Michael Collins, Commander in Chief of the Irish Free State, is shot in an ambush on this day in 1922. Get This Happened straight to your inbox ️ each day! Sign up here. What was Michael Collins ...

A new mural in Dublin depicting Michael Collins has left bad taste in the mouths of some people after the artist based the design on a well-known snack.

The Irish ambassador to the UK, Martin Fraser, said the plaque is a reminder of how much living in London shaped Michael Collins’s political outlook “which in turn had great influence in the ...

Commander-In-Chief of the Irish Free State Army, Michael Collins, throws in the ball to start a hurling match at Croke Park, Dublin, in 1920. Photo: Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images The Irish ...

She was a relative of Michael Collins, and she told me about how the members of her family were told (officially and unofficially) to soft-pedal their connection to the great Irish revolutionary.

Members of the Defence Forces have been joined by some of Michael Collins’ family at an event to mark the centenary of the death of the Irish revolutionary leader.

It is striking that it was 100 years after the death of Michael Collins before the leaders of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael were finally able come together yesterday in a joint tribute to his legacy.

A CENTURY on, Michael Collins remains one of the most admired figures from the revolutionary period. What is it about the Cork man that fascinates us so much? Perhaps it’s the what if, of such a ...

The death of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins deprived Ireland of its best hope of reconciliation, Taoiseach Micheal Martin has told his centenary commemoration.