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Rumours, but not Confirmed? Ian Bailey, has Offered to Help Solve, the Killing of Collins; can you Imagine, if Bailey the Englishman, Solves the Murder, he would become, a Legend in Ireland, and Globally? Bailey would Get the Freedom of Dublin City, and a Plaque of himself, on the Walls in Dail Eireann? What a Thought?

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CRIME OF THE CENTRURY 

RTE documentary probing century-old Michael Collins killing hopes to solve Ireland’s biggest murder mystery

CRIME OF THE CENTRURY 

RTE documentary probing century-old Michael Collins killing hopes to solve Ireland’s biggest murder mystery

  • 19:34, 11 Aug 2022
  • Updated: 19:35, 11 Aug 2022

FORMER state pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy is set to join a team of experts investigating the death of Michael Collins.

A century after he was assassinated, an RTE documentary which will air later this month aims to solve the biggest unsolved crime case in the country.

Michael Collins was assassinated on August 22, 1922
Michael Collins was assassinated on August 22, 1922Credit: Hulton Archive – Getty
Collins' killer has never been identified
Collins’ killer has never been identifiedCredit: Roger Viollet via Getty Images
Michael Collins and Kevin O'Higgins arriving at Dublin Castle for the formal transfer of power before the Irish Civil War
Michael Collins and Kevin O’Higgins arriving at Dublin Castle for the formal transfer of power before the Irish Civil WarCredit: Getty Images – Getty

The free state leader was killed on August 22, 1922 by Republicans who ambushed his army convoy at Béal na mBláth in West Cork as he returned to Cork city from meeting a team of his commanders in his native west Cork.

His exact killer has never been identified.

Cold Case Collins, which will be shown on RTE on August 24 will re-examine the circumstances around the death.

At that time Civil War raged, so there was no official investigation into the ambush, no records of an autopsy, and no death certificate

This has fuelled 100 years of whodunnit theories.

The project between RTE and independent company Loosehorse, will draw heavily on a hundred years of historical scholarship and verified witness testimony.

The former State Pathologist, Professor Marie Cassidy will chair a 21st century cold case with the help of forensic scientists, criminal investigators, military strategists, archaeologists, archivists and historians.

They will curate evidence and artefacts side by side with cutting edge scientific analysis about the death of Michael Collins

Key partners in the Cold Case Collins project include the Technical Bureau of An Garda Síochána, Forensic Science Ireland, the Irish Defence Forces and the National Museum of Ireland.

Helen Collins, a grand niece of Collins, has also actively contributed to the programme.

To mark the centenary of his death, his diaries, which cover the critical time period of 1918 to 1922, have gone on public display, for the very first time, at the Michael Collins House Museum in Clonakilty, Co Cork.

Admission to the exhibition is free and the Michael Collins House Museum will extend its opening hours throughout the month of August.

The diaries are presented as part of the Government of Ireland’s Decade of Centenaries 2012-2023 National Programme.

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