Michael Collins - "You can have your seven minutes"

[@HolyRomanEmperor90]

Michael Collins did actually say this, but the person he said it to was Lord Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, not Nevil Macready like in this scene.

[@MarkHarrison733]

It's an urban myth.

[@OliviaLaferriere]

Michael Collins looks awesome in the military outfit and Joseph Plunkett would've been impressed with his Aid De Camp and bodyguard dressed in it❤

[@rraymondoliver]

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[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

Collins was Ireland's Quisling.

[@OliviaLaferriere]

@@JamesRichards-mj9kw What's a Quisling?

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

@@OliviaLaferriere A traitor.

[@ethanramos4441]

@@JamesRichards-mj9kw He was no Quisling although true he signed a treaty that made Ireland a dominion and not a United Ireland and not a republic the problem was he knew if they continued the war they would’ve been wiped out as they were running low and don’t have the man power too continue it. Once more when Collins signed the treaty he said he just signed his own death warrant also he knew that Dev set him there as he knew that they weren’t going to get a 32 county Ireland or the Republic that they wanted. So he sent Collins as the scapegoat as he didn’t want to be the bearer of bad news.

[@dannydevito3705]

We fought 800 years and we’ll fight 800 more 🇮🇪

[@snipper1ie]

Good man Danny. When are you available for the invasion?

[@coolstorybrooooo7643]

or we could just have a Guinness and laugh about it.

[@punishedgloyperstormtroope8098]

Dublin is now majority non Irish now lol You lost

[@RustieFawn]

“Fought” pretty sure Irish kings joined with the Norman’s the second they lost a battle to them. Great fight lol

[@markolysynchuk5264]

The British are long gone though, and as far as I can see, don't plan to invade Ireland any time soon.

[@terranceaddison4599]

"Do i get to wear that hat?" I burst out laughing though😂

[@rexgeorg7324]

Interesting.. film

[@Luke-km9mn]

What’s the song in the background???

[@d3AdLyf3]

staind- mudshovel

[@Luke-km9mn]

@@d3AdLyf3 could you please put a link to the audio of the the song

[@maendwaikat]

🇵🇸🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@rorymurray78]

Look at Ireland now ...may god help us all...

[@matthewlo55]

Compare to Taiwanese, Irish had more balls for their freedom.

[@lauritorni4879]

How does this compare?

[@Citypoint888]

What did Chinese government do to Taiwan? China gave Taiwan all the best trade agreement and make Taiwan make money unfairly all these years. Then Taiwan use the money profit from mainland China to buy weapon from US to against China.

[@dars5229]

Speaking as an Irishman, we didn't have nukes pointed at us to contend with. Taiwanese are tough. Hard workers. Polite but straightforward. Island folk who don't like an empire bossing them around. Irish people respect that.

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

The traitor and British collaborator Collins never made this remark in reality.

[@totallynotalpharius2283]

I don’t think it’s fair to call him a traitor. I would have been torn myself. A treaty that meant a divided Ireland still loyal to Britain? I would have been opposed to it but what is the other option? Rip up the treaty and have an unoccupied British army come destroy every bit of freedom that treaty would have given them. Grtting guns from Churchill was a desperate act and I see both sides to the argument . I with hold judgement but maintain the the first six letters of LondonDerry are silent

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

@@totallynotalpharius2283 The British could not have resumed the war.

[@CT-7395]

@@JamesRichards-mj9kwthe main thing was that the British government lost public and international support for the war and if you don’t have the public on your side it’s not easy to continue a war. Collins is not a traitor in my eyes he devoted his life to the Irish republic, Éamon deValera knew we would never gain a full republic, the British couldn’t just simply say here’s the republic, the treaty wasn’t perfect put it was better then we could have imagined we only wanted home rule Instead we got our own government, army and currency. We needed that and we still gained a republic anyway

[@JamesRichards-mj9kw]

@@CT-7395 De Valera was correct to oppose the Treaty.

[@PaulRudd1941]

​@@JamesRichards-mj9kw bro, we already had a civil war about this!