In 1823, a boy was born who became a hero to three lands: Ireland, Australia, and the United States. His grandfather's successful trading business made it easy for his father to own a small hotel and pub in County Waterford, where, on August 3,Thomas Francis Meagher was born. Young Tom was educated at a Jesuit boarding school, and later at a Jesuit college in England where he earned a reputation as an effective orator. He returned to Ireland in 1843, just two years before the Great Hunger, and saw his countrymen starve while the landlord's crops grew in abundance for export. Infuriated, he … [Read more...] about A Heroe in Three Lands