Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins reincarnated for J-1 in NYC

How about bringing him to Toronto.

I love this idea. It's a great way to promote history and raise awareness of the plight the Irish suffered for so many centuries. I've always said that, when history is taught in the schoolroom, it should be done is a less dry way...I've never seen a teacher bring history to life and make it interesting...just one dry fact after another delivered. This is certainly a great teaching tool!

"Still felling a bit stiff though!" Hmmm! I'm sure Lady Hazel Lavery would be pleased. Not to mention Kitty Kirnan - and countless others. Still, revolutionaries need plenty of R&R. Goes with the terrain. Mind you, I'e heeard of Elvis sightings - even on Mars. But Mick? Will he be doing a comeback tour in Las Vegas. As for the ('plonker') historically illiterate Ballincolligeans. Probably thought he was Jedwards' grandfather. I rest my case about Ciara Dexy's generation.

Hope that he doesn't get lost in the East Village, would give a whole new meaning to the term "Magic Mike."

Not that I think that Míċeál Ó Coileáin belongs in the Pantheon of Gods. Not that I think that he didn’t have a sense of humor. After all, he did go to Beal Na mBlath. And not that I think that this is sacrilege. But, Argh! Seanmor: Thank you for commenting on his position on Partition. Too many people blame him for that decision without realizing that, for the British, a united Ireland was something that was not on the table and never had been: Not for de Valera, not for Collins. Perhaps his journey through Ireland and the United States will promote an interest and eventual reading about this incredible man. BTW, is he coming to Boston?

I think these young people have found a great way to teach people some Irish history and have fun at the same time. Bringing the 'craic' with them. Charming.

I hope the Big Fella's J-1 visa will allolw him to stay in the U.S. at least thru March of 2013, so that he can lead next year's NYC St. Patrick's Day parade as Grand Marshal. Despite what his detractors would have us believe, Collins opposed Partition as much as did any of the anti-Treaty crowd, and he saw an independent Irish Free State as a stepping stone to a full Irish Republic - not as permanently separated from the North. Though not nearly as fluent an Irish speaker as Pearse or Dev, Collins fount an Ghaeilge acceptable and would feel quite at home in the Aran Islands - more so than in the E.U. parliament, to which the former FREE STATE has surrendered much of its sovereignty.

Why am I not surprised he was found in Dunmanway.

Michael Collins was as great as the great men and women of history, or, if you prefer, herstory. To me, "The Big Man" is up there in heaven with, for example, Braveheart and Joan of Arc. My dad, born in Leitrim in 1909, told me once that he shook hands with Collins. God rest these great souls.

I think he should be rambling about with the Queen, or Margaret Thatcher.