Irish 100 A Ranking of the Most Influential Irish Men and Women of All Time

Stunning Portraits of a People Who have Captivated, Challenged, and Inspired A fascinating guide written by popular historian Peter Costello, The Irish 100 profiles and ranks the Irish men and women who have helped define culture, politics, business, religion, science, and the arts from Celtic times to the present. Here's a wonderful chance to discover how a small island often burdened by brutal poverty and strife has so dramatically influenced the world. Many of The Irish 100 were native-born, others children or grandchildren of emigrants heavily influenced by their Irish heritage. From the well-educated to the barely literate, the wealthy to the impoverished, the selfless to the self-centered, all were driven by a passion for their homeland, and all have left behind a valuable legacy. Read about their remarkable lives and accomplishments and then debate their rankings: * St. Patrick * John F. Kennedy * George Bernard Shaw * Ernest Shackleton * Archbishop John Joseph Hughes * Joseph R. McCarthy * Eugene O'Neill * Mary Robinson * Mike Quill * James Joyce * U2 * John Hume * Gerry Adams Illustrated with Photos and Portraits.Costello, Peter is the author of 'Irish 100 A Ranking of the Most Influential Irish Men and Women of All Time' with ISBN 9780806523446 and ISBN 0806523441.