Every now and then, someone delivers

Uhhhg. It doesn't matter. Everyone understands the joke...

I know what you mean, but people make mistakes, ya know. Shit happens.

Yeah like De Valera being a prick and not answering the phone causing Michael Collins to sing the anglo-Irish agreement which was basically his death warrant

Yes, like that, I suppose. Enlighten me, what exactly happened? I know about Sinn Fein, Collins and the Irish Revolution that resulted in Ireland being divided into the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, and how Collins was killed during an apparent ambush etcetera etcetera, but my knowledge is not as detailed as yours.

Okay, Irish Republican history time.. Finally the one thing I know extensive information about comes into use!

Okay, well as far as the Anglo-Irish treaty goes pretty much the country was split between those who were for it (Free staters) and those who were against it (Anti-treaty forces). Going back a wee bit before the treaty was signed Collins was decided to go and negotiate a treaty with the English, Collins got the most out of the English that anyone could (the 26 mainly Catholic counties as a separate country and the 6 more Protestant counties staying with the Brits). Collins had no other choice than to sign it and the mindset of the free staters was more of a "we get this part now and we'll work out how to get the rest later on" whereas the anti-treaty forces were pretty much saying "all or nothing", Civil war then broke out (in my opinion our nations darkest time, even darker than the Famine) over which side you supported. Apparently there's bits and pieces of evidence that De Valera may have even helped with the early stages of planning the Beal na Blath assassination and could have

(Cont) been a double agent during the 1916 rising

Wow, thank you! ^_^

No worries, if there's one thing I know anything about it's Irish history, so if you ever need any information then I'm happy to help :)