The patriotic cellist who refused to play Rule, Britannia!
Maureen O’Carroll, daughter of 1916 Rising activists, went on to play with Frank Sinatra
Maureen O’Carroll, daughter of 1916 Rising activists, went on to play with Frank Sinatra
The writer worked with Beckett and Joyce, and fought against racism
David Herbison survived shipwreck en route to North America, but only lasted weeks before he decided to return
EJ Dillon counted Tolstoy and Dostoevsky among his personal aquaintances
Mary Mooney became an icon in a campaign for US political prisoners in the early 1930s
Colonel William Tate commanded the French military force ‘La Legion Noire’, that led to the Battle of Fishguard in 1797
Lucien Bull went to Belvedere College before emigrating to Paris to study zoology, botany and geology
James Talbot, from Malahide, coordinated a spy network that stretched from St Petersburg to Lisbon
Irish soldier John O’Reilly married African American nurse Salaria Kea in 1937
The story of an Irish migrant who was part of both Native American and European society
George Barrington, from Co Kildare, gained a reputation for his colourful escapades as a thief
The performer sang alongside some of the great American jazz musicians
At the height of the gold rush, Samuel Brannan was earning $150,000 a month
At a time when women mountaineers were almost unheard of, the Irish climber broke societal rules
William Macnaghten could have been a renowned in the legal profession in his native Ulster
Extraordinary Emigrants: The Galway man was known as ‘quick tempered and tender-hearted’
The Irish emigrants who ensured a steady supply of our favourite tipples for the last three centuries
Mary Mallon, a cook, was vilified and suffered extreme punishment for something she had no control over
Extraordinary Emigrant: Sybil Connolly dressed some of the world’s most glamorous women from Jackie Kennedy to Elizabeth Taylor
Dubliner Carmel Snow gave Truman Capote his first major platform, and launched Dior and Balenciaga in the US market
Politician Thomas Wyse was one of only five Catholics to win a seat in the House of Commons in 1829
The outspoken Dubliner, who won the respect and admiration of the Burmese people, was found guilty of sedition
John Purroy Mitchel was elected age 34 with the highest share of the vote ever recorded
First St Patrick’s day celebrated on 1891 in a roofless mud-hut building with whiskey, gin and ham
Cathleen Monahan became a medic and trained generations of Hong Kong doctors
William Holmes McGuffey's books sold more than 120 million copies
Sr Gabriel Hogan provided education for children whose needs would otherwise have been neglected
Extraordinary Emigrants: Writer was a chronicler of her class in its dying days
Clever songsmith’s irreverent wit was informed by his fluent Irish
William Hobson was implicated in the transfer of land from Maori to profit settlers
Irish military migrants sought opportunities in the expanding Russian Empire
Letters offer valuable account of loneliness of settler life in the 19th-century
She was also a sports journalist, travel writer, novelist, and plantation owner
Before tractors, Ferguson was first in Ireland or Britain to build and fly his own plane
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