Michael Collins (Irish: Mícheál Ó Coileáin;16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922) was an Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician History Politics
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General Michael Collins retweeted
Hubert Butler (23 Oct 1900 Co #Kilkenny-5 Jan 1991). Essayist; history, archaeology, politics/religion of E Europe before & during WW2. Travelled to Nazi Austria on own initiative/expense & helped save Jewish people from being sent to concentration camps✡️ dib.ie/biography/butler-hube…
General Michael Collins retweeted
Dr. Cathal Brugha (UCD) , @lizgillis191623 and Gerard Shannon have all worked on this project for @dfarchives .
‘ Cathal Brugha Remembered ‘ is a FREE pdf book, on vignettes of his service and life. A carefully researched and accurate portrait of his stance on the treaty in particular. A man who put Ireland first, before himself. RIP.
Gratitude to all at Military Archives. DOWNLOAD and share!
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General Michael Collins retweeted
For all the shooting in Dublin and BnB, the armoured car Sliabh na mBan has only 2 bullets marks on its armour.
Standards of official research in Ireland can be poor eg nonsense about a .44 Magnum being used during the killing of Sheehy Skeffington etc
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General Michael Collins retweeted
"We deeply regret to announce the death of the former President of Ireland Éamon de Valera."
WATCH: RTÉ News reports #OnThisDay in 1975
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General Michael Collins retweeted
#Onthisday 1922 'a number of the relics' of #MichaelCollins were brought to Merrion Street, including his coat stained with blood, on display
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#OTD 26 August 1922 Bernard Daly aged 26, was abducted and killed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) police unit based in Oriel House.
Daly was from Armagh but grew up in Drogheda.
Daly’s body was brought to the City Morgue that evening by Free State troops who claimed to have found it. Daly had been shot dead near St. Doulagh’s Church on the Malahide Road in what is then rural North County Dublin.
#OTD 26 August 1922 Bernard Daly aged 26, was abducted and killed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) police unit based in Oriel House.
Daly was from Armagh but grew up in Drogheda.
He joined the IRA and fought in the War of Independence. During the Civil War he served on the Anti-Treaty side and fought in the Parnell Street area.
He was taken from his place of work, by three men in civilian clothes.
Body of Michael Collins lying in state at City Hall. 25 August 1922. Crowds gathered outside City Hall, Dublin, to view the body and pay their last respects to Michael Collins.
General Michael Collins retweeted
Memorial in Campile, Co. Wexford, marking bombing of area, 26 Aug 1940 during #WW2.
2 sisters Mary Ellen Kent (30) & Kitty Kent (26) from Terrerath, plus Kathleen Hurley (27) from Garryduff were killed.
Bomb landed on restaurant of Co-op where they were working. 📷©︎Colin Park
On 26 Aug 1922, two senior Fianna Éireann officers, 19 year old Sean Cole, Commandant of the 2nd Battalion North East (Dublin Brigade) & 21 year old Alfred Colley, newly promoted to Vice-Commandant of the Dublin Brigade,were arrested by intelligence members of the National Army
General Michael Collins retweeted
It's reported that Sean Collins was briefly detained by IRA militants yesterday. They boasted to him about their glee they had "done in Mick Collins, the traitor." Another sneers: "He was not much of a fighter." (Dundee Telegraph) 2/2 – at Queens, NY
General Michael Collins retweeted
Aug. 24, 1922: Thousands of people file past the body of slain Irish Free State leader Michael Collins as it lies in state in Dublin City Hall. His brother Sean (left) is among the mourners. The 31-year-old army commander wears the bloodstained uniform he was shot in. 1/2
Remains of General Michael Collins arriving at North Wall Dublin in the early hours of Thursday 24 Aug 1922
General Michael Collins retweeted
Today marks 100 years since the Irish revolutionary Michael Collins was killed in an ambush in Béal na Bláth, County Cork. The Cork Examiner, Thurs 24 Aug 1922, ran the headline 'Heroic Death of Michael Collins'.
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