Michael Collins has been described by the taoiseach (Irish PM) as "one of the great heroes of Irish history". Thousands of people have attended a centenary commemoration of the death of IRA leader ...

As Ireland is poised to celebrate the centenary of the death of Michael Collins, Tanaiste Leo Varadkar reminded a commemoration audience that the IRA leader of 100 years ago believed there was an ...

DUBLIN, Ireland, -- Michael Collins, Ireland's hope, is dead. Collins, the fiery leader of the Free State troops, was assassinated from ambush at Bamlon, County Cork, while on a tour of inspection ...

On the day that he announced plans to step down as chancellor, he spoke about ensuring a smooth transition at a time of ...

On Aug. 22, 1922, Michael Collins, a founder of the Irish Republican Army and a key figure in Ireland's independence movement ...

Michael Collins was involved in an armed stand-off with members of the anti-Treaty IRA in his hometown of Clonakilty just days before the start of the Civil War which two months later claimed his ...

On Aug. 22, 1922, Michael Collins, a founder of the Irish Republican Army and a key figure in Ireland's independence movement, was assassinated.

IRA survival in the War of Independence was not achieved by flying column riflemen in trench coats or Michael Collins’ famed ‘Squad’, but by ordinary, unarmed Volunteers. Most Volunteers ...

Opinion: 'Death positivity bias' may explain why the revolutionary leader continues to captivate our imagination a century after his assassination His life has surpassed living memory, but Michael ...

Thousands of people have attended a centenary commemoration of the death of IRA leader Michael Collins at Béal na Bláth in west Cork. He was shot dead by former colleagues in an ambush 100 years ...