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2 unusual facts about Daniel O. Fagunwa


Daniel O. Fagunwa

Fagunwa's later works include Igbo Olodumare (The Forest of God, 1949), Ireke Onibudo (1949), Irinkerindo ninu Igbo Elegbeje (Expedition to the Mount of Thought, 1954), and Adiitu Olodumare (1961).

In 1938, entering a literary contest of the Nigerian education ministry, Fagunwa wrote his Ògbójú Ọdẹ nínú Igbó Irúnmalẹ̀, widely considered the first novel written in the Yoruba language and one of the first to be written in any African language.


Anatomy Act 1832

In 1832 a new Anatomy Bill was introduced, which, though strongly opposed by Hunt, Sadler and Vyvyan, was supported by Macaulay and O'Connell, and finally passed the House of Lords on 19 July 1832.

Basilica of St. John the Baptist

The St. John's Basilica-Cathedral was contemporary with and part of the great boom in church construction which surrounded the era of Daniel O'Connell and Catholic emancipation in Ireland and Newfoundland.

Bishop Kearney

Daniel O'Kearney (died 1778), Roman Catholic Bishop of Limerick, Ireland

Bord Gáis

The oldest of the small private companies was the Alliance and Dublin Consumers' Gas Company, which had been founded in the early nineteenth century by Daniel O'Connell, a prominent Irish politician and Lord Mayor of Dublin.

Cahersiveen

Daniel O'Connell, 19th-century Irish politician and campaigner for Catholic Emancipation and Repeal of the 1801 Act of Union

Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot

Although an opponent of Catholic emancipation, Daniel O'Connell gave Talbot credit for his impartiality and Lord Cloncurry called him 'an honourable, high-minded gentleman'.

Charles Navarro

Navarro announced in December 1960 his determination to unseat 70-year-old Dan O. Hoye, who had been city controller for 24 years and who said that his ambition was to equal the 28-year record of his predecessor in office, John Myers.

Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond

Conor O'Brien, married, first, Ellen (or Eveleen), daughter of Donald MacCormac MacCarthy Mor and widow of James FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond; she died in 1560, and was buried in Muckross Abbey: secondly, Una, daughter of Turlough Mac-i-Brien-Ara, by whom he had issue three sons viz.: Donough, his heir; Teige, and Daniel, created 1st Viscount Clare and three daughters.

Country 1035

Eventually RTL sold RTL Country 1035 as it had become known to Ritz Records, at one time the UK record label for Daniel O'Donnell, but problems within the RMG group resulted in the mother company becoming close to bankruptcy.

Daniel O'Carroll

He married in or before 1712, Elizabeth Jervoise, eldest daughter of Thomas Jervoise of Herriard, Hampshire, by his first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Gilbert Clarke of Somersall Hall, Derbyshire.

Daniel O'Daly

He became a Dominican in Tralee, in County Kerry; took his vows in Lugo, studied at Burgos (both in Spain), where he assumed the name Dominic de Rosario, gained his doctorate of theology in Bordeaux and returned as priest to Tralee.

Daniel O'Donoghue

Daniel John O'Donoghue (1844–1907), Irish-born labour leader and political figure in Ontario

Daniel O'Leary

Daniel Florence O'Leary (c.1802–1854), South American brigadier general

Ein bißchen Frieden

The song has since been rendered in English as "A Little Peace" recorded by Daniel O'Donnell for his 1997 album I Believe, and in Dutch as "Een Beetje Vrede" recorded by Kathleen Aerts for her 2009 album In Symfonie.

Erik Orton

Orton also penned The Drummings (in collaboration with Joshua Williams) based on the life and times of Irish statesman Daniel O'Connell.

Frank Hennessy

Hennessy's own musical compositions have been recorded by a wide range of artists such as The Furies, Foster and Allen, Daniel O'Donnell, Diarmuid O'Leary and the Bards and Max Boyce.

George Finch-Hatton, 10th Earl of Winchilsea

He was particularly noted as being almost the only English nobleman who was willing to identify himself with the Orange party in Ireland, and he was accustomed to denounce in frantic terms Daniel O'Connell, Maynooth, and the system of education carried out in that college.

Henry Baillie

Baillie was a friend of Benjamin Disraeli, and in 1835 was actually called upon by Disraeli to serve as his second (after d'Orsay declined), when it appeared that Disraeli and Morgan O'Connell, the son of Daniel O'Connell, were going to fight a duel, which apparently did not actually occur.

Honoré Lechasseur

The character was created by Daniel O'Mahony for the Telos Doctor Who novella The Cabinet of Light.

Irish Examiner

The paper was founded by John Francis Maguire under the title The Cork Examiner in 1841 in support of the Catholic Emancipation and tenant rights work of Daniel O'Connell.

Kilcock

It was set to music by Madeline King O'Farrelly and recorded by Eileen Donaghy, Josef Locke, Johnny McEvoy, Hank Locklin, Finbar Furey, Anthony Kearns, Daniel O'Donnell, Finbar Wright and many other artists up to the present day.

McDonnell Douglas DC-X

According to writer Jerry Pournelle: "DC-X was conceived in my living room and sold to National Space Council Chairman Dan Quayle by General Graham, Max Hunter and me."

Merrion Square

The poet W. B. Yeats lived at No 82, and Daniel O'Connell at No 58, now home to the Keough-Naughton Center of the University of Notre Dame.

Nigerian literature

Many have won accolades for their work, including Daniel O. Fagunwa, Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Femi Osofisan, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Cyprian Ekwensi, Buchi Emecheta, Elechi Amadi and Ben Okri.

Oliver Barnes

In February 2008, it was announced that Hoflin was to leave Neighbours that year, along with co-stars Daniel O'Connor (Ned Parker), Jesse Rosenfeld (Marco Silvani) and Sweeney Young (Riley Parker).

Pilgrims Hatch

Numerous artists of note have performed there, including David Essex, Chuck Berry, Daniel O'Donnell, Lee Evans, and JLS.

Sant'Agata dei Goti

The Greek humanist John Lascaris (died 1535) is interred in the church and in all likelihood the heart of Daniel O'Connell, the 'Liberator' (died Genoa 1847), is buried in the vault.

Terry Alts

The terror tactics of the Terry Alts were condemned by Tom Steele, but Daniel O'Connell laid the blame for agrarian agitation firmly at the feet of absentee landlords.

The Brazen Head

A number of famous patrons are known to have visited the establishment, including author James Joyce, who mentioned the pub in his novel Ulysses; Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels; Robert Emmet also lived there for some time; others include Brendan Behan, Wolfe Tone and Daniel O'Connell.

The Crescent, Limerick

A monument to Daniel O'Connell; the 19th Century Irish Political leader stands at the centre of The Crescent overlooking O'Connell Street.

Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman

In O'Connell v the Queen, in 1844, he led the majority in quashing the conviction for sedition of Daniel O'Connell.

Turnham Green

A similar but far less serious episode in the tavern in 1795 saw the young Daniel O'Connell arrested for drunken and riotous behaviour.

William Caulfield

Caulfield became one of the busiest warm up men for both BBC and UTV on shows such as "The Kelly Show" Get it Right Next Time, Town Challenge, The Daniel O'Donnell Show, Give my Head Peace, Saints and Scholars, Scots Irish Evenings and The 11+ Show.

Young Slovenes

As a response to what they considered inefficient "cabinet politics", the Young Slovenes organized mass popular rallies in support of the United Slovenia program, modelled after of Daniel O'Connell's monster meetings.


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