The Path To Freedom

A new page of Irish history is beginning.

We have a rich and fertile country – a sturdy and intelligent people. With peace, security and union, no one can foresee the limits of greatness and well-being to which our country may not aspire.

Michael Collins, August 1922

Many books have been written about Michael Collins, but The Path to Freedom records his own words. These articles and speeches, first published in 1922, throw light not only on the War of Independence, the Civil War and the foundation of the Free State, but on crucial contemporary issues from Collin's perspective.