Countdown to murder: How the final days of Michael Collins played out 

A timeline of events in the last month leading up the fateful ambush in West Cork that led to the death of Michael Collins 

Michael Collins addresses an election meeting in 1921. Picture: Getty Images

July 22, 1922

With the Civil War in its fourth week, Michael Collins travels to Maryborough (Portlaoise) to discuss strategy in the Third Southern Division area.