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James Nolan (other)
James Nolan may refer to: * James Nolan (athlete) (born 1977), Irish athlete and athletics coach * Jim Nolan (theatre director) (born 1958), Irish theatre director * James Nolan (author), American poet and writer of fiction * Jim Nolan (basketball) (1927–1983), American NBA player * Jim Nolan (Gaelic football), County Cork Gaelic Athletic Association selector * Jim Nolan, a fictional character in John Steinbeck's novel '' In Dubious Battle'' * James Thomas Nolan (1926–2018), American actor known professionally as James Greene * James F. Nolan (1915–1985), American actor * James Nolan Jr. James Walter Nolan Jr. (25 September 1918 – 6 March 2004), known as Uncle Jimmy, was a television personality in Yakima, Washington. During his 28-year career, Nolan held the various roles as announcer, newsman, weatherman, program director and t ... (1918–2004), news announcer and host of ''Uncle Jimmy's Clubhouse'' * Jimmy Nolan (footballer) (1893–1973), Australian footballer * J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Nolan (athlete)
James Nolan (born 27 January 1977) is an Irish athletics coach and a former international runner for the Republic of Ireland from 1996 until 2008. He was a two time Olympian who specialized in the 800 metres between 1996 and 2000 before changing to the 1500 metres later that year. He was a silver medalist in the 800 m race at the European Athletics U23 Championships in 1999 and runner up over 1500 metres at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 2000. He competed twice at the World Championships in Athletics (2001, 2005), three times at the European Athletics Championships (1998, 2002, 2006) and six times at the IAAF World Indoor Championships. He set personal bests of 1:46.05 minutes for the 800 m (1999) and 3:35.69 minutes in the 1500 m (2003). Career Born in Tullamore, County Offaly, he won his first international medal (a silver) as a teen at the European Youth Summer Olympic Days. During his senior career, he reached the final at the European Indoor C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Nolan (theatre Director)
Jim Nolan (born 1958) is an Irish playwright and theatre director. Born in Waterford, Nolan co-founded there the Red Kettle Theatre Company, launching the company with his play ''The Gods Are Angry Miss Kerr''. He also formerly served as its Artistic Director. He was writer-in-association with the Abbey Theatre The Abbey Theatre ( ga, Amharclann na Mainistreach), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland ( ga, Amharclann Náisiúnta na hÉireann), in Dublin, Ireland, is one of the country's leading cultural institutions. First opening to the pu ... in 2001 and is also a member of Aosdána. Other plays include ''Blackwater Angel'', ''Dear Kenny'', ''Moonshine'', ''Round and Round the Garden'', ''The Black Pool'', ''The Boathouse'', ''The Guernica Hotel'', ''The Road to Carne'', ''Sky Road'' and ''Brighton''. His play ''The Salvage Shop'', was nominated for the Irish Times/ESB Theatre Award for Best New Play. In 2011 & 2012, he is theatre artist in residence at Garter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Nolan (author)
James Nolan is a poet, fiction writer, essayist, and translator. A regular contributor to ''Boulevard,'' his work has appeared in ''New Orleans Noir'' (Akashic Books), ''Utne Reader'', ''The Washington Post'', ''Poetry'', and ''Southern Review'', among other magazines, anthologies, and newspapers. He has translated the work of Spanish-language poets Pablo Neruda and Jaime Gil de Biedma. Nolan is a fifth-generation native of New Orleans and lives in the French Quarter. Career Nolan received his PhD from the University of California (Berkeley and Santa Cruz) and has gone on to teach Literature and Creative Writing at universities in Florida, San Francisco, Barcelona, Madrid, and Beijing. Until recently, he was the Writer-in-Residence at New Orleans' Tulane and Loyola Universities, where he directed the Loyola Writing Institute for 12 years. He later went on to teach creative writing at the Arts Council of New Orleans. He has been the recipient of a National Endowm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Nolan (basketball)
James S. Nolan (June 9, 1927 – April 19, 1983) was an American professional basketball player. Nolan was selected in the second round of the 1949 BAA Draft by the Philadelphia Warriors. He played for the Warriors for just five games in the 1949–50 NBA season and recorded totals of eight points and four assists. He played college basketball and football at Georgia Institute of Technology The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part of ....Jim Nolan's Hall of Fame entry @ Georgia Tech He later returned to Georgia and started a coaching career leading the Tech Freshman Basketball team from 1955 to 1957, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Nolan (Gaelic Football)
James Nolan may refer to: * James Nolan (athlete) (born 1977), Irish athlete and athletics coach * Jim Nolan (theatre director) (born 1958), Irish theatre director * James Nolan (author), American poet and writer of fiction * Jim Nolan (basketball) (1927–1983), American NBA player * Jim Nolan (Gaelic football), County Cork Gaelic Athletic Association selector * Jim Nolan, a fictional character in John Steinbeck's novel '' In Dubious Battle'' * James Thomas Nolan (1926–2018), American actor known professionally as James Greene * James F. Nolan (1915–1985), American actor * James Nolan Jr. James Walter Nolan Jr. (25 September 1918 – 6 March 2004), known as Uncle Jimmy, was a television personality in Yakima, Washington. During his 28-year career, Nolan held the various roles as announcer, newsman, weatherman, program director and t ... (1918–2004), news announcer and host of ''Uncle Jimmy's Clubhouse'' * Jimmy Nolan (footballer) (1893–1973), Australian footballer * Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders. The association also promotes Irish music and dance, as well as the Irish language. As of 2014, the organisation had over 500,000 members worldwide, and declared total revenues of €65.6 million in 2017. The Games Administration Committee (GAC) of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) governing bodies organise the fixture list of Gaelic games within a GAA county or provincial councils. Gaelic football and hurling are the most popular activities promoted by the organisation, and the most popular sports in the Republic of Ireland in terms of attendances. Gaelic football is also the second most popular participation sport in Northern Ireland. The women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Dubious Battle
''In Dubious Battle'' is a novel by John Steinbeck, written in 1936. The central figure of the story is an activist attempting to organize abused laborers in order to gain fair wages and working conditions. Prior to publication, Steinbeck wrote in a letter: This is the first time I have felt that I could take the time to write and also that I had anything to say to anything except my manuscript book. You remember that I had an idea that I was going to write the autobiography of a Communist ... There lay the trouble. I had planned to write a journalistic account of a strike. But as I thought of it as fiction the thing got bigger and bigger. It couldn't be that. I've been living with this thing for some time now. I don't know how much I have got over, but I have used a small strike in an orchard valley as the symbol of man's eternal, bitter warfare with himself. Explanation of the novel's title The title is a reference to a passage from John Milton's ''Paradise Lost'': Innumera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Greene (American Actor)
James Greene, born James Thomas Nolan, (December 1, 1926 – November 9, 2018) was an American film, theater and television character actor. Greene was best known to television audiences for his recurring role as Councilman Fielding Milton, the oldest member of the fictional Pawnee city council on '' Parks and Recreation'', as well as his starring role as Davey McQuinn the elevator operator on ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', which aired for five seasons on NBC and Lifetime from 1987 to 1991. He also had a recurring role as Uncle Moodri in the Fox Network science fiction TV series ''Alien Nation''. Early life Greene was born James Nolan in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on December 1, 1926, to Tim and Martha Nolan. He graduated from Emerson College in Boston in 1950. Greene then became an original, founding member of Elia Kazan's Lincoln Center Repertory Company in New York City. Career In 1951, Greene made his Broadway theatre, Broadway debut in ''Romeo and Juliet'', starri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Nolan (actor)
James F. Nolan (November 29, 1915 – July 29, 1985) was an American film, stage and television actor. Nolan was born in San Francisco, California. After serving in World War II he began his acting career in New York, performing in stage plays such as ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' and '' Bus Stop''. Nolan then moved to Hollywood, California. Nolan guest-starred in numerous television programs including '' Gunsmoke'', ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'', '' The Fugitive'', ''Get Smart'', ''Harbor Command'', '' The Wild Wild West'', ''McHale's Navy'', '' Leave It to Beaver'', ''Emergency!'', ''The Jack Benny Program'', ''The Waltons'', ''The Twilight Zone'', ''Perry Mason'', '' Adam-12'' and ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. He also appeared in films, including ''Charley Varrick'', '' Support Your Local Gunfighter'', ''Dirty Harry'', '' All Night Long'', '' The Toolbox Murders'' and ''The Shootist''. He played the role of the priest Father Steven Lonigan in the 1970 film ''Airp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Nolan Jr
James is a common English language surname and given name: * James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Nolan (footballer)
James Patrick Nolan (11 August 1893 – 16 December 1973) was an Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...er who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family Nolan was one of 16 children born to John and Bridget Nolan (née Curtis) of Garvoc. His eldest sister Margaret was murdered by Henry Morgan in what became known as the Panmure murder. References External links * * 1893 births 1973 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1893-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Nolan (criminal)
James Nolan was an Irish criminal who was convicted of rape and false imprisonment. He disappeared and his arm was subsequently found on a beach. Background James Nolan was from Fairlawn Park in Finglas. Criminal history He was convicted in 1986 of the abduction and rape of a 22-year-old woman in north Dublin. He was released in 1996, having served most of his sentence at Arbour Hill Prison. He was jailed for burglary for 18 months in 2009. He was released on 22 November 2010. Disappearance He was last seen at the Wellmount Clinic in Finglas, on November 30, 2010, where he collected methadone. His parents were deceased and his family hadn't heard from him. Arm discovered On 8 February 2011 a severed arm was found at Dollymount Strand. A DNA sample was sent to Interpol and was subsequently identified by British police. He had been arrested in Holyhead, Wales in 2004 for using a forged driving licence and photograph. Fingerprints and DNA were taken at the time and sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
