Michael Collins was born in Clonaklit, Cork, to Michael Collins Senior and Marianne O'Brien. Collins Senior and Marianne had an age difference of almost 40 years, with Michael being sixty and Marianne only twenty-three. Michael was the youngest of eight children (only three of whom were Mariannes) and because his father was so old when he was born, it would leave him with a sense of respect for older people that would stay with him throughout his life. Before he died, Collins Senior was quoted as saying on his deathbed: "One day he [Michael] will be a great man. He will do great work for Ireland. Michael Collins would be without a father before he was seven, leaving him open to l. 'influence of Ireland.' many people around him, many of whom were republicans, and would guide him on his path to revolution and a strong sense of nationalism, would continue to do so. shortly, which countless others had failed to do over the past 700 years: Michael Collins would achieve Irish independence but would also be killed in achieving it (Collins, Coogan Joining at a very young age). 'Irish Rebellion Brotherhood (IRB), he volunteered for the 1916 uprising and. would witness the Irish failure. The uprising was crushed within a week, but although it failed, it succeeded in awakening the Irish people and increasing animosity between the two islands. Imprisoned for a few months without letup, Michael immediately took action and was appointed to the seat of Sinn Fein (a large Irish political group that would form its own government) alongside Eamon de Valera. Eagerly preparing for their next move, Michael set up a network of informants, using what he had learned from his past mistakes, if the...... middle of paper ...... The circumstances of his death are extremely difficult since everyone present presented different stories. All that is known is that while passing through Beal na Blath, Michael and his group were ambushed and he was shot dead. The fighting will continue for a few more months, but Ireland and the world have already lost one of the most passionate and compassionate people of the 1920s. Michael was a visionary who saw his people suffering and rose to the challenge by defeating the British for the first time in Irish history. He died less than a month before turning 32. He was neither the first nor the last of his family to give his life for the Irishman, but he will forever remain a chapter in his history from which we can learn and learn, a chapter from which we can learn . find hope. “Everything has changed completely: a terrible beauty is born” - “Easter 1916” William Butler Yeats