Michael Collins’ assessment – Ireland’s position at the end of the Anglo-Irish War Characteristically compact, pithy, and to the point, Collins nutshells the national situation with an unsparing overview of its strengths and challenges.   “We took as much of the govern…

#OTD 6 Dec 1921
#AngloIrishTreaty1921 is signed just after 2am, to be submitted to the people of #Ireland for approval.
In Michael Collins' own words: “We took as much of the gvt ..out of the hands of the enemy as we could.."
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The Collins-DeValera Pact of May 1922 The War of Independence 1919 – 1921, ** in which Michael Collins played a leading role, was ended by negotiation and treaty. That negotiation and Treaty led to Civil War, and Collins death. …

June 1922 #Ireland voted in the #PactElections wp.me/p43KWx-33 to resolve national dispute over the #AngloIrishTreaty1921 . Pro-Treaty & anti-Treaty agreed in advance, no matter what the outcome, to cooperate in a coalition gvt, to prevent #IrishCivilWar