INTRODUCTION
~ MICHAEL COLLINS’ OWN STORY ~
told to
HAYDEN TALBOT
HUTCHINSON & CO. PATERNOSTER ROW LONDON (1923):
“Multitudinous is their gathering . . .
a great host with whom it is not fortunate to
contend … the battle-trooped host of the
O’Coileain.” The ancient slogan of Collins’
ancestors, chieftains of the tribes of Munster
450 years ago.
a great host with whom it is not fortunate to
contend … the battle-trooped host of the
O’Coileain.” The ancient slogan of Collins’
ancestors, chieftains of the tribes of Munster
450 years ago.
To
ESTHER TALBOT
or