Michael collins

Cold Case Collins - what really happened at Béal na mBláth?

The Death of Michael Collins: The Last Journey

On 22 August 1922, Michael Collins left Cork for Skibereen. On the way back, his convoy was ambushed by the anti-Treaty IRA - and the Commander-in-Chief of the National Army was mortally wounded. Explore his last journey with this interactive map.

History • 21 Aug 22

Writer, editor and politician Arthur Griffith is celebrated in a new production from ANU

How Do We Choose To Remember Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins?

Decade of Centenaries • 23 Aug 22

Michael Collins Statue in Clonakilty (2002)

Michael Collins In Bronze

Liam Neeson unveils a bronze sculpture of Michael Collins.

Michael Collins • 22 Aug 22

Michael Collins Extras

4,000 people are on the set of the Michael Collins film for a crowd scene where Éamon de Valera gives a speech outside the GPO in Dublin.

Michael Collins • 09 Aug 23

August 1922: Irish soldier and nationalist politician Michael Collins (1890 - 1922), in the uniform of the Irish Free State, at the funeral of Arthur Griffith, the first President of the free state. (Photo by Hogan/Sean Sexton/Getty Images)

Michael Collins Centenary

Events mark the centenary of the birth of Michael Collins including the launch of a new biography of the Irish revolutionary.

Michael Collins • 19 Aug 22

Michael Collins Centre Opens

A centre dedicated to General Michael Collins opens at a ceremony attended by representatives from all the main political parties.

Michael Collins • 19 Aug 22

Michael Collins Commemoration

The Irish Army participate for the first time in a civilian commemoration of the anniversary of the death of Michael Collins.

Michael Collins • 16 Aug 23

Death Of Michael Collins

John O'Connell was a private in the Free State army travelling in the convoy that was ambushed at Béal na Bláth on 22 August 1922 when Michael Collins was killed.

Michael Collins • 22 Aug 24

Michael Collins Car Restored

The armoured car which escorted General Michael Collins on the day he was shot at Béal na Bláth has been restored.

Michael Collins • 22 Aug 22

Michael Collins Commemoration

50 years after the death of Michael Collins commemoration ceremonies are held at Béal na mBláth in Cork.

michael collins • 16 Aug 23

Letter from Michael Collins to Kitty Kiernan (1996)

Michael Collins' Love Letters

Letters exchanged between General Michael Collins and Kitty Kiernan have gone on public display at an exhibition 'Dearest Kitty' in Cork City Museum.

Michael Collins • 19 Aug 22

Michael Collins leaving Skibereen on the day of the ambush

Interactive map: the ambush that killed Michael Collins

In 1922, a shooting in a country lane changed Irish history. And while it's impossible to know exactly how it played out minute by minute, this map by Mike Murphy shows the most likely scenario

History • 22 Aug 22

The coffin of Michael Collins on a horse drawn gun carriage, outside the Pro-Cathedral Dublin, on 28 August 1922. Cashman Collection 0505/016

Michael Collins Funeral

Photographs of the funeral of Michael Collins.

Archives • 26 Aug 22

Michael Collins Commemoration at Beal na Blath (1974)

Remembering Michael Collins

Dublin and Cork ceremonies honour revolutionary leader and Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State Michael Collins.

Michael Collins • 17 Aug 22

Michael Collins lives - playwright Jimmy Murphy on The Chief

Theatre • 17 Aug 22

An eyewitness remembers the death of Michael Collins

History • 17 Aug 22

Béal na Bláth: An eyewitness account

John O'Connell was a private in the Free State army travelling in the convoy that was ambushed at Béal na Bláth on 22 August 1922 when Michael Collins was killed.

Archives • 16 Aug 22

The funeral of Michael Collins - 1922

We take a look at some photographs of Collins' funeral from the Cashman and Murtagh Photographic Collections held at RTÉ Archives.

Archives • 16 Aug 22

Love of Ireland (Michael Collins) by Sir John Lavery, 1922. Collection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery. Lady Lavery Memorial Bequest through Sir John Lavery, 1935.

How visual images have formed a distorted view of Michael Collins

The Béal na Bláth assassination sparked the beginning of a torrent of artistic interpretations of his life and death

Michael Collins • 17 Aug 22

Michael Collins' grave in Glasnevin Cemetery. Photo: Finegan/YouTube

Meet the people who look after Michael Collins' grave

The remarkable reverence towards Collins can be seen in crowds who come to his grave and the dedicated people who tend to it

Michael Collins • 16 Aug 22

The Death of Michael Collins

The shocking death of the Commander-in-Chief shook not only his loved ones, but the political establishments in Ireland and Britain. Gabriel Doherty explains

History • 18 Aug 22

The Collins Memorial as it appears today. Photo by Damian Shiels

The Archaeology of an Ambush: Surviving Traces of Béal na Blá

The location of Michael Collins's dramatic death is one of the most well known sites in modern Irish history - but what traces are left of the events of that fateful day? Damian Shiels and Niall Murray reveal all

History • 19 Aug 22

'From the beginning of his political career, Collins's status as a military hero was an important part of his appeal.'

Why are we so fascinated by Michael Collins?

'Death positivity bias' may explain why the revolutionary leader continues to captivate our imagination a century after his death

Michael Collins • 22 Aug 24

The national flag was raised and members of the men's families laid wreaths at their graves

Collins and Griffith remembered at Glasnevin event

A memorial service at Glasnevin cemetery has been held to remember Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith, who died just days apart from each other in August 1922.

Ireland • 14 Aug 22