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Meaney
Meaney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aislinn Meaney (born 1998), Irish association footballer * Audrey Meaney (1931–2021), English archaeologist and historian * Colm Meaney (born 1953), Irish actor * Con Meaney (1890–1970), Irish politician and farmer * Denis Meaney (1936–2011), Australian rugby league player * Kevin Meaney (1956–2016), American comedian and actor * Kevin Meaney (Gaelic footballer), Irish football player * John Meaney (born 1957), British science fiction author * John Meaney (footballer) (born 1919), English footballer * Liam Meaney (born 1972), Irish hurler * Michael Meaney (born 1951), Canadian professor specializing in biological psychiatry, neurology, and neurosurgery * Michael Meaney (darts player) (born 1989), Irish darts player * Nick Meaney (born 1997), Australian rugby league player * Patrick Meaney, American film director, screenwriter, producer, comic book writer, and editor * Sean Meaney (born 1986), rugby player * Thoma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Meaney
Kevin Gerard Meaney (April 23, 1956 – October 21, 2016) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Early life Meaney graduated from Valhalla High School in Westchester County, New York, and attended State University of New York at Morrisville. Career Meaney came to Boston from upstate New York to begin his career in comedy in 1980. He appeared on the A&E Network television series An Evening at the Improv, in 1982. He did stand-up in San Francisco. Meaney had a show called the Sweeney and Meaney Hour at Stitches Comedy Club in Boston. His big break into mainstream culture may be considered to be his first HBO comedy special in 1986, followed by his debut performance on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' in 1987. After that, his act was broadcast several times by HBO, Comedy Central and several network television stations with appearances on ''The Tonight Show'', ''Late Night with David Letterman'', ''Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee'', ''The Oprah Winfre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colm Meaney
Colm J. Meaney (; ga, Colm Ó Maonaigh; born 30 May 1953) is an Irish actor known for playing Miles O'Brien in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1987–1994) and '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (1993–1999). He has guest-starred on many TV shows including '' Law & Order'' and ''The Simpsons'', and starred as Thomas Durant on ''Hell on Wheels'' (2011–2016). He has also had a career in films, appearing in '' Layer Cake'', ''The Damned United'', all three film adaptations of Roddy Doyle's ''The Barrytown Trilogy'', and in ''Get Him to the Greek''. He was a principal character in the film ''The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain''. In 2017, Meaney won the Best Actor IFTA for his portrayal of Irish politician Martin McGuinness in the film ''The Journey''. In 2020, he was listed at number 24 on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Early life Meaney was born in Finglas, Dublin. He began studying acting at age 14, and he entered the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audrey Meaney
Audrey Lilian Meaney (19 March 1931 – 14 February 2021) was an archaeologist and historian specialising in the study of Anglo-Saxon England. She published several books on the subject, including ''Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites'' (1964) and '' Anglo-Saxon Amulets and Curing Stones'' (1981). Biography Meaney was born in England on 19 March 1931, and took a BA in English at Oxford. In 1955, she was appointed Carlisle Research Student at Girton College, Cambridge, to undertake her PhD in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic (completed in 1959), entitled ''A Correlation of Literary and Archaeological Evidence for Anglo-Saxon Heathenism''. This established Meaney's interdisciplinary approach to early medieval history, which is noteworthy for its combination of archaeological and textual sources. On finishing her PhD, Meaney moved to Australia, to the English Department at the University of New England; 'in the interests of her marriage' she moved to Sydney, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Meaney
Nick Meaney (born 10 September 1997) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and er for the Melbourne Storm in the NRL. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights and Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League. Background Meaney was born in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. He is the grandson of former Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and Western Suburbs Magpies player Denis Meaney. Meaney was educated at St John's College, Woodlawn. He played his junior rugby league for the Ballina Seagulls, before being signed by the Newcastle Knights. Playing career Early years In 2016, Meaney played for the Newcastle Knights' NYC team, being named their NYC Player of the Year, before graduating to their Intrust Super Premiership NSW team in 2017. In May 2017, he was named 19th man for the New South Wales Residents in their clash against the Queensland Residents. Later that same month, he played for the New South Wales under-20s team agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Meaney
Michael J. Meaney, CM, CQ, FRSC, (born 1951) is a professor at McGill University specializing in biological psychiatry, neurology, and neurosurgery, who is primarily known for his research on stress, maternal care, and gene expression. His research team has "discovered the importance of maternal care in modifying the expression of genes that regulate behavioral and neuroendocrine responses to stress, as well as hippocampal synaptic development" in animal studies. The research has implications for domestic and public policy for maternal support and its role in human disease prevention and economic health. Meaney is associate director of the Research Centre at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, director of the Program for the Study of Behaviour, Genes and Environment, and James McGill Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University. He was named a "Most Highly Cited Scientist" in the area of neuroscience by the Institute for Scie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Meaney
Patrick Meaney is a film director, screenwriter, producer, comic book writer, and editor, best known for his work as a director of documentaries about the world of comics books, including '' Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods'', '' Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts'', ''She Makes Comics'' and '' Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously''. His most recent project is the horror film '' House of Demons''. Career ''Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods'' In 2008, Meaney was approached by Sequart to turn a series of blog posts about Grant Morrison's comic book series ''The Invisibles'' into a book. In the process of working on the book, they decided to approach Morrison with the idea of creating a documentary about his life and work. He agreed, and filming began in 2009. In 2010, the film was completed and picked up for distribution by Halo-8 Entertainment. The film received critical acclaim from outlets like ''Variety'', Wired, and ''Attack of the Show''. ''Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts'' While co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aislinn Meaney
Aislinn Meaney (born 24 October 1998) is an Irish association footballer, who plays for Treaty United. She has previously played for Galway W.F.C. and the American Akron Zips women's soccer team. She has played for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team. Personal life Meaney is from Ennis. As a youngster, she played Ladies' Gaelic football for Clare U14, with whom she won the 2012 All-Ireland title for her age group. She studied arts at NUI Galway, and played for their varsity team from 2017 until 2019. In 2019, she transferred her studies to the University of Akron in the US. Club career As a youngster, Meaney played for Lifford Ladies, making her senior debut at the age of 16. In 2017, she joined Galway. Meaney was the 2018 Women's National League Player of the Month for May 2018, and was named in the league's Team of the Season. She was on the shortlist for the Player of the Season award. In 2019, Meaney signed for American Akron Zips women's soccer team; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Meaney
Thomas Meaney (11 August 1931 – 26 December 2022) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Minister of State from 1980 to 1981. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1965 to 1981. Before entering politics Meaney worked as a farmer. His father Con Meaney was also a Fianna Fáil TD. When his father retired at the 1965 general election, Tom Meaney succeeded him as the Fianna Fáil TD for the Cork Mid constituency. He was re-elected at every subsequent general election until his retirement from politics at the November 1982 general election. In March 1980, he was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Industry, Commerce and Energy, serving until June 1981. He was a member of Cork County Council from 1970 to 1977. He was part of a group of Fianna Fáil TDs known as the Gang of 22, who opposed the leadership of Charles Haughey in the early 1980s. Meaney died on 26 December 2022, at the age of 91. See also *Families in the Oireachtas There is a trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Meaney
Sean Meaney (born 8 July 1986) is a former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Manly Sea Eagles in the NSW Cup. He primarily played at fullback but could also play at five-eighth or on the wing. Playing career A Manly junior, Meaney represented New South Wales at an under-17s and under-19s level, before joining the Wests Tigers. Meaney made his NRL debut from the bench in Round 13, 2010 against the Bulldogs. He made a further appearance in the last game of the regular season, playing fullback after injuries to Wade McKinnon and Chris Lawrence. The rest of the season, Meaney played for feeder-club Balmain-Ryde Eastwood, and was chosen to represent the NSW Residents team. Meaney was named as the Balmain-Ryde Eastwood captain for the 2011 season. He made a further three appearances on the bench in first grade throughout the season. In 2012, he made another four appearances on the bench early in the season; all losses. However, he was a member of the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Meaney
John Meaney (born 1957 in London) is a British science fiction author. Biography Meaney grew up in London and Slough, England with his brother Colm (who is not the same as the Star Trek actor Colm Meaney). He has studied martial arts since childhood and has a black belt in shotokan karate. Meaney originally studied at Birmingham University and holds a combined degree in Physics and Computer Science from the Open University. He has done postgraduate work at Oxford University and is a part-time IT consultant. Writing career Meaney's science fiction began appearing in 1992 with "Spring Rain" in the July 1992 issue of '' Interzone''. He has published over a dozen short pieces as of 2006. His novelette "Sharp Tang" was shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Award in 1995. His first and second novels, ''To Hold Infinity'' and ''Paradox'', were on the BSFA shortlists for Best Novel in 1999 and 2001. ''To Hold Infinity'' was also selected as one of the '' Daily Telegr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Meaney (footballer)
John Francis Meaney (19 November 1919 – 13 January 2000) was an English professional footballer who played for Crewe Alexandra in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Meaney was born in Stoke-on-Trent on 19 November 1919. He first signed for Wolves in 1939, but the outbreak of war interrupted his career. After his active service, he was expected to join either Port Vale or Stoke City. He joined Crewe on 1 March 1947 from non-league north Staffordshire side Ravensdale, and played as a wing half/inside forward, before converting to a left half. Meaney made his Crewe debut on 22 March 1947 against New Brighton, and scored his first Crewe goal on his second appearance, against Rochdale at Gresty Road, on 29 March 1947. He made 11 appearances, scoring seven times, before the season ended. During his time at Crewe, Meaney scored 38 goals (including a brace against Plymouth Argyle on 9 December 1950). He made 288 appearances before retiring from football in 1954. After his football care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Francis Meaney
Thomas Francis Meaney (September 6, 1888 – May 17, 1968) was a United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Education and career Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Jersey City, New Jersey, Meaney received an Bachelor of Arts, Artium Baccalaureus degree from Saint Peter's College (New Jersey), Saint Peter's College in 1908, an Master of Arts, Artium Magister degree from the same institution in 1909, and a Bachelor of Laws from Fordham University School of Law in 1911. He was secretary to Mayor H. Otto Wittpenn of Jersey City from 1911 to 1913. He was in private practice in Jersey City from 1913 to 1917. He served in the United States Army from 1917 to 1919 and achieved the rank of first lieutenant. He was in private practice in Jersey City from 1919 to 1934. He was a Judge of the Hudson County, New Jersey, Hudson County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court in New Jersey from 1923 to 1934. He was a Jud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
