Collins political letter set to fetch over 8,000

A political letter penned by Michael Collins is set to fetch over 8,000 at auction next week.

Collins political letter set to fetch over 8,000

The three-page document was written by the War of Independence hero in the months after the signing of the Treaty with Britain, which led to the bloody Civil War of 1922.

The letter spent decades in the family of the recipient, Derry republican Louis J Walsh, but is now being offered for sale by a private collector who bought it from them a few years ago.

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