The Cowboy from Tipperary — Toni V. Sweeney

Padraig is the black sheep of the McCoy clan. Until now, his father's money has always bought him out of scrapes...but at last Padraig goes too far and finds himself a remittance man, paid by his father to leave home and never come back. Boarding a ship to America, the ne'er-do-well doesn't stop traveling until he comes to Nebraska's Great Plains. Finding a rancher willing to take a chance on hiring a greenhorn who knows nothing about cattle, Padraig sets out to become a cowboy, and that's when Fate deals Padraig McCoy a different set of cards. On a trail drive to Sedalia, the young wastrel's life is changed forever...