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Can I read Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland Vol. I on EtoBox?
Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland Vol. I by Piaras Beaslai is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland Vol. I about?
Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland, which was first published in 1926 as two volumes, was written by Piaras Beaslai, a Major-General in the Sinn Fein army who was an intimate friend of Michael Collins and his senior in the inner councils of the most extreme section of the party.Michael Collins (1890-1922) was an Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the early-20th-century Irish struggle for independence. He was Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State from January 1922 until his assassination in August 1922. Collins’ family had republican connections reaching back to the 1798 rebellion. He moved to London in 1906 and became a member of the London GAA, through which he became associated with the Irish Republican Brotherhood and the Gaelic League. He returned to Ireland in 1916 and fought in the Easter Rising. He was subsequently imprisoned in the Frongoch internment camp as a prisoner of war, but was released in December 1916.After his release, Collins rose through the ranks of the Irish Volunteers and Sinn Féin. He became a Teachta Dála for South Cork in 1918, and was appointed Minister for Finance in the First Dá
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- Author
- Piaras Beaslai
- Published
- 1922
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, European History, Humanities