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unusual facts about Milford, County Donegal


Rosabelle Osborne

The second daughter of Dr. J. A. Osborne of Milford, County Donegal, Rosabelle Osborne received her training at the Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury, and the Royal Infirmary, Bristol.


A286 road

The A286 is an A class road in the south of England, from its northernmost point in Milford, Surrey, to Birdham, West Sussex.

Belvidere and Delaware River Railway

The main service the Belvidere and Delaware River Railway provided freight service south along the Delaware River from Phillipsburg, New Jersey to Milford, New Jersey, following a 16 mile riverbank line.

Dale Milford

From 1953-58, Milford was a staff meteorologist for KWTX-TV in Waco, then moved into the major markets in the same capacity at WFAA-TV from 1958-71.

Darerca of Ireland

Darerca's second husband, Chonas the Briton, founded the church of Both-chonais, now Binnion, Parish of Clonmany, in the barony of Inishowen, County Donegal.

David Clark Company

In 2008, David Clark Company, along with its subsidiary, Air-Lock, Inc. of Milford, Connecticut, partnered with Houston, Texas based Oceaneering Space Systems to develop the Constellation Space Suit System (CSSS) for use on the upcoming Constellation program.

David G. Watts

Originally a school geography teacher at Milford Haven Grammar School, he designed Railway Rivals, his most popular game, to teach the geography of Wales and upon retirement published it under the imprint Rostherne Games.

Del-One

Eligibility for membership is extended to employees of the State of Delaware; anyone who lives, works or worships in Georgetown, Milford, Newark, Wilmington and the West Dover area, and over 200 select employee groups.

Dingman Delaware Middle School

Dingman Delaware Middle School,commonly known as "DDMS" located in Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania was built in 1994 and is a Middle School serving sixth, seventh, and eighth graders in the Dingmans Ferry and Milford area.

Donegal Celtic F.C.

They registered their chosen name with the Irish Football League, taking the name from the area in which they were based, Lenadoon, Gweedore, Glenveagh are all local areas named after towns in County Donegal, with the Celtic part being taken on due to the massive local following for Scotland's Celtic, and formerly Belfast Celtic.

Dudi Appleton

In 1999 they made The Most Fertile Man in Ireland (set in County Donegal in west Ulster), for which he would later win the HBO Comedy award in Colorado for best director, awarded to Appleton by Billy Crystal.

Executions during the Irish Civil War

On 14 March at Drumboe Castle in County Donegal, in the north west, four anti-Treaty IRA fighters, Charles Daly (26), Sean Larkin (26), Daniel Enwright (23), and Timothy O' Sullivan (23), who had been captured and held in the castle since January, were summarily shot in retaliation for the death of a National Army soldier in an ambush.

F. S. Ashley-Cooper

Frederick Samuel Ashley-Cooper (born c. 22 March 1877 in Bermondsey, London; died 31 January 1932 in Milford, near Godalming, Surrey) was a cricket historian and statistician.

Forrest Hill Milford

Forrest Hill Milford reached the Quarter-Final of the 2009 Chatham Cup (New Zealand's premier club knockout competition), where they were beaten by eventual champions Wellington Olympic 4-3.

Gene Milford

Milford won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Lost Horizon (with Gene Havlick) and for On the Waterfront; he was also nominated for an Academy Award for One Night of Love (directed by Victor Schertzinger - 1934).

George P. Fisher

Born in Milford, Delaware, Fisher attended the public schools of Kent County and Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Henry Plumer McIlhenny

During his lifetime his collections of French masterpieces, 18th and 19th century silver, furniture and other decorative arts were housed in both his Rittenhouse Square townhouse and at Glenveagh Castle, his country house in County Donegal, part of the Province of Ulster in Ireland.

History of Milford Haven

He spoke glowingly during a banquet held in his honour, commenting on the number of whaleships sent to the Southern Oceans, Milford's status as a primary seaport on the west coast of Britain, and culminated in comparing the harbour with that of Trincomalee in Sri Lanka as to be the two best he had ever seen.

Humphrey S. Milford

Milford himself edited volumes of works of Robert Browning, William Cowper, and Leigh Hunt; and was principal editor of The Oxford Book of Regency Verse (later The Oxford Book of Romantic Verse) and a moving force behind the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.

Irish Damselfly

The northernmost site is in Co Donegal at Lough Napaste north of Milford and the southern limit is on the eastern edge of the Burren in Co Claree at Lough Skeardeen near Boston.

Jeffrey Roy

In 2010, he was elected as the Chairman of the Franklin Democratic Town Committee, co-chaired Franklin’s Anti-Bullying Task Force, served as a member of Franklin’s Horace Mann School Building Committee, and was the chairman of the Board of Directors for the non-profit Masque Theatre Co., Inc. in Milford, Massachusetts.

John Milford

From 1959 to 1960, Milford was cast in ten episodes as the historical Ike Clanton on the ABC/Desilu series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, starring Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp.

Milford's Los Angeles Times obituary credits him with using his engineering background to help create the original design for the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad

Traveling southwestward from Salt Lake, the railroad's division point towns were Lynndyl, Utah; Milford; Caliente, Nevada; Las Vegas; Yermo, California; and San Bernardino, California.

Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill

Her father's family were native Irish-speakers from Ranafast, County Donegal and Maighread was therefore brought up speaking the language, along with her sister Tríona and brothers Éamonn, Mícheál and Conall.

March 2006 tornado outbreak sequence

In Iroquois County, most of a cattle building was blown into a field just west of Illinois Route 1 near Milford.

Milford Mill

Milford Mill Road, a major road in Baltimore County that runs from Pikesville to Milford Mill

Milford Township, Butler County, Ohio

At the 2005 Milford Township Bicentennial, the Gov. Andrew L. Harris Bicentennial Roadway was dedicated in 2005 by an invited speaker, James Brodbelt Harris, the governor's relative and the president of the family reunion association, whose family owns an Ohio Century Farm in the township.

Milford, County Donegal

Celtic F.C. and Northern Ireland footballers Patsy Gallacher and Jamie Heena were born in Milford in 1891 and 1957 respectively.

Milford, Delaware

Simmie Knox began to teach himself to paint while living in Milford as a young man.

Milford, Derbyshire

Milford's claim to fame is that one of Strutt's apprentices at Milford was Samuel Slater, who absconded to America carrying Arkwright's system in his head.

Milford, Iowa

As the population increased at these times, a need for a good flouring mill was felt because the nearest mills were those in Mankato, Minnesota and Fort Dodge, Iowa.

Milford, Staffordshire

Nearby Shugborough Hall was the home of the late photographer Lord Lichfield.

Montego joe

Under his own name he recorded the album Arriba! Con Montego Joe for Prestige Records prior to which he worked with Chick Corea with Eddie Gomez and Milford Graves, followed by the album Wild and hot.

MV Rhum

Her new Irish owner operates Rhum and Coll between Burtonport and Arranmore in County Donegal.

Nancy Milford

Milford is best known for her book Zelda about F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife Zelda Fitzgerald.

While considering writing to be her primary career, Milford has also taught at the University of Michigan, Princeton University, Brown University, Vassar College, New York University, Bennington College, Briarcliff College, and Bard College.

New Milford Hospital

New Milford Hospital, (founded 1921) is a not-for profit hospital in Litchfield County, Connecticut which serves western and northwestern Connecticut and parts of southeastern New York state.

Noel Doherty

The explosives would be used in 1969 as part of a series of bombings in which members of the UPV caused small explosions at a Castlereagh electricity station, Silent Valley reservoir and a further electricity station in County Donegal.

Ó Breisleáin

The Ó Breisleáin were natives of Fanad, County Donegal, and a branch of the family later became brehons to the Maguire of County Fermanagh

Oxenford Farm

Oxenford Farm was formerly an abbey farm, a dependency of Waverley Abbey in the civil parish of Milford, Surrey, England, with several listed buildings around a courtyard, including three by Augustus Pugin.

Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield

Nearby is Milford Hall, the estate of the Levett-Haszard family, who are related to the Ansons and who sit on the board of Shugborough.

Penelope Milford

Penelope Milford (born March 23, 1948) is an American actress.

RNAD Trecwn

Its location allowed supply of naval mines and munitions via rail from the West Wales Lines Fishguard branch, and distribution via a series of local deep sea ports, including Fishguard harbour and Neyland for Milford Haven.

Sir Edmund Francis Hayes, 5th Baronet

Sir Edmund Francis Hayes, 5th Baronet (1850 - 1912) of Drumboe Castle, County Donegal was a Baronet in the Baronetage of Ireland.

Sir Samuel Hercules Hayes, 4th Baronet

He was educated at Harrow, and succeeded his father Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes, 3rd Baronet as baronet in 1860 and inherited the family estate of Drumboe Castle in County Donegal.

Staffordshire County Museum

Staffordshire County Museum is housed in the Servants' Quarters of Shugborough Hall, Milford, near Stafford, Staffordshire, England.

Trady railway station

Trady railway station served an area between Tooban and Farland Point in County Donegal, Ireland.

Vincent Connare

Connare studied at Milford High School in Milford, Massachusetts and the New York Institute of Technology, and gained a master's degree in Type Design at the University of Reading.


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