Auction planned for letter which first betrayed Michael Collins to the British authorities

Harry Quinlisk, thats a real Irish Name, NOT! I offer $1000.oo more than the highest bidder for the letter! A California Voice, what a piece of S--- Where is this Basdard Quinlisk burried? Jerry O'Keefe

Collins was a traitor, when the republicans siezed the Four Courts Churchill ordered Collins to stop it & provided him with a british artillary cannon to shell the republicans. Collins did what he was ordered to do. Listen he sold out his own people in the 6 Counties.

"Collins was a traitor & Churchills bitch..." Yeah, that's why Churchill gave up 26 counties to an opponent that was vastly outnumbered and outgunned to the point of absurdity. Moreover, Churchill was an obese alcoholic and FDR's bitch. Switch the roles and Churchill could never have done what Michael Collins did.

Given that Dev was England's Greatest Spy was the one to out Collins by sending him to negotiate terms of Erin's freedom. When it comes to weasels Dev was number 1 - his Irish neutrality bit served Churchill and FDR - a breadbasket and manpower source for the WWII cause. A cause that helped Dev and his tribe secure a home for his tribe. The tribe from which all of today's madness flows.

Collins needed to get what he could get and begin the process of expelling the foreigners. A debt ridden opportunist, Portia, in the annals of war or espionage is the norm. Look @ the prosecutions in the US against CIA traitors. You are beyond ignorant. Most males can only think in terms of their short term needs and gratification. As for anglo-norman, he vomits a lot of hate. He clearly uses these posts to make himself feel like "he is someone of importance" b/c of his ancestry. He has "noth'n goi'n on but the rent". Ignore him. Don't read, much less, respond to his posts. They are self-serving and inflammatory. He is a would be something b/c net-net, he's a big old nothing. Why engage with anyone who does not bring constructive thought and insight to the piece being discussed? Take a pass and this fungus will fade away.

only 7,i,d have made sure of the b,,,,,,d.those who considered m collins betrayed his country by signing the treaty probably didnt have an overall grasp of the military situation as m collins had,the ira was on its knees,logistically,the brits were flooding back from europe and would have been sent over to ireland in their thousands battle hardened and trained,after hundreds of years of invasion he took what he could to continue the fight another day,knowing,as he said at the time,i am sighning my own death warrant.the greatest shame was that irish men did not realise and ended up in that terrible civil war which as a previous comment points out,divises ireland to this day.dev knew what m,collins was going to sign,he wouldnt have signed without his say so anyway,but it suited his deviousness to distance himself from collins apearing not to have known.norman tosser,collins was no traitor.

Ignorant comment Anglo b with a. Itch and as for Portia??who cares what YOU believe, you are one of the most negative, ignorant arrogant comments on here, go away you silly child

Collins was a traitor & Churchills bitch...

handsome68, "sending" Mick Collins to negotiate with the Brits would be akin to "sending" Martin McGuinness to negotiate with the Brits. Who is it you think was "sending?" You credit Dev with too much authority! Dev had the authority to choose not to go himself, but I hardly credit him with having the power to give Mick Collins his marching orders! Too many books are being written about people who are long dead by people who never met them. I'm not sure we will ever fully understand what was going on in their minds when they negotiated partition and the aftermath. The Civil War continues to divide Ireland to this day. Why else would Fianna Fail and Fine Gael be two separate parties.

"The report adds that his betrayal was apparently prompted by Collin's refusal to bankroll his gambling habit." I don't believe a word of that statement.

Mick; would not be happy with "riddled with seven bulle

When my father was a boy, he shook hands with Michael Collins. I always found it amazing that Mr. De Valera, a politician and wordsmith, would send Mr. Collins, who was probably more a man of action than of words, to negotiate with other politicians and wordsmiths. Still, things were no simpler then than they are now.

Summary execution; a fitting end to a traitor.

yeah not as bad as your mob shiel. worst traiters in the history of Ireland. get da fug.

how 'bout that: treated scurvily twice...