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John O'Regan (writer)
John O'Regan may refer to: * Diamond Rings (musician) (born 1985), Canadian artist and musician with this name * John O'Regan (politician) (1877–1940), Australian politician * John O'Regan, Irish producer credited with '' Reeling In the Years'' {{hndis, Oregan, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond Rings (musician)
John O'Regan (born July 6, 1985) is a Canadian artist and musician. He is best known by his stage name Diamond Rings. Music career Early years in the D'Urbervilles and Habitat O'Regan got his start in music as one of the founding members of post-punk quartet the D'Urbervilles (renamed Matters in 2011), where he was known as John O alongside Tim Bruton, Kyle Donnelly and Greg Santilly. O'Regan also formed the Casio-pop duo Habitat in 2006 with his partner at the time, Sylvie Smith of The Barmitzvah Brothers. Solo career (2008–2010) O'Regan began writing Diamond Rings songs in the summer of 2008 after graduating with a degree in Studio Arts from the University of Guelph. The inception of the new moniker and his earliest songs were written during a lengthy hospital stay while being diagnosed and treated for Crohn's disease. According to O'Regan, the roots of Diamond Rings came from wanting to challenge people's expectations for a male pop star: "I wanted to do something that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John O'Regan (politician)
John Francis O'Regan (8 February 1877 – 28 October 1940) was an Australian politician. He was born in Batlow to carrier Jeremiah O'Regan and Honoriah Hourigan. He attended the local public school and then went to New Zealand as a miner, returning in 1898 to become a butcher in Wagga Wagga. On 21 October 1903 he married Jenny Quinlivan, with whom he had seven children. He was a Wagga Wagga alderman from 1906 to 1912 and from 1916 to 1920. From 1921 to 1940 he was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in th .... In the 1930s he opposed Jack Lang and sat as Federal Labor. O'Regan died in Wagga Wagga in 1940. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Oregan, John 1877 births 1940 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |