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Fahy (surname)
Fahy is a surname derived from the Irish surname Ó Fathaigh. Alternative spellings include Fahie, Fahey and Fay. People named Fahy include: * Anthony Dominic Fahy, (1805–1871), Irish Dominican priest and missionary * Charles Fahy (1892–1979), Solicitor General of the United States * Edward Francis Fahy (1922–2005), Irish physicist and administrator * Francis Arthur Fahy (1854–1935), Irish nationalist, songwriter and poet * Francis Patrick Fahy (1880–1953), Irish teacher, barrister, and Fianna Fáil politician * Greg Fahy, cryobiologist and biogerontologist * Jack Fahy, U.S. government official * Jim Fahy (1946–2022), Irish broadcaster, journalist and documentary-maker * John Fahy, Scottish football player * Meghann Fahy (born 1990), American actress and singer * Michael Fahy, Irish farmer and politician * Ollie Fahy (born 1975), Irish hurler * Pádraic Fahy (born 1948), Irish sportsperson * Patricia Fahy, American politician * Sir Peter Fahy (born 1959), British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Fahy
Jack Bradley Fahy (1908–1947) was an American government official. He allegedly spied for the Soviet Naval GRU during World War II. Soviet naval intelligence was much smaller than the Soviet army's GRU, and only a fraction of the size of the KGB. Fahy was born in Washington D.C. in 1908 and grew up in New York City. His father was a senior partner at Walter J. Fahy and Co, a stock exchange firm. Fahy worked for Senator George H. Moses in the late 1920s. After the Stock Market Crash of 1929, Fahy became a Socialist. Fahy studied at New York University, the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, San Marcus University in Peru, Black Mountain College in North Carolina, and Montana State University where he took courses in animal husbandry. Fahy established several small businesses during this time. Fahy served in the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War on behalf of the Socialist Party. When Fahy returned to the U.S. after being wounded in the war i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shea Fahy
Shea Fahy (born 6 October 1962) is an Irish Gaelic football coach and former player. At club level he played with Sarsfields and Nemo Rangers and was a member of the Kildare and Cork senior football teams. Fahy usually lined out at midfield. Army career Fahy was an officer in the Irish Army. He was based in Collins Barracks, Cork and result leading him to join the Cork team. Playing career Fahy first played Gaelic football at club level with the Sarsfields club in Newbridge. After progressing through the various underage teams he went on to win County Championship titles with the club's senior team in 1982 and 1986. By this stage he had also made an impression on the inter-county scene, having joined the Kildare senior football team in 1982. Fahy subsequently transferred to the Nemo Rangers club in Cork and enjoyed a hugely successful period there, culminating with an All-Ireland Club Championship title in 1994. His performances with Nemo earned his inclusion on the Cork ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Fahy
Sir Peter Martin Fahy (born 18 January 1959 in London, England) is a retired senior British police officer. He was the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP), the United Kingdom's third largest police force. He retired from the police force on 23 October 2015 after serving for 34 years. Early life and education Fahy holds a degree in French and Spanish from the University of Hull, and a master's degree from the University of East Anglia. Police career He joined the police in 1981, and was the ACPO spokesman on workforce development. Before taking up this post at GMP on 1 September 2008, he was the Chief Constable of Cheshire Constabulary, a post he held since 2002. He had been Assistant Chief Constable at Surrey and had had positions with Hertfordshire and West Midlands forces. Fahy has previously expressed his frustration at red tape which has been creeping into police forces across the United Kingdom. In July 2011, Fahy commanded his officers to use their commo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Fahy
Patricia Fahy is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party, who currently represents parts of Albany County in the New York State Assembly, including most of western Albany. She was previously president of the Albany City Board of Education. Electoral history 2012 elections On September 13, 2012, there was a primary election in the Democratic Party to replace the retiring incumbent Jack McEneny, who had been an assemblyman for 20 years. Fahy received 5,335 votes (36.34%) in a crowded field that included Frank J. Commisso, Jr., Christopher T. Higgins, William J. McCarthy, Jr., Jim Coyne and Margarita Perez, as well as write-in candidates. Ted J. Danz, Jr., however, beat Fahy in the Independence Party primary held the same date, 51 to 46%, with some write-ins. Her opponents were all politically well-connected: Commisso, Jr. was a sitting member of the Albany Common Council; Higgins was a sitting member of the Albany County Legislature; McCarthy was an attorney a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pádraic Fahy
Pádraic Fahy (born 1948 in Carnmore, County Galway) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ... with his local club Carnmore and was a member of the Galway senior inter-county team in the 1960s and 1970s. References 1948 births Living people Galway inter-county hurlers Connacht inter-provincial hurlers Carnmore hurlers {{Galway-hurling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ollie Fahy
Oliver Fahy (born 21 October 1975) is an Irish hurler who played as a full-forward for the Galway senior team. Fahy joined the team during the 1994-95 National League and subsequently became a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 2004 National League. During that time he won five consecutive Connacht medals and two National League medals. At club level Fahy is a one-time county club championship medalist with Gort Gort ( or ) is a town of around 3,000 inhabitants in County Galway in the west of Ireland. Located near the border with County Clare, the town lies between the Burren and the Slieve Aughty and is served by the R458 and R460 regional roads, wh .... References 1975 births Living people Gort hurlers Galway inter-county hurlers Connacht inter-provincial hurlers {{Galway-hurling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Fahy
Michael Fahy (1951 – 2 April 2019) was an Irish farmer, and a Fianna Fáil and sometime Independent member of Galway County Council. From Ardrahan and first elected to the council in 1979, he resigned from Fianna Fáil in 2004 when under investigation for misappropriation of funds from the council. He served a prison sentence for this in 2007, but his conviction was overturned in 2011. He rejoined Fianna Fáil in 2018. Early career Fahy owned a 70-acre farm and prior to his trial worked as a salesman for New Ireland Assurance. He was appointed a Peace Commissioner in 1978, and was on the visiting committee of Limerick Prison until 2004. He ran in Galway West as an independent in the 1987 general election, but later rejoined Fianna Fáil. In the 2004 local elections, Fahy was criticised for using thousands of prepaid Oireachtas envelopes to write to voters. He said "I wanted to show I had the support of the Oireachtas members and if I hadn't done it like the other candidates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meghann Fahy
Meghann Fahy (born 1989/1990) is an American actress. Her first prominent role was playing Hannah O'Connor on the ABC daytime soap opera ''One Life to Live'' from 2010 to 2012. She starred as Sutton Brady on the Freeform drama series ''The Bold Type'', which ran from 2017 to 2021. In 2022, Fahy played Daphne on the second season of the HBO series ''The White Lotus''. On Broadway, she starred as Natalie Goodman in the stage musical ''Next to Normal'' from 2010 to 2011. Personal life From a young age, Fahy sang at various events around her hometown of Longmeadow, Massachusetts. However, her first stage role was playing Dorothy Gale in her Longmeadow High School senior class performance of '' The Wizard of Oz''.. Career Theater During the summer of 2008, Fahy attended open calls and was cast as the standby for Jennifer Damiano as Natalie Goodman in Arena Stage's production of ''Next to Normal'' in late 2008. She remained with the cast during its transfer to the Booth Theatre on Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fahy (footballer)
John Joseph Fahy (13 May 1943 – 6 November 2023) was a Scottish footballer. A forward, he played professionally for Oxford United between 1964 and 1966, making a total of 23 Football League appearances and scoring 14 goals. He and his team became the first Fourth Division club to reach the quarter-final of the FA Cup, being knocked out at this stage by Preston North End. In 1967, he played in the Southern Football League with Margate. The following season he played in South Africa's National Football League with Germiston Callies F.C. for four seasons. Fahy also played for Toronto Metros in the NASL. In 1973, he played in Canada's National Soccer League with Toronto Hungaria where he finished as the league's top goalscorer. In 1974, midway through the season he was traded to the Serbian White Eagles FC. In 1975, he played with Toronto Italia. Fahy died in Toronto, Ontario on 6 November 2023, at the age of 80. Honours Serbian White Eagles * National Soccer League Regular S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Fahy
James Fahy (21 November 1946 – 14 January 2022) was an Irish journalist broadcaster, journalist and documentary-maker. He was the Western Editor for RTÉ News and was RTÉ's longest-serving regional correspondent at the time of his retirement in 2011. Early life Fahy was born in Kilrickle, County Galway, in 1946. He was educated locally in Kilrickle National School, De la Salle School, Loughrea and Garbally College (1960–1964). He aspired to become a pilot, but instead embarked on a career as a journalist. Career Fahy started working in 1965 for ''The Tuam Herald''. While working at the paper he wrote a social diary which he called ''Nitescene''. He was looked upon with great respect by his former colleagues at the paper. Fahy joined RTÉ in 1974 as its first Western News Correspondent. In his early career in this role he reported on events such as the building and controversy of Ireland West Airport Knock, the kidnapping of Don Tidey by the IRA and the affair that lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Fahy
Gregory M. Fahy is a California-based cryobiologist, biogerontologist, and businessman. He is Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer at Twenty-First Century Medicine, Inc, and has co-founded ''Intervene Immune'', a company developing clinical methods to reverse immune system aging. He is the 2021-2022 President of the Society for Cryobiology. Education A native of California, Fahy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of California, Irvine and a PhD in pharmacology and cryobiology from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. He currently serves on the board of directors of two organizations and as a referee for numerous scientific journals and funding agencies, and holds 35 patents on cryopreservation methods, aging interventions, transplantation, and other topics. Career Fahy is the world's foremost expert in organ cryopreservation by vitrification. Fahy introduced the modern successful approach to vitrification for cryopreservation in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
