The real reasons Michael Collins signed the #Treaty21
“The Treaty of Limerick is wiped out.. The Union is wiped out..
Complete ntl freedom is ours & nobody but ourselves can prevent it."
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“To me it would have been a criminal act to refuse to allow the #Irish Nation to give its opinion.. whether [to] accept [the AngloIrishTreaty1921 ] or resume hostilities.”
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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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31 Too Young To Die.

Seán Collins beside the coffin of his brother, Michael Collins in #Dublin's City Hall where he lay in state for three days following his death at Béal na mBláth in Cork.
The photo was taken on 27th August 1922.
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Kitty and Michael: a revolutionary courtship Some historians have been obliged to play down Michael Collin’s fiancé, Kitty Kiernan, in order to support their theories about his death.  However, Ms Kiernan cannot be relegated to a footno…

June 1922 after the #PactElections Michael Collins felt able to begin planning his post-war life. His wedding to Kitty Kiernan wp.me/p43KWx-5Y was set for 22nd August. They looked at a house in Greystones
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Why DeValera didn’t go to the Treaty negotiations Michael Collins with Eamonn DeValera 1921 (courtesy sarasmichaelcollinssite.com) The Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921 officially ended Ireland’s War of Independence / Tan War 1919-1921. Collins’ death…

Was #partition a "done deal" before #Treaty21 negotiations ever opened? If so... then what was the #IrishCivilWar all about?
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