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Michael Collins
Erse
Míceál Ó Coileáin
Michael Collins in 1919
Chairman of the Provisional Government
In office
Januar 1922
22 August 1922
Precedit bi
Office created
Succeedit bi
W. T. Cosgrave
Meenister for Finance
In office
2 Apryle 1919
22 August 1922
Precedit bi
Eoin MacNeill
Succeedit bi
W. T. Cosgrave
Meenister for Hame Affairs
In office
22 Januar 1919
1 Apryle 1919
Precedit bi
New office
Succeedit bi
Arthur Griffith
Teachta Dála
In office
Mey 1921
August 1922
Constituency
Armagh
Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West
In office
December 1918
Mey 1921
Constituency
Cork South
Personal details
Born
16 October 1890
1890-10-16
Sam's Cross,
Coonty Cork
, Ireland
Dee'd
22 August 1922
(1922-08-22)
(aged
31)
Béal na Bláth
, Coonty Cork, Ireland
Poleetical pairty
Sinn Féin
Alma mater
King's College London
Signatur
Militar service
Eikname(s)
The Big Fellae
Allegiance
Revolutionary Erse Republic
Erse Republican Britherheid
Erse Volunteers
Irish Republican Army
Naitional Airmy
Years o service
1909–22
Rank
Commander-in-chief
Battles/wars
Pace Risin
Erse War o Unthirldom
Erse Ceevil War
Michael John ("Mick") Collins
(Erse: Mícheál Seán Ó Coileáin;
16 October
1890 -
22 August
1922) wis an Erse revolutionar leader, Meenister for Finance o the First Dail in 1919 an Director o Intelligence for the IRA durin the
Erse Weir o Unthirldom
. He wis shotten an killt durin the Erse Ceevil War in 1922.
Bairnheid an youth
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He wis born in Sam's Cross in
Wast Cork
, Ireland on 12t October 1890. He wis the youngest o aicht bairns. His faither dee'd whan the young Michael wis anely sax year auld.
Whan he wis young he developpit a stark feelin o naitionalism. Whan he wis 15 year auld, he flittit tae
Lunnon
and bidit wi his sister while studyin at
Keeng's College, Lunnon
. In 1906 he jynit the Breetish Ceevil Service, an tae pass the exam he haed tae ruise the Breetish Empire. He wis than empolyit bi the Post Offish. He than jynit the
Erse Republican Britherheid
, a saicret Erse naitionalist society.
Politics
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Pace Risin
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Michael Collins wis inrowit in the
Pace Risin
in 1916, fechtin wi
Patrick Pearse
an ithers in the
General Post Ofeesh
, Dublin.
He wis reestit an he wis sent tae
Frongoch Internment Camp
. In thare his guideship shawit an efter release he becam a leadin feegur in Sinn Fein.
First Dail
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In 1918 he wis electit as MP for Cork Sooth. Housomeiver, as wi aw Sinn Fein MPs, he daed nae tak his seat in Westminster but set up a Pairlament in Dublin insteid. The cried the nou Pairlament Dail Eireann (Erse for Assemly o Ireland) an met in Dublin for the first time in 1919.
Erse Weir o Unthirldom
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Durin the weir Collins wis keppit verra busy. He gart a group o assassins kill Breetish spies, he organisit the Irish Republican Airmy an he wis smugglin wappens intae Ireland for the weir. He wis responsible for the creation o the Fleein Columns o the IRA. Efter the weir, Collins wis inrowit in the negotiations of the
Anglo-Irish Treaty
Anglo-Irish Treaty
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The Treaty proponed the creation o an
Erse Free State
but that Ireland wis parteetionit
Northren Ireland
bade in the Unitit Kinrick. Forby, Ireland wad be a dominion o Breetain an nae independent. This wis naur passit bi 64 votes tae 57 in the Dail, an the Republicans wis spleet. Michael Collins gree'd wi the treaty whilk meant he wis on the pro-Treaty side o the resultin
Erse Ceevil Weir
Erse Ceevil War an daith
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In 1922 the anti-Treaty IRA stertit a Ceevil Weir bi occupeein the Fower Coorts in Dublin (even tho Collins wis saicretly plannin a guerilla weir agin Nothren Ireland). Collins didnae want tae stairt a weir, but the Breetish warnished him that, if he didnae dae somethin aboot the IRA, thay wad. Unner Collins the Free State troops teuk back guidal o Dublin but anti-Treaty sodgers still haudit Munster an ither auries an aw. Collins pat hissel in danger bi veesitin the Sooth o the kintra in a shottie fur tae negotiate a parley wi Tom Barry an Tom Hales. At the veelage o Beal na mBlath, his convoy wis attackit an he wis shotten and killt.
See an aw
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Erse Weir o Unthirldom
References
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"Mr. Michael Collins"
Oireachtas Members Database
. Archived frae
the original
on 26 December 2018
. Retrieved
1 Juin
2009
Fremmit airtins
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Michael Collins Centre
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Collins 22 Society
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