Book description
STORIES OF ADVENTURE & ACHIEVEMENT Â- 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 Â
COLIN MURPHY has a great interest in all aspects of history and has
written a light-hearted look at Ireland's past, entitled 'The Feckin'
Book of Irish History'. With Donal O'Dea, he is the author of the
bestselling 'Feckin' series, published by The O'Brien Press. For twelve
years, he was the Creative Director of one of Ireland's leading
advertising agencies, during which time he was involved in a huge number
of national and international award-winning advertising campaigns.
