Michael Collins (Irish leader)
| Michael Collins Irish: Mícheál Ó Coileáin |
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Michael Collins in 1922 addressing a crowd in Dublin
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| Chairman of the Provisional Government | |
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In office January 1922 – 22 August 1922 |
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| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | W. T. Cosgrave |
| Minister for Finance | |
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In office 2 April 1919 – 22 August 1922 |
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| Preceded by | Eoin MacNeill |
| Succeeded by | W. T. Cosgrave |
| Minister for Home Affairs | |
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In office 22 January 1919 – 1 April 1919 |
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| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Griffith |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office May 1921 – August 1922 |
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| Constituency | |
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In office December 1918 – May 1921 |
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| Constituency | Cork South |
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16 October 1890 Sam's Cross, County Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 22 August 1922 (aged 31) Béal na Bláth, County Cork, Ireland † |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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| Military service | |
| Nickname(s) | The Big Fellow |
| Allegiance | |
| Years of service | 1909–22 |
| Rank | Commander-in-chief |
| Battles/wars | |
Michael Collins (Irish: Mícheál Ó Coileáin; 16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922) was a soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the struggle for Irish independence in the early 20th century. Collins was an Irish revolutionary leader, politician, Minister for Finance, Director of Information, and Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork South in the First Dáil of 1919, Adjutant General, Director of Intelligence, and Director of Organisation and Arms Procurement for the IRA, President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from November 1920 until his death, and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations. Subsequently, he was both Chairman of the Provisional Government and Commander-in-chief of the National Army. Collins was shot and killed in an ambush in August 1922 during the Irish Civil War.
Born in Woodfield, Sam's Cross (now the Michael Collins Birthplace), near Clonakilty, County Cork, Collins was the third son and youngest of eight children. Most biographies give his date of birth as 16 October 1890, but his tombstone cites 12 October 1890. Referred to in a British secret service report as "brainy", the Collins family were part of an ancient clan, widely spread over County Cork. They had republican connections that can be traced back to the 1798 rebellion.
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