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 Sean Conway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sean Conway (born July 24, 1951 in Pembroke, Ontario) was a long-serving politician in Ontario, Canada.
Conway had supported the announcement of full funding by Bill Davis's Progressive Conservative government prior to the 1985 election, and was responsible for significantly increasing the actual revenues to the Catholic system after a mathematical error in the Davis government's funding formula came to light.
Conway's grandfather, Thomas Murray, had championed a similar initiative in the 1930s, and was disappointed when Mitchell Hepburn backed away from a previous commitment in the face of Protestant opposition.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_Conway   (907 words)

  
 Seán MacBride - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seán MacBride died in Dublin, Ireland on January 15, 1988, at the age of 83.
MacBride controversially ordered Browne to resign as a minister over the Mother and Child Scheme after it was attacked by the Catholic church and Irish medical establishment.
MacBride was awarded both the Nobel Peace Prize (1974) and the Lenin Peace Prize (1976).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_MacBride   (565 words)

  
 Charles Haughey
Castlebar, 1 Sept.; son of Sean Haughey and Sara (née Williams), from Swatragh; brought up in Donnycarney, where his f.
The Minister for Finance in the Lemass government, Charles Haughey, had belied his reputation as “the Hard Man” by introducing the measure “to create a sympathetic environment here in which the arts can flourish”.
GUBU : ‘Grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented’ (GUBU), the terms employed by Haughey in response to the arrest of the homocide MacArthur in the home of the Attorney-General in 1982, became Conor Cruise O'Brien’s name for the Haughey ethos and the title of a collection of satirical poems by W. McCormack.
www.pgil-eirdata.org /html/pgil_datasets/authors/h/Haughey,C/life.htm   (565 words)

  
 Sean Kanan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sean Kanan (born November 2, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American actor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_Kanan   (147 words)

  
 Sean Fitzpatrick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sean Brian Thomas Fitzpatrick (born 4 January 1963 in Auckland) is a New Zealand rugby union player, widely regarded as one of the finest players ever to come from that country.
Such was Fitzpatrick’s impact that, although Dalton recovered by the later stages, he kept his place in the team, leaving scrum-half David Kirk to skipper the side to victory against France in the Final at Eden Park, Auckland.
Fitzpatrick was staring down the barrel of being only the second ever All Blacks captain to lead their team to a series defeat against the Lions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_Fitzpatrick   (836 words)

  
 Sean Kinney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sean Kinney, born Sean Howard Kinney on May 27, 1966, is a musician best known for being the drummer of the influential grunge band Alice in Chains.
Sean played drums for Alice in Chains for their albums Facelift, Dirt, and Alice in Chains as well as their two EPs Sap and Jar of Flies.
In 2005 Kinney reuinited with the surviving Alice in Chains members, performing at a benefit concert for the Tsunami Disaster.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_Kinney   (178 words)

  
 Sean Salisbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Sean Salisbury (born March 9, 1963 in Long Beach, California) is a football analyst and former NFL quarterback.
Salisbury was hired as a consultant for the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard.
Salisbury finished his career with 3,824 passing yards, 19 touchdown passes, and 19 interceptions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_Salisbury   (229 words)

  
 UC Santa Cruz Ultimate Frisbee
Sean fit right into the scene as a member of the National Championship team of '91.
Sean's style of play could be classified as pure blue collar.
It has been many years, but Sean's memory is still strong in the hearts of those that were fortunate enough to be graced by his friendship and by those who attend the Sean Ryan Memorial Ultimate Tournament each fall.
www2.ucsc.edu /ultimate/seanryanaward.htm   (229 words)

  
 Sean Muir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sean Muir (born April 22, 1983) is an American playwright.
He was born Sean Muir Alaback in Corvallis, Oregon.
Muir’s first play, Scathed, was produced in West Hollywood, California.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_Muir   (131 words)

  
 Sean Watkins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sean Watkins's solo music career seems to be going the same path as Nickel Creek; turning from beautiful traditional bluegrass songs to indie rock with a bluegrass basis.
As a solo musician, Sean Watkins early material was contemporary bluegrass, but as time goes on, he has incorporated various other influences into his music (especially indie rock).
Sean made it to the National Flatpicking Championship in 1993 at age 16.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_Watkins   (324 words)

  
 Sean Lennon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sean Taro Ono Lennon (aka Sean Ono Lennon, born October 9, 1975) is the son of musicians and peace activists John Lennon and Yoko Ono (making Kyoko Chan Cox and Julian Lennon his half-siblings).
In 1999, Sean's EP Half Horse, Half Musician was released, a compilation of outtakes and remixes from Into The Sun.
After Sean's birth, John became a house husband, doting on his young son until his murder in 1980.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_Lennon   (447 words)

  
 Sean Avery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sean Avery (born on April 10, 1980 in North York, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey player, who plays in the National Hockey League.
Avery is a relatively small player (5 feet-9 inches and 185 pounds) and he was not selected in the NHL entry draft.
Avery was fined $1,000 by the NHL on November 15, 2005 for intentionally diving during a game, then was fined $1,000 more a day later after publicly ripping into the NHL's director of hockey operations Colin Campbell.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_Avery   (479 words)

  
 Sean Heuston
Sean Heuston was born in Dublin on 21 February 1891, the son of a clerk.
Sean Heuston, W. O'Dea, P. Kelly and J. Crenigan were tried together by Field General Courts Martial on 4 May 1916.
Like Con Colbert, Sean Heuston was educated at the Christian Brothers' School, North Richmond Street, Dublin.
www.stephen-stratford.co.uk /sean_heuston.htm   (479 words)

  
 Seán Russell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Russell became the idol of traditionalist republicanism during the 1950s and a memorial to him was unveiled by the republican National Graves Association group in Dublin's Fairview Park in September 1951.
In January 1937, Russell was accused of misappropriating funds by the IRA leadership and was court-martialled.
Russell became ill on board the vessel and died of a suspected perforated ulcer off the west coast of Ireland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Russell   (677 words)

  
 Seán Doherty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Doherty announced at a press conference that he had shown transcripts of the conversations to Charles Haughey while he was Taoiseach in 1982.
Doherty then regained his seat in the 1992 General election and held it until his retirement at the 2002 General election.
In 1973 Doherty took a seat on Roscommon County Council, which was vacant due to the death of his father.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_Doherty   (399 words)

  
 Sean McLaughlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sean McLaughlin is the Chief Weekday Meteorologist at MSNBC.
Sean's name is pronounced "seen" rather than the traditional pronunciation of "shawn" (see [[1]]).
McLaughlin graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_McLaughlin   (149 words)

  
 Sean May - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sean Gregory May (born April 4, 1984 in Chicago, Illinois) is a professional basketball player playing as a power forward for the Charlotte Bobcats.
When the heavily-recruited May chose to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, it was a major surprise to most basketball recruiting observers; it had been thought that he would stay in his hometown and attend Indiana.
As a junior, May was named MVP of the 2005 NCAA tournament after leading North Carolina to its 5th national championship when they beat the University of Illinois by a score of 75-70.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_May   (327 words)

  
 Sean Flynn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sean Flynn is a major character in Michael Herr's "Dispatches," perhaps the most acclaimed American literary treatment of the Vietnam War.
Sean Leslie Flynn, born May 31, 1941- died April 6, 1970, was an American actor and freelance photojournalist.
Sean Flynn was immortalized by The Clash in the song "Sean Flynn" from the album Combat Rock.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_Flynn   (327 words)

  
 Sean Morley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sean Morley, better known as Val Venis or The Big Valbowski (born on March 6, 1971 in Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian professional wrestler currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand.
Morley was also one of the masked men in the infamous "terrorist angle" involving Muhammad Hassan and The Undertaker.
During the beginning of 2000, Morley lost the European Championship to Kurt Angle.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_Morley   (1324 words)

  
 Sean Malone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sean Malone is an American bass guitarist, born in Delran, New Jersey, formerly of Cynic and currently in Gordian Knot.
Sean’s work in the academic world; has had papers on theory and music cognition published, and given presentations at prestigious conferences such as the Society for Music Theory and The Glenn Gould Conference.
Sean has continued as a studio bassist, performing on over fifty records to date.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_Malone   (342 words)

  
 Sean Matgamna
Sean Matgamna began his political life as a Trotskyist in the Socialist Labour League of Gerry Healy after being involved with the Coomunist Party having arrived in England from his native Ireland.
Matgamna has now led his group out of the Labour Party and into the Socialist Alliance but it seems likely they will soon leave that grouping too.
A Socialist Organiser Alliance was set up around the paper but soon became nothing more than the Matgamna group especially when Thornett's supporters left the grouping in 1983 to form the Socialist Group.
www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/s/se/sean_matgamna.html   (342 words)

  
 Sean Taylor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Taylor allegedly was present at, and possibly involved in, an incident on June 1, 2005 in Miami, in which bullets allegedly were fired into a stolen vehicle.
Taylor was, however, convicted for refusing to take a blood alcohol test requested of him by a Virginia state police officer, though this conviction is under appeal by Taylor.
Taylor was a standout safety at the University of Miami, where he was a consensus first-team "All-American." He is widely considered one of the greatest defensive backs to ever play college football.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_Taylor   (1009 words)

  
 Jack Lynch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lemass eventually retired in 1966 and a leadership race (the first contested race in the history of the party) threatened to tear Fianna Fáil apart.
In 1959 de Valera was elected President of Ireland and Seán F. Lemass became the new Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader.
Although she was apprehensive about her husband's decision to become active in politics, to become a Minister and even to become Taoiseach, she stood by him through it all and helped him make the tough decisions that would affect Lynch's life and her own.
www.peekskill.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Jack_Lynch   (1009 words)

  
 Sean Heuston , Fianna, Eireann, Easter, Rising, River, Liffey, Kilmainham
Sean Heuston, Fianna, Eireann, Easter, Rising, River, Liffey, Kilmainham
Sean Heuston (February 21, 1897 - May 8 1916) was an Irish rebel and member of Fianna Eireann who took part in the Easter Rising of 1916.
Heuston Rail Station in Dublin, where he once worked in the Traffic Manager's Office, is named for him.
www.irelandinformationguide.com /Sean_Heuston   (1009 words)

  
 Sean Kennedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sean Kennedy's second book follows a Canadian family with a special lineage, and relates an afterlife far different than Heaven and Hell, with an alternate plane of existence named for and presided over by the angel Abaddon.
Sean Kennedy's first book, The Bloodstained Rabbit, was originally written when he was 14 years of age.
NewsReal is Kennedy's syndicated and podcasted news radio show airing weekdays on Rantradio and other stations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_Kennedy   (1262 words)

  
 Sean Penn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Penn was born in Santa Monica, California, to the late Leo Penn (a film director who was blacklisted for refusing to testify during the McCarthy era) and Eileen Ryan, an actress.
Leo Penn was the son of Jewish immigrants from Lithuania and Russia, while Ryan (born Eileen Annucci) is a Roman Catholic of Italian and Irish descent.
On April 10, 2003, Penn's 1987 Buick Grand National was stolen in Berkeley, California with two firearms in the trunk.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_Penn   (860 words)

  
 Sean Hannity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hannity was a strong opponent of the 1999 Kosovo intervention by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO).
Hannity has been criticized for his chiding of Fred Phelps and his cronies on air to his listeners on talk radio when he claimed that liberal anti-war protesters were heckling the families of fallen veterans at funeral processions.
Hannity placed an ad in radio publications presenting himself as "the most talked about college radio host in America," and WVNN in Huntsville, Alabama, hired him to be the morning talk show host.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sean_Hannity   (1632 words)

  
 Seán Ryan: biography and encyclopedia article
Ryan was formerly Production Controller and Work Study Supervisor with CIÉ[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] and Iarnrod Éireann[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link] before entering into full-time politics.
Seán Ryan was born at Dublin Dublin quick summary:
Ryan was first elected to Dáil Éireann[Click link for more facts about this topic] in 1989, EHandler: no quick summary.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/se/se%e1n_ryan.htm   (251 words)

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