Women were believed to have been involved in the Irish republican movement during the 1920’s and earlier. British soldiers were stationed in Dublin at the time, which also coincided with the first world war. Many were said to have been pro-treaty, seen by some and mistakenly as the middle line, the as called Anglo-Irish agreement was believed by many to have let the northern Irish down, but the British refused to withdraw from northern Ireland which had become the subject of a takeover since the days of Oliver Cromwell.
According to the film entitled Michael Collins, Collins was key in organising the assasination of five British adminstrators in Ireland, but later became a signatory of the as called Anglo-Irish agreement along with co-founder of sinn fein, Authur Griffith. Michael Collins was said to have lodged and worked at a house owned by a Miss Hoey in Dublin. Believed to be of a traditional British family, she must have joined the republican cause. The house was reportedly raided, by the British in 1921. Other helpers of the republican movement had their homes raided which was said to have sometimes led to the finding of artillery not believed to have been really present at the scene.
According to reports, Michael Collins was murdered during a revolt protesting the treaty, though it might have been a British contingent. Following the rising, many detained by the military who were set free then left for the u.k., especially the poor.