The Most Famous Irish People You've Never Heard Of

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 Alli...