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Instead, Brannigan's mother concocted a ruse, in which the doctor at the clinic in which he was born informed the Brannigan family that Tim had been a stillbirth. The second part of the ruse involved Brannigan being kept at an orphanage for a year before his birth mother "adopted" him on the pretence that he would be a replacement for the ...
Brannigan was filmed on location in London during 1974. The film's action sequences included a car chase through Battersea's Shaftsbury & Winstanley Estate, Wandsworth and Central London featuring Brannigan jumping a yellow Ford Capri coupé across the half raised Tower Bridge. The jump itself was accomplished with scale models of both the ...
Brannigan may refer to: Brannigan. Films. Brannigan, a 1975 film starring John Wayne; People. Francis Brannigan (1918–2006), fire service construction ...
Belleek Pottery Ltd is a porcelain company that began trading in 1884 as the Belleek Pottery Works Company Ltd in Belleek, County Fermanagh, Ireland in what was to later become Northern Ireland. The factory produces Parian ware that is characterised by its thinness, slightly iridescent surface and body formulated with a significant proportion ...
In addition to sites inscribed on the World Heritage List, member states can maintain a list of tentative sites that they may consider for nomination. Nominations for the World Heritage List are only accepted if the site was previously listed on the Tentative List. [7] As of 2025, Ireland has three sites on its tentative list. [8]
Ballymahon derives its name from the Irish language term Baile Uí Mhatháin or Baile Mathuna, meaning "Town of Mahon".This may refer to Mahon (Mathgamain mac Cennétig), a southern chieftain and the elder brother of Brian Boru, who is believed by some to have fought a battle in 960 in the vicinity of Ballymahon at Shrule (in Irish Sruaith Fhuil, River of Blood) where he defeated O'Rourke of ...
St. Saviour's Priory, Dublin, is a convent of the Dominican Order, in Dublin, founded in 1224.Its present church has, since 1974, also served as a parish church for the local area, [1] The priory has also been, since 2000, the House of Formation of the Irish Dominican Province, hosting the so-called Studium generale of the province.
[8] [9] Cian married Sábh, the daughter of the High King of Ireland Brian Boru, and resided at Castlelands, Enniskean. [5] The priest and antiquarian John O'Mahony , born locally in 1844, noted that the "Irish-speaking people of that district always pronounced the word as if written in English, 'Inniskayn'". [ 10 ]