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 Guests rest on the historic armoured car 'Sliabh na mBan' - it was one of thirteen 920 pattern Armoured Rolls Royce cars acquired from the British by the Irish Free State in 1921 and was part of the convoy in which General Michael Collins was killed. Crowds attending the open day at Collins Barracks Cork as part of the Centenary Event marking the 100th anniversary of the handover of Collins Barracks from British to Irish Forces on 18th May 1922. Pic: Larry Cummins ECHO/EXAMINER
LC-barracks-02 
 Guests rest on the historic armoured car 'Sliabh na mBan' - it was one of thirteen 920 pattern Armoured Rolls Royce cars acquired from the British by the Irish Free State in 1921 and was part of the convoy in which General Michael Collins was killed. Crowds attending the open day at Collins Barracks Cork as part of the Centenary Event marking the 100th anniversary of the handover of Collins Barracks from British to Irish Forces on 18th May 1922. Pic: Larry Cummins ECHO/EXAMINER
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Guests rest on the historic armoured car 'Sliabh na mBan' - it was one of thirteen 920 pattern Armoured Rolls Royce cars acquired from the British by the Irish Free State in 1921 and was part of the convoy in which General Michael Collins was killed. Crowds attending the open day at Collins Barracks Cork as part of the Centenary Event marking the 100th anniversary of the handover of Collins Barracks from British to Irish Forces on 18th May 1922. Pic: Larry Cummins ECHO/EXAMINER


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