tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post8460097423159031064..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: Sinn Fein In The Michael Collins TraditionAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-50039363348389846032015-08-28T08:44:49.734+01:002015-08-28T08:44:49.734+01:00Cuey
nowadays a glance at the entry wound by a fo...Cuey<br /><br />nowadays a glance at the entry wound by a forensic pathologist and s/he would be able to make a fairly definitive call ... high velocity, low velocity, ricochet, dum-dummed or whatever combination.<br /><br />The factual certainties, or so we're led to believe, is that the wound was behind the ear and there was no exit wound ... the explanations offered that Collins was to theHenry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-87154992499442886192015-08-27T19:27:19.573+01:002015-08-27T19:27:19.573+01:00I apolgise Anthony.
I don't have a problem wit...I apolgise Anthony.<br />I don't have a problem with the article.<br />The basic idea would be sound as far as it goes.<br />Lots of others have made the point.SF are a later day lesser version of Collins. Fine no problem.<br />Other than Irish Nationalism sees revisionism by every quarter and unionism is left in a bubble<br />with all it's myths and lies intact.<br />If I was a historianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-80228155015644710682015-08-27T18:48:23.029+01:002015-08-27T18:48:23.029+01:00Amazing how people 93 years later know so well eve...Amazing how people 93 years later know so well everything that was going on in the mind of Ireland's most successful revolutionary leader. The same man who every night recieved copies of all the telegrams exchanged between Lyold-George and Craig during the Treaty talks. Ollamh Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118351794046868993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-24218393016749222502015-08-27T18:41:32.159+01:002015-08-27T18:41:32.159+01:00Ozzy,
I am well aware of the sectarian boycott wh...Ozzy,<br /><br />I am well aware of the sectarian boycott which Collins initiated, but I'm not sure what point you think you are making. Other than letting off steam about your hatred of unionists.Cue Bonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951825726248815243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-42450653975619978752015-08-27T18:39:02.770+01:002015-08-27T18:39:02.770+01:00HJ,
I had read somewhere that the armoured car gu...HJ,<br /><br />I had read somewhere that the armoured car gunner "Jock" was under suspicion for having shot him, but never heard Dalton in the frame before. Surely it would have been fairly easy to differentiate between a wound caused by a low velocity pistol bullet and a high velocity 303? Iirc "Jock" went on to join the anti treaty IRA.Cue Bonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951825726248815243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-65526241258533177252015-08-27T10:58:18.717+01:002015-08-27T10:58:18.717+01:00Good articles should be accompanied by comments to...Good articles should be accompanied by comments to match. People do not have to be measured in their comments. They do need to avoid being abusive. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-57659055685362181022015-08-26T22:31:18.921+01:002015-08-26T22:31:18.921+01:00Cue ballix.
Michael Collins was the Bigger man tha...Cue ballix.<br />Michael Collins was the Bigger man than you'll ever be.<br />Also speaking of Perfidy.<br />How are those Unionists Craig left behind in Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan.You know Ulster doing?<br /><br />Also Carson himself the architect of the Sick Counties left the stage a broken man admitting that unionism to been nothing other than patsies and dupes for the English ruling Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-6625359867041987302015-08-26T22:22:52.665+01:002015-08-26T22:22:52.665+01:00Cuey,
Collins was duplicitous about the arming of...Cuey,<br /><br />Collins was duplicitous about the arming of the northern anti-treaty IRA not just with Craig, but also with his government colleagues and the British with whom he was exchanging weapons. Its alleged that some of the munitions of the northern units were finding their way into those exchanges and British standard issue weapons then sent back in return. <br /><br />Possibly giving Henry JoYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161613445053833181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-61870507365311623492015-08-26T21:17:31.586+01:002015-08-26T21:17:31.586+01:00He also set the precedent in republican perfidy wh...He also set the precedent in republican perfidy when it comes to negotiating with Unionists. Talking peace with Craig whilst arming the Northern anti Treaty IRA behind his back.Cue Bonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15951825726248815243noreply@blogger.com