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5 unusual facts about Gaël


Gaël

The Allied Air Forces based in England attacked the airfield on several occasions in 1943 and 1944 before it was seized by the United States Army in June 1944.

Known as Advanced Landing Ground "A-31", the 354th Fighter Group based P-51 Mustang fighters at the airfield from 13 August through 17 September 1944 before moving east to Orconte in the Marne département along with the advancing Allied armies.

Gael Linn

On the business side, they run the Gael-Linn Records record label, which is partly funded by the Irish state.

Judicael ap Hoel

Around 640, he retired to the monastery of Saint John at Gwazel, not far from the monastery of Paimpont which he had founded.

Ralph de Gael

Ralph de Gael (otherwise Ralph de Guader, Radulf Waders or Ralph Wader) (before 1042 – c. 1096) was the Earl of East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk) and Lord of Gaël and Montfort (Seigneur de Gaël et Montfort).


Alexis FitzGerald

His nephew Alexis FitzGerald, Jnr (born 1945), former Irish Fine Gael politician, TD and Senator

Alexis FitzGerald, Snr (died 1985), Irish solicitor and Fine Gael Senator

Amlaíb Conung

Several historians have proposed instead that in early times, and certainly as late as the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, Laithlinn refers to the Norse and Norse-Gael lands in the Hebrides, the Isle of Man, the Northern Isles and parts of mainland Scotland.

Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa GAC

Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Ard Bó Uí Dhonnabhain Rossa (Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa in English) is a club based in east County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, close to the shores of Lough Neagh.

Ceol Aduaidh

Ceol Aduaidh is the first (studio) album by Frankie Kennedy and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (who would go on to found the Irish band Altan), originally released in 1983 on the Gael-Linn Records label.

Colm Mac Eochaidh

A former member of Fine Gael, in the 2002 Irish general election he unsuccessfully ran in the constituency of Dublin South-East, as a running mate to sitting Fine Gael TD Frances Fitzgerald.

Dockrell

Henry Morgan Dockrell (1880–1955), Irish Cumann na nGaedhael and Fine Gael party politician

Fine Gael

Fine Gael won 19 seats in Seanad Éireann following the 2011 election, a gain of four from the previous election in 2007.

The release of equity through the sale of the various state resources, including electricity generation services belonging to the ESB, Bord na Móna and Bord Gáis, in combination with use of money in the National Pensions Reserve Fund, is the means by which Fine Gael is proposing to fund its national stimulus package.

Fintan Coogan

His son Fintan Coogan, Jnr (born 1944), also an Irish Fine Gael politician, TD and senator

Fintan Coogan, Snr (1910–1984), Irish Fine Gael politician, TD and senator

Gaël Clichy

In 2012, Gaël Clichy signed a sponsorship deal with German sportswear and footwear supplier, Puma SE.

Gaël Leforestier

Gaël Leforestier began his career at the age of 15, portraying Pierre de Marivaux in Le Triomphe de l'amour, in Paris.

Gael Murphy

Gael Murphy, a resident of Washington, D.C., is an anti-war activist with Code Pink who has planned or participated in many of its high profile protests and activities against the Iraq war.

Gerald O'Sullivan

Gearóid O'Sullivan (1891–1948), Irish teacher, army officer, barrister and Sinn Féin and Fine Gael politician.

Henry Dockrell

Henry Morgan Dockrell (died 1955), Irish Cumann na nGaedhael and Fine Gael politician who was elected to both Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann

Percy Dockrell, full name Henry Percy Dockrell, son of the above, (1914–1979), Irish Fine Gael party politician, TD for Dún Laoghaire 1951–1977

History of Fine Gael

Fine Gael seemed trendy under FitzGerald's leadership (for instance, U2 endorsed them at this time).

John Farrelly

John V. Farrelly (born 1954), Irish Fine Gael party politician, former TD and senator

John Mannion

His son John Mannion, Jnr (1944–2006), also an Irish Fine Gael politician from County Galway

John Mannion, Snr (1907–1978), Irish Fine Gael politician from County Galway

John O'Sullivan

John M. O'Sullivan (1881–1948), Irish Cumann na nGaedhael/Fine Gael politician, TD, cabinet minister and academic

Maurice Dockrell

Maurice E. Dockrell (1908–1986), grandson of the above and Irish Fine Gael party politician

Patrick Burke

Paddy Burke (born 1955), Irish Fine Gael party politician from County Mayo, Senator since 1993

Patrick McCartan

They persuaded Éamon de Valera to support the Philadelphia branch of Clan na Gael against the New York branch led by John Devoy and Judge Daniel Cohalan in their struggle to focus the resources of the Friends of Irish Freedom to Irish independence rather than domestic American politics.

Paul Connaughton

Paul Connaughton, Snr (born 1944), Irish Fine Gael politician for Galway East from 1981–2011

His son Paul Connaughton, Jnr, Irish Fine Gael politician for Galway East since 2011

Pictish language

Bede states that Columba, a Gael, used an interpreter during his mission to the Picts.

Roxbury High School

Composer Robert Farnon composed The Gaels: An American Wind Symphony, as a commission to the Roxbury High School band in honor of the school's mascot, the gael.

Thomas Esmonde

Sir John Esmonde, 14th Baronet (1893–1958), Fine Gael TD for Wexford 1937–1951

Sir John Esmonde, 16th Baronet, (1928–1987), Fine Gael TD for Wexford 1973–1977

Violette Leduc

The film was a commercial feature about adolescent lesbian love, starring Essy Persson and Anna Gael.

William Cotter

Bill Cotter (born 1943), Irish Fine Gael politician, former TD and Senator

William Mackey Lomasney

William Mackey Lomasney (1841-December 13, 1884) was a member of the Fenian Brotherhood and the Clan na Gael who, during the Fenian dynamite campaign organized by Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, was killed in a failed attempt to dynamite London Bridge.


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