TIANA STL BVOUEW Ean DOU pena ‘phat ue } é pe / ty = y At “fl in ae ba H Pan AONh i DE VALERA DE VALERA THE MAN & THE MYTHS T. RYLE DWYER POOLBEG First published 1991 by Poolbeg Press Ltd Knocksedan House, Swords, Co Dublin, Ireland This paperback edition 1992 Reprinted May 1995 © T. Ryle Dwyer 1991 ISBN 1 85371 180 2 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photography, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the pubiisher. The book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. Cover design by Pomphrey Associates Set by Richard Parfrey in ITC Stone 10/13 Printed by The Guernsey Press Company Limited, Vale, Guernsey, Channel Islands. 3 z To anp JOHN < ei y= <ys a 5 2 re ete Sar +: i an rs3 7 eae rapess db Sik: ui 7 CONTENTS EEE ese cette cates eres ae ent Ecol ert aetna i SWhat About My Vocation?” «ons. sc.<cccsats ocicdccnecectcestdsgneimcayan 1 YOY OE NCO US5 entre cn ocreae snes ase asinine soa anak aren 11 PRCA MET GE. cence toric trenrscath eo vcinise usps merce smtvcxaceaas 20 “The Trouble Is Purely One of Personalities” .....................0. 31 PVE ALC GOME LOO Fast a vncccnscccasateesssnascev setssdceandteeivscriencnisti y 46 PIU AED SS WhAL TCE exces pty ras cs ccpnee or spaleenn tmanioror neces nanets 61 “There Is Obviously a Misunderstanding” .......c.e.e. .ee.ee.ee e 74 “That Little Sentimental Thing” .. .......5. 00s.c asescosvonsessononeonenoance 87 OPmFON NOKERDIZDAE RtOW DNOD S WIONG cacy. ccats -cscaceee ts cacnisccestosscieveeaecezteesls s 9 SPHINCIple’ ard EXPCUNENCY oioihc cs clscwteveoncrtsanstteawoeseaceecraneies 113 PPULIGIEY BELOTe ALi: Sores,a lse corse ocacscticctc cous cian sos eacuae ek apres 129 SPA NDE a COMMMUS ES 025.5. Seocssescturcecentsstneerneestaneosescoies 143 EO LEU TE CON as aactisg cc siane sess esca savas de aerdapersnes seen 159 “It Will Be Hair-Shirts All Round”... cee eeececeeeeeneeeeeeees 170 “My Father and Mother Were Married” ................cceeeseeeeeee 180 “Let Us Remove These Forms One by One” ...............::eee 193 “We Ought To Stand For Justice for Others” ....................... 202 “We Whipped John Bull Every Time”... eee eeeeeeeee Zi2 “The Moral Position Would Tell”... eee eee ee ceeneeeeenees 226 “It Would Have Meant Civil Wat” .............eseeesseeeeeeseeeees 37 “You Have Seen What Happened to London” .................... 248 “Why Should fire Suffer?” 82 neate ens 259 ERPIOVY WV OUI MOCK: MO i iesab se ccvonescnastasunetaceasssneesasecanassvvaness 269 ML DOW Rat) Think ISG cicc oe osc.s cchatecsovuckecesepnstessdavscns 279 “We Don’t Pay Any Attention to Frank’s Ideas” ................. 290 OWe Have H@ard ENOURIN 2. csccsncesssosessenavencsssenseresyrosevnansisns 301 “For Reasons Alike of Honour and Prudence.” .................... 314 “Our “Eyes: Have Seen the Glory” 2... sicecesescsoseoonvesssvogsens 323 INU Siete eed eaters eee cranes ease osc casting ca cwesaiunccaasarscnseralestescs 340 TOMEI CREME Got ee one San neds Cog geenc t Seseine te nsbisecocnndenaanracecgeresbesed 356 =e Be, tee En5 fete t = So Rene a s “rat ¥ agta a Seri eer <. “ag? et=e SLAs a ak er \ tl beatae ayaty rer io aft ghia pert nbs atl Ageukin . teat sit esi?” ; paeay by wsa ia ak ‘ aon - Mes doext 4i ses Rye? oF : "BAe we iE heer tenunien es it GA7 “ 1% assi y ef ex tA corats BA bool ea5e E Y —we ¥ DeTiieht ey CHa Tepe ea - * “ant vt “qGudined «2ell aoa ere "igh? i ce stent 4b hest gt tps ye *wetT ete +S nto borhan ee. 57 Peiazived AOE leeks GE oe Ocala te PRS DEM br a “fuentes 2 oF Garegaen der? se GET BO eee ae tens a1 iedqa? bots ka Ea Ria oes” ae ireelt ber0 eit og i ahw ahtT He Psh oses dint ve pta ed wy