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Michael "Mick" Collins
Irish was born16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922) was an Irish revolutionary Leader, Minister for Finance and Teachta Dala (TD) for Cork South in the First Dail of 1919, Director of Intelligence for the IRA, 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 Nationa Army Throughout this time, at least as of 1919, he was also President of the Irish Irish Republican Brotherhood. Collins was shot and killed in August 1922, during the Irish Civil War.
Although most Irish political parties recognise his contribution to the foundation of the modern Irish state, supporters of Fine Gael hold his memory in particular esteem, regarding him as their movement's founding father, through his link to their precursor Cumann na nGaedheal.
Early years

Born in Sam's Cross, West Cork, Collins was the third son and youngest of eight children. Most biographies state his date of birth as 16 October 1890; however, his tombstone gives his date of birth as 12 October 1890. His father, also named Michael, had become a member of the republicanFenian movement, but had left and settled down to farming. The elder Collins was 60 years old when he married Marianne O'Brien, then 23, in 1875. The marriage was apparently happy and they raised eight children on their 90 acre (36 ha) farm in Woodfield. Michael was the youngest child;
he was only six years old when his father died.
On his death bed his father (who was the seventh son of a seventh son) predicted that his daughter Helena (one of Michael's elder sisters) would become a nun (which she did, known as Sister Mary Celestine, based in London). He then turned to the family and told them to take care of Michael, because "One day he'll be a great man. He'll do great work for Ireland."
Collins was a bright and precocious child, with a fiery temper and a passionate feeling of nationalism. This was spurred on by a local blacksmith, James Santry, and later, at the Lisavaird National School by a local school headmaster, Denis Lyons, a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB
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