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Ireland in Quotes
Conor O'Clery

O'Brien Press, 2000

Arranged in chronological order, these thousands of quotations and phrases provide a unique insight into Ireland. The cast of characters ranges from politicians and religious figures to poets and people simply caught up in the turbulence of the times. Key phrases such as unionist and republican; constitutional, unconstitutional, and slightly constitutional; left and right; feminist and fundamentalist; and clerical and secular have been used by ...

The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Made and Gave Away a Fortune Without Anyone Knowing

12 reviews
Conor O'Clery

PublicAffairs, 2007

Prosperity Classic
In 1988, Forbes magazine's annual list of America's most wealthy listed Charles F Feeney as the 23rd richest American alive, whose personal worth of $1.3 billion was greater than Rupert Murdoch or Donald Trump. In fact, four years earlier Feeney had secretly given away almost his entire fortune to a philanthropic trust. He had enough to live on for the rest of his life, but no longer even owned a ...

The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune

1 review
Conor O'Clery

PublicAffairs, 2008

About a different kind of entrepreneur
So often the rich seek to only get richer, getting more money to pad their wallets than they need to survive. Is there any honor among the greedy? "The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune" is about a different kind of entrepreneur. Chuck Feeney made billions with his company Duty Free Shippers, but never pursued the fame and did very little pursuit of ...

Daring Diplomacy: Clinton's Secret Search for Peace in Ireland

4 reviews
Conor O'Clery

Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1997

Perfect title
Daring Diplomacy was the perfect title for this wonderfully written book. Throughout the course of this book, Conor O'Clery traces the involvement of the Clinton administration in attaining a peaceful settlement to the conflict in Northern Ireland. What is most refreshing about this book is its wholehearted attempt to be honest and balanced--an honor not bestowed on many books written on the ...