<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Collins_(Irish_leader)" id="mwrA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Michael Collins (Irish leader)">Michael Collins</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander-in-chief" id="mwrQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Commander-in-chief">Commander-in-chief</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Free_State" id="mwrg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a> Army, is shot dead in an ambush during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Civil_War" id="mwrw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Irish Civil War">Irish Civil War</a>.