Locket of hair from Michael Collins’ dead body to be auctioned off in Dublin

BytheBay: You're dead right. And note that now the Irish want to knock down the buildings associated with the retreat from the GPO and the Surrender by Pearse in 1916.. Look at the disgusting mess the Irish have made of O'Connell Street. They even have erected false street fronts (for the past ten or fifteen years) where the cinema used to be. In fact that top part of O'Connell Street has been derelict for I would say 25 years now. The Irish don't deserve self-government, and they sure didn't deserve men like Pearse and Connolly.

"murdered Irish leader". O'Dowd, will you for Gods sake buy a few history books for those ignorant cub reporters and interns you employ? This ignoramus Counihan is coming out with garbage that I have corrected at least four times on this site. Counihan, you dope, write this out 100 times. Collins WAS NOT MURDERED.

"... murdered Irish leader ..." Was he not killed in action during the British orchestrated Irish Civil War by anti-Treaty Republicans? I presume Adam's Auction House is unrelated to Gerry? Collins didn't sign a "Treaty of Independence" (sic), only of autonomy. Hence the desired English-British consequence of an Irish Civil War. Divide and conquer. Macabre little news story.

Indeed nothing is sacred anymore.

Need i point out the irony of this article in relation to the current fire sailing of state assets?

I expect some of Dev's old stagers will buy it and use it for target practice!

I can get you a part of "the one true cross" ... next up on eBay.

Please, can we let the man 'Rest in Peace'.

Could be armpit hair from a tinker!!