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The post that was quoted here has been removedIn 1921 The would be President of Ireland
Eamonn the snake De Valera sent Michael Collins to London
to negotiate a treaty with the British.
Wiley old De Valera knew that the British would never agree to his agenda.
That's why he sent Collins instead of going himself.
This resulted in Collins bringing back the bad news that the British would agree to a 26 county Irish republic and that they ( thr British ) wanted to hold on to 6 counties in the north east of Ireland. It was the beginning of partition in Ireland and led to the civil war ( 1921 - 1923 ).
Later on in Modern times, ( late 70's early 80's ), the British secretly had a cabinet meeting to discuss the possibility of giving County Armagh back to the Republic.
This was because during the troubles ( 1969 - 1995 )
South Armagh gave the British the most trouble out of all the 6
counties occupied by the British.