Professor Arthur Kingsley Porter The ‘Indiana Jones’ of Glenveagh Castle
By John Joe McGinley This is the story of a Yale educated Professor of art, Arthur Kingsley Porter an archaeologist, art historian, …
Owney ‘the killer’ Madden – Irish bootlegger who became the hotelier for the mob.
By John Joe McGinley Owen Vincent Madden, who would later be known as Owney ‘The Killer’ Madden, was either the deadly …
Bill Dwyer -The King Of The Rum Runners
By John Joe McGinley Bill Dwyer was one of a number of Irish American figures to rise to prominence through organised …
Vincent ‘Mad Dog’ Coll – The Gangster from Gweedore
By John Joe McGinley One of the most notorious Irish gangsters of the prohibition era was Vincent ‘Mad Dog’ Coll. A handsome …
The Wiggan’s Patch Massacre, Pennsylvania, 1875
The terrible murders of Charles O’Donnell and Ellen McAllister. By John Joe McGinley Early in the morning of December 10th, 1875, a …
Mother Jones: ‘the most dangerous Irish woman in America’
By John Joe McGinley Mary Harris Jones, a proud Cork woman, was a teacher, seamstress, labour activist and union organiser. A champion …
The Irishmen who fought with Custer at the little Big Horn
By John Joe McGinley The battle of Little Big Horn, also known to the Lakota Sioux and other Native Americans as …