{"product_id":"9780717168057","title":"Irish Rogues and Rascals - From Francis Shackleton to Charlie Haughey: The Hilarious Stories of Ireland's Most Notorious Chancers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrish history is littered with rogues, larger-than-life characters who range from cheeky scamps to vicious chancers. In \u003ci\u003eIrish Rogues and Rascals\u003c\/i\u003e, Joseph MacArdle looks at some of the most notorious Irishmen to find out just exactly what a ‘rogue’ is.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs 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 \u003ci\u003eIrish Rogues and Rascals\u003c\/i\u003e embraces vicious chancers at one extreme and lovable imps at the other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese 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 \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoseph 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Rogues and Rascals\u003c\/i\u003e: Table of Contents\u003col\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe spinning bishop: Myler Magrath \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEighteenth-century rogues: Garrett Byrne, James Strange, John M’Naghtan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFighting Fitzgerald: George Robert Fitzgerald\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThis wicked prelate: Frederick Hervey, Bishop of Derry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTiger Roche and the giant wheel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe jewels in the crowns: Colonel Blood and Francis Shackleton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sinn Fein irreconcilable: Robert Erskine Childers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpeak some good of the dead: John DeLorean \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe deadly charmer: James H. Lehman \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe man with the golden touch: Paul Singer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTear him for his bad verses: Francis Stuart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe tribunal rogues: Charles Haughey, Des Traynor, Patrick Gallagher, Ray Burke, Liam Lawlor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Gill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125675245808,"sku":"9780717168057","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780717168057_p0.jpg?v=1763625005","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780717168057","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}