Title: The Most Famous Irish People You’ve Never Heard Of
Author: Colin Murphy
Format: Paperback
Category: History/Biography
Price: €12.99/£10.99
Release: October 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84717-163-4
We’ve all heard of Daniel O’Connell, Dev and Michael Collins, but other Irish people have changed the face of history, only to vanish from its pages. Find out about:
- William Melville First Head of MI5
- Mnsgn Hugh O'Flaherty saved 6,000
- Jews & Allied soldiers from the Nazis
- Ambrose O’Higgins Governor of Chile and Viceroy of Peru
- Catherine Hayes the first Irish soprano to travel the world
- John Barry senior commander of the entire United States fleet
- James Hoban designed The White House
- Jennie Hodgers served three years in Union Army during the American Civil War – as a man
- George McElroy of WW1’s outstanding aerial aces
- William Brown Argentinian national hero and father of the Argentinian navy
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Published by O'Brien Press
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