Film-maker bids to prove de Valera's Cuban roots

A film-maker from Havana is on a mission to prove that former president and Taoiseach Eamon de Valera was half Cuban.

Film-maker bids to prove de Valera's Cuban roots

A film-maker from Havana is on a mission to prove that former president and Taoiseach Eamon de Valera was half Cuban.

The history books tell us that De Valera’s father, Juan, was a Spanish merchant who settled in New York.

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