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Michael Collins: A Biography

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More than 500 people were killed, more than 8,000 workers were driven out of their jobs, and more than 10,000 became refugees – mostly from the Catholic minority (see The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1920–1922)). The authors have highlighted, for example, a large body of neglected correspondence in the archive of the underground Irish republican government that documents his attempt to manage the Dáil’s relationship with its representative in London, Art O’Brien. During two months of arduous negotiations the Irish delegates made frequent crossings between London and Dublin to confer with their Dáil colleagues, and Collins' correspondence reflects his frustration at Dáil debates and the Irish delegate's inability to agree clear instruction as to whether or not they should accept a treaty. We invite you to submit interesting articles, tell us about an interesting book you just read, or start a discussion about a subject you know a lot about or don't and would like to know more about!

It is asserted “many have never been published before” but more detail on that would be helpful; it would also be better if the sources of the photographs were given in the accompanying captions.Collins and his supporters argued that de Valera had refused strenuous pleas from Collins, Griffith and others to lead the London negotiations in person.

He has won The Last Marathon in the Antarctic and set a record time in winning both The Himalayan 100 Mile Stage Race and The Everest Challenge Marathon. I signed it because I would not be one of those to commit the Irish people to war without the Irish people committing themselves to war. With Cathal Brugha as Minister of Defence, Collins became Director of Organisation and Adjutant General of the Volunteers.Collins hoped the offensive would undermine the Northern Ireland government and unite the pro- and anti-treaty IRA in a shared goal. The plan was put on hold at the last minute when Macready advised the government, on 26 June, to give Collins' Provisional Government one more chance to act against the Four Courts. Before his death, Tom Clarke, first signatory of the 1916 Proclamation and widely considered the Rising's foremost organiser, had designated his wife Kathleen Clarke as the official caretaker of Rising official business, in the event that the leadership did not survive.

Collins was charged by his Free State colleagues with putting down these insurgents, however, he resisted firing on former comrades and staved off a shooting war throughout this period. The execution of major players of the rising like Thomas Clarke, Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, created a vacuum that had to be filled by younger figures like De Valera and Collins. His object was that the Constitution would allow participation in the Dáil by dissenting TDs who opposed the Treaty and refused to take any oath mentioning the Crown.In mid-1919, he was made Director of Intelligence for the Irish Republican Army which now had a mandate to pursue an armed campaign, as the official military of the Irish nation. So if you're looking for a traditional, authoritative biography, I think most would agree that Coogan's Michael Collins: The Man Who Made Ireland fits the bill. There he fought alongside Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, and other members of the Rising leadership.

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