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Michael Collins (1890 - 1922)
Michael Collins ©A soldier and politician who was prominent in the struggle for Irish independence in the early 20th century.
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He agreed to the partition of Ireland and the creation of the Irish Free State, becoming leader of its provisional government.
Michael Collins was born on 16 October 1890 near Clonakilty in County Cork, the son of a farmer.
After leaving school he worked for the Post Office, spending nine years in London where he became involved in radical Irish nationalist politics.
By 1908 he was a member of Sinn Féin, and a year later he joined the clandestine Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB).
He then returned to Dublin in January 1916 and took part in the Easter Rising, but after its failure he was imprisoned, although he was later released in December of that year.
In 1918, the British government attempted to introduce conscription in Ireland and Collins went on the run to avoid the call-up.
He became the IRB's organiser-in-c