The earliest known photograph of Michael Collins (right) with his brother Patrick Collins at their First Holy Communion — taken around 1897 —, aged six.

The Collins family with Michael, aged around 11, in the middle wearing the flat cap, his brother Patrick on the left, his sister Mary, his grandmother Johanna, and his mother Mary.

Michael Collins in his Irish Volunteers uniform in 1916, prior to the Easter Rising.

Michael Collins after being being released from Frongoch Internment Camp in 1916.

Michael Collins at Sinn Féin headquarters in 1918.

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