I love the Wolftones, I support a united Ireland, I am also English and very ashamed of what the English did to the Irish. The history of Ireland has to be told in its fullest context and Cannot be told with out respecting the validity of the Republican struggle in the North. Unfortunately, that struggle is still ongoing and there are also many thousands of English people who are committed to that cause.
With Sinn Féin's 2022 victory, could there be change on the horizon? I've never had any shit off the Irish for being English, apart from one troll online who I went and blocked. Being attacked over your origins is never pleasant, but on the extremely rare occasion that it happens to me with the Irish or the Scots, I get over it and move on. Because 99% of people don't really care what accent you talk in, only what comes out of your mouth.
why feel shame for nothing you did?, stupid logic. you should feel ashamed for being a weakling. Millions of english have irish heritage as i do and are proud of both and the irish and British people have culturally, linguistically, and genetically history going back thousands of years and it wasn;t the english who began the conquest of ireland, it was the Normans, frenchmen who conquered england first and did as much destroying and pillaging and oppression on the english for centuries before even going to Ireland and we still suffer the effects of that conquest today, it was in 1169 when the normal baron Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke invaded ireland, it wasn't an Englishmen. some of you need to learn your own history.
revol148 it’s nonsense, if a guy at a Wolfe tones concert has an English accent. No ones gonna think he’s an enemy he’s at a frickin Wolfe tones concert.....
@@Gabzerelli5 well I’m sure people hear me talking to my m8s, buying drinks at the bar. People obviously hear my accent. Why would I be there if I wasn’t a fan ffs?
I loved going to wolfe tones concerts. It rose people's spirits. To me and I'm guessing most others it had nothing to do with hatred for England. It was simply a good night out listening to some great Irish music from a great Irish band.
I'm from the South of Ireland man and i couldn't aggree with you more regarding RTE!! There are other Irish Media Networks that do show Irish things and are run by true Irish people:D TG4 tng etc. But the Late Late Show has done this a few times. Gerry Adams got ambushed one time, i think its on youtube somewhere. But i aggree it makes me sick to see of our own turn on us. Thats always been a problem for us. Siochan
The tones as well as being great singers are great people who are articulate and are unrepentant about the story of Ireland and about being Irish. The audience can see the futility of both Pats and Fintan attempts to trip the tones up. You'll never beat the Irish!!
When you compare Irish Nationalism to the American/British invasion of Iraq you are missing one important point, the Irish have never invaded another people's country, for either good or bad, and there in lies the difference.
yes they have, the irish have been invading and raiding the island of britain for thousands of years, how did you think scotland came to be?, by invading irish tribes who the "scotti", the english where hired to fight of irish invasion by the britons. What about all the irish regiments who fought for the british empire too?.
You still have a lot of West Brits in this country. If it was left to them we’d still be under the direct and complete brutal rule of the Brits. The Wolfe Tones are to be celebrated 👏🇮🇪
Ireland has four provinces, one of which is Ulster. Ulster has nine counties , three of which are in the Republic of Ireland and six in Northern Ireland.The Northern Ireland flag and the Ulster flag are similar with the main difference being that the Ulster flag has a yellow background and the Northern Ireland flag , white , - both have a red cross. Many people ( including Irish ) don't know the difference .
Ive been listening to them since I was 20. I even sluged beers with them in somerville. I am 40 now but thought that was by far the best part of my 20's. thanks guys for all of the good times, in boston, malden and lynn
Fair play to the woman on the phone. She put Fintan O' Toole in his place. It seems as if that journalist in the audience, was just saying things upside down. He claimed, to have no agenda against The Tones, yet he was against them. He figures you have to be a victim, before they will go about the thing, as he puts it. They are singing about Irish history. Of course, it will be about famous patriots.
Michael Dineen if you listen to this www.rte.ie/radio/utils/radioplayer/rteradioweb.html#!rii=9%3A10347004%3A53%3A25%2D11%2D2014%3A at 58 min 44 sec Brian Warfield is put in his place
Have you been to a Wolfe Tone gig Fintan? Yes 3 time's! It wouldn't surprise me the wee west brit & his mate's in the media, where dancing at those night's with Wolfe Tone song's. Imagine crying over about a song called Rockall, it's a rock in Irish Sea own by British State.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but I was there.... Before Celtic Symphony was written there was graffiti on the wall at Barrowfield that read "Tiocfaidh ár lá" in letters 3 feet high!
To be Irish is to realise and Remember who died for the country and to never forget what happened if you don’t want to support that you have your back turned
It truly makes me sick. Thank God as free Republican citizens we shelter them. Can you. Imagine - Tories leave you to ROT. Join. The Republicans - our future is in the US, not bullshit NI
I was at an early gig of theres and i have a London accent. I had no problem but I had hassle from many "ordinary" people! And Ireland has been victims of British colonialism. Fintan is well named and a total tool.
If there are people in the 26counties who don't recognize the Ulster flag, it's not the fault of the band, it's their ignorance and stupidity for not knowing one of the Four Provinces's flags
I'm big fan of the wolf tones, but I'm probably in between the views. They are a bit stuck in the past & the lyrics have not really moved with the times & changes in society. But we all listen to songs of our youth, not long ago I went to a ska concert with lots of the old bands playing song they are known for, the tonnes are doing similar. These are songs / lyrics of a certain time, you can't judge them on today's society but of when they were released .
Brilliant Wolfe Tones. I am British with an irish grandfather and I was at a W Tones concert in Dublin this august 2009 and loved it. Had my pic taken with Brian and Tommy !
So, because there is a process in place today, the Tones should not sing songs about the past? Whether it be about 1789 or 1989. It is history!!! Can't change it no matter how hard ya try. Everyone has a point of view. Its their right.
also the 'journalist' in the audience is even worse.deperately trying to find something genuinely wrong with the wolfe tones gigs.'why do you only sing about victims?' - is he serious? got to the stage i was expecting him to criticise the stage lighting! as for asking why they don't sing about gerry adams+martin mcguinness,you can be sure if they had he would be condemning the fact they were singing about a former provo n rumoured IRA leader.you cant win with these idiots,but you can ignore them
Been to Wolfe tone gigs there true honest men . They don’t fit the British narrative so there easy target I love my Irish roots god bless the Wolfe tones
host purposely ambushed the tones. put a 2nd grade student education against a high school education isn't fair. just cause the tones cant articulate their thoughts and talk about what they believe in irish politics doesn't mean they should apologize for their views about British oppression. they don't believe in british policitics or british oppression doesnt meant they should sing songs supporting the same. bring your English man to boston and lets see how well he does.
I love the Wolftones, I support a united Ireland, I am also English and very ashamed of what the English did to the Irish. The history of Ireland has to be told in its fullest context and Cannot be told with out respecting the validity of the Republican struggle in the North. Unfortunately, that struggle is still ongoing and there are also many thousands of English people who are committed to that cause.
Nice one my friend
With Sinn Féin's 2022 victory, could there be change on the horizon? I've never had any shit off the Irish for being English, apart from one troll online who I went and blocked. Being attacked over your origins is never pleasant, but on the extremely rare occasion that it happens to me with the Irish or the Scots, I get over it and move on. Because 99% of people don't really care what accent you talk in, only what comes out of your mouth.
Lovely words Les!
Thank you Les.
why feel shame for nothing you did?, stupid logic. you should feel ashamed for being a weakling. Millions of english have irish heritage as i do and are proud of both and the irish and British people have culturally, linguistically, and genetically history going back thousands of years and it wasn;t the english who began the conquest of ireland, it was the Normans, frenchmen who conquered england first and did as much destroying and pillaging and oppression on the english for centuries before even going to Ireland and we still suffer the effects of that conquest today, it was in 1169 when the normal baron Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke invaded ireland, it wasn't an Englishmen. some of you need to learn your own history.
I have learned more about Irish history from the wolfe tones than I ever did in school
ive got a english accent and i have been to see the wolf tones about 10 times in england and i have never had any trouble from the crowd
gceltmc.....because you were in England perhaps?
you wouldnt get any trouble its nonsense
revol148 it’s nonsense, if a guy at a Wolfe tones concert has an English accent. No ones gonna think he’s an enemy he’s at a frickin Wolfe tones concert.....
Maybe because it was loud? And you weren't going around and chatting to everyone in the concert?
@@Gabzerelli5 well I’m sure people hear me talking to my m8s, buying drinks at the bar. People obviously hear my accent. Why would I be there if I wasn’t a fan ffs?
Ulster GAA flag is YELLOW!
Nah Ulster banner is image of english flag..😮
Love the Wolftones. Can’t beat a good Rebel Song🇮🇪
Now your talking. Sure ant beat one.
there's times I feel embarrassed about this country God bless the wolfetones
This comment aged so well. We need a new Wolfe Tones 🇮🇪
Fintan O'Toole has been on the wrong side of pretty much every debate that's ever taken place in Ireland. The man is an absolute clown.
the poor lads thought they were going on to talk about there music and how well they are doing instead got ambushed
Corrupt rte getting rid of the wolfe tones ,our national broadcaster is a sewer
OMG that kenny lad...im ashamed to say hes irish, WOLFE TONES ARE LEGENDS AND PATRIOTS!
I loved going to wolfe tones concerts. It rose people's spirits. To me and I'm guessing most others it had nothing to do with hatred for England. It was simply a good night out listening to some great Irish music from a great Irish band.
I'm from the South of Ireland man and i couldn't aggree with you more regarding RTE!! There are other Irish Media Networks that do show Irish things and are run by true Irish people:D TG4 tng etc. But the Late Late Show has done this a few times. Gerry Adams got ambushed one time, i think its on youtube somewhere. But i aggree it makes me sick to see of our own turn on us. Thats always been a problem for us. Siochan
The tones as well as being great singers are great people who are articulate and are unrepentant about the story of Ireland and about being Irish.
The audience can see the futility of both Pats and Fintan attempts to trip the tones up.
You'll never beat the Irish!!
When you compare Irish Nationalism to the American/British invasion of Iraq you are missing one important point, the Irish have never invaded another people's country, for either good or bad, and there in lies the difference.
yes they have, the irish have been invading and raiding the island of britain for thousands of years, how did you think scotland came to be?, by invading irish tribes who the "scotti", the english where hired to fight of irish invasion by the britons. What about all the irish regiments who fought for the british empire too?.
You still have a lot of West Brits in this country. If it was left to them we’d still be under the direct and complete brutal rule of the Brits. The Wolfe Tones are to be celebrated 👏🇮🇪
I don't condone the beating that the guy got in Waterford but for fuck sake what was he doing with an Ulster flag at a W.T gig
Ireland has four provinces, one of which is Ulster. Ulster has nine counties , three of which are in the Republic of Ireland and six in Northern Ireland.The Northern Ireland flag and the Ulster flag are similar with the main difference being that the Ulster flag has a yellow background and the Northern Ireland flag , white , - both have a red cross. Many people ( including Irish ) don't know the difference .
That Fintan O'Toole is a pro brit
It’s easy to attack like this, you’re prepared, done your homework and the lads weren’t expecting it
Ive been listening to them since I was 20. I even sluged beers with them in somerville. I am 40 now but thought that was by far the best part of my 20's. thanks guys for all of the good times, in boston, malden and lynn
Fintan O’Toole doesn’t know the difference between the flag of Ulster and the flag that the loyalists wave!
His point was that those who kicked the s##t out the Ulster GAA fans didn't know the difference.
the tones are singing and talking about the way it was it’s as simple as that.
fintan o'tool ..the clue is in his surname
I get it,,,,,,,,finTAN
Very true
Michael Clifford - Journalist - claiming he had no agenda - laugh. A former 3rd level student of Civil Engineering in UCC.
Kenny, a West Brit, Like Gaybo before him and Turbidy who followed.
Pretend Irish 🤔
Absolute sham of a show, what a great band ,proud to be Irish and no shame to be a rebel 👍🇮🇪
Fair play to the woman on the phone. She put Fintan O' Toole in his place. It seems as if that journalist in the audience, was just saying things upside down. He claimed, to have no agenda against The Tones, yet he was against them. He figures you have to be a victim, before they will go about the thing, as he puts it. They are singing about Irish history. Of course, it will be about famous patriots.
Michael Dineen if you listen to this www.rte.ie/radio/utils/radioplayer/rteradioweb.html#!rii=9%3A10347004%3A53%3A25%2D11%2D2014%3A at 58 min 44 sec Brian Warfield is put in his place
the woman on the phone would sing a very different tune if she witnessed PIRA activity
Have you been to a Wolfe Tone gig Fintan? Yes 3 time's!
It wouldn't surprise me the wee west brit & his mate's in the media, where dancing at those night's with Wolfe Tone song's. Imagine crying over about a song called Rockall, it's a rock in Irish Sea own by British State.
Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but I was there....
Before Celtic Symphony was written there was graffiti on the wall at Barrowfield that read "Tiocfaidh ár lá" in letters 3 feet high!
To be Irish is to realise and Remember who died for the country and to never forget what happened if you don’t want to support that you have your back turned
This was a disgusting attempt by pat kenny and rte to try and discredit rhe wolfe tones.....shameful
In a bizarre way, to not talk about your oppressed history, is to be made ashamed of your scars.
And while you say that, it's ironic that the ira would rather erase history by blowing up buildings and statues that were part of Irish history
The white background Red Cross red hand and the crown is not the ulster flag. That’s the northern Irish flag 👍
The spirit of Red Hugh lives on
Well put.
Brilliant tones loved
Unfortunately, we will never have a United Ireland with D4 Dubs going around. Ah its Fintan the tool, should have known
the ulster gaa flag is yellow and has the red hand of ulster
i cant believe that guest and the journalist in the audience,it's almost like they are ashamed of their background.
they are rightly ashamed of murder and abuse committed in their name
It truly makes me sick. Thank God as free Republican citizens we shelter them. Can you. Imagine - Tories leave you to ROT. Join. The Republicans - our future is in the US, not bullshit NI
Those two lads to speak against the Wolfe tones are a disgrace
I was at an early gig of theres and i have a London accent. I had no problem but I had hassle from many "ordinary" people!
And Ireland has been victims of British colonialism. Fintan is well named and a total tool.
Well said to the woman on the phone
Old Fintan seems a bit lacking of a sense of humour.
I went to a wolfetones gigs recently and they discussed this and they still laugh as they felt that Finatan blamed them for the entire war in ireland
I am only quarter irish but born and raised in england , i love wolfe tones ,let the people sing! ❤️ 🇮🇪🇮🇪 a united ireland will happen .
If there are people in the 26counties who don't recognize the Ulster flag, it's not the fault of the band, it's their ignorance and stupidity for not knowing one of the Four Provinces's flags
UP THE TONES
PS didnt they sing about the "Brave protestant men"???
Are you aware protestants made republicanism in this country
I'm big fan of the wolf tones, but I'm probably in between the views. They are a bit stuck in the past & the lyrics have not really moved with the times & changes in society. But we all listen to songs of our youth, not long ago I went to a ska concert with lots of the old bands playing song they are known for, the tonnes are doing similar. These are songs / lyrics of a certain time, you can't judge them on today's society but of when they were released .
Get the brits out now
They obvs didnt understand the red hand of O neill
History denied is the worst you can do remember your predessesors history
Brilliant Wolfe Tones. I am British with an irish grandfather and I was at a W Tones concert in Dublin this august 2009 and loved it. Had my pic taken with Brian and Tommy !
Fintan really is a Toole, isn't he?
No destitution there.
😅
Comedy Gold on here 😂😂😂😂😂
He did not say "I regard this is noble",he said "That is a lie"? DonegalRaymie is from Donegal,but wants to be from England.
So, because there is a process in place today, the Tones should not sing songs about the past? Whether it be about 1789 or 1989. It is history!!! Can't change it no matter how hard ya try. Everyone has a point of view. Its their right.
whos yourman from 4 and a half mins on?
West brit kenny
DonegalRaymie is actually an english Unionist/loyalist claiming to live in Ireland
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
hes lying about the flag ,hes lying about the English accent and eff off.
The reporter referring to Joe McDonagh shows how far out of touch west brits are, and he's a journalist ffs.
Theres nothing more embarrassing than a west brit/house jock. Love the wolfetones. Love the irish. Support a united Ireland.
the wolfetones are da best
Can't hear a damn thing. A couple of words and then people start shouting over each other.
songs are art do you think dantes inferno is meant to be taken as is
But alas, brits run around temple bar singing these songs on stag/hen dos 22 years later.
Fintan is a toole.
also the 'journalist' in the audience is even worse.deperately trying to find something genuinely wrong with the wolfe tones gigs.'why do you only sing about victims?' - is he serious? got to the stage i was expecting him to criticise the stage lighting! as for asking why they don't sing about gerry adams+martin mcguinness,you can be sure if they had he would be condemning the fact they were singing about a former provo n rumoured IRA leader.you cant win with these idiots,but you can ignore them
why let the TRUTH of a song get in the way of a good story
hon mick clifford! mad hair altogether
They can't sing ,play music or write music so they have to feed off hate and bitterness
There are worse things than a WT gig, WT himself is another story.
Been to Wolfe tone gigs there true honest men . They don’t fit the British narrative so there easy target I love my Irish roots god bless the Wolfe tones
He had some decent points at the beginning....almost looked believable for a minute until he started to lick jis lips and get loud
host purposely ambushed the tones. put a 2nd grade student education against a high school education isn't fair. just cause the tones cant articulate their thoughts and talk about what they believe in irish politics doesn't mean they should apologize for their views about British oppression. they don't believe in british policitics or british oppression doesnt meant they should sing songs supporting the same. bring your English man to boston and lets see how well he does.
Listen to the band singing, the balad of Joe McDonnell not a journalist rubbishing a great song.
RTE= Radio Telefis England. Kenny and O'Toole are west Brits.
- ni is unionist word so you most be a Unionist ?
Its right
I totally and wholeheartedly agree. GSTQ is a terrible song.
Fintan The Tool
I have a huge cow
@krny07 It could have been a Flag from one of the counties though, you never know..
The Ulster Flag is yellow you idiot your talking about the british 6 county flag ulster has 9 counties
She sounded quite intelligent actually, and I don't like America!
Mad smell o benji off these boy's or what?
Tossing all over the poor rebel songs. As I said.... bang of benji unfortunately
Fintan o Toole a West Brit like all those RTE presenters.
@trollfinger What about the scars of the victims of the failed IRA campaign (1970 to 1997)?
@0Hanrahanrahanrahan well said!
pwnage from Fintan
you are joking right?
Its a crime to celebrate being irish now ! Up the rebels ! . God bless the boys of Kilmicheal etc . Too many west brits in this country
They made a lot of money out of the troubles..
West Brits trying to get a name for themselves....
Irish nationalist don't think so!
- you are a FG er or Labour (west brits)
Rte are a joke. This is a disgrace. Kenny and tubridy are apauling. Get out
I'm with Finatan O'Toole. I am an Irish Nationalist. I love Ireland. But c'mon people, Fintan is correct.
Agreed.
Republicanism has got more people killed than anything
@@tonyholohan2847 That's Imperialism you're thinking of donut.
@@tonyholohan2847 Compared to the British Army? Negligible
Any Irish people who have the most basic education are embarrassed by the Wolfe Tones.
The ones with the higher education love them but🤗🤗🤗
revisionism by leftists