Why Michael Collins Remains Unmatched #IrishHistory #MichaelCollins

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]Oscar Wilde once wrote it is tragic how a few people ever possess their souls before they die.

[00:00:11]Nothing is more rare in any man, says Emerson, than an act of his own.

[00:00:19]Michael Collins was most definitely one of those few.

[00:00:24]From his early days as a boy here in Clonakilty until the day he died, he was always his own man.

[00:00:33]In these days of corporate shenanigans where the buck is continuously being passed in Collins' day the buck seemed to stop with him.

[00:00:47]>> [applause] >> He is my hero.

[00:00:58]>> [cheering]