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4 unusual facts about Brian O'Driscoll


Brian O'Driscoll

O'Driscoll made his debut for Leinster in 1999, and under head coach Matt Williams and backs coach Alan Gaffney he became an explosive force in the Leinster backline.

Leinster appointed Michael Cheika in the summer of 2005 and despite rumours of O'Driscoll moving to France, O'Driscoll agreed to another year in Ireland.

In 1998, O'Driscoll played for the Ireland U-19 side, which won the Under 19 Rugby World Championship.

Emily Scarratt

Emily first played for England in 2008, scoring 12 tries in 12 games and earning comparisons to Brian O'Driscoll.


1824: The Arkansas War

Charles Ball, General in the Arkansas Army, second-in-command to Driscoll.

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.

Adventures for the Cure

In 2006, AFC developed a documentary film, Adventures for the Cure: The Doc, narrated by 3-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond, which chronicled a 6,500-mile trek across the United States on fixed-gear, single speed bicycles by Adam Driscoll, Patrick Blair, Jesse Stump and their support crew.

Bishop Dubois High School

The reunions took place at Our Lady Queen of Peace in Orangeburg, New York, where Father Driscoll was a Chaplain.

Brian O. Murdoch

In several hundred published works he established the centrality of the "popular" (as opposed to the exegetical) understanding of the "protoplasts" in far wider areas of medieval thought than had hitherto been appreciated.

Brian O'Brien

The National Defense Research council became involved with the Institute December 1942 and continued the relationship until January 1946.

Brian O'Dea

Under increasing threat from the Drug Enforcement Administration, he quit the business in 1986, but his life declined and he became addicted to drugs.

O'Dea can be heard narrating the 2009 documentary Hangman's Graveyard, which tells the story of an archaeological investigation at Toronto's Old Don Jail to uncover a long forgotten cemetery.

Brian O'Doherty

For many years, O'Doherty was an influential member of the senior staff of the National Endowment for the Arts, first as director of the Visual Arts Program, and subsequently as director of the Media Arts Program, where he was responsible for the creation of such major public television series as American Masters and Great Performances.

Brian O'Donnell

After successfully securing Roy O'Brien's signature after the player was about to walk away due to a break of contract from the board, O'Donnell pledged to take on the job full-time with the support of senior players Mark Jermyn and Jamie Gleeson.

Brian O'Dwyer

He attended the High School of Music and Art.

Brian O'Halloran

Brian Christopher O'Halloran (born December 20, 1969) is an American actor best known for his roles in Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse films, notably as Dante Hicks in Smith's debut film Clerks and its 2006 sequel, Clerks II.

Brian O'Leary

In 2007, O'Leary presented a paper titled "Renewable and Unconventional Energy for a Sustainable Future: Can We Convert in Time?", at the International Energy Conference and Exhibition in Daegu, South Korea.

Brian O'Rourke

Brian O'Rourke (in Irish, Brian na Múrtha Ó Ruairc) (1540? – 1591), hereditary lord of West Bréifne in Ireland during the later stages of the Tudor conquest of that country, was proclaimed by the English as a rebel and became the first man extradited within Britain on allegations of crimes committed in Ireland.

A member of the Dublin council, Robert Dillon of the Meath family, advised him to stay out – intimating that O'Rourke would be taken into custody if he came in and submitted to crown authority – and O'Rourke declined the government's offers.

After Perrot's departure, he assisted at least eighty survivors of the Spanish Armada – including Francisco de Cuellar – to depart the country in the winter of 1588, and was regarded as friendly to future receptions of Spanish forces.

Bruce Driscoll

Entranced by Seyrat's whispery voice, Driscoll asked her if she'd be interested in writing some songs together.

Charles Benedict Driscoll

Driscoll worked as an editor for the McNaught Syndicate from 1928 until his death, and continued the popular New York Day by Day column after the death of its creator O. O. McIntyre in 1938.

Charles Benedict Driscoll (October 19, 1885 – January 15, 1951) was a U.S. journalist and editor.

Daniel A. Driscoll

Driscoll was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1917).

Dogmatic Infidel Comedown OK

It includes remixes by Combichrist, Pull Out Kings, Alec Empire, Vive la Fête, Black Light Odyssey, Omega Man, Aesthetic Perfection and Terrence Fixmer; covers by Miss Derringer, James Cook and Anne Marie Kirby (The Dollhouse), German band Index, and Larry Driscoll; and Chris Corner's own reworks under the alias of UNFALL.

Emily Roysdon

Roysdon's many other collaborations include costume design for choreographers Levi Gonzalez, Vannesa Anspaugh and Faye Driscoll, as well as lyric writing for The Knife, and JD Samson & MEN.

Jason Tindall

Tindall was an apprentice at Charlton Athletic, but was released and joined Bournemouth on a free transfer in 1998 as a midfielder, becoming a regular in the side after being switched to central defence when Sean O'Driscoll replaced Mel Machin as manager.

Kim Driscoll

With Kim Driscoll as Mayor, the Salem Waterfront, Salem Harbor and the entire Salem Maritime National Historic Site have seen a 180 degree turnaround from other administrations.

Kupenda for the Children

In 2006, Adventures for the Cure developed a documentary film, Adventures for the Cure: The Doc, narrated by 3-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond, which chronicled a 6,500-mile trek across the United States on fixed-gear, single speed bicycles by Adam Driscoll, Pat Blair, Jesse Stump and their support crew.

Life of Adam and Eve

Brian O. Murdoch, The Apocryphal Adam and Eve in Medieval Europe: Vernacular Translations and Adaptations of the Vita Adae et Evae, Oxford (OUP), 2009.

Loren Driscoll

Driscoll was born in Midwest, Wyoming and after studies at Syracuse University and Boston University made his professional operatic debut in 1954 as Dr. Cajus in Verdi's Falstaff with Opera of Boston.

Mario Simunovic

Doncaster manager Sean O'Driscoll describes Simunovic as "a wide attacking player".

Martha O'Driscoll

It was RKO, however, which gave O'Driscoll her first two starring roles, as romantic interest to the cowboy Tim Holt in Wagon Train (1940), and notably as Daisy Mae in the first screen version of Al Capp's comic strip Li'l Abner (1940).

She was groomed in more visible parts and began pitching products for Max Factor and Royal Crown Cola, among many others, in magazine ads, while such endorsements promoted her upcoming pictures in return.

Michael E. Driscoll

Driscoll was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1899, to March 3, 1913.

Northside, Dublin

Actress and singer Maria Doyle Kennedy is originally from the neighbourhood of Clontarf, as is Irish rugby international, Brian O'Driscoll.

Parke's Castle

It was in this tower house that Francisco de Cuellar, the shipwrecked Armada officer, was entertained by Brian O'Rourke.

Ralph Rayner

Brian O'Rorke was chosen as the architect for the project on the grounds that he had never designed such a house before and would therefore be open to Lady Rayner's ideas.

Sci-Fi Valley Con

For 2013 the convention booked several additional recognizable celebrity guests, such as: Brian O'Halloran who played to role of Dante Hicks in the Kevin Smith films Clerks and Clerks II.

Sean O'Driscoll

He also linked up once again with former Doncaster players Simon Gillett, James Coppinger and Billy Sharp.

When he retired in 1995, he had played a club-record 423 league games for Bournemouth (the record has since been broken by Steve Fletcher), and subsequently joined the club's coaching staff.

This success meant that O'Driscoll had achieved the rare feat of managing two different teams to victory at the Millennium Stadium.

Susan Kennedy

Susan helps Priya to get her job back by blackmailing Brian O'Loughlin (Paul Denny) into withdrawing his false accusations of harassment against her.

Tom Donahue

In 1969, besides his roles as a DJ, station manager, and live show producer, he also managed Leigh Stephens (former lead guitarist of the San Francisco psychedelic rock group Blue Cheer), Micky Waller (UK the Steampacket, Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll & The Trinity, the Jeff Beck Group 1968-69), and Pete Sears in the band Silver Metre, and in 1970 Stoneground.

Turbo-Charged Prelude

Turbo-Charged Prelude is a 2003 short film, directed by Philip Atwell, featuring Paul Walker reprising his role as Brian O'Conner, in a short series of sequences which bridge The Fast and the Furious with its first sequel, 2 Fast 2 Furious.


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