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Joe Higgins (golfer)
Joseph or Joe Higgins may refer to: * Joseph Higgins (bishop), Irish-born Roman Catholic bishop in Australia * Joseph J. Higgins Joseph J. Higgins (October 12, 1929 – July 20, 2007) was an American politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1966 to 1974. Born in Elizabeth, Higgins played prep baseball at St. Patrick's High School. He graduated from Se ..., member of the New Jersey General Assembly * Joe Higgins (politician), Irish politician * Joe Higgins (Gaelic footballer) * Joe Higgins (actor) (1925–1998), American actor {{hndis, Higgins, Joseph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Higgins (bishop)
Joseph Higgins (1838 – 16 September 1915) was an Irish-born Catholic bishop in Australia. He was the Bishop of Rockhampton in Queensland and the Bishop of Ballarat in Victoria. Early life Joseph Higgins was born in 1838 in Westmeath, Ireland. He was educated at St Finian's Seminary, Navan. Religious life Higgins attended St Patrick's College, Maynooth where he was ordained in 1863. He served as President of St. Finnian's in Navan from 1867 until 1884 before becoming parish priest in Castletown. On 4 May 1899 he was appointed Bishop of Rockhampton, where he completed the cathedral, built 19 churches and established 10 schools, 8 institutions for lay women, and 2 communities of nuns. In May 1904 he suffered a "slight" paralytic stroke A stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and hemorrhagic, due to bleeding. Both cause parts of the brain to sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph J
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled '' Yūsuf''. In Persian, the name is "Yousef". The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews. In the Book of Genesis Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first son, and k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Higgins (politician)
Joe Higgins (born 20 May 1949) is an Irish former Socialist Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin West constituency from 1997 to 2007 and from 2011 to 2016. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency from 2009 to 2011. Early life One of nine children of a small farming family, Higgins was born in 1949 in Lispole, part of the Dingle Gaeltacht in County Kerry. He went to school in the Dingle Christian Brothers School, and after finishing he enrolled in the priesthood. As part of his training he was sent to a Catholic seminary school in Minnesota, United States in the 1960s. Higgins became politicised at the time of anti-Vietnam War protests and the civil rights movement. He is a brother of Liam Higgins, who played football with the Kerry GAA senior team in the 1960s and 1970s. Higgins is bilingual in English and Irish. Political career Early activism Higgins returned to Ireland and attended University Colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Higgins (Gaelic Footballer)
Joe Higgins is a former Gaelic footballer from County Laois. In 1998, Higgins added a Leinster Under-21 Football Championship title to his list of honours. Honours ;Club * 2 Laois Senior Football Championship 1996, 2000 * 2 Laois All-County Football League 2001, 2010 ;Inter-county * 1 Leinster Under-21 Football Championship 1998 * 1 Leinster Minor Football Championship 1997 * 1 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship 1997 * 1 Leinster Senior Football Championship The Leinster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship and shortened to Leinster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA ... 2003 ;Individual * 1 All Star 2003 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Higgins, Joe Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Laois inter-county Gaelic footballers St Joseph's (Laois) Gaelic footballers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
