the Irish War of Independence, Boland operated alongside Michael Collins, who was a close friend. Civil War Boland opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty. In the ensuing Irish Civil War, he sided with the Anti-Treaty IRA. In the 1922 general election, he was re-elected to the Dáil representing Mayo South–Roscommon South. Six weeks later, on 31 July, Boland was shot by soldiers of the National Army when they attempted to arrest him at the Skerries Grand Hotel. Two officers entered his room and Boland, unarmed, was shot and mortally wounded during a struggle: He died the next day in St. Vincent's Hospital on 1 August 1922. As he lay dying, he refused to give the name of his attacker to his sister, Kathleen.<ref name="Mackay">p272, James Mackay, Michael Collins: A Life;</ref> He was buried at Glasnevin Cemetery. The service took place from the Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church. The hearse was followed by Cumann na mBan, Clan na Gael and the Citizen Army women's section. Boland's death affected Collins. It may also may have spurred him towards peace negotiations with De Valera. Family Boland's brother, Gerald Boland, was a prominent member of Fianna Fáil and later served as Minister for Justice. His nephew, Kevin Boland, served as a Minister until he resigned in solidarity with the two ministers, Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney, who were sacked from the government in May 1970 during the Arms Crisis. Kevin Boland's resignation from Fianna Fáil and the subsequent loss of his seat marked the end of an era for the Boland political dynasty. His nephew, Harry Boland, was a basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He died on 18 December 2013, at the age of 88. He also had a sister, Kathleen, who was entrusted, with her mother, with the safekeeping of jewels received from Russian diplomats as collateral for a loan made by the provisional government to the new Russian state in April 1920. In popular culture In the 1991 TV movie The Treaty, Boland was portrayed by Malcolm Douglas. In the 1996 film Michael Collins, Boland was portrayed by Irish-American actor Aidan Quinn. The film was criticised for fictionalising both Boland's death and Collins' life. See also Families in the Oireachtas Biographies Brasier, Andrew and Kelly, John, Harry Boland: A Man Divided, (Dublin 2000) Fitzpatrick, David Harry Boland's Irish Revolution, (Cork 2003) Maher, Jim Harry Boland: A Biography'', (Cork 1998)