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"Hero"? Many believe he had Collins murdered. He held Ireland back for decades IMHO.

I'm sure Michael McDowell felt somewhat like Karl Dönitz who was handed the poison chalice of leading Germany after the death of Hitler, the damage to the party, and the country, was already done.

he was a spy plain and simple the escape from prison in England was staged he sold out Collins he was jealous of him he sent Collins to England because he knew he could not get a better deal than the one he got rip michael

And yet here in 2025 Fianna Fail are the largest political party in the country, led by a man who was part of the government who bankrupted this country. We're still paying to his and Brian Cowen's incompetence today.

It's 2025 and we're still paying the bills for their stupidity. They spent public money like it was going out of fashion and unfortunately our country is up to its tonsils in debt still. Our grandchildren will still be paying for their mismanagement of our economy.

He can curb his enthusiasm for real.

these guys would have hated fury road, "overkill"

Odonoghue is healy raes lovechild 🎉

This documentary is full of falsities! DeValera knew that Churchill couldn’t be trusted and would have never given up NI!!

Thiss must be one of his earliest reviews on RUclips. I really wish there were more pre 2005 kermode reviews

As a Brit I find it galling that Collins got the best deal through compromise that he could get, and de Valera knew that, yet he chose to play a dirty game, Ireland could have had a far better start than de Valera would allow.

TRAITOR - The dismantlement of Britain (The Tony Blair Story)

"Why talk to me?" 😂 Most relatable thing I've heard today.

I think Sophia did a great job and was very appealing in the role.

What makes a Superman story so special is his desire and struggle to be truly loved. This debacle doesn’t even approach such dramatic twists, instead it tries to be a Richard Pryor laugh fest (at which it also totally fails). It makes on wonder when the musical/dance scene is going to occur. This film is a complete mess and, if you should never see it, you haven’t missed a thing related to the Superman character. Whoof! 👎✌️

He sounds like a stuffed student

He's too combative

Whilst politically I would be more aligned to Charles James Haughey here, I must write that on economics I would be inclined to vote for Garret Desmond FitzGerald. I should note however that FitzGerald in a television programme sayed that in fact Haughey did what Fine Gael wanted to do and what Haughey criticised the party for whilst in opposition and thus solved the problem. Too bad corruption came to bite him.

Second and the portents of change are immense.

First and why do I like his voice so much?

First and for the love of God! Why is the background audio so loud?

Why is the background audio not the background?

One of the greatest movies ever. It has stood the test of time. Still looks great in 2025.

Ding Dong …..

If you took the comedy and Richard Pryor out of the movie then it would've been better

It was £1.3 million , please edit the caption on here that States 13 million (it’s a big difference ffs)!

Lol

As an American I admire Irish politics. When the one sensible moderate party screws up, you have another sensible moderate party to fall back on.

He claimed American citizenship and therefore was reprieved from the firing squad . As such he should have been deported forthwith and Ireland would hopefully never have heard of him again . Unfortunately this was not to be instead we had an introspective myopic halfwit whose rare foray into international affairs was to sign the book of condolence at the German Embassy on the death of Hitler .

Collins brought home a bad treaty in 1921. De Valera brought home a great treaty in 1937. This "he would have found a way" nonsense in relation to Collins uniting Ireland is just that. Pure nonsense. Collin's way was to continue military action in the North using northern volunteers like my grandfather. It would have been a bloodbath as the IRA was hopelessly outnumbered. And the main brunt would have been borne by Catholic civilians. De Valera was a lot wiser and realised that was a no go. I have the greatest respect for both of them. But I am tired of this demonizing of De Valera and canonization of Collins. Collins was a military genius but not a great politician. In dealing with the British; De Valera ran rings around them. And the British ran rings around Collins. Harsh truth. Time to accept it.

He sent a condolence letter after Hitler "died". Enough said.

No music would be more respectful. Anything would be better than the poorly edited footage here where the music is too loud and a distraction.

Saobhadh, gan fasach, aisteach agus dochreidte

I never questioned whether Newt had an alien inside of her. Is Ebert right that is a question of the movie?

The unionist s would have never giving up the north in 45 ...dev knew that so did Churchill

Labour has been hijacked by the Rich It doesn't represent working people,and hasn't for a long time.

In fact, Éamon de Valera was half Spanish and born in New York City.

Disagree with the comment from Gene. It is easy, you see it more on TV especially SVU. There, it isn't always children but often the cast.

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Not a hero

De Valera good irish name, hee hee hee ha ha ha. And Collins is a Norman French name.

Not a fan.

The claim that DeValera was secretly a British agent despite his revolutionary reputation is plausible. That he was released from prison by the British less than ayear after they sentenced him to death is suspicious. So is hiis escape from a British jail we he was rearrested a short time later.

Dev was a slimy snake, a self serving publicist, an egotistical jealous duplicitous back stabber. He escaped execution because of his American passport & then disappeared to America when the shit hit the fan - He went to get recognised by the American Govt, in which he failed. The British Govt offered him Northern Ireland - which he turned down.... he went on to betray Michael Collins.... He, Dev sent Michael to go to the UK to sign his own death sentence because if Dev was in London he knew he himself WOULD have signed the same agreement. Dev was NO military mind as Michael had.... his attack & failed attack on The Customs House further proved this. Dev caused the Civil War & Dev was behind Michael Collins death. The man, Dev was a typical self serving back stabbing professional "Politician" who'd throw anyone under the bus to protect himself. He encouraged the IRA to oppose the agreement, then he betrayed & declared war on the IRA. De Valera was a bastard.

I love the start of this best intro ever

De Valera was nothing more than a snake.

RoboCop 2 is pretty weak at best

Like it or not, this is a most excellent document, arguments most fully and fairly explained. Compliments indeed and well deserved. Many thanks, and full heartedly. But De Valera’s retort to Winston was abominably shameful - for he identified his People with the racist murder of people in Germany,Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Greece, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, the USSR…et al…Shame be on your neutrality!

Dev was the go-getter of the Catholic Ireland myth. Noncatholics were tolerated as long as they kept a low profile or were very rich & useful. Dev & the Bishop of Dublin ruled Ireland like a kindergarten.

I'd forgotten what a snob Siskel could be. Once he became a parent his tastes really changed.