He was portrayed on film by Liam Neeson and he is commemorated by a monument in County Cork.
This man cheered at donkeys pulling carts on the Shepherd's Bush Road in London because they reminded him of home. This man's first job was with the Royal Mail and it was for duties performed at the Post Office that he originally rose to prominence. He entered politics through his local athletics association and briefly held two ministerial positions, one as Minister of Finance as which he negotiated a National Loan in which he accepted some of the (**) Russian Crown Jewels as collateral, while his clandestine activities as Home Minister included the liquidation of a group of conspirators known as the Cairo Gang. This man was nicknamed (*) 'The Big Fella'. He was portrayed on film by Liam Neeson and he is commemorated by a monument in County Cork. Name this Republican who made concessions to David Lloyd George for which, for 10 points, he was assassinated in 1922.
This man cheered at donkeys pulling carts on the Shepherd's Bush Road in London because they reminded him of home.
Michael Collins