Eleanor Dunne is a housewife
Michael Collins and The Women in His Life, by Meda Ryan (Mercier, Pounds 9.99), presents light historical reading, illustrating the role women played in the national struggle.small army of women helping him. They were a network of espionage, carrying dispatches, messages, codes and even guns on many occasions. Collins came from a predominantly female household in West Cork and resorting to the aid of Mna na hEireann was a natural inclination. This book is an excellent supplement to Neil Jordan's blockbuster film Michael Collins.