SATURDAY This weekend, several members of our Society embarked on yet another adventure of West Cork, this time on the trail of Michael Collins and places associated with him. Our first port of call was to the Michael Collins House Museum at 7 Emmet Square situated in the heart of Clonakilty which gives an insight

MICHAEL COLLINS CENTENARY COMMEMORATION 2022, CLONAKILTY, CO CORK. What an honour it was last Saturday for the Collins22 Society to be invited by the Clonakilty Centenary Committee to march in and fly our beautiful banner in their parade.as part if the Michael Collins Centenary Commemoration Festival. On behalf of the Society I would like to

The Collins22 Society were honoured today (14 Aug 2022) to be invited to place a wreath ‘after’ the Collins Griffith Commemoration in Glasnevin. Our Dublin team who attend the grave each week were also honoured to have our work acknowledged at the beginning of An Tánaiste Varadkar’s speech, and that of the late Denis Lenihan.

  Jimmy Murphy’s compelling new play The Chief reveals the man behind the iconic historical figure of Michael Collins. Set against the backdrop of the Irish Civil War, it focuses on the problems facing Collins and the Free State Government as they attempt to build a new Ireland and overcome the vicious divide brought about by the