Plaque honouring Michael Collins unveiled in London

Mayor of the County of Cork Frank O’Flynn, Mayor of Islington Gary Heather, and deputy Lord Mayor of Cork City Colette Finn at the unveiling of a plaque to Michael Collins in Islington, London. Picture: Twitter

A heritage plaque dedicated to Irish nationalist leader General Michael Collins has been unveiled in the centre of London.

The plaque marks the site of the former Barnsbury Hall on Barnsbury St in the north London borough of Islington where Collins was initiated into the secret organisation, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, in 1909, following his recruitment into the group by Sam Maguire.