Michael Collins's stick goes behind bar in Dublin pub

Michael Collins's stick goes behind bar in Dublin pub

A walking stick once belonging to Michael Collins with letter of provenence.

A walking stick once used by Michael Collins, which was auctioned last week in Belfast, has gone on display in a well-known pub in west Dublin.

The silver-tipped stick, used by possibly the most famous Irish freedom fighter of them all, went on auction last Tuesday at Bloomfield in the city, fetching €60,000, a record for the auction house and more than five times the stick’s estimated price.

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