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Béal na mBláth: The Last Ride of Michael Collins
On August 22, 1922, Michael Collins — chairman of the provisional government and commander-in-chief of the National Army — was killed in an ambush at Béal na mBláth, a remote crossroads in County Cork. The bullet that killed him was fired by his own side, men who had once fought beside him against the British. This episode untangles the messy, contested story of that day: the convoy's route, the ambush position, the conflicting witness accounts, the identity of the shooter (from a Free State soldier's 'stray bullet' to an IRA volunteer's deliberate shot), and the…
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