Michael Collins display in Kilmainham Gaol Museum
The Kilmainham Gaol Museum is exhibiting artefacts pertaining to the death of Michael Collins at Béal na Blá. The display marks the centenary of his assassination on 22 August 1922. Amongst the significant artefacts are items that once belonged to Lady Hazel Lavery, such as a note Collins wrote but never sent on the day he was killed. It reads: ‘Hazel, my Dear Dear Hazel, I too wish it were…