The Life and Times of Michael Collins
![Collins Family-c.19004x3 Birth to 1916](http://www.generalmichaelcollins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Collins-Family-c.19004x3-370x276.jpg)
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Birth to 1916
"One day he'll be a great man. He'll do great work for Ireland." - Michael Collins' Father, also named Michael, on his deathbed about his son, who was 6 at the time.![1916 to 1919 1916 to 1919](http://www.generalmichaelcollins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/National-Loan.jpg)
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1916 to 1919
"That valiant effort and the martyrdoms that followed 1916 finally awoke the sleeping spirit of Ireland"![1919 to 1921 1919 to 1921](http://www.generalmichaelcollins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Generalmichaelcollins-Bicycle4x3-370x276.jpg)
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1919 to 1921
"If my name is to go down in history I want it to be associated with Michael Collins"![1921 Truce and Treaty Negotiations 1921 Truce and Treaty Negotiations](http://www.generalmichaelcollins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Downing_St_Negotiations-370x276.jpg)
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1921 Truce and Treaty Negotiations
"In my opinion it gives us freedom, not the ultimate freedom that all nations desire… but the freedom to achieve it."![Founding Gardai, Army, Dept Finance Founding Gardai, Army, Dept Finance](http://www.generalmichaelcollins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Minister_Finance_home-370x275.jpg)
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Founding Gardai, Army, Dept Finance
"History recounts the fact that to-day we are a sovereign nation with our own army, our own Gardai and our own flag"![Ambush at BealnaBlath Ambush at BealnaBlath](http://www.generalmichaelcollins.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Arial-map-with-legend-370x276.jpg)