The Kerryman Author

Originally published by The Kerryman in 1947, there are four titles in the “Fighting Stories Series”. ‘Rebel Cork’, ‘Dublin’, ‘Kerry’ and ‘Limerick’. They record the events of the War of Independence in the words of the people who fought it and those who wrote about it at the time. Diarmaid Ferriter was born in Dublin and wrote the remarkably successful biography of Eamon De Valera, Judging Dev, which was accompanied by a radio series on RTÉ. He also wrote the acclaimed, 'The Transformation of Ireland 1900- 2000'.