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Article: The tragic death of Michael Collins elevated his stature and reputation as a national hero, Professor Risteard Mulcahy told the Military History Society of Ireland last Friday night.
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- Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- December 7, 2008
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Mulcahy legacy was lost after the death of Collins
The tragic death of Michael Collins elevated his stature and reputation as a national hero, Professor Risteard Mulcahy told the Military History Society of Ireland last Friday night.
"Collins' reputation was enhanced by his early and tragic death," he said in his talk 'Mulcahy and Collins -- A Fortuitous Leadership'.
"Collins died at the height of his fame . . . and so he is perceived by many as a lost saviour to his country." On the other hand: "Richard Mulcahy was still alive and living in the mundane political world of post-Treaty Ireland with its problems and recession and reconstruction, ...