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Sean Harrington or Seán Harrington may refer to: * Seán Harrington (Irish republican) (1900–1976), IRA member from Dublin * Seán Harrington (Chief of Staff) (c.1915–1978), Chief of Staff of the IRA * Sean J. Harrington (born 1944), Canadian judge * Sean Harrington (basketball), 2002–03 Illinois Fighting Illini basketball player {{hndis, Harrington, Sean ...
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Seán Harrington (Irish Republican)
Seán Harrington (1900–1976) was an Irish republican paramilitary who later became a prominent member of the Society of Friends. Biography Born in Dublin, Muriel Seltman, ''What's Left? What's Right?'', p.17 Harrington joined the Irish Republican Army (IRA), and fought in the Irish War of Independence. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and remained with the anti-Treaty IRA through the Irish Civil War.Muriel Seltman, ''What's Left? What's Right?'', p.24-25 On release, Harrington relocated to Dublin, where he found work as the caretaker at the Court Laundry. This was a difficult role, as local levels of crime were high. In December, he was tied to his bed and beaten, taking three months to recover; he apprehended an armed robber in April 1946."House-breaking in Dublin", ''Irish News'', 1 April 1946 He broke his links with the paramilitary movement and also left the Catholic church, joining a group of Quakers; this group attracted some opposition, and Harrington lost the heari ...
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Seán Harrington (Chief Of Staff)
Seán Harrington (1915–1978) was an Irish republican who later became Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army. Biography Harrington was born in Ballyduff, County Kerry in 1915. He joined the Irish Republican Army (IRA) as a young man. By 1941, Harrington was a member of the IRA's Army Council which organised a court-marshal of former Chief of Staff Stephen Hayes, although he did not personally take part in the trial. He became Chief of Staff of the IRA in November 1941 when Pearse Kelly was arrested, but he himself was arrested the following month. He was charged with failing to explain his possession of £50 and refusing to give his details to police, and was sentenced in March 1942 to two years imprisonment. Despite this, he appears to have remained Chief of Staff until February 1942, when Seán McCool was selected as his replacement. He later lived at Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown Palmerstown (; officially Palmerston, see spelling) is a civil parish and subur ...
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Sean J
Sean, also spelled Seán or Séan in Irish English, is a male given name of Irish origin. It comes from the Irish versions of the Biblical Hebrew name ''Yohanan'' (), Seán (anglicized as ''Shaun/ Shawn/ Shon'') and Séan (Ulster variant; anglicized ''Shane/Shayne''), rendered ''John'' in English and Johannes/Johann/Johan in other Germanic languages. The Norman French ''Jehan'' (see ''Jean'') is another version. For notable people named Sean, refer to List of people named Sean. Origin The name was adopted into the Irish language most likely from ''Jean'', the French variant of the Hebrew name ''Yohanan''. As Gaelic has no letter (derived from ; English also lacked until the late 17th Century, with ''John'' previously been spelt ''Iohn'') so it is substituted by , as was the normal Gaelic practice for adapting Biblical names that contain in other languages (''Sine''/''Siobhàn'' for ''Joan/Jane/Anne/Anna''; ''Seonaid''/''Sinéad'' for ''Janet''; ''Seumas''/''Séamus'' for ''Ja ...
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Sean Harrington (basketball)
Sean Harrington or Seán Harrington may refer to: * Seán Harrington (Irish republican) (1900–1976), IRA member from Dublin * Seán Harrington (Chief of Staff) (c.1915–1978), Chief of Staff of the IRA * Sean J. Harrington (born 1944), Canadian judge * Sean Harrington (basketball), 2002–03 Illinois Fighting Illini basketball player {{hndis, Harrington, Sean ...
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