From 1918 to 1922 Michael Collins kept working diaries of his busy
revolutionary life. They are a collection of hurried notes,
necessary lists, names and appointments, things to do, and things
not done. They are a record of his long working days, and they got
him to where he needed to be on time. Though these diaries do not
contain conventional lengthy entries in which Collins finally
reveals his innermost thoughts, they still tell us much about this
extraordinary man. In this book, Michael Collins's biographers,
Anne Dolan and William Murphy, capture the nature of this new
Collins source. They reflect on how the diaries change what we know
about him, and challenge us to think differently about his life.
The diaries begin with Collins a revolutionary among many; they end
in 1922 with Collins as the most powerful figure in Ireland. They
begin with Collins a single man; they end with him about to be
married. The authors present thematic reflections on what the
diaries reveal of his transformed life. As they are also the
diaries of his everyday life, the book examines very particular
episodes, the curious and ordinary entries, which allow us to see
Collins from new angles. Rather than offering the final piece that
will solve the Collins puzzle, the diaries pose new questions to be
asked. Michael Collins (1890-1922), was born in Co. Cork, he was a
staff captain in the GPO in 1916, and emerged as a leading figure
during his internment in Frongoch camp. As the Director of
Organisation with the Irish Volunteers, he masterminded their
campaign in the Anglo-Irish war (1919-21). Having signed the
Anglo-Irish Treaty, in 1922 he became chairman of the Provisional
Government and commander-in-chief of the National Army. He was
killed in an ambush in Co. Cork on 22 August 1922.
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