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Collins (Michael) An attractive original group photograph showing Collins posing with Diarmuid Fawsitt, Comdt. Cooney, P. O'Keeffe T.D., Fathers Leo & Edmond O.F.M., and Comdt. Sean Mc Keown. Approx. 14cms x 20cms, (5 1/2'' x 8''), framed & glazed with caption. Rare. * Photo was taken after the group attended 10.15 Mass at St. Francis Church, Broad Lane, Cork, March 12th, 1922. Provenance: Given to the vendor by late Miss Peg Duggan, a leading member of Cumann na mBan during the Troubles. It was Peg who called the priest for Cork's Lord Mayor Tomas Mac Curtain on the night he was shot dead by Crown Forces in March 1922. She was a Lot 674 personal friend of Michael Collins (1) Collins (Michael) An attractive original group photograph showing Collins posing with Diarmuid Fawsitt, Comdt. Cooney, P. O'Keeffe T.D., Fathers Leo & Edmond O.F.M., and Comdt. Sean Mc Keown. Approx. 14cms x 20cms, (5 1/2'' x 8''), framed & glazed with caption. Rare. * Photo was taken after the group attended 10.15 Mass at St. Francis Church, Broad Lane, Cork, March 12th, 1922. Provenance: Given to the vendor by late Miss Peg Duggan, a leading member of Cumann na mBan during the Troubles. It was Peg who called the priest for Cork's Lord Mayor Tomas Mac Curtain on the night he was shot dead by Crown Forces in March 1922. She was a Lot 674 personal friend of Michael Collins (1)