S01E01 Chapter I
Joseph Francis Xavier Armagh and his two younger siblings Sean and Mary escape a ship on the harbor of New York. The situation ashore is problematic, jobs are scarce and food equally scarce. Aboard the...
Captains and the Kings
S01E04: Chapter IV
Tensions escalate between the labor unions and the railroad, as Joseph Armagh fathers four children with Bernadette even as he seeks to avenge himself on her father for depriving him of the two great loves of his life.
Overview
Rags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant in late 1800s based on the novel by Taylor Caldwell.
Episodes
S01E02 Chapter II
A few years of successful gun running and Joseph Armagh becomes a partner in the oil company of Ed Healey.
S01E03 Chapter III
Joseph Armagh rejects the love of Elizabeth Healey, learns of the dying Katherine Hennessey's unrequited love, promising to wed her daughter Bernadette before Katherine's jealous husband goes too far in a salacious attack on Joseph.
S01E04 Chapter IV
Tensions escalate between the labor unions and the railroad, as Joseph Armagh fathers four children with Bernadette even as he seeks to avenge himself on her father for depriving him of the two great loves...
S01E05 Chapter V
Joseph Armagh's attempted blackmail of an upstanding senator results in suicide and a lasting curse.
S01E06 Chapter VI
Rory Armagh romances Marjorie Chisholm while his sister Anne-Marie's relationship with Courtney Wickersham crashes and burns through no fault of their own.
S01E07 Chapter VII
While his son Rory searches for brother Kevin with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the jungles of Cuba, Joseph Armagh quietly orchestrates the annulment of Rory's marriage to Marjorie Chisholm.
S01E08 Chapter VIII
Rory Armagh seeks the Democratic nomination for President over Woodrow Wilson, while his father ponders a lifetime without love.
Cast
Richard Jordan
Joseph Armagh
Harvey Jason
Harry Zieff
Patty Duke
Bernadette Hennessey Armagh
Blair Brown
Elizabeth Healey Hennessey
Robert Vaughn
Charles Desmond
Perry King
Rory Armagh
Katherine Crawford
Mary Armagh
Jane Seymour
Marjorie Chisholm Armagh
Cynthia Sikes
Claudia
Charles Durning
Ed Healey
David Huffman
Sean Armagh
Terry Kiser
Courtney Wickersham
