Cathal Brugha | Who's Who in the Irish Revolution Episode 3

Though he held some of the most important roles in the War of Independence little is known about Cathal Brugha’s life as he left very few written records. He served as President of Dáil Éireann until Éamon de Valera was released from prison and as Minister for Defense he refused to take a salary for what he considered to be his civic duty. Most well known for his bitter denunciation of Micheal Collins during the Treaty debates, Brugha was a complex figure who had a major influence on the Irish Revolution
References:
Fergus O’Farrell - “Cathal Brugha”
Leon Ó’Broin - “Revolutionary Underground”
Rúan O’Donnell - “Patrick Pearse”
Joost Augusteijn - “Patrick Pearse”
Charles Townshend - “Easter 1916”
Social Media:
Twitter: / theirishnation
Facebook: / theirishnationlives
Instagram: / theirishnationlives
Soundcloud: / theirishnationlives
iTunes: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
Main Sources:
Military Archives - www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie
Century Ireland - www.rte.ie/centuryireland
Diarmuid Lynch, Irish Revolutionary - diarmuidlynch.weebly.com/
Atlas of the Irish Revolution
Maurice Walsh - “Bitter Freedom”
Charles Townshend - "The Republic"
Michael Hopkinson - ”The Irish War of Independence”
Diarmuid Ferriter - “A Nation and not a Rabble”
Richard Abbot - “Police Casualties in Ireland 1919 - 1922”
Photos:
Military Archives
NLI Flickr account
Wiki Commons

Пікірлер: 44

  • @TheIrishNationLives
    @TheIrishNationLives4 жыл бұрын

    Props if you spotted these errors: At 3:30 I should have said 4th Dublin Battalion instead of Brigade. At 5:02 there is an horrendous copy and paste error, Casement died in 1916, not 1922. At 6:19 I should have said O'Flanagan. You'd think I'd be making less mistakes having done this for 2 years! The Irish Nation Lives turns 2 on the 24th of April, thank you all for your support. I'll be streaming "Kaiserreich" live on Twitch that evening from 6pm, join in at: www.twitch.tv/maniacalinc

  • @TheIrishNationLives

    @TheIrishNationLives

    4 жыл бұрын

    I've also just spotted that the Keating Branch was founded by J.J. (Sceilg) O'Kelly, not Séan T. O'Kelly.

  • @eringobrian3320
    @eringobrian33204 жыл бұрын

    As always perfection in the pursuit of truth. We can never repay the debt we owe you James. Thank you so much. Stay safe and God bless Ireland

  • @TheIrishNationLives

    @TheIrishNationLives

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks very much for your support as always!

  • @pexxos1
    @pexxos13 жыл бұрын

    I had no Idea Cathal was an Italian...I have an uncle named Vito Brugha in Sicily....I wonder if Cathal put ketchup on his pasta. If he did he was definitely Irish!

  • @georgesmith1127
    @georgesmith11274 жыл бұрын

    Its such a shame this channel doesnt have more subs

  • @TheIrishNationLives

    @TheIrishNationLives

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks very much for the sentiment! I could probably do a better job at promoting the channel but the numbers have been growing steadily as new content goes out and there is a long way to go yet.

  • @georgesmith1127

    @georgesmith1127

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TheIrishNationLives yeah told a few friends and family but knowing the history of ones own country seems to be a niche interest nowadays

  • @TheIrishNationLives

    @TheIrishNationLives

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just saw this comment now, thanks very much for spreading the word

  • @Martinbergin
    @Martinbergin3 жыл бұрын

    Great work,well done

  • @cavannumber1
    @cavannumber14 жыл бұрын

    i love this channel great work

  • @TheIrishNationLives

    @TheIrishNationLives

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hey, thanks very much!

  • @joekeating7225
    @joekeating72254 жыл бұрын

    I'm a newcomer to your channel and have been getting up to date with previous entries. Thank you for your detailed and, in my opinion, fair treatment of the events and personalities in the conflicts.

  • @TheIrishNationLives

    @TheIrishNationLives

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Joe, thanks very much for checking out the channel. Maintaining balance or addressing figures and events in a different light to how they are usually handled is a major goal of mine, glad you find the treatment to be fair so far.

  • @danielparlour7817
    @danielparlour78173 жыл бұрын

    I’m a proud Englishman who really enjoys your videos I didn’t know the troubles went on so long didn’t learn nothing in school probably to embarrassed I thought it started and ended in my lifetime you’ve taught me a lot Fanks

  • @DublinDan

    @DublinDan

    3 жыл бұрын

    Irelands struggle for freedom is going back centuries i wouldn't describe it as "The Troubles"?

  • @freebeerfordworkers

    @freebeerfordworkers

    6 ай бұрын

    Just don't believe all they tell you kzread.info/dash/bejne/dJ56utKnqdDOhMo.html&pp=ygUma2lsbWljaGFlbCBhbWJ1c2ggYSBzb2xkaWVyJ3MgdGhvdWdodHM%3D

  • @paddyt4043
    @paddyt40433 жыл бұрын

    Hi James I'm loving the content I'm wondering if you will ever get to do an episode on earlier conflict... Like the story of Michael Dwyer and Sam mccallister Or the battle of viniger hill Much appreciated for all the education 🙏💪🍀🇮🇪

  • @ivanconnolly7332
    @ivanconnolly733219 күн бұрын

    Great.

  • @thomasmccarthy9758
    @thomasmccarthy97582 жыл бұрын

    I've hung around a lot, I'm old now but I'll hang around a little more, when we get rid of the shisters in Dublin NATO and EU we might even achieve the dreamt about Republic of Cathal, as a republican I believe we are now occupied by two foreign powers not one. And as an old republican I give my blessing to young men and women to resist both by violence. I pass my little torch to them in love with my nation. T

  • @shredder9536

    @shredder9536

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well said

  • @thomasmccarthy9758

    @thomasmccarthy9758

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@shredder9536 i fought in the north for nearly 30yrs, I knew Sand's didn't like him much, I knew O hara and a lot of them,. whilst we were doing that the freestaters, for money and personal power invited a New occupying power into the south and surrendered even that partial independence less than 60 yrs after it was achieved because they were corrupt to begin with and never represented the nation or implemented the constitution or proclamation of 1916, they represented their own interests ahead of the national good. They were as delighted as the English to see 1916 over more delighted to have the civil War and suppress republican's and even more delighted to sell the nation to the EU and get big paychecks less than 60 years later. So after 600 years of conflict with England they surrendered their small power to another foreign entity. Very good republican's don't you think? Cattle rustlers and crooks all of them. T

  • @shredder9536

    @shredder9536

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thomasmccarthy9758 yes the Free State was created as a region of the Empire and just fell back into another Empire. That's what happens when people fall short of full independence or settle for less. The Anti Treaty Republicans were right 100 years ago to try to keep going

  • @kid--presentable

    @kid--presentable

    Жыл бұрын

    Well said , I wish we had more like you

  • @QWE2623
    @QWE26234 жыл бұрын

    Okay i finally caught up haha. Just saying again, i think all this stuff is super interesting and a great way to learn about it. As an american i can tell you that nobody knows a thing here about any of this (me included, really) with maybe the exception of people who watch irish youtubers religiously lol. Anyway now that i'm finally here i have to ask, what are you saying at the very beginning and end of each video in what i'm guessing is irish?

  • @TheIrishNationLives

    @TheIrishNationLives

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fair play for going through all of them, glad you enjoyed them! At the start I basically say "Hello/Greetings to all of you, my friends." "A chara" is "my friend" but also a formal way of starting letters or emails in Ireland and is sometimes treated like "comrade". At the end I say "my friends, thank you for joining me on The Irish Nation Lives, goodbye for now/until we meet again.

  • @kiltilly98
    @kiltilly984 жыл бұрын

    I am related to Cathal Brugha through Richard Burgess Hemingway of Slyguff, County Carlow. Oddly enough, I'm also related to Jimmy Steele who was my grandfather's first cousin.

  • @maxburke5755

    @maxburke5755

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Mylie Doherty lol I guess that make us some-what related

  • @DublinDan

    @DublinDan

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cathal Brugha was the bravest of them all he's an unsung Irish Hero

  • @kiltilly98

    @kiltilly98

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@maxburke5755 Are you related to Jimmy Steele, or Cathal Brugha?

  • @bak-mariterry9143
    @bak-mariterry91433 жыл бұрын

    Can anyone here tell me if the last name of TERRY is related to Ireland or any families ? Thank you for any response .

  • @kid--presentable

    @kid--presentable

    Жыл бұрын

    There is Irish decent from the name however it originally came from the Normans who invaded Britain so any Irish person with the last name terry , most likely their Irish ancestors fell victim to English slavery..

  • @ardakolimsky7107
    @ardakolimsky71073 жыл бұрын

    St John is pronounced _syngen_ I believe

  • @freebeerfordworkers
    @freebeerfordworkers2 жыл бұрын

    8.48 This photograph is a British police and soldiers watching the different republican factions knock spots off each other after the truce had come into force. Which explains why some of them look so pleased.

  • @user-iq4kl8wi7p
    @user-iq4kl8wi7p14 күн бұрын

    TTE approve.

  • @paulgalligan1916
    @paulgalligan19163 жыл бұрын

    Amazing they don't teach this in schools..☘🇮🇪

  • @kymbrenton
    @kymbrenton2 жыл бұрын

    I’m Kym Cullen. Just got the book CATHAL Liam = Fear Not The Storm!! The Story Of Tom Cullen An Irish Revolutionary. Book of year ⭐️Award Winner. Very proud to own this book. Long live Ireland 🇮🇪

  • @theobaldwolfetone98
    @theobaldwolfetone982 жыл бұрын

    Roger Casement was executed on August 3 1916 not 1922 as stated in this video.

  • @daver8521
    @daver8521 Жыл бұрын

    Brugha was the greatest patriot of all.

  • @fintonmainz7845
    @fintonmainz7845 Жыл бұрын

    Disinherited by his bankrupt family.

  • @Kerys23a
    @Kerys23aАй бұрын

    Great man but his actions in the civil war were childish