A lock of hair belonging to Irish revolutionary leader ... So what is the background to the lock of hair? Michael Collins was 31 years old and engaged to be married to Kitty Kiernan when he ...
Michael Collins is still feeling the love of the Irish people nearly a century after his death as The Big Fella, buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin, still receives gifts at his grave for ...
Beginning at 9 a.m. sharp, agents of Michael Collins’ Squad—the legendary ... young Samuel Beckett in a libel suit before fleeing Ireland to spend the last twenty years of his life in ...
On 5 September 1922 John Lavery presented his painting, ‘Michael Collins, Love of Ireland’ (1922, Hugh Lane Gallery), to the press in his London home. His actions spoke volumes for his ...
File photo. The news report on August 5th of Michael Collins visit to Drogheda. On July 4th 1922, the fort at Millmount was shelled by 18 pounder guns. The Irish Civil War had begun and just weeks ...
Relatives of Michael Collins ... thrilled with the turnout for one Cork’s and Ireland’s greatest hero. This statue not only symbolises Collins but that whole generation of men and women ...
After the disastrous defeat of Irish rebels by superior UK forces during the Easter Rising, Michael Collins develops new strategies for the independence of Ireland. His tactics include what is now ...