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Bookings or enquires:
Dolores or Timothy Crowley,
Michael Collins Centre,
Castleview, Clonakilty,
West Cork. Ireland
Tel: 023 8846107
info@michaelcollinscentre.com
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THE MICHAEL COLLINS STATUE CLONAKILTY
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 Up to recently no statue of
Michael Collins existed anywhere in the world, so a small group got
together in Clonakilty in 2001 to rectify that situation. The main
organisers were Tim and Dolores Crowley of the Michael Collins Center
and Traolach O’ Donnabhain of Clonakilty Historical Society. Sculptor
Kevin Holland was commissioned to make a seven foot bronze statue of
Collins and it was decided to place the piece at the edge of Emmet
Square in Clonakilty.
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Sculptor Kevin Holland (on right) with Tim Crowley
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The patriot lived there with his
sister Margaret from 1904 to 1906. Over £100,000 was raised for to pay
for the statue and to fund a week long festival leading up to the
unveiling ceremony. August 22nd 2002 the 80th
anniversary of the Big Fella’s death was picked as the date for the
unveiling and film actor Liam Neeson agreed to travel from the United
States to unveil the statue.
Seven and a half thousand people
attended the event, on a beautiful August evening and today a statue
depicting Michael Collins making a speech stands proud in his hometown
of Clonakilty.
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Michael Collins Statue being
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Michael Collins Statue
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