Michael Collins Diary entry quote (following Anglo-Irish Treaty)

ImpossibleDuck

My history teacher came out with a long Collins quote from his diary after he signed the A-I Treaty. This is all i remember

"...lying in the streets of london..." (not sure if this was in it)
"...i have signed my own death warrant tonight..."
"...they may as well have shot me 5 years ago..."(1916 reference)

can anyone either recite this or tell me where i can find it?
It was about 10-15 lines long i think.

Thank you

Notorious97

When you have sweated, toiled, had mad dreams, hopeless nightmares, you find yourself in London's streets, cold and dank in the night air. Think - what have I got for Ireland? Something which she has wanted these past 700 years. Will anyone be satisfied with the bargain? Will anyone? I tell you this -early this morning I signed my own death warrant. I though at the time how odd, how ridiculous -a bullet might just as well have done the job 5 years ago." - Michael Collins in a letter to John O'Kane after the Treaty.

http://www.generalmichaelcollins.com/pages/Michael%20Collins%20Quotations.htm

Very good website for our Greatest Irish man

ImpossibleDuck

Notorious97 wrote: »

When you have sweated, toiled, had mad dreams, hopeless nightmares, you find yourself in London's streets, cold and dank in the night air. Think - what have I got for Ireland? Something which she has wanted these past 700 years. Will anyone be satisfied with the bargain? Will anyone? I tell you this -early this morning I signed my own death warrant. I though at the time how odd, how ridiculous -a bullet might just as well have done the job 5 years ago." - Michael Collins in a letter to John O'Kane after the Treaty.

http://www.generalmichaelcollins.com/pages/Michael%20Collins%20Quotations.htm

Very good website for our Greatest Irish man

Perfect, I can't thank you enough. Go raibh maith agat.