General Michael Collins

Michael Collins (Irish: Mícheál Ó Coileáin;16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922) was an Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician History Politics

[General Michael Collins @CollinsMick22]

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[The Irish at War @irelandbattles]

#OnThisDay 1920 The Connaught Rangers mutinied over the British Army fighting in Ireland. 14 were sentenced to death but only one sentence was carried out, that of James Daly (Front right). He was the last soldier in the British Army to be executed for mutiny. #Ireland #History

[General Michael Collins @CollinsMick22]

A towering mushroom cloud rose 200 feet over the Four Courts. Historian Calton Younger identified three explosions: "two beneath the Records Office at about 2.15 [pm] and another at the back of the building at about 5 o'clock".

[General Michael Collins @CollinsMick22]

#OTD Fri 30 June 1922,the Public Record Office (PRO) located in west block of the Four Courts,used as an ammunition store by the Four Courts garrison, was the centre of a huge explosion, destroying Irish state records going back to the Norman conquest
#fourcourts #irishcivilwar

[General Michael Collins @CollinsMick22]

However, a study of the battle concluded that the explosion was caused by fires ignited by the shelling of the Four Courts, which eventually reached two truck loads of gelignite in the munitions factory.

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[RTE History Show @RTEHistoryShow]

The National Archives will release the 1926 Irish Census online in just 25 days.

In our latest episode, Myles Dungan and guests explore what you can expect to find in these century old census returns.

Listen back here: https://t.co/mDPCXllvhW

[Irish History Bitesize! @lorraineelizab6]

#Otd 1920: 1st ‘Black and Tans’ officially arrived in Ireland, to help RIC during War of Independence. Brainchild of Churchill. Most ex-WW1 BA. 1/5 Irish. Name from dark green RIC (appeared black) & khaki BA uniform. Hated! Even condemned in Britain at times; civilian reprisals.

[The Irish Story @theirishstory]

And a deeper dive article here on this: ‘A terror to the countryside’: Civil War reprisals in Cork and Kerry https://t.co/IRKXuhhrQo

[The Irish at War @irelandbattles]

#OnThisDay 1922 Owen MacMahon, his six sons & a family friend were shot in their home in Belfast by Ulster Specials. Six of the men died, including Owen (50)& his 15 year old son Gerard. 12 year old Michael hid under a couch & lived. Nobody was ever prosecuted.
#Ireland #History

[Ireland's Own @irelandsown1902]

Captain Patrick Collins was the big brother of Michael, who went to America and became a policeman

Had Michael accepted his invitation to come and join him Stateside, Irish history might read very differently, writes Hannah Huxley in this year’s Saint Patrick’s Day Annual.

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[The Irish Story @theirishstory]

Dublin, March 14, 1921. On the morning of 1921 six IRA Volunteers were hanged by the British in Mountjoy Gaol. A general strike was called in mourning. 7 more people died in a firefight on Pearse St in the afternoon. https://t.co/xEX1E5MIZn

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[General Michael Collins @CollinsMick22]

#OTD 5 Feb 1921 John "Shankers" Ryan, a Military Policeman & top British informer, was executed by Michael Collins’ Squad.
He is believed to have informed on Dick McKee & Peadar Clancy on the eve of Bloody Sunday in Nov 1920.
#johnshankersryan #Monto #TheSquad

[General Michael Collins @CollinsMick22]

Becky Cooper, Shankers’ sister was a well known madam in the red light district of "the Monto" in Dublin, a lot of British soldiers called to her establishments for servicing, and this is where they could also gather intelligence on the IRA.

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[General Michael Collins @CollinsMick22]

McKee & Clancy along with Conor Clune were tortured and killed by the Auxiliaries at Dublin Castle on the night of Bloody Sunday.

[The Irish Alliance @Dirishalliance]

A nostalgic ESB Christmas video from 1988. Happy Christmas 🎄🎅✝️

[General Michael Collins @CollinsMick22]

Nollag Shona daoibh