McGrath, You are right of course, both Mick and Dev would have been in and out of favour a few times I would imagine. Just look what happened to Churchill, the english dumped him in one election. It may have been even more so in Ireland, as you know - "with two Irishmen you have three opinions"

I believe the quote from Collins was something like

" I am much more at ease in the company of old people in the dark than I am with young people in the light"

In the video "Hang out your brightest colours" Grifiths said that you may have to be a Celt to understand that quote.