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5 unusual facts about Boland


Boland cricket team

The Boland cricket team is based in the Boland region of Western Cape province in South Africa.

Boland, Western Cape

This is approximately the area included in the Cape Winelands District Municipality, which was formerly called the Boland District Municipality.

Boland's Bakery

Also during a dispute when unemployed demonstrators, led by the writer Liam O’Flaherty, occupied the Rotunda Hospital, Boland's Bakery in Capel St. donated 500 loaves to the demonstrators.

in 1888 the company was floated by the executor of his will Bishop Nicholas Donnelly, his brother in law.

Cape Winelands District Municipality

The Cape Winelands District Municipality, formerly the Boland District Municipality, is a district municipality located in the Boland region of the Western Cape province of South Africa.


1915 Detroit Tigers season

In 1926, Boland returned to the news for comments he made concerning a game-fixing scandal involving Ty Cobb.

1974 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

Maryland scoring – Ed Mullen 3, Dave Dempsey 3, Roger Tuck 3, Pat O'Meally 2, Frank Urso 2, Dino Mattessich 2, Kevin Boland 2, Bob Mitchell, Doug Radebaugh

Maryland scoring–Frank Urso 3, Dave Dempsey 2, Ed Mullen 2, Kevin Boland 2, Dave Hallock, Bob Mitchell, Roger Tuck

2008 Dublin hurling season

goals1 = S Mullen 0-12 (0-8f, 0-2 '65'), D O'Callaghan 0-3, D Qualter, R O'Carroll 0-2 each, J Boland, K Flynn, P O'Driscoll 0-1 each.

Back Back Forward Punch

Made up of Laura Boland (vocals) and Andy Liddell (keys and production), Back Back Forward Punch echo the sounds of modern disco greats - Goldfrapp, Groove Armada and Crazy P.

Bobbi Boland

The show starred Nancy Hasty as Bobbi Boland (the original actress quit over differences with the director), Holiday Segal as Susan Johnson, Gregg Henry as Roger Boland, Byron Loyd as Sam White, David Little as George McGowan, and Tanya Clarke as Kim McGowan.

Cambridge UCCE and Cambridge University in 2005

This was quite a recovery from 7 down for 139, when Friedlander (81), who has represented Boland in South Africa, and Wright (76) got together.

Craig Doyle

Doyle presented Ireland's Top Earners in 2008, later recalled by John Boland in the Irish Independent as a programme that came about "just when the country was sliding inexorably into economic ruin and in which Doyle swooned over the wealth that had been amassed by Seán Quinn" since bankrupt.

Derek B

Derek Boland (15 January 1965 – 15 November 2009), better known by his stage name Derek B, was a British rapper.

Derek Humble

He toured with the group until 1968, when he was seriously injured in a mugging in Cologne; Phil Woods temporarily took over lead alto in Clarke-Boland while he recovered.

Eavan Boland

The Poetry of Eavan Boland: A Postcolonial Reading. Bethesda, MD: Academica Press, 2008.

Eavan Boland and the History of the Ordinary. Bethesda, MD: Academica Press, 2004.

Faraday School kidnapping

The Faraday School kidnapping occurred on 6 October 1972 at a one-teacher school in the village of Faraday in Victoria, Australia, where two unemployed friends, Edwin John Eastwood and Robert Clyde Boland, kidnapped six female pupils and their teacher for a $1,000,000 ransom.

Harry Boland

In the 1996 biographical film Michael Collins, Harry Boland was portrayed by Irish-American actor Aidan Quinn.

Boland held the Russian Crown Jewels as collateral for a loan of $25,000 from the Irish Republic to the Soviet Republic through the head of the Soviet Bureau, Ludwig Martens.

Hot Cross

The band was composed of former members of such bands as Saetia (vocalist Billy Werner and drummer Greg Drudy, who was also a founding member and the original drummer of post-punkers Interpol), Off Minor (bassist/guitarist Matt Smith), You and I (guitarist Casey Boland), Neil Perry, The Now and Joshua Fit For Battle (bassist/guitarist Josh Jakubowski).

James Boland

Boland's involvement in the nationalist movement increased and, after the split over Charles Stewart Parnell's leadership of the Irish Parliamentary Party, he became one of the main Parnellite organisers in Dublin.

Mary Boland

For the remainder of her career, Boland combined films and, later television productions, with appearances onstage (including starring in the 1935 Cole Porter musical Jubilee), making her last Broadway appearance in 1954 at the age of seventy-two.

Neil Snyman

Neil Martin Snyman (born March 4, 1963, Prieska, Cape Province) is a former Boland and Western Province cricketer.

Nicholas Donnelly

In 1882, on the death of his half sister Mary Boland (née Donnelly), he became guardian of her seven children, five girls and two boys, Patrick and John Pius Boland (who won two olympic medals in 1896 and became an MP for South Kerry).

Paarl Cricket Club Ground

Paarl Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Boland, South Africa.

Paul Christman

After retiring as a player, Christman worked as a television color commentator, first teaming with play-by-play announcer Joe Boland to call Cardinals games for CBS in 1958-59.

Rael Levitt

In 1995, Levitt concluded a sale of Levco to Seeff Holding's Chairman, Lawrence Seeff, and after acquiring Boland Bank’s auction arm, became the Managing Director of Seeff Auctions.

Ray Boland

During the Berlin Crisis of 1961, Boland was assigned to the 32nd Infantry Division and stationed at Fort Lewis.

Regiment Boland

However, the 1st Battalion fought to regain their original name and this succeeded in 1974, when the two battalions became independent units - the 1st Battalion became Regiment Westelike Provincie and was headquartered in Cape Town, while the 2nd Battalion retained the designation Regiment Boland.

Sam Sheppard

Cuyahoga County prosecutor William D. Mason led the State of Ohio's trial team, which included assistant prosecutors Steve Dever, Kathleen Martin, and Dean M. Boland.

Songs to Scream at the Sun

Casey Boland of Alternative Press had a similar review, noting that while the band's influences were obvious on 2006's The Things We Carry, "they now stir them into a unique sound."

Warren Boland

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Boland commentated on Saturday afternoon New South Wales Rugby League/Australian Rugby League matches, generally alongside co-caller David Morrow and fellow ex-players David Wright, John Peard and Arthur Beetson.

West Bank Story

West Bank Story is a comedy/musical short film, directed by Ari Sandel, co-written by Sandel and Kim Ray, produced by Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ashley Jordan, Ravi Malhotra, Bill Boland and featuring choreography by Ramon Del Barrio.

Wolseley, Western Cape

Wolseley railway station is served by Metrorail's "Boland Blitz" service, with one train per day in the morning from Worcester to Cape Town, and one in the evening in the other direction.


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