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Michael Collins - soldier, statesman, revolutionary, charismatic leader of the national struggle and the infant Irish state - has exercised an enduring fascination since his untimely death in 1922 at the age of thirty-one. This is the first book to concentrate on an aspect of his lifeand work hitherto the crucial role played by women in his personal and working life. From his boyhood in an overwhelmingly female household in West Cork onwards women brought out the best in him and he brought out the best in women. Susan Killeen, his first girlfriend from his London days, remained a steadfast ally throughout the years of the Troubles. Sinead Mason, his loyal and intrepid personal secretary, saved him from arrest on several occasions while he was on the run. From 1917, his girlfriend Madeline (Dilly) Dicker, vivacious and talented, helped to ease the burden of his huge workload as well as acting as a secret agent. Society ladies Moya Llewelyn Davies and Lady Hazel Laverly were conduits between Collins and the British Establishment and active participants in his work of espionage. In the final years of his life the true romantic passion between him and Kitty Kiernan is testified to by t

Author

Ryan, Meda.

Publisher

Irish Amer Book Co

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9781856351669

Subjects

History, Biography, Historical Fiction

Rating

4 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14