Michael Collins was an Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the early-20th century struggle for Irish independence. During the War of Independence he was Director of
Collins in 1919
Michael Collins aged 10–11 at newly built Woodfield House
Collins in Irish Volunteer uniform
Captured Irish soldiers in Stafford Gaol after the failed Easter Rising. Collins is fifth from the right with an 'x' over his head.
Bloody Sunday (1920)
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Bloody Sunday was a day of violence in Dublin on 21 November 1920, during the Irish War of Independence. More than 30 people were killed or fatally wounded.
Michael Collins (Irish leader)
…the IRA. He gained fame as a guerrilla warfare strategist, planning many successful attacks on British forces together with 'the Squad', such as the "Bloody Sunday" assassinations of key British intelligence agents in November 1920. After the July 1921 ceasefire Collins was one of five plenipotentiaries sent by the Dáil cabinet…
A photo purportedly of the Cairo Gang, but possibly the Igoe Gang, RIC officers who were brought to Dublin to identify and target IRA men who had moved to the capital from their respective counties.
British soldiers and relatives of the victims outside Jervis Street Hospital during the military inquiry into the Croke Park massacre
A plaque in memory of the three volunteers at Dublin Castle