St. Andrews Applicants 2009 (deferred 2010)

Was he a member of the IRA? What did he believe in?

I can't believe I'd never heard of him - I feel quite embarrassed! What do you like about Irish politics? How did you get interest in it?

Ran the bloody IRA :P

And was the head of the IRB, and a member of the Dail....the list is endless

Interests sprung from:
My dad serving in NI during the troubles
My ex being very much an Irish Republican...

And other than that, I'm not sure

Andd thankyouu to you above, I am a she, hence the girls name and the pink female symbol

Oh, and he arguably invented Guerilla warfare and was considered a direct inspiration for Middle Eastern leader's war tactics...

But there aren't any jungles in Ireland oh im quite interested in the IRA conflict, only parts i know about are the parts the SAS played in it from some documentaries i've watched

Oh! Wow - suddenly I can see why you're interested in him! He must have been massively influential to British politics - how did his downfall come about?

Your ex was an Irish republican?! What did you think of his political views?

You don't need jungles for guerilla warfare

You don't need jungles for guerilla warfare

i know but i thought thats where the tactics originated from hence the name as well

That's GORILLA, not guerilla. It's on the ground, non cavalry warfare

Haha, he certainly was! There's a quite famous film about him where he is played by Liam Neeson, a good place to start if you want to know more about him, it's decently accurate
He was shot dead in Beal na mBlath... (mouth of the flowers) a valley near his hometown in Cork.

He was, not officially but in a partisan way. It was interesting, I wasn't allowed to tell his parent's about my dad's stint in the army for one thing

And sadly he wasn't the most knowledgable Irishman, but he had plenty of propaganda to spout!

Hahaha 'he wasn't the most knowledgeable Irishman, but he had plenty of propaganda to spout' - !! Must have been an interesting relationship?

Ah yes, will check out that film if I get a chance - definitely sounds really interesting from what you've said. Especially his influence on warfare strategy (despite the absence of jungles!! ) and over the Middle East. Are there any other areas of politics you have a strong interest in?

The only film I've seen that seems vaguely related was 'The Wind That Shakes The Barley' but I remember it mostly for Cillian Murphy...

Linked, but it's considered that Collins was the first to use and successfully implement it, and it had nothing to do with woodland in his case

That's GORILLA, not guerilla. It's on the ground, non cavalry warfare

This stuff came from WIKIPEDIA, wikipedia doesn lieee!!!!!

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No, :jebus: never lies...