Great Irish Heroes - Hardcover

Great Irish Heroes shows us the qualities of character of men and women. -- Frank West "Irish American News"

From Collins to Cuchulainn, from Dev to Daniel O'Connell, this is a collection of short bographies of the most admirable Irishmen and women in history."101 Great Irish Heroes" features biographies of some of Ireland's most famous heroes. It also includes some of the lesser known but equally brave and heroic characters in our history. Designed to inform and entertain both the new reader and the well read, it features fascinating short biographies of each of the heroes.Included in the book are: Frank Aiken; Mary Aikenhead; Brian Boru; Robert Boyle; Dan Breen; Edmund Burke; Roger Casement; Thomas Clarke; Michael Collins; James Connolly; Cuchulainn; Thomas Davis; Michael Davitt; Eamon De Valera; Robert Emmet; James Gandon; Betsy Grey; Henry Grattan; Augusta Gregory; Catherine Hayes; Douglas Hyde; Alice Kyelter; Liam Lynch; Maeve of Connacht; Constance Markievicz; Catherine McCauley; John McCormack; Henry Joy McCracken; Fionn Mac Cumhail; Brian Merriman; Fr John Murphy; Nano Nagle; Daniel O'Connell; Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa; Grace O'Malley; Hugh O'Neill; Charles Stewart Parnell; Patrick Pearse; John Redmond; Patrick Sarsfield; St Brendan; St Brigid; St Colum Cille; St Patrick; Brian Stoker; Jonathan Swift; Matt Talbot; and, Wolfe Tone.