Comparison of Real Life Michael Collins to Film Version
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You know when a major movie star plays the role of someone whose history is clouded between heroism and anti-social political behavior resulting in death and upheaval that the character will turn out to be far more heroic than history actually provides. It's as if Antonio Banderas portrayed Che Guevara. Collins was an important figure in the attempt to ser up an Irish Free State around 1916. While he was actually a minor figure at that time, he became far more active beginning a couple of years later. "In January 1919, the Anglo-Irish War began with the first shots being fired at Soloheadbeg. Over the next year, the Royal Irish Constabulary became the target of a Sinn Fein terror campaign. Michael Collins orchestrated this campaign. He felt there would be much to gain by provoking England to w
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