Michael Collins Biography Figh

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to London; he did not take long to become involved in a strong Irish community in London and also became involved in the Gaelic Athletic Association. He easily found work in London moving from job to job, and when he was 18, before moving back to Ireland he found himself involved in a group called the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). Back in Ireland and away from work Collins started writing about Irish history and current political events and this was about the time the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) introduced "The Home Rule Bill", before the House of Commons in April 1912. With the proposal of the Home Rule Bill, the Ulster Unionists feared that the Protestant culture would lose out to the Catholic nationalist majority. In fear of this Sir Edward Carson, organized the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and threatened to set up a provisional government in Belfast if Home Rule was to be introduced. Seeing the threat, nationalists in Dublin responded by forming the Irish ...

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