Restored Georgian house to become Michael Collins museum

The council is painstakingly restoring the house in Emmet Square, Clonakilty, where Collins once worked.

A new museum dedicated to the life of Michael Collins and Ireland’s struggle for independence from the 1798 rebellion onwards, will open in a Georgian house being restored by Cork County Council.

The council is restoring No 7 Emmet Square, Clonakilty, where Collins once worked as a young reporter on the newspaper The West Cork People.