Bit More
The "The Men of the Gun" you refer to must be the Unionists who were first and most heavily armed before another gun entered into Ireland
for use in political struggle.
Collins was the first to condemn the fact that the Treaty had been forced through under threat of war.
He was also under threat himself - of having his affair made public, so anything he had to say must be regarded in this light.
Of all os the signatories, he was the most reluctant - when signing, he said, "I am signing my own death warrant".
Now - how about to real facts instead of made-uup ones?
Jim Carroll