Famous Expatriates & Those who did OK

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Top Man From Rathmines:

"At the age of ten he received a telegram from his father asking "would you like to go into the Navy?" At the time, the family had no maritime connections, and Cunningham only had a vague interest in the sea. Nevertheless, he replied "Yes, I should like to be an Admiral".

Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, KT, GCB, OM, DSO & Two Bars (7 January 1883 – 12 June 1963) was a British admiral of the Second World War. He was widely known by his nickname, "ABC".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew...am_of_Hyndhope

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Did OK

Mr Tayto did alright in Oz..... Photo 2 Rathmines 31 Jan 1958.

JOE "SPUD" MURPHY, the Irish entrepreneur who died aged 78 in 2001, earned a small place in social history by producing the world's first cheese and onion flavoured crisp.

It was because Murphy, an inveterate crisp-eater, found the products on offer to be so insipid - the only "flavour" available was salt, which had to be sprinkled from a little bag sold inside the packet - that he launched his own crisp company in the Republic of Ireland in 1954.

The company was Tayto, today one of the best-known Irish brand names. He started the business on O'Rahilly's Parade in Dublin with one van and eight employees, some of whom were to work for him for more than 30 years.

One of those early employees was Seamus Burke, who was charged with perfecting the revolutionary new flavour. Burke, working on what was essentially nothing more sophisticated than a kitchen table, experimented until he came up with a cheese and onion flavour that his boss judged to be acceptable.
The problem then for Murphy was how to get his new product on to the market. He solved this by approaching the Findlater family, which owned 21 upmarket grocery and wine stores in the Republic of Ireland.

They agreed not only to carry the new crisps in their stores, but also to sell them to other outlets through their corps of commercial travellers.

It was the beginning of a story that would see Murphy become one of the best-known - and best-heeled - businessmen in the country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMoO79FAXm4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-VB666sZQc

Picture of Loading Tayto Crisps at Tayto, Rathmines.31/01/1958..In 1954 Joe Spud Murphy began what is today's largest snackfood company with just two rented rooms off Moore Street, Dublin. Truly, a remarkable story of one man's determination, his initial set up costs ran to a grand total of £500. The entire staff consisted of Joe, his eight employees and a single van...At the time Tayto crisps sold for 4 pence per bag! They were sold in beautiful tin boxes that contained 18 bags of crisps and sold to shops for 4 shillings. The crisps bags were hand-glued with a tiny paintbrush to guarantee that trademark Tayto freshness..Not many people realise that it was Joe Spud Murphy who actually invented the now world renowned Cheese & Onion flavour- with a little input from Mr. Tayto, of course..Pioneering as always, Joe Murphy placed ads in the local newspapers which promoted the full list in the original Tayto range: Plain Golden, Onion, Cheese & Onion and Cheese flavoured crisps..In 1954, Tayto sold 347 packs per day. Today, Tayto sells over 525 packs a minute!.

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Lieutenant Colonel at the service of the Navy and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Argentine fleet

Founder of the Argentine Navy, William Brown is considered a national hero in Argentina, with more than 1,200 streets named after him.

William Brown was born in Foxford, County Mayo, Ireland on 22 June 1777. His family emigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States, around 1786, when William was nine years old.[6] A short time after the arrival, the friend who had invited them out and offered them food and hospitality died of yellow fever, and several days later, William's father also succumbed to the same disease.[7]

One morning while wandering along the banks of the Delaware River, he met the captain of a ship then moored in port. The captain inquired if he wanted employment and Brown answered yes. The captain then and there engaged him as a cabin boy, thereby setting him on the naval promotion ladder, where he worked his way to the captaincy of a merchant vessel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brown_(admiral)#Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Argentine_Navy

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Dub TJB did OK by himself and a few others, I'd say

Thomas John Barnardo (4 July 1845 – 19 September 1905) was an Irish philanthropist and founder and director of homes for poor children. From the foundation of the first Barnardo's home in 1867 to the date of Barnardo's death, nearly 60,000 children had been taken in.

Barnardo was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1845. He was the fourth of five children (one died in childbirth) of John Michaelis Barnardo, a furrier, and his second wife, Abigail, an Englishwoman and member of the Plymouth Brethren.

In the early 1840s, John emigrated from Hamburg to Dublin, where he established a business; he married twice and fathered seven children. The Barnardo origins are uncertain; the family "traced its origin to Venice, followed by conversion to the Lutheran Church in the sixteenth century", but others have claimed German Jewish roots for them.

As a young child, Barnardo thought that everything that wasn't his should belong to him. However, as he grew older, he abandoned this mindset in favour of helping the poor.

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William Thomas Mulvany (1806-1885)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomas_Mulvany

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Interesting stuff DTW, thanks for posting

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Quinner.....Arrived in Liverpool in 1960 with one shilling and nine pennys......And has never borrowed any money since.......

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Interesting stuff DTW, thanks for posting

Apart from Quinner....I bet there's a lot of very interesting ppl we haven't heard of .....yet.

George Berkeley 12 March 1685 – 14 January 1753 known as Bishop Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne
Berkeley was born at his family home, Dysart Castle, near Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland, the eldest son of William Berkeley, a cadet of the noble family of Berkeley. He was educated at Kilkenny College and attended Trinity College, Dublin, earning a bachelor's degree in 1704 and completing a master's degree in 1707. He remained at Trinity College after completion of his degree as a tutor and Greek lecturer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Berkeley

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Apart from Quinner....I bet there's a lot of very interesting ppl we haven't heard of .....yet.

George Berkeley 12 March 1685 – 14 January 1753 known as Bishop Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne
Berkeley was born at his family home, Dysart Castle, near Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland, the eldest son of William Berkeley, a cadet of the noble family of Berkeley. He was educated at Kilkenny College and attended Trinity College, Dublin, earning a bachelor's degree in 1704 and completing a master's degree in 1707. He remained at Trinity College after completion of his degree as a tutor and Greek lecturer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Berkeley

The title says ''those who did ok''......lol..I would not include you in that......

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The title says ''those who did ok''......lol..I would not include you in that......

Foxtrot Oscar eh.

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Foxtrot Oscar eh.

Not having to borrow any money when I started with so little....Is the greatest sign of success.....No problems no worries.....

Now stop stressing and give some money to Charity....It will make you feel better..

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Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (Spanish: [berˈnarðo oˈxiɣins]; 1778–1842) was a Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. He was a wealthy landowner of Spanish and Irish ancestry. Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile (1817–1823), he is considered one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder of this title to head a fully independent Chilean state.

Bernardo O'Higgins, a member of the O'Higgins Family, was born in the Chilean city of Chillán in 1778, the illegitimate son of Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno,[2] a Spanish officer born in County Sligo, Ireland, who became governor of Chile and later viceroy of Peru. His mother was Isabel Riquelme, a prominent local;the daughter of Don Simón Riquelme y Goycolea, a member of the Chillán Cabildo, or council.

O'Higgins spent his early years with his mother's family in central-southern Chile, and later he lived with the Albano family, who were his father's commercial partners, in Talca. At age 15, O'Higgins was sent to Lima by his father. He had a distant relationship with Ambrosio, who supported him financially and was concerned with his education, but the two never met in person. At the time of his son's birth, Ambrosio was only a junior military officer. Two years later, Isabel married Don Félix Rodríguez, a friend of her father. O'Higgins used his mother's surname until the death of his father in 1801.
Bernardo's father continued his professional rise and became Viceroy of Peru; at seventeen Bernardo O'Higgins was sent to London to complete his studies. There, studying history and the arts, O'Higgins became acquainted with American ideas of independence and developed a sense of nationalist pride. He met Francisco de Miranda, a Venezuelan idealist and believer in independence, and joined a Masonic Lodge established by Miranda, dedicated to achieving the independence of Latin America.

In 1798 O'Higgins went to Spain from Great Britain, his return to the Americas delayed by the French Revolutionary Wars. His father died in 1801, leaving O'Higgins a large piece of land, the Hacienda Las Canteras, near the Chilean city of Los Ángeles. O'Higgins returned to Chile in 1802, adopted his biological father's surname, and began life as a gentleman farmer. In 1806, he was appointed to the cabildo as the representative of Laja. In 1808 Napoleon took control of Spain, triggering a sequence of events in South America. In Chile, the commercial and political elite decided to form an autonomous government to rule in the name of the imprisoned king Ferdinand VII; this was to be one of the first in a number of steps toward national independence, in which O'Higgins would play a leading role.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_O%27Higgins

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Not having to borrow any money when I started with so little....Is the greatest sign of success.....No problems no worries.....Now stop stressing and give some money to Charity....It will make you feel better..

I do....i enjoy giving to my local cancer palliative care organization.....though i am hoping to do something about that sweet little girl who lies in Syria in great pain with 70% burns.....she needs to go to the US for special burns care.....so sad.

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John Barry
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An 1801 Gilbert Stuart portrait of Barry.

John Barry (March 25, 1745 – September 13, 1803) was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy. He came to be widely credited as "The Father of the American Navy" (and shares that moniker with John Paul Jones and John Adams and was appointed a captain in the Continental Navy on December 7, 1775. He was the first captain placed in command of a US warship commissioned for service under the Continental flag.

After the war, he became America's first commissioned naval officer, at the rank of commodore, receiving his commission from President George Washington in 1797.


Early life and education

Barry was born on March 25, 1745, in Tacumshane, County Wexford, Ireland. When Barry's family was evicted from their home by their British landlord, they moved to Rosslare on the coast, where his uncle worked a fishing skiff. As a young man, Barry determined upon a life as a seaman, and he started out as a ship's cabin boy.
Career

Barry received his first captain's commission in the Continental Navy on March 14, 1776, signed by John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress. Barry was a religious man and began each day at sea with a reading from the Bible. He had great regard for his crew and their well being and always made sure they were properly provisioned while at sea.

During his naval career Barry commanded United States Ships Delaware, Lexington, Raleigh, and Alliance.
Command of Delaware

In 1777 Barry commanded the ship USS Delaware, a brig sailing under a letter of marque capturing English vessels in the Delaware River.
Command of Raleigh

In 1778 Barry assumed command of the USS Raleigh, capturing three prizes before being run aground in action on September 27, 1778. Her crew scuttled her, but she was raised by the British, who refloated her for further use in the Royal Navy.
Command of Lexington

Captain Barry was given command of USS Lexington, of 14 guns, on December 7, 1775. It was the first commission issued by the Continental Congress. The Lexington sailed March 31, 1776. On April 7, 1776, off the Capes of Virginia, he fell in with the Edward, tender to the British man-of-war HMS Liverpool, and after a desperate fight of one hour and twenty minutes captured her and brought her into Philadelphia.

On June 28, Pennsylvania's brig Nancy arrived in the area with 386 barrels of powder in her hold and ran aground while attempting to elude British blockader Kingfisher. Barry ordered the precious powder rowed ashore during the night leaving only 100 barrels in Nancy at dawn. A delayed action fuse was left inside the brig, which exploded the powder just as a boatload of British seamen boarded Nancy. This engagement became known as the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet.

Barry continued in command of Lexington until October 18, 1776, and captured several private armed vessels during that time.

Barry authored a signal book published in 1780 to improve communications at sea among vessels traveling in formation.
Command of Alliance

He and his crew of the USS Alliance fought and won the final naval battle of the American Revolution off the coast of Cape Canaveral on March 10, 1783. He was seriously wounded on May 29, 1781, while in command of Alliance during her capture of HMS Atalanta and Trepassey. Barry was successful in suppressing three mutinies during his career as an officer in the Continental Navy.

John Barry was once offered 100,000 British pounds and command of any frigate in the entire British Navy if he would desert the American Navy. Outraged at the offer, Captain Barry responded that not all the money in the British treasury or command of its entire fleet could tempt him to desert his adopted country.
Commodore commission
Barry receiving commodore commission from Washington

On February 22, 1797, he was issued Commission Number 1 by President George Washington, backdated to June 4, 1794. His title was thereafter "commodore." He is recognized as not only the first American commissioned naval officer but also as its first flag officer.
Command of United States

Appointed senior captain upon the establishment of the U.S. Navy, he commanded the frigate United States in the Quasi-War with France. This ship transported commissioners William Richardson Davie and Oliver Ellsworth to France to negotiate a new Franco-American alliance.

Barry's last day of active duty was March 6, 1801, when he brought the USS United States into port, but he remained head of the Navy until his death on September 12, 1803, from asthma. Barry died childless.[14]
Later life and death

Barry died at Strawberry Hill, in present-day Philadelphia on September 13, 1803, and was buried in the graveyard of Old St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Center City, Philadelphia.
Personal life
On October 24, 1768, Barry married Mary Cleary, who died in 1774. On July 7, 1777, he married Sarah Austin, daughter of Samuel Austin and Sarah Keen of New Jersey. Barry had no children, but he helped raise Patrick and Michael Hayes, children of his sister, Eleanor, and her husband, Thomas Hayes, who both died in the 1780s.

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John Philip Holland, inventor of the modern submarine, was born on 24 February 1841 in Liscannor, County Clare. His family moved to Limerick in 1853.

Holland was a gifted student and he joined the Christian Brothers when he left school. He was a good teacher and as well as his interest in engineering, had a great interest in music.

Holland left the Christian Brothers in 1873 and travelled to Boston where his mother and brothers were living. He worked for a short while in an engineering company and then took up a position as a teacher in New Jersey.
The Submarines
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John Philip Holland and Submarine
Courtesy of the National Science & Engineering Plaques Committee
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Holland had been drawing up plans for a submarine for years. He believed that submarines would play an important part in naval warfare.

Holland's first submarine was built in Paterson, New Jersey. It was launched in 1877, in the Passaic River. It made a number of successful dives.

One of Holland's brothers had become involved with the Fenian movement in America. The Fenians were impressed with his first submarine and gave Holland some money so that he could develop a better vessel which was suitable for war. He gave up his teaching job and devoted himself to his experiments. The next submarine he invented was named 'The Fenian Ram'. It worked but the Fenians decided not to fund him any more and so he severed connections with them.

In 1888, the United States Navy Department announced an open competition for a submarine design which Holland won but the machine was never built. He won a second competition in 1893, but again,the project was not successful.

Holland received private backing and continued to work on his designs. Finally, in 1900, the American Navy bought one of Holland's designs. He sold designs to the British Navy and also to Japan.

John Philip Holland died on August 12, 1914 and is buried in New Jersey. A plaque was erected in Liscannor in 1964 commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of his death. A street in the town was named 'Holland Street' in his honour.