Explores the lives of over forty men and women â great and otherwise â whose pioneering journeys beyond the Irish shore played a profound role in world history.
Explores the lives of over forty men and women â great and otherwise â whose pioneering journeys beyond the Irish shore played a profound role in world history.
Turtle Bunbury is an author, historian, public speaker and TV presenter based in Ireland. His previous book, Ireland's Forgotten Past, was described by Sebastian Barry, the Laureate for Irish Fiction, as 'a delicious and stirring atlas of Irishness'. His other books include The Irish Pub, Living in Sri Lanka and the award-winning Vanishing Ireland series. A frequent guest on Irish radio and TV, Turtle also appeared on the 2018 US series of Who Do You Think You Are?.
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Introduction - Emerald Exodus Columbanus & the Merovingian Kings Virgilius of Salzburg The Carolingian Irish Brendan the Navigator & The Monks of Iceland Helias of Cologne Jacobo of Ireland & the Mongol Empire Luke Wadding & The Vatican Elite Don Guillén - The Original Zorro Lord Bellomont's Piratical Venture George Berkeley - The 'Irish Plato' & Bermuda College Richard Brew - Slave Trader The Abbé de Firmont Hercules Mulligan - Washington's Spy James Hoban - Architect of the White House General Gough - Conqueror of the Punjab Pat Watkins - Crusoe of the Galápagos Chile's Irish Patriots John Field - A Muscovy Nocturne Frederick Young - Father of the Gurkhas Dr James Barry - Caesarean Pioneer The Texan Revolution Sir George Gore - Buffalo Slayer Margaret of New Orleans Children of the Famine Little Al Cashier Thomas D'Arcy McGee - Father of The Canadian Confederation The Railroad Men Eliza Lynch - First Lady of Paraguay John Philip Holland - Father of The Submarine Nellie Cashman - The Angel of the Wild West The Grace Brothers' Conquest of Peru Annie Moore - The First Emigrant Through Ellis Island Margaretta Eagar - The Last Tsar's Governess The Moore Brothers - Hollywood Stars Louis Brennan - The Wizard of Oz Violet Gibson - Killing Mussolini Don Patricio O'Connell - Barça's Saviour Lord Haw-Haw - The Voice of Nazi Germany Brendan Bracken - Churchill's Spin Doctor Patrick Gallagher - Vietnam Hero The Irish in the White House Epilogue - Reflections on Irish Identity
Introduction - Emerald Exodus Columbanus & the Merovingian Kings Virgilius of Salzburg The Carolingian Irish Brendan the Navigator & The Monks of Iceland Helias of Cologne Jacobo of Ireland & the Mongol Empire Luke Wadding & The Vatican Elite Don Guillén - The Original Zorro Lord Bellomont's Piratical Venture George Berkeley - The 'Irish Plato' & Bermuda College Richard Brew - Slave Trader The Abbé de Firmont Hercules Mulligan - Washington's Spy James Hoban - Architect of the White House General Gough - Conqueror of the Punjab Pat Watkins - Crusoe of the Galápagos Chile's Irish Patriots John Field - A Muscovy Nocturne Frederick Young - Father of the Gurkhas Dr James Barry - Caesarean Pioneer The Texan Revolution Sir George Gore - Buffalo Slayer Margaret of New Orleans Children of the Famine Little Al Cashier Thomas D'Arcy McGee - Father of The Canadian Confederation The Railroad Men Eliza Lynch - First Lady of Paraguay John Philip Holland - Father of The Submarine Nellie Cashman - The Angel of the Wild West The Grace Brothers' Conquest of Peru Annie Moore - The First Emigrant Through Ellis Island Margaretta Eagar - The Last Tsar's Governess The Moore Brothers - Hollywood Stars Louis Brennan - The Wizard of Oz Violet Gibson - Killing Mussolini Don Patricio O'Connell - Barça's Saviour Lord Haw-Haw - The Voice of Nazi Germany Brendan Bracken - Churchill's Spin Doctor Patrick Gallagher - Vietnam Hero The Irish in the White House Epilogue - Reflections on Irish Identity
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