Irish Rogues and Rascals – From Francis Shackleton to Charlie Haughey: The Hilarious Stories of Ireland's Most Notorious Chancers
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Is it a dastardly knave, a cheeky rascal or a devilish trickster? Is it a lovable scamp or is it someone who is charming and delightful but with a bit of mischievousness and sauciness thrown into the mix as well? Whatever the answer, the fascinating collection of Irish rogues in Joseph McArdle's hilarious book Irish Rogues and Rascals embraces vicious chancers at one extreme and lovable imps at the other.
These Irish rogues and rascals range from Myler Magrath, a sixteenth-century character who loved wine, women and money – and who was both Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor and Protestant Archbishop of Cashel at the same time through to Tiger Roche, the infamous eighteenth-century rake and duellist who drank and fought his way from Ireland to Cape Town.
They include more modern figures such as Paul Singer, a fraudster who tricked countless people out of their hard-earned money in the 1950s, and Des Traynor, the mastermind of Irish tax evasion schemes for much of the late twentieth century , and not forgetting the most accomplished political rogue of modern times, Charles J. Haughey.
Joseph McArdle writes with affection about his colourful rogues, usually seeing more to admire in their cleverness and brazenness than to deplore in the results of their conduct. His rogues may not always be honourable – but they usually are fun and their stories make compelling reading.
Irish Rogues and Rascals: Table of Contents
Preface
- The spinning bishop: Myler Magrath
- Eighteenth-century rogues: Garrett Byrne, James Strange, John M'Naghtan
- Fighting Fitzgerald: George Robert Fitzgerald
- This wicked prelate: Frederick Hervey, Bishop of Derry
- Tiger Roche and the giant wheel
- The jewels in the crowns: Colonel Blood and Francis Shackleton
- The Sinn Fein irreconcilable: Robert Erskine Childers
- Speak some good of the dead: John DeLorean
- The deadly charmer: James H. Lehman
- The man with the golden touch: Paul Singer
- Tear him for his bad verses: Francis Stuart
- The tribunal rogues: Charles Haughey, Des Traynor, Patrick Gallagher, Ray Burke, Liam Lawlor
Joseph McArdle
Joseph McArdle, born in Monaghan, is a member of both the Irish and English Bars. A barrister, he has practiced commercial law in Ireland, and worked in England, Nigeria, Kenya and Belgium as a legal civil servant, a judge, a commercial lawyer and roving legal consultant. McArdle has also been a book reviewer, film critic, television scriptwriter and presenter. He is the author of a number of books including Irish Rogues and Rascals and Irish Legal Anecdotes and Dublin: Portrait of a City.
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