Famous Wexford People in History

Published: Nov. 11, 2018, 1:10 p.m.

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Des Kiely has just published his first book - The \\u2019FAMOUS WEXFORD PEOPLE IN HISTORY\\u2019It contains stories of some great Irish people from County Wexford including:THOMAS D\\u2019ARCY McGEE, founding father of CanadaJOHN BARRY, Father of the American NavyWILLIAM KEHOE, industrialist in Savannah, GeorgiaJANE ELGEE, mother of Oscar WildeJOHN FRENCH, grandfather of Beatle George HarrisonWILLIAM LAMPORT, aka \\u2018Zorro\\u2019, executed by the Spanish InquisitionPATRICK KENNEDY, great-grandfather of JFKROBERT McCLURE, the Arctic ExplorerDAN O\\u2019HERLIHY, Hollywood actorANNIE JAMESON, the mother of Marconi and 30 more stories.

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