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Monahan
Monahan, and close variants, is a name of Gaelic origin, derived from ''manachán'', a diminutive of ga, Manach la, Monachus, a monk. It may refer to: Saints *See Mainchín People Entertainment * Dan Monahan (born 1955), American actor * Darren Monahan, American Chief Information Officer and Producer, Obsidian Entertainment *David Monahan (born 1971), American actor *Gordon Monahan (born 1956), Canadian musician and composer * Matthew Monahan (born 1972), American artist based in Los Angeles * Meghan Monahan (born 2001), American artist * Pat Monahan (born 1969), American lead singer and songwriter for Train *Patrick Monahan (comedian) (born 1976), Irish-Iranian stand-up comedian *Sarah Monahan (born 1977), Australian actress *William Monahan (born 1960), American screenwriter Sports *Garry Monahan (born 1946), retired Canadian professional ice hockey center *Hartland Monahan (born 1951), retired Canadian ice hockey player * Leo Monahan (journalist) (1926–2013), Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Monahan
William J. Monahan (born November 3, 1960) is an American screenwriter and novelist. His second produced screenplay was '' The Departed'', a film that earned him a Writers Guild of America Award and Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Writer and editor Monahan was born in Dorchester, Boston. He attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he studied Elizabethan and Jacobean drama. He moved to New York City and contributed to the alternative weekly newspaper '' New York Press'' and the magazines ''Talk'', ''Maxim'', and ''Spy''. In 1997 Monahan won a Pushcart Prize for his short story "A Relation of Various Accidents Observable in Some Animals Included in Vacuo". Monahan was an editor at ''Spy'' during the magazine's final years, where he would come in at the close of the monthly issue to rewrite articles and improve jokes. In 1999 ''Talk'' magazine debuted, and Monahan contributed a travelogue on Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the first issue. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Monahan
Patrick Monahan (born February 28, 1969) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer and sole constant member of the band Train. He has collaborated with multiple artists and recorded a solo album, '' Last of Seven''. Early life Monahan was born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania, the son of Jack Monahan, a clothing store owner and musician, and Patricia Ann (née Timon) Monahan. He is the youngest of seven children in a family of Irish descent and became an uncle at five. He attended McDowell High School in Millcreek Township. Monahan attended the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. Music career Monahan began his musical career singing with cover band Rogues Gallery from 1988 to 1990. The band consisted of Monahan (lead vocals, percussion), Mark Emhoff (lead guitar, vocals), Mike Imboden (bass, keyboards, vocals), John McElhenny (drums, vocals) and his brother Matt (rhythm guitar, keyboards and vocals), in hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Monahan
Sean Monahan (born October 12, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). Monahan was selected sixth overall by the Calgary Flames, at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft and he played junior hockey with the Ottawa 67's of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) where he served as team captain. Early life A native of Brampton, Ontario, Sean is the son of Cathy and John Monahan, and has a sister, Jacqueline. He attended St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School. He played minor hockey and lacrosse for the Brampton Excelsiors, where one of his teammates was former Syracuse and NBA guard Tyler Ennis. Playing career Junior Monahan played with the Mississauga Rebels. As a 15-year-old in 2010, he captained the Rebels to an OHL Cup title and was named most valuable player of the tournament. He finished the 2009–10 season with 46 goals and 40 assists in 47 games for the Rebels and was then selected by the Ottawa 67's in the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Monahan
Shane Hartland Monahan (born August 12, 1974 in Syosset, New York) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He played his entire career for the Seattle Mariners (1998–99). He is a graduate of Joseph Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia and attended Clemson University. Monahan now lives in South Carolina. Monahan was hands down one of the top 5 greatest Clemson Tiger baseball players ever. Monahan comes from a family that is well known in the National Hockey League. Monahan's father is Hartland Monahan, his maternal grandfather was Bernie Geoffrion, a Hall of Famer who is credited with inventing the slap shot in hockey, and his great-grandfather was NHL Hall of Famer Howie Morenz. He is the nephew of Danny Geoffrion and cousin of Blake Geoffrion. Collegiate baseball career While at Clemson University, Monahan broke several school and Atlantic Coast Conference records, some of which he still holds, including game appearances, at bats, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Monahan (comedian)
Patrick Monahan (born 23 June 1976) is an Irish-Iranian comedian, who won the television competition series ''Take the Mike'' in 2001 and '' Show Me the Funny'' in 2011. He has performed regularly at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Monahan also holds the world record for "Longest Hug" at a time of 25 hours and 25 minutes, alongside fellow comedian Bob Slayer. They set this record at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013. Background Monahan's father was an Irish welder, who met Monahan's mother in a bank in Ahvaz, Iran prior to the Iranian Revolution, where Monhen was born. When he was 3 he and his parents and siblings had to leave the country during the '79 revolution, in company with his brother and sister, the three-year-old Monahan had to pose as his grandparents' son, because only one boy per couple could leave the country. Monahan has two passports – one Iranian and one Irish one, using his Irish passport for travelling. Career Live performances Monahan is a comedy festiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Monahan
Sarah Monahan (born 12 April 1977) is an Australian former child actress. Best known for her role as Jenny Kelly on '' Hey Dad..!'', she also appeared in '' Sons and Daughters'' and ''Home and Away''. Early career Monahan got her start in the industry from her fashion designer father. She was the in-house model for his children's clothing line, and later, went on to appear in over 100 television and print ads. ''Hey Dad..!'' Monahan auditioned for the role of Jenny in ''Hey Dad..!'' when she was six. Even though the producers were looking for a younger actress, her small stature at the time, combined with her ability to read the script, helped her to win the role. After filming the pilot, she spent a short time on the Australian soap opera ''Sons and Daughters'', playing the role of Cassie Hunt in 24 episodes that first aired in early 1986. She returned to filming on ''Hey Dad..!'' that year, and stayed with the show for six years, departing in 1993 one year before the show con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Monahan (journalist)
Daniel Leo Monahan (December 13, 1926March 27, 2013) was an American sports journalist. He became a full-time journalist in 1950, and had a career which lasted 30 years combined with the ''Daily Record'', the ''Record American'', and the ''Herald American'' which then merged into the ''Boston Herald''. He later contributed to ''Sports Illustrated'' and the ''Sporting News'', and served as the director of information at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He traveled with and reported on the Boston Bruins, and was recognized with the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame for his journalism. Early life Daniel Leo Monahan was born on December 13, 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father Daniel Monahan was a printer for the ''Boston Evening Transcript'', and died when Monahan was 11 years old. He grew up in South Boston, started delivering a paper route at age 14, and worked a 20-hour shift on weekends as a copy boy at the '' Daily Record''. He enlisted in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Monahan
Joseph William "Jay" Monahan IV (born May 7, 1970) is the fourth and current commissioner of golf's PGA Tour. He ascended to this position in January 2017. Early years Monahan was born and raised in Belmont, Massachusetts, a suburb northwest of Boston. Following graduation from Belmont High School, he did a post graduate year at Lawrenceville School in New Jersey. Monahan was immersed in the sport of golf as a child and went on to play Division III golf and hockey at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, where he was an Academic All-American in his senior season under golf coach Bill Detrick. He graduated with a history degree in 1993 and then earned a master's degree in sports management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1995. Early career Monahan worked at IMG Worldwide where he played an integral role in the development of the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston in Norton, and served as the tournament’s first director at age 32. In 2003, Monahan co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Rape On Campus
"A Rape on Campus" is a retracted, defamatory ''Rolling Stone'' magazine article written by Sabrina Erdely and originally published on November 19, 2014, that describes a purported group sexual assault at the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, Virginia. ''Rolling Stone'' retracted the story in its entirety on April 5, 2015. The article claimed that a UVA student Jackie Coakley had been taken to a party hosted by UVA's Phi Kappa Psi fraternity by a fellow student. At the party, Jackie alleged in the article, her date led her to a bedroom where she was gang raped by several fraternity members as part of a fraternity initiation ritual. Jackie's account generated much media attention, and UVA President Teresa Sullivan suspended all fraternities. After other journalists investigated the article's claims and found significant discrepancies, ''Rolling Stone'' issued multiple apologies for the story. It has since been reported that Jackie may have invented portions of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Monahan (rugby Union)
Shane Monahan (born 28 April 1987) is an Irish professional rugby union player. Monahan previous played for Leinster as an academy player and for Connacht in Ireland. He then played for the English side Rotherham Titans in the RFU Championship, where he became a stand out performer, scoring eleven tries in the 2011–12 season as they finished seventh in the table. Monahan signed a one-year deal to join Aviva Premiership side Gloucester for the 2012–13 season. His first highlight was scoring four tries in the Amlin Challenge Cup victory over London Irish. On 2 April 2013, it was announced that Monahan had signed a two-year contract extension to keep him at Gloucester until the end of the 2014–15 season. On 13 August 2015, it was announced that Irish Pro12 side Munster had signed Monahan on a short-term contract as cover during the 2015 Rugby World Cup. He made his debut for Munster on 5 September 2015, starting against Treviso Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garry Monahan
Garry Michael Monahan (born October 20, 1946) is a Canadian former professional hockey player who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League. He was the first-ever draft pick in NHL history. Career Monahan was selected first overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1963 NHL Amateur Draft of 16-year-old players—the first pick of the NHL's first draft. The next season, he played junior B hockey with the St. Michael's Buzzers in Toronto before moving up to the junior A Peterborough Petes in the Ontario Hockey Association, where he played from 1964 to 1967. In his final junior year, he turned into a top scorer playing on a line with Mickey Redmond, the league's leading goal scorer. Monahan scored 30 goals and 84 points in 47 games on what was otherwise a weak Petes team. Montreal Canadiens He made his NHL debut with the Canadiens in the 1967–68 season, but spent most of the year with Montreal's Central Hockey League affiliate, the Houston Apollos. After spending almost t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Monahan
Alfred Edwin Monahan (1877–1945) was the Anglican Bishop of Monmouth from 1940 until his death in 1945.Diocese of Monmouth Biography Monahan was educated at St Andrew's College, Dublin and Trinity College Dublin and ordained in 1905. He was Assistant Missioner at the Wellington College Mission, Walworth and then |
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