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A native of Mullagh. Deignan won an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship medal in 1938. He formed a brilliant half back partnership with P. J. Duke & J. J. O'Reilly that won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final in the Polo Grounds, New York in 1947.
He was buried alongside his wife at Teampall Cheallaigh Cemetery in his native County Cavan. [6] Following McKenna's death, tributes were paid by President of Ireland Mary McAleese, Prince Charles, and Ireland's Culture Minister Mary Hanafin, who said that McKenna was "one of a great generation whose talents on the screen and stage both at home ...
At inter-county level, Duggan first appeared for Cavan as part of the minor team that lost back-to-back Ulster MFC deciders in 1964 and 1965. He immediately progressed to the under-21 team , while he also lined out with the junior team .
The tragic death of a 28-year-old newscaster in Arizona has left colleagues devastated. Ana Orsini, a co-anchor at CBS affiliate KOLD-TV in Tucson , died last week of a brain aneurysm.
Duke was a versatile footballer, he could play as a Half-Back, Midfielder or as a Forward. Cavan's historic win over Kerry in the 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final played at the Polo Grounds in New York was arguably P.J. Duke's greatest ever hour.
John Joe O'Reilly (1918 – 1952) was a legendary Gaelic footballer who played for the Cavan county team.He is the only man to lead a team to All-Ireland glory outside of Ireland, having captained the Cavan team to victory against Kerry in the iconic 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final played at the Polo Grounds in New York City.
Alan and Clodagh Hawe both worked in education. Alan Hawe, who was a native of Windgap in the south-west of County Kilkenny, [2] [5] [6] was deputy principal at Castlerahan National School, which is very close to Barconey (Robinson), the townland where the family home was located, while Clodagh Hawe was a teacher at Oristown National School, just south-east of Kells in the north of County Meath.
Dick Van Dyke knows he won't be around forever, but when death comes, he won't be afraid.. The legendary entertainer, 98, stars in Coldplay's latest music video for their song, "All My Love," and ...