MICHAEL COLLINS
1890-1922

Collins later became Irish Republican Brotherhood President and Minister for Finance for the First Dáil (Irish parliament) in 1919.

Collins played a main role in the War of Independence (1919 – 1921) and was Chairman of the new Irish Free State Provisional Government. He was head of the Irish army when shot by Anti-Treaty forces at Baile na mBláith, Co. Cork in 1922.