Episode 47 - The Easter Rising Part 1: The Wolfe Tone

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🗓️ 22 April 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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On this episode we dive into some of the history that caused the 1916 Easter Rising like stealing Irish freedom with the Act of Union, extracting wealth, colonialism, and outright genocide. Support the Dogs For the Disabled charity: https://dogsfordisabled.ie Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy some merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/lions-led-by-donkeys-store Sources: Tim Pat Coogan. 1916: The Easter Rising

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0:15.6	By a lonely prison wall I heard a young girl call
0:19.0	they
0:25.0	Michael they have taken you away. For you stole Travalions Corn,
0:30.0	so the young might see the more now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.
0:40.0	L'L' Hey guys, it's Joe. In lay of recent events of what happened in Northern Ireland when a 29-year-old
0:50.9	journalist was killed in the line of duty. I was in the fence by
0:55.1	releasing these next two episodes on the 1916 Irish Easter Rising. I talked to a few
1:02.1	people and they told me I should go ahead and do it and after thinking
1:07.0	about it I agree.
1:08.8	So they'll be released on schedule.
1:11.8	The real IRA or a terrorist organization and one of the things that terrorist organizations like to do is try to warp history and events in their favor and And that's what they were trying to do with this
1:25.5	attack. When they tried to use the memory of 1916 and the Easter Rising for an uptick in distant Republican activity in Northern Ireland.
1:37.0	And as anybody who's listening to this show for more than an episode or two know that there's nothing I hate more than historical
1:45.2	or visionism and so that's why I will not let them do that. So I hope you enjoy these episodes know that if you find these
1:57.3	offensive or distasteful I. Both these episodes were recorded before the acts of the
2:08.3	real IRA and not with that in mind at all.
2:13.0	And I hope that this is the last time that one of our stories from a topic a hundred years ago
2:20.0	come back to face us here today. Thank you.
2:24.0	Hello!
2:26.0	Welcome to...
2:28.0	Don't you mock my intro?
2:30.0	Hello!
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