Thick-Signature-4946 t1_itg5p1l wrote on October 23, 2022 at 12:12 PM Reply to comment by BitterSweetDesire in TIL that a prison riot in 1985 on Spike Island near Cork, Ireland, ended after a mother of a prisoner heard what was happening, came to the island,& roared at her son through a megaphone after he had been on a roof for hours; it took only a few minutes of shouting & the remaining prisoners came down by newshoeshudis Your man heard his mam and went quietly so he did. Having worked with many Irish over the years. Few are better than the Irish at telling a good story. Permalink Parent 24
Thick-Signature-4946 t1_itg5p1l wrote
Reply to comment by BitterSweetDesire in TIL that a prison riot in 1985 on Spike Island near Cork, Ireland, ended after a mother of a prisoner heard what was happening, came to the island,& roared at her son through a megaphone after he had been on a roof for hours; it took only a few minutes of shouting & the remaining prisoners came down by newshoeshudis
Your man heard his mam and went quietly so he did.
Having worked with many Irish over the years. Few are better than the Irish at telling a good story.