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9 unusual facts about Parnell


Auckland City Hospital

Originally, a timber hospital occupied the Auckland City Hospital site from 1846 to 1877, providing four wards of 10 beds each, and having been designed by Frederick Thatcher, the architect of the St Mary's Church in Parnell.

Auckland Symphony Orchestra

In the beginning years the orchestra made its home at St. Mary’s Anglican Cathedral in Parnell, moving in the early 1990s to the newly constructed Aotea Centre and Bruce Mason Centre concert halls and later to the refurbished Auckland Town Hall.

Central Motorway Junction

The CMJ includes city exits from SH1 and SH16 to downtown, Grafton Gully (the first of the three large motorway projects, containing the section of the Northwest Motorway between the Upper Queen Street bridge and The Strand in Parnell, and the Auckland Southern Motorway between Symonds Street exit and The Strand), with five other pairs of ramps giving access to the central area.

Mako Networks

During this period of expansion the company moved premises to a windowless lower-level office on Parnell Rise, known affectionately as “The Cave” which served as the company server room and office.

Parnell, Iowa

Parnell, in Fillmore Township, Iowa County, Iowa, was named after Charles Stewart Parnell, a noble Irish statesman who had come to the American people to plead the cause of Ireland's land-impoverished peasants.

Parnell's mustached bat

Historically, it had a wider range as fossil specimens have been collected on the island of New Providence, Bahamas.

Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind

The Foundation began in 1890 as the Jubilee Institute for the Blind with a school and residence in Parnell, Auckland.

The Great War in England in 1897

The author of the "Pigott forgeries" had in 1889 tried to defame Parnell, and after his plot was discovered fled to Madrid and there killed himself.

Woolford Farm

Woolf had hired Ben Jones after he had established a reputation of training and breeding horses at the family ranch in Parnell, Missouri.


1949 Boston Red Sox season

Then he brought in Mel Parnell in relief, and Parnell yielded a homer to Tommy Henrich and a single to Yogi Berra.

Avondale House

The American Room is dedicated to Admiral Charles Stewart (1778-1869), Parnell's American grandfather who commanded the USS Constitution (now moored in Boston Harbor) during the War of 1812.

Baron Congleton

The Parnell Baronetcy, of Rathleague in the Queen's County, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 3 November 1766 for the first Baron's grandfather John Parnell.

BRM P83

At Silverstone both of the works P83s suffered suspension failures in practise, and as a result Stewart took over the Reg Parnell P83 of Irwin, who in turn was given the P261 of Piers Courage, who had to sit out the race.

Cambridge Network

Chairman of Cambridge Network Ltd is Bill Parsons recently EVP of ARM, and current Board Members include founder Hermann Hauser, Prof Lynn Gladden Pro V-C of Cambridge University, David Halstead of Deloitte, Hugh Parnell of NW Brown, Prof Michael Thorne V-C of Anglia Ruskin University, Peter Taylor of TTP Group and Ken Woodberry of Microsoft.

Charlton Nesbit

During his apprenticeship, he drew and engraved the bird's nest that heads the preface in the first volume of A History of British Birds and he engraved the majority of vignettes and tail-pieces for Poems of Goldsmith and Parnell, 1795.

Clan na Gael

Gladstone's party then divided over home rule, and the IPP also divided for a decade over Parnell's marriage to Mrs. O'Shea.

Cooper T51

By the end of 1960 BRP had lost three drivers - Ivor Bueb, Harry Schell (who also ran his own T51 under the Ecurie Bleue banner) and Chris Bristow - to fatal accidents, and the Samengo-Turners decided to take their money to Reg Parnell's team instead, and since Parnell had filled up Cooper's order book BRP had to switch to Lotus for 1961.

Dolly's Cay

The cay is used for nesting by Bridled Terns, Sooty Terns, Sandwich Terns, and Royal Terns, which were last verified by James Parnell in 1998.

Emory Parnell

Parnell trained as a musician at Morningside College, a Methodist institution in Sioux City, Iowa, and spent his early years as a concert violinist.

Fáinne

From an early time, An Fáinne used the postal address of 25 Parnell Square, the same as Conradh na Gaeilge, but at least at first, the organisations were officially separate.

Gate Theatre Studio

Productions, several of which transferred to the West End following censorship troubles with the Lord Chamberlain, included Oscar Wilde's Salome (1931), Laurence Houseman's Victoria Regina (1935), Elsie Schauffler's Parnell (1936), Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour (1936), John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men (1939) and Reginald Beckwith's Boys in Brown (1940).

Georgian Dublin

However there are once again renewed fears for areas such as Parnell Street, James' Street andThomas Street.

Ger Reidy

In October 2010, Ger was part of the Castleisland Desmonds squad who would go on to win RTÉ's Celebrity Bainisteoir competition, beating Ballymun Kickhams in a thrilling final at Parnell Park, Dublin.

Harry Reginald Jenkins

Harry Reginald Jenkins (1881–1970) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Parnell in Auckland, New Zealand, representing the United Party.

Isaac Corry

Finally in 1799 he was appointed Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer and a Lord High Treasurer of Ireland in place of Sir John Parnell, who quarrelled violently with Pitt over the projected union, which he categorically refused to support.

John Charles Day

At the time it was said that it was on his insistence that early proof was tendered of the authenticity of the letters attributed to Parnell, which forced Richard Pigott into the witness box and led to the collapse of that part of the case.

Julia Parnell

Parnell has recently expanded into producing drama with two short films Hitch Hike and Friday Tigers, and a third film, Dive, in pre-production, all three funded by the New Zealand Film Commission.

Mark Parnell

Prior to his 10 years with the Environmental Defenders Office, Parnell was a campaign co-ordinator with The Wilderness Society (2 years) and the Australian Conservation Foundation (4 years).

Melbourne Celtic Club

The Parnell divorce scandal (1890–1891) caused a split in the club between continued supporters of Parnell and his detractors.

Parnell Street

The Rotunda Hospital, the Ambassador Theatre and the Gate Theatre are on Parnell Street itself while the Garden of Remembrance, the Dublin Writers Museum and the Hugh Lane Gallery are on the north side of the Parnell Square.

Peter Van Hooke

This band became the Rik Parnell Independence, featuring the son of bandleader Jack Parnell as vocalist (later to join Atomic Rooster as drummer, and take the part of the drummer in the movie Spinal Tap).

Reg Parnell

Before World War II Parnell was a very successful racing driver, winning at many levels with various cars, including a Bugatti.

Ric Parnell

Recently, Parnell was living in Missoula, Montana where he co-hosted an 8-midnight radio program (which is aptly titled "Spontaneous Combustion") on KDTR Trail 103.3 FM.

Richard Toy

Toy's best known churches are in Auckland and include the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell, St Martin's at St Chad's in Sandringham and All Saints in Ponsonby.

Sean Parnell

He established a photocopy and office supply business alongside the busy Seward Highway in midtown Anchorage, while Thelma Parnell worked at Bartlett High School and East Anchorage High School, the latter a short distance from their home.

Sir John Parnell, 1st Baronet

Sir John Parnell, 1st Baronet (c. 1720–1782), was an Irish politician and a baronet.

Some Tame Gazelle

Pym's friend, the British writer Robert Liddell, appears in the novel in the guise of Dr. Nicholas Parnell.

The Newcastle Programme

In 1890, the divorce of Katharine O'Shea, which identified Parnell as Mrs O'Shea's lover, split the Irish party and scandalised nonconformist Liberals.

Tim Parnell

Tim Parnell managed the BRM Formula One team from 1970–74, and is the son of Reg Parnell, another racing driver and team boss.

Wellman Group

It was based at Parnell House on Wilton Road in London, next to London Victoria station.


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