In Great Haste. The Letters of Michael Collins and Kitty Kiernan. Pp 233. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 1983. First Edition. Neat inscription to front free endpaper, otherwise a fine bright copy in pictorial dust jacket.

Inscribed by the Author on the title page.

The letters document the growing love affair between Collins and Kiernan. They were written between 1919 and 1922 and cover the period when Michael Collins was in London during the Treaty negotiations and during the Civil War period. The originals were purchased by the late Peter Bary (fomer Fine Gael TD ) and handed over to the State in 2000 where they are held by Cork Public Museum at Fitzgerald Park.

LeonÓ Broin has edited the correspondence and provides an historical background and comprehensive system of annotation. He brings the story up to Kitty Kiernan’s death in 1945.