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Barnet Historian Shares Research, Local Stories Of Civil War

Caledonian Record 07 Jul 2022
The book sold well over 700 copies. In addition, Kathleen recently finished writing Our Irish Family Heritage ... More from this section ... Thomas, a member of the Hibernian Guards, an Irish mutual benefit and temperance group, added the O’ to his surname and enrolled in Captain William Kinney’s all Irish Company B, Ohio 8th Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
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Dallas star Patrick Duffy visits Mayo's Kilmovee while tracing his roots

RTE 07 Jul 2022
"It seems that just about everybody around here carries the surname Duffy," he said. Scientist and biotechnologist Dr Tyrone Bowes, who established the actor's Irish ancestry, explained to Duffy and his partner Linda Purl, that in centuries past a large number of Duffys migrated to east Mayo from Ulster counties ... Paul Sherwood, Coalesce) ... He added ... .
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Liz Truss: The once vocal Liberal Democrat who converted to Conservatism

The Irish Times 18 Jun 2022
Britain’s foreign secretary ‘has never shown any interest in Ireland or the North’, says one observer. Whether wily or malleable, Truss has survived in government under three very different prime ministers — Johnson, May and Cameron. Photograph. EPA By Brian HuttonSat Jun 18 2022 - 06.00 ... Photograph ... “Her husband’s surname is as Irish as she gets ... .
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UK resort Pontins faces legal notice over claims of discrimination against Irish Travellers

The Times/The Sunday Times 31 May 2022
Last year a whistleblower revealed Pontins had been using a blacklist of “undesirable guests” consisting of mainly Irish surnames, as part of a policy of refusing bookings by ...
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Chicago startup finds stocks with momentum as it seeks its own

Chicago Sun-Times 30 May 2022
<img class="Image" alt="Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange ... Chicago entrepreneur John Duffy is marketing a service that highlights stocks with strong price momentum. AP file ... The race he’s in could be tough and costly ... The Irish surname makes Duffy sound like he hails from the clubby but boisterous old trading floors here ... ....
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Exhibition raises awareness – and questions – over Ireland’s record on race

Irish Independent 27 May 2022
And one of Liverpool&rsquo;s major slavers, who shipped kidnap victims from Africa to the US, was a Tuohy – just as many former slaves in Caribbean islands such as Montserrat have Irish surnames.Several &lsquo;Wild Geese&rsquo; families, such as the Fitzgeralds, ...
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Pontins investigated by EHRC over concerns about treatment of Travellers

The Guardian 26 May 2022
... that the holiday parks company had drawn up a list of surnames apparently designed to keep Irish Travellers out.
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Equalities watchdog launches formal probe into Pontins over 'continued concerns' about racial discrimination against Gypsies ...

The Daily Mail 26 May 2022
Pontins was accused of banning customers with 40 common Irish surnames including Boyle, Doherty and Gallagher using a secret blacklist titled ‘undesirable guests’ to stop suspected Traveller families booking holidays at its parks ... Pontins BANNED customers with 40 common Irish surnames...
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Watchdog investigates Pontins over alleged discrimination

BBC News 26 May 2022
The EHRC verified the claims and said Pontins' practices included publishing a list of Irish surnames to its intranet with directions that staff should block potential customers with those names from booking. It said staff monitored calls and also refused or cancelled bookings made by people with an Irish accent or surname ... bristol@bbc.co.uk ... .
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Watchdog investigates Pontins over Gypsy and Traveller discrimination concerns

AOL 26 May 2022
The EHRC verified the claims and said practices included a list of Irish surnames published on its intranet page, with staff required to block potential customers with those names from booking.
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How Anthony Albanese could become Australia's first prime minister who's separated

The Daily Mail 19 May 2022
Should he win on Saturday, Anthony Albanese would make history as Australia's first ever prime minister to have separated from his wife after a marriage breakdown ... Anthony Albanese firsts as a new PM. to be divorced or separated. with an Italian or non-Anglo or non-Irish surname ... former president of NSW Young Labor to take job since 1991 ... Advertisement.
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How Anthony Albanese could become Australia's first prime minister who's separated after he was dumped ...

The Daily Mail 19 May 2022
Should he win on Saturday, Anthony Albanese would make history as Australia's first ever prime minister to have separated from his wife after a marriage breakdown ... Anthony Albanese firsts as a new PM. to be divorced or separated. with an Italian or non-Anglo or non-Irish surname ... former president of NSW Young Labor to take job since 1991 ... Advertisement.
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Groovy baby names that rocked the 1970s

Madison 14 May 2022
The name Devin was once an Irish surname, but has since become a popular first name for boys and sometimes girls ... People who grew up near the River Trent in England historically had the surname Trent ... The origins of Darren aren’t quite certain, but it might be an obscure Irish surname or a riff on the name Darrell.
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‘I fell in love with it in a profound way’: how The Quiet Girl’s fostering story captured its director’s heart

The Observer 12 May 2022
Colm Bairéad resigned himself to walking away empty-handed from the Irish Film and TV awards in March. His tiny-budget Irish language drama The Quiet Girl was up against Kenneth Branagh’s multi-Oscar-nominated juggernaut, Belfast ... When I mention my Irish heritage, Bairéad asks my surname and translates it into Irish.
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Readers reply: why are Brown, White or Black common surnames but not Red, Blue or Purple?

The Observer 17 Apr 2022
Father came to England and needed a new surname ... Gray/Grey refers to hair or beard colour, and is a translation from a fairly common Irish or Gaelic surname. (The surname Glass is a transliteration of Irish glás, which can mean grey, blue or green according to context.) Green(e) refers to the verdure where someone lived ... In Italy we have as surnames.
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