On this day, August 22, 1922, Michael Collins was shot and killed during an ambush in Béal na mBláth, Co. Cork. We look back on the character of "The Big Fella" and his incredible life story on the anniversary of his death.
Irish revolutionary leader Michael Collins was killed on Aug 22, 1922, and despite their apparent lack of connection this a French woman has been visiting his grave in Glasnevin cemetery every year, for the last 18 years.
The amazing tale of how "My Fair Lady's" George Bernard Shaw and "Sherlock Holmes'" Arthur Conan Doyle fought to save Casement from the hangman’s noose.
The only one to be executed outside of Ireland, this Irish Easter Rising rebel had received a knighthood from the Queen of England just five years previous.
