"News of the World" Great Irish Heroes

by Conlon, Danny

• ISBN13: 9781844540129
• ISBN10: 184454012X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: TRAFALGAR SQUARE

Summary

From Billy the Kid to President Roosevelt, this is a collection of truetories of Irish men and women who have changed the course of history. Theook features the tales of men and women who have made the name of Irelandreat and whose heroism has reverberated throughout the world.

Table of Contents

Brendan Bracken	p. 1
Michael Collins	p. 11
Ned Kelly	p. 23
The Inhabitants of Great Blasket Island	p. 35
John Barry	p. 47
Daniel Joseph Keogh	p. 57
William Brown	p. 65
Tom Barry	p. 75
John Boyle O'Reilly	p. 83
Thomas Sweeny	p. 93
Eliza Alicia Lynch	p. 101
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers	p. 109
John 'Dagger' Hughes	p. 117
The Irish Soldiers who Died in Spain	p. 127
Robert Blair Mayne	p. 137
Chaim Herzog	p. 147
Edward 'Mick' Mannock	p. 157
John McCormack	p. 165
Jim Corbett	p. 173
John Holland	p. 183
Bernado O'Higgins	p. 193
Hugh O'Flaherty	p. 199
Edmond J Landers	p. 207
Billy the Kid	p. 217
Teddy Roosevelt	p. 223
Grainne Ni Mhaille	p. 227
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