Jim,because someone disagrees with you about the majority of support their was for independence, it does not follow that the poster does not feel that ireland was entitled to independence. I gave an example of how there were a considerable number in dublin[ in my opinion diffrent from the rest of ireland] who did not want independence.
however,my view is that it was a good thing that ireland got partial independence,but it would have been much better if the whole of the geographical island of ireland had got total independence.