JOHN SULLIVAN’S GREAT ESCAPE IN 1798—SURVIVAL THROUGH TRANSLATION
By John Gleeson When an eighteen-year-old Kerryman named John Sullivan arrived at a famous French military academy in La Flèche in 1785 to teach English and mathematics, few could have predicted the diverse and colourful life that was to follow. By 1793 Sullivan had sworn an oath of loyalty to the new French constitution and … Read more