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Duffy (surname)
Duffy is a surname of Irish origin that comes from the original Irish name ''Ó Dubhthaigh'', meaning descendant of Dubthach. Dubthach was an Old Irish first name meaning "black". Variations include: Duffey, Duffee, Duff, Duthie, O'Duffey, O'Duffy, Duffe, O'Duffe, Dufficy, Doey, Dohey, Doohey, Duhig, Dowey and O'Dowey. The name originates from Connacht. It may refer to: Irish *Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish nationalist poet, later Australian colonial politician * Chris Duffy, several people * David Duffy (banker) (born 1960/61), Irish banker *Eamon Duffy, historian * Francis Noel Duffy, Irish Green Party politician, TD for Dublin South-West since 2020 * Gabriel Duffy, Irish writer *George Gavan Duffy, Irish politician *James Duffy (Irish publisher), an Irish publisher of Nationalist and Roman Catholic books, bibles and religious texts *James Duffy (VC), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross in 1917 *Jim Duffy (journalist), author, political commentator, and Irish advis ... [...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] |
Dowey
Dowey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Murray Dowey Murray Albert Dowey (January 3, 1926 – May 26, 2021), was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender. Nicknamed "Fast Hands", he was a member of the Ottawa RCAF Flyers, which won the gold medal in ice hockey representing Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympi ... (1926–2021), Canadian ice hockey goaltender * Ralph Dowey (1844–1909), British miner, songwriter and poet * Sharon Dowey (born 1969/1970), British politician See also * Duffy (surname) {{Surname Surnames of British Isles origin Surnames of Irish origin Anglicised Irish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Duffy
Joseph Duffy (born 27 January 1956) is an Irish broadcaster employed by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). One of RTÉ's highest-earning stars, he is the current presenter of ''Liveline'', an interview and phone-in chat show broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 on Mondays to Fridays between 13:45 and 15:00. Duffy has a history as a student activist. As President of the Union of Students in Ireland (U.S.I.) he was once jailed for an occupation in which he had participated. He describes himself as a Christian socialist who advocates justice "very much based on Christian teaching and principles". Duffy retraced his Christian roots in 2010 by hosting an RTÉ One TV show called ''Joe Duffy's Spirit Level'' which discussed the great faith of the Irish people and various religions present in the country, and also queried whether David McSavage's satirical portrayal of Duffy could be considered blasphemous. Duffy is married, is the father of triplets, and resides in Clontarf, Dublin. He won a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Duffy (journalist)
Jim Duffy (born 12 April 1966) is an Irish historian, political commentator, and served as a policy advisor to then Irish leader of the Opposition, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny prior to the 2011 general election. He first achieved prominence in 1990 when the contents of his on-the-record interview with then Tánaiste Brian Lenihan, in which Lenihan admitted making calls to the residence of the Irish president seeking to speak to President Hillery to urge him to refuse a Dáil dissolution in controversial circumstances (something he had previously denied), led to Lenihan's dismissal from government, his defeat in that year's Irish presidential election and the unexpected election of the left wing liberal Mary Robinson as President of Ireland. Duffy was one of six people chosen to submit international reports on heads of state to Australia's Republic Advisory Committee in 1993. He was an occasional contributor to ''The Irish Times'' and the '' Sunday Independent'', and a columnist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Duffy (VC)
James Duffy (17 November 1889 – 8 April 1969) ( ga, Séamus Ó Dubhthaigh) was a British Army soldier during the First World War, and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Duffy was born on 17 November 1889 in Gweedore (''Gaoth Dobhair''), County Donegal, Ireland. He was 28 years old, and a private in the 6th Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 27 December 1917 at Kereina Peak, Palestine, whilst the company was holding a very exposed position, Private Duffy, a stretcher-bearer, and another stretcher-bearer went out to bring in a seriously wounded comrade. When the other stretcher-bearer was wounded, Private Duffy returned to get another man, who was killed almost immediately. The private then went forward alone and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Duffy (Irish Publisher)
James Duffy (1809 – 4 July 1871) was a prominent Irish author and publisher. Duffy's business would become one of the major publishers of Irish nationalist books, bibles, magazines, Missals and religious texts throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. He was also a major publisher of Irish fiction. He was described as having "invented a new kind of cosy family Catholicism." Career Duffy was born in Monaghan. He was educated at a hedge school and began his business as a bookseller through purchasing Protestant bibles given to Catholics. He then traveled to Liverpool where he traded them for more valuable books. In 1830 he founded his own company, ''James Duffy and Sons'' and issued ''Boney's Oraculum'', or ''Napoleon's Book of Fate'', which experienced huge sales. ''Boney's Oraculum'' would later be the object of an allusion in a speech of Capt. Boyle in Seán O'Casey's 1924 play '' Juno and the Paycock''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gavan Duffy
George Gavan Duffy (21 October 1882 – 10 June 1951) was an Irish politician, barrister and judge who served as President of the High Court from 1946 to 1951, a Judge of the High Court from 1936 to 1951 and Minister for Foreign Affairs from January 1922 to July 1922. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin County constituency from 1921 to 1923. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the South Dublin constituency from 1918 to 1921. Family George Gavan Duffy was born at Rose Cottage, Rock Ferry, Cheshire, England, in 1882, the son of Charles Gavan Duffy and his third wife, Louise (née Hall). His half-brother Sir Frank Gavan Duffy (1852–1936) was the fourth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, sitting on the bench of the High Court from 1913 to 1935. His sister Louise Gavan Duffy came to Ireland in 1907, taught in Patrick Pearse's St Ita's school for girls ''Scoil Íde'', was, with Mary Colum first Secretary of ''Cumann na mBan'', and was out in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Duffy
Gabriel Patrick Duffy (1942–2008) was an author and philosopher born in Dublin, Ireland, and is best known for his autobiography, ''Sham to Rock''. Duffy emigrated to London in 1963, where he worked as an accountant. He then worked in recruitment, subsequently establishing and building up Gabriel Duffy, which in the 1980s became a well known and successful financial recruitment consultancy. When, as a result of the recession in the early 1990s, the business hit difficulties, he turned full-time to his great love, writing. He has two daughters and was friendly with the novelist Colin Wilson. Duffy died of peritonitis in his Brighton flat in early December, 2008. Sham to Rock ''"Growing Up in Forties and Fifties Dublin"'' Sham to Rock was first published in 2003 by Aengus books. It is an autobiographical account of the first 17 years of Duffy's life, and focuses on his physical, mental and social maturation in a Catholic society. The title symbolises the movement from the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Noel Duffy
Francis Noel Duffy (born 21 April 1971) is an Irish Green Party politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin South-West since the 2020 general election. Early life and education Duffy was born in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London. His family moved back to Ireland where they settled in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan. He attended the Patrician High School. He then went on to study Architecture at London South Bank University and completed a Bachelor of Science at the Dublin School of Architecture (at Dublin Institute of Technology), where he has since taught. Political career Duffy was an unsuccessful candidate for Dublin South-West at the 2011 general election, the 2014 Dublin South-West by-election, and the 2016 general election. He was elected for Dublin South-West at the 2020 general election. He served as a member of South Dublin County Council from 2014 to 2020 for the Rathfarnham and Firhouse areas. Personal life Duffy is married to fellow Green Party T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eamon Duffy
Eamon Duffy (born 1947) is an Irish historian. He is a professor of the history of Christianity at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow and former president of Magdalene College. Early life Duffy was born on 9 February 1947, in Dundalk, Ireland. He describes himself as a "cradle Catholic". He was educated at St Philip's School and the University of Hull. He undertook postgraduate research at the University of Cambridge, where his doctoral advisers were Owen Chadwick and Gordon Rupp. Academic career Duffy specialises in 15th- to 17th-century religious history of Britain. He is also a former member of the Pontifical Historical Commission. His work has done much to overturn the popular image of late-medieval Catholicism in England as moribund, and instead presents it as a vibrant cultural force. On weekdays from 22 October to 2 November 2007, he presented the BBC Radio 4 series ''10 Popes Who Shook the World'' – those popes featured were Peter, Leo I, Gregory I, G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Duffy (banker)
David Joseph Duffy (born September 1961) is an Irish banker, and the chief executive officer (CEO) of Virgin Money. Early life Duffy was born in Hammersmith Hospital in London and moved to Ireland at the age of two. After his parents split up he was raised in Terenure, south Dublin, by his father's sister and her husband, and at the age of 16 changed his surname by deed poll from Madden to avoid confusion. He attended Terenure College in Dublin from 1972 to 1980, followed by Trinity College Dublin where he earned a bachelor's degree in business in 1984, and then a master's degree. Duffy was the first person in his family to go to University. Career Duffy began his career with management consulting firm, Craig Gardner, in Dublin in 1984, and has held various management roles, including global head and board positions at Goldman Sachs and ING Barings. In 2006, Duffy joined Standard Bank as its CEO, and the following year was appointed CEO of Standard Bank International. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Duffy (other)
Chris Duffy may refer to: * Chris Duffy (baseball) (born 1980), American baseball player * Chris Duffy (footballer, born 1918) (1918–1978), Scottish footballer * Chris Duffy (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1971), English footballer outside left * Chris Duffy (footballer, born 1973), English footballer defender * Christian Duffy (born 1961), American bodybuilder and actor * Christopher Duffy (born 1936), British military historian * Christopher Duffy (baseball) (born 1987), American baseball player * Chris Duffy, member of Waterfront (band) * Chris Duffy, member of Bazooka Joe (band) *Chris Duffy (wrestler) Christopher Thomas Duffy (July 7, 1965 – August 25, 2000) was an American professional wrestler who appeared primarily under the name Chris Duffy. He was a mainstay on the New England independent circuit during the late 1980s and 1990s, most not ... (1964–2000), American professional wrestler See also * Chris Duffey (born 1974), creative director of Adobe {{hndis, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
