TG4's Cork-made documentary on Éamon de Valera recalls his trip to the US

A Cork-made documentary recalls Éamon de Valera’s eventful trip to the US to drum up support for Irish independence, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

Éamon de Valera dominated the Irish political landscape for almost 60 years. We forget that he was once only a boy in political terms. It was arguably the 18 months he spent on tour in America fundraising and trying to publicise the cause of an Irish republic during the War of Independence that forged the political character he became.