Cont ent s Introduction
11
1
Paddy Hannan and Charles Yelverton-O’Connor 15
2
Alejandro O’Reilly
55
3
Albert D.J. Cashier aka Jennie Hodgers
71
4
Mary ‘Mother Jones’ Harris
89
5
James Hoban
133
6
Lola Montez
167
7
Guillermo Brown
207
8
George McElroy
229
9
William Melville
251
10
John Philip Holland
291
11
Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty
331
12
Ireland’s Unknown Olympians
357
References
394
Picture Credits
412