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Michael Collins Public Life
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| 1906-16 |
Worked at the Post
Office Savings Bank. Kensington, later joined private financial
institutions-financial experience gained later put to great effect
when appointed Minister for Finance by Daíl Eireann. Joined Irish
Cultural Organisations & Geraldine’s G.A.A. Club |
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| 1909 |
Nov-sworn in as member of Irish
Republication Brotherhood (IRB) |
| 1916 |
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| Jan |
- Returned to Ireland and
joined Irish Volunteers |
| April - |
Took part in Easter Rising in
Dublin |
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Interned at Frongoch Prison Camp,
Wales established himself as a leader. |
| Dec |
. - Released from prison |
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| 1917 |
Secretary of National
Aid Association – set up underground intelligence network,
propaganda machine & arms smuggling system. |
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| 1918 |
Assisted De Valera to escape from
Lincolin jail in England |
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Sinn Féin won huge majority in
British General Election |
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Collins elected M.P. for Cork. |
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| 1919 |
Jan - Dail Éireann
established – Collins appointed Minister for Finance –
organised a hugely successful national loan. |
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With a price tag of £10,000 on his
head, Collins successfully evaded an ever increasing army presence
and masterminded a guerrilla war throughout the county. |
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| 1920 |
Guerrilla war against the British
forces intensified. |
| Nov. 20th |
Collin’s Secret
Service "Squad" executed 19 British Secret Service
agents known as the "Cairo Gang" |
| 1921 |
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| July |
- British Government sought truce |
| July 11th |
- Anglo-Irish truce took effect |
| Sept 14th |
Collins appointed by Dail Éireann
as a delegate to the treaty negotiations in London. |
| Dec 6th |
- Anglo –Irish Treaty
signed |
| 1922 |
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| Jan 7th |
- Treaty ratified by
Dail Éireann but anti-treaty T.D’s led be DeValera rejected
decision and staged a walk-out |
| Jan 16th |
Pro-Treaty candidates won 92
seats out of a total of 128 in General Election |
| June 28th |
- Free-State Army began shelling
anti-treaty positions in Four Courts building signalling start of
bloody Civil War. |
| Aug 20th |
Collins as Commander-in-Chief of Free
State Army left Dublin to inspect forces in the South |
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Aug 22nd- On
a tour of West Cork, Collin’s convoy ambushed at Béal na
mBláth and Collins was killed in ensuing skirmish. |
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