How The Irish Times reported the shooting of Michael Collins 100 years ago - The Irish Times

‘The Irish nation will be shocked beyond measure at this awful news,’ read an editorial in the August 23rd, 1922, edition of the newspaper

Michael Collins was shot dead at approximately 8pm on the evening of Tuesday, August 22nd, 1922. It was at least three hours later before General Emmet Dalton was able to raise the alarm by calling … [+4302 chars]

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