A new bronze statue of Michael Collins has been unveiled on the Grand Parade in Cork city this afternoon - at the scene of one of his most famous public orations.
It shows Collins standing alongside a bicycle, in a nod to the image of him taken with a Pierce bicycle in Wexford in 1922 - a reminder of the time when he used to cycle around Dublin despite there being a bounty on his head.
The site was chosen given its historical links, with Collins having delivered a passionate speech at a rally on Grand Parade on 12 March 1922 attended by tens of thousands of people. Members of the Collins family and the Michael Collins 100 committee were in attendance for the unveiling, in addition to a number of Cork sporting legends.
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