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Michael Collins Irish Leader: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Collins Irish Leader - Early Life
Michael John "Mick" Collins was born in Sam's Cross, near Clonakilty, in County Cork, Ireland in 1890. Although most biographies list his...
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Michael Collins Irish Leader: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Collins Irish Leader - Sexual Rumours
Collins' sex-life was surrounded by rumour, both during and after his lifetime. Though engaged to Kitty Kiernan, opponents and associates...
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Michael Collins Irish Leader: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Collins Irish Leader - Collins' Legacy
Michael Collins has gone down in Irish history as one of the great "what might have beens". A man of extraordinary intelligence, incredib...
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Michael Collins Irish Leader: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Collins Irish Leader - Footnotes
Note 1: Most agree that the IRA of 1919–21 had the general sanction of the Irish people and Dáil Éireann to act as the "Army of the R...
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Michael Collins Irish Leader: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Collins Irish Leader - The Provisional Government
Under the Dáil Constitution adopted in 1919, Dáil Éireann continued to exist. De Valera resigned the presidency and sought re-election...
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Michael Collins Irish Leader: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Collins Irish Leader - The Treaty
The negotiations ultimately resulted in the Anglo-Irish Treaty, which provided for a new Irish state, named the "Irish Free State" (a lit...
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Michael Collins Irish Leader: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Collins Irish Leader - The Easter Rising
Michael Collins first became well-known during the Easter Rising in 1916. A skilled organiser of considerable intelligence, he was highly...
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Michael Collins Irish Leader: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Collins Irish Leader - The First Dáil
Like all senior Sinn Féin members, Michael Collins was nominated to seek a seat in the 1918 general election to elect Irish MPs to the B...
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Michael Collins Irish Leader: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Collins Irish Leader - Minister For Finance
In 1919, the already busy Collins received yet another responsibility when de Valera appointed him to the Aireacht (ministry) as Minister...
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