New evidence reveals Michael Collins’ true home

Michael Collins never lived in the Georgian house in the West Cork town of Clonakilty, which is being painstakingly restored as a museum dedicated to the life of Ireland’s best known freedom fighter.

Although a plaque on No.7 Emmet Square says Collins once lived in the house, new information reveals he actually lived a few doors down, in No 13.

A new book on Collins reports that, according to research carried out by three local historians in the Land Valuation Office in Dublin late last year, Collins, his sister, and his brother-in-law actually lived in No 13.