Eight-time All-Ireland winner Eoin Larkin will open up on his battle with depression in a biography being released this October.
Camouflage: My Story will chronicle Larkin's many highs playing for Kikenny, his travels with the defence forces to Kosovo and Syria and the lows of his mental health struggles.
The book, which is penned by Irish Mirror GAA reporter Pat Nolan and published by Reach Sport, will show a different side to one of the legends of hurling.
"A soldier who undertook NATO and UN tours of duty in war-torn Kosovo and Syria, he fought many a battle in the famous black and amber but his biggest fight was shrouded in secrecy. Larkin suffered from depression," reads the synopsis.
"Day by day it crept up on him and invaded his every waking thought, to the point where suicide increasingly commanded his thoughts.
"Caught in an unforgiving man’s world, he refused to acknowledge his problems, much less deal with them, until the day came that he could ignore them no longer.
The biography of the former Hurler of the Year will hit shelves on 24 October and will be available in all major book stores across the country.
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