FF TD claims Collins legacy

MICHAEL Collins would have joined Eamon de Valera in Fianna Fáil had he lived, it was claimed yesterday.

Mon, 08 May, 2006 - 01:00

Ray Ryan

Former Fianna Fáil minister Ned O’Keeffe raised the intriguing scenario in an oration at a 1916 Easter Rising commemoration in Mitchelstown, County Cork.

He said Fine Gael claimed Collins would have joined the ranks of its party. But there was no guarantee he would ever have done so.

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Courts Politics Place: Mitchelstown, County Cork Place: Ireland Place: Brigown Old Cemetery Person: Collins Person: Michael Collins Person: Éamon de Valera Person: Minister Person: Ned O’Keeffe Person: O’Keeffe Person: de Valera Person: Thomas O’Dea Event: 1916 Easter Rising Event: Civil War Organisation: FF TD Organisation: Fianna Fáil Organisation: Fine Gael Organisation: IRA

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