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Acknowledgements

I would like to acknowledge the special contribution of Geraldene O’Reilly for the archival research; Fr Eamon Aylward for making available the Aylward collection and for peer review; Lynette Wharfe for editing the manuscript; Brad Patterson, Kathryn Patterson, Rory Sweetman and Peter Ryan for peer reviewing the manuscript; and all for their support throughout this project.

In particular I want to recognise:

Those in Ireland who have assisted: Eamon Ó Cuív, Tom Kenny, Walter McDonagh, Joe Loughrane, Marcus Thornton, Fr Neil Collins, Nessa Cronin, John Cunningham and Mary O’Shea.

Family members in Ireland: Geraldine and Mike O’Sullivan, Fidelma Burke, Marion O’Connor, Anne and Michael Kelly, Tim and Kathleen Griffin, Maria and Martin Barrett.

Families with connections to the Sons of Éire: John Knox, Pat Sheridan, Elizabeth Carr, Michael Carr, Josie Hogan, Kevin Bracken, Anne Furneaux (née Ongley) and Bernie Gardiner.

Those who have assisted with research: Archives New Zealand, Alexander Turnbull Library, Barry O’Kelly and Foynes Flying Boat and Maritime Museum, Galway Museum, National Archives of Ireland, Irish Bureau of Military History, David Grant, Peter Kuch, Jim McAloon, Jim Hartley and Max Lambert, Hugh Templeton, the Press of Christchurch, the New Zealand Herald, the Evening Post, Te Takaretanga o Kura-hau-pō (Levin Public Library), Louise McKenzie and Rosemary McLennan from St Patrick’s College, Wellington.

Others who have contributed in numerous ways: Cathy Strong, Jenny Martin, Mary Kinnane, Deborah Burns, Lynley Goldsmith, Kevin Ikin, Mark Beatty, Denise Flanagan, Mary Galway, Archway Books, St Columbans Lower Hutt, Bronwyn Macfarlane, Paula Taylor, Colleen O’Donovan, Roger Steele, Jan Thomas, Tiziana Stoto, Dean Whiti and Shirley Hooper-Whiti.

And The Cuba Press for publishing this book.

Peter Burke
Mary McCallum, The Cuba Press and the Author signing the contract to publish the book 2018
Peter Burke
The Author with Eamon O'Cuiv, TD for West Galway and grandson of Eamon de Valera in Ireland 2016

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