The Irish diaspora : tales of emigration, exile and imperialism / Turtle Bunbury.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bunbury, Turtle, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irish--Foreign countries--History.

Irish.

Irish--Foreign countries.

History.

Ireland--Emigration and immigration--History.

Ireland.

Emigration and immigration.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Thames and Hudson, 2021.

Summary:

The Irish have always been a travelling people. In the centuries after the fall of Rome, Irish missionaries carried the word of Christianity throughout Europe, while soldiers and mariners from across the land ventured overseas in all directions. Since the first voyages of St Brendan, an estimated 10 million people have left the Irish shores and today more than 80 million people worldwide claim Irish descent. 00The advent of the British Empire ignited a slow but extraordinary exodus from Ireland. The pioneering explorers of the Tudor Age were soon overtaken in number by religious refugees, the 'Wild Geese' who opted to live outside of the Protestant state and to take their chances in the Spanish or French empires, or in the fledgling New World of America. Not surprisingly, the Irish played a pivotal role in the foundation of the United States of America, just as they would in the Civil War that followed it nearly eighty years later. Other Irish would come to the fore in business, science, engineering and the arts, while yet more were destined for infamy as mobsters and gunslingers. Turtle Bunbury explores the lives of those men and women, great and otherwise, whose pioneering journeys beyond the Irish shore have left their indelible mark far beyond Ireland.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Columbanus And The Merovingian Kings

2. Virgilius Of Salzburg

3. The Carolingian Irish

4. Brendan The Navigator And The Monks Of Iceland

5. Helias Of Cologne

6. The Creation Of The Irish Saints

7. Jacobo Of Ireland And The Mongol Empire

8. Luke Wadding And The Vatican Elite

9. Don Guillen, The Original Zorro

10. Lord Bellomont's Piratical Venture

11. George Berkeley, The `Irish Plato' And Bermuda College

12. Richard Brew, Slave Trader

13. The Abbe De Firmont

14. Hercules Mulligan, Washington's Spy

15. James Hoban, Architect Of The White House

16. Hugh Gough, Conqueror Of The Punjab

17. Pat Watkins, Crusoe Of The Galapagos

18. Chile's Irish Patriots

19. John Field: A Muscovy Nocturne

20. Frederick Young, Father Of The Gurkhas

21. Dr James Barry, Caesarean Pioneer

22. The Texas Revolution

23. Sir George Gore, Buffalo Slayer

24. Margaret Of New Orleans

25. Children Of The Great Hunger

26. Little Al Cashier

27. Thomas D'Arcy Mcgee, Father Of The Canadian Confederation

28. The Railroad Men

29. Eliza Lynch, First Lady Of Paraguay

30. John Philip Holland, Father Of The Submarine

31. Nellie Cashman, Angel Of The Wild West

32. The Grace Brothers: Conquest Of Peru

33. Annie Moore, The First Emigrant Through Ellis Island

34. Margaretta Eagar, The Last Tsar's Governess

35. The Moore Brothers, Hollywood Stars

36. Louis Brennan, The Wizard Of Oz

37. Violet Gibson: Killing Mussolini

38. Don Patricio O'Connell, Barca's Saviour

39. Lord Haw-Haw, The Voice Of Nazi Germany

40. Brendan Bracken, Churchill's Spin Doctor

41. Patrick Gallagher, Vietnam Hero

42. The Irish And The White House.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-266) and index.

ISBN:

9780500022528

0500022526

OCLC:

1233306305