Myth-Making Michael Collins
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Michael Collins is the the Irish Civil War's most famous casualty but there is a lot of “what-if-ery”about him, says Ireland’s best-known historian Diarmaid Ferriter.
“Some “vey fanciful” claims are made about the kind of leader he would have become. And conspiracy theories about his shooting at Béal na Bláth in 1922 are “far-fetched”.
Between Two Hells: The Irish Civil War by Diarmaid Ferriter. More: https://profilebooks.com/work/between-two-hells/
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