"The rebels said they were."
And they did nothing other than accept the weapons - do you have any evidence that they did - no - thought not??
" what happened was that Lloyd George and Redmond had a chat about it. "
It was invalid because it had been unilaterally altered to appease the Unionists by permanently Ireland - very egalitarian.
Redmond's "chat" was to reject the doctored version as "a betrayal" - as the Rebels always knew would happen. or something of the sort
Asquith made an effort to reintroduce it in 1917 but by then even the Redmondites would not associate themselves with it - British dishonesty had put paid to that.
Home rule never too effect because it was dead in the water long before The Civil War which took place as a result of the stitched-up version being forced through at gunpoint.
I take it we're now agreed on the Kent trial, though I don't expect you to acknowledge that fact in a million years
Do you not realise how stupid your making up 'facts' then doing a runner when they are shot down in flames makes you look?
Obviously not.
Stop making things up and arrogantly presenting them as fact.
Jim Carroll