THE GHOST OF MICHAEL COLLINS IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN.

The article examines the notable absence of Michael Collins, a key figure in the Irish revolutionary period, from the poetic works of W. B. Yeats, despite Yeats's frequent references to other political leaders of the era. It highlights their limited personal interactions and Collins's admiration for Yeats's poetry, contrasting this with Yeats's apparent conscious omission of Collins from his literary pantheon, possibly reflecting Yeats's later political disillusionment and personal revisionism. The piece also discusses the broader cultural and political contexts linking Collins, Yeats, and other contemporaries, noting that their intersecting lives have been surprisingly underexplored in secondary literature.