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
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