endured all there tactics, buried our brave men, We will set standards outside of their abuse.
St. Pauli doesnt need stupid freeloading-supporters (right expression?) like we have now formaking it back to the Bundesliga (1st league). We need ppl like you, our brothers from Scotland, who know what football is all about..
Many thanks to Wattsite for their considered intelligent opinion (lol). With regard to current monetry arrangements check out the Barnett formulea, I think you will find you Scots are screwing the English. In terms of my appearance my wife thinks I am still rather attractive (she does have bad eyes). Finally I lived and worked in Scotland 2001-2002 and I left because, I met so many people with a serious chip on the shoulder about the English. Bye the way the Scottish Highlands are magnificent
Last time I checked Eire was a independant country and Northern Ireland had voted to be part of the UK. The English would love to leave Scotland do you know how much we support you socialist parasites. Also do you know that the Union of 1703 was at the request of Scotland? Liberate Gibralter, this was given to the crown in perpetuity as part of the treaty of Utrect. Falklands check your history on the discovery & claim to rights of tese islands.
the past is the past, im from england but love the irish music, i think the film braveheart started the scots off, im not scum , good friends with alot of lads from ireland alot to do with the boxing, if you wanna fight get in the ring or join the army ....get paid for it, dont try an be patriotic when you aint never read a history book about your country, this song is about the terrible times of the past and should never happen again, i speak the truth , the crown is justice not bombs
To an English person the raw religious tribalism in this video is just crazy, we left these ideas a few hundred years ago. I worked in Scotland for a few years (2006-2008) the attitudes to the English were just pathetic. The Scottish people used to be a great inventive people and now they are a pathetic buntch of retrospective people. Grow up you Scotish people!!
@davmccorm Give Ireland back, leave Scotland, vacate Wales, liberate Gibraltar, free Malta and let the Falklands alone - then and only then can you have an opinion on Scots. Grow up English scum!!
@davmccorm Fuck you,you sassunach loving bastard,if you knew union and
scottish politics you would understand our resentment you ugly foreign bastard don't come back you cunt ,once you learn about the current constituational arrangements you "might" attempt to understand. We would want you in our natve land you are ani scottish scum how should have been shot at birth.
Fuck You Sassunach bastard FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is not a rebel song. It was only written in the 70's. The IRA (Real or otherwise) should be fucked and burned. This is a beatiful song and should not be associated with terrorism. Sadly it is. If you don't like living in Britain then fuck off to where you do want to live. Low lie the free fields of the UK...................
Right; it should not be associated with the Terrorism the Brits have inflicted on Ireland for centuries; nor there war mongering or imperialism.
Thank God We in USA have never been guilty of that; I imagine this song is a favorite of soldiers in our bases all over the world. Understand it was a favorite of George W. Bush--but he that the "Fields of Athenry" was where they grew his favorite brand of pot.
Og(pronounced OQUE as in POQUE) It's Gaelic for Young, in this case, Gary's father was probably Gary so he would be called Gary Og(Young Gary or Gary Junior) Hope this answers your question,.
anybody point me to a recording in gaelic apart from the Mc Iver version? Need to hear the language clearly so I can learn it myself! any help much appreciated!!
@tebutsko its not the crown that makes us fight its the scummy government and tbh the british forces hate the government and the british people. and if u gave the royal family half the chance they would kick the shit out of the government officials cause they gut fucked like all of us
I get slagged at the work about pervy priests and I can assure you they never touched me.Maybe cos I'm ugly,and my Dad is one of the Hardest in the town
It does need to be looked at. An ex of mine suffered and probably still suffers from awful flash backs (as does her sister).The really sad thing about this is that it just scratches the surface. The time is right for an international enquiy into abuse and it should include the developing world where the young have no-one to protect them from any army of priests nuns etc. Take care fight the good fight. XX
@MelodyMacher well said mate !!! best comment on here. thier day came sure enough !!!!! when the RA gave up and thier Sinn Fein sits in Stormont recieving British wages.
How the fuck bo i put this on my bebo, it's pure class, get in there bhoy, love it xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Outside the church gates I saw a child crying "Father Murphy has touched me once again" He said I wouldn't go to heaven Or even live to see Eleven Now I must let him touch me, everyday. Shame round the halls down fenian way Where pervert priests on young choirboys pray Father Murphy show's his ring All the priests begin to sing Of the shame around the halls in fenian way,
I am sure there are some unspeakable things that have happened in the past, and these are due to shameful behaviour by people in responsible positions who have abused this position of trust. This must have been a dreadful experience for an innocent child or children, and can never be condoned. I hope that all these perverts and criminals have been punished, and the Church is now a safe place for anyone, not only an innocent and vulnerable child.
The song is very emotive and beautiful, but personally I like to hear it sung by The Wolfetones or Paddy Reilly as it sounds much more sacred and in keeping with what it is representing.
The Famine was a very sad, dark time in Ireland's history and this song points this out in this wonderfully worded song. Please listen to it sung the way it should be sung, then I think you will change your own words.
This songs makes me cry. I´ve never heard such a nice and sad song. I am from Czech republic, and I love Ireland and Celtic. Good luck to all Irish around the world.
I also find it ironic that the hero of all these hun fucks is King William of Orange. It is well know that the huns have an intolerance to Catholics and associated that with King Billy as well. However, King Billy actually encouraged the Act of Toleration and he wanted this act to extend to Roman Catholics but was defeated in parliament, so the bill got passed but only included toleration for certain Protestant nonconformists. He was also a poofter so that is why you lot relate to him hahaha.
Isn't it also ironic that you lot all hate him even though he was congratulated by your King in the Pointy Hat what sits on his throne in Rome after the Battle of the Boyne? The present incumbent being a Nazi wank so that is why you lot relate to him hahahaha
I must admit I think it ironic how the Brits hate Germany but love the queen. Are they all that ignorant that they do not realise their queen is from German decent. The royal families name is actually Saxe-Coburg and it was only changed to Windsor in 1917 because of the anti-german sentiment in the country because of the war.
Ironic that plenty could not give a shit about the Queen, William or the rest.
I served in 3 Para and could and did not give a shit about any of them. Ignorant maybe, some just injoy the history. Many of you hate and kill your brothers just because of religion, now that's ignorant.
In the middle of that crisis Trevelyan published his views on the matter. He saw the Famine as a "mechanism for reducing surplus population". He described the famine as "The judgement of God sent the calamity to teach the Irish a lesson, that calamity must not be too much mitigated. ...The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the Famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people"
do ya know how much of a batin i wud give ya if i ever met ya chris!?!?! dont fukin dis gary og or the irish were better than yes english bastards!!!!
u dont even know!!!ha its sinn fein then ira!!! big jock knew alright!!! id say he touched a few wee lads aswell. jimmy corbet has skeletons in his closet ha ha
TAL nuff said
daillybhoy1888 1 month ago
let the genocide of the Irish people be remembered
tonerlfc 1 month ago
I love this song but such a shame the hatred it always seems to cause! I am half English and half Irish and although born in England have a lot of family still in Ireland. Although is getting less common I can't stand the Irish hatred of all English people, particularly young people who have nothing to do with past actions of government and armies! Thank god I am an atheist!!
vickyJxx 1 month ago
nice rendition of song.
crayonplane 4 months ago
I hope gaelic isnt being lost on the youth of Ireland. I visited Ireland back when i was 12 with family, there was some Gaelic around, mostly was just English though.
I only say i hope its not dying cause thats your language, and once you lose. What are you? Its like your identity.
IMO i say start teaching the young the language. Dont let it die.
selfmadeboys88 6 months ago
Tiocfaidh ár lá!!!
ErinGoBragh1983 7 months ago
the IRA was good in the 20s when they fought with honor. but then around the 60s they adapted terrorist methods and most of their leaders (gerry adams etc) became leftist extremists willing to support scum like the PLO and Gaddafi. the "provisionals" disgraced their cause, by using brutal terrorism against civilians, and becoming socialist idiots.
TheTollundWoman 7 months ago
@TheTollundWoman
Gerry Adams didnt enter IRA leadership until the late 70's onwards, secondly of all the IRA did not support Gaddifi, Gerry Adams was running down the army purposly so the political wing SF would have an advantage as the IRAs actions were undermining SF's political agenda. As i was saying the army was being run down, hardcore republicans who believed Gerry was destroying the leadership seeked to rebuild the IRA to what it was, they didnt support Gadaffi but they needed the arms
drewrodgers2009 7 months ago
@TheTollundWoman to continue and escalate the war, they prepared for a 'Tet' offensive similar to what was used in Veitnam, they planned to strike England at its homeland but they were looking at the causulties and decided to call it off, the IRA never intended to kill innocent people, on the other hand loyalist paramilitiaries were quite willing to do so, but this isnt about that, Gaddafi seen the struggle within ireland for freedom and like he famously said 'it isnt Englands country'
drewrodgers2009 7 months ago
@drewrodgers2009
So the IRA actually modelled their strategy of the Communists in Vietnam? Wow. Thats telling....and Gaddafi supporting a "struggle for freedom" is about as logical as Hitler supporting religious tolerance. The Loyalist terrorists were scum too no doubt about it. but accepting funds from Gaddafi is f***ed up.
TheTollundWoman 7 months ago
@drewrodgers2009
And now of course Sinn Fein is so outraged about NATO helping the Libyan rebels, saying its "imperialism." Is anyone fooled by that? Its obvious Gerry Adams % Co. are just annoyed their old buddy and sponsor Gaddafi is being unmasked as the murderer he was all along. The IRA after 69 were terrorists. not too mention deranged Leftists...
TheTollundWoman 7 months ago
@TheTollundWoman Doesn't matter about the IRA and Libyan history, the fact is NATo's campaign against Libya has turned from stopping attacks on civilians by the Libyan military and turned into regime change in Libya to install a pro NATO government. That is imperialism, plain and simple, and if you turn off Fox news long enough you should be able to see it.
degen83 6 months ago
@degen83
Right, so I suppose when the Brits supported De Gaulle and the French resistance, that was "imperialism" too? when Frank Ryan led Irish soldiers to intervene in Spain against Franco, that was Irish "imperialism"? coming to the aid of freedom fighters isn't imperialism. and NATO didn't intervene on its own, it responded to repeated requests for aid from the rebels.
TheTollundWoman 6 months ago
@degen83
I never listen to Fox, except for laughs (Glenn beck is so dumb its funny...) as far as news goes: I watch BBC, Al Jazeera, and occasionally MSNBC, I read the Chosun Ilbo and the Epoch Times online. and sometimes yahoo news b/c it shows up on my homepage. and the so-called "regime change" is a very weird euphemism for a revolution that began entirely internally, by that standard the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic est. 1916 was also an example of "regime change"?
TheTollundWoman 6 months ago
@degen83
since NATO are the only ones helping the Rebels, of course they are "pro-NATO", just like the Spanish Republic in teh civil war was assumed to be "pro-communsit" b/c it received help from the International Brigades, in reality it was a capitalist democracy, not a communist state, but they took help from whoever offered it
TheTollundWoman 6 months ago
@degen83
and yes, the IRA's history of collaboration with Gaddafi does matter a great deal. it makes their whole claim to be "freedom-fighters" proposterous. you want freedom for Ireland, but you want Libya to accept a dictatorship? sorry, not happening.
TheTollundWoman 6 months ago
@TheTollundWoman if you care about Libyan freedom so much, why not the rest of the Arabs? Do you denounce Saudi Arabia murdering their protestors, something that the western media doesn't show because they want the west to like Saudi Arabia? How about Bahrain's protestors who were murdered by the Saudi Arabian army? Do you support NATO going into Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to get freedom for their people from their own dictators/monarchy?
degen83 6 months ago
@degen83
Yes, I denounce the Saudi regime which is completely illegitimate, I support the freedom fighters in Bahrain, i support the Jasmine revolution everywhere, and I think NATO should intervene wherever protests are met with violence. unfortunately I have no actual influence in NATO, so its not like they're going to listen to me...
TheTollundWoman 6 months ago
@TheTollundWoman good to see you want to support freedom fighters everywhere, but heres the kicker: there are freedom fighters within NATO countries that are opressed and taken out, such as in Spain, Italy, and UK. NATO itself is corrupt by its refusal to acknowledge this as anything more than internal strife by its own members. Until NATO owns up to its own support of tyranny NATO cannot be the moral police of the world or the freedom fighters, since it is supporting tyranny by doing it.
degen83 6 months ago
@degen83
Spain, Italy and the UK all have democratically elected governments, with constitutions and/or legal systems gauranteeing basic civil and human rights to their citizens, and all allow protest and dissent. Gaddafi's regime is a military dictatorship, he came to power through a coup d'etat, there are no free elections, and no legal gaurantees of basic rights. that comparison is absurd.
TheTollundWoman 6 months ago
@TheTollundWoman UK, Spain, and Italy all say that, but there are protests that go in all of those areas that the police and military break up violently. i remember the 1972 shooting of unarmed marchers in Derry, shot by para's from the UK. Police in spain brutally supress Basque protests, and the same happens in Italy regarding Sicilians, they do not tolerate talks of seccesion there or in any of the places I mentioned. Just because they are democracies doesn't mean they listen to everyone.
degen83 6 months ago
@TheTollundWoman the fact of the matter is that NATO supports SOME rebels, only if it benefits them. there are plenty of other rebel movements that run directly contrary to NATO's goals that they don't support, and they even fund efforts AGAINST these freedom fighters. NATO supports Saudi Arabia murdering their own protestors and Bahrain's, but condemns Syria, Libya, and Iran for the same thing. Until NATO handles Saudi Arabia the same way as it does Iran/Libya/Syria it is hypocricy and false
degen83 6 months ago
@degen83
well you're right about that, NATO should intervene against Saudi Arabia as well. of course if it were up to me, instead of assassinating Bin Laden, Seal Team VI would've gone after Kim Jong Il first.
TheTollundWoman 6 months ago
@degen83
Besides, Fox news and most of the Republicans in america are mad at Obama for helping the rebels, they believe the pro-Gaddafi lies about the rebels being "islamists"
TheTollundWoman 6 months ago
@TheTollundWoman It doesn't matter what the rebels are, let them fight their own war for independence and lets stop involveing ourselves in Libyan affairs. Stop the militayr from shooting unarmed civilians, sure, but lets get out of their internal civil war instead of take sides to kick out a government we have long been at odds with.
Lets solve our problems at home before trying to solve/involve ourselves in world problems.
Leave Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, alone.
degen83 6 months ago
@degen83
the rebels are poorly equipped and nowhere near as organized as Gaddafi's forces, Gaddafi in contrast is armed to the teeth thanks to the support he has from his fellow dictators (the rebels captured some of his armies' weapons and found the inscription: "gift of the DPRK"). the rebels need our support, just like De Gaulle needed the Brits' support 60 years ago, and just like freedom fighters everywhere need and deserve the support of the free world
TheTollundWoman 6 months ago
@TheTollundWoman the problem i have with helping the rebels in Libya is we are not also helping the "rebels" in South Ossettia, an area Georgia has never controlled not even in the Soviet Union. We are not supporting the Basques in Spain, we are not supporting the IRA in Northern Ireland, we are not supporting the Drug cartels in their fight against the Columbian government. We pick and chose which rebels to help depending on if they want to our allies or not, not depending on their need.
degen83 6 months ago
@degen83
the IRA and ETA are attacking democratically elected governments that gaurantee basic civil liberties to their citizens. the Libyan rebels are fighting against an unelected dictatorship, essentially a military junta, led by Colonel Gaddafi. NO COMPARISON
TheTollundWoman 6 months ago
@TheTollundWoman Why is a dictatorship necessarily bad? What is so great about Democracy, when most of the population is too dumb or "busy" to understand all the issues they are voting on? It is for this reason that there is no such thing as Democracy, the USA and others "democratic" states are Republics, what your vote does is vote in someone else who does know whats going on and votes for you and everyone else in their jurisdiction.
degen83 6 months ago
@TheTollundWoman So instead of allowing the government of Libya to stay in power and just interven to stop the military from attacking civilians, you instead support utter regime change because you believe they want democracy and you don't like dictatorships. Afghanistan doesn't want democracy, they want stability and unity. How do you know supporting a democratic government won't end up with another Mubbarak of Egypt? "Democratically" elected for 30 years?
degen83 6 months ago
@degen83
what that really means in reality is: abandon Afghanistan to the Taliban's oppression, abandon Iraq to Saddam Hussein's dictatorship, abandon Libya to Gaddafi's mass murdering regime. You might as well add: Abandon Poland to the Nazis. the Left has morphed into a modern-day chorus of Neville Chamberlains
TheTollundWoman 6 months ago
@TheTollundWoman abandon Afghanistan to the Taliban because the US and NATO cannot win, and I'd rather pull the troops out and use those billions on projects here at home.
abandon Iraq: too late, the US fucked that place up so bad that the new gov is even worse than Saddam, at least pull the US troops out and let the regional powers fix that country.
stop the shooting of innocent protestors in Libya but you do not have to sponsor an overthrow of the government to do that.
degen83 6 months ago
@degen83
how is the new govt/ worse than Saddam?? does the new government kill civilians with poison gas as Saddam did? Is the new ruling party in Baghdad modelled directly off the Nazis, as the Ba'ath party was? Is the new President of Iraq an unelected dictator as Saddam was? Is the new Iraqi government committing genocide against the Kurds as Saddam did?
TheTollundWoman 6 months ago
@TheTollundWoman the secret police go around and indiscriminately kidnap civilians and put them in death camps. to maintain power they have to do the same tactics Saddam did; lead by fear. make the people so afraid of you they won't dare attack you.
degen83 6 months ago
@degen83
@degen83
so should the International Brigades, including Frank Ryan's regiment, have "stopped involving itself" in the "internal civil war" in Spain in the 1930s? of course decent people everywhere had "long been at odds with" fascism. but according to your logic stopping fascists was "imperialism" too!
TheTollundWoman 6 months ago
@TheTollundWoman listen clearly, what I am saying is either support ALL freedom fighters, or none of them. Do not pick and chose which ones to support depending on which one will help you out the most, because if you do that you clearly are not a freedom fighter but are merely using them, like the US used the Mujahadeen when they were useful, and are now fighting them now that they aren't.
degen83 6 months ago
@degen83
well I support the freedom fighters in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia as well! I support resistance against any and all dictatorships. and NATO is right in helping the rebels in Libya, NATO should also help the dissidents in China, and across the Arab world, and wherever else freedom is threatened by tyranny.
TheTollundWoman 6 months ago
@TheTollundWoman good. I hope you know that NATO does support tyranny, and even NATO countries must come to terms and stop supporting their own tryanny. NATO must take action against Spain in defense of the Basques, in defense of the Sicilians in Italy, and in defense of the Irish in the United Kingdom. They also must stop Saarkhvili's tryanical regime in Georgia and support South ossettia and Abkhazia, and others before I take NATO seriously with the "freedom fighters" argument from them.
degen83 6 months ago
@drewrodgers2009
The IRA call themselves "Republicans", implying they support a Republic in which leaders are elected democratically. But their main sponsor was a DICTATOR named Gaddafi...and plus. half the 'Republican' videos on YT have pictures of Che Guevara against a background of the Irish flag claiming he was of Irish descent. Che, who helped create Castro's DICTATORSHIP in Cuba. WTF? You can't support dictators and claim to be "republican"...just doesn't work.
TheTollundWoman 7 months ago
for years the IRA accepted funds and support from Col. Gaddafi's dictatorship. SHAME
TheTollundWoman 7 months ago
ireland unfree shall never be at peace up the ra
007mints 8 months ago
@OurCountryOurCulture man your thick. i doubt that many are proud of that rag flying over the land and btw it flew oer the rest of Ireland before and guess what! it doesn't now! and your calling me the idiot? your a grown women arguing with a 17 year old! your not going to win. your facts may be solid but your logic is off. you'll never beat us and we will be whole once more!
Weasel1282 8 months ago
@OurCountryOurCulture this is why you cant win an argument with a fool. they never understand what your saying and its plain english. you can think what you like but in the end Ireland will be a nation once again... a complete one
Weasel1282 8 months ago
@OurCountryOurCulture you have no clue do you? we gave the whole constitutional claim because the only way you morons ever get the whole we want out thing is threw force. we showed that in the revolution and btw what happed there? anyways your just like people in the Australian gov. when they "disarmed" the civilians and now they found they got less then half of them. its very easy to hide guns. and who cares what money you take. money is money no matter what disgusting face is on it.
Weasel1282 8 months ago
According to these Fenian fucks everything was the fault of the big bad Brits, Their was plenty of food in Ireland during the ''an Gorta Mór'' but that doesn't suit the republican propaganda going into overtime.
FuddleboardKnowBJK 8 months ago
@OurCountryOurCulture are you a frinkin idiot? there is plastic in an armalight. not that you have ever seen or touched a gun of ANY sort being a limey ( and really you care bout that spelling its u tube who cares). and another thing we have not been beaten and never will be. we have been down so many times yet you can never beat us in the end.
Weasel1282 8 months ago
@OurCountryOurCulture first i have been in Ireland. St. Paddy's day in Dublin is real nice. second the only plastic you should be worried bout is on Armerlights. third my "dumb ramblings" are just common sense. something you limies lack. and how old are you, like 6? your answers are getting less and less productive and just bordering on simple name calling. i bring in facts and logic ad you bring plastic paddy... man your losing yet another battle to the Irish/Americans. thats sad
Weasel1282 8 months ago
@OurCountryOurCulture yeah i have! and bout the whole songs being played. you can round up tons of loyalist pigs in a heartbeat, or PAY A BAND TO DO IT! man ur dumb limie
Weasel1282 8 months ago
@OurCountryOurCulture and your still a limie ad your people are still a disgrace
Weasel1282 8 months ago
@OurCountryOurCulture yeah thats why the queen was almost killed yesterday limie
Weasel1282 8 months ago
@OurCountryOurCulture you keep on thinking that its forever british. you skummy limies are simply trying to hold on to the crumbling empire you once had. Tiocfaidh ár lá.
Weasel1282 8 months ago
@OurCountryOurCulture we did win that war, and also the one in the Pacific! we rebuilt ya ad bailed ya outa the last war. the welsh and the scotts repelled the Romans and the Saxons, and your military if mostly made up of Scotts! yo limies cant do anything on your own! unless its imposing unfair and cruel taxes and killing women and children can you?! Bloody Sunday, and all your other atrocities show your true colors! LEAVE IRELAND FOR THE IRISH!
Weasel1282 8 months ago
@OurCountryOurCulture up yours limie! you wonder why we hate you to this day. cant even admit your own mistakes. you and your bloody generals were premodonas and thats why you needed us to save ya during
WWII! you needed a real man like PATTON! not that idiot motgumry. bloody limies cant even fight your own wars unless your killing innocent civilians!
Weasel1282 8 months ago
Up the IRA!
razorbladeross 10 months ago
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razorbladeross 10 months ago
Every day is indeed a school day. It really is amazing the amount of information you can pick up. I hate to sound like a know it all...but the original IRA actually fought in the Irish War of Independence and following Civil War. In the former, all of the IRA targets were primarily British soldiers and or aggressive sympathizers. Most people confuse the Original IRA with the Provisional IRA, and funny enough, most of the attacks against civilians were carried out by the UDF, UFF, UVF etc.
TheProvos1888 10 months ago
Another good song taken and ruined by sectarian pricks!
And the other side are fannies........ or is it the other way round?
I have to "dislike" this because of the shouts about the ira. The famine affected both religions not just Catholics.
spartacus7364 10 months ago
@spartacus7364-- This song was written in the 1970s in order to emphasize the terrible persecution that Irish Catholics faced under British Rule. The lyrics basically connect the IRA's struggles during the Troubles to the struggles faced by Irish Catholics during the Famine, which Charles Trevelyan considered a "god send," and a "natural ethnic cleansing."
TheProvos1888 10 months ago
@TheProvos1888 I didn't know that. Every day is a school day!
Being a Scot who wishes for independance from "them" I can sympathise with the cause of the ira's campaign however, I can't agree with their methods and I believe that the peace talks proved that both sides could, and should have earlier, come to a peaceful agreement.
spartacus7364 10 months ago 5
@spartacus7364 - I respect your point about terrorism but must take issue with your other statements. First, Ireland had plenty of food besides the potato (such that calling this a famine lets the government off the hook). The Penal Laws are another matter you seem to be ignoring with your assertion that things during this time were the same regardless of religion.
rmdnup 9 months ago
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spartacus7364 10 months ago
the huns are scum and always will be!!!!
quintin38 10 months ago
we have northern ireland on the union flag to thank the irish who fought along side us in conflicts like ww1
ibidydo 11 months ago
@ibidydo the currently used design for the union jack originates from 1801. So it has nothing to do with ww1
1991Tijmen1991 10 months ago
@1991Tijmen1991 true bt we can change the purpose its on there for
ibidydo 10 months ago
goosebumbs.......
Kamphuijs2030 11 months ago
fuck me its a 150 years ago you bigot twats.....i`m english but i did`nt cause your pain,the famine is over get over it.
leighparkboy 11 months ago
from australia to ireland.... FUCK THE JACK
ozoffroader 1 year ago
It will be the usurpers and the interlopers who will burn in hell - committing murder for a country that isn't theres'
amimillie 1 year ago
Youse maybe do.
boc234 1 year ago
I just downloaded this mp3 at audiogetnow..com
warlike30 1 year ago
best version ive heard of this song. except at paradise.
nialmadani 1 year ago
this version is very very good
DropkickFighter 1 year ago
They have no rights when it comes to us, ignore them, we will choose our own way to freedom, We have fought, endured all there tactics, buried our brave men, We will set standards outside of their abuse.
Widget1969 1 year ago
St. Pauli doesnt need stupid freeloading-supporters (right expression?) like we have now formaking it back to the Bundesliga (1st league). We need ppl like you, our brothers from Scotland, who know what football is all about..
p0werf00L 1 year ago
fucking brilliant !!
best version ive ever heard
OOH BABY LET THE FREE BIRDS FLY :D
TiOCFAIDH AR LA
TIOCHFAIDARLA1 1 year ago
Boa! Wahnsinn ich Liebe dieses Lied!
Wahnsinns Stimmung
Gary Og 4 ever!
Irish931 1 year ago
Provo loving scum burn in hell
ULST5R 1 year ago
@ULST5R LOYALIST LOVING COCK SUCKER GO DIE
123adam321mcnally123 1 year ago 4
@Lhars1888 By far my favorite version!! Thanks for the post.
0000irish 1 year ago
this is the best version ever.
J18DAV 1 year ago
me teneis los nacionalismos hasta la punta del cipotillo
jmelende3 1 year ago
What's everyone singing back ??? Yep, I don't know! I have "Oh baby let the free birds fly" and "fuck the crown" but can't understand the rest...
padraicohare 1 year ago
@padraicohare
'Our love was on the wing' - SINN FEIN
'We had dreams and songs to sing' - THE IRA ; )
GrantMilneCFC 1 year ago
@GrantMilneCFC Ahhh gotcha! Thanks and cool!
padraicohare 1 year ago
thats life.... I love it!! yeahr... <3
Annagalaktika 1 year ago
I see that the Gary Og web site would like free denotions. Way to go Gary in the best draditions of the socialist Scots!
davmccorm 1 year ago
Many thanks to Wattsite for their considered intelligent opinion (lol). With regard to current monetry arrangements check out the Barnett formulea, I think you will find you Scots are screwing the English. In terms of my appearance my wife thinks I am still rather attractive (she does have bad eyes). Finally I lived and worked in Scotland 2001-2002 and I left because, I met so many people with a serious chip on the shoulder about the English. Bye the way the Scottish Highlands are magnificent
davmccorm 1 year ago
To Raaamz
Last time I checked Eire was a independant country and Northern Ireland had voted to be part of the UK. The English would love to leave Scotland do you know how much we support you socialist parasites. Also do you know that the Union of 1703 was at the request of Scotland? Liberate Gibralter, this was given to the crown in perpetuity as part of the treaty of Utrect. Falklands check your history on the discovery & claim to rights of tese islands.
davmccorm 1 year ago
the past is the past, im from england but love the irish music, i think the film braveheart started the scots off, im not scum , good friends with alot of lads from ireland alot to do with the boxing, if you wanna fight get in the ring or join the army ....get paid for it, dont try an be patriotic when you aint never read a history book about your country, this song is about the terrible times of the past and should never happen again, i speak the truth , the crown is justice not bombs
GRAYLING14 1 year ago
To an English person the raw religious tribalism in this video is just crazy, we left these ideas a few hundred years ago. I worked in Scotland for a few years (2006-2008) the attitudes to the English were just pathetic. The Scottish people used to be a great inventive people and now they are a pathetic buntch of retrospective people. Grow up you Scotish people!!
davmccorm 1 year ago
@davmccorm Give Ireland back, leave Scotland, vacate Wales, liberate Gibraltar, free Malta and let the Falklands alone - then and only then can you have an opinion on Scots. Grow up English scum!!
raaamz 1 year ago
@davmccorm Fuck you,you sassunach loving bastard,if you knew union and
scottish politics you would understand our resentment you ugly foreign bastard don't come back you cunt ,once you learn about the current constituational arrangements you "might" attempt to understand. We would want you in our natve land you are ani scottish scum how should have been shot at birth.
Fuck You Sassunach bastard FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wattsite 1 year ago
Wasn't this clip recorded live in Hamburg ?
Sure it was.
derbbus 1 year ago
This is not a rebel song. It was only written in the 70's. The IRA (Real or otherwise) should be fucked and burned. This is a beatiful song and should not be associated with terrorism. Sadly it is. If you don't like living in Britain then fuck off to where you do want to live. Low lie the free fields of the UK...................
superted147 1 year ago
@superted147
Right; it should not be associated with the Terrorism the Brits have inflicted on Ireland for centuries; nor there war mongering or imperialism.
Thank God We in USA have never been guilty of that; I imagine this song is a favorite of soldiers in our bases all over the world. Understand it was a favorite of George W. Bush--but he that the "Fields of Athenry" was where they grew his favorite brand of pot.
RPenta 1 year ago
He makes the song his own. Enjoyed it very much!
YorkGod 1 year ago
Happy paddys day !
sebcham63 1 year ago
fantastic - you can feel the passion
AyeWeCan 1 year ago
Og(pronounced OQUE as in POQUE) It's Gaelic for Young, in this case, Gary's father was probably Gary so he would be called Gary Og(Young Gary or Gary Junior) Hope this answers your question,.
liamthedream 2 years ago
Ohhh Baby. Let the Free Birds Fly.....
liamthedream 2 years ago 3
free scotland!
libdem2020 2 years ago 6
add me fried if your voting yes on the referendum :P:P:P:D
123adam321mcnally123 1 year ago 2
Goosbumps every time ;)
123adam321mcnally123 2 years ago 2
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good version. check out my brothers version `N
broonbreed 2 years ago
what does og mean? its in eire og nd now gary og? wat does it mean pls reply if u know thx
ThomasIRL95 2 years ago
og means young.
lundvithr 2 years ago
@ThomasIRL95 og in irish means young like my name conor og but as english would put it conor young hope that clears u up
fukdagers2334 2 years ago
immigration is ireland's problem now, as it is scotland's.
bigbluescotsman 2 years ago 7
anybody point me to a recording in gaelic apart from the Mc Iver version? Need to hear the language clearly so I can learn it myself! any help much appreciated!!
From a die hard Luke Kelly fan.
TrancesurferUSA 2 years ago
"Against the famine and the crown"...... FUCK THE CROWN!
tebutsko 2 years ago 32
@tebutsko its not the crown that makes us fight its the scummy government and tbh the british forces hate the government and the british people. and if u gave the royal family half the chance they would kick the shit out of the government officials cause they gut fucked like all of us
ibidydo 11 months ago
potatoes yer dick
katherine44th 2 years ago
irish paletos
jmelende3 2 years ago
what?
mfitzp 2 years ago
what what?? paletos?? paletations??
jmelende3 2 years ago
I get slagged at the work about pervy priests and I can assure you they never touched me.Maybe cos I'm ugly,and my Dad is one of the Hardest in the town
azalea66 2 years ago
It does need to be looked at. An ex of mine suffered and probably still suffers from awful flash backs (as does her sister).The really sad thing about this is that it just scratches the surface. The time is right for an international enquiy into abuse and it should include the developing world where the young have no-one to protect them from any army of priests nuns etc. Take care fight the good fight. XX
wobbly585 2 years ago
Excellent version of a beautiful Irish ballad.
No1barney1 2 years ago 2
Can someone tell me what the crowd was chanting in between the singer's lyrics?
teufelkim 2 years ago
Low lie the Fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
(ooh baby let the free birds fly)
Our love was on the wing
(Sinn Féin)
We had dreams and songs to sing
(The I.R.A.)
It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry
btw GREAT SONG ! i am turkish but i love that ppl.
kuzenrohan 2 years ago 2
fuck u turks,stay out of europe!!!
COM'ON IRELAND!!! UNITED AGAIN!
telumetar 2 years ago 18
@telumetar csdcsacd
jmelende3 1 year ago
@telumetar
oh aye mate, united ireland...haha, Britain funding the irish economy out of the dark ages....TAL???? hahaha aye your day has truly come!! :)
MelodyMacher 1 year ago
@MelodyMacher well said mate !!! best comment on here. thier day came sure enough !!!!! when the RA gave up and thier Sinn Fein sits in Stormont recieving British wages.
Ulster is British - No Surrender !!!!!!!
1983rangers 1 year ago
@MelodyMacher brits out!
Weasel1282 1 month ago
@telumetar turks have nothing to do with Irish division, fuck you
1991Tijmen1991 10 months ago
josparkes r u serious? the church is safe if there no priests in it they all perverts and im catholic.
kevinm1999 2 years ago
there not all perverts yeh prick
tadhgodalaigh 2 years ago
'mon the hoops
aaronaldodo 2 years ago 2
How the fuck bo i put this on my bebo, it's pure class, get in there bhoy, love it xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
babes1888 2 years ago
eiren was never saxon but we still like her
johndane99 2 years ago
Ireland for the Irish not for London or for Rome
joseonthekingsroad 3 years ago 2
the further people live away from n.ireland and the less people have a clue, the louder they chant IRA etc.
ObeyDaRulez 3 years ago
Brilliant song.
JS
22/1/2009
josparkes 3 years ago 2
starsailor9774 3 years ago
I am sure there are some unspeakable things that have happened in the past, and these are due to shameful behaviour by people in responsible positions who have abused this position of trust. This must have been a dreadful experience for an innocent child or children, and can never be condoned. I hope that all these perverts and criminals have been punished, and the Church is now a safe place for anyone, not only an innocent and vulnerable child.
Jo Sparkes
22/1/2009
josparkes 3 years ago
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bowrieshocker 3 years ago
Fuck the crown!!!
thedrunkenderb 3 years ago 7
chucky ar la? chucky yer ballix more like.
hillbill47 3 years ago
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go fuck yourselves
bpc1960 3 years ago
not as gd as paddy
mccready123 3 years ago
He's rangers, of course it's crap for him :D
rebelko 3 years ago
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complete crap
rangerstime 3 years ago
What do you mean crap ?
It's a lovely song. There are several versions and singers, Paddy Reilley sings a fantastic rendition, that would bring you to tears.
Jo Sparkes
Norfolk
josparkes 3 years ago
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He means's it's shit. Bunch of fucking hypocrit Celtic fans. Moan whenever Rangers so much as mention the Pope and then sing Sinn Fein and IRA.
THE FAMINE IS OVER
starsailor9774 3 years ago
The song is very emotive and beautiful, but personally I like to hear it sung by The Wolfetones or Paddy Reilly as it sounds much more sacred and in keeping with what it is representing.
The Famine was a very sad, dark time in Ireland's history and this song points this out in this wonderfully worded song. Please listen to it sung the way it should be sung, then I think you will change your own words.
Jo Sparkes
Norfolk
22/1/2009
josparkes 3 years ago
Tiocfaidh ar la Is that all you can fukin say your day wont come
ChloeEarlam 3 years ago
it will dont worry. well Tiocfaidh ar la is much better than worshiping a poofter init :)
nathank1988 3 years ago 3
Croatia loves you! Tiocfaidh ar la!
rebelko 3 years ago 3
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Rangers and Chelsea Forever!!!!
Never Surrender!!!!
tanker82 3 years ago
This songs makes me cry. I´ve never heard such a nice and sad song. I am from Czech republic, and I love Ireland and Celtic. Good luck to all Irish around the world.
nisanix 3 years ago 6
Thes songs do make you cry. Have U heard Paddy Reilley sing this, he is also an excellent singer, with the voice of an angel.
I love Irish music.
Jo Sparkes
Norfolk
29/10/2008
josparkes 3 years ago
Hail Mary let the freebirds fly!
tearlach45 3 years ago
im english and i say go on gary og and the irish i fuckin love yer
britandyx 3 years ago 3
I also find it ironic that the hero of all these hun fucks is King William of Orange. It is well know that the huns have an intolerance to Catholics and associated that with King Billy as well. However, King Billy actually encouraged the Act of Toleration and he wanted this act to extend to Roman Catholics but was defeated in parliament, so the bill got passed but only included toleration for certain Protestant nonconformists. He was also a poofter so that is why you lot relate to him hahaha.
sinwow33 3 years ago 3
Isn't it also ironic that you lot all hate him even though he was congratulated by your King in the Pointy Hat what sits on his throne in Rome after the Battle of the Boyne? The present incumbent being a Nazi wank so that is why you lot relate to him hahahaha
ChristopherMcLeod1 3 years ago
I must admit I think it ironic how the Brits hate Germany but love the queen. Are they all that ignorant that they do not realise their queen is from German decent. The royal families name is actually Saxe-Coburg and it was only changed to Windsor in 1917 because of the anti-german sentiment in the country because of the war.
sinwow33 3 years ago
Ironic that plenty could not give a shit about the Queen, William or the rest.
I served in 3 Para and could and did not give a shit about any of them. Ignorant maybe, some just injoy the history. Many of you hate and kill your brothers just because of religion, now that's ignorant.
SCD4 3 years ago
In the middle of that crisis Trevelyan published his views on the matter. He saw the Famine as a "mechanism for reducing surplus population". He described the famine as "The judgement of God sent the calamity to teach the Irish a lesson, that calamity must not be too much mitigated. ...The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the Famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people"
sinwow33 3 years ago
greetings from the US. Beautiful song wonderfully done. Bless.
Rasputin216 3 years ago
Tiocfaidh ar la!
immotion 3 years ago 2
up the UP THE PROVISIONAL IRA
Tiocfaidh ar la!!
pollyahern 3 years ago
hey mcleod ya prick wit ye dain listening tae oor songs go and listen tae yer ain legdraggin music ya tosser.
Blackett80 3 years ago
do ya know how much of a batin i wud give ya if i ever met ya chris!?!?! dont fukin dis gary og or the irish were better than yes english bastards!!!!
basil182 3 years ago
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an ugly cunt singing to a pub full of ugly cunts
ChristopherMcLeod1 3 years ago
fuck off chris
nathank1988 3 years ago
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greenock is welcome to the drug dealers convention..its the worst shithole in scotland full of taigs....bjk
jimtorbett 3 years ago
Brilliant!!
Tiocfaidh ar la!!
Bhoyo75 3 years ago 4
IRA wee man UP THE RA !
Mcd2oo7 3 years ago 2
all big jock knew was how to win a european cup
and aye what does the crowd shout out after
our love was on the wing
and
we had dreams and songs to sing(i think it is irleand or IRA but not sure can someone plz reply)
hail hail
athenryguy 3 years ago
low lie the fields of athenry where once we watched the small free birds fly
''hey baby let the free birds fly''
our love was on the wing
''sinn fein''
we had dreams and songs to sing
''IRA''
lilsean123 3 years ago 2
u dont even know!!!ha its sinn fein then ira!!! big jock knew alright!!! id say he touched a few wee lads aswell. jimmy corbet has skeletons in his closet ha ha
hillbill47 3 years ago
big jock knew
hillbill47 3 years ago