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<p>Letters to Kitty Kiernan from Michael Collins</p>

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New podcast explores Michael Collins' love affair with Kitty Kiernan

My Dearest Kitty is an 11-episode series funded by Cork County Council’s Commemorations Committee to mark the centenary of the signing of the Anglo Irish Treaty

<p>Scéalta Grá na hÉireann is a six-part factual series that examines some of the iconic relationships throughout the history of our land. The series will premiere with Ireland’s greatest and most tragic love story, the love triangle between Michael Collins, Kitty Kiernan and Collins’ best friend Harry Boland. Photo: Bo Media</p>

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New series on great Irish love stories starts with Michael Collins and Kitty Kiernan

The first episode will air on TG4 on Wednesday at 8.30pm.

travel

Hidden heartlands: Ireland’s best inland getaways

Building on the success of the Wild Atlantic Way, the Hidden Heartlands showcase the very best our inland counties have to offer, writes Ciara McDonnell.

news

Memories of Kitty Kiernan set to fetch up to €6,000 at Whyte’s Auction

home and gardens

Michael Collins letters to Kitty Kiernan at Sotheby’s in New York

general

Jack Lynch: To Cork, of Cork, by Cork

Restored Model T that Michael Collins drove on display in West Cork

A beautifully restored 100-year-old Model T car, once driven by lovers Kitty Kiernan and Michael Collins, goes on display in West Cork at the weekend.

Wed, 17 Aug, 2016

Something for everyone on Everyman Theatre’s summer slate

The Everyman Theatre has announced its summer programme, featuring a fantastic mix of classic and contemporary theatre, music, comedy and much more.

Mon, 16 May, 2016

10 of the best 1916 commemorative events

The centenary of the Easter Rising has given us an abundance of commemorative

Tue, 22 Mar, 2016

Theatre review - A Great Arrangement at Gardens Theatre, Ballyphehane, Cork

3/5

Sat, 19 Mar, 2016

Something for the weekend...

The Mind, Body, Spirit and Yoga Festival in the RDS runs this weekend and offers the chance to discover the latest techniques in self-development and life-enhancing positive psychology with 75 talks by top Irish and international experts. 

Sat, 19 Mar, 2016

Five things to do this week

Five things from the worlds of arts, culture and film to keep you occupied this week

Mon, 14 Mar, 2016

Neil Jordan's epic 1996 film, Michael Collins, will be re-released in cinemas next Friday

Sat, 12 Mar, 2016

Play explores Michael Collins and Kitty Kiernan's love in a time of war

THE title of Pat Talbot’s new play, A Great Arrangement, is a reference to what the director describes as “almost a fantasy” that Michael Collins and Kitty Kiernan had. 

Wed, 09 Mar, 2016

Scene + Heard: All the best entertainment news

All the news from the world of entertainment

Fri, 29 Jan, 2016

The biographer who unwittingly made Michael Collins gay

On the 50th anniversary of the death of Piaras Beaslaí, Ryle Dwyer assesses how his biography of Michael Collins sparked a slew of rumours about the Big Fellow.

Thu, 25 Jun, 2015

€1.3m museum to honour Michael Collins and other West Cork patriots

A €1.3m museum, dedicated to Michael Collins and two other West Cork patriots, is to open in Clonakilty at the end of June.

Wed, 08 Apr, 2015

Vivid Faces: The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland, 1890-1923

R.F. Foster

Sun, 14 Sep, 2014

Michael Collins still gets Valentine's cards... 92 years after death

Every year on this day Michael Collins’s grave in Glasnevin is inundated with cards and flowers from admirers, writes Nuala Woulfe

Fri, 14 Feb, 2014

‘Vain’ Collins probably died a virgin: history professor

Michael Collins was vain, conspiratorial, and probably died a virgin, a UCC professor said on unveiling a plaque in honour of the former rebel leader in Bandon last night.

Sat, 19 Oct, 2013

Let the Big Fellow rest in peace

Ninety-one years after he was killed in an ambush in West Cork, it is surely time to allow Michael Collins to rest in peace.

Mon, 26 Aug, 2013

Rousing show of valour

A new documentary on Michael Collins: The Musical will be premiered at Cork Opera House tonight, says Colette Sheridan

Wed, 22 Aug, 2012

All’s fair in love and war

Friends Michael Collins and Harry Boland fought on opposite sides in the Civil War. They also wooed the same woman, says Richard Fitzpatrick

Wed, 22 Aug, 2012

TV not to miss

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Sat, 01 Oct, 2011

Big interest in Big Fella with €200k letters

A COLLECTION of Michael Collins’s letters has fetched €202,000 at auction.

Wed, 20 Apr, 2011

Society marks 25 years with Michael Collins musical

THE story of Michael Collins is the theme of the Tralee Musical Society’s 25th anniversary production which opened last night and runs until this Sunday, in the Siamsa Tire Theatre.

Wed, 16 Mar, 2011

Hibaayeb can land wide-open Irish Oaks

HIBAAYEB gets the vote to land a wide-open Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh tomorrow.

Sat, 17 Jul, 2010

Back on song Kitty Kiernan looks set to follow up

KITTY KIERNAN, now that she’s back on song, can land the Group 3 Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Brownstown Stakes for fillies at Fairyhouse tonight.

Wed, 30 Jun, 2010

Blanco poised to deliver

CAPE BLANCO gets the vote to land the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh tomorrow.

Sat, 26 Jun, 2010

Weld young guns head to Ascot

Dermot Weld’s winning two-year-olds Moonlit Garden and Oor Jock are both heading for Royal Ascot.

Tue, 08 Jun, 2010

Rad books Ascot ticket

JIM BOLGER’S Radharcnafarraige ran out a ready winner of the Group Three Coolmore Stud Fillies Stakes at Naas yesterday to set herself up for a tilt at the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Tue, 08 Jun, 2010

Radio heads for Phoenix Stakes

RADIOHEAD will bid to supplement his Royal Ascot gains in the Camas Park & Ashtown House Studs Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday week.

Sat, 18 Jul, 2009

Radio heads for Phoenix stakes

Radiohead will bid to supplement his Royal Ascot gains in the Camas Park & Ashtown House Studs Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday week.

Fri, 17 Jul, 2009

Cabaret leads rivals a merry dance

JOHNNY Murtagh completed a superb treble at Leopardstown last night, highlighted by Cabaret’s convincing, all-the-way win in the featured, Group 3 Silver Flash Stakes.

Fri, 17 Jul, 2009

On-song Cabaret hits winning note at Leopardstown

Cabaret has made all the running to win the Group Three Silver Flash Stakes at Leopardstown.

Thu, 16 Jul, 2009

Thursday's horse racing tips

Selected tips from courses in the UK and Ireland.

Thu, 16 Jul, 2009

Beauty the percentage bet in Challenge

PROFOUND BEAUTY gets the nap to land what has the makings of a cracking six-runner Listed Challenge Stakes at Leopardstown tonight.

Thu, 16 Jul, 2009

Prendergast keen on Flash Stakes chance

Kevin Prendergast has high hopes for Alshahbaa in the Group Three Silver Flash Stakes at Leopardstown tomorrow.

Wed, 15 Jul, 2009

Ten wins in 11 runnings for O’Brien as Nobel takes Railway prize

AIDAN O’BRIEN continued his extraordinary record in the Netjets Railway Stakes when Alfred Nobel gave him his 10th success in eleven runnings of the race, storming away with the Group 2 at the Curragh yesterday, writes Pat Keane.

Mon, 29 Jun, 2009

Sunday's horse racing tips

Selected tips from courses in the UK and Ireland.

Sun, 28 Jun, 2009

Sea should be the star - if he turns up

THE Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh tomorrow centres very much on whether John Oxx decides to allow Sea The Stars to take his chance.

Sat, 27 Jun, 2009

Playing the Big Fella as a young fella

NOT all had the shock of dark hair — and far fewer had the imposing stature of the Big Fella.

Sat, 28 Feb, 2009

Rebel countess blazed the way for a hardline set of women republicans

NEXT week marks 90 years since the election of the first Irish woman to parliament — Countess Constance Markievicz.

Sat, 13 Dec, 2008

Pearse’s final death cell letter set to fetch €100,000

HOURS before his execution, 1916 leader Padraig Pearse gave final instructions about his business and personal affairs.

Wed, 04 Apr, 2007

Collins letter fetches €28,000

A RARE political letter written by Michael Collins has fetched a record price of €28,000 at an auction in Dublin.

Sat, 22 Feb, 2003

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