iamBullivant · @bullivant
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Michael Collins died on 22 August 1922 in an ambush at Béal na Bláth, County Cork. After his death Collins lay in state for three days. Tens of thousands of mourners filed past his coffin to pay their respects, including many British soldiers departing Ireland who had fought against him. Some 500,000 people attended his funeral mass in Dublin, almost one fifth of the country's population at that time.

#ireland #irishhistory #irishcivilwar #michaelcollins #bealnablath #countycork #onthisday

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Petrichor · @sinabhfuil
583 followers · 2780 posts · Server mastodon.ie

The or that was in the convoy when died in battle in is now in the - I can't go down more than 20 or so through my @Gargron - don't know if this is a setting or intentional - so I don't know who I should be replying to military.ie/en/public-informat

#slievenamon #sliabhnamban #armouredcar #michaelcollins #bealnablath #curraghmuseum #notifications

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