John Redmond launch: Kevin Myers pays tribute to Dermot Meleady's scholarship.

Apologies in advance for the dodgy (handheld) camerawork. Launching Dermot Meleady's second volume of his John Redmond biography Kevin Myers is effusive in his praise of the authors work. Declaring it to be not only the definitive biography of Redmond, but one of the great Irish biographies ever. Myers mixes mirth with mischievousness when commenting on the orgy of remembrance being promoted for the 1913 lockout. He cannot resist offering up an anecdote about Jim Larkin which suggests the great Trade Unionist was less saintly than history recalls him. He adds that as a counterpoint to the treatment of Redmond, who he maintains is more maligned by history than he deserves to be. http://irishacademicpress.ie/product/... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_My... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Red...