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unusual facts about Corrie, Arran



3rd Troop of Horse Guards

Charles, Earl of Arran —Earl of Arran's Horse Guards

Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran

Arran was the eldest son of Philip Yorke Gore, 4th Earl of Arran, and Elizabeth Marianne Napier, daughter of General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier, KCB.

Carved Stone Balls

As objects they are very easy to transport and a few have been found on Iona, Skye, Harris, Uist, Lewis, Arran, Hawick, Wigtownshire and fifteen from Orkney.

Corrie Houck

Corrie is mounting a serious Primary challenge in 2012 to replace the current incumbent, Jeanne Labuda.

Corrie, Arran

There was also a limestone "mine" in the village, which has a roof lined with fossils of Gigantoproductus.

Corrie!

In 2013 the play will tour New Zealand, with shows in Auckland, Christchurch, and the capital city Wellington.

Cut the Wire

Gary Barnacle, Andy Longhurst, Arran Ahmun, Ben Hoffnung, Bernie Clarke, Betsy Cook, Bub Roberts, Chuck Sabo, Danny Thompson, Taif Ball, Dave Knopfler, Forest Thomas, Graham Edwards, Jane James, Joel Bogen, John Munroe, Mick Jackson, Nick Williams, Pino Palladino

David Hewitt

Dave Hewitt (born 1961), editor of The Angry Corrie, a hillwalking magazine

Edward Keith

He married secondly, Christian Menteith, daughter of Sir John de Menteith, Lord of Arran and his wife Ellen of Mar.

Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton

Moreover, Arran's influence over the king was still supreme, and Arran was strenuously supported by the French party.

Emily Corrie

After studying at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Corrie won her first screen role in 1999 playing Ray Winstone's daughter in the TV series Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Engaged to a Royal Navy sailor and a keen diver, in 2009 Corrie enlisted in the Royal Navy after becoming disillusioned with life as an actress.

Fernaig manuscript

It then passed through the hands of Dr Mackintosh-Mackay, Dr W.F. Skene and the Reverend John Kennedy of Arran who finally bequeathed it to Glasgow.

Gabrán mac Domangairt

The domain of the Cenél nGabraín appears to have been centred in Kintyre and Knapdale and may have included Arran, Jura and Gigha.

Gaza journey of MV Rachel Corrie

Former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, Denis Halliday, aboard the Rachel Corrie, expressed concern that some of these humanitarian goods would likely be seized if the MV Rachel Corrie accepted "an offer of an escort to another port".

George I of Georgia

Around the same year, the easternmost provinces of Kakheti and Hereti, not easily acquired by Bagrat, staged a revolt and reinstated their own government under Kvirike III (1010/1014–1029), who also incorporated a portion of the neighbouring Arran (Ran), allowing him to claim the title of King of the Kakhetians and Ranians.

Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven

He said that Regent Arran had been advised that the modest ("sober") Scottish artillery at St Andrews Castle at the start might have taken the castle, and the prolonged and expensive siege, after Arran had departed, had harmed public opinion.

Islamization of Iran

In almost all the Iranian provinces, according to Al Masudi, fire temples were to be found – the Madjus he says, venerate many fire temples in Iraq, Fars, Kirman, Sistan, Khurasan, Tabaristan, al Djibal, Azerbaijan and Arran.

Islands of the Clyde

After Somerled's death in 1164 his kingdom was split between his three sons, Ragnall in Islay and Kintyre, Dughall in Lorne and the other Argyll islands, and Angus holding Arran and Bute.

Len Arran

Len Arran (born Leonard Arran, 7 June 1961, Thornaby-on-Tees, England) is an English composer of film scores, and songwriter for Skunk Anansie and solo artist Deborah Dyer (Skin).

Let Me Stand Alone

Corrie was killed in 2003 by an Israel Defense Forces armored bulldozer while protesting the destruction of a Gaza house which allegedly contained tunnels for smuggling weapons from Egypt.

Macabeemyrma

M. ovata was first studied by Dr. Bruce Archibald, Stefan Cover and Corrie Moreau of the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with their 2006 type description of the genus and species in an Annals of the Entomological Society of America journal article.

MV Clew Bay Queen

After launch, MV Kilbrannan inaugurated a seasonal crossing of the Kilbrannan Sound, between Claonaig, Kintyre and Lochranza on Arran.

MV Rhum

She entered service on 28 June on the seasonal crossing of the Kilbrannan Sound, between Claonaig, Kintyre and Lochranza on Arran.

Nene Gare

Nene and Frank Gare had four children, Arran (1942–47), Leif Frances (b 1946), Arran Gare (b 1948), and Helen Shelley Gare (b 1952).

Nils Holmer

Nils Holmer (1904–1994) was a Swedish linguist who carried out significant fieldwork into the Scottish Gaelic, in particular the southern dialects of Kintyre, Arran and Argyll and published several key books and articles on the topic.

Reid Jackson

The 2011 documentary film Tipping Barrels by director Ben Gulliver follows Reid Jackson and his brother Arran as they surf through the waves and fauna of the Great Bear Rainforest on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada.

Scottish Gaelic phonology

The survey collected data from informants as far south as Arran, Cowal, Brig o' Turk, east to Blairgowrie, Braemar and Grantown-on-Spey, north-east to Dunbeath and Portskerra and all areas west of these areas, including St Kilda.

Scottish Reformation

In the 1540s Henry sought a treaty for the marriage of his infant son Edward to the infant Mary (by then Queen of Scots): the regent, Arran, approved this match in August 1543 (by the Treaties of Greenwich).

Sleeping Warrior

The Sleeping Warrior is the profile of the north Arran hills as seen from the Ayrshire coast.

Still Life with Crows

Finding it inconvenient to conduct his investigations on foot, Pendergast hires a local teenager, Corrie Swanson, to chauffeur him around in her battered AMC Gremlin.

The following novel, The Book of the Dead, ends with a letter, purportedly written by Corrie to Preston and Child, telling them that she has graduated Exeter and plans to spend a year in New York City, working and learning, before attending university at NYU.

Ten Boom

Betsie ten Boom (1885-1944), Corrie's sister, also helped hide Jews in their home

Casper ten Boom (died 1944), father of Corrie and Betsie, also helped save Jews

Upuigma-tepui

The first people to climb Upuigma-tepui were John Arran, Ivan Calderon and Steve Backshall, in 2007.

Vardan I Dadiani

In 1186 or 1187 Vardan fought with distinction in the victorious campaign against the Ildenizid state in Arran, masterminded by Asat Grigolisdze, lord of Gishi, during which the Georgians raided Beylagan and the Araxes plain.


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