Michael Collins - And The Making Of The Irish State

This is a professional evaluation of Michael Collins which brings to light his multi-faceted and complex character. The contributors examine Collins as Minister for Finance, his role in intelligence, his policy towards the north, his career as Commander-in-Chief, the origins of the Civil War, his relationship with De Valera and how academics view his place in Irish history. The volume is illustrated with an eight page plate section of photographs from private family archives, from Military Archives and from the Examiner in order to give the book added scholarly and popular appeal.

Author Biography

Dr Dermot Keogh is Professor of History at University College Cork. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy, a Fulbright Professor and a research fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC. He is the co-editor of Ireland in the 1950s, The Lost Decade, Ireland in World War Two, 1916 – The Long Revolution and The Making of the Irish Constitution, 1937. Gabriel Doherty is a lecturer in the department of History, University College Cork. His principal specialities are the history of modern Ireland and the history of crime and punishment. He is the co-editor of De Valera’s Ireland and 1916 – The Long Revolution.