Former Sinn Fèin president Gerry Adams speaks at Shane MacGowan’s funeral

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The Journal

7 ай бұрын

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@paulmooney5126 3 ай бұрын

Really lovely words.

@cq6754 7 ай бұрын

R.I.P. SHANE FROM CANADA 🙏🇨🇦🇮🇪☘️

@dennish4603 6 ай бұрын

Gerry, I may not have always agree with you......Thank You for this. Touches my Irish Heart.

@davedaly3863 7 ай бұрын

And never forgot the irish people he loved so much love you shane McGowan r.i.p.

@KatharinaK117 7 ай бұрын

Sinn Fein 👍

@patrickmccabe3786 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Gerry, beautiful words.RIP Shane ❤❤❤.

@treborsirrah7916 7 ай бұрын

Jean McConville RIP

@DarrenRafferty-hi1xo 6 ай бұрын

@@treborsirrah7916 ye are one sadcase lad.

@babaallen61 6 ай бұрын

@@treborsirrah7916 take it down from mast, irish traitor. U Free Staters have a government to be ashamed of, greasing their own palms

@user-yh3xm3zo9l 7 ай бұрын

Lovely said Gerry, he would be so proud of that,, bless u, ,,, god rest up Shane, a true fenian 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪👏👏👏👏

@A.Mardle 7 ай бұрын

Your tongue is so brown that it almost looks green...

@ononewheellad 7 ай бұрын

Adams is a disgrace to humankind. Should have tried as a war criminal. A pure monster.

@user-yh3xm3zo9l 7 ай бұрын

@@jimbandaSinn Fein, never mentioned that, but glad to hear that u recognise them ,,, or even better , respect them ,,,should I say, 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪😂😂😂

@wolvesaywe1155 7 ай бұрын

@@jimbanda Gerry Adams a traitor resist the second plantation

@dominicboyle8113 7 ай бұрын

Gerry, great speech, I salute you!

@blloodstone8762 7 ай бұрын

Fools us all. Rest well shane. you ment a lot to people who loved you, looked out for you, held you.

@Ddddddddfggghggbmjgbmi 6 ай бұрын

❤

@rubydawn1 7 ай бұрын

the best Xmas gift for the world the day Shane was born he was one of a kind

@ciaranwalsh2131 7 ай бұрын

Boys of the old brigade. Rest well shane

@shaneshankly4518 6 ай бұрын

ADAM'S set up the murders of countless brigade members

@dragomiruzelac2227 7 ай бұрын

Thank you Gerry for these beautiful words, thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️

@union310 7 ай бұрын

Better if spoke about the missing !

@treborsirrah7916 7 ай бұрын

Jean McConville RIP

@noryholzt-gibbons7123 7 ай бұрын

Did Gerry mention the missing ? No he is a murderer

@arthurgoodness7865 7 ай бұрын

@@noryholzt-gibbons7123why would he mention the missing at the funeral for Shane McGowan? Numpty.

@dragomiruzelac2227 7 ай бұрын

@@arthurgoodness7865 They are political trolls, just ignore them.

@ArchibaldRobinson 7 ай бұрын

“you are the measurer of our dreams”

@kellyeggers2720 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful. Thank you❤

@ppmppm7010 7 ай бұрын

There for all to see joy he gave to everyone

@MaryKelly-ji8ve 6 ай бұрын

Rest in peace shane , this tribute is heartwarming and well deserved ❤

@fatguytriestuff 6 ай бұрын

Lovely tribute !! ...ar dheis de go raibh a anam shane ...an honour to have you in tipperary gerry ...

@LeroyKinkade 7 ай бұрын

Great tribute, Farewell Shane MacGowan beautiful Man and Soul.

@gerarddonovan4145 7 ай бұрын

A heartfelt speech about his admiration for an honest and talented man RIP SHANE

@treborsirrah7916 7 ай бұрын

Jean McConville RIP

@babaallen61 6 ай бұрын

@@treborsirrah7916 God bless all who died under occupation. If your not here for Shane keep your bitterness

@informedchoice2249 7 ай бұрын

Given the crowd there perhaps we underestimate on our foreign so called mainland both the gravitas and impact, and the profound esteem in which Shane was held by his beloved and heartfelt fellow Irish.

@eamonnbarrett7995 7 ай бұрын

God bless, RIP Shane

@darioeolie 7 ай бұрын

Thank you Shane, you made me cry and you made me laugh. RIP from Sicily.

@user-ck7fo6wx6e 7 ай бұрын

Thank you Gerry..al true

@774CISCO 6 ай бұрын

Love from Australia.

@oldtomfool 7 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@ntokin 6 ай бұрын

RIP Shane... This guy left a good Irish mark Regards from Russia..

@jamesbradshaw3389 6 ай бұрын

Thank your words and very best wishes to you and your family

@terrymcparland2922 6 ай бұрын

Beautifully said the big effort ❤ we adore ireland and ireland only ❤️ xx

@jimkelly6184 7 ай бұрын

RIP legend 💚🇨🇮🇨🇮

@union310 7 ай бұрын

He was English mate, wrong flag

@Starryplough1916 7 ай бұрын

Shane said his only regret was not joining the IRA and contributing to the struggle! So I wouldn’t say he was English now 🤣

@union310 7 ай бұрын

@@Starryplough1916 oh the ira, those big brave men that killed innocent women and children so they could gain independence and be ran by the Germans in the EU ?

@patrickboyle6727 7 ай бұрын

@@union310😊 nice try

@union310 7 ай бұрын

@@patrickboyle6727 Absolute truth, southern ireland has sponged off the EU for years

@soul_in_balance6923 6 ай бұрын

The Irish people always seem to me like one huge family. Wonderful speech. R.I.P. 🇮🇪🙏🏼

@shredder9536 7 ай бұрын

Pray for Shane that he will get to heaven

@silverkitty2503 7 ай бұрын

He will he will take us all with him.

@scarletred8888 6 ай бұрын

Of course he will !

@Lukemacleary 6 ай бұрын

I think quite enough of us asked God to receive his soul, and I would think God would be quick to hear. Shane was no stranger to God and God was no stranger to Shane.

@user-gx9rj9dj5j 6 ай бұрын

Rest in peace from South Africa

@spaghettieast 6 ай бұрын

May God preserve Shane and Gerry Adams.

@gailday7636 7 ай бұрын

Real magic ♥️☘️

@damayantimukherjee7889 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Gerry, a great tribute to a great man. RIP Shane 😢

@vjc2270 6 ай бұрын

So moving, so appropriate. Crying my eyes out in Tasmania, Australia. Vale Shane MacGowan - thank you for providing the soundtrack to the best years of my life. 🙏😞

@juliemcaleese5921 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely love from Australia 💚🍀

@juliemcaleese5921 4 ай бұрын

Amazing human being 💚🍀💚💚

@YGELLYPIKER 6 ай бұрын

Gerry’s done a few funerals over the years Top man for an important job RIP Shane

@TheBenzer9 7 ай бұрын

A curse upon you oliver Cromwell...

@rhiannonodonnabhain890 7 ай бұрын

Thank you….

@caitlinoconnell9883 6 ай бұрын

Gerry's voice really is like a fine whiskey! RIP, Shane

@Restrodsworth 6 ай бұрын

You spelt ear cancer wrong.

@BillyBob-yb5ht 6 ай бұрын

I’m sure Tim Parry’s parents and Gene McConville’s children will agree. You hapless clown FFS.

@athena2755 6 ай бұрын

Found the prod @@Restrodsworth

@vincentbrannelly8786 6 ай бұрын

is it spelt Retrodsworth

@zzzzzxcvhjiiiibbbb 6 ай бұрын

Sinn fein support FF FG GREENS EU

@jasontimperley9199 6 ай бұрын

Shane did not care where you came from. He lifted all of us.

@skadforlife3817 7 ай бұрын

R.I.P Shane ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿❤️🕴🕊 🇮🇪 Erin gó bragh

@leannecampbell4551 7 ай бұрын

He was English for crying out loud! Erin Go Bragh has no meaning here! 👍

@hughneek12 7 ай бұрын

No, he was born in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, where he is now being buried. He was brought up in London.

@docholiday-lm4vf 7 ай бұрын

@lean what 😂😂😂😂😂 what planet are you from??? Hee as irish as the come.

@skadforlife3817 7 ай бұрын

@@leannecampbell4551 🤡

@callu947 7 ай бұрын

@@leannecampbell4551 does Erin go bragh upset you that much?

@kevinharkins1022 7 ай бұрын

Thank you Gerry ,spoke with sincerity of a lovely Irish brother.🇮🇪☘️🙏

@union310 7 ай бұрын

He was English

@Starryplough1916 7 ай бұрын

@@union310such a salty hun 🤣

@mci6830 7 ай бұрын

Gerry real Irish brother loved all children.

@ononewheellad 7 ай бұрын

@@mci6830 Get a grip. A pariah of Ireland, worst enemy in fact. Commanded a bunch of sectarian thugs, not sure whet you live but the dogs on the streets and all that.

@mci6830 7 ай бұрын

@@ononewheellad I can only assume you are nuts and / or you have no idea what his brother was.

@jameshealy2947 7 ай бұрын

FFS Gerry .

@hator55 7 ай бұрын

Rip❤

@juliemcaleese5921 5 ай бұрын

Beautifully said 🍀💚

@Feathers10000 6 ай бұрын

RIP from Corsica......

@nialld2638 7 ай бұрын

You know you’re a real g when Gerry Adams gives you an oration at your funeral

@user-bx6wg4wi2t 7 ай бұрын

Somebody needs a history lesson

@blloodstone8762 7 ай бұрын

Im sure he was asked

@treborsirrah7916 7 ай бұрын

Jean McConville RIP

@nialld2638 7 ай бұрын

@@user-bh8vw2fj9i absolutely not

@nialld2638 7 ай бұрын

@@user-bx6wg4wi2t on what exactly ?

@Utube74674 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful words

@Cacbo774 7 ай бұрын

Thank you Gerry for these noble words to another brave and genuine Irishman of our time. He stood by us in Ulad.

@treborsirrah7916 6 ай бұрын

Jean McConville RIP

@user-cg6kc1ie3l 6 ай бұрын

So beautiful!

@Macca-rb5ok 6 ай бұрын

Well said, Gerry.

@StevenBewley-uw5id 5 ай бұрын

Life begins at 40 I'm 63.

@jtrouble75 7 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@thomaswillans4085 7 ай бұрын

Remember when his words were spoken by an actor on the news?

@justinneill5003 7 ай бұрын

I remember that well, I think it was during Thatcher's time. They were afraid that his voice made the British politicians sound weak and insipid by comparison.

@A.Mardle 7 ай бұрын

The actor was always more articulate.

@StuartSimms-gj5ui 7 ай бұрын

And the man was never Provo quarter master.when 10 comrade's died longkesh. That's lived healthy 40yrs that's the man..

@user-bp6zt6dg7o 7 ай бұрын

What r u all talking about bringing politices in 2 this its the great Shane mac gowns funeral R.I.P he was 1 of Shane's best friends. Do u understand the meaning of a funeral I don't think so look it up in the dictionary u morans

@justinneill5003 7 ай бұрын

@@user-bp6zt6dg7o OK calm down, this is a video clip, we are not at the actual funeral. I wasn't the one who brought up the Gerry Adams voice-overs. Gerry himself paid tribute to Shane's support for the north and his pride in Tipperary's part in the struggle for independence; should we censor that? Respect to Shane, RIP 🙏and may God comfort his loved ones.

@terrymcparland2922 7 ай бұрын

❤❤

@sheilaomalley5369 7 ай бұрын

How beautiful,

@KieranDacey 7 ай бұрын

❤️

@user-fl3ho1dk7f 7 ай бұрын

Shane R.l.P 😢😢

@juliemcaleese5921 4 ай бұрын

Love you shane 💓

@peligoch9042 7 ай бұрын

le jour est venu

@tommorrissey5023 6 ай бұрын

Grear words gerry well said 👏👏👏🇮🇪🇮🇪☘☘☘

@shaneshankly4518 6 ай бұрын

Words from a British agent and an enemy of Ireland

@seanmacliamwilliams4567 7 ай бұрын

CÒN MAN

@lavinasharp9102 5 ай бұрын

When do the tears go , back to the love that made them to Shane ,❤❤❤

@thomasduff7249 7 ай бұрын

Thank you gerry

@tonymoroc 7 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤

@user-yi5yx5rx2c 6 ай бұрын

RIP,deepest condolences to Shane’s family,long live Shane’s music 👏👏👏👏👏👏

@leontab8320 5 ай бұрын

God bless you Shane xx

@kathleenkeane4364 7 ай бұрын

No one Irish Man, Thanks Gerry, great words.Rip Shane.

@joejackson6453 7 ай бұрын

🙏🏽

@user-im3ou5pe5y 6 ай бұрын

RIP from New Zealand

@najdaraj9420 7 ай бұрын

The great Gerry Adams' beautiful words for the great poet departed, Shane MacGowan rest in peace, your songs will last forever!

@jameshealy2947 7 ай бұрын

Never knew Shane was the poster boy for Sinn Fein. Must have missed that growing up during the troubles.

@written12 7 ай бұрын

@@jameshealy2947exactly.

@derekoshaughnessy9809 7 ай бұрын

@@jameshealy2947the great gerry adams, the amount of blood on this mans hands in working class areas of the uk. Probably a nonce like his brother

@ononewheellad 7 ай бұрын

Gerry Adams is a few things, but by Christ, Great is never one of them.

@babaallen61 6 ай бұрын

@@jameshealy2947 Where u ever at a pogues gig in London in the 80's. Us Antrim men needed Shane, the rubbish we put up with. U prob think Bono spoke for us😂

@starmersbarber 7 ай бұрын

Magnificent. Thank you Gerry.

@badgirl-67 6 ай бұрын

Wonderful goodbye for ♡Shane🕯🖤RIP🖤🕯

@philiphopper3501 4 ай бұрын

"The measurer of our dreams". Well said Gerry.

@pianowoman2529 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful.

@tuffgonggbUNCTION 6 ай бұрын

SOULJAH

@Me-cq6kd 7 ай бұрын

I was never in the RA

@arthurgoodness7865 7 ай бұрын

Who accused you of being in the IRA? The war is over. You should be ok.

@Me-cq6kd 6 ай бұрын

@@arthurgoodness7865 war you mean conflict.. Ireland's war now is the Trojan horse

@SceneandCrime 7 ай бұрын

Beautifully said 💚

@AR-dn6kh 7 ай бұрын

Remember gerry Adams was voiced by an actor on the news during the 80s and 90s 😂😂

@shaneshankly4518 6 ай бұрын

Now gets the red carpet after his tireless work as a British agent and an anti Irish globalist

@gailday7636 7 ай бұрын

Brilliant song writer❤

@phil2003ashleigh 7 ай бұрын

Never ever heard a Gerry Adam’s song ?

@gandravgodra6522 6 ай бұрын

👍

@vincentbrannelly8786 6 ай бұрын

Says it all . A man you dont meet everyday .

@Ard.cfc90 6 ай бұрын

Gerry has a way with words, just like his friend Shane ❤

@kittymaher9395 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful tribute 🙏

@kenshields7922 7 ай бұрын

roll on 2024

@StevenBewley-uw5id 5 ай бұрын

Let Morticia know don't know how many years it took me to sober up, "change clothes", jay z.

@gerrymatthews1258 7 ай бұрын

Well said Gerry Rip Shane

@zzzzzxcvhjiiiibbbb 7 ай бұрын

Yes RIP 🙏 Shane and rip SF cause sinn fein not fighting for Irish people like Shane did

@babaallen61 6 ай бұрын

@@zzzzzxcvhjiiiibbbb Go read some history you free stater, take her down from the mast. Go vote finn Gael

@zzzzzxcvhjiiiibbbb 6 ай бұрын

@@babaallen61 have you brain damage. SF means ourselves . Learn read S F policies

@zzzzzxcvhjiiiibbbb 6 ай бұрын

@@babaallen61 SF anti Catholic and pro globalists EU UN . Google their policies. Mate

@cooldaddy2877 7 ай бұрын

RIP. The Journal...why have you got the fada the wrong way around?

@SPIDERM0OSE 6 ай бұрын

A wee piece of Ireland, a wee piece of Irish character died with Shane. Good lad MacGowan, yer gonna be missed.

@swayno7154 6 ай бұрын

❤️🇮🇪

@StevenBewley-uw5id 5 ай бұрын

Guess who's back you all got my money.

@davedaly3863 7 ай бұрын

Shane you never forgot the irish people you love so much not like the scumbags in the dail

@df289 7 ай бұрын

traitor

@janetclaireSays 7 ай бұрын

Lovely tribute by Gerry Adams.

@simonholt815 6 ай бұрын

Gerry a murdering clown

@0pieamii 6 ай бұрын

dreamers of dreams

@ukman9797 7 ай бұрын

As an English man. I may not agree with your politics. But i admire you as a human being and your compassion and what you beleive in. Shane was an extraordinary human being doing what he believed. God bless shane, god bless Ireland.

@docholiday-lm4vf 7 ай бұрын

You may not agree but he was absolutely correct in fighting back. As an English man you simply have no idea what its like growing up in a country that was invaded by another nation. It was horrible, the British invaded, murdered and took control of ireland. The British army bullued ys as kids like you could never imagine.

@danwebb4418 7 ай бұрын

And now some of them Brits want to claim our Shane as english, well I tell you this Shane was 100% Irish, and proud to be Irish..Up Tipperary..

@ononewheellad 7 ай бұрын

@@docholiday-lm4vf You should research a bit of history. You know that Republican death squads killed more innocent RCs than the Loyalists, Police & Army combined. So it’s a bit rich to post what you did. Ask the disappeared families, the Jean McConvilles etc, the family of Patsy Gillespie, Garda McaCabe Austin Stack etc. They might just give you a different account. But you won’t want to hear it I bet. All just expendable.

@hkpr-ro6ui 6 ай бұрын

@@danwebb4418Sectarian to the end. Oddball.

@Gofar1898 6 ай бұрын

@@docholiday-lm4vfwell said mo chara..

@linakikilaite5509 6 ай бұрын

Jesus bless him too rest😢

@StevenBewley-uw5id 5 ай бұрын

My rent boys and prostitutes don't have nothing good to say about me, do they pay me.

@Profile451 7 ай бұрын

0:22

@deirdrekelly9746 7 ай бұрын

Well done ,lovely few words .RIP Shane, Hate to add but no mention of Gerry on RTE, nothing strange there tho

@arthurgoodness7865 7 ай бұрын

Why would RTE need to mention Gerry? It wasn’t his funeral. Did they name every other person who was involved in the Service except Gerry?

@deirdrekelly9746 7 ай бұрын

Well they certainly mentioned plenty of others who participated in the service so why not mention his good friend Gerry

@arthurgoodness7865 7 ай бұрын

@@deirdrekelly9746 RTE News broadcasted the funeral, including Gerry’s contribution. This was Shane’s funeral, not a SF Party Political Broadcast. Get over it.

@charlesdoherty104 7 ай бұрын

⁠yes indeed no surprise, Free State broadcasting

@A.Mardle 7 ай бұрын

Perhaps they think he's a hasbeen and a tout. Or maybe the New Guard have banned him.