Download or read book The Day Michael Collins Was Shot written by Meda Ryan and published by . This book was released on 1998-09 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collins was killed in an ambush in Cork in 1922. The manner of his death and the identity of his killer have been the source of intense speculation and controversy ever since. In this book, Ryan solves the mystery. Drawing on eyewitness testimonies, she painstakingly reconstructs, in minute-by-minute detail, the final four days of Collins' life and follows, mile by mile, his fatal journey through his home county of Cork.