[PAR] [TLE] Béal na Bláth [SEP] Béal na Bláth, alternatively Béal na mBláth, Béal na Blá, Bealnablath or Bealnabla, is a small village on the R585 road in County Cork, Ireland.  The area is best known as the site of the ambush and assassination of Michael Collins. [PAR] [TLE] Michael Collins (Irish leader) [SEP] Michael Collins (Irish: "Mícheál Ó Coileáin;" 16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922) was a soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the struggle for, and achievement of Irish independence in the early 20th century.  Collins was an Irish revolutionary leader, politician, Minister for Finance, Director of Information, and Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork South in the First Dáil of 1919, Adjutant General, Director of Intelligence, and Director of Organisation and Arms Procurement for the IRA, President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from November 1920 until his death, and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations.  Subsequently, he was both Chairman of the Provisional Government and Commander-in-chief of the National Army.  Collins was shot and killed in an ambush in August 1922 during the Irish Civil War.
[PAR] [TLE] Béal na Bláth [ SEP ] Béal na Bláth , alternatively Béal na mBláth , Béal na Blá , Bealnablath or Bealnabla , is a small village on the R585 road in County Cork , Ireland . The area is best known as the site of the ambush and assassination of Michael Collins . [PAR] [TLE] Michael Collins ( Irish leader ) [ SEP ] Michael Collins ( Irish : " Mícheál Ó Coileáin ; " 16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922 ) was a soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the struggle for , and achievement of Irish independence in the early 20th century . Collins was an Irish revolutionary leader , politician , Minister for Finance , Director of Information , and Teachta Dála ( TD ) for Cork South in the First Dáil of 1919 , Adjutant General , Director of Intelligence , and Director of Organisation and Arms Procurement for the IRA , President of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from November 1920 until his death , and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo - Irish Treaty negotiations . Subsequently , he was both Chairman of the Provisional Government and Commander - in - chief of the National Army . Collins was shot and killed in an ambush in August 1922 during the Irish Civil War .
Béal na Bláth was the site of the assassination of which leading figure in the Irish independence movement?
Béal na Bláth was the site of the assassination of which leading figure in the Irish independence movement ?
Michael Collins
Michael Collins