Dunmanway to the moon. We can do it

We must raise our ambitions in memory of the West Cork man

Michael Collins, left, with his fellow Apollo 11 moon landing astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin: Collins' grandfather emigrated from Dunmanway in the 1860s.

Saddened as I was to hear the news that astronaut Michael Collins had died, it came as no surprise to learn he had Dunmanway connections.

The late astronaut’s grandfather emigrated from Dunmanway to Cincinnati back in the 1860s.