Fascinating tales from Éamon de Valera’s darkest days

The first volume of a new biography of Éamon de Valera delves into such areas as his childhood and also his difficult relationship with Michael Collins, writes Ryle Dwyer.

The first volume of a new biography of Éamon de Valera delves into such areas as his childhood and also his difficult relationship with Michael Collins, writes Ryle Dwyer.

The first volume of De Valera: Rise 1882-1932, David McCullagh’s two-volume biography of Éamon de Valera should be of great interested to anyone studying the man, or the struggle for independence from 1916 to 1932.