(justified) Chris O'Kane         There are many conditions under which Ireland was divided into two nations. Two main men were the main leaders of this split, Emon de Valera and Michael Collins. Sinn Fein also played a large role. Their differing visions for an Ireland free of British rule was the root motivation for the split.         Born in New York City in 1882, Emon de Valera was described as a 'tall, spectacled, schoolmasterly, of Jewish cast' as …showed first 75 words of 1240 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1240 total…nasty cycle of attacks in which intentional brutal massacres of combatants were punctuated by episodes of inhuman treatment of non-combatants as well. The level of violence inflicted during 1920 was so extreme with neither side able to prevail that both the British and the Irish began to recognize they were trapped in a bloody stalemate. Thus, Ireland was granted her initial wish of existing free of British rule. Consequently, the nation was divided into two nations.