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    Who killed Michael Collins?

    Question #104091. Asked by author. (Mar 23 09 7:24 PM)


    themonarch

    		There is no consensus as to who fired the fatal shot. The most recent authoritative account suggests that the shot was fired by Denis ("Sonny") O'Neill, an Anti-Treaty IRA fighter and a former British Army marksman who died in 1950. This is supported by eyewitness accounts of the participants in the ambush. O'Neill was using dum-dum ammunition, which disintegrates on impact and which left a gaping wound in Collins' skull. He dumped the remaining bullets afterwards for fear of reprisals by Free State troops.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Collins_(Irish_leader)

    Mar 23 09, 7:28 PM

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