Diaries kept by Michael Collins to go on display in Clonakilty museum

Jamie Murphy of the Collins Museum described the availability of the Collins diaries in the Museum from July 29 as a valuable addition. Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Five-pocket diaries kept by Michael Collins in the revolutionary period 1918-1922 are being made available by the National Archives for display in the Michael Collins Museum in Clonakilty, Co Cork, from the end of this month.

This is the first time the diaries, which contain organisational and military details rather than personal data, have gone on show in the Museum, according to the manager of the Centre, Jamie Murphy.