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Eventually, I hope to write an academic and scholarly post about Ireland's greatest hero (there, I said it. Now the burden is on me to prove it.). I have nothing but complete admiration for this man. Don't know how true this is, I read somewhere that, after George Washington, he was the first person who forced Great Britain to the negotiating table. In the meantime, here's two Youtube videos I found. It only has background music and you can't hear him speak. Notice about one or two minutes into the second video the crowds around him. I have no doubt, if he was not assassinated, he would have become Free Ireland's first president. Tribute Part 1Tribute Part 2
Maybe this is a dumb question but….have you ever watched the 1996 movie Michael Collins? I watched it a while ago and I think it got an award at the Venice Film Festival. I don't remember too much about it but I think it would be a good contemporary introduction (Hollywood-ized of course) to the man.
No, haven't seen it yet but would like to. I heard there are some inaccuracies in it (as in most historical movies), so I'd like to learn a little more first before watching it.There's another movie about the same time period or a little before called 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley'. Got very good reviews.
By day, Michael Collins was a your local neighborhood financial officer, by night, he was an assassin of British spies.What Collins did economically was interesting. He provided a way to give loans to businesses and individuals that was solely Irish capital. By doing this, he broke the monetary dependance that the Irish had on Britain.By the way, I bet no one else here has this stamp (down on the bottom of the link). Just got mine in the mail today. 🙂http://iisresource.org/stamps_independence.aspx
