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STORIES OF ADVENTURE & ACHIEVEMENT INVENTORS, GOLD-DIGGERS, MILITARY LEADERS, SPIES, RABBLE-ROUSERS, SOLDIERS, COURTESANS, ACE PILOTS DETECTIVES, ATHLETES, 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 George McElroy from Dublin who became one of World war I's outstanding aerial aces And many more ...Product Identifiers
PublisherO'Brien Press LTD
ISBN-139781847171634
eBay Product ID (ePID)90274990
Product Key Features
Number of Pages424 Pages
Publication NameThe Most Famous Irish People You've Never Heard of
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMythology
Publication Year2009
TypeTextbook
AuthorColin Murphy
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height196 mm
Item Weight410 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureIreland
Title_AuthorColin Murphy