Thomas MacDonagh

An intelligent and brave participant in the Easter Rising.

Padraig Pearse

Pearse is arguably the most prominent rebel from the Easter Rising.

Padraig Pearse Pre-Rising

Pearse before the Easter Rising.

William Pearse

Padraig's younger brother who also participated in the Easter Rising.

Joseph Plunkett

During the Easter Rising, Plunkett was sick with TB and Collins, serving as his aide-de-camp, had to hold him up just so he could fight.

Poblacht na h Éireann

The Poblacht, an Irish Declaration of Independence of sorts signed by Clarke, MacDiarmada, MacDonagh, Pearse, Connolly, Ceannt and Plunkett.

Wolfe Tone

Leader of the 1798 Rebellion.

Daniel O'Connell

Major figure in Catholic Emancipation.

Michael Davitt

Active in the Irish Republican Brotherhood.

Robert Emmet

Famous Irish patriot and orator.

Thomas Davis

Famous Irish journalist.

Charles Stewart Parnell

One of the most important Irish politicos of the last two centuries.

Douglas Hyde

Ireland's first president.

James Larkin

Irish politician and union leader.

Harry Boland

A best friend to Collins and a rival for Kitty's love, Harry Boland and Michael were close for years.

Kitty Kiernan

Collins' fiancee, Kitty Kiernan, was a hard-working woman who captured the hearts of Collins and Boland.

Another Photo of Kitty

Kitty Kiernan before Michael's death.

Lady Hazel Lavery

Though rumors still swirl that Hazel Lavery and Collins had a steamy affair, the gossip has never been accepted as fact.

Lady Edith Londonderry

Another society woman who claimed to have had a dalliance with Collins.

Cathal Brugha

a.k.a. Charles Burgess, the arch-nemesis of Michael Collins. Ironically enough, Portobello Barracks where Collins spent the last few months of his life was later renamed Cathal Brugha Barracks.

Richard Mulcahy

Mulcahy was a friend to Collins and a future Chief of Staff in the IRA.