Resistance, a glossy RTE television drama that blends real and fictional characters, has shone a contemporary light on the guerrilla campaign led by Michael Collins that helped overthrow British rule in what became the Republic of Ireland a century ago. “But under the guise of the war of independence a lot of scores were settled. I think it’s a fairly simplistic, heroic take on Michael Collins.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest IRA leader Michael Collins Photograph: PAResistance is not a revisionist takedown of the IRA leader. Teevan hopes UK audiences will appreciate the shadings of British characters in a conflict British history books call the Anglo-Irish war. Ireland commemorated the rising’s centenary with enthusiasm but the war of independence is a “more awkward” memory, said Eunan O’Halpin, a history professor at Trinity College.

Source: The Guardian February 03, 2019 10:58 UTC