DeValera was a real piece of work. Even went to the German Embassy to sign the condolence book after Hitler offed himself.
Yes history was not kind to Eamon DeValera but he brought it on himself. Personally I don’t think any treaty would have made him happy. He just hated the Brits. And he was jealous of Collins because of his popularity with the people. Michael Collins viewed the original treaty as a stepping stone and hoped that in time all of Ireland could be reunited.
My brother in law and I drove over to Skibereen and sat in that bar and drank one night. You can feel the ghosts. (We’re not Irish or anything 😆)
Then we drove down the road looking for Sam’s Cross because we wanted to see the spot where Mick Collins got shot. It was so foggy I’m not sure if we found it or not but there’s a place in the road where there’s a cross high up on the hill either cut into the rock or attached to it but it looked like the perfect ambush site.