On 22 August 1922 Michael Collins was killed in an ambush at Béal na mBláth outside Cork. He was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery on 28 August 1922. His coffin on a horse drawn gun carriage, drawn by Free State soldiers on horseback passes down Gardiner Street Lower below the Liffey Viaduct Railway Bridge on 28 August 1922.

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Size: 4278px × 3166px
Location: Gardiner Street Lower, Dublin City, Ireland
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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