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Michael Collins in London in 1921. Photo: Getty<\/p>\n
The Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill will deliver this year\u2019s address at the Michael Collins Commemoration in B\u00e9al na Bl\u00e1th on Sunday, August 24, at 3pm.<\/p>\n
The Michael Collins Commemoration is an annual event which takes place at B\u00e9al na Bl\u00e1th, located near the village of Crookstown to honour the memory of General Michael Collins, the Irish revolutionary leader who was shot at the location on August 22, 1922, at the age of 31.<\/p>\n
Each year, a commemoration is held at the site of his death on the Sunday closest to August 22.<\/p>\n
Ms Carroll MacNeill said: \u201cIt is an extraordinary honour to have been asked by the Michael Collins Commemoration Committee to speak at this year\u2019s B\u00e9al na Bl\u00e1th commemoration.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis significant event allows us to remember and honour the legacy of Michael Collins, whose vision, leadership, and unwavering dedication to our country and its people continue to inspire us all,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Ms Carroll MacNeill continued: \u201cHis legacy of leadership and dedication to public service is something I see as I visit our healthcare community around the country and their unwavering dedication to caring for people.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am really looking forward to speaking at the commemoration and reflecting on Collins\u2019s legacy and values,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The address last year was delivered by then taoiseach Simon Harris, while in August 2023 the main address was delivered by former RT\u00c9 northern editor, the late Tommie Gorman.<\/p>\n
In August 2022, there was an historic address by the Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin when he became the first Fianna Fail Taoiseach to speak at a commemoration for Mr Collins.<\/p>\n
He was joined by the then T\u00e1naiste Leo Varadkar in delivering a joint oration.<\/p>\n
Mr Collins was part of the delegation which signed the Anglo-Irish treaty in 1921, leading to a split in the Irish parliament and to the Irish Civil War.<\/p>\n
Michael Collins was shot and killed during an ambush by anti-Treaty forces on August 22, 1922.<\/p>\n
The identity of the shooter remains a mystery nearly 123 years later.<\/p>\n
Descendants of Mr Collins will travel from across the world to attend the commemoration.<\/p>\n
They will join the thousands of people who will travel from across Ireland to mark the anniversary of his death. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Collins in London in 1921. Photo: Getty The Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill will deliver this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[9,10,18,13,14,553,6,19,17,5002,2358,11,12,15,16,5001,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-4642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-featured-news","12":"tag-featurednews","13":"tag-fine-gael","14":"tag-headlines","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-jennifer-carroll-macneill","18":"tag-john-bohane","19":"tag-latest-news","20":"tag-latestnews","21":"tag-main-news","22":"tag-mainnews","23":"tag-michael-collins","24":"tag-news","25":"tag-top-stories","26":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}