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Grok3 AI: Michael Comyn KC and Michael Collins … intelligence work. Comment. Intelligence … spy Michael Comyn KC may be a Grok3 AI hallucination

Posted on August 4, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Comyn’s intelligence work is acknowledged in historical accounts, particularly his ability to gather information from British officials due to his position as a barrister. For example, he reportedly obtained intelligence from sources within Dublin Castle, which he passed to Michael … Continue reading →

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Grok3 AI: The passage you provided refers to a historical moment in the Irish Seanad (the upper house of the Irish parliament) involving Michael Comyn, a Fianna Fáil politician, commenting on contentious debates surrounding the Reserve Defence Force in Ireland, likely during the early 1930s. Quote: “Aiken’s slugs”

Posted on August 3, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Can we find out anything about this and Michael Comyn. Commenting on the ugly scenes in the Seanad, this paper alleged that ‘The Minister for Defence wants to be able to present the Seanad with a fait accompli, and to … Continue reading →

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Grok3 AI: Michael Comyn KC …. no primary source: “Comyn reportedly shared intelligence from a high-placed British source, indicating that British Prime Minister Lloyd George was willing to negotiate terms favorable to Irish demands and would prefer elections over resuming war if talks failed…”

Posted on August 2, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Another documented connection occurred after the 1921 truce, when Comyn met with Griffith and Austin Stack in London. Comyn reportedly shared intelligence from a high-placed British source, indicating that British Prime Minister Lloyd George was willing to negotiate terms favorable … Continue reading →

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Grok3 AI: De Valera papers UCD Archives (150): “Draft Comyn terms on which Peace might be arranged”

Posted on August 2, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Civil War and Peace Efforts (Document 1647): The documents detail attempts to negotiate peace between pro- and anti-Treaty forces in 1922–23, with Comyn drafting “Terms On Which Peace Might Be Arranged.” Griffith, who died on August 12, 1922, was no … Continue reading →

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Grok3 AI: Arthur Griffith and Michael Comyn KC

Posted on August 1, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Archives Arthur Griffith connection to Michael Comyn KC Arthur Griffith, founder of Sinn Féin, and Michael Comyn, an Irish barrister and King’s Counsel (KC), had a notable connection through their shared involvement in Irish nationalist politics and legal activities during … Continue reading →

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Grok3 AI: EAMON DE VALERA PAPERS 150 – Michael Comyn KC references. © UCD-OFM Partnership 2005

Posted on July 30, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Grok3 AI followed by copies of references to Michael Comyn from Eamon de Valera papers 150 The documents cited from the Eamon de Valera Papers (P150) provide a detailed view of the political, legal, and financial activities surrounding the Irish … Continue reading →

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GZERO, everything is political: Twenty years since the IRA put down its guns: What’s changed in Northern Ireland?

Posted on July 29, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

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 Keep up with what’s going on around the world – and why it matters. Sign Up Twenty years since the IRA put down its guns: What’s changed in Northern Ireland? A woman … Continue reading →

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Grok3 AI: “At a demonstration in 1913 he spoke of the British popular press appealing to a working-class audience by advocating the cause of labour, and then bombarding its readers with ‘filthy reports of filthy cases’ and advertisements for contraception. ‘Another class of literature which was distinctly evil’, continued Comyn, was socialist literature from the continent.”

Posted on July 28, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Sex and socialism: the class politics of immorality in pre-First World-War Ireland Authors Ó Drisceoil, Donal However, as Fr Morgan had pointed out, the objectionability of content was exacerbated by the ‘labour news’ aimed at a predominantly working-class readership. This … Continue reading →

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Grok3 AI: THE NEED FOR A NEW CONSTITUTION: IRISH CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE 1932-1935 DONAL K. COFFEY Irish Jurist (1966-), New Series, Vol. 48 (2012), pp. 275-302 …barristers, George Gavan Duffy and Senator Michael Comyn .

Posted on July 26, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

THE NEED FOR A NEW CONSTITUTION: IRISH CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE 1932-1935 DONAL K. COFFEY Irish Jurist (1966-), New Series, Vol. 48 (2012), pp. 275-302 …barristers, George Gavan Duffy and Senator Michael Comyn .40 The Attorney General solicited “their separate opinions on … Continue reading →

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Elgin O’Rahilly, sister of Kevin Barry who was executed, papers held in UCD archives. References to Michael Comyn KC

Posted on July 25, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

In addition to material directly related to Elgin’s work for the Irish nationalistmovement there is a very interesting section dealing with the Republican Government1919–23 (see Section B, P200/45–49). The presence of this material in the collectionwould appear to originate from … Continue reading →

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