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BBC News By Ciaran McCauley image captionThe slippers were donated to Ireland's National Museum in 1958 What kind of revolutionary leader would kick back in a pair of slippers like these? They are not your ordinary pair of house shoes - a vibrant blue, lined with lush wool. And, the detail that is the most intriguing - the staring green eyes of a wolf, its tongue slightly protruding like an emoji designed by the Brothers Grimm. They look almost out-of-the-box brand new. And yet they're about 100 years old. We know this because these slippers belonged to Michael Collins, the Irish republican...

BBC News By Ciaran McCauley image captionThe slippers were donated to Ireland's National Museum in 1958 What kind of revolutionary leader would kick back in a pair of slippers like these? They are not your ordinary pair of house shoes - a vibrant blue, lined with lush wool. And, the detail that is the most intriguing - the staring green eyes of a wolf, its tongue slightly protruding like an emoji designed by the Brothers Grimm. They look almost out-of-the-box brand new. And yet they're about 100 years old. We know this because these slippers belonged to Michael Collins, the Irish republican...

The story behind Michael Collins' wolf slippers Updated / Tuesday, 2 Mar 2021 08:12 What the Big Fellow kept under his bed in Dublin. Photo: Brenda Malone, Curator of Military History at the National Museum Analysis: they're a well-worn pair of size 9, bright blue wool slippers with a wolf's head stitched on the toe caps Most museums only have space to display a tiny fraction of their collection at any given time. The rest languish in storage, thousands of objects hidden in boxes and cupboards, awaiting a turn when fashion or interest dictates. On my travels across Ireland researching my boo...