When President of the Irish Republic Michael Collins signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, he remarked to Lord Birkenhead, 'I may have signed my actua

An early leader of the Irish Republican Army, Collins negotiated and signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty that eventually led to the creation of the Republic of Irelan

Michael Collins is often thought of as Ireland's lost leader: a man born into a revolutionary environment who became a skilled statesman and military leader. Th

'It was the most providential escape yet. It will probably have the effect of making them think that I am even more mysterious than they believe me to be, and t