told to

HAYDEN TALBOT



HUTCHINSON & CO. PATERNOSTER ROW
LONDON (1923):


"Multitudinous is their gathering . . .
a great host with whom it is not fortunate to
contend ... the battle-trooped host of the
O'Coileain." The ancient slogan of Collins'
ancestors, chieftains of the tribes of Munster
450 years ago.



To
ESTHER TALBOT

CONTENTS

I. HOW IT HAPPENED	13. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TRUCE
2. INTRODUCING MICHAEL COLLINS	14. THE INVITATION TO NEGOTIATE
3. EOIN MACNEILL ULSTERMAN	15. THE TREATY NEGOTIATIONS
4. COLLINS' OWN STORY OF " EASTER WEEK	16. THE MISGUIDED ONES
5. ARTHUR GRIFFITH'S LAST STATEMENT	17. DISHONEST TACTICS
6. THE AFTERMATH OF " EASTER WEEK	18. THE ULSTER PROBLEM
7. COLLINS' ESTIMATE OF ERSKINE CHILDERS	19. THE REBELLION ITS CAUSE AND COST
8. COLLINS' PLAN OF TERRORISING TERRORISTS	20. THE FUTURE OF IRELAND
9. OUTWITTING THE BLACK AND TANS	21. WHAT THE TREATY MEANS A SYMPOSIUM
10. UNDER THE TERROR
11. THE MURDER OF FRANCIS SHEEHY SKEFFINGTON	ADDENDUM
12. CHILDERS' OPINION OF AMERICANS