IRELAND: FUNERAL OF IRA MEMBER KILLED IN LONDON BUS BOMBING
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ค. 2015
- (28 Feb 1996) English/Nat
The funeral has taken place in Ireland of Edward O'Brien, the Irish Republican Army (I-R-A) member who blew himself up with a bomb on a bus in London.
Tight security was in place in O'Brien's hometown of Gorey in County Wexford to prevent any paramilitary groups attending the burial.
The funeral took place as British Prime Minister John Major and his Irish counterpart John Bruton met in London in an attempt to revive the stalled peace process.
The picturesque town of Gorey in County Wexford. Ten days after Edward O'Brien's death the townsfolk are still trying to come to terms with the failed bomber who lived among them.
O'Brien, described as an I-R-A rookie, died instantly when a device he was transporting went off accidentally on a bus in central London. Nine other people were injured in the blast.
But some local people see some good having emerged from the tragedy.
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"Perhaps the world will see that ninety-nine point nine-nine per cent of Irish people totally condemn the activities of the I-R-A, and Gorey would be a little microcosm of that feeling that exists throughout Ireland."
SUPERCAPTION: Kevin Lacey, Local Businessman
The incident has also stirred many dormant feelings.
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"I think it has opened our eyes to what exactly is going on in this country of ours. I think we have been guilty of complacency."
SUPERCAPTION: Shaun Halford, Local Businessman
Relatives and friends say O'Brien was an unlikely I-R-A recruit, but others have sought an explanation.
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"I guess that a young and nineteen-year-old is obviously impressionable, possibly vulnerable too, because you're pretty lonely, you feel very alone, you feel in a different culture going to a large city like London. I guess the sort of person who would have been spotted and targetted, befriended, fed a propaganda line, made to feel important by the I-R-A, I'd say it was a classic case of a very ordinary kid being dragged into the sordid depraved world of terrorism."
SUPERCAPTION: Father Walter Forde, Parish Priest
As the bells peeled the mourners entered the Church.
Around seven hundred townspeople looked on, some overcome with sadness at the waste of a young man's life.
O'Brien's weeping family followed the casket as it was wheeled out of the Church to begin the journey to its final resting place.
The cortege led a procession of around two thousand people through the streets of Gorey towards the cemetery.
There O'Brien's coffin was lowered into the ground.
His parents Miley and Margo, sister Lorraine and brother Gary, wept at the head of the grave as they threw in roses as a final mark of respect for the young man who met a violent death, ironically meant for others.
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We collectively of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have declared our intent on becoming E.U. Member States. Cheerio.
England- That’s not the type of sovereignty we were referring.
Sometimes karma strikes at unfortunate times.
Luxx WTF are you saying? The provos killed that kid
There is no such thing as karma.
@@kennyryan625 That kid killed himself.
Ironic
It's DERRY
Nah mate it really isn't, Google exists have a quick check then let us know what it says
What in the republic
"Use to play hurling with him man" - Murt/Sky News!
What year did this happen?
1996
Who cares just be thankful it happened.
Poor kid. Exploited by evil individuals who do not represent the good Irish people. RIP, Edward.
Ed was not exploited. He volunteered to join the IRA. He volunteered to go to England. He knew what he signed himself up for and if he didn’t, the provos would’ve made it clear to him upon joining.
He didn't deserve a funeral no ira members do, karma is a funny thing and it's ironic this terrorist was killed by a terrorist
looks like 99.9% of Irish people were in the funeral procession
Thats was what i was thinking. Far too many IRA sycophants in the Irish Republic.
@@kevinlongman007 And there was alot more not there.
From county Wexford
My heart blee..... No laughs
@Taipan Tails germany.russia .china.america has more body's than Britain could ever have killed not in war .. Britain made this world an has contributed the most towards humanity ending slavery creating countries you simps forget about that just to focus on the bad that's what grubs do it wasn't England who dropped bombs on Japan England never built the Berlin Wall get over yourself.. woke joke you are..
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Paddy go splat ..traitors of the worst kind Gaddafi's puppets ..
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Ball bag u r
WTF?
Rest In Pieces
Thought the same thing at Warrenpoint a few weeks ago.. still a few bits being found
At 25 seconds into the vid they put up a picture and I swear if you put some glasses on him he's a dead ringer for Mike on his channel "that chapter" lol
RIP brave soldier of Ireland, TAL.
He was a cowardly bastard and it's fucking hilarious that an ira member was killed in a bombing
Brave I bet it was because he was scared an shaking uncontrollably an set it off accidentally before he should have .yeah so brave he was rock solid cool calm an collected in small tiny pieces..
Red to red black to black and blew to fucking bits 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@jeffreybamford1171 He was young, he shouldn't have been picked to go. You try being a part of a guerrilla army fighting against an enemy who has killed millions of your fellow countrymen in the last several centuries & try planting bombs against them & see if you are nervous.
And there is no proof that is how the bomb went off anyway. It's much more likely the timing mechanism was faulty.
@@blueger5551 like Airey Neave in the palace of Westminister after being bombed by the INLA Freedom Fighters, he was still alive for about 30 mins after the blast, the wreck of the car was basically holding him together.
Or King Charles's pedo uncle was blown to bits by an IRA bomb on the Sligo coast, and the power of the blast blew his legs off, what an undignified way for a Royal to go but a great way for a pedo to go. LMFAO
Or on the same day the IRA blew 40 Paratroopers away at Warrenpoint, killing 18 & injuring over 20 others, some soldiers head was found 50 yards away from his body, a torso was found in a tree, the wounded were crying for their mammies, lol, the British Armies supposed toughest & hardest regiment what a joke lmao, only good for shooting unarmed civilians like on Bloody Sunday, Ballymurphy Massacre & Springhill massacre.
Rip solder
RIP lad
lol fuck him
bet your going to live in your inbred town all your life wanker
@@joeanderson7316 actually im moving to Canada after college. And ill probably travel a good bit after that. Maybe the reason ur so slow is because ur parents are cousins
Yup. Rest in pieces, lol
@@conorgilsenan3821 you love ur own country so much you piss off over the Atlantic 😂
RIP
timpatjoe who dares wins🇬🇧
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@Taipan Tails Gibralter 3 Hahaha
@@icantdecideonanamemay he rot in hell
#ripbozo
Accidents happen , a martyr for Ireland.
Sean Hannigan Sick bastards like the Provos drew Irish children to their deaths like this
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happy days, another 1 of the welfare list
Who dares wins🇬🇧
Who dares challenge Ulster Loyalist terrorism
@@Andy-sx5pm you wish
@@thepatterpatrol26 Catholic majority in the occupied stolen six counties of Ireland 🇮🇪. National identity is 31% British only and 29% Irish only and 19% Northern Irish only in the Census 2021. So you see the gap is closing rapidly. A border referendum in 2028 will get a United Ireland 🇮🇪 voted in the majority on both sides of the border. Tiocfaidh ár lá.
May he rot in hell for his crimes
He’s rotting in hell
Ironic
Who dares wins🇬🇧
Wise up both of you country against country after 21 fucking years just wise the fuck up defending murderers who killed innocent people not the ones who deserved it
Chloe xoxo IRA killed the innocent
Chloe xoxo look it up
guessing ye didn’t dare when u lost over 3/4 of ireland
nikto you mean through a peace treaty😂😂😂