Michael Collins

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Irish revolutionary Michael Collins disguised himself as a bicycle-commuting businessman to travel around Dublin undetected

Michael Collins, was an Irish revolutionary leader, Minister for Finance & Teachta Dala (TD) for Cork South in the First Dail of Director of Intelligence for the IRA, & member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations. Michael Collins, Highlands, Dublin, Ireland 1916, Irish Free State, Irish Independence, Irish Republican Army, The Ira, Erin Go Bragh
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Michael Collins was born on October 16th 1890, and died August 22nd 1922. Michael "Mick" Collins was an Irish revolutionary leader who played various leadership roles in Irish government including Minister for Finance, Director of Intelligence for the IRA, Commander-in-chief for the National Army and President of the Irish Republic. Michael Collins was killed on 22 August 1922 during an ambush while he was still engaged to Kitty Kiernan.

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Michael Collins, Revolutionary And Founder Of The Irish Free State. Photo 1922. He did what was thought to be impossible. B/W Photo Colourised by Pearse.

Today is the anniversary of the death of Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins. On August Collins was shot and killed while fighting for freedom during the Irish Civil War. Check out his family tree on Geni! Erin Go Braugh, Irish Republican Army, Irish Pride, Celtic Pride, Celtic Symbols, Belfast City, Dublin City, Historia Universal, Michael Collins
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1922 – Michael Collins secretly authorised the formation of a specially-paid unit of 70 IRA volunteers, known as the ‘Belfast City Guard’, to protect districts from loyalist attack. It operated until August 1922.

In Northern Ireland there were continual breaches of the Truce by ‘unauthorised loyalist paramilitary forces’. The predominantly Protestant, Unionists government of Northern Ireland sup…

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Michael Collins (Irish leader)

Michael Collins (Irish leader) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Michael Collins' final minutes before his murder recalled by author | IrishCentral.com

Michael Collins final minutes before his murder recalled by author | Journalist and author Colm Connolly sheds some light on the photograph of Michael Collins believed to have been taken just before his death. The image, taken in August 1922, shows the Irish revolutionary leader in the back of a car, he was shot at at the village of Béal na Bláth, Cork. Click through for more...

A now iconic image of Michael Collins, taking at the funeral of Arthur Griffith. Irish Republican Brotherhood, Ireland 1916, Irish People, Northern Irish, Erin Go Bragh, Michael Collins, Political Posters, Liam Neeson, Dublin
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Vaughan’s Hotel, Parnell Square.

While Dublin is a city of many plaques which mark historic locations, there are still a few missing which would help tell the story of the capital to natives and visitors alike. One of these locati…

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A letter described as "the closest thing to a smoking gun" linking Michael Collins to the post-Treaty assassination of a British General has been uncovered as part of a London solicitor's archive. Irish News, Erin Go Bragh, Michael Collins, Ireland, History, Consideration, Cork, People, Letter
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A letter described as "the closest thing to a smoking gun" linking Michael Collins to the post-Treaty assassination of a British General has been uncovered as part of a London solicitor's archive.

Michael Collins and Harry Boland playing hurling on the pitch at Croke Park, on the day of the Leinster Hurling Final Sept 1921 Irish Games, Roisin Dubh, Croke Park, Michael Collins, Poses For Pictures, Current Events, Dublin, Old Photos, Field Hockey
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Michael Collins and Harry Boland playing hurling on the pitch at Croke Park, on the day of the Leinster Hurling Final Sept 1921

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The Big Man, Michael Collins: 1890 - 1922.

President of the Republic of Ireland, de Valera said: "It's my considered opinion that in the fullness of time, history will record the greatness of Collins and it will be recorded at my expense”.

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