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2 unusual facts about Peter O'Donoghue


Delhi Herald Extraordinary

O'Donoghue, Peter, Heralds at the Delhi Durbars in The Coat of Arms (journal of The Heraldry Society), September 2006

Peter O'Donoghue

With Clive Cheesman, currently the Richmond Herald of Arms in Ordinary, O'Donoghue is the current co-editor of The Coat of Arms, published by The Heraldry Society.


1992 Grand National

The commentary team for the twenty-second consecutive year was John Hanmer who covered the first four fences, Julian Wilson who covered the fence before Becher's Brook until Valentine's Brook before handing back to Hanmer who covered the field back onto the racecourse proper, before handing over to the anchor commentator, Peter O'Sullevan who covered the start, midway point and finish of the race.

2010 Meteor Awards

The launch took place in La Stampa on January 7, 2010 and was attended by The Coronas and Danny O'Donoghue from The Script.

3 News

In sport, Greg Clark reported on the victory of New Zealand horse Horlicks in the 1989 Japan Cup, 1990 Commonwealth Games sprinter Peter O'Donoghue was interviewed by Steven Stuart and Clint Brown previewed upcoming summer tennis.

3AK

1988 - 1990 saw 3AK again become a purely talk format station, with such high profile names as Darren James (with Bruce Mansfield as Uncle Roy), Margaret Peacock, Don Chipp (a former Federal Liberal Party Minister and later the founder of and Senator for the Australian Democrats), Peter O'Callaghan (an ex 3XY and EON FM DJ), Keith McGowan and Bill Howie ( a former 3AK Programme Director).

Aidan Dunne

Currently visual arts critic of The Irish Times, Dunne has written extensively on Irish art, with essays on Michael Mulcahy, Victor Sloan, Patrick Scott, Hughie O'Donoghue, Patrick Swift, and Jennifer Trouton.

Alice Barlow

On 15 February 2013, Digital Spy reported that Barlow had auditioned on the second series of The Voice UK and has got through to the next round with Danny O'Donoghue as her coach.

Ann-Margaret Carrozza

Prior to her election to the State Assembly, Carrozza served as a court attorney for Civil Court Judge Peter O'Donoghue and as a clinical intern in the Queens County District Attorney's Office.

Ben O'Donoghue

In 1996 O'Donoghue travelled to the United Kingdom where he worked at The River Café before moving to become Head Chef at the Monte's Club in Knightsbridge with Jamie Oliver.

Cassius Henry

Two coaches, Jessie J and Danny O'Donoghue elected for Henry to join their teams—with Henry selecting Jessie J. During the battle rounds, Henry sung "Beat It", originally by Michael Jackson, against twenty-nine-year-old David Faulkner—with Jessie crowning him the winner.

Colin O'Donoghue

Colin O'Donoghue (born 26 January 1981) is an Irish actor and musician best known for his role as Captain Killian "Hook" Jones on the hit ABC show, Once Upon a Time, and his role as Michael Kovak on The Rite (2011).

Comics Revue

In issue #200, Comics Revue featured the only English language publication of "The Dark Angels", the last Modesty Blaise story, by Peter O'Donnell and Romero.

Donie Collins

Superb late goals by Collins and Éamonn O'Donoghue secured a 3-8 to 1-9 victory and a second All-Ireland medal for Collins.

Farewell Aunty Jack

The music was written by Rory O'Donoghue, who also did the singing as the character "Thin Arthur", whereas "Aunty Jack" (Grahame Bond) provided wise-cracks and other spoken commentary to the lyrics, addressed to the listener and the singer.

Fishguard

Lower Fishguard was used as "Llareggub" in the film of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood, starring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and Peter O'Toole.

Florence O'Donoghue

Florence O'Donoghue (1895–18 December 1967) was an Irish historian and head of intelligence of the Cork No. 1 Brigade of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence.

Jane Merrow

Her most prominent role was as Alais, the mistress of Henry II (played by Peter O'Toole) in The Lion in Winter (1968), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination in the category of actress in a supporting role, losing to Ruth Gordon who won for Rosemary's Baby.

Jane O'Donoghue

She was also given a wild card into Wimbledon and was beaten in round one by Marlene Weingärtner, 4–6 2–6.

In August she lost a tight match in the first round of qualifying for the US Open to Maria Vanina Garcia Sokol, 6–7(4) 6–7(4).

Jason Donoghue

Following another sixteen–month stint as Shane Swanson on Hollyoaks (2005–07) which ended in January 2007 after Donoghue was axed, Donoghue was cast in the role of Dominic Pearce in the upcoming science-fiction television series Outlanders, making his first appearance as one of the six original protagonists in the series in the pilot episode.

Louise Bennett-Coverley

In 1986, she appeared as Portia in the comedy film Club Paradise, starring Robin Williams, Jimmy Cliff and Peter O'Toole.

Lucius Flavius Silva

Silva was portrayed by Peter O'Toole in the 1981 Television Mini-Series Masada (where his character is incorrectly called 'Cornelius Flavius Silva').

Mineral Resources Development Company

In September 2011, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill directed the Attorney General Allan Marat to investigate allegations that the MDRC had squandered Landowners’ monies through imprudent and improper investments.

Mormonism in Norway

Knut Pedersen from Stavanger and Erik Hogan from Telemark were some of the many Norwegian members that migrated west to the Utah Territory after the death of Joseph Smith Jr. They were met in the mountains by a group heading east who had been called to open the Scandinavian Mission: Erastus Snow, the Swede John E. Forsgren, and the Dane Peter O. Hansen.

National Lampoon The Gentleman's Bathroom Companion

The pieces in the book were created by regular contributors to the National Lampoon including Michael O'Donoghue, Henry Beard, Doug Kenney, Sean Kelly, Tony Hendra, P.J. O'Rourke and Ed Subitzky as well as Terry Southern and William Burroughs.

O'Donoghue's Pub

Included are portraits of The Dubliners (Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Ciaran Bourke, John Sheahan and Barney McKenna as well as later members Eamonn Campbell and Sean Cannon) that hang to the right of the entrance where the nightly sessions are played.

Paranoimia

The 7" single features a monologue about Max Headroom being scared and unable to sleep (hence "Paranoimia", a portmanteau of "paranoia" and "insomnia"). The 12" has a completely different vocal with Headroom as a master of ceremonies, talking about the music and introducing the band (which he claims comprises Peter O'Toole, Martina Navratilova, Cher and the Pope).

Peter O. Knight Airport

Sound tests conducted by the Aviation Authority showed an increase of 3 dB or less over current usage at the closest residences, or an average of about 58 dB during run ups to take off.

The home was later demolished and rebuilt by ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

Peter O. Price

Price was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he attended Friends Select School.

Peter O'Connell

His works include Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, Across the Universe, Stranger than Fiction, Just Like Heaven and Transporter 2.

Peter O'Fallon

Peter's television directing career continued with Northern Exposure, Party of Five, Profiler, Las Vegas, Prison Break, House, Ghost Whisperer, Eureka, Pushing Daisies and the series pilot American Gothic.

Peter O'Meara

Lauded for his work on the London stage he came to the screen in the groundbreaking HBO series Band of Brothers playing 1st Lt Norman Dike.

Peter Price

Peter O. Price (born 1941), former journalist and CEO of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg

Philip, Count Palatine is portrayed as Duke Philip of Bavaria by Colin O'Donoghue in the third season of Showtime's The Tudors.

Puka Temu

In August 2011, Peter O'Neill became Prime Minister in the wake of a parliamentary motion of no confidence in the government of Acting Prime Minister Sam Abal (standing in for Somare while the latter was hospitalised for a heart condition).

Quorn, South Australia

Former Australian of the year and AC, CBE, Lowitja O'Donoghue also spent a huge portion of her childhood at the Aboriginal mission in Quorn, Colebrook Children's Home.

Rebecca Riots

The film was not released until 1992, and starred Peter O'Toole, Paul Rhys and Joely Richardson.

Robbie O'Connell

Clean Cabbage in the Bucket (And Other Tales From The Irish Music Trenches), co-written with Seamus Kennedy, Dennis O'Rourke, Harry O'Donoghue and Frank Emerson.

Romeo Brown

Romeo Brown was a British comic strip written by Peter O'Donnell and drawn by Alfred Mazure (1954–1957) and Jim Holdaway (1957–1963).

Shakespeare My Butt

British author John Donoghue's 2004 book Shakespeare My Butt!, a humorous travel memoir of quirky destinations in Great Britain, also took its name from the album; Donoghue acknowledges the band's influence in the book, and the cover features a blindfolded image of William Shakespeare in homage to the blindfolded band photo on the album cover.

Stephen Negoesco

After his retirement from coaching men's soccer, Negoesco was inducted to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2003, National Soccer Coaches Association of America hall of fame in 2003, joining his former coach, Gus Donoghue, Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame (BASHOF) in 2009 and the West Coast Conference Hall of Honor (WCC) in 2010.

The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist

"The Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist" was an American comics feature, written by Michael O'Donoghue and drawn by Frank Springer.

The Henderson Kids

They included Tottie Goldsmith, Kevin Harrington, Peter O'Brien, Stefan Dennis, and Jane Hall who, like Minogue, Kilpatrick and Jones, went on to appear in Neighbours.

Yaura Sasa

The mutiny was related to a dispute over the prime ministership between Sir Michael Somare and Peter O'Neill which had begun in December 2011 when the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea ordered that Somare be reinstated as the prime minister while the county's parliament supported O'Neill.


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