tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post5691522298368345859..comments2024-03-28T17:44:07.653+00:00Comments on TPQ: Who Shot Michael Collins?AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-84389914476154818122022-02-18T20:29:23.387+00:002022-02-18T20:29:23.387+00:00It may well have depended largely on the British p...It may well have depended largely on the British public, who cared little for Ireland let alone fighting another war to keep it. Demand may have forced, given the so called Great War had just ended, regular troops be withdrawn. <br />Yes, the UVF at the time were large and, as the 36th Ulster Rifles had fought in WW1. So too had the National Volunteers equally. A unified IRA would have matched Caoimhin O'Murailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13014116388545562992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-372945674297281082022-02-18T11:11:21.164+00:002022-02-18T11:11:21.164+00:00@ Caoimhin O'Muraile
Fantastic article, thank...@ Caoimhin O'Muraile<br /><br />Fantastic article, thank you.<br /><br />@ Stevie R<br /><br />"Would such an invasion have succeeded?"<br /><br />Unlikely given the original Ulster Volunteer Force had 100k in it's ranks, were well armed and supported by field hospitals and supply chains, not even counting British forces. It would have been a bloodbath regardless."<br /><brBrandon Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846523287559978645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-18618800369470919092022-02-18T06:37:37.095+00:002022-02-18T06:37:37.095+00:00There by hangs the question? A better equiped IRA ...There by hangs the question? A better equiped IRA would have been in a position to give the regulars a run for their money, possibly securing a victory given Britain was winding down her armed forces, eighteen years later it almost cost them. Whether, even better equiped, the IRA could have defeated the British and the UVF, by British I include the Tans, is questionable. You are correct it wouldCaoimhin O'Murailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13014116388545562992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-66920978634032026552022-02-17T21:55:56.614+00:002022-02-17T21:55:56.614+00:00"Would such an invasion have succeeded?"..."Would such an invasion have succeeded?"<br /><br />Unlikely given the original Ulster Volunteer Force had 100k in it's ranks, were well armed and supported by field hospitals and supply chains, not even counting British forces. It would have been a bloodbath regardless.Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-26401897082402797952022-02-17T20:24:54.365+00:002022-02-17T20:24:54.365+00:00Or he could just have driven down the wrong road a...Or he could just have driven down the wrong road and found himself in the path of a bullet, like what happened with many others during this period. War is war, Collins was an enemy general in hostile territory, and sometimes the simplest solution really is the right one.<br /><br />If British intelligence was half as good as the theories make it out to be, the IRA would have been beat by DecemberDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474812106727865107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-45736379012039375932022-02-17T19:48:38.273+00:002022-02-17T19:48:38.273+00:00That is very true Patrick, and it would be disresp...That is very true Patrick, and it would be disrespectful to exhume the remains and I was not suggesting it. What mystifies me is the pact with Craig, the pair of them to decide where the borer would be, with Churchill present! Very sinister, and I firmly believe Curtis had more to do with his death which is why perhaps little is mentioned of him.<br /><br />Caoimhin O'MuraileCaoimhin O'Murailehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13014116388545562992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-48284245373433236262022-02-17T16:25:44.578+00:002022-02-17T16:25:44.578+00:00The original Irish 20th century conspiracy theory ...The original Irish 20th century conspiracy theory topic. It's akin to who killed JFK but much like the great hunger not spoken of much in Ireland rather the adoption of a historically porous narrative like the famine. I do think there was more contribution in Collins on the question of Irish independence, I don't believe he'd have rest easy on the treaty as his legacy and I do think Patrick Mooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912745948523790308noreply@blogger.com