The Most Famous Irish People You've Never Heard of (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for The Most Famous Irish People You've Never Heard of Irish people have left their mark on virtually every corner of the globe. This fascinating book tells the stories of the Irish who are justly celebrated in their adopted homelands, but virtually unknown in Ireland.
Full description- Publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd
- Published: 26 October 2009
- Format: Paperback 424 pages
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- Categories: Biography: General | Biography: Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN 13: 9781847171634 ISBN 10: 184717163X
- Sales rank: 238,458
Full description for The Most Famous Irish People You've Never Heard of
This title includes stories of adventure & achievement inventors, gold-diggers, military leaders, spies, rabble-rousers, soldiers, courtesans, ace pilots detectives, athletes, and heroes. Irish people have left their mark on virtually every corner of the globe. This fascinating book tells the stories of the Irish who are justly celebrated in their adopted homelands, but virtually unknown in Ireland: William Melville from Kerry, the First Head of MI5; Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty from Cork, who rescued 4,000 Jews and Allied Servicemen from the Nazis; James Hoban from Kilkenny who designed The White House; Jennie Hodgers from Louth who served three years in Union Army during the American Civil War - as a man; and, George McElroy from Dublin who became one of World war I's outstanding aerial aces And many more.
