Gilroy (other)
Gilroy may refer to: * Gilroy (surname) * Gilroy or John Gilroy (artist) (1898–1985), English artist and illustrator * Gilroy, California, United States ** Gilroy station, commuter rail station * Gilroy College, college in New South Wales, Australia See also * * * Kilroy (other) Kilroy may refer to: * Kilroy (surname) * Kilroy (TV series), ''Kilroy'' (TV series), a BBC day time chat show hosted by Robert Kilroy-Silk * Kilroy, a main character beginning with Season 2 in the television series ''Taken (2017 TV series), Taken ...

Gilroy (surname)
Gilroy is a surname of Scottish origin which means "a king's servant." *Bert Gilroy (1899–1973), American film producer *Beryl Gilroy (1924–2001), British novelist and teacher *Craig Gilroy (born 1991) Irish rugby union player *Dan Gilroy (born 1959), American film director and screenwriter *E. A. Gilroy (Edward Albert Gilroy; 1879–1942), Canadian ice hockey administrator *Frank D. Gilroy (1925–2015), American playwright, screenwriter, film producer and director *Freddie Gilroy (1936–2016), Northern Irish Olympic boxer *Henry Gilroy, American television screenwriter and producer *Henry Gilroy (baseball), (1852–1907) Major League Baseball catcher *Jackie Gilroy (1942–2007), former Gaelic footballer *John Gilroy (other) :* John Gilroy (artist) (1898–1985), English illustrator known for Guinness advertisements :* John Gilroy (baseball) (1875–1897), baseball player :* John Gilroy (film editor) (born 1959), brother of Tony Gilroy :* John Gilroy (politician) ...
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John Gilroy (artist)
John Thomas Young Gilroy (30 May 1898 – 11 April 1985) was an English artist and illustrator, best known for his advertising posters for Guinness, the Irish stout. He signed many of his works, simply, "Gilroy". Life Born in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England, Gilroy attended Durham University until his studies were interrupted by World War I, during which he served with the Royal Field Artillery. He resumed studying at the Royal College of Art in London, where he remained as a teacher. He taught at Camberwell College of Arts. In 1925, he gained employment at S.H. Benson's advertising agency, where he created the iconic advertisement art for Guinness featuring the Zoo Keeper and animals enjoying Guinness. He worked with the crime writer Dorothy L. Sayers. He created cover designs for the ''Radio Times'', most famously, in 1936, one depicting a laughing cat. He was also an accomplished portrait painter, numbering royalty, politicians, actors and many others amongst his sitter ...
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Gilroy, California
Gilroy is a city in Northern California's Santa Clara County, south of Morgan Hill and north of San Benito County. Gilroy is the southernmost city in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a population of 56,766 as of the 2019 U.S. Census Projections. Gilroy's origins lie in the village of San Ysidro that grew in the early 19th century out of Rancho San Ysidro, granted to Californio ranchero Ygnacio Ortega in 1809. Following Ygnacio's death in 1833, his daughter Clara Ortega de Gilroy and son-in-law John Gilroy inherited the largest portion of the rancho and began developing the settlement. When the town was incorporated in 1868, it was renamed in honor of John Gilroy, a Scotsman who had emigrated to California in 1814, naturalized as a Mexican citizen, adopted the Spanish language, and converted to Catholicism, taking the name of Juan Bautista Gilroy. Gilroy is known for its garlic crop and the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival, featuring various garlicky foods such as garlic ice cream ...
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Gilroy Station
Gilroy station is a Caltrain station located in Gilroy, California, United States. It is the southernmost terminus of the Caltrain system, and is only served during weekday rush hours in the peak direction, with trains going toward San Francisco in the morning and returning southbound in the evening. The station building was constructed by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1913 and restored in 1998. Future plans call for extended Amtrak ''Capitol Corridor'' service to also stop at Gilroy. The station was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 2019 as Gilroy Southern Pacific Railroad Depot. History Southern Pacific The first Gilroy station, similar to the depot still extant at Santa Clara, opened on April 8, 1869 under the Santa Clara and Pajaro Valley Railroad. A water tower, turntable, and three-stall engine house were built in 1882. The original station was replaced with a two-story Italian Renaissance structure—framed with local redwood and covered in cemen ...
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Gilroy College
Gilroy Catholic College is a Roman Catholic comprehensive co-educational secondary day school, located in Castle Hill, in the Hills District of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The College provides a Catholic and general education for students from Year 7 through to Year 12; administered by the Catholic Education Office of the Diocese of Parramatta. History Gilroy Catholic College was founded in 1980 and was built on the land formerly belonging to St Gabriel's School for the Hearing Impaired, thus making use of existing buildings. The school was originally intended for students from Year 7 to Year 10, but extended to years 11 and 12 in 1982. Norman Gilroy Gilroy Catholic College was named after Cardinal Sir Norman Thomas Gilroy, the first cardinal born in Australia. As well as adopting his name, the college also made Cardinal Gilroy's personal motto, "Christ is my light", its official motto. Government funding On 9 February 2008, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' revealed t ...
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