Commemoration
An annual commemoration ceremony takes place each year in August at the ambush site at Béal na Bláth, Cork. This ceremony is organised by Frank Metcalfe. In 2009, former President of Ireland Mary Robinson gave the oration. In 2010 the Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan, Jnr became the first Fianna Fáil person to give the oration. In 2012 on the 90th anniversary of the death of Collins, the Taoiseach Enda Kenny gave the oration, the first serving head of government to do so.
There is also a remembrance ceremony in Glasnevin Cemetery at Collins's grave.
The Central Bank of Ireland released gold and silver commemorative coins on 15 August 2012. Both coins feature a portrait of Michael Collins designed by Thomas Ryan based on an actual photograph taken not long before his death.
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