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Clune (other)
Clune is an anglicised form of the Irish names of either ''O Cluanain'' or ''McCluin''. ''O Cluanain'' derives from the Irish "cluana" meaning either "deceitful", "flattering" or "rogue." ''McCluin'' comes from the Irish Gaelic "glun" meaning "knee". The surname was originally McClune in County Clare, where it may have originated.https://www.limerickcity.ie/media/NMAJ%20vol%2012%2010%20Surnames%20of%20County%20Clare,%20by%20Edward%20MacLysaght.pdf People Notable people with the surname include: *Adam Clune (born 1995), Australian rugby league player *Conor Clune (1893–1920), Irish scholar and activist killed during Bloody Sunday (1920) * Daniel A. Clune (born 1949), United States diplomat *Deirdre Clune (born 1959), Irish politician *Don Clune (born 1952), American football player *Frank Clune (1893–1971), Australian writer *Henry W. Clune (1890–1995), American journalist and novelist *Jackie Clune (born 1965), British entertainer and writer *John J. Clune (1932–1992), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Clune
Jackie Clune (born 13 December 1965) is a British actress and writer. She became established through her Edinburgh Fringe one-woman cabaret shows and her 1995 Karen Carpenter tribute act before graduating to mainstream acting. Early life Jackie Clune is the third of four children born in Harlow, Essex, to Irish Roman Catholic parents: her father, Don Clune (died August 2010), was a buyer for a computer firm, and her mother (who survived him by eight years) a nurse. The writer Maggie Clune is her sister. Jackie Clune graduated with a degree in drama from the University of Kent. Career On graduation from university, she became a full-time drama lecturer at the Royal Holloway College for at least six years, was the presenter of the Weekend Breakfast Show on BBC GLR 94.9fm, and a BBC London radio journalist. She started singing in bands part-time, but between sets as a DJ she developed a facility in chatting to the audience. This led a friend to suggest that she could create a Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clune (other)
Clune is a surname. Clune may also refer to: * Clune, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community in the United States *Clune Arena, a basketball venue at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs * Clune Building, a historic site in Miami Springs, Florida * Easter Clune Castle, a ruined castle in Scotland *Clune Park, a former football ground in Scotland *Clune's Auditorium, a former name of Hazard's Pavilion, a defunct auditorium in Los Angeles See also * Cluneal (other) *Clunes (other) Clunes or Clune's may refer to: Places * Clunes, Victoria, Australia ** Electoral district of Clunes and Allandale, representing Clunes in the Victorian Legislative Assembly ** Shire of Talbot and Clunes, former local government area including C ... {{DAB fr:Clune ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wally Clune
Walter James Clune (February 20, 1930 – February 3, 1998) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 5 games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens during the 1955–56 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1950 to 1961, was spent in the minor leagues. He was born in Toronto, Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca .... Career statistics Regular season and playoffs External links * 1930 births 1998 deaths Boston Olympics players Canadian ice hockey defencemen Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatters players Ice hockey people from Toronto Montreal Canadiens players Montreal Royals (EPHL) players Montreal Royals (QSHL) players Toronto St. Michael's Majors players Vancouver Canucks (WHL) players {{Canada-icehockey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thelma Clune
Thelma Cecily Clune (11 March 1900 – 6 September 1992) was an Australian sculptor, painter, patron of the arts and gallery owner. Early life Thelma Cecily Smith was born in Kings Cross in 1900 and she later moved with her family to Yarramalong. Clune attended school at St Mary's and studied shorthand and typing. Career Clune studied sculpture under Lyndon Dadswell at East Sydney Technical College. She produced sculptural works in stone and metal. Clune began painting in the 1940s, working in oils, and later produced collages on paper. She held her first solo exhibition, "Collages and Sculptures", in 1979 at the Hogarth Galleries in Paddington. Clune appeared in her husband Frank Clune's newspaper columns as the character "Brown Eyes". In the 1940s, Thelma and Frank Clune opened an art gallery in Kings Cross. It housed works by many of Australia's best known painters, including Russell Drysdale, John Passmore and John Olsen. In the 1950s and 1960s, with their younger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Clune
Richard Clune, also known as 'Rich' or 'Dicky', (born April 25, 1987) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. Clune played in 423 AHL games and 139 National Hockey League (NHL) games during his career. Playing career Junior Clune was drafted in the second round of the 2003 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) Priority Selection (29th overall) by the Sarnia Sting. During the 2003–04 season, Clune scored three goals and 16 points in 58 games. In 2004–05, his second year with the Sting, Clune finished the season with 21 goals and 34 points in 68 games, fourth most on the team, as well as winning the Bobby Smith Trophy, emblematic of the OHL's scholastic player of the year. In April 2005, Clune represented Canada at the World Under-18s in the Czech Republic; Canada won a silver medal, losing in the gold-medal game to the United States. In the 2005–06 season Clune was named Sarnia's team captain. At the end of the season, he demanded a trade. On September 20, 2006, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Clune
Patrick Joseph Clune CSsR (6 January 1864 in Ruan, County Clare, Ireland – 24 May 1935 in Perth, Western Australia), an Australian metropolitan bishop, was the fourth Roman Catholic Bishop of Perth and first Archbishop of Perth. Clune served continuously in these roles from 1910 to 1935. Early life and priestly ministry Clune was educated in Ruan and at St Flannan's College in Ennis. In 1879 he entered the Catholic Missionary All Hallows College in Dublin to study for the priesthood, sponsored for the Diocese of Goldburn, Australia. He was ordained in 1886, aged 22. His first appointment was to St Patrick's College, Goulburn in New South Wales. He professed vows as a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) on 13 September 1894, and spent four years in missions in England and Ireland until 1898, before spending a short time as superior of the Redemptorist monastery in Wellington, New Zealand. In 1899 he was assigned to Western Australia. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael W
Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions * Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer Rulers =Byzantine emperors= *Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I * Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John J
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry W
Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany **Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: **Henry I of Castile **Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Language
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was the population's first language until the 19th century, when English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century. Irish is still spoken as a first language in a small number of areas of certain counties such as Cork, Donegal, Galway, and Kerry, as well as smaller areas of counties Mayo, Meath, and Waterford. It is also spoken by a larger group of habitual but non-traditional speakers, mostly in urban areas where the majority are second-language speakers. Daily users in Ireland outside the education system number around 73,000 (1.5%), and the total number of persons (aged 3 and over) who claimed they could speak Irish in April 2016 was 1,761,420, representing 39.8% of respondents. For most of recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Clune
Francis Patrick Clune, OBE, (27 November 189311 March 1971) was a best-selling Australian writer, travel writer and popular historian. Early life and career Clune was born in Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney in 1893, and grew up in Redfern. He left home at 15 and for five years lived the life of an adventurer, claiming to have had twenty-five different jobs by the age of 17, and enlisting with the US Army in Kansas 26 October 1911, deserting and going to sea. Clune joined the AIF in 1915 during World War I and was soon with the 16th Battalion at Gallipoli. He was wounded in action and repatriated a year after being wounded in both legs. He married Maud Roy in 1916; they divorced in 1920. He married again in 1923 to artist and sculptor Thelma Cecily Smith (1900–1992), established himself as a tax consultant and by 1930 had settled in Vaucluse. His first book was published in 1933 : ''Try Anything Once'', an account of his adventures. Some of his subsequent books were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
