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Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

"It's not going to achieveanything." There was a momentum buildingthat politics would be a...

"It's not going to achieve
anything." There was a momentum building
that politics would be a far better way to bring about
a united Ireland

Full Transcript

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"It's not going to achieve anything."
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There was a momentum building that politics would be
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a far better way to bring about a united Ireland.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:24
Uploaded
Apr 17, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
Genres
documentary, history, war

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Movie Summary

Twenty-five years on from a peace agreement being reached, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland shares intimate, unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict.
S01 • E04 - It was a robbery. - It was a robbery. - Not an assassination? - No. - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:06
- It was a robbery. - It was a robbery. - Not an assassinati...
S01 • E02 We had no parents, - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:06
We had no parents,
S01 • E03 The torture must be called by its proper name. - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:06
The torture must be called by its proper name.
S01 • E01 We'd been brought in to stand in the middle, basically, - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:09
We'd been brought in to stand in the middle, basically,
S01 • E03 So must all forms of oppression - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:10
So must all forms of oppression
S01 • E02 Don't get me wrong, there was a lot of good people in the Divis Flats, - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:08
Don't get me wrong, there was a lot of good people in t...
S01 • E05 So it seemed to me - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:11
So it seemed to me
S01 • E02 They were scared of helping us because the IRA didn't agree - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:08
They were scared of helping us because the IRA didn't a...
S01 • E03 Behind the corrugated defences of the Maze prison, - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:09
Behind the corrugated defences of the Maze prison,
S01 • E01 At the start, there was a real, real tense situation because people - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:09
At the start, there was a real, real tense situation because...
S01 • E04 You see, this is why it was so important to keep - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:06
You see, this is why it was so important to keep
S01 • E05 [CAR HORNS TOOT] - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:16
[CAR HORNS TOOT]
S01 • E01 I mean, I'd never heard an English voice before The Troubles. - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:07
I mean, I'd never heard an English voice before The Tro...
S01 • E03 The IRA has phased the hunger strike to maximise pressure on the British. - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:06
The IRA has phased the hunger strike to maximise pressure on...
S01 • E04 Because you're not dealing with normal people, - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:06
Because you're not dealing with normal people,
S01 • E01 And I didn't know what the fuck they were saying. - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:06
And I didn't know what the fuck they were saying.
S01 • E03 As the hunger strikers near the critical stage, - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:08
As the hunger strikers near the critical stage,
S01 • E02 Squeeze, one, two, release, squeeze, one, two, release. - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:05
Squeeze, one, two, release, squeeze, one, two, release.
S01 • E04 And that sucked the life out of my mum, and out of our family. - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:07
And that sucked the life out of my mum, and out of our famil...
S01 • E01 ...all of a sudden, you see these wee women coming with trays of tea - Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland 00:12
...all of a sudden, you see these wee women coming with tray...