Members of the Irish government walking in the funeral procession of Michael Collins

Michael Collins was killed in an ambush at Béal na Bláth in his native county Cork on 22 August 1922, during a tour of inspection of the south of Ireland. Pictured here at his funeral, from left to right, are JJ Walsh, Ernest Blythe, Michael Hayes, President William Cosgrave (marked with an x), Eamon Duggan, Desmond Fitzgerald and Hugh Kennedy.