Michael Collins’ wedding gift to sister could be yours

A set of chairs that Michael Collins gave to one of his sisters as a wedding gift is up for grabs in a Cork auction tomorrow.

The revolutionary is said to have given the six arts and crafts-design chairs to one of his sisters, although his great-grandnephew is not certain which one.

Michael Powell’s great-grandmother, Mary Collins Powell, was a sister of Collins, and married Clare-born Patrick Powell in Edinburgh in 1902, when her youngest brother was 11.