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  • 5/9/2025
In his tower-block apartment in New Lodge, Joe reenacts memories from his childhood amidst the “Troubles”. In this C | dG1fSTh3cm5PU1RvSVU
Transcript
00:00Oh Father, why are you so sad on this great Easter morn, when Irish men are proud and glad of a land where they were born?
00:19So what are we then? Nothing. How are we Irish if we have a British passport?
00:31You can be British or Irish. I have an Irish passport.
00:34I don't know why I'm British or Irish, I don't know why I'm Irish.
00:37So we Irish, you were born on this island, the island of Ireland.
00:41I threw my first fucking petrol phone when I was nine and a half. Nine and a fucking half.
00:49I didn't know us to fucking hear, to be out there fucking hijacking and pack a woman and this was roasting us.
00:59One thing I want rid of in my life is the pain and the hurt in the men that have hurt me.
01:06Three things. But I got her into one fucking sentence.
01:11Try and transplant me, I will not be moved. Try and poison me, I will not travel.
01:19How do you think you can be helped?
01:23I am sick and infestation. Pull me out, I'll rise again. Pull me out, I'll rise again.
01:33Pull me out, I'll rise again. Pull me out, I'll rise again.
01:35And the fittings will be the laughter of our children.
01:38Pull me out, I'll rise again.
01:42School tree.
01:44Logo tree.
02:02Layers.

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