‘Extraordinary’ Collins photographs unearthed

Two original photographs documenting Michael Collins’ final hours have been unearthed at a historical roadshow in Cork.

One of the two snapshots depicts Collins in a touring car outside a hotel in Bandon taken just hours before his death.

The second captures the scene at Béal na mBláth on Aug 23, 1922, the day after the ambush, and shows what historians believe to be Collins’ shirt collar on the road.