Editing Michael Collins (Irish leader) (section)

==Commemoration==
[[File:Grave of Micheál Ó Coileáin.jpg|left|thumb|Memorial cross at Béal na Bláth.]]
An annual commemoration ceremony takes place each year in August near the ambush site at Béal na Bláth, County Cork,{{efn|The cross is not placed at the actual spot where Collins was shot. This is located a number of yards to the south and on the other side of the road (see Damian Shiels and Nial Murray, [https://www.rte.ie/history/michael-collins/2022/0815/1315786-the-archaeology-of-an-ambush-surviving-traces-of-beal-na-bla/ 'The Archaeology of an Ambush: Surviving Traces of Béal na Blá, 22 August 1922']. RTÉ, 19 August 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2025. Also, Edward O’Mahony, [http://www.generalmichaelcollins.com/life-times/beal-na-mblath/ambush-2/ 'The Ambush at Béal na mBláth']. Collins 22 Society, 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2025)}} organised by The Béal na mBláth Commemoration Committee. In 2009, the former President of Ireland [[Mary Robinson]] gave the oration. In 2010 the Minister for Finance [[Brian Lenihan Jnr]] became the first [[Fianna Fáil]] person to give the oration. In 2012 on the 90th anniversary of the death of Collins, the [[Taoiseach]] [[Enda Kenny]] gave the oration, the first serving head of government to do so.

There is also a remembrance ceremony at Collins' grave in [[Glasnevin Cemetery]] on the anniversary of his death every year.

[[File:2017-06-20 4904x7356 dublin glasnevin cemetery michael collins grave.jpg|thumb|upright|Michael Collins grave at Glasnevin Cemetery]]
Michael Collins House museum in Clonakilty, Cork is a museum dedicated to Michael Collins and the history of Irish Independence. Situated in a restored [[Georgian architecture|Georgian House]] on Emmet Square, where Collins once lived, the museum, tells the life story of Collins through guided tours, interactive displays, audiovisuals and historical artefacts.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.michaelcollinshouse.ie/ | publisher = michaelcollinshouse.ie | title = Michael Collins House – Museum | access-date = 4 July 2018 | archive-date = 4 July 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180704214442/https://www.michaelcollinshouse.ie/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

The [[Central Bank of Ireland]] released gold and silver commemorative coins on 15 August 2012 which feature a portrait of Michael Collins designed by Thomas Ryan based on a photograph taken not long before his death.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.coinupdate.com/ireland-issues-michael-collins-gold-and-silver-coins-1527/ |title=CoinUpdate.com |access-date=13 August 2012 |archive-date=16 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816021849/http://news.coinupdate.com/ireland-issues-michael-collins-gold-and-silver-coins-1527/ |url-status=live }}</ref>