Comhrá - Ruairí Ó Brádaigh interview on TG4

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Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, former Sinn Féin President and Chief-of-Staff of the Irish Republican Army, talks with Máirtín Tom Sheáinín about his life as a republican.

0:00 Sheáinín introduces the show and guest
0:45 Ó Brádaigh's family background
1:32 His introduction to Irish Republicanism
2:36 The Republican activities of his parents
4:48 The influence of Ó Brádaigh's stepfather Pádraig Ó Tuathaigh
6:33 Ó Brádaigh's teaching career
8:32 Involvement in electoral campaigns
8:57 His election to the Third Dáil while imprisoned
10:48 Escape from the Curragh internment camp
12:11 Ó Brádaigh's wife and family
14:08 IRA activities and the arms raid in Arborfield, England
18:54 Warrenpoint ambush and the killing of Mountbatten
22:29 Sinn Féin Poblachtach and the peace process
23:54 "Do you hate England?"
24:29 Sheáinín concludes the interview

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