The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds - 141 - John Boyle O’Reilly and the Irish Escape (live)

Episode Date: December 23, 2015

Comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds are joined by Australian Justin Hamilton to discuss the Fenian escape from Australia. SOURCES TOUR DATES REDBUBBLE MERCH

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podcast in Adelaide. Would you please put your hands together and make some noise for the stars of the dollop. Dave, Anthony and Gareth Reynolds! Adelaide! Celebrate! Adelaide! Celebrate! Hey, hey, whoa! We're good!

We could be! We're good! That was uh... But again the last the second half of the last two-thirds is where it gets. Um, so today... Thank you! I came out of a ladies vagina a long time ago! Fuck yeah!

Yeah on this day! Yeah! Right out of the vagina! And then later you came in one! I did! It's full circle! Yeah, unbelievable. It's like the Lion King but... Yep.

I guess it's like the Lion King actually. Ladies and gentlemen, Justin Hamilton! Please, Hamo, don't hurt him! Hey, I got a balloon! Yeah! Should we get some sandbags so he doesn't... He walked four miles today! It's my birthday!

I don't want him to float away! Yep, fuck yeah, that's like a big old gay disco balloon. I was actually gonna get about 50 more but I was scared we'd turn into a live version of UP. Anyway, I have my glasses. I don't know what he said. Extra live version? It was some classic Adelaide polite heckling. Oh, fair.

I haven't seen much of your city except for that mile. It's a good mile though. Yeah, it's a fucking cracking mile. I've seen it a couple times. Yeah. My favorite thing was walking past a shop that was closed and on the outside there was a sign that said we will be closed this weekend. I'll be in the hospital. Yeah, everyone in Adelaide went oh, Gary!

Okay, no worries. It's Gareth. Oh, sorry. Oh, my bad. Sorry. That's okay. Yeah. I don't know.

You guys, there was a whole... There was a whole inside of you that just was like, thank you, I don't know where I'm at with the name anymore. It wouldn't be a... I used to have one. It wouldn't be a live dollop without a Gary Chan. Even like three years from now people are gonna be like, Gary, Gary. No, but there have been a couple of those where there's like nine strong and then a bunch of people are like, what's happening? What are we doing?

I don't care. I think it was in my dream, but... What? You had a dream? Yep. June 28th, 1844! By the way, if you don't know, we'll be doing stand-up after the show at the Rhino Room. Yeah.

Tickets are still available. What's up, girl? That's a super weird start. We're gonna start in Ireland. Oh, are we? John Boyle O'Reilly. He was Irish? Yep.

John Boyle O'Reilly. Yeah, that's shocking. It is shocking. Wow. He sounds very Polish. Yeah. Yeah. He's born in Ireland four miles above the town of Droghida.

What, in the air? Yeah. Like, he's on the Gulliver's Travel Cloud? Yeah. I don't know what happened. It was like... Hey! Hey!

I shouldn't have hopped on her stomach. He'll be back. They're always back. They're always come back. Checking the time. Uh, he was born in Douth Castle. Right now, there's some guy in Ireland going, It's not fucking Douth!

John's father, William David O'Reilly, was the headmaster at the Netterville Institution that was built on the grounds of the Douth Castle. The Neverville? The Netterville. Netterville. Okay. Nice. Both the John's parents were known for their literary talent.

His mother, Eliza, was very intelligent and hospitable, although they had five daughters and three sons, all of whom showed poetic qualities. Wow. That was a big fun around Christmas time. Yeah. Just sitting around, writing fucking haikus. I'm so cold and depressed.

Well, they also were like, Well, when we're retired, they'll take care of us. Yeah. Lot of money in poetry. Just all... Yeah. Kids like classic kids fighting. My poetry's better than yours.

My poetry's... I'm gonna wrap this up in there. We've done our best. We've done our best. There's some ups and downs, the glasses. John had the most poetic talent. Okay. From a young age,

he was known to be a brave and good-humored boy. He wasn't easy to anger. Having a good education, he left home at the age of 11 to be an apprentice. 11. I don't know what happened back then. I mean, that's a child. Yeah.

And he's like, So long, mom and dad. I've learned how to add. And then off he fucking went. Yeah. How's that? And rhyme. Yeah.

He can add on rhyme. Like I said, he's a poet. Yeah. Everything he says. A poet. A poet. A poet. Right.

A poet. Thank you. He's good at poetry. Because he did poetry. Yeah. He became an apprentice in the printing office of a local paper. The money he earned was given to his family.

So this is slavery. Yeah. Sure. Right. A little bit of child slavery. Sure. Yeah. Listen, but you like your clothes, right?

I do. You do like my clothes. Same shit. After four years, the owner of the paper died. And that was the end of the apprenticeship. Well, he was 17. It was time. No, he's 15.

Yeah. Jesus. Yeah. I'm talking about the head of the printer. Yeah. Mine was a joke. Oh, you were making a joke about the age of the guy. Yes.

People died young. Go ahead. He was a poet. As you were. Take a dramatic sip. Oh boy. That is dramatic. That is...

An uncle of his was the captain of a ship. And when he came to town, he offered to take John to Preston to visit his aunt. Is that his aunt? Yeah. Do you know what I mean? No. Like, because you come here and you meet your aunt. Do you know what I mean?

No. On Friday night, she's usually at the bar having a drink. Do you know what I mean? You know, you're fucking her. I hear you. Step my aunt. I like you. She's a big drinking champagne.

Are you talking about the kind of aunt that blows you by a dumpster? Well, not necessarily by a dumpster. I'll tell you what, in dirty dumpsters, there's a lot of ants. Yeah. Easy to get your...anyway. Oh. Yeah, dirty dumpster I saw was a whole different movie. Yeah.

Yeah. So, Beau's about bottoms. It was more of a Tony Abbott thing. Right. Yeah. Local. That joke sort of hit like it was in Parliament a little bit. It was very divided.

Yep. There's some people in this audience who are huge Tony Abbott supporters. Oh, they were confused. You're having going in an Australian and then halfway through they remembered it was Tony Abbott and it doesn't quite count because he's half-man, half-lizard. So, that's a fact. Like, that's a fact. No, I agree.

We all know that, don't we, Australia, right? Yeah. Well, who else eats onions? Right. Just a fucking raw onion, a lizard person. Yeah. Reptilians. Yeah.

John took the invitation to visit his aunt and soon found himself working at The Guardian where he eventually became a reporter. Preston was a big Catholic city with a large Irish population. That's weird. It was originally called Priest Town. Jesus Christ. Holy fuck. Yeah.

Do not want to go there. Yeah. Keep your eyes on the suns. Let's party right up until 6 p.m. Right? Yeah. When the lights go down, the boys scatter. Yeah.

Run! Run, boys! Run! Run! Go back to the sky where you were born. Add it up to here with you, sky boys. No, Johnny, don't go in there. It's Priest Town.

Get your ass already. You go in a boy and come out a man. I've got to be honest, I enjoyed the creep of that one. You could also come in a boy and then just go out a man. Fucking Priest Town. Here after coming to Preston, he joined the 11th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers. So now he's like 16. 16 and handling rifles.

Yeah. That aren't priest dicks. He was an enthusiastic soldier. After three and a half years, his father ordered him home. His apprenticeship at the Guardian had ended and it was time to get a job at an Irish paper. Sure. Right? Yes.

When in Preston surrounding... The Petotian. Oh, the Petotian. Petotian. So when he was in Preston, being surrounded by a bunch of Irishmen, he became obsessed with the idea of revolution in Ireland. He dreamed of making his country free. Oh boy.

Not good. It's not going to end well. The Finian movement. Oh no, we're back? Wow. They're everywhere. How the fuck did I just find out about these dudes two months ago and all they've tried to do is take over nations?

Yeah. Well, that might have been, if you haven't heard the past month's episode, you didn't do your homework. There's a lot of Finian stuff happening. Yeah. I did that episode because we're going to do this episode. That's a shame. What?

Nothing. The Finian movement was a fraternal, by the way, people giving me shit for fucking not pronouncing Finian online and then I send them a link to the Oxford Dictionary sounding it out and they still say I'm wrong, want to kill people. Yeah. No, no, no. These Adelaide people are the people to explain this to because we're the only place in Australia that pronounces Lego correctly.

So that's... Right. But how do you pronounce it? Lego. Like correctly. That's how we pronounce it. Yeah. L-A-G-O.

Yeah. L-A-Y-G-O. Right. Exactly. With a little hyphen. Yeah. Yeah. Perfect.

Yeah. You know how I feel about a little hyphen? You've always loved a little hyphen. Just in the middle. Between the lay and the guy. That's what you used to do stand-up under, just in the middle. Yeah. Right.

Yeah. On the little hyphen. When your ventriloquist act. Yeah. Just in the middle, a little hyphen. Yeah. Just in the middle of the two hours and get a folks. Thank you very much.

What are you? Here they come. Wow. That is. Beers. How about that guy? Okay. Thank you.

Someone's a fucking champion. Yeah. Now that's a heckle. Yeah. That's a heckle. And in about half an hour's time, when this becomes incomprehensible, blame him. Yeah. And then come watch the stand-up show.

Then blame us. So, the Finian movement was a fraternal organization dedicated to the establishment of an independent Irish Republic. In the 1860s, Ireland was considered pacified. This was the case because millions had died in the potato famine. There were just fewer people to be discontented. That's how you do it. Thin the herd.

Yeah. Thin them. Via the potato. But the Finians were still planning a revolution. One. I mean, of course. Yeah. Oh, they don't stop.

All they did. Yeah. One way they went about this was being trained as soldiers. They did this by joining the British Army. In 1860, more than 30% of the British Army were Irishmen. John O'Reilly became one of those men when he enlisted in May 1863. At the same time, because his true objective was to overthrow the British government, he was committing an act of treason.

It sounds treasonous. The penalty for treason was death. That sounds fucking rough. This could end on the first page. It's harsh. Well, you have, like, way more pages, so there's no way... They're all black. Like, reading off an iPad, you could make that...

Well, I don't know about that. Well, you know for sure. No, it's... They could all be the same page. What's happening? What? Huh? Irish clovers.

But once the British figured out what was going on, they realized they had an Irish problem. If that... An Irish problem. Yep. The Irish problem. Yeah. If that many soldiers were Irishmen, then sentencing guilty Finians to death might have terrible consequences. Meanwhile, 19-year-old John began trying to recruit Irish soldiers into the ranks of Finians.

19. Yep. And he was good at it because John had a certain something about him. Sure. He was good with poetry. Yeah. Yeah. He was great with poetums.

A personal magnetism that attracted his fellow man to the cause. He was called the Life of the Barracks. The Life of the Barracks. Man, you want to be that gay. Fuck. The Life of the Barracks. MVP of the Barracks. Come on.

Shit. Everything that goes down in the Barracks. Fuck yeah. Fuck, man. Barrackers. Top bunk. Man, he's crazy. Sometimes bottom.

Sometimes neither. He doesn't give a fuck. Yeah, this dude. He's the MVP of the Barracks. This dude's fucking nuts. He's just drinking potatoes by the fucking gallon. Eating potatoes, drinking them. He doesn't care.

Dude. Stepping him up. He's asked for a slow release. That's what he's doing. One time. One time. Just one time. One time.

But that's why he's the MVP of the Barracks. That's why he's unpredictable and we love him. Good guy. Good poet. John puts another potato in his ass. Every time he does it, all the Barracks just laugh and laugh. How does he do it every time? He reinvents himself over and over again.

It's like cop release. Well, then he shoots it across the room. And he screams, I'm an Irishman. There's also a model soldier quick to learn and always following the rules while singing treasonable songs and ballads in the Barracks. I mean, a tell, right? Yeah. That's a giveaway.

I feel like if you're singing songs about treason in the Barracks of the Army that, yes, it's bad. I don't want to say anything, but I think one of the people here might be thinking of committing treason. They fucked a British, they're the fucking worst. Oh, fucking get them, they'll fucking die. Every fucking time. What?

This is the British army there. Hey, I was just humming this fucking song. Bro, it's stuck in my fucking head. What do you want? British or pompous, I will slit their throats. I will slit their throats for motor Ireland. Motor Ireland, you motherfucking kill the Brits. Cause I'm fucking hate the Brits.

I'm only here to kill the Brits. Here to kill the Brits. What's happening with it? Are you seriously giving the Hill Hitler wrong? The fuck? Wait, did we get a, did we get a Hitler? Not only one, I felt like it was a press conference and I looked at it and he's going like this. Wait.

That's the problem with sitting in the front row. You can't see behind you. You're the only one. Wait, he's trying to lead from the front. He's made a terrible mistake. You're in the first strike. Get in the third. Yeah.

It's all right. How did you come up with Hitler? Yeah. It's Adolf Hipster. Don't worry about him. He's just determined that we're going to drink coffee on time. Can't believe we're here with Adolf Hipster. The British government sent spies in amongst the soldiers to investigate how the far the Finians had spread.

One of those was had. The Finians had spread. Oh yeah. They are a herpy. Keep going. One of those was head constable Talbot, Talbot was said to have converted many soldiers to the Finian cause himself while betraying them all to the government. So he is. Yes.

Explain. Okay. So he's recruiting guys. Yes. And then fucking them over. You know, you should be a Finian with us. We're going to fuck the government. Okay.

You like to be a Finian? He's a Finian. Wait. No. What the fuck? I just said. Fucking cunt. You recruited me, dude.

What the fuck? Huh? You just recruited me. What's that? Fuck you, man. I wish I never came over here. Talbot was said to have converted many of them all the while betraying them to the government. He would later be shot dead on a Dublin street.

That's how I want to go. That's how, that's what happens when you, you know. What? When you fuck guys over. They, you get killed in Dublin. Yeah. That's how you want to go. You want to get shot on the street.

In Dublin. In Dublin. Yeah. Not anywhere. Not anywhere. Fuck. In Dublin. After fucking over people.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I want to go on a betrayal shoot in the streets of Dublin. I always have. Yeah. Since a boy. That's why this is so gratifying.

This has been a dream for a long time. Yeah. This is bucket list stuff. Yeah. Whereabouts on the bucket list is it? Very high. Right. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. What is it? What is it? Am I right? Yeah. Fuck a knife, mate. Nothing.

Yeah. Uh. On September 15th, the hammer dropped. The Irish people newspaper was seized. The editors were arrested. This was one of the hearts of the movement. From there, they found letters from soldiers to other soldiers. None of the letters had been destroyed.

The government had all they needed and a rest began. Soon, it was John O'Reilly's turn. Oh boy. They pushed him to inform, but he would not. In his cell, he wrote poetry. Of course. Yeah. He was a poet.

Yeah. No. He was big in the poetisms. Yeah. Huge. Yeah. Sometimes on paper and sometimes on the walls of his cell using a nail. Well, go with paper always in that situation.

Yeah. I mean, let's think long term. Yeah. There. The poems are just about how fucking horrible it is to do that in a comic. How horrible it is to do that in a concrete. Yeah. Fuck me, Hans.

How this takes forever. Fucking it's done. That poem is an H. He was charged with mutiny. Several soldiers testified against him. O'Reilly was convicted of mutiny and sentenced to 20 years in prison. All the Finian soldiers were branded with the letter D for deserter on their chests. He should totally do an F.

Like for Finian? Yeah. Dublin. Fucking love it. Right. Are you a deserter? No, absolutely not. Fucking country pride, mate.

Right. Over my no fucking way. What's the D for? Dublin. Oh, right. Yeah. Dublin or nothing. No sleep though, Dublin.

90% Dublin. Or Hipple. O'Reilly was then marched through the streets and two other convicted Finians with him chained together. So they just marked him to the street so people would throw shit at him. Yeah. It was like a giant Lucky Choms. Yeah.

That's what it was. They were then shipped to England where they were put in solitary confinement as they waited the severe physical punishment that had been given as part of their sentences. Severe physical punishment. 10 burpees, followed by 10 star jobs, then run around for a mile. We want you to walk a mile to the gym. Yeah. Go to the gym.

Walk a mile home. Realize you forgot your glasses. Go back up to the gym. And then come back. And then hop on one leg for about five minutes. That's enough now, lad. In their cells, the prisoners communicate with each other by tapping on pipes. I said Gary.

Gary. It's fucking Gareth. That's fucking time. Yeah, but it takes longer to tap out the Gareth. So I'm doing Gary. Fuck you. You tapped it. It takes longer to tight.

Tap by fucking saying that. So that's way fucking longer than it would just take to say fucking Gareth, you fucking asshole. Fuck you, motherfucker. Hey, can you keep it down in the door next door? I'm trying to drink scotch. Oh, shit. We woke up Mickey.

Oh, Mickey. Oh, fuckin' Mickey, man. So they're tapping on the pipes and they serve their time in solitary confinement. The three were then chained together again and marched back through the city to another prison. They have weird rules in... Yeah. The other were put in cells which just received ventilation from where the bathrooms were.

Wow. That's like when you sit on the plane in the last row. Yeah. Good boy. It's a little bit worse. Nah, it sounds like the exact same thing you can't recline. It's hell on earth. Yeah.

It's like a prison. It really is. It is like a prison. Oh. So bullshit. Yeah. You can sit there for an hour. Oh.

It takes ages for the cart to come down. It's just like prison. It's prison. It's prison. Yeah. I can relate to... Yeah. I feel like we've done hard time on flights.

God damn it. Yeah. Fuckin' nice. And long it takes to get here. Kwanis. It's trapped in the 70s. Yeah. I feel like the guys who were in prison cells right next to the shit rooms had it worse

than your little flights. Wow. I guess we're saying potato, potato on this one, Dave. I don't know what to tell you. They then tried to escape but were caught and they were sent to Portsmouth. Where the worst prisoners were sent. They tried to escape again and were caught again. And then they got bread and water for a month.

At some point there's going to be nothing for them to lose anymore. No meat. They were then sent to Dartmoor Prison which was the worst prison in England. Okay. One of them died the day he was released. The other lived a life. That's fucking tough. Yeah.

It was too much for them. What am I going to do? I've got all these options. I've got a lot of stuff planned for my fucking live train. The other one lived a life of endless pain. Okay. That's all we got on him? Yeah.

That's all we got. Didn't get a memoir. We just got his diary and it was like, dear diary. Endless pain. Oh, it fucking hurts again. June 30th. Diary. It's just endless.

Endless pain. To be ouch, to be ouch, to be ouch. Even putting the potato up my ass does not help. And that's just crossed out. Endless pain. The food at Dartmoor Prison was so bad that the prisoners ate candles. Whoa. That's bad.

Wow. That's bad. When you are thinking I would prefer a waxy diet, that is. That's what threw me up. Eat candles? It's a light cuisine. That's what it is. It really is.

I'm gluten free, so I'm only doing candles. And I don't eat the wick. No wicks. No wicks. I'm candy carbs. That's where it is. They drank boot oil. But wait, I think we still...

What the fuck? I'm still getting over the candles. Right. Boot oil? Like you grease up your boots? Yeah, fuck yeah. Oh man, if you're going to eat candles, you can knock them back with some boot juice. I mean, the wax is very thick.

You have to have something to break it down. Boot oil. Okay, it's very filling. Yeah, you've been to a boot juice before Love a good boot juice. I'm always at the boot juice. Yeah. Yeah, I always I love a kale boo. Yeah I had a smoothie boot. Yeah, a smoothie booty a movie. Yeah a booty. Yeah Prison officials then gave the prison candles a horrible odor to prevent them from being eaten. Oh Well, then why would you even lay them?

That's like a fucking weird Christmas novelty candle. Hey, man, it's a shit candle. Yeah, I love you, man Respect spec bro, that's what teach you for eating the candles you fucking The two men O'Reilly had been in prison with were tortured for 12 years in that prison until they were completely broken then one got out died the other one lived in this pain O'Reilly followed the prison rules, but he still attempted another escape. So I guess that's not following the rules. Yeah Yeah, when you're all hopped up on boot juice and wax Yeah, yeah, you're waxed up. Yeah, I can get the fuck out man when you've run out of walls to ride poetry on Yeah, your walls are covered in your fucking quad trains. Yeah, you're full of boot juice

You just ate a bunch of shit candles. Yeah Hey, Paddy. I put away a pint of boot juice. Let's go over the fucking wall Oh Like steroids. Yeah, they're hawks. Yeah, I can lift this fucking wall now. They mess up with tiny wicks. That's what's going on So He was working on a gang outside the prison walls when he made his next break He had made himself a suit out of bedding sheets Worst super hero ever. I mean, how could how could you how could you tell that? That's that it was I am

People he's just walking by people like Bedding sheets. Yeah, no, I'm the lead singer of the Tarkin heads So when the fog rolled in he made himself a suit out of bed it just because she's like I want to appear to be a business man, yeah, oh Riley's the name mattress the game. Oh There's another one trying to sell us sheets. Just move on. All right fine. I guess I'll get out of here fucking perfect He farts as I you go as he walks past. I go wait a minute that smells like boot juice

I've been had When the here's how he did it when the fog rolled in he hid inside of a drain I Don't know what's happening in this country is that he apparently the fog is very low to the ground Right and when it comes you roll inside of it a man-sized drain I like the drain move already. Yeah, and when the prisoners were ordered back inside whoop. He made his rent run for it He managed to avoid capture for two days. He was finally found in a river holding on to the bank with one hand And his sheet suit with the other. Yeah, I won't let the beautiful suit go It will catch on it's just there for a couple days. Fuck I needed a plan

People will love the chute. He was then tortured for 28 days and Just given bread and water Then word came that O'Reilly was to be transferred overseas Oh, I wonder what this is going trade. Yeah trading to the prison colony of Australia He was excited this was a new chance Anything was better than Dartmoor in England and then he got a good look at the ship Oh boy as I stood on the hatchway looking at the wretches glaring out I realized more than ever before the terrible truth that a convict shipped was a floating hell

The forward hold was dark Oh boy, that's that's not a word the yellow light of a few ships lamps glowed There were 320 criminal convicts in there and the seconding thought occurred to us our friends are among them I feel like we can relate to this because this is like flying Qantas We can relate to this. This is like a long Qantas flight. Yeah from Melbourne to Adelaide Oh, yeah, yeah, man. Hey guys the bathroom. Yeah, and there's no Wi-Fi guys. No Wi-Fi No boot shoes Qantas is our sponsor Virgin the thing about I

Said virgin did not hate about virgin. I don't know what we said before this but when you're near the bathrooms Oh, I find so full of friends out of here. No, no boot shoes. No You guys have boot shoes Jets are they put a potato in your bottom? What what tight oh, that's tiger. Yeah, I think tiger they make you drink boot juice. Yeah Target is just a big um, big rubber band and you're You land somewhere in you where you want to go at some time that might oh shit. I'm in waga waga. Yeah You guys live there I

Just find out about that place yesterday. Yeah. Yeah, right. I know I said it wrong. I don't give a shit what Not anymore no not anymore not anymore. Yeah anymore now. It's waga waga Not anymore. Yeah, not anymore. Not anymore. Yeah, you get a podcast and you can name your town. Yeah Yeah, it's his birthday. He'll say it how he fucking wants Catchy as you he'll cry if he wants to know he'll say waggle waggle waggle how he wants I just heard a while in between him saying stuff. I heard a woman going Oh fuck don't they sound like birds in the morning here. Oh god birds. Hey, good morning. That's Australia. Fuck. Yeah, fuck just happen fuck. Yeah, the fuck is happening Christ

Yeah, huh. Yeah, that they flies what the fuck is happening. Yeah, we go we call that bit a car alarm Fuckin I've been I was wondering what they were. Yeah How you guys do it? Yeah Really, yeah, it's unbelievable. Oh, yeah, that's how you put it like someone just showing up at your wedding going Why did you want what was yeah, what can I do? Yeah Stop that is all also a representation of Australians in LA. Hi, hi, hi, hi So his friends were on the ship and one called out to him It was a man named Keating the Finneans had secured their own room apart from the criminals

There were 63 political prisoners on the convict ship who go mount The hood amount who do what no one knows what it is. So I'm fine the hood amount. Yeah, who to mount if you want to get out Of there make it the warden. Hey, oh Welcome to the ship They were the first political prisoners sent to Australia since the Irish uprising of 1848 The ship's chaplain gave O'Reilly paper on which he wrote a periodical. Hey boys. How about we have a ship paper? And be like, oh Dick has scurvy

Extra extra butter great with bread Weaves in the bread, whoa What's happening, I just think about the accent and what happened with it your accent Yeah, it was it was weevils in the bread It went it went from Ireland to Switzerland. Yeah, that's like your accent. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it's a good Irish accent He's gone through a European puberty So O'Reilly began a weekly publication on the ship. Yeah, like his own podcast basically Yeah, it's very much like a podcast

I'm the fucking you letting him start a weekly publication. He's just allowed to write well On he wouldn't he wouldn't it's not like he would distribute it like a bunch of different what he would just still every Every week he would write up the news of the ship and then he would read it to everybody Okay, I thought he would write it like, you know, three hundred and forty times be like look this job is killing me Jesus Christ. Yes, Patrick has scurvy. Yeah. Yeah, the fuck do you want from me? Yeah Yes, we'd read it to him and they'd all be like all the news is fucking fascinating. Well, this paper is really fair and balanced It would be good to get the information because he's I've heard Terry is going to tell you let me confirm it Terry

Do you have scurvy? Oh, yeah done Terry's confirmed that he has scurvy But everyone's there so everyone under the headline scurvy Four names It's just like he had the most Twitter followers. Yeah, thank you There was a punishment cell on the ship for those who didn't behave there is the prison There and really convicts were tied up and flogged every morning this flogging shit. Yeah, just flogging it Yeah, they love they love flogging in there in Britain and What else are you gonna do? I don't think we log it. I don't flog. I don't remember in American history

I don't hear a lot about flogging. We don't we do a lot of flogging Well, we have the right to bear arms, bro, you know, I think it worked out better for our country, but You know, good luck you guys, but if you had more flogging you wouldn't be so tense and you'll be shooting off all the time Hang on Justin. What do you think flogging me Justin? Justin we've got it under control. Oh, sorry my bad. Okay, I get it. Yeah, but trust me. We're doing a good fine This one is like a caramel center the fuck's happening. Oh, sorry I haven't a biscuit break. I got distracted by the cookies. Yeah, they arrived in Fremantle on January 10th 1898 turned up. We're not my toe

Turned up in Barrows. No one had white pants. It was disgusting Sorry, that was an in-joke from earlier He got off the boat and he was like, where are the quackers There they were read the rules and O'Reilly noticed that the punishment for many offenses was death Jesus Well, okay, so first rule don't escape second rule don't fucking look at me Third rule don't look at the quackers fourth rule fuck off All punishable by death

Also, if you die punishable by death. Oh wait, we're in Australia now also if you die I don't punishable by death That was good But this is this is early on so it would probably lilt in and out right Australian accents, you know, it's and by the way It's Lego. Yeah With a little hyphen Right in the middle right in the middle, you know, you know how I like it. Yeah, you know, I like it right in the middle What are you doing?

Why are there you know how nice you get glasses rolling around at your feet? Yeah, it's that old hipster. I told you about that before Well, put them I know but you don't roll them around like an animal put them down Yeah, no, he's trying to catch all them around with your feet. We're fucking adults a relaxed Dave a Jewish wedding One of your rock and roll shows. This is a fucking gentleman's podcast But this is this is how Adelaide men find mates what they do is they leave and they're way and quickly get them and marry them And then before they escape to someone who lives in the state Your customs are foreign to me. Yeah Hmm

The political prisoners who were not soldiers were sent to Perth to work on road gangs after four weeks at Fremantle O'Reilly was sent to Bunbury Yeah, yeah This gentleman down here really gave you a very firm manly. Yes That this is you're almost Australian mate. I mean this is as good as it's gone. Yep. Yeah whole tour. Yeah, yep Which you said a name at the first name that you questioned someone went yes and other people clapped. Yeah Some magical is going on right now. Mm-hmm There he worked on a road gang too. He was now with murderers burglars and criminals of every kind. That's cool

O'Reilly quickly developed a good relationship with his warder So this was a warden. It's Warder here. Yeah, it should be warden. It should be warden Or maybe it's the guy who just oversees him. Is that maybe he's the warden of the wardens There's a warder and a warden. Yeah, why not? I Why not we need someone to hold the wardens who's warding the wardens. I've always said that Ted Walden, do you think it's just warden and it got no, I looked it up. It was Warder. Oh Warder, okay. I mean, I think it seems that I'm bullshit It might be like a hoarder, but of wardens. Yeah, I

Would like to hoard some wardens. Yeah Wait, what? Yep, that's what I'm talking about If he broke the rules he would be punished more than an ordinary prisoner because he was an assistant to the warder He was used as a messenger, which meant he traveled regularly between the work camp and the prison in Bunbury I don't get your fucking penal colonies Don't shout it just guys get to run around on horses and shit. Yeah, they're not like in prisons They're just fucking running about and then if they run about too far

There's like free-range chickens, right? We just let them roam and if they don't come back That's okay because they get lost and they get cooked. It's fine It's just like chickens like I said. Yeah, okay It's like prison chickens. Yeah The Warder also used O'Reilly to carry letters to his family and he became a regular visitor to the Woodman family home At some point he started banging Woodman's daughter Jesse like Like banging her to see if she was awake like are you up wake up?

I have another letter for you. I had to say I assumed they were banging because everything I read It sound like they were having a love affair, right? Well, he's Irish. Yeah, and she's Australian. Yeah So they were technically potato rooting. Yeah That's how it started. He said I've got a potato somewhere. Can you find it? She went looking and turns out all eyes were on her. So Then she broke up with them. Why? Oh, she found the potato Game was over Bring in the next contestant

I didn't know I thought there was something wrong with my hair. It's because I keep touching the balloon Officer I was like, what's wrong with my hair? You have a cocaine balloon above you Somehow a balloon snorted cocaine So after that he wrote poachie about the breakup. Oh, here we go. I think you have those skills On the 27th of December 1868. Look, I did one of your little Oh boy, you guys do dates in the rest of the world. Oh Riley attempted suicide by cutting the veins of his left arm So he's like, I really liked her. Yeah, let's bleed out

He collapsed from a loss of blood and was found by another convict who saved his life It's nice. Yeah, I like to see that. Yeah, there's good stories on your island, too He told the priest he couldn't go on like this and he knew he wouldn't make it in the bush He tried to escape. He dived thirst or starvation Father Patrick McCabe had been in Australia for 15 years. He would ride from camp to camp on his horse ministering to the convicts Over the years he was there. Oh Riley had become friends with the priest He told the priest's plans to escape from Australia, but let me but McCabe said it would be suicide He then said don't think on that again. Let me think out a plan for you

You'll hear from me before long. So he's got a priest in his corner Yeah, yeah But also he if he says he's leaving there that would be suicide. He just tried to commit suicide. Don't worry about it. Okay, just Doing a little fact-checking on the side here. It seems like it's yeah Like someone's just avoided that fate and then you're trying to push them back towards it Well, I think it's a tough one, you know, I'm not the guy you want to talk to in a situation like that. I've always said that yeah It says that on your okay cupid side. Yeah, yeah, don't talk to me if you're feeling a bit. Okay suicide. Yeah It's got dark here in here, huh, right gotta be careful getting a hookup on that one. Yeah, I got a match

Catch you later One day O'Reilly was approached by a friend of the priest named McGuire Sure McGuire said in three months whaling ships would come and he would get O'Reilly on one of the ships Okay, when February Came sure enough McGuire said a whaling ship called vigilant would take him McGuire arranged all the details I rather got a pair of shoes that were not convict shoes. So the trackers couldn't easily trace him So there were specific shoes for convicts. Yeah convicts. So all you had to do was switch shoes and you were a leg up Yeah, part of the pun on getting caught. If you get different shoes, you're fucking free, baby

Yeah, that was how to get an amazing time if you swap from shoes to thongs. Yeah, free man Yeah, well, but then you're a bogan. Yeah a free bogan. Yeah Like the chickens They're allowed to run. Yeah What kind what what the fuck did convict shoes look like they have big arrows on them? Yeah Yeah, they don't do they point which direction you're going so then they can track you. Yeah But I reckon he went that way Always back fuck you was one of sideways

All son of a bitch dammit And that was the story the beginning of the story of sideways foot Timmy the bushman Yeah, it's a good story. Yep. Thank you So he gets the shoes at seven o'clock on the night of the scape Water new pair of shoes and he's free now. Yeah, he's hit that's it. Oh, look at those I'm gonna be free my gonna be on the fucking run now Oh, perfect. So the warden the warden went on his rounds and O'Reilly was in his hut Momos later another convict came by to borrow some tobacco. Sure

But he wouldn't leave he kept he just kept yammering and O'Reilly supposed to be making a break for you started. Yeah, all right Well, it's great to hear that things are fucking tense. Anyway, whoo, I am fucking beat. I am exhausted. So Oh, hey, maybe we turn in, but huh, what's going on with your shoes? Oh, these are how they I went on Amazon and Sorry, I went to the Amazon and I so much traded. Yeah, I just get you know, these are okay. Hey, I missed the convict shoes You know, anyway, oh, you make so You should go You should get the fuck out of here. You should I'm about to pass fuck out. You're still hanging around. I'm telling you to go

Whoo Bring it pass out now. So you're still here. Yeah, I've heard you're a great poet. Yeah. No got lots. Thank you Do you have any poetry? No Nope, nothing. That's you know on the cell. He can read the cell tomorrow I'd like actually tonight what I'll do is I'll have a catnap and I'll work in a bunch of them come back tomorrow But for now go You know go, you know, I'm being super clear leave Should we have a cigarette before we go? No, you know, I've just taken a quitting. I really am I feel like you know long capacity wise

It's just really eating me up when I'm going for runs. So why are you gonna run? Well, you know, it doesn't matter why I'm going for runs, but you should go and you should leave I am tired. So whoo wrap it up Don't have to go home, but you can't stay in this cell. We are 4 30 p.m. Yeah, I don't I am I mean I'm jet lagged I don't know what it is. I am just god. I am it is on top of me So get the fuck out if you're you I brought you a potato. Well, listen, I'm actually stuffed right now. So Oh, what happened? Did you bring extra glasses to kick over it's his thing

Everyone in Adelaide knows old glossy down there It's just your your classic Nazi sign-throwing glass-kicker. Yeah Yeah, it's just classic. Yeah Fuck you. No, I agree. That was a good one So Right, so the guy comes back combined for attack tobacco you won't leave Riley's going insane the guy finally leaves at 8 p.m. Then a rally just fucking bolts It was 11 o'clock when he reached the convict station. He was told to get to then he heard the sounds of a horse

claws He's like Michael Winslow, yeah Clanu阀 No, I take there's a horse on prozac coming Memory Look It's cl enclosure Okay, never mind. What did you think I was saying? Opity, opity, opity, opity, opity, opity, opity, opity, opity, opity.

What? Who's about to take over? Look at the horse's head. Then the horse stopped. Then someone whistled the song, Patrick's Day. What a classic. Yeah, one of my favorites. That was... That's from Dirty Dancing.

Yeah, that was... No one puts Patrick in the corner, right? Yeah, nobody. Yeah. That was the signal. Okay, so when I get to the bush, I'll start singing some very obvious fucking Irish song. What's it going to be? Is it going to be Danny's boy? No, I'll do Patrick's Day.

What? Yeah, it's about Patrick. You know, he's got a day, Patrick. Yeah, sorry. Well written. By the way, I'm a third guy who's also here now. You're the horse. I'm the horse.

The uppity horse. Upity, uppity, uppity, uppity, uppity, uppity, uppity, uppity. I love riding an uppity horse. Better than a downer. Yeah. I ran out of the bushes and there he found McGuire and another man. They all got on a horse and took off. So it's three guys on a horse now.

Yeah. They're going to run for... This was a good idea. You brought an extra fella. Yeah. Sounds like the intro to a sitcom. We're three roommates. Hey! How'd they end up in a hut?

Then another location, McGuire whistled and another man came up and took their horse and rode off. Wait, so hang on. Sorry. So the three men on a horse lost it to one man who took their horse. Well that's the plan because he whistled and then that guy took the horse. Oh, okay. The guy didn't just come out and take the horse. Hang on.

Maybe they were on a horse. Maybe they were on horse and someone came up and robbed them. Maybe that's what happened. Maybe they were strung out. You're right. I'm reading this wrong. They were on heroin. Yeah.

But why would the plan... The plan is to sort of almost like ditch the vehicle and then they could be like... Yeah, ditching the car. Like if it was now, you'd set it on fire. Yeah. But it's not a car. It's a horse. Yeah.

So you can't set a horse on fire because it runs. Well, I don't know. If you've... Quickly. If you've heard the doll up, I'm sure you could set a horse on fire at some point. So, then... So, then they walked for an hour to a swamp. Then a light signal came from across the sea.

They got into a waiting rowboat and headed out. They rode 40 miles across Geograph Bay where they would wait for the vigilant. By this point, O'Reilly was starving and needed water. He could barely function. He's surrounded by it. It's... Yeah. Delicious.

The others left him to go to a nearby home when they didn't come back for hours. He remembered that the natives he had heard would kill an animal when they couldn't find water. So, he looked around for a tree and found one with possum marks. Then he found the possum in the tree, grabbed it, and smashed its head against the trunk. It was true. Fresh meat was a good substitute for water. So he drank a possum. Right.

Just knocked the head off, knocked it back. Yeah. You can do that down in the east. The older ones, if you hit their head against the tree hard enough, a little spigot would come out. Yeah. May you just go ahead and drink your possum. But nobody planned on giving him water on his escape. They didn't think about food or water, no.

Okay. Interesting. A lot of people whistling in bushes and shit. They think that some guy would be like, yeah, here you go, hydrate. Nope. It's not that kind of escape. Good to know. Just drink a possum.

Then the vigilants started to move and they all got back in the rowboat. The guys came and they headed out to meet the boat. But as they neared, the vigilant moved off to avoid them. Not good. Yeah, right. Apparently the deal that was made with the ship captain was off. The vigilant went out to sea and was gone. And so they returned to shore.

The other three men went back to their camp telling O'Reilly they would find a new whaling ship. He would just have to wait in the swamp. All right. So here we go. Here it is. This is where he gets his possum addiction. This is where we're starting. We're starting now.

Some shit is about to get fucking insane. Okay. So you stay in the swamp for a week. We'll be back. It'll be fine. We'll be back. What could go wrong? Oh, I mean, he's going to be alone.

You don't know. This is not, this is going to be so weird. But O'Reilly, O'Reilly got in his mind that maybe the vigilant hadn't seen them after all and he got back in the boat and headed out alone. And again, he saw the vigilant and again it moved away from him as he got close. Look, it's vigilant. Yeah. It's going to go away.

He rode back to shore and he was now exhausted. And then he went to the cabin of the man who was nearby and who was now in on the plan and he slept for five days. Five days? He was fucking tired. Yeah. You drink a possum, you roll a boat, you fucking sleep. Yeah.

That dude whose house he slept in was like, Jesus Christ, dude. I said, you want to fucking take a nap? Four days ago. That's my bed, bro. Let's roll. What? Get out. No, I'm good.

I'm having a nap. You're not technically sleeping. No, you're not. No, I'm taking a nap. Thank you. I'm having a nap sometimes and then others. It's because it's the start of the Australian accent. Yeah, yeah.

McGuire showed up. McGuire's back. There was a new ship who agreed to take O'Reilly but with one little hiccup. A horrible convict, one of the worst in the penal colony, had discovered the plan and demanded to be brought along. So, off they went with Beaumont, the world's biggest douchebag. Wait a minute. Did you just use the word Beaumont in Adelaide?

What does that mean? What is Beaumont? Too soon, right? Too soon. Who's Beaumont? Oh, man. What's Beaumont? Just to try and tell them about the bag.

Well, we had, yeah, we had the Beaumont children disappeared about four decades ago and still haven't gotten over it. No, I know. That's the Summerton man. Fucking relax, everybody. Okay. Whoa, you guys got a little bit upset about the Summerton. You can do creative murder at Tafe here in Adelaide, so it's three months.

It's great. Are we ever going to find them? I mean, I just found out about them, but I'm invested. Yeah. Well, maybe after the Rhino Ring gig, we should go looking. Rhino where we can get the possums. Instead of clockers, let's find them. Oh, the Beaumonts.

Let's find them. All right. So Beaumonts with them. They quickly rode out to the new whaler, the Gazette, and were brought on board. O'Reilly was off the colony. Okay. But he's with the world's biggest douchebag. Yep.

But word was out of the two escape convicts. Ships were being searched. The Gazette was boarded on the island of Oratorique. They're a crew member who was tired of Beaumont, turned them in, and he was taken away. Right. That's it. As he left the ship, Beaumont looked at O'Reilly and said, goodbye, shipmate. O'Reilly, the new Beaumont, was going to make a deal and snitch on him.

So he and the ship's mate's first captain came up with a plan. Oh, boy. He'd hide in a big trunk in the kitchen after pretending to throw himself overboard. What's their plan? That's a game. When the law showed up again. That's hide and seek. Yeah.

We'll play a quick game, then we'll work on a plan. Great. Love it. All right. Backwards. Ten. Nine. Eight.

No peeking. Seven. Six. What's the plan? Five. Three. Two. That's the same plan.

One. All right. Ready or not, I'm coming. Sorry. We were talking about the plan. I'm right here. Oh, fuck. Well, there you are.

Hey, thank you. Good job. I'll go in hot. Okay. Don't talk to this guy when we play. No. So, remember, he's going to fake throw himself overboard, so. So he has to physically fake throw himself overboard?

When the authorities showed up. That's a yes. You know what he did? He had a microphone. He threw a rock and he just went. Well, he pretended to, he threw, he threw something overboard that was heavy. Yeah. What?

And his. His book of poetry. And then he. On a brick. And then he threw his hat in the water. Oh, yeah. Oh, all right. Well, because it's performance art and he wants to make some money.

Sure. Yeah. So when the authorities showed up again, all the crew were pointing at his hat. Look, look, he's fucking dead. There's a hat. And he made three shillings. He's dead. He's for sure dead.

And the crew was so upset that the authorities believed it and left. It's a fucking hat in the water. Yeah. They bought the old hat in the water trick. Yeah. Like you need different shoes to not be a convict. Yeah. And you just throw a hat overboard.

Simple times. The ship sailed off and a rally was safe. Here at the end of the lesson. I mean, amazing. I mean, he did the fucking hat in the water. They, they fucking fell for it. God, the police were great back then. It's way worse now.

So O'Reilly then switched ships. The captain of the Gazette gave O'Reilly all his money he had on board and told them to return it when he got to America. Oh, yeah. Sure, I will. Yeah, you betcha. Oh, absolutely. You know, I'm good for it. Yeah.

You can fucking trust me. Yeah, no. You know, he's the ancestor of a certain dude who said he'll pay for the gym when he fucking gets back. Who's got Irish blood? Yeah, no, I'll pay for your, I'll pay for your little runabout shit that you're doing there. I'll do a little exercise and then I'll toss you some money. Yeah. Wow.

Okay, I apologize, Jets. So, where am I? Okay, switches ships. Gets the cash. O'Reilly went off and he went to America where he did send the guys some money, sort of. He actually published a book of poems and he dedicated it to the guy, but the guy was already dead. The captain. That's as good as money.

Yeah. Getting a book dedicated to you after you die. Yeah. After O'Reilly four ships to make it to America, he landed in Philadelphia in November of 1869, two years after getting off of the penal colony. Jesus. He immediately put in papers to become a U.S. citizen. Oh yeah, be prideful of that.

Though he didn't know anyone the Finians knew who he was. He went to New York where more Finians greeted him. They asked him to give a lecture at Cooper Institute. Over 2,000 people were there to hear his story. Holy shit. He's a fucking hero. He escaped from the shitbag island. How were the Finians across that?

Like, did they have the internet? Like, what is going on with those guys? True. Oh, there's a lot to talk about. Oh, right. They go whizz, whizz, whizz, whizz, whizz. A lot of that. They all know they are Finians, so they're like a little secret society.

So there's a lot of talking about people and who's a star and who's not a star. There might have just been a really long pipe that they were, like, tapping through. Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick. Yeah. Tick, tick, tick, tick. Tick, tick, tick, tick. Tick, tick, tick, tick. So when he went to Boston in 1870, he got a job as a writer for a paper called The Pilot.

It was a weekly Irish paper that covered all things Irish. He also found he already had made a name for himself there, and he gave another lecture in front of a huge crowd on England's political prisoners. Yeah. Yeah. Fuck yeah. About time. Finally.

Fucking hell. Someone. Shit. Yeah. He continued to lecture and write poetry as well as for the paper. He covered things like the bloody orange riots in New York between Catholics and Protestants. Wait, is that an orange riot or a bloody orange riot? It's a bloody orange.

Yeah. It's just about bloody oranges. Sorry, but this is going to be a hoosan for it. It is about blood oranges. It's not about Protestants and Catholics. It's when Protestant Catholics ride it over blood oranges. Okay. So it's not somebody to just be like, bloody oranges.

No, it was. This is just a regular orange, sir. The fuck it is. It's red on the inside. Oh, I get it. And then. Right. Then thump thump.

Right. Then there was murder. Sure. So he was becoming increasingly conservative, but he was becoming a huge celebrity. He championed the spirit. He's like Donald Trump. He is like Donald Trump. Yeah.

That's a quack of stuck to his head. Yeah. Don't move or you're fired. He, uh, he believed in the spirit of equality and compared the suffering in Ireland with the suffering of ex slaves in America. He used the paper to call for brotherhood across religious and racial lines. Okay. Quote, the pilot was to be the voice of all who yearn to be free no matter what their

race, color, creed, or former condition be. Oh, and like a typical Irishman back in the US then. He did not like the blacks. Wait, sorry. What? Didn't he just say? Well, a quality to a quality to a fucking point. Yeah.

But he, but he, but he. All right. Let's not get to weird now. He literally equated it to slavery. Well, okay. I've made some points and now make it another one. All I've heard are one. I've heard one point.

He and it was. The black shouldn't be free or whatever. Right. So, but everyone should be equal and everyone happy in their religion just except for the other one. Besides black. Right. Not them.

The most of every, all the other ones. Besides black. Happy, happy. So just different versions of white should be equal. That's yes. Okay. Right. Now we're making points.

No. Okay. Great. Good to talk to you. So I am for total freedom. Yeah. Well, but for everyone or. No, not them.

The others. And being. Yeah. Well, the. Okay. All right. He likes the rap, but only when vanilla ice does it. Oh, he's got some mad flaws.

It's tough to hear that is. Yeah. You can build a fucking house too. No one knows that that's what vanilla ice does now. He built houses. It's a reality show. He built houses. Made of glass.

Think about it. He didn't, he didn't, he, he didn't hate the blacks. He just didn't want them to be citizens. Right. So they can run about in the country, but just not like everybody else. Who's with me? Riley was also building up. I know one guy in the crowd who is.

The fellow who's rolling about on his drinking glasses. He built up a manly reputation. He boxed John L. Sullivan and often took part in sporting events with a within a few years. He was on top of the heap in Boston. He was considered a great spokesman. An athlete and a political activist. He was friends with not just politicians of Boston, but also great literary minds.

He kind of president Grover Cleveland as one of his friends, as well as Cardinal Gibbons, who was head of the Catholic church in the U.S. and he was president of both the Boston Press Club and the literary club and both on the top rung and the bottom rung of the ladder loved John O'Reilly. So he's the fucking shit right now. Everybody likes him. Everybody likes John O'Reilly. Except the blacks.

Except the blacks. Right. But they are. What's going on over there gentlemen? Was that like a bad, was that like a bad huckle? Yeah. We love microphones. Oh shit.

The first time a dollop's been heckled. Okay. So the lower classes appreciated him because of his writing. All that time in prison had given him time to work on his literary skills. He specialized in simple couplets that would call for freedom against tyranny. They were very popular. So he's just... Okay.

Sounds he would do. It all sounds very normal. He would do like a fuck the king and let's go. And everybody would be like, that's amazing. Also fuck black people. John O'Reilly. Yeah. He was kind of like...

He was the Andrew Bolt of back then. He was commissioned to write a poem for the Pilgrim Monument at Plymouth Rock. Right? He was also married and started cranking out children. One day O'Reilly was walking down the street in Boston when he happened upon a starving homeless man. So a homeless man. Are there those homeless people that eat well? I'm stuffed.

Spare change, my God. No more food for me. Things are good. I need these dolls for heroin. Things are good. Too much, yeah. The homeless man was one of two Irish soldiers who had testified against O'Reilly. Oh, shit.

The testimony that destroyed his life. Shit has gotten real. So I'm guessing he's like really cool about it. Yeah. Handles it like a pro. The man... I understand. I get you.

The man... For Gavin! The man was despised and shunned by his fellow soldiers, both English and Irish, after the trial. His life in the military became unbearable, so he deserted, and he fled to America hoping to start over again. But the story of his deceit against O'Reilly followed him. The Finians and Americans put the word out to avoid helping him. Now no one in America would help him. He was starving and living on the streets.

But O'Reilly wasn't angry and said he pitied the man and gave him money to help pay his way to another city, hoping he could start anew. Isn't he a sweetie? You guys feel that, right? Yeah. It's a real emotional tale. In 1870, the British government granted conditional parole to the political convicts in Australia. They were released, but not taken back to Ireland. They were now just free in Australia.

They then had to figure out their own way back to Ireland. Okay. Many to America. But eight civilians and 15 military prisoners were not given amnesty. One of them tried to escape. It was caught on a ship and given three years hard labor. The amnesty was also extended to some Finian prisoners in Ireland, including John Devois. Yeah.

John Devois was the man who organized the treason that infected the British army. Soon after his release, he came to O'Reilly. He wanted to get the Finians out of free mantle. Okay. What? That's usually when you say something. Sorry. I'm worried about those guys.

I don't know. Are you guys okay? A little bit of parochial adelaide humor right there. There you go. I wondered who you guys looked down on. You know what? That was fair. Yeah.

You have to admit that. It goes all the way up to Carather. Like everyone shits onto everyone and you get to Carather and you say to people in Carather, who do you shoot on? Like what's shit's filled around here? And they go, you're in it. So it starts at Carather and works its way up and lands in Sydney. And then, you know, Sydney competes with LA and blah, blah, blah.

I've toured this country a lot. I know what's going on. Oh boy. DeVoy wanted to go into Fremantle by force and shoot their way in and out. I'm sorry. I think someone just threw up. That was quite a... Either that or someone fingered a mouse.

That's what it sounded like. Someone did finger a mouse. There's no other way that noise happens. Well, you just put cheese on one hand and then it's a no brainer to just jack it in. Then there's a bit of the return services, am I right? Okay. So he's got a great plan. Yeah, shoot it.

An airtight plan, which is to shoot in. It's the new throw the hat in the water. Yeah. A rally thought shooting their way in and out of Fremantle was a bad idea. Why? He came up with a better plan. Throw your hat in the water. That'll do it.

I've been a shoot store. Shoot a thought. To do it, they had to reach out to all Finians in America and gather a large amount of money. And the Finians gave it without whispering the plan to anyone. The plan was to buy a ship, manned her with a Finian crew who did not fear death or imprisonment, sailed to Western Australia, and rescued their brothers from captivity. This would cost $20,000. A rally proposed.

Kickstarter. If you put in a hundred, you get new shoes. 250 you'll get a poem. Get the hat that convinced them he died. For $1,000 you can come over and watch me eat a potato. So a rally said they should buy a whaling ship and pretend they were going out for some whale hunting. That would be less suspicious than another kind of ship off the coast of Australia. He then asked around and one of the captains, Hathaway, who had helped him escape from Australia,

jumped at the chance. Sure. On May 27th, 1876, a rally wrote an article about the 17 Irishmen still in prison for attempting revolution. While everyone else had been freed, they were still there. 140 members of the British Parliament petitioned for these men to be pardoned. It was rejected. So in 1874, the American Finians had a convention in Baltimore and they elected a committee to carry out the escape. The convention was amazing.

The cosplay was particularly fantastic. See those passes. I'm a Finian. Yes, I'm a Finian princess. I'm just a Finian priest. I'm a planet Finian. One more fucking leprechaun. Hey, pot of gold.

Ah, fuck me. Okay. Let me take many slow steps away. My feet are tiny. They sailed to Australia to aid in communication with the prisoners and set up plans there. When they arrived, they saw that the prison was surrounded by an unforgiving terrain. To the east was desert and west shark-invested waters. Perfect.

But they also noted that security was pretty lax, probably because of the desert and shark thing. Also, as you've seen, we have not changed. No, no, it's basically... Yeah, no passports. You just wander on. You can bring water with you. It's all right. Pretending to be looking for investment opportunities.

The best guys ever. The Finians made several visits to the prison where they asked about hiring cheap labor. Well, we're looking, you know, investing a fucking bunch of these guys, so... Yeah, we'd like to get... How are they at currying? Can they curry things? Oh, they can. Oh, that's enticing.

You know what, you'll be back tomorrow to talk more about the currying and what... Yeah, it's mainly a lot of currying. Stuff. Stings. Boy-tums, yeah, yeah, exactly. You understand. We're legitimate anyway. No, we don't have a card, but...

No, it's not a D on my chest. Well, it stands for... You know what? I love dancing. Dancing. We are a dance troupe. We actually love to do it in the river, but we'll come back at another... We should be going.

Yep, we're businessmen. Yes, for sure. And anyone who says the opposite is not... We are businessmen, so... Okay. On one of those visits, a message was given to the Finian. So they actually kept going back until they were able to get a message to one of the prisoners. Because that's how fucking stupid everything is.

So now the Finians know a rescue is in the works, and they should avoid solitary confinement so they can run for it anytime. It's interesting that now they know to avoid solitary confinement. Most people just know that. Two other men from Ireland, totally independent and without knowledge of the American plan, showed up to break their fellow prisoners. Right. What are the odds?

Like, no one comes to save you, then everyone comes to save you. Just two Irish guys from Ireland that are like, let's go catch the boys out. Well, rain's at port. There's two of us in a little rowboat. Let's do this. So they show up, and first they were suspected of being British spies by the Finians, and then they were like, oh, you're Finians. Hello.

That was a fun evaluation, too. Yeah. And they had $5,000 with them. So now it's $25,000 in the pot. These guys also had $5,000. OK. So whatever plan they were going to hatch. This does feel more and more like Kickstarter.

They learned of the American plan, and they were like, let's do that. So their job would be to cut the telegraph wires from Fremantle to Perth during the escape so it couldn't be reported. In America, the ship Katalpe was bought by the Finians. It left New Bedford in April, 1875. It was commanded by Captain Anthony. What's up? The story just got fucking good, right?

Shit just got real. He was known for calling everyone a cunt and blocking them. Cherry home. Captain Anthony. Maybe you shouldn't have said, put your shit in the cloud. Go fuck yourself. You know I was born in the cloud. Blocked.

Put boy, hey. One guy messaged me on Twitter and he goes, it wasn't that bad, was it? Yep. Then I blocked him on Twitter. Look, I have some stuff to work out with my dad. Oh yeah, so do I. My dad's somewhere around here. Hey guys, you can't block feelings from your heart.

Are you sure? Yeah, I can't ever do that for a while. I haven't felt anything in years. Oh god. I call it scotch. Anthony was an Irish Protestant who had been convinced to take part because he thought the men were being wrongly held. So now he's just like, I'm fucking Irish.

Who cares if I'm Protestant or Catholic? Let's get your boys out. So Anthony's a hero in this story to you. Fuck yes he is. You're not biased. Look at me. Anthony was the glue. I'm coming for you.

Wait, put on the white pants. I wear the right shoes. Finnean, listen very carefully to me. Get out of the cosplay. You're gonna hear a horse. You're gonna hear someone sing a song. It's going to be Irish Patrick's Day. And get on the horse with a couple of guys.

There'll be too many people for the horse. If you're thirsty, eat possum. Just knock off the head, drink the possum. I'm coming for you. I'm coming on you. Like a gallon of water inside of it. Oh you started it motherfucker. So, he's the Protestant blah blah blah.

And there was only one Irishman and the crew. They decided against bringing a bunch of Finneans. Because Captain Hathaway had selected the men. And he thought that it would be better if it wasn't a big ship full of Irish guys. Yeah, I mean, judging by past history it's a way better call. Yeah, it didn't work out for Canada. So there are Malaysians, Kanakas. Is that a thing?

So it's Kuakas. Portuguese and others. This multicultural ship would then look like an ordinary whaling ship. They sailed for a year snagging one whale that made them to $11,000. Wait, maybe we are whalers. Let's make it look super real. But I mean, let's live the rest of our life as whalers. No one will ever know.

Then they two ended up and they showed it and it was salmon. It wasn't easy to reel in, but most whales aren't. No, it's pounds. Whoa, what a whale. That's definitely a salmon. You are dictating the eating. We don't, I mean, he's just chanting. I don't drink apple juice.

That's okay. I'm going to drink it, but... It's okay, you're an Adelaide. Nothing bad ever happens here. Did I tell you about our type course? You know what, you'll be fine. There's a lot of churches here, you're fine. I might have to change my shoes.

They actually had expected to get more whales. Then they got, and this was not... But they had no skill. Who goes out being like, we got two. You got one. You walked into a whale. You walked into a whale first of all. 15 Irishmen walking into a whale.

Why the long face? I don't know. I'm a horse whale. You know those horse whales? You've heard them, they're so uppity uppity. So there's bad weather, and there's faulty navigation devices. So things are going well. Just throw a hat in the water, you'll figure it out. Six crew members jump ship in the Azores.

Or do they? Oh no, six hats, they're gone for sure. Six hats, this is a disaster. There might be more, they just might have not been wearing hats. Are you crazy? Who the fuck doesn't wear a hat on a ship? You have to, that's the new life preserver. Put on your hat so we know if you die.

Look at all the hats, this is a massacre. No, no, a wind just blew all the hats in. I was just starting to get super emotional. Fucking hell, I thought I'd lost the rest of you. Oh no, we're from a hat ship. For God's sake, I was going to say, how are there a thousand men on this ship? Because if you look at the hats, there's a lot. There's no heads in the hats.

It was like Adolf Hatler was on the ship. Or in the front row. Adolf Hatler. Makes you wear the hats on time. On March 1st, 1876, the ship arrived in Bunbury, western Australia. The Finians, who had come ahead to meet up with the captain of the ship, discussed the plans. That's on. You guys do not know how to put glasses on the ground.

That's what Adelaide's 9-4. They're excited because they're allowed to use glass on this bar. I see why that's a rare rule. Repeat what you just said again, David. About the glasses? Prior to that. The Finians who were in Australia came to meet the two guys and the other ones who had been sent ahead of time,

came to meet with the captain on the ship. To talk about the plans. It's a good time to talk about plans. When you get there. At some point. All the prisoners were always being shifted around their assignments, so all six needed to be outside the walls on the day of the escape. Anyone stuck inside would be left behind.

On Sunday, April 15th, 1876, the prisoners received a message. They would make for the ship in the morning. We have money arms in clothes. Let no man's heart fail him. The men then went ahead to Fremantle and waited for the telegram. A week later, on Saturday afternoon, the ship stopped at a lighthouse near Rotten Nest. Near Rotten Nest?

Yeah. Rotten Nest. Yeah. Rotten Nest. No, it's Rotten Nest. I don't know how you guys have changed it around so it doesn't sound like Rotten Nest. It's fucking Rotten Nest. Yeah, no, but for Australians, that's too long.

So we just Rotten Nest. Well, that makes more sense. We show everything that's long, and then anything that's a bit too short, we just make longer. Well, if it's Rotten Nest, of course you're going to punch it up. Yeah. No, it was originally just like a nest with shit in it. Yeah.

And they were like, oh, this is Rotten Nest. Yeah. What? Rotto? No, I'm not doing Rotto. Rotto. I'm absolutely not doing Rotto. You guys need to figure some shit out.

Yeah. But then we'd have to talk to people in free mantle. The captain took a whale boat and headed for shore with six men. None of the men knew what they were doing. That's perfect. Okay, so now we know why a lot of the whalers thought they were whaling because they never knew what they were doing the whole time. Right.

They were trying to get someone's hat back and they got a whale. The crew doesn't know there's an escape on. The crew's been hired to be on a whaling ship. Wait, so there's a bunch of dudes who are like, guys. Yeah. All right. Now we understand why they called the whale. Yeah.

Because some people were fucking working. Those guys were like, this is a horrible whale ship. Let's keep trying. Put another worm on the hook. It not worms, motherfucker. What the fuck is he talking about? What is wrong with that guy? Jesus Christ.

We'll catch a, we'll catch a fucking whale. We'll try. Throw some candle in the water. Pooches. So he comes to shore with six men. They arrive at night and wait until morning, 20 miles up the coast from Fremantle Prison. It was Monday morning, April 16th.

The two Finians cut the cable to Perth. It's such a great time when you can just cut a cable. But it also sounds like they're like cutting the phones off in a bank. It's just a cable between Perth and Fremantle. They could have done it over weeks, and they would still have taken them forever to fucking find the cable.

Yeah, true. But they're like, no, Jimmy. Snip. We fucking done it. It's simpler times. Missed these times. So those two guys got horses, wagons, and guns, and went to the rendezvous point with no idea

how many of the prisoners would show. That's a good, that's good. That's good to know. Because my guess is it's not going to be a good answer. Well, no, it was a good day for a prison break. They're going to try and get 16 men on a horse. That's what they're going to do. Guinness books here.

Butterflies. Clippity clop. You could tell he's weighted down by the speed of his pace. So. Clippity. Prisoner Thomas Derra was out digging potatoes with no guard. Yeah. Stereotype farm.

Wearing a little green hat. All these clovers are getting away at potatoes. I hope I get that pot of gold. He'll be right. Thomas, Hassett, and Robert Cranston were able to talk their way outside. What happened in these prisons? You know what? It looks nice out there today.

How about we get to go, we get to go skipping or something. You know, I would love to go pick some flowers for the rest of the prisoners. Yep. Yep. Okie dokie. Just going to go. Yep. Can I trade shoes?

Yeah. You were going to suggest that you trade my shoes. Yeah. Right before I suggested you trade. Why don't you do it? No, you already did it. Oh, they're on the same wavelength. Yeah, I mean, I couldn't feel better about this.

Pick some flowers. Martin Hogan was painting the warden's house. Michael Harrington and James Wilson lied saying they were supposed to be painting the warden's house. Ah. See how it's all coming together? Yep. You know what? That's the equivalent of, that's when you say to your mum, I'm going to go and stay over Drew's house tonight.

And Drew says to his mum, I'm going to go and stay at Greg's house tonight. And Greg says, I'm going to go and stay at Hamay's house tonight. And then you'll hang out in the park and smoke some banana skins and drink some fruity lexia. And then at three in the morning you think, fuck, I wouldn't mind going home. And you can't because you're meant to be staying at other people's houses. Or as I call it, growing up in Adelaide. I was growing up. I was totally, totally with that story until you said smoking banana peels.

Well, that was early in the story. What happens when you smoke banana peels? You just kind of feel like you've gone down on a monkey. So it's good. I blame the sixth one of this. Who hasn't gone down on a monkey? Hands up. Yeah. If you go down on a monkey, you could get Adelaids.

Yeah, you've got to be careful. You've got to watch out. Put a banana skin on it, mate. What? Don't peel. Don't peel. The seventh Finnean prisoner was left behind because he attempted to cooperate with the British ten years before.

I mean, that's okay. He attempted, he tried, yeah, well, they're Irish. You remember that fucking time? No. Then you're not coming. What? That's it for you. Wait.

Remember when you were like, hey, can I talk to you? Yeah. And then they didn't. Right. Oh, fuck off, you're dying here. You son of a bitch. You're forgetting. When are we catching whales?

You shit. You shit on Mother Ireland. Mother Ireland. You dirty cunt. I'm a whaler. We'll come back for you and cut you to pieces in another ship with more fellas. And less whiling.

The six Finnean prisoners rolled up together. The prisoners climbed into a wagon that they had and they went 20 miles to Captain Anthony and the Robo. At the prison, they realized the prisoners were missing within an hour. The prisoners reached the rowboat, but the Catalpa was far out at sea. They were going to have to row for hours and hours and hours.

It's a good plan. Yeah, yeah, no. That's why you work out plans before you get to shore. They set out, but soon saw police on horseback and trackers arriving at the beach they just left. What did the horses sound like? It was like a clippity clippity clippity clippity clippity clippity clippity clippity. So they were in a rush?

Yes. You can tell. Yeah, very much. They were drunk. They almost cut out the cloppity there, so fast. Cloppity cloppity cloppity clippity clippity clippity clippity clippity clippity clippity clippity clippity clippity clippity clippity clippity clippity clippity clippity clippity. They only had one person on the back as well, that's why they helped, they definitely helped. Humana, humana, humana, humana, humana, humana.

Oh, now they're fucking. Humana, humana, humana. And the one just coming up. So they're about half a mile up out. Soon a coast-good cutter and a steamer were headed toward the robo. Ha ha, steamer. Yeah, 42. Put a shirt on. Yeah. The guys in the robo put it into gear and hauled ass as fast as possible. Put it into gear, fucking boom, burnt some rubber, that's what they did.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, they fucking floored it. Stuff got a little tattoo on their arms, like a nice one. They floored it, gentlemen, they floored it. 60 miles an hour. Yeah. One of the Finians pulled out a copy of a letter that he just mailed to the British Governor of Western Australia. It was the letter D. I just said this to him.

What is wrong with you? You sent him the whole fucking alphabet. There's another copy. Didn't have time and I don't know it all. Not this one, I mailed another one. This is a copy of that one. Oh, right. Let's say you stepped a copy stuff. Right, one's done, now to show the fellas. And he read it out loud to fire up the man to row faster.

D! Go, guys, go! You heard the motivation. I'll read it out again. D! Come on, could you want it more? Jesus Christ, he said it. D! Oh my God, imagine. D!

Fucking hell, my shoulders are tired, but the motivation's there. I'll do it in cats. D! If you need a carrot at the end of this stick, you're crazy. He read the letter. I'll do it in Desdemona. D! Dig deep, everyone. You know why.

I'll do it in Wingdings. Eyebrow! Every time he does... She's just got Fonty. I feel a burst of energy every time he does D. Say it again. D! Oh, it's like getting shot in the ass with cocaine.

D! That's a confident ass, right there. From what I hear. One that loves D in it? Yeah. That's a whole ring of confidence right there. So, this is the letter he read. This is to certify that I have this day released from the clemency of her most gracious Majesty,

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, et cetera, et cetera. Oh, boy, yeah. Oh, et cetera, et cetera. We know what et cetera means. Now, when someone's going to lose skin off their dick. Yes, someone's penis skin is gone. Dicks skin. And that's two et cetera's.

This center of the room has not heard the last episode. Yeah. They're like, fucking what? Dicks off. This side of the room, when they listen to the podcast in the future, are going to realize that deserve more respect. Yeah. They gave it time.

There's the dick skin losing lovers over there, et cetera, et cetera. Et cetera, et cetera. Six Irishmen condemned to imprisonment for life by the enlightened and magnanimous government of Great Britain for having been guilty of the atrocious non-pardonable crimes known to the unenlightened portion of mankind. And everyone's like, fuck yeah, Jimmy, and they're rowing harder. Yeah. Oh, it's a fucking great letter, lad. Fortune of mankind as love of country and hatred of tyranny.

Blow it faster, you're hearing this shit. Of Irish assurance, my birth in blood being my full and sufficient warmth. Keep rowing. Oh, right. Sorry. I forgot. Allow me to add that. Sorry, is it too long, boys?

No. Keep rowing. Just keep rowing. It's like I'm there. Just get to the boat. We won't have to hear the rest of the letter. Right, fuck. I prefer that asshole yelling out, D.

That guy was great. What happened to him? His hat's in the water. I'm worried. Got a bad feeling. Allow me to add that in taking my leave now, I've only to say a few cells I've emptied. I have the honor and pleasure of bid you on good day from all future acquaintance. Excuse me, I pray in the service of my country, John J. Preston.

And it worked. Really? Yeah. They were all fired up. Fucking got them fired up. Wow. That is like, I wish I had a, like a, who's your Green Bay Packer famous coach? Excuse me, could you ask that in a weirder order, Yoda?

The stupid, the stupid Green Bay coach from the 60s. Coach of the NFL? Oh, Vince Lombardi? It's like a Vince Lombardi speech. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's a little.

What did you say? Oh, yeah. He's making an Adelaide reference. Malcolm Blight led the Adelaide crows to two premierships in 97 and 98 over St. Kilda and over North Melbourne. The best one was over North Melbourne because I had a player called Wayne Carey who was just a little bit of a cock snap and ended up playing for the crows and made it hard for some of us Adelaide people to feel good about that.

But he didn't last long. And when he played against his old team, North Melbourne, he kind of flinched when one of the other players, Glenn Archer, got a bit fucking antsy with it. See, that is a lot. Oh, sorry. Keep going. Oh yeah. And then he left.

I'm rowing slower. Yeah. So just keep rowing. And Malcolm Blight kicked a really big goal back in 1977 for North Melbourne. It was funny that we beat North Melbourne. And anyway, look, Adelaide people are just really proud of those two premierships, even though that Port Power now has more memberships. Hey, don't be the messenger.

Adelaide people, if you didn't buy more memberships, you wouldn't be in this situation. Sorry for playing to the crowd, but there you go. All right. All right. Yeah. You can say anything about Adelaide, but once you bring up the 40 fucking people, go fucking mental about it, mate. The Finians were thrilled.

He sounds just like Lombardi. Yeah. From what I heard. I agree. Very Vince Lombardi-esque. 100%. Yeah. So the Whalers, they were all thrilled, and they feverishly flowed the road.

They could now see the Katalpa in the distance, but it looked like the steamer would get them first. The steamer. And the wind was picking up. The wind. The wind often is picking up before a steamer. Yeah. It always starts with the wind, and then you'll get left with the steamer.

42. Are we the only ones who understand how great these jokes are? Yeah, I feel like. Sometimes you've got to do some for yourself. That's the steamer and the wind. That's our new movie, the steamer and the wind. No, a bomb bomb. Not doing well, but it's out there.

Yeah, it did well. It's a cult. It did. It's a cult favorite. I'll take it. Yeah. Need a pop. Then darkness came.

Never good. Never good. The wind continued to increase. Waves crashed down on the overloaded boat. Captain Anthony was calm. As usual. Yeah. Not freaking out.

Ordering it. Not blocking people. Yeah. Captain Anthony at the Twitter helm is fine. Yeah. Ordering them to bail out the boat while rowing. But he didn't think they'd make it. Well, they can't do both.

Bail out the boat while rowing. You've got six guys. Row, bail, row, bail, row, bail. Yeah. All right. In the morning, the steam arrived at the Katalpa. Yeah. And the captain asked if he could come aboard.

Sam Smith, who was now in charge of the Katalpa, said, not by a dam site. Fortunately, the steamer was now low on fuel and was forced to return to shore. Oh, God. They fucking got him. All right. Turn around, boys.

Right. Turn around. We're dying. All right. Nice try. The robot had made a dash for it and barely made it ahead of the cutter. From the cutter, the British yelled, we're not done with you yet.

And Captain Anthony yelled, put to sea. And the Katalpa got underway, turning around, and then nothing. The wind went dead. Dead wind. The ship just sat there and sat there. In the morning, the steamer was back. Oh, yeah.

It was usually in the morning, isn't it, that you find that the steamer's back. I feel like they're catching up. You know what? If we just keep saying it, we'll win him over. I almost quit, but then I think you just got me back on board. Never quit on a steamer. You know how it is.

You have little choice. Lord, you quit once. I used to have a perfect eyesight. I found some glasses today, but they didn't suit me. Well done. Happy birthday. Thank you. You must have liked a whale.

Those look great on you. I know. So now the steamer's back, then it's armed with a 12-pound cannon. Oh, shit. Wow. They came back with some shit. Yeah. They're like, oh, they're not going anywhere,

because there's no wind. Let's go get some big fucking shit. Wow. Don't come back, they'll still fucking be here. My mic's down. There's a spare one underneath the table you can use. So what I was saying was... The steamer pulled alongside.

The Finians weren't having it. They grabbed rifles and guns and got ready to fight to the death. They brought guns to a cannon fight. Yeah. Yep, they're fucking Finians. That's the Chicago way. Yeah. These are people who attacked Canada with a thousand guys.

And almost one. Fucking Canada. Too nice for their own good. Hey, what do you need? Our country? Well, I don't know. Oh, God, you killed everyone. The whaling crew of the Catelbut decided to join in.

They grabbed harpoons and got ready to have a go. They l- Oh, thank you for more apple juice. Oh, holy shit. For those of you listening, we just got... It's nice. Yeah. I feel like my dad's here.

You know what I can't wait for is the gig at the Rhino Room. Guys, check out the Rhino Room gig. Yeah. Don't be foolish. Just gonna be three guys in headlocks. And then after the support, we'll do the show. Um... Just yell D during each other's sets.

I can do this. So all of the crew grabbed harpoons and got ready to go. They had... They had loaded the whale guns. And then the British fired across the Catelbus bow. Wow. The British did? Yeah.

My part's the British. Okay. Uh, oh, do you want to read my stage direction again so that I can come in as a natural character? Oh, thank you. Okay. The British then fired across the Catelbus pile. Heave-to! What for?

Captain Anthony replied. You've escaped prisoners on board that ship! You're mistaken. There are no prisoners aboard this ship. No free men. May I come aboard? No. I can see the prisoners on deck.

But everyone on the deck was a crew member. The Finians were below. You are a medieval to the British laws. Have to or I'll blow your mast out. I know no British laws. I am bound for sea. I cannot wait. I'll give you 15 minutes to surrender.

May I come aboard, sir? No. Captain Anthony then had an idea. He pointed to the flag on the ship, which was an American flag. This ship is sailing under the American flag. That's my part. Oh. No, I think that's my part.

Well, I was committed to the loin. Yeah, I made a mistake. Sorry about that. That's mine. You've recast the last line. In the middle of the bit, yeah. This is tough to hear. Okay.

I'll give you 15 minutes to surrender. May I come aboard, sir? No, I'm good. Thank you. Captain Anthony then had another idea. He pointed to the flag again on the ship, which was still an American flag. This ship is sailing under the American flag

and she is on the high seas. If you fire on me, I'll warn you that you're firing on the American flag. Well, we're not foolish. We know that that means everyone will die. They've got fucking drones. We appreciate you spreading so much bloody freedom everywhere.

Been a real luxury for everyone. Hope you're enjoying it. Good calls all around over there, USA. They continued the story. I want to compliment you on your foreign policy as well. By the way, congratulations on having a leader of a country who is shitting in the polls and then starts bombing another country.

Yeah. It's never been done. No. Never been done. We saw that movie years ago. You learned from the past. So this was a bit of a situation now for the British. Then the wind started up again.

You know what's coming. God loves the Irish. So the wind's up. So the British are now just around because they 1% chance they're Americans. And the wind starts like, fuck it. If they are, that 1%... Right?

That's what's happening? I'm doing some bottom-lining work. Or am I? I'm going to let you flounder on that one. Just flog me. The main sail went up and off went the Katalpa. The steamer followed for an hour, but they clearly weren't sure about firing on an American ship

and international waters, and they turned around. Yeah. Of course. Just before the Katalpa arrived in the U.S., the city marshal of New Bedford received a letter. D! Well, that was an easy read. Yeah.

Finally arrived. I've been waiting for that letter all day. I got my letter. It's the beginning of Sesame Street. I can't wait for my number. Nine! Ah. Now I'll add off hipsters back into it.

Oh, sorry. The number. Right. Sorry. I thought the podcast changed language for a moment. I get it. I appreciate that one person clapping. It's real skills to make everyone clap,

but when you can make one person clap, that's fucking ninja skills, my friends. Better. It's better. Yeah. So much better. You've connected? Yeah, with that person.

One person? I don't need anyone else. Oh, that Rhino Room show. Starting right now. Yeah. I think we're on the stage now. This was a bit of a situation, obviously. Oh, sorry.

So the Katalpa takes off before arrives in the US, the city marshal of New Bedford gets this letter. It was from the superintendent of police, M.A. Smith of Perse. Perse. Of Perse. Perse. Perse either way.

It's actually just Perse with a list. Yeah. Perse. Perse. Perse. Yeah. Change inside of your Perse. Yeah.

It's simple. Sir, I beg to inform you that on the 17th, the imperial convicts named the margin absconded from the convict settlement at Fremantle in this colony. They escaped from the colony in the American-wailing Bork Katalpa, G. Anthony, master. This Bork is from New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.

The convicts were taken from the shore in a wailing boat, belonging to the Katalpa, manned by Captain Anthony and six of the crew. The abetters were Collins, Jones and Johnson. I attach a description of each of the absconders and have to request that you will be good enough to finish me with any particulars. You may be able to gather concerning them.

I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, M.A. Smith. Unfortunately, the officer in charge of the police department at New Bedford, Massachusetts, was Henry Hathaway. The same Henry Hathaway, who was the captain of the second ship that helped the Raleigh to gain his freedom, and who had manned the entire crew of the Katalpa. Perfect.

So now this has turned into a Karrion movie. That's great. So no help there. It took four months for the Katalpa to arrive in New York. A crowd of thousands greeted them. They had a Finnean procession up Broadway. They then sailed to New Bedford. Same crowds, cannons were blasted.

A public reception was given. John O'Reilly gave a speech. George DeVoy, Anthony and others were called heroes. A label greatly helped by the writings of O'Reilly in the pilot. Word of the Fremantle VI prison break spread around the world. The cost of the operation was $25,000. Guys, $700,000 in today's model. Lucky those guys with the five grand turned up

for the people paying attention. That's a callback. Sheered. A numerical callback. The British weren't happy. They accused... Hang on, what? The British weren't happy?

I know. That is so weird. No. No. No. No, Harry. We will not accept it. Too salty.

Where are their hats? Undercooked. And their shoes? Undercooked. Bloody rainy. They accused the US... Watery. I'll stop.

No, no, go. Why? Well, just... What was advertised, was it? Bloody Germans got the towels out before us. Believable. Website painted it better. We're all sick.

Our teeth can't chew. That is authentic British. Our teeth can't chew. My teeth can't chew. To water it, slips between the gaps. What's floss about? Just like jumping rope in between molars. We've all been there.

I'm good. Yeah, let's go. I've got a show. The British accused the US of fermenting terrorism. You've fermented terrorism. Again. You'll never turn the tables on us. With your fermentation. Or terrorism.

Yes. You've never turned the tables on us. You've never turned the tables on us. You've never turned the tables on us. You've never turned the tables on us. You've never turned the tables on us. You've never turned the tables on us. Thanks for the terrorism.

Bloody watery wasn't it? Eventually the British came around and said that it was a good thing. Because the Finns were just an expensive nuisance. And they no longer had to take care of them. Thank you. Has some sandwiches. Well done. conspirators to all their silly machinations. But the Fremantal Six were

in shit shape after years of hell. They were broken men, but the story of their escape inspired the Irish for generations. So come you screw warders and jailers. Remember Perth regatta day. Take care for the rest of your Finians or the Yankees will steal them away. John fucking O'Reilly. Yeah turns out that poetry came in hand. Yeah, yeah finally. That bitch came back. I think I had a long fucking time Jesus. Thank God he kept up his skills on that wall. He was the family's best poet. Yeah the other ones. Did you see the other ones? Oh my god. Hickory dickory ducks. Cock cock. Put cock in there. Stop suggesting cock. I'm a member of this family.

But every time I'm writing a lyric I'll suggest this cock. Yeah. Now. I have a specialty. There once was a man from a town. Thoughts don't say cock. Cock. There once was a man from a town. Who liked to suck a big cock. Ah you'll never make it. Years later. Well you used it for the middle standard. Years later he's sitting in this giant pile of cock money. They said I wouldn't do it. Let's try him on something else. There was a man from the Nantucket. Who's? I can't think of anything. There once was a man from Nantucket. He was also from that town you were talking about then. Jesus. Hope John O'Reilly finds something beautiful. This is unbelievable. Yeah. What are the odds? Yeah he's not my

child. How about his cock was so long he could suck it. That doesn't make sense. Fuck sake. It's all about the cock. Fucking nightmare. Fuck sake. John O'Reilly continued to write for the pilot in poems and novels he was a leading political voice in the Irish community died in 1890. He suffered from horrible insomnia. Some said it was because he was torn in so many directions and had a hard time keeping up. He took some of his wife's sleeping pills on August 9th 1890 and was found dead. That was all those hats. Just floated. Yeah when they found him dead they just found a hat in a bed and they were like. Yeah. Well he must be gone. He's dead for sure look. He

must be dead. His hat's there. That's his hat. His kids are dead too. Yeah. Did you see the cat? Two small hats. Yeah. Two small hats. Yeah. Cat's gone. The cat's hat's gone. A little novelty cat hat. Yeah. The cat hat. The two kids' hats. His hat. They're fucked. Sad. So young. Can I say something? Huh? Cock. You with the politics. Excuse me sir get out of here. You're obviously not part of this. We know the man's dead. His hat's there. Oh cock. Hang on. He's left us a letter. Let me just open it up. Price that's long. Yeah I know. He just kept writing. Thought it would just be D but that's long. Yeah I know. Turns out that asshole turned out to be quite loquacious at the end.

I feel like we shouldn't use words like loquacious. Dave do what I do. Just pretend you get it. To be honest I just pulled a muscle in my jaw saying it. Officer. I don't have anything else to say. So it feels like we're at the end. That was it. That was the end. He died. At the end he died. Yeah. No they found his hat. We know he died. His fucking dad found his hat. Like you know. Like maybe he's still out there. Writing poetry. Inspiring Finneans to do whatever the Finneans do now. They still break people out of Australian prisons. Right. Oh do they really? Yep. They better start listening to this fucking podcast. The only thing stoking that fire. You could get them as sponsors. Yeah. The Finnean sponsor. Oh

my god I would love to have Finnean sponsorship. To get a Finnean movement behind us. Let's do this shit. I would love half way through a story where you have to stop to give a plug to the Finneans. Yeah if they start like funding us and we have to start doing like pro Finnean stuff like. Hey it's about that time of the show where I just need to say the Finneans have new caps. Yeah that's a nice style. If you're thinking about killing yourself. You never have a better night's sleep. Go ahead and you know give money to them. We're still going to get the fucking Brits out of the north. Anyway. That's our Finnean moment. What time do you have today? Thank you sir. You understand how the end of a podcast goes.

Ten forty. Ten forty. Talk to the others. You know I'm coming back. I'm crawling back to you. So yeah. So what you're saying is I'll show what the Ronald Reims started ten minutes ago. It started ten minutes ago. I wonder how it's going. I'm hoping by a round of applause who has already bought a ticket for the show at the Rhino Room. Okay. Here's hoping that. Who after the show will not buy it to get the Rhino Room. I felt like you were into it. You're the only one we want now. Yeah. You see how that works. We're going to have to win you over. That's how it works in comedy. Everyone's loving you but you just keep centering on the person that's not having a good time. Approve. Approve. Approve. Approve.

Approve. Approve. Hey. We don't need to. All right. So we should go. Yeah. Well we're going to be signing posters over here. Yeah. He's going to go to the Rhino Room and start the show. Yeah. Smart. He should because it started ten minutes ago. Yeah. So thank you very much for coming out. We appreciate the fuck out of it. We love you. Happy birthday Dave Anthony. Sell posters right over there. But really thank you so much. Thank you. Thank