Thomas Galvin married Mary Collins                             Michael Collins

                  

Front: Father Pat Galvin, Morgan Collins, Uncle Pete, Jim Collins,
Back: Catherine (Bert) Collins, Agnes Collins, Lottie

Morgan & Jim Collins -brothers of Grandma Galvin
                           - lived in Chicago
Morgan's wife- Elizabeth McNutty from Fenlon Falls ON


They had a son and Daughter Clara married Dr. Nussle  Children: Dorothy, Patricia, Morgan
   - Morgan killed in WWII
   - Patricia Died of Cancer
    - Dorothy lives in Chicago

Jim Collins had no children; his wife Catherine Bet was from Lindsay, ON 

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Family Connection yet to be established

Michael John Collins was born at Woodfield, Clonakilty, in County Cork in 1890. Although most biographies list his date of birth as October 16, 1890, his tombstone lists his date of birth as October 12, 1890. He was the third son and the youngest of eight children. His father, also called Michael Collins [Death:1897 Place: Clonakitty Co. Cork, Ireland], was 75 years of age when Michael junior was born. On his deathbed the father pointed to his youngest child and urged his grieving family to mind Michael because, 'One day he'll be a great man. He'll do great work for Ireland.' Michael was 6 years of age at the time.
[Source: Michael Collins - Biography] 


Michael's father, Michael John Collins was sixty years old when he married a local girl, Marianne O'Brien. Marianne was only twenty-three, but they were apparently happy and went on to have eight children. Michael, the youngest, was born when his father was seventy-five. [ Source: Michael Collins' Web Page ] 

Michael John Collins (Irish name Micheál Ó Coileáin; October 16, 1890 – August 22, 1922), an Irish revolutionary leader, served as Minister for Finance in the Irish Republic, as Director of Intelligence for the IRA, as a member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations, as Chairman of the Provisional Government and as Commander-in-Chief of the National Army. He was assassinated in August 1922, during the Irish Civil War. Members and supporters of the political party Fine Gael hold in particular respect his memory.  [Source: Michael Collins (Irish leader) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]

Surprisingly his closest friend in London was also his best friend back in Cork, his cousin Sean Hurley.

The Assassins
The fifteen men accused of shooting Collins on August 1922, Includes a couple of familiar family names: 
SEAN GALVIN
He had been patrolling the hill on horseback and galloped in to the action when the shooting started. He brought the word to the anti-Free State meeting in a nearby house that Collins had been shot, and later claimed to have shot Collins himself.

JIM HURLEY
Fired a Mauser at the car in which Collins was travelling, shattering the windscreen and stopping the clock, and giving Emmet Dalton the impression they were under machine gun fire. Some maintain Collins was killed by a Mauser bullet, but Hurley is said to have left the ambush by the time Collins was hit. [ More on the Assassins at The Lost Leader: Michael Collins]

FAMILY TREE

Father: Michael COLLINS b: 1845 in Clonakitty Co. Cork, Ireland
           Married: 1876 in Clonakitty Co. Cork, Ireland
Mother: Mary Ann O'BRIAN (O'Brien) b: 1852 in Clonakitty Co. Cork, Ireland

• D: I510
• Name: Mary COLLINS
• Sex: F
• Birth: JUN-6--1878 in Clonakitty Co. Cork Ireland
• Baptism: CATHOLIC Clonakitty Co. Cork, Ireland
• Death: 1955 in Clonakitty Co. Cork, Ireland
  
  Marriage 1 Patrick POWELL b: 1862 in Cork, Ireland
  • Married: 1902 in Clonakitty Co. Cork, Ireland 
    
• Children:
  - General Sean COLLINS-POWELL b: 1905 in Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland
  - Nora COLLINS-POWELL 
  -  Michael COLLINS-POWELL 
  
• Name: General Michael John COLLINS
• Sex: M
• Birth: 1890 in Clonakitty Co. Cork Ireland
• Baptism: CATHOLIC Clonakitty Co. Cork, Ireland
• Death: 8-22-1922 in County Cork, Ireland
• Burial: 1922 Beal na Blath, Macron Co. Cork, Ireland
• Occupation: Revelution Leader
  
  Patrick Collins
  Sex: M
  Residence: Chicago USA