Michael Collins still gets Valentine's cards... 92 years after death
TODAY, if we’re lucky, we might get a Valentine’s card from our lover, partner or even from a secret admirer, but there’s a man in Dublin who’ll be getting Valentine’s cards on his grave, many bunches of fresh flowers, and maybe even some soft toys too, despite the fact that he is 92 years dead this summer.
Michael Collins; revolutionary, charmer, politician, orator, diplomat and so much more, was only 31 when he was shot dead at Béal na Bláth, Co Cork, in 1922. His funeral was one of the biggest the country had ever seen and although he died without marrying his fiancée Kitty Kiernan, romance still follows him, as every February 14 the Irish hero receives Valentine’s cards and flowers on his grave from women who are still enamoured by the charismatic figure who never grows old.
