Michael Collins
Michael Collins names three notable figures.
The Irish revolutionary (1890–1922) led the fight for Irish independence and negotiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty before his assassination in the civil war that followed.
The American astronaut (1930–2021) piloted the Apollo 11 command module while Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the moon—orbiting alone while history happened below.
An earlier Irish-American revolutionary (1848–1942) led the Fenian movement.
Collins is a hero to Irish nationalists worldwide.
- Irish War of Independence1919-1921 Irish insurgency
- guerrilla warfareIrregular combat using ambushes
- NASAFederal space exploration bureau
- Sinn FéinIrish republican political party
- Easter RisingIrish anti-British insurrection, 1916
Anglo-Irish Treaty · assassination · Apollo 11 · lunar orbit · lunar module · Columbia · moon landing · command module · Free State · space race · space exploration · Irish Civil War · Eagle · Irish nationalism · Dublin · Irish Free State · Cork · patriot
- Irish Politicians
- astronautsastronaut, cosmonaut, taikonaut, cosmonauts, spaceman
- Irish HistoryGreat Famine, Easter Rising, Irish nationalism, Irish War of Independence, Irish Civil War
- Anti-ColonialistsHo Chi Minh, Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Mandela
- Famous DeathsAbraham Lincoln, Julius Caesar, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- Irish PeopleW.B. Yeats, Oscar Wilde, Cillian Murphy, Saoirse Ronan, Pierce Brosnan
Michael CollinsBritish Empire
Vast colonial domain
Black and Tans · Dublin Castle · Winston Churchill · colonial administration · King George V