Two Years Before the Mast
Francis O’Neill is remembered for his huge contribution to Irish music while Chicago police chief at the turn of the last century. But not many know about his life at Read More …
Tag: Sea
The Emerald Isle
The Emerald Isle is the ship that Francis O’Neill worked as a steward on when he first travelled to New York in the late 1860s. The ship is famous in the annals Read More …
If The Sea Were Ink
Francis O’Neill loved books all his life. In his autobiography, he finishes his story of life at sea and as a police chief by lovingly describing favourite books in his Read More …
Out on the Ocean
There are many exciting aspects to life at sea in the nineteenth century. Certainly it was a tough calling, but many young men at the time ventured “out on the ocean” Read More …