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Devaney
Devaney, Devany, and O'Devaney, is a surname derived from the Irish ''Ó/Mac Duibheamhna'', meaning "descendants/son of Dubheamhna". They are cited by O'Dugan as being chiefs of Kinelawley in the over-kingdom of Ulaid, now known as Clanawley in present-day County Down, Northern Ireland. ''Ó Duibheamhna'' derives from a personal name based on the Irish word ''dubh'', meaning "black", and the genitive of ''Eamhain'', the Irish name for Navan fort located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was the former capital of Ulaid. Another family/clan was based in the diocese of Raphoe, in Donegal, Republic of Ireland, and may be a distinct branch.''Dictionary of American Family Names'' P. Hanks, ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2003) Vol. 1, p 451 The surname was considered by Woulfe in 1923 as being obsolete or changed into some other English or Irish form. Devaney may refer to: * Aidan Devaney, Sligo Gaelic football goalkeeper * Bob Devaney (1915–1997), football coach * Charlo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Devaney
Charlotte Devaney is a British DJ, producer, singer, dancer, and actress. Career In 2008, Devaney played transgender Bobbie in the British comedy movie '' How to Lose Friends & Alienate People''. Devaney's first release "Flip It" featuring Snoop Dogg was first released on Devaney's own label on 2013, but was re-produced as "(The Edit)" and re-released as her first major label single in autumn 2015. The track reached No. 12 in the Australian National Chart and No. 20 in the Polish Airplay Top 100 Charts. The track received Gold certification in Australia from the ARIA in January 2016 and Platinum certification in March 2016. The track was remixed by house music producer Erick Morillo. In 2014, Devaney released "Bass Dunk", featuring Fatman Scoop and Lady Leshurr this was re-released as "Bass Dunk (The Edit)" in April 2016, with a further edit by producer Tigermonkey in March 2017. In April 2017, Devaney appeared on the cover of ''DJ Mag Malaysia''. In August 2017, Devaney r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Devaney
Liam Devaney (1935 – 15 August 2017) was an Irish hurler. His league and championship career with the Tipperary senior team spanned fourteen seasons from 1954 until 1968. Born in Borrisoleigh, County Tipperary, Devaney was born into a strong hurling family. His father, Jim Devaney, was a stalwart of the Borris–Ileigh club and was a member of the Tipperary senior panel that won the All-Ireland title in 1937. Devaney first came to prominence as a hurler at underage levels with the Borris-Ileigh club before making his debut with the club's adult team in 1952. In a 22-year club career he won a county senior championship medal in 1953, as well as four divisional senior championship medals. Devaney made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he was selected for the Tipperary minor team. He enjoyed two undefeated championship seasons in this grade, winning back-to-back All-Ireland medals in 1952 and 1953. He was added to the Tipperary senior panel during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Devaney
Robert Simon Devaney (April 13, 1915 – May 9, 1997) was a college football coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Wyoming from 1957 to 1961 and at the University of Nebraska from 1962 to 1972, compiling a career record of . Devaney's Nebraska Cornhuskers won consecutive national championships in 1970 and 1971 and three consecutive Orange Bowls. Devaney also served as the athletic director at Nebraska from 1967 to 1993, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1981. He died of a heart attack at age 82 and is buried at Lincoln Memorial Park in Lincoln. Playing and early coaching career Devaney graduated from Alma College in 1939, where he played end on the football team. Devaney coached high school football in Michigan at Big Beaver, Keego Harbor, Saginaw, and Alpena, before joining the Michigan State Spartans staff as an assistant coach under Biggie Munn and continuing under Duffy Daugherty. Head coach Wyoming Devaney's first c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Devaney
Martin Thomas Devaney (born 1 June 1980) is a football coach and former professional midfielder who was most recently caretaker manager of EFL Championship club Barnsley. Born of Irish parents, Devaney has played for the Ireland under-16s. Career Early career Devaney started playing football for Charlton Rovers AFC and attended Balcarras School in Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. He was on Coventry City's books as a youngster, but was released from the then Premier League club, and after playing pre-season for hometown club Cheltenham Town the then manager Steve Cotterill offered him a contract. His initial efforts as a striker for the Robins were fairly underwhelming. However, he did become the first Cheltenham player to score a Football League hat-trick in September 2000 against Plymouth Argyle. Towards the end of his spell at Cheltenham, he was played as a wide midfielder, typically on the right wing, although occasionally on the left. Barnsley Devaney left Cheltenham in July 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Devaney (racing Driver)
Michael Devaney (born 29 November 1984 in Dublin) is an Irish racing driver. Career overview Michael Devaney has been racing since 1997 when he had a successful stint in the Irish Junior Karting Championship winning the All-Ireland and National Championships. He moved into Irish Formula Ford Championship in 2001 aged 16 winning many races, he then moved on to German Formula BMW in 2002 and won in just his second racahead of Nico Rosberg. Devaney moved up to German Formula 3 in 2004 and became Ireland's youngest ever Formula 3 race winner, in 2005 he fought for the championship and finished 2nd overall despite missing the first two races due to lack of funding. The Dublin man then became the driver for A1 Team Ireland in the A1 Grand Prix series for the 2006–07 season after some strong showings in 2005 while substituting for Ralph Firman Jnr. After leaving his drive with Team Ireland, Devaney signed for newly formed Ultimate Motorsport to compete in the International Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Devaney
Francis Devaney (born 23 January 1984) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Toomevara and has also featured on the Tipperary senior inter-county team. Early & private life Francis Devaney was born in the parish of Toomevara, County Tipperary in 1984. Playing career Club Devaney plays his club hurling with Toomevara. He has had some success at underage level and later joined the senior team. Devaney won his first senior county championship title in 2003. He won another county medal in 2004 before winning his first Munster club hurling title. Devaney won a third county title in 2006, before winning his second Munster club title. He was also part of the Toomevara team which won another county title in 2008. Inter-county Devaney joined the Tipperary minor hurling team in the early 2000s. He won back-to-back Munster minor medals in 2001 and 2002, before winning back-to-back Munster under-21 medals in 2003 and 2004. Devaney made his competitive de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Devaney
James Martin Devaney (31 May 1890 – 14 August 1976) was an Australian poet, novelist, and journalist. Biography Born in Bendigo, Victoria in 1890, Devaney attended St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, entering the Marist Brothers juniorate in 1904. He took his vows in 1915. He moved to Queensland in 1921 after leaving the order due to contracting tuberculosis. He pursued writing and journalism. Under the pen-name 'Fabian', he contributed between 1924 and 1943 a nature column to the ''Brisbane Courier'' (renamed ''The Courier-Mail'' after 1933). He also wrote a regular literary column for the Catholic Leader. Devaney was active in literary circles in the 1930s and 1940s. He was president of the Queensland Authors' and Artists' Association from 1944-45 (later known as the Fellowship of Australian Writers or FAW). After World War II, he returned to teaching working on pastoral stations in Victoria and Queensland. Personal life Devaney married Phyllis de Winton in 1924. He d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Devaney
Tom Devaney (died July 20, 1976) was a New York mobster and an enforcer to Mickey Spillane during the 1960s and 70s. As Spillane's chief lieutenant, Devaney played a leading role in the growing animosity between Spillane and the Genovese crime family as well as the gang war against James Coonan James Michael Coonan (born December 21, 1946), nicknamed "Jimmy C", is an Irish-American mobster and racketeer from Manhattan, New York who, from approximately 1977 to 1988, served as the boss of the Westies gang, an Irish mob group based in Hell .... Devaney was an exhibition worker on the West Side who was murdered by Joe "Mad Dog" Sullivan on the orders of Genovese mobster George Barone because "he was interfering with us", as Barone told prosecutor in court. Sullivan observed Devaney for eight weeks, then disguised himself with an Afro wig and skin dye, followed Devaney into a bar-and-grill in Midtown Manhattan, and shot him in the head. Devaney's death marked the beginning of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Devaney
Aidan Devaney is a Gaelic footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Calry-St Joseph's and at senior level for the Sligo county team. Devaney helped Sligo past Leitrim and into Croke Park in the 2022 Tailteann Cup. He made two saves against London at Markievicz Park in an earlier game (one of which was a penalty) when extra time was needed for Sligo to advance. In October, Devaney was named on Tailteann Cup The Tailteann Cup is a second tier Gaelic football championship competition held annually since 2022 and organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is contested by those county teams who do not qualify for the All-Ireland Senior Foo ... Team of the Year. Honours ;Individual * Tailteann Cup Team of the Year (1): 2022 References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Gaelic football goalkeepers Sligo inter-county Gaelic footballers {{Sligo-Gaelic-football-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Devaney (businessman)
John Francis Devaney (25 June 1946 – 1 February 2018) was a British businessman. He served as the Chairman of NATS Holdings Ltd (National Air Traffic Services), Cobham Plc the listed UK Aerospace and Defence Company, and National Express. He was also the Chairman of TersusEnergy, a finance and strategic advisory business. He was previously the Chairman of Liberata UK Ltd, Exel plc, and EA Technology; Executive Chairman of Eastern Electricity and Kelsey-Hayes Company (a wholly owned subsidiary of Varity Corporation); and a non-executive director of HSBC Bank and British Steel. Chairman of Marconi and member of the Board of Northern Rock after acquisition by the Government. Devaney was an alumnus of Sheffield University (B.Eng 1968) and attended the six-week Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Aloysius Devaney
Michael Aloysius Devaney (June 6, 1891 – January 25, 1967) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in Belleville, New Jersey Belleville (French: "Belle ville" meaning "Beautiful city / town") is a township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States Census, the township's population was 38,222, reflecting an increase of 6.4% from th .... In 1920 he finished fifth in the 3000 metre steeplechase competition. He was also a member of the American team which won the gold medal in the 3000 metre team race. Four years later he finished seventh in the 3000 metre steeplechase event. References External links * * 1891 births 1967 deaths People from Belleville, New Jersey Sportspeople from Essex County, New Jersey Track and field athletes from New Jersey American male middle-distance runners American male steeplechase runners Olympic tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Devaney
Sue Devaney (born Susan Barber, 2 July 1967) is an English actress. Her roles include Debbie Webster in ''Coronation Street'', Rita in ''Jonny Briggs'', Liz Harker in ''Casualty'' and Jane in ''Dinnerladies''. Career Devaney has played various roles on British television including; Debbie Webster in ''Coronation Street'' (1984–1985, 2019–present), Rita Briggs in ''Jonny Briggs'' (1985–1987), Liz Harker in ''Casualty'' (1994–1997), and Jane in ''Dinnerladies'' (1998–2000). In the early 1990s she appeared in a commercial for the Gateway supermarket chain (later Somerfield). In 2009, she played the role of Peggy in the Channel 4 drama '' Shameless'', and lent her voice to the role of Jane in Carol Donaldson's BBC Radio 4 play ''Normal and Nat''. Devaney performed at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury as the Fairy Godmother in ''Cinderella'', Friday 2 December 2011 – Sunday 22 January 2012. In 2013, she appeared in the ITV comedy-drama series ''Great Night Out'' as Linda, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
