The journalist Toby Harnden erroneously stated that the leg was buried in St Patrick's Cemetery, Dowdallshill in his book "Bandit Country."
[1] His mother, Sarah, had in fact signed nomination papers to enable Michael Collins contest the Northern Ireland House of Commons in the Armagh Constituency.
The Northern Ireland Office denied their request for redress done to the farm and business in Mullaghbawn after the passage of the Anglo-Irish Treaty as the family were "bitter republicans.
He stood for the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention and the 1982 Assembly in Armagh, but on both occasions was narrowly beaten by fellow party member Hugh News.
[11] The report published in 2002, made extensive recommendations about developing relevant cultural and welfare services, and was influential in establishing an 'Irish Abroad Unit' and expanding state interactions with the irish disapora.