Ireland's Michael Collins And Emon De Valera

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be needlessly brutal. What they lacked was new leadership to
focus the restless energy of the Irish into effective political action, but it
was not long in coming. At Christmas 1916 all rebel prisoners who had been
interned without trial, those that the British had considered insignificant,
were released as a goodwill gesture to the United States which had been very
angry by British conduct regarding the rebels. This proved to be a costly
mistake. Among those released was a cadre of IRB men who had spent their time
in prison educating and organizing themselves into what came out to be a
formidable political and military force. The leader of these efforts in prison
was Michael Collins, who was still a little known Volunteer at the time.
Despite martial law, Collins contacted the members of his secret
organization throughout Ireland and set in motion a clever plan to obtain
political power. Using Sinn Fein as cover, the IRB began to run its members as
candidates for parliament. ...

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