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2 unusual facts about P. J. Duke


P. J. Duke

The Switch saw an immediate tightening up of the Cavan defence and this changed the entire pattern of the game with the red-haired P.J. Duke making spectacular runs out of defence, and the inter-passing speed and skills of Mick Higgins and Tony Tighe.

Cavan’s historic win over Kerry in the 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final played at the Polo Grounds in New York was arguably P.J. Duke’s greatest ever hour.


Elizabeth Duke

Elizabeth A. Duke (born 1952), member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Holy anointing oil

The standard reference works on Bible plants by Michael Zohary (University of Jerusalem, Cambridge, 1985), James A. Duke (2010), and Hans Arne Jensen (Danish 2004, English translation 2012) identify the plant as a variety of Cymbopogon.

Jas H. Duke

During the 1960s he travelled in to the UK and Europe and participated in the underground publishing and filmmaking scenes in Brighton and London.

Newton Jasper Wilburn

Initially formed as a response to the James B. Duke tobacco conglomerate (ATC), the Night Riders whipped disloyal members, murdered opponents, burned buildings, and seized entire towns.

Rappin' Duke

The lyrics also reference The Beverly Hillbillies TV theme song "The Ballad of Jed Clampett," with the words "Santa Barbara, that is / Swimmin' pools and movie stars," while also alluding to Ronald Reagan's presidency.

Thomas Willson

Due to this venture and running out of capital, he lost nearly all of his estate to his creditor, American tobacco king J.B. "Buck" Duke.


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