Portrait of Michael Collins, painted following the truce of 1921, by Leo Whelan. #Collins

"We shall no longer have anyone but ourselves to blame if we fail to use the freedom we have won to achieve full freedom." - Michael Collins #Collins

Collins' ideas embody the self-sacrificial Christian ideal; by taking purifying actions, we prove ourselves 'worthy of the fullest freedom'. #Collins

'The Path to Freedom', a collection of political, historical, & cultural essays by Michael Collins. Available here: http://celt.ucc.ie/published/E900001-001/ #Collins

Collins' views evolved from the thinking of Thomas Davis: Armed struggle, nonsectarianism & national revival at 'the fount of Gaelicism'. #Collins