Michael Collins: Rebel of the Cause

In his violent efforts to secure Irish Independence, the shrewd guerrilla leader paid back the British ‘in their own coin.’ On Aug. 22, 1922, as dusk settled on the soft Irish hills of southern County Cork, Ireland, a small convoy followed a winding dirt road toward the tiny village of Béal na Bláth. The column …

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