Drafts compiled by William J. Stapleton for an article titled ‘Michael Collins’ Squad’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1969), pp 368-77. The file also includes draft articles by Stapleton relating to the Jacob’s Factory garrison in the 1916 Rising and the capture of a British armoured car during the War of Independence.
A clipping referring to a public demonstration in Castlebar, County Mayo, on 2 April 1922. The event included speeches by Michael Collins, Seán McKeon (Seán Mac Eoin), and Alexander McCabe (Alasdair Mac Caba). The article is taken from the 'Irish Independent' (30 March 1922).
An envelope containing ten identical slips of paper, each with the signature of Michael Collins (Mícheál Ó Coileáin). All the slips bear the same date of 10 September 1921. The envelope is print stamped with the address of The Capuchin Annual Office on Church Street in Dublin. Endorsement on the envelope reads ‘Autographs / Michael Collins’.
Michael Collins (standing, second person to the left in the back row) and Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap. (seated, first on the left in the second row) at the wedding of Eliza Clancy and Michael O’Brien, 16 Airfield Road, Dublin on 22 November 1920.
An image of Michael Collins at St. Enda’s School, Rathfarnham, Dublin, addressing a meeting to promote the National Loan in 1920. St. Enda’s (Scoil Éanna) was a secondary school established by Pádraig Pearse in 1908.
A photographic print of Michael Collins in Free State Army uniform at Newcastle West, County Limerick, on 8 August 1922.
A photographic print showing Michael Collins commending the Anglo-Irish Treaty to a huge crowd gathered outside College Green, Dublin.
A letter from Michael Bowles, 3 Brighton Avenue, Monkstown, Dublin, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. enclosing a short biography.
Michael and Cyprian
This record is part of the list of all the missions preached by the Passionist Fathers in St. Patricks Province (Ireland and Scotland), from 1927 up until 1965. It is just an electronic list with no physical counterpart. It has been made available to aid research into the Passionists.