How Michael Collins DEFEATED the British Empire in Ireland

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  • @HistoryExplained185
    @HistoryExplained185  Рік тому +6

    He was no doubt that 1 in 10,000. What was his Greatest Strength??

    • @adrianmcmenamin2244
      @adrianmcmenamin2244 Рік тому +2

      Hard to pick one, his wit and audacity

    • @shanenolan5625
      @shanenolan5625 Рік тому +1

      Audacity

    • @TheSubpremeState
      @TheSubpremeState 6 місяців тому +1

      Clearly a pioneer in counter intelligence. His picture is on the wall in Langley or at least on their website. Even the MI6 quote him

  • @EyeInTheSkypaulmcmenamin
    @EyeInTheSkypaulmcmenamin Рік тому +18

    An Irish icon, father of the state 🇮🇪

  • @activekr1
    @activekr1 Рік тому +16

    One of the greatest leaders in history.

    • @HistoryExplained185
      @HistoryExplained185  Рік тому +1

      for sure he was, we need more like him these days and cant help but imagine what he would have accomplished had he lived longer

    • @soeffingwhat
      @soeffingwhat 12 днів тому

      @@HistoryExplained185 Yes, he was a legend.

    • @ThomasOneill-ru6et
      @ThomasOneill-ru6et 11 днів тому

      Sorry I can't let that go, potentially he was but failed miserably.

  • @Occident.
    @Occident. 11 днів тому +4

    Greatest Irishman ever. Ireland needs the likes of him again.

    • @jasons4524
      @jasons4524 11 днів тому +1

      He sold out the north of Ireland

    • @seanmckillen9090
      @seanmckillen9090 8 днів тому

      @@Occident. That's very very debatable 🤔

  • @Bernard-n7o
    @Bernard-n7o Рік тому +4

    Thengreen hold thier spot orsnge have their spot ..

  • @joe-y4o5y
    @joe-y4o5y 10 днів тому

    A video on General Tom Barry?

  • @seanmckillen9090
    @seanmckillen9090 12 днів тому +2

    A brave man signed his own death warrant ☘️😔

  • @jimmclean9312
    @jimmclean9312 12 днів тому +1

    Ironicly sad that after battling on behalf of Irishmen, he was murdered by one of them !

  • @YNWA.HUDDLE
    @YNWA.HUDDLE Рік тому +8

    Had the brits on their knees no other country achieved
    What Ireland did against all odds still no peace yet 😢
    Until we get answers and public apology from the crown 👑
    🇮🇪🍀💚💚💚

    • @TheSubpremeState
      @TheSubpremeState 6 місяців тому

      The greatest empire in modern history began unraveling thanks to this one genius and high Irish morals compared with British War criminals. Ironic that fools in England compare zelensky to Churchill.😂😂😂. Russia will lose cos purin is copying Churchill and Zelensky must have learnt our history when he visited in 2017. Britain today has learned from its mistakes and keeps its war crimes private. ie SAS

    • @bobbirobin2051
      @bobbirobin2051 2 місяці тому +1

      The Irish beat the british monster at the height of its power. The Irish are powerful

  • @hughconnolly3277
    @hughconnolly3277 Місяць тому +1

    It was 1922 not 1923

  • @casedismissed8581
    @casedismissed8581 7 днів тому

    correction: "how Michael Collins defeated the ENGLISH empire in Ireland"

  • @andrewlally7828
    @andrewlally7828 4 місяці тому +4

    He didn't break the empire. Formidable man though

    • @murtred6206
      @murtred6206 4 місяці тому

      No he brought it to heel do.

    • @CatholicIrish11
      @CatholicIrish11 3 місяці тому +1

      He started the ball rolling for the empire to collapse

    • @bobbirobin2051
      @bobbirobin2051 2 місяці тому

      He defeated the strongest imperial power at its height. As soon as Ireland left the union, the british empire collapsed.

    • @bobbirobin2051
      @bobbirobin2051 2 місяці тому

      He humbled the british empire. Nobody has ever done that, alone, without outside help, only the Irish.

  • @Slick_1878
    @Slick_1878 7 днів тому

    He didn’t, though, did he?
    Northern Ireland just celebrated her centenary in 2021 and the majority of her citizens are content with the status quo. 🇬🇧

    • @philipmcgrath3844
      @philipmcgrath3844 3 дні тому

      You do realise the brits haven't wanted you sinse ww2.

  • @tomhayes4782
    @tomhayes4782 12 днів тому +4

    The 6 counties are not and never have been and never will be a part of Great Britain... Theyre a part of the island of Ireland and a part of the political entity that is The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland for the time being. Theres the Irish sea between Great Britain (the large island) and Ireland..... Basic stuff..

  • @padruigmacrodain
    @padruigmacrodain 4 місяці тому +1

    He didn't defeat the British Empire in Ireland, he only defeated it in the south; he would tell you that himself if he were alive today.

    • @Mandy89156
      @Mandy89156 9 днів тому

      The south is cork

    • @padruigmacrodain
      @padruigmacrodain 9 днів тому

      @Mandy89156 the south of the South is Cork; I'm from there. The South is the 26 Counties, the bit Britain left, the North is the 6 Counties, the bit they did not. I'll admit I could have capitalised the s in south in the original comment but I thought the meaning will have been obvious, since north of the border in Ireland no one can doubt the British have remained to this day. Collins' victory only went so far. It can never be described as complete given what he himself openly professed he was fighting for, namely a 32-County Sovereign Irish Republic.

  • @gerardodwyer5908
    @gerardodwyer5908 8 місяців тому +6

    "Collins a journalist". At age 13? I don't think so. BS video and back-of-box breakfast cereal history.

    • @joekavanagh8997
      @joekavanagh8997 10 днів тому

      He did more in 31 years than the likes of you would do in a hundred lifetimes.

  • @johnfoley4892
    @johnfoley4892 9 днів тому

    Get it right u mean the 6 occupied counties the north of Ireland

  • @JasonDBlundell
    @JasonDBlundell 12 днів тому +1

    He would be rolling in his grave now!

  • @Moondogg111
    @Moondogg111 3 місяці тому +1

    Heres how: he didn't. Ireland is still not ran by the Irish

  • @jasons4524
    @jasons4524 11 днів тому

    He sold out the his fellow Irishmen and Irishwomen in the north of Ireland

  • @cromwellhunter
    @cromwellhunter 10 днів тому

    Did great til he turned traitor. His actions after he signed the treaty are too often overlooked. The absolute epitome of a traitor.