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McGirr
McGirr Recorded as McGerr, McGirr, McGeer, and probably others, is an early Scottish and Irish surname, common in Ulster. It derives from the pre-10th century Gaelic 'Mac an gHeairr' which is believed to translate as 'the son of the short man'. What is certain is that almost all Gaelic surnames whether Scottish or Irish that are not locational, derive from a nickname for the first nameholder or chief. Some of these original names were at best robust and often obscene for modern tastes, so that over the years the meaning has been largely toned down. That is not the case here, and will refer to the physical size of the chief, at a time when generally people were small in stature in any case. Perhaps like many nicknames, the reverse applied, and the chief was actually tall. The first known recordings of the surname are in Ireland in 1602. No individual are mentioned merely that the nameholders in County Armagh are called MacEghir. Later in 1628 the name-holders are mentioned as being 'n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg McGirr
John Joseph Gregory McGirr (11 October 1879 – 23 March 1949) was an Australian politician who served in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1913 to 1925, representing the Australian Labor Party, Labor Party. He served as the party's leader (and Leader of the Opposition (New South Wales), Leader of the Opposition) for little over a month in 1923, during an internal dispute. He had earlier served as deputy leader and as Minister for Health (New South Wales), Minister for Public Health under James Dooley (Australian politician), James Dooley. Early life The second son of John Patrick McGirr, a farmer, and Mary (née O'Sullivan) McGirr, both Irish emigrants, Greg McGirr was born in Parkes, New South Wales, and educated at St Joseph's Convent, Parkes, and St Stanislaus' College, Bathurst, New South Wales, Bathurst. He graduated in pharmacy from the University of Sydney in 1904. James McGirr, Premier of that state from 1947 to 1952, was one of his younger brothers. Another ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McGirr
James "Jim" McGirr, Justice of the peace, JP (6 February 1890 – 27 October 1957) was the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor Premier of New South Wales from 6 February 1947 to 3 April 1952. A Catholic, McGirr was the seventh son of John Patrick McGirr, farmer and Irish immigrant, and Mary McGirr, whose maiden name was O'Sullivan. Born in Parkes, New South Wales, Parkes, New South Wales, he grew up on a dairy farm near that town. Educated mostly at St Stanislaus College (Bathurst), St Stanislaus College, Bathurst, New South Wales, Bathurst, he was later apprenticed to his brother Greg McGirr, a pharmacist at Parkes. He soon forfeited his apprenticeship to work in stockyards for a while, but had to give up that work when he was thrown from a horse and seriously injured. Subsequently, he resumed his apprenticeship and attended the University of Sydney; he was registered as a pharmacist in 1913. Employed by Washington H. Soul Pattinson in Pitt Street, Sydney, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe McGirr
Joseph Gregory McGirr (born 19 June 1960) is an independent politician, and a physician and former associate dean of the University of Notre Dame Australia. He has been the member for Wagga Wagga in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since the 2018 by-election. ABC News declared him the winner on 9 September, the day after the election, with the New South Wales Electoral Commission confirming it on 14 September. He came second to the Liberal candidate by only 28 votes after the Liberal primary vote almost halved from 2015, and was elected on Labor preferences. He had previously contested the seat in 2011 and received 30.6% of the first preference vote. McGirr's grandfather was Greg McGirr, a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly from 1913 to 1925, and Deputy Premier from 1921 to 1922, who was briefly Labor leader in 1923. His great-uncle, James McGirr, was the Premier of New South Wales from 1947 to 1952. Joe McGirr was re-elected in the 2019 New South Wales state el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eamonn McGirr
Eamonn Joseph McGirr (7 November 1940 – 14 June 2004) was an Irish born entertainer in New York's Capital District area. Biography He was born on 7 November 1940, in Derry, Northern Ireland to Deward McGirr and Gretta Kerr. He later emigrated to the United States. He first came to prominence in 1966 with a group of fellow Belfast school teachers: Gerry Burns, Finbar Carolan, and John Sullivan, known collectively as The Go Lucky Four, soared to the top of the Irish music charts with ''Up Went Nelson'', maintaining the #1 spot for eight consecutive weeks. From 1967, McGirr taught maths at Farnworth Grammar School in Greater Manchester, England. He continued to sing rebel songs at school concerts and organised school outings to local venues where his group, The Go Lucky Four, performed gigs. In the U.S., McGirr was known for his relentless fundraising for local charities such as the 'Center For The Disabled' in Albany. In all, McGirr helped raise over $1,000,000 for the Cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb McGirr
Herbert Mendelson McGirr (5 November 1891, in Wellington – 14 April 1964, in Nelson) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in two Tests in 1930. His father William McGirr played 14 matches for Wellington as an opening bowler from 1883–84 to 1889–90, taking 46 wickets at 11.80. Domestic career An all-rounder, McGirr played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1913–14 to 1932–33. He was a middle or lower order batsman who hit the ball hard and a steady medium-paced bowler. He toured England with the New Zealand cricket team under Tom Lowry in 1927, and scored more than 700 runs and took 49 wickets. No Tests were played on that tour. His best bowling figures (innings and match) came against Canterbury in 1921–22, when he took 7 for 45 and 3 for 47; he also top-scored in Wellington's first innings. He hit his highest score, 141, against Otago in 1930–31, then scored 101 in the next match, against Canterbury. International career In the 1929–30 season, when th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward McCombie McGirr
Edward McCombie McGirr (1916-2003) was Muirhead professor of medicine at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, a former President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and Dean of Faculties at the University of Glasgow. Early life and career Born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 15 June 1916 and educated at the prestigious Hamilton Academy school from which he won a bursary to attend the University of Glasgow which he entered in 1934, McGirr graduated BSc in 1937 and MB ChB with honours in 1940. Following house posts in medicine at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and in surgery at Glasgow Western Infirmary McGirr entered the RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps) (1941–46) largely serving overseas, in India, Burma, Siam and Indochina. Brigadier Max Rosenheim (Max Rosenheim, Baron Rosenheim) noted his potential which led to McGirr's promotion to specialist rank (honorary major.) Demobilised in 1947, McGirr returned to the Department of Medicine at Glasgow Royal Infirmary where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest McGirr
Ernest Newburn McGirr, (March 7, 1887 – May 23, 1982) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Progressive Conservative from 1949 to 1953. Born in Emerson, Manitoba, McGirr was educated in Morden and Winnipeg. He joined a law firm in Dauphin in 1914 and was made a partner in 1916. McGirr married Elizabeth Stewart, of Griswold, near Oak Lake, in 1916. They had two daughters, Nora Elizabeth McGirr Roots Clawson (1917-1989), an editor who was married and later divorced from Peter Charles Roots, the father of her three children (Stephanie Roots Karsten 947–present Judith Roots Carver 950–present and David Henry Roots 951–presentand then to Robert Marion Clawson; and Kathleen (who married first the Canadian historian Roger Graham and later the distinguished military man Leonard Birchall). McGirr was named a King's Counsel in 1933. McGirr first ran for the Manitoba legislature as a Conservative in the 1932 provinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Giles
Kenneth Giles (died 1974) was a British crime writer. Giles wrote books under his own name, as well as the pseudonyms Charles Drummond and Edmund McGirr. Giles started as a sporting journalist, and used what he learned there as background for the Drummond novels. The Drummond books star Sgt. Reed, while the McGirr books star a private eye ''Private Eye'' is a British fortnightly satire, satirical and current affairs (news format), current affairs news magazine, founded in 1961. It is published in London and has been edited by Ian Hislop since 1986. The publication is widely r .... Incomplete Bibliography *''Some Beasts No More'' (1965) *''The Big Greed'' (1966) *''A Provenance of Death'' (1966) *''The Funeral Was in Spain'' (1966) (as Edmund McGirr) *''Death at the Furlong Post'' (1967) (as Charles Drummond) *''Death in Diamonds'' (1967) *''The Lead-Lined Coffin'' (1968) (as Edmund McGirr) *''The Odds on Death'' (1969) (as Charles Drummond) *''Death and Mr. Prettyman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William McGirr
William Peter McGirr (12 December 1859 – 6 May 1934) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1883 to 1890. McGirr was born in Melbourne, and migrated with his family to New Zealand when he was 10. He worked as a compositor with the Government Printing Office in Wellington for 40 years till he retired in 1915. In his best bowling performance McGirr took 3 for 21 and 6 for 36 against Canterbury at the Basin Reserve in 1886-87, but Canterbury dismissed Wellington for 65 and 34 and won by 111 runs. One of his sons, Herb, played Test cricket for New Zealand, and another son, Les, represented New Zealand at soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:McGirr, William 1859 births 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick McGirr
Patrick Michael McGirr (25 December 1874 – 13 April 1957) was an Australian politician. He was born in Parkes to farmer John Patrick McGirr and Mary O'Sullivan, and was educated at St. Joseph's Convent. He left school at a young age to work in shearing sheds, funding the education of his brothers and future parliamentarians, James and Greg; he also became an active member of the Australian Workers' Union. He later became a successful businessman, dealing in cattle and owning a number of pastoral estates in the Forbes area, including at various times the Grawlin, Ralrida and Bundaburra estates, while also acquiring substantial property and business interests in Forbes township. He was an alderman of the Municipality of Parkes until 1917, a member of the Parkes Land Board from 1913 until 1917, and the vice-president of the Parkes branch of the Political Labor League. He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les McGirr
Leslie William McGirr (born 8 October 1897, death date unknown) was an association footballer who represented New Zealand at international level. McGirr made four appearances for the All Whites, all against the touring Canadians. His first match ended in a 2–2 draw on 25 June 1927, followed by a 1–2 loss, a 1–0 win and his final match a 1–4 loss on 23 July 1927. His brother Herb McGirr played Test cricket for New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count .... References 1897 births Year of death missing New Zealand men's association footballers New Zealand men's international footballers Men's association football players not categorized by position Australian military personnel of World War I {{NewZealand-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McGirr Kelly
James McGirr Kelly (March 24, 1928 – March 5, 2005) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Education and career Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kelly received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business in 1951 and was in the United States Navy from 1951 to 1953, serving as a gunnery officer. He received a Juris Doctor from Temple University School of Law in 1957, and served as a law clerk for Judge Edward J. Griffiths of the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia from 1957 to 1958. He was an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia from 1958 to 1960. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1960 to 1962. He was in private practice in Philadelphia from 1962 to 1983. He was a Master of the Jury Selection Board for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas from 1963 to 1964. He was a special assistant commonwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
