Michael Collins

Karl White

Ed. by Ian Campbell Ross, Trinity College Dublin
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.4: Irish Writing and Culture, 400-present.
Vol. editors: Paul Delaney (Trinity College Dublin), Anne Markey (Dublin City University), Ian Campbell Ross (Trinity College Dublin), Sinéad Sturgeon (Queen's University Belfast)

Dates

Born 16 Oct 1890
Died 22 Aug 1922
Activity 1908-1922

Places

Born in Ireland, Republic of (Eire)
Active in Ireland, Republic of (Eire); United Kingdom

Activities

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Politician

Resources

Michael Collins, Irish revolutionary and politician was born in 1890 in County Cork. In 1906, Collins began a career as a Post Office employee in Kensington, London. While there, he joined many Irish Nationalist organisations, including the Irish Republican Brotherhood (known as the IRB or more popularly “Fenians”), the active wing of the armed-force revolutionary movement.

Collins returned to Dublin in 1916 and became personal assistant, and later aide-de-camp, to the Irish nationalist Joseph Plunkett and became ever more prominent in Republican circles, largely thanks to his highly efficient administrative skills and unflagging energy. Collins fought in the General Post Office (GPO) PO in the Easter Rising of that year w…

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Citation: White, Karl. "Michael Collins". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 11 May 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12482, accessed 18 April 2024.]

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