Easter Rising in 8 Minutes - Manny Man Does History

Manny Man Does the Easter Rising in 8 minutes. It's a quick and easy way to get up to speed on what the Easter Rising was about, especially with the centenary in 2016! Of course it's eight minutes so not every single detail is in there but you get the general gist of what happened! Enjoy! Please share!

Written and created by JOHN D RUDDY @johndruddy
Illustrated, voiced and edited by JOHN D RUDDY @johndruddy

Enjoy! Please share!

[Jebbtube]

Given what I know now, it's ironic that France was facing a famine in the late 18th century when all they needed to do was start growing and eating potatoes, which they refused to do because they stubbornly believed that they were poisonous, even though the rest of Europe had learned that this wasn't true.
Ireland's potato famine is infamous now, but the irony that France could've saved themselves a revolution by growing a very simple crop is not lost on me.

[KelpyG]

God rest their brave souls.

"Believe that we too love freedom and desire it. To us it is more desirable than anything in the world. If you strike us down now, we shall rise again and renew the fight. You cannot conquer Ireland you cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom: if our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom then our children will win it with a better deed." Padraig Pearse

[alitamine]

Great Video Man, Ireland is Great Nation, GB suffered a huge Defeats, once there were great Leaders, Michael Collins, Pearse, Michael Davitt, It was the Best of what Ireland has given Birth, Sorry for your Mother Man, bless her with Prayers.

[meefour]

Well done, John Ruddy ! I just viewed  two of your video's Wild Atlantic Way and the Easter Uprising . they exhibit a very nice feel, and a quick look into the Irish experience. I'm an Irish New Yorker, but have visited Ireland 13 times in the past 16 years. Planning another visit for a family reunion so I was exploring the route to travel. Thanks for your wit and friendliness .

[Jim_]

The Conquest of Ireland arguably wasn’t fully completed until the Act of Union in 1800 when the Kingdom of Ireland (after centuries of constitutional and regime changes) was forcibly merged into the British state (though our civil service and courts remained separate, and we retained our legislative representatives). Those representatives forced to sit in London instead of Dublin, but went back to Ireland in 1919 and declared independence in a reconstituted Irish Parliament (copying the Hungarian walkout of the Austrian parliament in the 1860s).

European history is very complicated as you can imagine …

[rudyrodriguez]

I find Irish history fascinating. My grandfather was of Cork... Erin Go Brah!

[drhistory]

very sorry to hear about your loss
keep up the good work

[Firebrass]

Very sorry to hear your loss ;(. Keep up the phenomenal work.

[MrLlanllyfni]

An interesting film that tries to educate people about the power struggle at the root of modern Ireland. As a Welsh man it's crushing to see one of our closest neighbours, fellow Celts that have been through much of what the Irish have suffered, describing my country as England, with a huge great St. George's cross over it. For some reason i always expect the Irish to be more empathetic after what they've been through but time and time again i'm left wondering if they even know we exist. Another great example is the ferry ports in Ireland that receive ships from Wales; a welcome in many languages, just none in Welsh.

[takeahint]

Well done Ireland!



Love from Scotland!

[MikeDeloughry]

a lot of your videos deal with topics coming up in the junior cert, they're definitely a great help - they're better than the History textbooks!

[Gipsydanger]

my great grandpa fought in the rising and was put in jail for reasons unrelated to the rising (there were bullets in his back yard). He left for America in 1924 and met my great grandma when he got there. My great grandma was Scottish (she saw the scuttling of the German High Seas fleet) but I mostly like to dig into my Irish roots.

[pointly]

I missed your videos man! Keep them coming! Also my love and prayers to you and your family.

[coocah]

quick and simple, but full of info, great!

[robtoe]

I'm British so I've never really considered Ireland to be foreign. It surprised when I was younger to find out that roughly 2/3rds of Ireland was a separate country!

It's truly lamentable what occurred over the years to the people of Ireland, particularly as I consider them to be kin, - Cromwellian mass murder, starvation due to the allegiance to laissez-faire economic policy, and the civilian deaths during the numerous conflicts between unionists and separatists. As a humanitarian I hate to learn of such human suffering.

I know people of the Republic of Ireland likely won't agree with me nowadays, however I would very much rather Ireland be part of Britain and that Ireland have a devolved parliament; I don't see Ireland nor its people or culture as anymore different to me than another home nations', such as Cornwall, Wales, Scotland or southern England.

Regardless, I remain appreciative of Ireland and its people (such as Mr Ruddy here, as well as other internet and television personalities), folklore, and dare I say, accent :)

[IrishTechnicalThinker]

Great video brother but you forgot to mention, the UVF got their weapons into Ulster of Germany, via the assistance of the British army. The North of Ireland was then turned into a citizens army over night, by Carson.

[MCRAVENATOR]

stood up to the might of the British empire? I dunno i disagree with this as it seems just like they betrayed Britain in ww1 instead of waiting until the end of the war to become separate. however we don't know if that would have happened so ehh

[ReadmanJ]

The Silent Moment showing the rundown of executed was Chilling to the Bone & the dedication to your Mum had me at Tears. So sorry for your loss, but great work! Too bad I'm not in Ireland would love to see the show. are you planning on recording and relasing it for an international audience? Would pay for that for sure

[JuliusCheeser]

I'm sorry Mr.Ruddy for you're loss of you're mother may she rest in peace.

[MangoLassie]

I have to say attacking while Britain was at war - especially when they had agreed to talk about it more after the war - was a pretty scummy move.