My grandmother was born in 1921, she told me her father was also there for the rising, so many stories of hardship, she told me during her childhood in the middle of the night, she would be woken up and all the family were moving guns and weapons around the village from the English, the English were very nasty, although she was sent to England to work at 15, she said the English will never capture her heart, she always told me to remember I may have been born English, but I have been raised with an Irish heart, I wish she was alive today to see how mighty and great Ireland is.
My great great grandparents and grandparents were involved the with this. Great great Granddad O'Carroll was shot by the English for not giving away the whereabouts his sons were before this day.
My great grandmother was, she was pissed, hated the rebels ruining her city, she was a business woman then. Her buses windows were blown in was the story.
@@ahopefor I think she genuinely didn't like the rebels after the fact. Older I get less I see any merit in what they did also. Executions were bad, didn't make those executed saints or their ideals worthy. I beleive it was the diplomacy after the fact that should be celebrated and that's pretty much how I learned it in school.
I do wish people would go back to mildly maiming each other rather than shooting each other carelessly. Old timey violence was more honorable and required talent rather than bullets
My grandmother was born in 1921, she told me her father was also there for the rising, so many stories of hardship, she told me during her childhood in the middle of the night, she would be woken up and all the family were moving guns and weapons around the village from the English, the English were very nasty, although she was sent to England to work at 15, she said the English will never capture her heart, she always told me to remember I may have been born English, but I have been raised with an Irish heart, I wish she was alive today to see how mighty and great Ireland is.
My story is identical, but a Grandfather in my case.
What a woman no doubt she went through a lot in her life.
Tough woman for tough times God bless her pure gold.
God bless her. Tuff as nails and beautiful
Great flow of speech.. 👏👏
Jaysus, she was 45 when the 1916 rising happened. Crazy.
My grandparents were involved in this. Seamus Roach,and Daniel O'Sullivan both came here to the US afterwards ❤️☘️
I wonder how much longer she lived after this. Fascinating piece.
Wow. This is fantastic.
Great Post.
Keep up the good work .
Great GPO too 😉
Irish gold ! Thanks
Long Live Ireland. Much love from Italy ! Brits out of Ulster !
Question- why is Italy shaped like a wellington boot
Answer - do you think you could fit all that shit into a tennis shoe 😂😂😂
Great work. Time capsule
Interesting insight of someone's experience of that period in Irish history. Thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you for the upload...
My great great grandparents and grandparents were involved the with this. Great great Granddad O'Carroll was shot by the English for not giving away the whereabouts his sons were before this day.
I’m sorry these things happened to our families in our previous generations.
Wow this is great. I'm from Tallaght
Can we see the rest of this interview or similar to it?
All changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.
Oldbawn for the weekend..must book something there..is it any good?
Different breed.
our old people nowadays suffer from early dementia because their minds got shut off
Hi Just to let you know, you have incorrect spelling of her surname. it's the other spelling of Smyth, she was distant cousin of my grandmother's.
there was a tram out to tallaght in 1916 !!! ..
There was a steam tram in Tallagh in 1916?
Surely they have her recollections of the aftermath, popular feeling, etc, also the stuff in the 20s? This is like a teaser...
Imagine if she'd been in the city in the actual rising.
My great grandmother was, she was pissed, hated the rebels ruining her city, she was a business woman then. Her buses windows were blown in was the story.
@@jacktravers5049 A lot of people felt that way until the executions took place.
@@ahopefor I think she genuinely didn't like the rebels after the fact. Older I get less I see any merit in what they did also. Executions were bad, didn't make those executed saints or their ideals worthy. I beleive it was the diplomacy after the fact that should be celebrated and that's pretty much how I learned it in school.
"Ah sure its the rebellion"
ah, to once again never had heard a shot in one’s life before
Aahh?
I do wish people would go back to mildly maiming each other rather than shooting each other carelessly. Old timey violence was more honorable and required talent rather than bullets
My aunt was born in 1912 ĥer two brothers fought inthe rising thay sure had some tales to tell there surived but.whas sŕoies thay , a
IRELAND BELONGS TO THE IRISH.🇮🇪32.
And so it should
Well tell that to the endless influx of migrants entering Ireland .