William Martin Murphy

by Thomas J. Morrissey

William Martin Murphy (1845-1919) was one of the most successful of Irish entrepreneurs and businessmen. As well as being a good employer, Murphy was an international financier, and a contractor of railways and tramways on three continents as well as in Britain and Ireland. He revolutionised the Irish newspaper industry, was a patriot who opposed concessions in the Home Rule Bill, supported Sinn Fein as a political party, and vigorously opposed conscription...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906359628
• ISBN13: 9781906359621
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: University College Dublin Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.7" x 7.2"