 Roughly two weeks after Cork city had been taken by Provisional Government forces, Collins travelled there to attempt to seize large sums of money that the anti-Treaty Republicans had lodged in various banks, under the account of the Land Bank.There is also considerable evidence that Collins's journey to Cork in August 1922 was made in order to meet republican leaders with a view to ending the war.Collins also conducted a series of meetings, regarding the possibility of peace talks in Cork on 21–22 August 1922.