A picture of Michael Collins just hours before his death is discovered

The vehicle Collins was in at Béal na mBláth was an armoured Crossley tender. The car shown in the photo appears to be a different vehicle.

"an old brownie camera" used in 1922? sounds fishy...

Obviously Michael Collins still has his supporters and detractors. But few, if any, of these ever mention that Collins was very much opposed to Parrtition. He reluctantly signed the Treaty, which he saw as a steppping stane to full independence for the whole Irish nation. Besides, he was led to believe that the Nationalist areas in the North would be transferred to the Free State by the Boundary Commission. During the past quarter century or so, Reunification has been a taboo subject by most T.D.s for they have forgotton the very valid and noble ideals of the pragmatic patriot, Michael Collins.

It is an indictment of Irish government then and since that the perpetrators of this great tragedy was never caught or made known.

Several years ago I was at the New York University Library and came across a book with photos taken from film footage of Michael Collins in his last hour or so. In the last segment, he looks worried, as if he knew he was about to experience assassination. May he rest in peace.