O’BRIEN
‘He will do great things for Ireland’
MICHAEL COLLINS: IRELAND’S REBEL SON
Soldier, spy, freedom-fighter stories of Ireland’s struggle for independence. He fought in the GPO during the 1916 Rising, was imprisoned in Britain and returned to Ire-
DAVID BUTLER
Michael Collins, Irish revolutionary hero, was raised on the songs and
land determined to keep fighting for freedom.
in Ireland and masterminded the War of Independence.The tragic Civil War pitted friend against friend, brother against brother, and led to his death from a sniper’s bullet at just thirty-one. In life, in death, a legend ISBN 978-1-78849-319-2
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MARIO CORRIGAN
A brilliant organiser, he built a spy network to undermine British power