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18 Apr
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Michael Collins Convoy Motorbike

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April 22, 2025
A Famous Motorbike Is Re-discoveredAbout twenty five years ago the late Conor Murphy of the Western Garage in Clonakilty...
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20 Oct
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New Michael Collins Statue in Cork

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December 5, 2023
October 20th was a wonderful and historic day in Cork, despite poor weather leading up to the ceremony, over a thousand ...
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02 Jul
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Model T Car June Michael Collins Tour

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July 3, 2023
A Model T TourI have been conducting Michael Collins Tours for 26 years, but the tour I led last Sunday had to be one of...
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03 Jan
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Freemans Journal August 21st 1921

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July 3, 2023
100-Year-Old NewspaperAs we come to the end of 2022, the centenary year of the death of Michael Collins, I want to tell ...
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04 Dec
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Michael Collins Statue for Cork City

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December 5, 2022
New Michael Collins Statue for Cork CityA large crowd assembled in the Council Chamber in City Hall Cork yesterday for t...
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06 Nov
Civil War, News

Brother against Brother

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November 7, 2022
Brother against BrotherIn the early hours of one hundred years ago, the 4th of November 1922, a now largely forgotten ba...
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01 Nov
Civil War, Michael Collins, News

Local Civil War Deaths 1922

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November 1, 2022
The sadness of the Civil War continued into October 1922 when three men, two with the same first name Daniel, were kille...
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16 Oct
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Michael Collins’ 132nd Birthday

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October 18, 2022
Michael Collins 132rd BirthdayToday of course is Michael Collins 132rd Birthday and the other major item we added to the...
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01 Sep
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Souvenirs

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October 6, 2022
At this time one hundred years ago Johnny Collins, Michael Collins’ brother had the sad task of passing on some of Micha...
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Johnny Collins brother of Michael Collins sitting in the empty chair.
28 Aug
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Rare Photographs

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October 6, 2022
The two poignant photographs below were taken on the day of Michael Collins’ funeral one hundred years ago today. All...
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