Joseph McArdle, born in Monaghan, is a member of both the Irish and English Bars. A barrister, he has practiced commercial law in Ireland, and worked in England, Nigeria, Kenya and Belgium as a legal civil servant, a judge, a commercial lawyer and roving legal consultant. McArdle has also been a book reviewer, film critic, television scriptwriter and presenter. He is the author of a number of books including Irish Rogues and Rascals and Irish Legal Anecdotes and Dublin: Portrait of a City.
Irish history is littered with rogues, larger-than-life characters who range from cheeky scamps to vicious chancers. In Irish Rogues and Rascals, Joseph MacArdle looks at some of the most notorious Irishmen to find out just exactly what a 'rogue' is.
Is it a dastardly knave, a cheeky...
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