Michael Collins

Descendant of Tom and John O'Connor-Scarteen says they joined the National Army after hearing Collins speak in Killarney in 1922

Martin says more historical research may be more appropriate way of ensuring legacy of Collins is not forgotten

Sinn Féin is trying to bamboozle us into believing that the IRA’s most recent and bloodiest terror campaign should receive retrospective justification

Radio review: Tubridy favours portentousness, Duffy a more personal angle. One works better than the other for their Michael Collins commemorations

The elderly nun told me about running to the scene of the assassination as a local 12-year-old

Sr Isidore Kelly was 12 when the National Army commander-in-chief was shot dead near her home in Co Cork

In the News podcast: Ronan McGreevy talks about the man and his legacy

The Morning Sports Briefing: Keep ahead of the game with ‘The Irish Times’ sports team

On the centenary of his death, a look at the role of the GAA in what the Cork revolutionary became

Thousands gather in Cork to mark the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Michael Collins

Martin and Varadkar mark 100th anniversary of republican leader’s death with speeches at Béal na Bláth

Martin will be first Fianna Fáil Taoiseach to speak at commemoration when he joins Tánaiste Leo Varadkar in delivering address

Ronan McGreevy visits Béal na Bláth ahead of the centenary in search of the truth about an assassination whose impact is still felt today

Approaching his legacy without bias is a noble aim but beyond Martin and Varadkar sharing a platform, the habits of a century will hardly be broken

Diaries he kept from 1918 to 1922 will now be accessible to the public through the National Archives of Ireland

As Fianna Fáil in government struggles to maintain an identity separate from Fine Gael, celebrating Arthur Griffith is a step too far for this coalition

Collins’s five diaries, which cover the period 1918-1922, will go on public display for the first time at the Michael Collins House Museum

Candidates committed to the Treaty succeeded in the June 1922 general election despite death threats and laid the groundwork for a stable system

Cork artist Garreth Joyce draws on imagery of Austin Clarke poem The Lost Heifer

Tánaiste welcomes chance to speak at Michael Collins Centenary Commemoration with Taoiseach

Event marks 100th anniversary of the foundation of An Garda Síochána

British politics today is poisoned by Brexiteers inept in the art of statecraft

Minister for Defence will push for €500 million increase in military spending

Ceremony at Béal na Bláth will mark 100th anniversary of revolutionary leader

Sales mark centenary of the 1922 World Congress of the Irish Race

Part of the challenge of this year’s centenary is to confront the silences around 1922

Teaching the Civul War in the history classroom

How the independent state in 1922 went from democratic general election to disaster

A Sinn Féin split over the Treaty left Ireland in uncertain circumstances in early 1922

Censorship, conservative morality and high cost of living made for an oppressive mix

By the time he died at the age of 52, Childers had made powerful enemies in the pro-Treaty side

Childers made powerful enemies on the pro-Treaty side of the Civil War

Catholic civilians bore brunt of retaliations for ongoing IRA assassinations

Papers Griffith edited, when not suppressed by the British, inspired a generation

Dublin man was a faithful friend to de Valera and had a complex friendship with Collins

Ruairí Brugha: Former IRA chief hoped his death would ‘serve some greater good’

Evidence indicates Collins was a man of his time who shared prevailing values of 1922

New evidence suggests Sonny O’Neill might not have been the shooter

Ceremony marks centenary of Baldonnel handover by RAF to Irish Air Service

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