Captain Robert Halpin (1836–1894)- The Cable Guy

Captain Robert Halpin (1836–1894)- The Cable Guy

Captain Halpin’s life reads like a sea-story: a boy from a Wicklow quayside tavern who grew up to command Brunel’s monster ship, lay the Atlantic cables and help wire the world together. In an age when news and money still mostly travelled at the speed of sail, he...