This Chanel is up there with the best if not the best…. Every single episode bang on the money without any bias opinion. Amazing work
@user-bn7ws2gi2j
2 ай бұрын
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@mentalmook206
2 ай бұрын
💯
@SarahHerron-f6z
Ай бұрын
Underplays the brutal interrogation that young lads from my area went through, against their human rights.. brutal!!!!
@MR-mc6rj
Ай бұрын
What did they think was going to happen ?? The Brits would give them a kiss & a cuddle. When the Provos interrogated people were they kind ?? Brutality bred brutality. I'm not excusing it, it's just reality.
@990drifter
2 ай бұрын
I'm around the same age as William and his explanation of growing up is spot on. I lived in a very much mixed community and like William when my best friend and I started school, for the very same reasons had to go our separate ways. As catholics the family, who we still keep in touch with today, some 50yrs earlier, had felt under so much pressure, left and moved to Canada. I was witness as a child to break down of the IRA ceasefire on 9th July 1972 and the beginning of the "Battle of Lenadoon". I also followed a similar path as William, but through the military and spent similar times in Newtownhamilton amongst others, probably rubbing shoulders with him, unknowingly. When I joined in 1981, I never thought for a minute that experience would have lasting into the new decade, but so thankful now that my children and grandchildren will never experience this. I too, like William was fortunate enough never to have fired a shot in anger, and as he said, very long periods of relative boredom. Great interview, great series.
@liamg1706
2 ай бұрын
Hard to make head nor tail of that story
@PedroLeodis
2 ай бұрын
@@liamg1706 Dude.
@WalterWhite-zs1zn
Ай бұрын
@@liamg1706go to school
@liamg1706
Ай бұрын
@@WalterWhite-zs1zn ok
@stuffthings3728
2 ай бұрын
It's was the murders in Derry that started it all. My father was a civil rights activists. His live was threatened numerous times.
@rasputin5746
Ай бұрын
How do Irish republicans feel about Sinn Feins open borders, pro mass immigration stance? Its a little nonsensical , to fight a ferocious struggle for a sovereign nation only to hand it over to globalism. I wonder how the old timers in the republican movement feel about Sinn Fein nowadays.
@tommyoconnor1224
Ай бұрын
Agree with you 100%, we're all in the same boat now, no matter what side of the divide we are on!!!
@Patrick-gf5xg
Ай бұрын
I'll never vote for them again. Going to the coronation? Brit boot lockers.
@davidnorden1972
Ай бұрын
Exactly. I've commented on this elsewhere. What was the point of the hundreds of years of intermittent armed struggle, only to allow yourself to be ethnically replaced with the cooperation of Sinn Fein and the Irish Government.
@dennishbergkamp
Ай бұрын
@@davidnorden1972 I live in a town in the Northwest. It's like the Streets of Philadelphia music video every time I go outside. I do my daily walk out of the town centre, past the bridge, and through a nice forested area. Every day if I pass 50 people about 5 or 6 aren't black or Muslim. Feels like I'm in a foreign country in my own country.
@jackietreehorn5561
Ай бұрын
@@rasputin5746 the top tier politicians in sinn Fein were always arch careerists and imo used the hunger strikers as a way to tap into the even moderate nationalists emotional attachment to gain political leverage.....
@deanlockwood6071
2 ай бұрын
Deserves more subs, always great guests.
@RosannaKerr-rt1gk
2 ай бұрын
Was looking forward to this one all week! Even popped off early from watching the France v Portugal match! Thank you, your podcasts are the “go to” for Irish history. Love it! Thank you from Anna in Belfast! Ps please get Toby harden on your podcast, bandit country is the best book
@l1854
2 ай бұрын
Brilliant read.
@marcthompson3390
2 ай бұрын
Another wonderful watch!! Love your channel, can't recommend it highly enough!! The book "SECRET VICTORY" by William Matchett is also a wonderful read. Thanks for another brilliant podcast..
@caseyaylward8853
2 ай бұрын
Another great interview. Keep em coming
@markhayler2754
Ай бұрын
Excellent interviews with excellent witnesses to events in the not too distant past. Looking ahead time wise they will be an invaluable source for those studying the history and events. As a retired SB Officer myself, albeit on the mainland, I recognize much of what this witness talks about. I have nothing but the highest regard and respect for the RUC guys who were under constant threat of discovery. I got to know some of them well. Our host on this show is amazing with his style of questioning to bring out the topics discussed.
@gelconnolly7216
2 ай бұрын
Love the school story, I had the same thing in Glasgow as a young child.
@owenhiggins8781
2 ай бұрын
Great content as always bud 👍
@henrylawson938
Ай бұрын
Once a policeman never a man.
@dowdallerno1
2 ай бұрын
William comes across well. However, I would be still very sceptical about the activities of Ruc special branch.
@bernarddeery
2 ай бұрын
Fair play to you William a bit of levity and truth that we had ignorance on both sides to history ! We had a chuckle at the realism of being a cop in that you never fired a shot in anger ! But on a serious note chatting to ex branch and RUC guys I know , they seen the absolute madness on both sides and became immune to taking any side ! But nice decent gentleman who was among the decent people ! God bless you William
@Lottiesbedtime
2 ай бұрын
To everyone who reads this comment, I think we should all share the link to the channel, there’s absolutely no way that the subscription should be so low especially looking at some of the content of other channels. All the hard work and dedication from @thegoodlisternerpodcast should be rewarded for such an amazing job he’s doing. Outstanding
@chanratt
15 күн бұрын
I was sitting in eglantine avenue in Belfast when the bomb went off at the forensic place in Beaver. I was a good few miles away. The dust from out ceiling came down and we thought the botanic inner the eglantine had been hit. That was some blast
@MrMollypockets
2 ай бұрын
Just to give you an idea of the Ruc, back in 1986 I was 14 years old and I was hit by an ordinary car as I was crossing a road in Derry. It was my fault, I didn't see the car coming. I was in total shock, lying on the road till an ambulance man brought me back to reality. Just so happened, the driver was an RUC man coming from Belfast on official business and making his way to "Fort George" which was the major British army base in Derry and only a short distance down the road I was lying on.He thought this was an "IRA hit" , he thought it was staged.I spent a week in hospital with serious injuries. If ,in his wildest dreams, it was a "hit" it would have been the first of its kind here and it would have been classed as a suicide attack by a 14 year old boy (IRA boy),,,,He got out of his car, looked at me and then ran off down the road. The RUC interviewed me in my hospital bed and officially charged me with "J Walking" and told me to appear at their station in two weeks time. I will never forget it, they agreed to drop the charge to just a warning if I promised to "never pull a stunt like that again",,,,,,Even as a 14 year old I thought it was crazy the way they behaved.
@Dhhhhj27
2 ай бұрын
I wonder how many did he beat a confession out of knowing they were innocent?
@speedster2464
2 ай бұрын
There is no offence of J walking in the UK, good try!
@matthewbarry376
2 ай бұрын
@@speedster2464that's the point
@RobBarr-qj8bi
2 ай бұрын
Is that right aye
@Policestate41
2 ай бұрын
J walking has never been a crime in the UK but it is a crime in the US nice try Walter mitty 😂😂😂😂
@melissabyrne8749
2 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@Patrick-gf5xg
Ай бұрын
Brilliant interview.
@markrgc5377
2 ай бұрын
Brilliant interview
@dalroache
2 ай бұрын
Film called 50 dead men walking great film about I formed I think it's loosely based on a true story I watched it on prime video etc...great 👍 interview stay blessed people
@dowdallerno1
Ай бұрын
@@dalroache it's based on Martin mcGartland, he does an interview with another podcast. You can make your own mind up about him.
@matthewmcgraw5541
Ай бұрын
@@dowdallerno1 got a link? or who it was with? TY
@dowdallerno1
Ай бұрын
@@matthewmcgraw5541 Trish Devlin is the journalist. She does a podcast.
@belfastpunk2
Ай бұрын
Marty mc gartland hooding rat i warned ra about
@barneymagee3285
2 ай бұрын
No such thing as a ‘Protestant school’….. there are state schools, officially for all , And there are schools that are controlled by the Roman Catholic Church ,( and funded by first, the Northern Ireland government , and later by the British government).
@barneymagee3285
2 ай бұрын
Apologies for nit picking….!
@jackietreehorn5561
9 күн бұрын
@@barneymagee3285 maybe in the 60s
@user-mf1xc3zb2t
Ай бұрын
Another version of the truth. Whats not being said?
@therealpaddy4687
2 ай бұрын
This is going to be good Don't miss this if you're interested in Irish boarder history.
@colmmurphy6749
2 ай бұрын
I’m glad this man seems to know his history! That’s a big plus in my books. He also seems genuinely a nice guy!
@melissabyrne8749
2 ай бұрын
Just my luck to start watch at 1.30😂
@Alif-dg6oz
2 ай бұрын
The british government and the ruc played both sides of the troubles. When deployed we regularly seen plain clothes from certain areas of police military and government in areas of conflict (as they labelled them) talking with people you would think they should not be talking to. Greatest pleasure I had was seeing a certain Paisley face down in the dirt beetroot in the face screaming do you know who I am, apparently we were in more trouble than we could handle. Still waiting on a reprimand or glass house the irate litrle man promised
@tommy-0791
Ай бұрын
( the good listener ) no disrespect to you young man, these RUC men are playing you like a fiddle. This sectarian police force was up to its knees. They all sing from the same hymn book. Enjoy trying getting any truth/information from them. Remember " say nothing" Good luck 👍
@eaomonn1215
Ай бұрын
😊
@luckylivingfree6273
2 ай бұрын
We haven’t gone away you know
@MrLorenzovanmatterho
2 ай бұрын
The RUC as a whole are heroes to a man but SB are the best of the best, bless them all.
@dowdallerno1
Ай бұрын
@@MrLorenzovanmatterho cool story bro👌👍🙄🤔
@Loren_Vosser
Ай бұрын
Lol keep telling yourself that they're a bunch of scumbags
@TheNinyo77
Ай бұрын
Which area of the war ,put these RUC animals into the hero bracket ??? The first child and first serving soldier where shot dead by the RUC in divis flats in 1969 !! THEY fired the first shots . The glenanne gang was nearly totally RUC members.
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