Description
You won’t find Mary Robinson, Ernest Shackleton or Rory McIlroy in this volume — they are among the unforgettables who have shaped Irish life. Instead, meet some fascinating, Irish people (and animals), who have advanced (or set back) the cause of everything from astronomy to zoology. There’s the honourable but underappreciated Valentine Greatrakes, a 17th-century witchfinder and healer from Waterford.
