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Message: <blockquote data-quote="valamhic" data-source="post: 9093" data-attributes="member: 111">For a start if they were  in the   British  army they were not the real thick PIRA type.    Real republicans would not join that army.     Yes there were a few who were British Army turned to Republicans.    Emmet Dalton was one,  but most were never in the British Army.    In any event the British Army trained for drill and trench warfare and shooting skills.   Not ambush of this type.    The fact was there was a group of about 40 armed menwith mostly lee Enfield rifles at that spot earlier that evening and they were not there to negotiate.  They were there to end the treaty and continue the war until the British conceded on the north,    Their highest ranking leader was DeValera,  When Collins was dead,  it was getting dark and it was dark by an hour later.   Collins was in the Armoured car but got out.   The attackers could have ran bit they did not run,  that was because they intended to kill every single member of that party.  They probably did not know who they had killed  until the news was out.   It was getting too hot for them to stay.</blockquote>

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