An account of murder, mutiny & mayhem
Subtitle: concerning the affairs of the blackest-hearted villains from Irish history
By: by the noted chronicler Joe O'Shea
Publisher: O'Brien Press, Limited, The
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781847172990
Subjects: Criminals; Rogues and vagabonds; Anecdotes
Other titles: Murder, mutiny & mayhem
Description: A romp through the darker side of Irish history relates the forgotten stories of those famous for opium dealing, piracy, slave trading, grave-robbing, murder-for-hire, and even cannibalism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: "Whiskey Cannibal and the Heart of Darkness  -- James 'Sligo'Jameson -- 'Sligo'Jameson, James -- 9; title: Irish Slavers of East Africa and the Caribbean  -- Antoine Walsh -- Walsh, Antoine -- 38; title: Benjamin Franklin's Irish Pirate  -- Luke Ryan -- Ryan, Luke -- 52; title: And The Munster Farmers Who Fought The Emperor Of Brazil  -- Colonel William Cotter -- Cotter, Colonel William -- 76; title: Limerick's Opium Warlord  -- Sir Hugh Gough -- Gough, Hugh, Sir -- 94; title: Despot, Executioner, Meath Man  -- Alejandro 'Bloody' O'Reilly -- O'Reilly, Alejandro 'Bloody' -- 111; title: Gentlemanly Art of Legalised Murder  -- Beauchamp Bagenal -- Bagenal, Beauchamp -- 129; title: Butchers of Amritsar  -- O'Dwyer, Dyer -- 146; title: Godfather of the American Chain Gang  -- Malachi Martin -- Martin, Malachi -- 165; title: Resurrection Men  -- Burke and Hare -- Hare, Burke and -- 183; title: Original Gaeilgeoir Gangster, Mob Hitman and Child-Killer -- Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll-- Coll, Vincent 'Mad Dog'-- 205.