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Lalor Park Kookaburras
Lalor is an Irish surname derived from the Irish ''Ó Leathlobhair'', from ''leath-'' “leper; weak, ailing person”. Notable people with the surname include: * Denis Lalor, athlete * Francis Ramsey Lalor (1856–1929), politician * John Lalor (1814–1856), journalist and author * John Joseph Lalor (1840/1841–1899), political scientist * James Fintan Lalor, Irish rebel * Kieran Lalor, politician * Mike Lalor (born 1963), ice hockey player * Patrick Lalor (1926–2016), Irish politician * Peter Lalor, the leader of the Eureka Stockade rebellion * Richard Lalor (1823–1893), politician * Richard Lalor Sheil (1791–1851), politician, writer and orator * Teresa Lalor (?-1846), Irish nun * Patrick "Patt" Lalor (1781-1856), Irish national politician nun * Foster Mitchell Lalor, Jr. (1923-1991), Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy See also * Lalor, Victoria, an outer suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia * Lalor railway station, a station on the South Morang railway line * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish People
The Irish ( ga, Muintir na hÉireann or ''Na hÉireannaigh'') are an ethnic group and nation native to the island of Ireland, who share a common history and culture. There have been humans in Ireland for about 33,000 years, and it has been continually inhabited for more than 10,000 years (see Prehistoric Ireland). For most of Ireland's recorded history, the Irish have been primarily a Gaelic people (see Gaelic Ireland). From the 9th century, small numbers of Vikings settled in Ireland, becoming the Norse-Gaels. Anglo-Normans also conquered parts of Ireland in the 12th century, while England's 16th/17th century conquest and colonisation of Ireland brought many English and Lowland Scots to parts of the island, especially the north. Today, Ireland is made up of the Republic of Ireland (officially called Ireland) and Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom). The people of Northern Ireland hold various national identities including British, Irish, Northern Irish or som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lalor Sheil
Richard Lalor Sheil (17 August 1791 – 23 May 1851), Irish politician, writer and orator, was born at Drumdowney, Slieverue, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The family was temporarily domiciled at Drumdowney while their new mansion at Bellevue, near Waterford, was under construction. Life His father was Edward Sheil, who had acquired considerable wealth in Cadiz in southern Spain and owned an estate in Tipperary. His mother was Catherine McCarthy of Springhouse, near Bansha, County Tipperary, a member of the old aristocratic family of MacCarthy Reagh of Springhouse, who in their time were Princes of Carbery and Counts of Toulouse in France. The son was taught French and Latin by the Abbé de Grimeau, a French refugee. He was then sent to a Catholic school in Kensington, London, presided over by a French nobleman, M. de Broglie. For a time he attended the lay college in St Patrick's College, Maynooth. In October 1804, he was removed to Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, and in Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ST Lalor
Suffix beginning with M ''Empire MacAlpine'' ''Empire MacAlpine'' was a 7,954 GRT Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC) cargo ship which was built by Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Ltd, Fife. Launched on 23 December 1942 and completed in April 1943. On 1 July 1943, ''Empire MacAlpine'' was in collision with '' Empire Ibex'' in the north Atlantic () and her bow was badly damaged. ''Empire Ibex'' was abandoned on 2 July and sank. Sold in 1947 to McCowan & Gross Ltd, London and renamed ''Derrynane''. Sold in 1951 to Power Steamship Co Ltd and renamed ''Huntsbrook''. Operated under the management of O Gross & Sons Ltd, London. Sold in 1959 to South Breeze Navigation Co Ltd and renamed ''Suva Breeze''. Operated under the management of J Manners & Co Ltd, Hong Kong. Sold in 1965 to San Fernando Steamship Co, Hong Kong and renamed ''Djatingaleh'', remaining under Manners' management and renamed ''San Ernesto'' in 1966. Renamed ''Pacific Endeavour'' and placed under the management of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Lalor
The Division of Lalor is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. Located in the south-western suburbs of Melbourne, it includes the south-western hub of Werribee as well as the suburbs of Hoppers Crossing, Tarneit, Truganina, Wyndham Vale and part of Point Cook. At 9.0%, Lalor has the nation's highest proportion of children aged under 4 years old. It has the nation's lowest proportion of residents aged 65 and over (7.0%), is sixth highest nationally for families being couples with dependent children (44.4%), and has the sixth highest rate of residents purchasing their own homes (49.3%). Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalor Park, New South Wales
Lalor Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lalor Park is located 35 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Blacktown. Lalor Park is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Lalor Park is commonly abbreviated as 'L.P'. Population According to the 2016 census of Population, there were 7,667 people in Lalor Park. * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population. * 66.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 2.7%, New Zealand 2.7%, India 2.5% and England 1.8%. * 70.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 3.1%, Tagalog 1.7% and Mandarin 1.4%. * The most common responses for religion were Catholic 27.0%, No Religion 20.3% and Anglican 15.1%. Commercial areas Although the suburb is primarily residential there is a significant retail shopping precinct with abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalor Railway Station
Lalor railway station is located on the Mernda line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Lalor, and it opened in October 1949 as Rail Motor Stopping Place 77. It was renamed Lalor on 27 August 1952.Lalor Vicsig History Lalor station opened in October 1949, and was provided as part of a created by the '' Home Building Cooperative Society'', which was formed by a group of ex-servicemen to provide cheap homes during a time of high dema ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalor, Victoria
Lalor () is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Whittlesea local government area. Lalor recorded a population of 23,219 at the 2021 census. Lalor was named in honour of Peter Lalor, a leader of the Eureka Stockade rebellion and later a member of the Victorian parliament. The suburb was named after the Peter Lalor Home Building Co-operative Society. In recent times, the mispronunciations has become predominant, whilst the Federal electorate of Lalor is still predominantly pronounced . The eastern and western borders of Lalor are defined by Darebin Creek and Merri Creek respectively. History Lalor was originally a part of Thomastown. In 1945, Leo Purcell, while a patient at a military hospital on the Atherton Tableland, worked out a scheme to provide low-cost homes, that in February 1947 became known as the "Peter Lalor Co-operative Family Scheme", and with a group of ex-servicemen, formed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foster Mitchell Lalor, Jr
Foster may refer to: People * Foster (surname) * Foster Brooks (1912–2001), American actor * Foster Moreau (born 1997), American football player * Foster Sarell (born 1998), American football player * John Foster Dulles (1888–1959), American diplomat and politician * Sterling Foster Black (1924–1996), American lawyer * Jodie Foster (1962-), American actor Places ;Australia * Foster, Victoria ;Canada * Foster, Quebec, a village, now part of the town of Broke Lake ;United Kingdom * Foster Mill, in Cambridge, England ;United States * Foster (CTA), elevated transit station in Evanston, Illinois, USA * Foster, California (other) ** Foster, San Diego County, California * Foster, Indiana * Foster, Kentucky * Foster, Washtenaw County, Michigan * Foster, Minnesota * Foster, Missouri * Foster, Nebraska * Foster, Oklahoma * Foster, Oregon * Foster, Rhode Island * Foster Township, Michigan * Foster, Wisconsin (other) ** Foster, Clark County, Wisconsin, a town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick "Patt" Lalor
Patrick "Patt" Lalor (1781–1856) was a political leader in Queen's County, Ireland in the 19th century and the father of revolutionary politicians James Fintan Lalor, Peter Lalor and Richard Lalor. He was the first Catholic elected to the House of Commons to represent Queen's County (1832-5) in over two centuries and a loyal supporter of the Repeal Association led by Daniel O'Connell. Biography Lalor first came to prominence as a leader of the resistance to tithes in Queen's County during the Tithe War 1831-36 when he refused to pay tithes to support the Church of Ireland and allowed his sheep to be confiscated as a result. Lalor declared at a public meeting in February 1831 in Maryborough that "...he would never again pay tithes; that he would violate no law; that the tithe men might take his property, and offer it for sale; but his countrymen, he was proud to say, respected him, and he thought that none of them would buy or bid for it if exposed for sale. The declaration was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa Lalor
Teresa Lalor, Visitation Order, V.H.M. (born ca. 1769, County Laois, Ireland; d. 9 September 1846, Washington, D.C.) was an Irish immigrant to the United States, and a nun, co-foundress, with the Most Rev. Leonard Neale, Society of Jesus, S.J., the second Archbishop of Baltimore, of the Visitation Order's first monastery in the United States. Early life Christened Alice, she was born in County Laois, Ireland, the daughter of Denis and Catherine Lalor, but moved with her family to County Kilkenny as a child. Her childhood was spent in Ireland with her sisters. At her request, John Lanigan (historian), John Lanigan, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ossory, made arrangements for her entrance into a convent of his diocese, which her family opposed. She however, instead agreed to accompany her sister, Mrs. Doran and her husband, an American merchant to America, during the winter of 1794. They arrived in America on 5 January 1795."American Catholic Quarterly Review" Vol XI 1886 p. 34 Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lalor
Richard Lalor (1823 – 13 November 1893) was Irish Nationalist Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Queen's County, 1880–85 and for Queen's County (Leix), 1885–92. He was the son of Patrick "Patt" Lalor of Tenakill, Mountrath, Queen's County, who had himself been an M.P. for Queen's County in 1832–35. His eldest brother was James Fintan Lalor and his younger brother was the Australian politician Peter Lalor. His mother was Anna, daughter of Patrick Dillon of Sheane. He was educated privately and became a civil engineer and tenant farmer. Like his brother James Fintan, he was a Young Irelander. In 1852 he married Margaret, daughter of Michael Dunne of Mountrath. He became a magistrate for Queen's County. He headed the poll as a Parnellite Home Ruler in the election for the two Queen's County seats in 1880, ousting the former Home Rule member, Kenelm Digby. He then won the new Queen's County (Leix) seat in 1885, defeating his Conservative opponent by mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Language
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was the population's first language until the 19th century, when English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century. Irish is still spoken as a first language in a small number of areas of certain counties such as Cork, Donegal, Galway, and Kerry, as well as smaller areas of counties Mayo, Meath, and Waterford. It is also spoken by a larger group of habitual but non-traditional speakers, mostly in urban areas where the majority are second-language speakers. Daily users in Ireland outside the education system number around 73,000 (1.5%), and the total number of persons (aged 3 and over) who claimed they could speak Irish in April 2016 was 1,761,420, representing 39.8% of respondents. For most of recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
