He died at The Mater Hospital, Dublin. Late of Finn's Hotel, William Street, Limerick. He was working as a superintendent at the GPO, Limerick. He was married, aged 55. The cause of death was liver cancer.
Dáil Biography:
Con Collins was born in Limerick and joined the Gaelic League, the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). He was involved, along with Austin Stack, in the failed attempt to land arms and munitions in Kerry from the Aud just before the 1916 Rising. Like Stack, he was apprehended and imprisoned, where he remained until the amnesty of 1917. In the 1918 general election, he took the seat for Limerick West unopposed. Collins attended the first public meeting of the First Dáil on 21 January 1919.
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OBITUARY Nenagh Guardian 27th November 1937
DEATH OF MR. CON COLLINS, LIMERICK
Prominent Figure in the National Movement
We regret to announce the death of Mr Con Collins, Superintendent, G.P.O., limerick, which took place at a comparatively early age at a Dublin nursing home following an operation. To his widow (formerly Miss Ryan, of Glown, Killoscully, and children, sincere sympathy is extended in their sad bereavement. The deceased was a very prominent figure in the National movement and his health was first impaired by a hunger-strike, while interned, following the landing of Casement from the Aud.
SERVICE TO COUNTRY
He was in the Postal Service when he joined the Volunteers, at the inception of the movement and as a result of his activities, he came under the unfavourable notice of his supervisors. When the Aud came to the Kerry coast, Mr Con Collins, with Austin Stack and others was in Tralee to meet Casement. He was arrested, interned and prevented from taking part in the Rising; he then went on hunger strike. Up to the time of his death, the effects of the rigours of prison life left their mark. He was released following the amnesty and, in 1918, was elected Sinn Fein M.P. for West Limerick. He voted against the Treaty, and during the Civil War, acted as a Quartermaster of the I.R.A., later resuming his connection with the G.P.O.
The late Mr Collins was an intimate friend of Mr de Valera and was held in very high esteem by people of all shades of political opinion. PRESIDENT AT FUNERAL
President de Valera and Mr Sean MacEntee, Minister for Finance, attended the removal of the remains from the Mater Hospital Private Nursing Home, Dublin, to Limerick.
The chief mourners were: Mrs Collins (widow); Rev. M. Collins and Mr F. Collins (brothers); Frank, James and Con Collins (nephews); Maureen, Kathleen and Margaret Collins (nieces); Mrs F. Collins (sister-in-law); Padraig O Glaisin, W O'Sullivan, Con O'Sullivan (Department of Industry and Commerce), John Ryan (Silvermines), S. O'Sullivan and Miss M. O'Sullivan (relatives).
The general attendance included: Ald. D. Bourke, T.D., Mayor of Limerick; R. Ryan, T.D., Limerick; Ald. Cormac Breathnach, TD.; W. O'Brien, T.D; Donnchada O hEallughth, T.C.; S. Cantwell, Limerick; J. Carmody, Mrs Davidson and A. Davidson, J. Staehli, M. Tynan, J. Gleeson, P. J. Murray.
Mrs P. Kennedy, Naas; Messrs. T L. McKay, P. O Caoimh, P. O. Siothchain, P. Powell, J. O'Boyle, W, Liston, Supt. G.P.O.; J. O'Brien, Secretary's Office, G.P.O.; M. Larkin, M. F. O'Donnell, B.L.; T. J. Ambrose, J. Cox, D. O'Mahoney, Capt. Brennan, A.D.C. to Mr de Valera.
Mr and Mrs F. Munroe, Mr and Mrs J. Martin, Mr and Mrs Mac-Mahon, Miss E. Harnett, U.D.C.; Mr and Mrs J. Rendles, Mr and Mrs Cusack...
The funeral took place to Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery, limerick, after Requiem Mass.
From Wikipedia:
Cornelius Collins ( 13 November 1881 – 23 November 1937), known as Con Collins, was an Irish Sinn Féin politician.
He was born in Arranagh, Newcastle West, County Limerick. He had joined the Gaelic League by 1910 when working in London for the civil service, as had Michael Collins the previous year. He was a member of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He and Austin Stack had been on their way to meet Sir Roger Casement at Banna Strand in County Kerry in 1916 when they were arrested by the British authorities on Easter Saturday. They spent Easter Week in Tralee Barracks and solitary confinement on Spike Island, County Cork; they were then held with Terence MacSwiney, Arthur Griffith and others in Richmond Barracks before being sentenced to penal servitude for life. He was deported to Frongoch in Wales where he spent the rest of the year and much of 1917.
He was elected as a Sinn Féin MP for Limerick West at the 1918 general election. In January 1919, Sinn Féin MPs who had been elected in the Westminster elections of 1918 refused to recognise the Parliament of the United Kingdom and instead assembled at the Mansion House in Dublin as a revolutionary parliament called Dáil Éireann. At the 1921 Irish elections, he was elected for the constituency of Kerry–Limerick West. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted against it.
He refused an offer of the Ministry for Posts and Telegraphs if he would switch to the pro-Treaty side. Having been sworn to non-violence – together with Richard Mulcahy – by the Augustinians, he did not join the anti-Treaty forces. He was again re-elected for Kerry–Limerick West at the 1922 general election, this time as anti-Treaty Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD). He did not contest the 1923 general election and retired from politics. He died in Dublin in 1937, aged 56, and is buried in Mount St. Lawrence cemetery, Limerick.
He and Piaras Béaslaí share a distinction in that they contested and were elected in three Irish general elections unopposed by any other candidates.
Dáil Biography:
Con Collins was born in Limerick and joined the Gaelic League, the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). He was involved, along with Austin Stack, in the failed attempt to land arms and munitions in Kerry from the Aud just before the 1916 Rising. Like Stack, he was apprehended and imprisoned, where he remained until the amnesty of 1917. In the 1918 general election, he took the seat for Limerick West unopposed. Collins attended the first public meeting of the First Dáil on 21 January 1919.
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OBITUARY Nenagh Guardian 27th November 1937
DEATH OF MR. CON COLLINS, LIMERICK
Prominent Figure in the National Movement
We regret to announce the death of Mr Con Collins, Superintendent, G.P.O., limerick, which took place at a comparatively early age at a Dublin nursing home following an operation. To his widow (formerly Miss Ryan, of Glown, Killoscully, and children, sincere sympathy is extended in their sad bereavement. The deceased was a very prominent figure in the National movement and his health was first impaired by a hunger-strike, while interned, following the landing of Casement from the Aud.
SERVICE TO COUNTRY
He was in the Postal Service when he joined the Volunteers, at the inception of the movement and as a result of his activities, he came under the unfavourable notice of his supervisors. When the Aud came to the Kerry coast, Mr Con Collins, with Austin Stack and others was in Tralee to meet Casement. He was arrested, interned and prevented from taking part in the Rising; he then went on hunger strike. Up to the time of his death, the effects of the rigours of prison life left their mark. He was released following the amnesty and, in 1918, was elected Sinn Fein M.P. for West Limerick. He voted against the Treaty, and during the Civil War, acted as a Quartermaster of the I.R.A., later resuming his connection with the G.P.O.
The late Mr Collins was an intimate friend of Mr de Valera and was held in very high esteem by people of all shades of political opinion. PRESIDENT AT FUNERAL
President de Valera and Mr Sean MacEntee, Minister for Finance, attended the removal of the remains from the Mater Hospital Private Nursing Home, Dublin, to Limerick.
The chief mourners were: Mrs Collins (widow); Rev. M. Collins and Mr F. Collins (brothers); Frank, James and Con Collins (nephews); Maureen, Kathleen and Margaret Collins (nieces); Mrs F. Collins (sister-in-law); Padraig O Glaisin, W O'Sullivan, Con O'Sullivan (Department of Industry and Commerce), John Ryan (Silvermines), S. O'Sullivan and Miss M. O'Sullivan (relatives).
The general attendance included: Ald. D. Bourke, T.D., Mayor of Limerick; R. Ryan, T.D., Limerick; Ald. Cormac Breathnach, TD.; W. O'Brien, T.D; Donnchada O hEallughth, T.C.; S. Cantwell, Limerick; J. Carmody, Mrs Davidson and A. Davidson, J. Staehli, M. Tynan, J. Gleeson, P. J. Murray.
Mrs P. Kennedy, Naas; Messrs. T L. McKay, P. O Caoimh, P. O. Siothchain, P. Powell, J. O'Boyle, W, Liston, Supt. G.P.O.; J. O'Brien, Secretary's Office, G.P.O.; M. Larkin, M. F. O'Donnell, B.L.; T. J. Ambrose, J. Cox, D. O'Mahoney, Capt. Brennan, A.D.C. to Mr de Valera.
Mr and Mrs F. Munroe, Mr and Mrs J. Martin, Mr and Mrs Mac-Mahon, Miss E. Harnett, U.D.C.; Mr and Mrs J. Rendles, Mr and Mrs Cusack...
The funeral took place to Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery, limerick, after Requiem Mass.
From Wikipedia:
Cornelius Collins ( 13 November 1881 – 23 November 1937), known as Con Collins, was an Irish Sinn Féin politician.
He was born in Arranagh, Newcastle West, County Limerick. He had joined the Gaelic League by 1910 when working in London for the civil service, as had Michael Collins the previous year. He was a member of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He and Austin Stack had been on their way to meet Sir Roger Casement at Banna Strand in County Kerry in 1916 when they were arrested by the British authorities on Easter Saturday. They spent Easter Week in Tralee Barracks and solitary confinement on Spike Island, County Cork; they were then held with Terence MacSwiney, Arthur Griffith and others in Richmond Barracks before being sentenced to penal servitude for life. He was deported to Frongoch in Wales where he spent the rest of the year and much of 1917.
He was elected as a Sinn Féin MP for Limerick West at the 1918 general election. In January 1919, Sinn Féin MPs who had been elected in the Westminster elections of 1918 refused to recognise the Parliament of the United Kingdom and instead assembled at the Mansion House in Dublin as a revolutionary parliament called Dáil Éireann. At the 1921 Irish elections, he was elected for the constituency of Kerry–Limerick West. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted against it.
He refused an offer of the Ministry for Posts and Telegraphs if he would switch to the pro-Treaty side. Having been sworn to non-violence – together with Richard Mulcahy – by the Augustinians, he did not join the anti-Treaty forces. He was again re-elected for Kerry–Limerick West at the 1922 general election, this time as anti-Treaty Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD). He did not contest the 1923 general election and retired from politics. He died in Dublin in 1937, aged 56, and is buried in Mount St. Lawrence cemetery, Limerick.
He and Piaras Béaslaí share a distinction in that they contested and were elected in three Irish general elections unopposed by any other candidates.
He died at The Mater Hospital, Dublin. Late of Finn's Hotel, William Street, Limerick. He was working as a superintendent at the GPO, Limerick. He was married, aged 55. The cause of death was liver cancer.
Dáil Biography:
Con Collins was born in Limerick and joined the Gaelic League, the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). He was involved, along with Austin Stack, in the failed attempt to land arms and munitions in Kerry from the Aud just before the 1916 Rising. Like Stack, he was apprehended and imprisoned, where he remained until the amnesty of 1917. In the 1918 general election, he took the seat for Limerick West unopposed. Collins attended the first public meeting of the First Dáil on 21 January 1919.
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OBITUARY Nenagh Guardian 27th November 1937
DEATH OF MR. CON COLLINS, LIMERICK
Prominent Figure in the National Movement
We regret to announce the death of Mr Con Collins, Superintendent, G.P.O., limerick, which took place at a comparatively early age at a Dublin nursing home following an operation. To his widow (formerly Miss Ryan, of Glown, Killoscully, and children, sincere sympathy is extended in their sad bereavement. The deceased was a very prominent figure in the National movement and his health was first impaired by a hunger-strike, while interned, following the landing of Casement from the Aud.
SERVICE TO COUNTRY
He was in the Postal Service when he joined the Volunteers, at the inception of the movement and as a result of his activities, he came under the unfavourable notice of his supervisors. When the Aud came to the Kerry coast, Mr Con Collins, with Austin Stack and others was in Tralee to meet Casement. He was arrested, interned and prevented from taking part in the Rising; he then went on hunger strike. Up to the time of his death, the effects of the rigours of prison life left their mark. He was released following the amnesty and, in 1918, was elected Sinn Fein M.P. for West Limerick. He voted against the Treaty, and during the Civil War, acted as a Quartermaster of the I.R.A., later resuming his connection with the G.P.O.
The late Mr Collins was an intimate friend of Mr de Valera and was held in very high esteem by people of all shades of political opinion. PRESIDENT AT FUNERAL
President de Valera and Mr Sean MacEntee, Minister for Finance, attended the removal of the remains from the Mater Hospital Private Nursing Home, Dublin, to Limerick.
The chief mourners were: Mrs Collins (widow); Rev. M. Collins and Mr F. Collins (brothers); Frank, James and Con Collins (nephews); Maureen, Kathleen and Margaret Collins (nieces); Mrs F. Collins (sister-in-law); Padraig O Glaisin, W O'Sullivan, Con O'Sullivan (Department of Industry and Commerce), John Ryan (Silvermines), S. O'Sullivan and Miss M. O'Sullivan (relatives).
The general attendance included: Ald. D. Bourke, T.D., Mayor of Limerick; R. Ryan, T.D., Limerick; Ald. Cormac Breathnach, TD.; W. O'Brien, T.D; Donnchada O hEallughth, T.C.; S. Cantwell, Limerick; J. Carmody, Mrs Davidson and A. Davidson, J. Staehli, M. Tynan, J. Gleeson, P. J. Murray.
Mrs P. Kennedy, Naas; Messrs. T L. McKay, P. O Caoimh, P. O. Siothchain, P. Powell, J. O'Boyle, W, Liston, Supt. G.P.O.; J. O'Brien, Secretary's Office, G.P.O.; M. Larkin, M. F. O'Donnell, B.L.; T. J. Ambrose, J. Cox, D. O'Mahoney, Capt. Brennan, A.D.C. to Mr de Valera.
Mr and Mrs F. Munroe, Mr and Mrs J. Martin, Mr and Mrs Mac-Mahon, Miss E. Harnett, U.D.C.; Mr and Mrs J. Rendles, Mr and Mrs Cusack...
The funeral took place to Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery, limerick, after Requiem Mass.
From Wikipedia:
Cornelius Collins ( 13 November 1881 – 23 November 1937), known as Con Collins, was an Irish Sinn Féin politician.
He was born in Arranagh, Newcastle West, County Limerick. He had joined the Gaelic League by 1910 when working in London for the civil service, as had Michael Collins the previous year. He was a member of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He and Austin Stack had been on their way to meet Sir Roger Casement at Banna Strand in County Kerry in 1916 when they were arrested by the British authorities on Easter Saturday. They spent Easter Week in Tralee Barracks and solitary confinement on Spike Island, County Cork; they were then held with Terence MacSwiney, Arthur Griffith and others in Richmond Barracks before being sentenced to penal servitude for life. He was deported to Frongoch in Wales where he spent the rest of the year and much of 1917.
He was elected as a Sinn Féin MP for Limerick West at the 1918 general election. In January 1919, Sinn Féin MPs who had been elected in the Westminster elections of 1918 refused to recognise the Parliament of the United Kingdom and instead assembled at the Mansion House in Dublin as a revolutionary parliament called Dáil Éireann. At the 1921 Irish elections, he was elected for the constituency of Kerry–Limerick West. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted against it.
He refused an offer of the Ministry for Posts and Telegraphs if he would switch to the pro-Treaty side. Having been sworn to non-violence – together with Richard Mulcahy – by the Augustinians, he did not join the anti-Treaty forces. He was again re-elected for Kerry–Limerick West at the 1922 general election, this time as anti-Treaty Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD). He did not contest the 1923 general election and retired from politics. He died in Dublin in 1937, aged 56, and is buried in Mount St. Lawrence cemetery, Limerick.
He and Piaras Béaslaí share a distinction in that they contested and were elected in three Irish general elections unopposed by any other candidates.
Dáil Biography:
Con Collins was born in Limerick and joined the Gaelic League, the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). He was involved, along with Austin Stack, in the failed attempt to land arms and munitions in Kerry from the Aud just before the 1916 Rising. Like Stack, he was apprehended and imprisoned, where he remained until the amnesty of 1917. In the 1918 general election, he took the seat for Limerick West unopposed. Collins attended the first public meeting of the First Dáil on 21 January 1919.
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OBITUARY Nenagh Guardian 27th November 1937
DEATH OF MR. CON COLLINS, LIMERICK
Prominent Figure in the National Movement
We regret to announce the death of Mr Con Collins, Superintendent, G.P.O., limerick, which took place at a comparatively early age at a Dublin nursing home following an operation. To his widow (formerly Miss Ryan, of Glown, Killoscully, and children, sincere sympathy is extended in their sad bereavement. The deceased was a very prominent figure in the National movement and his health was first impaired by a hunger-strike, while interned, following the landing of Casement from the Aud.
SERVICE TO COUNTRY
He was in the Postal Service when he joined the Volunteers, at the inception of the movement and as a result of his activities, he came under the unfavourable notice of his supervisors. When the Aud came to the Kerry coast, Mr Con Collins, with Austin Stack and others was in Tralee to meet Casement. He was arrested, interned and prevented from taking part in the Rising; he then went on hunger strike. Up to the time of his death, the effects of the rigours of prison life left their mark. He was released following the amnesty and, in 1918, was elected Sinn Fein M.P. for West Limerick. He voted against the Treaty, and during the Civil War, acted as a Quartermaster of the I.R.A., later resuming his connection with the G.P.O.
The late Mr Collins was an intimate friend of Mr de Valera and was held in very high esteem by people of all shades of political opinion. PRESIDENT AT FUNERAL
President de Valera and Mr Sean MacEntee, Minister for Finance, attended the removal of the remains from the Mater Hospital Private Nursing Home, Dublin, to Limerick.
The chief mourners were: Mrs Collins (widow); Rev. M. Collins and Mr F. Collins (brothers); Frank, James and Con Collins (nephews); Maureen, Kathleen and Margaret Collins (nieces); Mrs F. Collins (sister-in-law); Padraig O Glaisin, W O'Sullivan, Con O'Sullivan (Department of Industry and Commerce), John Ryan (Silvermines), S. O'Sullivan and Miss M. O'Sullivan (relatives).
The general attendance included: Ald. D. Bourke, T.D., Mayor of Limerick; R. Ryan, T.D., Limerick; Ald. Cormac Breathnach, TD.; W. O'Brien, T.D; Donnchada O hEallughth, T.C.; S. Cantwell, Limerick; J. Carmody, Mrs Davidson and A. Davidson, J. Staehli, M. Tynan, J. Gleeson, P. J. Murray.
Mrs P. Kennedy, Naas; Messrs. T L. McKay, P. O Caoimh, P. O. Siothchain, P. Powell, J. O'Boyle, W, Liston, Supt. G.P.O.; J. O'Brien, Secretary's Office, G.P.O.; M. Larkin, M. F. O'Donnell, B.L.; T. J. Ambrose, J. Cox, D. O'Mahoney, Capt. Brennan, A.D.C. to Mr de Valera.
Mr and Mrs F. Munroe, Mr and Mrs J. Martin, Mr and Mrs Mac-Mahon, Miss E. Harnett, U.D.C.; Mr and Mrs J. Rendles, Mr and Mrs Cusack...
The funeral took place to Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery, limerick, after Requiem Mass.
From Wikipedia:
Cornelius Collins ( 13 November 1881 – 23 November 1937), known as Con Collins, was an Irish Sinn Féin politician.
He was born in Arranagh, Newcastle West, County Limerick. He had joined the Gaelic League by 1910 when working in London for the civil service, as had Michael Collins the previous year. He was a member of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He and Austin Stack had been on their way to meet Sir Roger Casement at Banna Strand in County Kerry in 1916 when they were arrested by the British authorities on Easter Saturday. They spent Easter Week in Tralee Barracks and solitary confinement on Spike Island, County Cork; they were then held with Terence MacSwiney, Arthur Griffith and others in Richmond Barracks before being sentenced to penal servitude for life. He was deported to Frongoch in Wales where he spent the rest of the year and much of 1917.
He was elected as a Sinn Féin MP for Limerick West at the 1918 general election. In January 1919, Sinn Féin MPs who had been elected in the Westminster elections of 1918 refused to recognise the Parliament of the United Kingdom and instead assembled at the Mansion House in Dublin as a revolutionary parliament called Dáil Éireann. At the 1921 Irish elections, he was elected for the constituency of Kerry–Limerick West. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted against it.
He refused an offer of the Ministry for Posts and Telegraphs if he would switch to the pro-Treaty side. Having been sworn to non-violence – together with Richard Mulcahy – by the Augustinians, he did not join the anti-Treaty forces. He was again re-elected for Kerry–Limerick West at the 1922 general election, this time as anti-Treaty Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD). He did not contest the 1923 general election and retired from politics. He died in Dublin in 1937, aged 56, and is buried in Mount St. Lawrence cemetery, Limerick.
He and Piaras Béaslaí share a distinction in that they contested and were elected in three Irish general elections unopposed by any other candidates.
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