Research Catalog

Title

The great cover-up : the truth about the death of Michael Collins / Gerard Murphy.

Author

Murphy, Gerard, 1956-

Publication

• Wilton, Cork : The Collins Press, 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Description

vi, 259 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"Why were both sides of the Civil War divide so evasive when it came to the death of Michael Collins? Why were they still trying to effect cover-ups as late as the 1960s? Determined to find the truth despite the trails of deception left by many of the key players, Gerard Murphy ... looked in detail at the evidence. Previous researchers have tended to concentrate on the reminiscences of survivors. Murphy instead focuses on information that appeared in the immediate wake of the ambush, before attempts could be made to conceal the truth. He also examines newly released material, and has carried out a forensic analysis of the ambush site based on photographic evidence recently discovered in a Dublin attic."--Back cover.

Alternative Title

• Death of Michael Collins
• Michael Collins

Subject

• Collins, Michael, 1890-1922 > Death
• Collins, Michael, 1890-1922
• Civil War (Ireland : 1922-1923)
• 1922-1923
• Death
• Ireland > History > Civil War, 1922-1923
• Ireland

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliography (pages 249-251) and index.

Contents

• Prologue -- Introduction -- 1. In the wrong place at the wrong time -- 2. Bealnablath: some essential facts -- 3. Evasive actions -- 4. Some orchestrated manoeuvres in the dark -- 5. The lead-up to Bealnablath -- 6. Words, too many words -- 7. The IRB and the shooting of Michael Collins -- 8. The great divide (the IRB and the treaty) -- 9. Army matters -- 10. Not a shred of evidence -- 11. 'Mick turned and fell' -- 12. Snipers and drivers -- 13. Doctors, drivers and wounded plotters -- 14. Doing away with Michael : the aftermath -- 15. Blinding the fool's eye -- 16. The evidence of Garda Hickey -- 17. Kerry connections.
• Appendices: 1. IRA report on ambush at Bealnablath ; 2. Florence O'Donoghue's corrections to Eion Neeson for his forthcoming book, The Civil War in Ireland ; 3. Army report on peace negotiations prior to Bealnablath ; 4. Count Plunkett's Manifesto to the People of Ireland, 1922 ; 5. Laurence Ginnell's 'legal' case against the signatories of the treaty ; 6. The real story of the Beal na mBlath ambush by John Hickey.

Call Number

JFE 18-5294

ISBN

• 9781848893375
• 184889337X

OCLC

1030946330

Author

Murphy, Gerard, 1956- author.

Title

The great cover-up : the truth about the death of Michael Collins / Gerard Murphy.

Publisher

Wilton, Cork : The Collins Press, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliography (pages 249-251) and index.

Chronological Term

1922-1923

Research Call Number

JFE 18-5294