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Berrigan may refer to: People with the surname * Australian (sibling) rugby players: ** Barry Berrigan (born 1975) ** Shaun Berrigan (born 1978) * Ted Berrigan (1934 – 1983), poet * American (sibling) activist priests: ** Philip Berrigan (1923 - 2002) ** Daniel Berrigan (1921 - 2016) Australian botany and places * Plants: ** ''Eremophila longifolia'' ** ''Pittosporum angustifolium'' * Places in New South Wales: ** Berrigan, New South Wales, town ** Berrigan Shire, local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Berrigan
Barry Berrigan (born 6 June 1975) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League competition alongside his younger brother, Shaun Berrigan. Background He was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He is of German descent. Career Berrigan started his career with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 1995 where he remained until 1999. After a few stints in the Queensland Cup, Queensland Wizard Cup with Redcliffe and Toowoomba he linked with the Brisbane Broncos in 2003. He made 20 first grade appearances for them in Brisbane Broncos 2005, 2005. Berrigan was forced to retire after Round 2 in 2006 citing ongoing neck problems. At the conclusion of his career he played the 2008 season for his junior club Wests Mitchelton. This side included Paul Farrell, Clayton Sellars and Jack Muir. Barry will play alongside his brother Shaun for the Dalby Diehards in the Toowoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaun Berrigan
Shaun Berrigan (born 4 November 1978) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a and in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. He played for the Brisbane Broncos, with whom he won the 2000 and 2006 NRL Grand Final, and the New Zealand Warriors and the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League. He also played for Hull F.C. in the Super League. Berrigan played for Queensland in the State of Origin series and Australia at international level. Background Berrigan was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 4 November 1978. He is of Italian and German descent. His brother Barry was also a fellow professional, with whom he played in the Toowoomba Rugby League competition for Dalby Diehards in the 2014 season. Playing career Brisbane Broncos Berrigan made his premiership début for the Brisbane Broncos in Round 11 of the 1999 NRL season against the Balmain Tigers, making eleven appearances during the remainder of the aforementioned NRL season. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Berrigan
Ted Berrigan (November 15, 1934 – July 4, 1983) was an American poet. Early life Berrigan was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on November 15, 1934. After high school, he spent a year at Providence College before joining the U.S. Army. After three years in the Army, he finished his college studies at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma, where he received a B.A. in English in 1959 and fell just short of the requirements for an M.A. in 1962. Berrigan was married to Sandy Berrigan, also a poet, and they had two children: David Berrigan and Kate Berrigan. He founded "C" magazine in 1964. He and his second wife, the poet Alice Notley, were active in the poetry scene in Chicago for several years, then moved to New York City, where he edited various magazines and books. The New York School A prominent figure in the second generation of the New York School of Poets, Berrigan was peer to Jim Carroll, Anselm Hollo, Alice Notley, Ron Padgett, Anne Waldman, Bernadette Mayer, and Lewi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Berrigan
Philip Francis Berrigan, SSJ (October 5, 1923 – December 6, 2002) was an American peace activist and Catholic priest with the Josephites. He engaged in nonviolent, civil disobedience in the cause of peace and nuclear disarmament and was often arrested. He later married a former nun, Elizabeth McAlister, in 1973; both were subsequently excommunicated by the Catholic Church before being reinstated. For eleven years of their 29-year marriage they were separated by one or both serving time in prison. Biography Early life and education Berrigan was born in Two Harbors, Minnesota, a Midwestern, working-class, railroad town. He had five brothers, including the Jesuit fellow-activist and poet, Daniel Berrigan. His mother, Frieda (née Fromhart), was of German descent and deeply religious. His father, Tom Berrigan, was a second-generation Irish-Catholic, trade union member, socialist, and railway engineer. Philip Berrigan graduated from high school in Syracuse, New York, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Berrigan
Daniel Joseph Berrigan (May 9, 1921 – April 30, 2016) was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, Christian pacifist, playwright, poet, and author. Berrigan's active protest against the Vietnam War earned him both scorn and admiration, especially regarding his association with the Catonsville Nine. It also landed him on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's "most wanted list" (the first-ever priest on the list), on the cover of ''Time'' magazine, and in prison. For the rest of his life, Berrigan remained one of the United States' leading anti-war activists. In 1980, he co-founded the Plowshares movement, an anti-nuclear protest group, that put him back into the national spotlight. Berrigan was an award-winning and prolific author of some 50 books, a teacher, and a university educator. Early life Berrigan was born in Virginia, Minnesota, the son of Thomas Berrigan, a second-generation Irish Catholic and active trade union member, and Frieda Berrigan (née Fromh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eremophila Longifolia
''Eremophila longifolia'', known by a range of common names including berrigan, is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with weeping branches, long, narrow leaves and brick-red or pink flowers and is found in all Australian mainland states and the Northern Territory. Description ''Eremophila longifolia'' is a shrub or small tree growing to a height of between . It frequently forms suckers and dense stands of clones of the shrub are common. Its branches often have a covering of fine, yellow to reddish brown hairs. The leaves are arranged alternately along the branches and are linear to lance-shaped, often sickle-shaped and often have a hooked end. They are mostly long, wide, taper towards both ends and have a prominent mid-vein on the lower surface. The flowers are borne in groups of up to 5 in leaf axils on stalks mostly long. There are 5 green, egg-shaped, tapering, hairy sepals which are mostl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittosporum Angustifolium
''Pittosporum angustifolium'' (formerly ''Pittosporum phillyreoides'') is a shrub or small tree growing throughout inland Australia. Common names include weeping pittosporum, butterbush, cattle bush, native apricot, apricot tree, gumbi gumbi (or gumby gumby), cumby cumby, meemeei, poison berry bush, and berrigan. History ''Pittosporum angustifolium'' was first described in 1832 in the Loddiges' ''The Botanical Cabinet'', published by William Loddiges and George Loddiges. George Bentham combined this species and ''P. ligustrifolium'' with '' P. phillyreoides''; however, all three were split in the 2000 revision; the true ''P. phillyreoides'' is only found in a narrow coastal strip of northwestern Australia. The weeping foliage of ''P. angustifolium'' distinguishes it from the other two taxa. Description ''Pittosporum angustifolium'' is a slow-growing plant that can reach in height. It has pendulous (weeping) branches. The leaves are long and thin, long and wide. The small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berrigan, New South Wales
Berrigan is a town on the Riverina Highway in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Berrigan is in the Berrigan Shire Local government in Australia, local government area and contains the Berrigan Shire Council offices. At the , Berrigan had a population of 1,260. History The earliest association with settlement in the area comes in 1849 through the agency of Momalong Station, where Robert Rand had settled some 22.5 thousand acres. The location of the town was formerly swamp land. The unfavourable location was chosen as the mail run from Corowa to Finley, New South Wales, Murray Hut ran through Berrigan on much the same location as the present Riverina Highway, and the road from Jerilderie, New South Wales, Jerilderie lies on the same route now as it did back then. The Berrigan Post Office opened on 11 May 1884. In 1888, the first hotel - Berrigan Hotel - was built on the intersection of the two main roads through to town, with other stores rapidly following alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berrigan Shire
Berrigan Shire is a local government area in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The Shire lies on the New South Wales State border with Victoria formed by the Murray River. The Shire is adjacent to the Newell and Riverina Highways. The Shire is a mainly agricultural region, with dairying, cattle raising, woolgrowing and cropping the main activities. The vast majority of the Shire is irrigated. Tourism is another major activity, concentrated on the river towns of Tocumwal and Barooga. The mayor of Berrigan Shire is Cr. Matt Hannan, an unaligned politician. Towns and localities Towns in the shire are: * Berrigan, where the Council office is based * Finley * Tocumwal, and * Barooga. Demographics Proposed amalgamation A 2015 review of local government boundaries by the NSW Government Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal recommended that the Berrigan Council merge with parts of the Jerilderie Shire to form a new council with an area of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
