Irish Connections

The Irishwoman who became known as ‘the White Woman of the Genesee’

The story of an Irish migrant who was part of both Native American and European society

The Irishman known as the ‘Prince of Pickpockets’ who became a policeman

George Barrington, from Co Kildare, gained a reputation for his colourful escapades as a thief

The Irishwoman who quit teaching to become one of Ireland’s first blues singers

The performer sang alongside some of the great American jazz musicians

The Irish-American who became the first millionaire west of the Mississippi

At the height of the gold rush, Samuel Brannan was earning $150,000 a month

The Greystones woman who climbed the Alps in long skirts to avoid scandal

At a time when women mountaineers were almost unheard of, the Irish climber broke societal rules

The man who left life as a barrister to become British envoy to Afghanistan

William Macnaghten could have been a renowned in the legal profession in his native Ulster

The Irish soldier and police officer who became an Australian explorer

Extraordinary Emigrants: The Galway man was known as ‘quick tempered and tender-hearted’

The Wine Geese: Irish exiles who started new lives in French vineyards

The Irish emigrants who ensured a steady supply of our favourite tipples for the last three centuries

Typhoid Mary: The Irishwoman blamed for bringing a deadly disease to New York

Mary Mallon, a cook, was vilified and suffered extreme punishment for something she had no control over

The Waterford woman who put Ireland on the international fashion map

Extraordinary Emigrant: Sybil Connolly dressed some of the world’s most glamorous women from Jackie Kennedy to Elizabeth Taylor

The forgotten Irishwoman who once ruled the New York fashion industry

Dubliner Carmel Snow gave Truman Capote his first major platform, and launched Dior and Balenciaga in the US market

The Waterford man who married Napoleon Bonaparte’s niece

Politician Thomas Wyse was one of only five Catholics to win a seat in the House of Commons in 1829

The mysterious Irishman who was the first westerner ordained a Buddhist monk

The outspoken Dubliner, who won the respect and admiration of the Burmese people, was found guilty of sedition

The grandson of an Irish nationalist who became ‘Boy Mayor of New York’

John Purroy Mitchel was elected age 34 with the highest share of the vote ever recorded

What brought so many Irish people to live in Zimbabwe?

First St Patrick’s day celebrated on 1891 in a roofless mud-hut building with whiskey, gin and ham

The trailblazing Galway nun who helped eradicate TB from Southeast Asia

Cathleen Monahan became a medic and trained generations of Hong Kong doctors

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