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

Lizzie Halliday, serial killer from Co Antrim, was dubbed ‘the worst woman on earth’

Pierce Butler was one of three Irish immigrants to sign the US Constitution in 1787

General Laval Nugent led 8,000 soldiers into Italy to depose ‘First Horseman of Europe’

Surgeon to the British army became a celebrity after bloody expedition to rescue governor

Character was a comic staple on stage: sentimental, buffoonish, cowardly but popular

Margaret Barry shared a billing at the 1965 Newport Festival with Joan Baez and Bob Dylan

Artist achieved success in her lifetime only to be relatively forgotten in death

Monaghan-born Lee became prominent suffragist and advocate for asylum residents

Architect designed two houses for Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, linked by a bridge

Forgotten Kilkenny player was the first non-American to win the title

Irish nurse still has cardboard Christmas crib she brought to England in 1954

Son of Irish immigrants with ‘more brawn than brains’ won 51 victories in 82 fights

London-Irishwoman was a trade unionist, socialist, and later an Indian nationalist

Hart harnessed early tragedy to become a publisher, writer, poetry promoter and television producer

Durack caused scandal by rejecting the modest woollen swimsuit for a close-fitting one

Daughter of Irish couple became Belgrade’s first taxi driver after Armistice

Journalist spent four decades living among Aborigines, writing hundreds of articles

Samuel O’Reilly’s invention made him famous and revolutionised the tattoo industry

110 years ago the first African-American won Olympic gold, representing the Irish club

Space Week: Remarkable women strategically navigated a male-dominated field