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6 unusual facts about Blackrock


120 Collins Street

The building is home to a number of high-profile tenants including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BlackRock, Rothschild, Standard & Poor's, Bluescope Steel, Mitsubishi, Rio Tinto Group, Ord Minnet, plus Citigroup's Melbourne office.

Avoca Hockey Club

Avoca Hockey Club (Cumann Haca Abhóca in Irish) is a hockey club based in Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland.

Blackrock, County Louth

Although it is no longer considered a tourist resort, there remains a tradition of visiting Blackrock on the 15th of August (vide the Celtic feast of Lúnasa).

Lillie Langtry Stakes

It has been sponsored by BlackRock and was run as the iShares Fillies' Stakes in 2011-12.

Ruth Gilligan

Gilligan's father is an accountant and her mother a speech therapist, her brother David is ten years her senior, and the family live in Blackrock.

Senior College Dun Laoghaire

The college is scheduled to relocate to a new building in Blackrock by 2012 and will be renamed as Blackrock Education Institute (BFEI).


BlackRock Center for the Arts

The BlackRock Center for the Arts (full name Germantown Cultural Arts Center d.b.a. BlackRock Center for the Arts) is a cultural, visual and performing arts center in Germantown, Maryland.

Blackrock College

In living memory are Victor Costello, a 20 year Leinster, Ireland and Blackrock R.F.C. veteran, who also put the shot for Ireland at the Olympics, Leo Cullen, currently captain of the Leinster team and Shane Byrne, Leinster and Ireland professional rugby player.

Carysfort College

The college developed further when 'Sedes Sapientiae' (Seat of Wisdom) Training School for girls (a recognised Teacher Training college) of Catherine McAuley Baggot Street moved to Carysfort in Blackrock.

Castle Hill, Bronx

Jennifer Lopez "J-Lo" (1969-) - musician and actress, raised on 2210 Blackrock Avenue Castle Hill Hall of Fame Inductee Class of 2006,1st ballot.

Debenhams Ireland

Roches Stores caused huge controversy in the 1970s and early 1980s when it demolished Frescati House in Blackrock, the home of Lord Edward FitzGerald.

Dromantine House

Prior to the acquisition of Dromatine the Society of African Missions in Ireland had St. Josephs Seminary on the Blackrock Road in Cork.

Frogcircus

During August 2006, the band recorded what would be the third full album Not Completely Clean, produced by Jürgen Block, released in July 2008 under BlackRock Records.

John B. Cosgrave

Educated at Royal Holloway College, London, he lectured in Carysfort College(Blackrock, Dublin) and St Patrick's College of Education(Drumcondra).

Laurence D. Fink

When the project ended in default, BlackRock clients lost their money, including the California Pension and Retirement System which lost about $500 million.

Nicholas Lawless, 1st Baron Cloncurry

Lord Cloncurry died at Maretimo, Blackrock, County Dublin, in August 1799, aged 63, and was succeeded in his titles by his son, Valentine.

Paddy Glynn

Glynn was born in Gort, County Galway, Ireland and educated at the French College, Blackrock and Trinity College, Dublin.

Paths to Freedom

Dr. Jeremy Fitzgerald, played by Brendan Coyle, was a distinguished gynaecologist, living in the affluent Dublin suburb of Blackrock, before being convicted of dangerous driving causing injury.

Rockies

The Rockies, Cork, Ireland, the nickname of Blackrock National Hurling Club, an historic sports team in Cork, Ireland

Russian Direct Investment Fund

During the 2012 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, President Vladimir Putin announced the formation of an investment consortium between RDIF, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and Templeton Asset Management to provide pre-IPO support to Russian companies listing on the Moscow stock exchange MICEX-RTS.

SkillPages

In June 2011, Irish Government Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, welcomed the launch of a new feature called "Opportunities" during the official opening of the company's newly expanded headquarters in Blackrock, Co.

Teo Gebert

Gebert made his stage debut in Reg Livermore's musical Big Sister in 1990, and has appeared at the Sydney Theatre Company in Trackers of Oxyrhinicus, Antony and Cleopatra, Lost in Yonkers, Galileo and Blackrock.

Timothy Coughlin

On July 10, 1927, the three surprised Justice Minister Kevin O'Higgins on his way to Mass at the Booterstown Avenue side of Cross Avenue in Blackrock, County Dublin and shot him down.

University College Dublin Library

The Short Loan collection in the James Joyce library and the entire stock of the Blackrock and Veterinary Medicine libraries uses RFID technology.

Willow Park

Willow Park School, primary school in Dublin, Ireland which is a feeder school for Blackrock College


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