Postman Larry Griffin vanishes during his rounds in Stradbally on
Christmas Day 1929. The only clue to what happened was an abandoned
bicycle on a deserted country road. The story of the Missing Postman as
it became known, made the headlines nationally and overseas, when ten
prominent local people were arrested and charged with his murder. The
defendants included such pillars of the community as two local Civic
Guards, the school teacher, the local publican, his wife and two of
their children. &newpara;For eighty years the doors of Stradbally and
the Garda files on the case remained firmly shut against anyone trying
to investigate the story. Numerous successful libel actions taken by the
former defendants further discouraged media interest. However all those
involved have passed on. Government files, which cast new light on the
case, have recently become available, and in this extraordinary new
book, Ó Drisceoil weaves the pieces of the puzzle togther, and reveals
the shocking answer to the question - What really happened to Larry
Griffin?