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Alejandro O'Reilly

A street in Cádiz still bears his name, as does one in Old Havana, Cuba, marking the location where this officer came ashore while the English were embarking to leave.


12th Ward of New Orleans

Constantinople Street was the home of the fictitious New Orleans character Ignatius J. Reilly in John Kennedy Toole's novel A Confederacy of Dunces.

1899 in poetry

John Le Gay Brereton, Landlopers, mostly prose, based on a walking tour with Dowell Philip O'Reilly; Australia

1959 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand

The tour was notable for the 842 points scored in 33 games, a record number of points for a Lions tour and for the 22 tries scored by Tony O'Reilly, also a Lions tour record.

Alison Doody

Doody married Gavin O'Reilly, CEO of the Independent News & Media on 25 June 1994, at the O'Reilly family residence Castlemartin.

André Liohn

In 2012, with fellow photographers Christopher Morris, Jehad Nga, Bryan Denton, Lynsey Addario, Eric Bouvet and Finbarr O'Reilly, he created the project Almost Dawn in Libya, four photo exhibits in the main Libyan cities of Tripoli, Benghazi, Misurata and Zintan.

Andres Almonaster y Rojas

As Grace King puts it, it was "an office rich in salary, perquisites, and business opportunities. He soon acquired wealth in it, or through it." Among his investments was a large tract of land downtown, purchased from Governor O'Reilly on perpetual lease.

Bill Reilly

Reilly left Macmillan in 1990, following the firm's purchase by Robert Maxwell's Maxwell Communications, and was succeeded by David Shaffer as the company's president and chief operating officer.

Bishop Ireton High School

Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media, venture capitalist and high-tech executive noted for promotion of open source software and reform of the U.S. patent system

Bob Krueger

He was traveling on a bare highway in Cibitoke, when gunmen with AK-47s attacked the motorcade, before being diverted by Diplomatic Security Service agents Chris Reilly and Larry Salmon.

Brendan O'Reilly

Between 1966 and 1968, O'Reilly had the honour of commentating for Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest, as well as presenting the National Song Contest (to select Ireland's Eurovision entry) from 1966 to 1970.

Daniel Patrick Reilly

On June 5, 1975, Reilly was named the third Bishop of Norwich, Connecticut, by Pope Paul VI.

David Orban

Together with Tim O'Reilly, Lawrence Lessig, and others, Orban is one of the founders of the Open Government Working Group, which developed a set of principles of open government data in December 2007.

Dublin Evening Mail

Halpine was among other things the private secretary to P. T. Barnum, became a prominent journalist with the New York Times, a decorated soldier in the 69th New York Volunteer Infantry and in the Irish Brigade (where his letters, sent as "Private Myles O'Reilly", to the media defending the union became famous), and a key figure in the creation of the United States Army's first African American regiment.

Elements – The Best of Mike Oldfield

# "Foreign Affair" (feat. Maggie Reilly) (Oldfield, Reilly) – 3:54

Francis Joseph Charles O'Reilly

He died at Rathmore, County Kildare at age 91 on 11 August 2013, survived by his 10 children.

Global Network Navigator

In September 1992, O'Reilly & Associates published the Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog.

Government Palace of Chihuahua

The project of reconstruction was done under the charge of Engineers Enrique Miller, Manuel O'Reilly and Carlos Ochoa.

I Can't Stand It

It was also used for interludes on Bill O'Reilly's radio show, The Radio Factor.

Infoware

The term infoware was first used in O'Reilly's talk on the subject at the Linux Kongress in Würzburg in 1997, and later in talks such as one at ISPCON 98.

John Lanigan

In 1808 he assisted Edward O'Reilly, William Halliday, and Father Paul O'Brien in founding the Gaelic Society of Dublin, the initial effort to save the Irish language.

Jon Udell

Udell is author of Practical Internet Groupware, published in 1999 by O'Reilly Media, and is an advisor to O'Reilly's Safari Tech Books Online.

Kilcullen

Other local historical features include Dun Ailinne, New Abbey and Castlemartin, the home of Kilcullen's most famous residents, media magnate Tony O'Reilly and his wife, horse-breeding shipping heiress Chryss Goulandris.

Leonora O'Reilly

O'Reilly accompanied her mother to meetings at Cooper Union and her father's friend, Victor Drury, helped instill in her an appreciation for the Italian nationalist Mazzini.

Los Helicópteros

Argentine music band formed in 1981 by Uki Goñi, Marcelo O'Reilly, Ramiro Bustos Fierro and Chapete César.

Martin Michlmayr

In 2013, O'Reilly awarded an open source award to Michlmayr, putting him in "the 'unsung heroes' category—the people who devote themselves to the important but not always glorious jobs that keep open source healthy".

Miriam O'Reilly

In April 2013 O'Reilly revealed that she was putting her name forward to be selected as the Labour Party candidate for the Nuneaton seat at the United Kingdom general election, 2015.

Mont Dolent

The first ascent of the mountain was made on 9 July 1864 by A. Reilly and Edward Whymper with guides Michel Croz, H. Charlet and M. Payot.

National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management

Among the members of the volunteer group reported in 2008 were Adobe Systems chairman Charles Geschke, Korn/Ferry chief executive Paul Reilly, former Freddie Mac CEO Richard Syron, Gerard R. Roche of Heidrick & Struggles, and former McKinsey managing director Frederick Gluck; Lawrence Bossidy, former CEO of Honeywell, has been a pro bono consultant.

Nollaig Ó Gadhra

He authored several important academic works, including biographies of Edmund Ignatius Rice, Mahatma Gandhi, Mayor of Chicago Richard J. Daley and John Boyle O'Reilly, many of which were written in Irish.

Oliver Pollock

O'Reilly was later made the Governor of Louisiana by the King of Spain.

Paddy Moore

After an impressive performance for the FAI XI against the Netherlands in May 1932, Moore, together with Joe O'Reilly and Jimmy Daly, was one of three Irish players from that team who were then signed by Aberdeen.

R. H. Bruce Lockhart

Their son was author Robin Bruce Lockhart, who wrote the 1967 book Ace of Spies — about his father’s friend and fellow agent Sidney Reilly — from which the 1983 miniseries Reilly, Ace of Spies was produced.

Robin Bruce Lockhart

The son of the British spy R. H. Bruce Lockhart, he wrote the 1967 book Ace of Spies about the super-spy Sidney Reilly, which was made into a 1983 television miniseries Reilly: Ace of Spies, starring Sam Neill as the title character and Ian Charleson as his father.

Robin Roe

The tour lasted four months, and Roe's roommates were the 19-year old Tony O'Reilly, Bill Williams and Bryn Meredith.

Rohan Nichol

He also shared screen with Genevieve O'Reilly (Mon Mothma in Episode III) in several episodes of the TV series All Saints.

St. Mary's Church, Castlemartin

The church has hosted Mass on a number of occasions, as well as family weddings, such as those of Susan Cameron to Tarik Wildman (before an Episcopal Dean) and of Gavin O'Reilly to Alison Doody, and at least one funeral, that of Tony O'Reilly's mother, Alison.

Steve Ahlquist

He is also the co-creator (along with Chris Reilly) of Strange Eggs, an anthology published by SLG Publishing, formerly Slave Labor Graphics.

Stevie O'Reilly

Stevie O'Reilly (born 13 December 1966) is a Scottish football referee who is active in the Scottish Premier League.

The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story

The discussion was moderated by Joe Mardin and panelists included Phil Ramone, Russ Titelman, Doug Biro, Jimmy Douglass, Michael O'Reilly and Frank Filipetti.

Thomas Reilly

Former U.S. Assistant Attorney General Deval Patrick won the party's nomination and the general election, defeating Reilly and businessman Chris Gabrieli.

Those Who Trespass

The satirist Stephen Colbert, known for his parody of O'Reilly and other political pundits on his show The Colbert Report, has stated that his sci-fi character Tek Jansen was originally inspired by O'Reilly and Those Who Trespass.

Timo Hannay

In addition to his work at Nature, he is the co-organiser, with Tim O'Reilly and Chris DiBona of Science Foo Camp.

Ulitzer

Among the individuals Ulitzer claimed had contributed original articles are; Bill Joy, Bob Balaban, Brad Templeton, Bruce Campbell, Bruce Perens, Christopher Lambert, David Weber, Eric S. Raymond, James Gosling, John Edwards, Ken Thompson, Larry Ellison, Rob Malda, and Tim O'Reilly.

Vincent Dillon

According to O'Reilly, he was taken prisoner by the rebels after the "Battle of York", possibly referring to the Battle of Marston Moor.

Virgil Reilly

Virgil Gavan Reilly, was born on 29 November 1892, the son of the local postmaster in Creswick, Victoria.

Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog

The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog, by Ed Krol, was published in September 1992 by O'Reilly.

WTNY

The station features a local morning news block as well as syndicated personalities Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Laura Ingraham, Jim Bohannon, and Coast to Coast AM.

WVTS

On weekdays, the station carries talk shows from Daybreak USA, Bill O'Reilly, Neal Boortz, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, Coast to Coast AM, Laura Ingraham, Phil Valentine, Glenn Beck, and Free Talk Live.


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