By the way.
Those who argue about what the majority of the people want or don't want are invariably those who don't give a toss what ordinary people want until it becomes a handy alternative to arguing on facts - as is the case here.
We don't know what the people wanted one way or another because they were never consulted, including changes in Ireland.
Revolutionary changes of the left, right and centre are invariably brought about by a tiny minority.
The people did not oppose the changes brought about by Easter Week other than to take up arms against the decisions forced on Ireland by the imposed Treaty - by anybody's logic, an indication that those changes were unacceptably wrong.
One of the great mistakes in assessing history, Irish history in particular, is to judge it by at happens in the cities, ignoring the fact that Ireland is a largely rural nation.
It's still a truism that if it rains in Dublin, then it must be raining everywhere - I know that to be a fact, that nice weather-forecasting lady told me!
Jim Carroll