The Irish nationalist Michael Collins was murdered by a compatriot in August 1922, eight months after signing the Anglo-Irish Treaty. This biography presents the life of a man whose idealistic vigour and determination were matched by his political realism and organizational abilities.[...]

When the Irish nationalist Michael Collins signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, he told Lord Birkenhead that he may have signed his own death warrant. In August 1922 that prophecy came true when Collins was ambushed, shot and killed by a compatriot. But his vision and legacy lived on. In [...]

The years that have passed since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon in July 1969 have done nothing to alter the fundamental wonder of the event: man reaching the moon remains one of the great events - technical and spiritual - of our lifetime[...]

Presents a biography of the astronaut, Michael Collins, who circled the moon in the Apollo 11 space capsule while his colleagues Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the lunar module and walked on the moon.[...]

Ireland, 1919: When Sinn Fein proclaims Dail Eireann the parliament of the independent Irish republic, London declares the new assembly to be illegal, and a vicious guerrilla war breaks out between republican and crown forces. Michael Collins, intelligence chief of the Irish Republican Army, creates[...]

'Michael Collins, Himself' focuses on the man behind the mask. Not the soldier, statesman or guerrilla, but the real, human Michael Collins. This unique approach offers insights into Collins' personal life and the crucial role women had to play in it; his likes, dislikes, interests and personality; [...]

When President of the Irish Republic Michael Collins signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, he remarked "I may have signed my actual death warrant." In August, 1922 his prophecy came true Collins was killed in a shocking political assassination. So ended the life of the greatest Irish natio[...]

This is a series of specially commissioned essays, written by some of Ireland's leading historians (academic and popular), on the contribution made by Michael Collins to the making of the Irish state. This is a professional evaluation of Michael Collins, which brings to light his multi-faceted and c[...]

Michael Collins: A life in Pictures is a unique collection of photographs that catalogue the life of this great man. It includes many illustrations of the buildings and locations he would have known in Ireland and Britain but as they are today, together with rare photographs of his family and the pe[...]

In recent years many books have been published in the area of Christology (who is Jesus in himself?) and soteriology (what did he do as Saviour?). A number of notable, ecumenical documents on Christian ministry have also appeared. But in all this literature there is surprisingly little reflection on[...]

In recent years many books have been published in the area of Christology (who is Jesus in himself?) and soteriology (what did he do as Saviour?). A number of notable, ecumenical documents on Christian ministry have also appeared. But in all this literature there is surprisingly little reflection on[...]