03 Jan
Freemans Journal August 21st 1921
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...
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04 Dec
Michael Collins Statue for Cork City
New Michael Collins Statue for Cork CityA large crowd assembled in the Council Chamber in City Hall Cork yesterday for t...
06 Nov
Brother against Brother
Brother against BrotherIn the early hours of one hundred years ago, the 4th of November 1922, a now largely forgotten ba...
01 Nov
Local Civil War Deaths 1922
The sadness of the Civil War continued into October 1922 when three men, two with the same first name Daniel, were kille...
16 Oct
Michael Collins’ 132nd Birthday
Michael Collins 132rd BirthdayToday of course is Michael Collins 132rd Birthday and the other major item we added to the...
01 Sep
Souvenirs
At this time one hundred years ago Johnny Collins, Michael Collins’ brother had the sad task of passing on some of Micha...
28 Aug
Rare Photographs
The two poignant photographs below were taken on the day of Michael Collins’ funeral one hundred years ago today. All...
26 Aug
Cold Case Collins
I have to say I have mixed feelings about the television documentary, Cold Case Collins, broadcast on RTE 1 last night. ...
24 Aug
The People’s Commemoration
While the official Commemoration took place at Béal na Blá on Sunday, there was a people’s Commemoration at the ambush s...
21 Aug
Art brings tragedy to life
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...