Below is a selection of front page articles from the French press on the death of Michael Collins (1890-1922) on 22 August 1922. It took time for the news to reach the Paris newsrooms so they are all from 24 August 1922. Most of the papers got their reports from news agencies or their London correspondent.
'Yet another crime in Ireland - Mr Michael Collins (head of the Irish Provisional Government) has been killed'. Le Radical, 24 Aug 1922. Source
'Mr Michael Collins (head of the Irish Provisional Government) was killed by the rebels in an ambush'. Le Petit Parisien, 24 Aug 1922. Source
'Michael Collins (head of Ireland's Provisional Government) has been killed in an ambush'. L'Oeuvre, 24 Aug 1922. Source
'Michael Collins, head of the Irish Free State, was killed by the insurgents in an ambush, his former brothers in arms'. Le Journal, 24 Aug 1922. Source
'General Michael Collins head of the Free State was killed in an ambush'. La Lanterne, 24 Aug 1922. Source
'Irish Civil War. Mr Michael Collins, head of the Provisional Government has been killed'. La Liberté, 24 Aug 1922. Source
'General Michael Collins, prime minister of the Free State, is killed by the insurgents'. Le Matin, 24 Aug 1922. Source
'Mr Michael Collins dies in an ambush'. L'Humanité, 24 Aug 1922. Source
'The new Irish leader is killed in an ambush'. L'Instransigeant, 24 Aug 1922. Source
'After Mr Griffith, Mr Collins - Government leader killed'. La Croix, 24 Aug 1922. Source
'The President of the Irish Republic is killed in an ambush'. L'Echo d'Alger, 24 Aug 1922. Source
'Mr Collins, head of the Irish government, is killed in an ambush'. L'Echo de Paris, 24 Aug 1922. Source
'Mr Michael Collins has been killed'. Excelsior, 24 Aug 1922. Source
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