of Collins and former suitor of Kitty Kiernan. There are also a number of letters to Collins from various individuals and to Kiernan from others. The bulk of the letters between Collins and Kiernan were written between 1919 and 1922, and through their almost daily contact emerges a picture of the dreams and aspirations of the man often called Ireland's "lost leader" and the woman with whom he wanted to share a "normal" life. "Their correspondence represents a unique and revealing portrait of a remarkable man and an ordinary woman made extraordinary by tragic circumstances," said a museum spokesperson. In popular culture In the 1996 film Michael Collins Kitty Kiernan was played by American actress Julia Roberts though some reviewers were critical of the character's development. A number of Irish pubs are named in memory of Kitty Kiernan, such as one in Donnycarney, Dublin, Waterford, in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn and New York. A similar pub in Linz, Austria was closed in 2009. References 1892 births 1945 deaths People of the Irish War of Independence People from County Longford Burials at Glasnevin Cemetery Deaths from nephritis Women in war 1900–1945 Women in war in Ireland