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| Assassination of Collins Collins, Michael John "Mick" |  |
| Aug Cork Collins travels to his native Cork, against the advice of his companions, despite suffering from stomach ache and depression, Collins reputedly told his comrades that "They wouldn't shoot me in my own county" |
| Aug Cork In Cork city, Collins meets neutral IRA men Sean Hegarty and Florrie O'Donoghue, with a view to contacting Anti-Treaty IRA leaders Tom Barry and Tom Hales to propose a truce |
| 22nd Aug Cork The ambush party, allegedly commanded by Liam Deasy, had mostly dispersed to a nearby pub by 8pm, when Collins and his men returned to Beal na mBlath but the remaining five ambushers open fire on the convoy |
| Assassination of Collins Deasy, Liam | |
| 22nd Aug Cork The ambush party, allegedly commanded by Liam Deasy, had mostly dispersed to a nearby pub by 8pm, when Collins and his men returned to Beal na mBlath but the remaining five ambushers open fire on the convoy |
| Assassination of Collins Hegarty, Sean | |
| Aug Cork In Cork city, Collins meets neutral IRA men Sean Hegarty and Florrie O'Donoghue, with a view to contacting Anti-Treaty IRA leaders Tom Barry and Tom Hales to propose a truce |
| Assassination of Collins O'Donoghue, Florrie | |
| Aug Cork In Cork city, Collins meets neutral IRA men Sean Hegarty and Florrie O'Donoghue, with a view to contacting Anti-Treaty IRA leaders Tom Barry and Tom Hales to propose a truce |
| Assassination of Wilson Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| 7th Jan Dublin Collins orders the killing of Henry Wilson in reprisal for failing to prevent the attacks on Roman Catholics in Northern Ireland |
| 7th Jan Dublin The British forces Collins to take action against the Four Courts men, Collins borrows two 18 pounder artillery pieces from the British and bombards the Four Courts until its garrison surrenders |
| Capture of Limerick Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| 21st July Limerick Free State troops capture Waterford & Limerick from anti-treaty rebels |
| Capture of Waterford Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| 21st July Waterford Free State troops capture Waterford & Limerick from anti-treaty rebels |
| Commander Armed Forces Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| Dublin Appointed Commander of the Armed Forces |
| Constitution Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| The new Provisional Government is formed under Collins , who becomes "President of the Provisional Government" |
| Constitution Griffith, Arthur | |
| Arthur Griffith defeats de Valera in the vote and assumes the presidency, (Griffith calls himself "President of Dil ireann" rather than de Valera's more exalted "President of the Republic" |
| Election Griffith, Arthur | |
| Arthur Griffith defeats de Valera in the vote and assumes the presidency, (Griffith calls himself "President of Dil ireann" rather than de Valera's more exalted "President of the Republic" |
| Election Valera, Eamon de | |
| Arthur Griffith defeats de Valera in the vote and assumes the presidency, (Griffith calls himself "President of Dil ireann" rather than de Valera's more exalted "President of the Republic" |
| Governor General Healy, Timothy Michael | |
| Appointed Governor General |
| Head of State Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| Dublin Appointed Head-of-State for Ireland, for 10 days |
| Irish Army Council Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| 13th July Dublin The Irish Army Council is founded under the leadership of Michael Collins |
| Minister of Finance Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| Appointed Minister of Finance |
| National Army Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| June Collins lays down responsibilities as Chairman of the Provisional Government to become Commander-in-Chief of the National Army, a formal, structured, uniformed army that formed around the nucleus of the pro-Treaty IRA. |
| President Griffith, Arthur | |
| Arthur Griffith defeats de Valera in the vote and assumes the presidency, (Griffith calls himself "President of Dil ireann" rather than de Valera's more exalted "President of the Republic" |
| Publication of Joyce Joyce, James | |
| 2nd Feb Paris James Joyce's novel "Ulysses" is published in Paris with 1,000 copies |
| Siege of Dublin Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| June Dublin Under Collins ' supervision, the Free State rapidly takes control of the capital |
| Siege of Four Courts Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| 7th Jan Dublin A group of 200 anti-Treaty IRA men occupy the Four Courts in Dublin in defiance of the Provisional government, Collins , who wanted to avoid civil war at all costs, does not attack them until June 1922, when British pressure forced his hand |
| June Dublin Leads to the Irish Civil War as fighting breaks out in Dublin between the anti-Treaty IRA and the Free State troops |
| June Dublin The British forces Collins to take action against the Four Courts men, Collins borrows two 18 pounder artillery pieces from the British and bombards the Four Courts until its garrison surrenders |
| Siege of Munster Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| July Munster Collins , along with Richard Mulcahy and Eoin O'Duffy decide on a series of seaborne landings into republican held areas that re-takes Munster and the west in July-August 1922 |
| Siege of Munster Mulcahy, Richard | |
| July Munster Collins , along with Richard Mulcahy and Eoin O'Duffy decide on a series of seaborne landings into republican held areas that re-takes Munster and the west in July-August 1922 |
| Siege of Munster O'Duffy, Eoin | |
| July Munster Collins , along with Richard Mulcahy and Eoin O'Duffy decide on a series of seaborne landings into republican held areas that re-takes Munster and the west in July-August 1922 |
| Treaty Anglo Irish Collins, Michael John "Mick" | |
| 7th Jan Dublin A group of 200 anti-Treaty IRA men occupy the Four Courts in Dublin in defiance of the Provisional government, Collins , who wanted to avoid civil war at all costs, does not attack them until June 1922, when British pressure forced his hand |
| 7th Jan Dublin Sinn Fin splits over the treaty, and the Dil debates the matter bitterly for ten days until it is approved by a vote of 64 to 57 |
| Treaty Anglo Irish Valera, Eamon de | |
| Dublin De Valera joins the anti-treaty faction opposing the perceived concessions |
| 7th Jan Dublin Sinn Fin splits over the treaty, and the Dil debates the matter bitterly for ten days until it is approved by a vote of 64 to 57 |
