03 Jan Michael Collins, News Freemans Journal August 21st 1921 January 3, 2023 By MichaelCollinsCentre 100-Year-Old Newspaper As we come to the end of 2022, the centenary year of the death of Michael Collins, I want to t...Continue reading
04 Dec Michael Collins, News Michael Collins Statue for Cork City December 5, 2022 By MichaelCollinsCentre New Michael Collins Statue for Cork CityA large crowd assembled in the Council Chamber in City Hall Cork yesterday for t...Continue reading
06 Nov Civil War, News Brother against Brother November 7, 2022 By MichaelCollinsCentre Brother against BrotherIn the early hours of one hundred years ago, the 4th of November 1922, a now largely forgotten ba...Continue reading
01 Nov Civil War, Michael Collins, News Local Civil War Deaths 1922 November 1, 2022 By MichaelCollinsCentre The sadness of the Civil War continued into October 1922 when three men, two with the same first name Daniel, were kille...Continue reading
16 Oct Michael Collins, News Michael Collins’ 132nd Birthday October 18, 2022 By MichaelCollinsCentre Michael Collins 132rd BirthdayToday of course is Michael Collins 132rd Birthday and the other major item we added to the...Continue reading
01 Sep Civil War, Michael Collins, News, War Of Independence Souvenirs October 6, 2022 By MichaelCollinsCentre At this time one hundred years ago Johnny Collins, Michael Collins’ brother had the sad task of passing on some of Micha...Continue reading
28 Aug Civil War, Michael Collins, News, War Of Independence Rare Photographs October 6, 2022 By MichaelCollinsCentre The two poignant photographs below were taken on the day of Michael Collins’ funeral one hundred years ago today. All...Continue reading
26 Aug Civil War, Michael Collins, News, War Of Independence Cold Case Collins October 6, 2022 By MichaelCollinsCentre I have to say I have mixed feelings about the television documentary, Cold Case Collins, broadcast on RTE 1 last night. ...Continue reading
24 Aug Civil War, Michael Collins, News, War Of Independence The People’s Commemoration October 6, 2022 By MichaelCollinsCentre While the official Commemoration took place at Béal na Blá on Sunday, there was a people’s Commemoration at the ambush s...Continue reading
21 Aug Civil War, Michael Collins, News, War Of Independence Art brings tragedy to life November 1, 2022 By MichaelCollinsCentre The artist William Mulhall who is based in county Down called me out of the blue a few months ago and we spoke for a whi...Continue reading