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other | He was educated locally, then later at St Jarlath's College in Tuam, County Galway, where he showed enthusiasm for sport. | ||||||
other | He won two Connacht championship medals with the college in 1939 and in 1940. | ||||||
other | He later studied at Clonliffe College in Dublin, and then enrolled in University College Dublin where he studied law and qualified as a solicitor. | ||||||
other | Flanagan also played senior Gaelic football for Mayo. | ||||||
other | He captained the All-Ireland final-winning sides of 1950 and 1951, and won five Connacht senior championship medals in all. | ||||||
other | He also won two National Football League titles in 1949 and 1954. | ||||||
other | While still a footballer, Flanagan entered into a career in politics. | ||||||
other | In recognition of his skills and long-running contribution to the sport, Flanagan was awarded the 1992 All-time all-star award as no GAA All Stars Awards were being issued at the time of his playing career. | ||||||
other | In 1984, the Gaelic Athletic Association centenary year he was honoured by being named on their Football Team of the Century. | ||||||
other | In 1999, he was again honoured by the GAA by being named on their Gaelic Football Team of the Millennium. | ||||||
other | Flanagan came from a Fianna Fáil family, and was recruited into the party in east Mayo. | ||||||
other | He was elected a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for Mayo South at the 1951 general election, and won a seat—first there, then from 1969 in Mayo East—at each subsequent election until he lost his seat at the 1977 general election. | ||||||
other | Flanagan rose rapidly through the party ranks, and was appointed a Parliamentary Secretary under Taoiseach Seán Lemass in 1959. | ||||||
other | In the Fianna Fáil leadership election in 1966 Flanagan supported Jack Lynch. | ||||||
other | When Lynch became Taoiseach, Flanagan was promoted to the Cabinet as Minister for Health. | ||||||
other | Three years later in 1969 he became Minister for Lands. | ||||||
other | Flanagan lost his seat at the 1977 general election, and effectively retired from domestic politics; however, he was elected to the European Parliament in the first direct elections in 1979. | ||||||
other | He was re-elected in 1984, and retired from politics in 1989. | ||||||
other | Seán Flanagan died on 5 February 1993, at the age of 71. | ||||||
other | Colin MacIntyre | ||||||
other | Colin MacIntyre (born 8 April 1971) is a Scottish musician and novelist. | ||||||
other | A singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, he has released five albums under the name Mull Historical Society as well as two albums under his own name. | ||||||
other | His most successful album, Mull Historical Society's "Us" (2003), reached number 19 in the UK Albums Chart. | ||||||
other | His debut novel, "The Letters of Ivor Punch", was published in 2015. | ||||||
other | MacIntyre's father Kenny Macintyre was born in Oban then moved to Mull, an island off the west coast of Scotland. | ||||||
other | He was a bank clerk, a gift-shop operator and then BBC Scotland's Political Correspondent for ten years. | ||||||
other | His paternal grandfather, Angus Macintyre, was a poet and his brother Kenny Macintyre is a radio journalist for BBC Scotland Sport. | ||||||
other | MacIntyre was born on 8 April 1971 on Mull. | ||||||
other | He wanted to be a musician from a young age and grew up listening to his uncle's covers band. | ||||||
other | He formed a covers band of his own called Trax, later renamed Love Sick Zombies, while still at Tobermory Primary School. | ||||||
other | He was influenced by his art teacher at Tobermory High School, and considered going to art school. | ||||||
other | He also attended Oban High School. | ||||||
other | In the late 1980s he and his brother moved to Glasgow, where he attended Glasgow Caledonian University, trained with Queen's Park F.C., worked for a stockbroker, and then for telephone company BT's 192 directory enquiries service for three years. | ||||||
other | MacIntyre coined the name Mull Historical Society after seeing an advert for an organisation which has since changed its name to the Mull Historical and Archaeological Society. | ||||||
other | His first album under the name, "Loss" in 2001, was inspired by his upbringing on Mull and the sudden death of his father in 1999. | ||||||
other | It contains samples from a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry and the waves in Calgary Bay in Mull. | ||||||
other | "Q" magazine named "Loss" as one of its top 50 albums of 2001. | ||||||
other | "Public Service Announcer" is about MacIntyre's time at BT, and is based on the rhythm of a telephone ring tone. | ||||||
other | "Barcode Bypass" is about a small shopkeeper threatened by the supermarkets. | ||||||
other | "Watching Xanadu", a song about watching the film "Xanadu", was included on STV's "Scotland's Greatest Album" as one of the top tracks of the 2000s. | ||||||
other | In 2000-01 Mull Historical Society played support for Elbow and the Strokes, and in 2002 for R.E.M., the Delgados and The Polyphonic Spree. | ||||||
other | MacIntyre was named as "Scotland's Top Creative Talent" at the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards in 2002. | ||||||
other | The second album, "Us", came out in 2003 to generally positive reviews; "NME" called it "a joyous slice of orchestral prozac". | ||||||
other | The track "The Supermarket Strikes Back" is a sequel to "Barcode Bypass" from "Loss". | ||||||
other | After the album his record label, Warners, dropped him. | ||||||
other | The third Mull Historical Society album, "This Is Hope", was released on B-Unique Records in 2004. | ||||||
other | It was inspired by a two-month visit to the United States, ending in New Orleans. | ||||||
other | One of its songs is about the death of David Kelly, and the album also includes a recording of MacIntyre's grandmother. | ||||||
other | The covers of "Loss" and "This Is Hope", and several of the videos and stage sets from this era, feature 'The Giant Dog With The Wig', which MacIntyre created using MS Paint. | ||||||
other | In January 2005, Mull Historical Society was voted the twelfth-greatest Scottish band of all time by "The List" magazine. | ||||||
other | MacIntyre released "The Water" under his own name in 2008. | ||||||
other | He had written the album in New York, his wife's home city. | ||||||
other | It was produced by Nick Franglen from Lemon Jelly; MacIntyre had produced the first three albums himself. | ||||||
other | The last track, "Pay Attention to the Human", features a poem written and performed by Tony Benn. | ||||||
other | In 2009, Irvine Welsh used the track "You're a Star" from "The Water" in his comedy "Good Arrows". | ||||||
other | It features Kenny Anderson (King Creosote) on backing vocals on "Out Stealing Horses" and was recorded in MacIntyre's old primary classroom in Tobermory. | ||||||
other | In 2012, MacIntyre returned as Mull Historical Society for his sixth album "City Awakenings", which is about London, New York and Glasgow. | ||||||
other | In early 2014 MacIntyre gigged as Mull Historical Society again, playing "Loss" in its entirety, to promote the best-of album which was released in 2015. | ||||||
other | In June 2014 MacIntyre's project INK released its first single, "Control". | ||||||
other | "Dear Satellite", a new Mull Historical Society record, was released in April 2016. | ||||||
other | MacIntyre's first novel, "The Letters of Ivor Punch", was published in May 2015 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. | ||||||
other | It is set on Mull. | ||||||
other | Eileen Desmond | ||||||
other | Eileen Christine Desmond (; 29 December 1932 – 6 January 2005) was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Health and Minister for Social Welfare from 1981 to 1982. | ||||||
other | She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1965 to 1969, 1973 to 1981 and 1981 to 1987. | ||||||
other | She served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Munster constituency from 1979 to 1984. | ||||||
other | She was a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from 1969 to 1973. | ||||||
other | She was born in Kinsale, County Cork, and educated locally at the Convent of Mercy in Kinsale, where she was one of only two girls in her class to sit the Leaving Certificate examination. | ||||||
other | Before entering politics she worked as a civil servant with the Department of Posts and Telegraphs. | ||||||
other | Desmond was first elected to Dáil Éireann in a by-election on 10 March 1965, caused by the death of her husband Dan Desmond who had been a TD since 1948. | ||||||
other | Her victory in the Cork Mid constituency led Taoiseach Seán Lemass to dissolve the 17th Dáil and call a general election. | ||||||
other | She was elected for the second time in a year, but lost her seat at the 1969 general election. | ||||||
other | However, Desmond was then elected to the 12th Seanad on the Industrial and Commercial Panel, where she served until her re-election to the 20th Dáil following the 1973 general election. | ||||||
other | She was elected to the European Parliament at the 1979 European Parliament election for the Munster constituency. | ||||||
other | However, her time in Europe was short-lived, as she returned to domestic politics when she was offered a position as Minister and the chance to impact upon national legislation. | ||||||
other | At the 1981 general election she switched her constituency to Cork South-Central. | ||||||
other | A Fine Gael–Labour Party coalition came to power and Desmond was appointed Minister for Health and Social Welfare. | ||||||
other | Desmond's cabinet appointment was historic, as she was only the second woman to be a member of cabinet since the foundation of the state in 1922, and the first in any Fine Gael-Labour Party cabinet. | ||||||
other | Countess Markievicz had held the cabinet post of Minister for Labour in the revolutionary First Dáil in 1919, but only one woman had held cabinet office after the foundation of the state, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn of Fianna Fáil who was appointed as Minister for the Gaeltacht in 1979. | ||||||
other | Desmond retired from full-time politics at the 1987 general election for health reasons. | ||||||
other | She died suddenly in 2005. | ||||||
other | John Boland (Fine Gael politician) | ||||||
other | John James Boland (30 November 1944 – 14 August 2000) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for Health from January 1987 to March 1987, Minister for the Environment from 1986 to 1987, Minister for the Public Service from 1982 to 1986 and Minister for Education from 1981 to 1982. | ||||||
other | He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1977 to 1989. | ||||||
other | He also served as a Senator for the Labour Panel from 1969 to 1977. | ||||||
other | Boland was born in Dublin in 1944. | ||||||
other | He was educated at Synge Street Christian Brothers School and University College Dublin, where he received a Bachelor of Commerce degree. | ||||||
other | Boland first became involved in politics in 1967, when he was elected to Dublin County Council. | ||||||
other | He served on that authority until 1981. | ||||||
other | Boland first ran for the Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election, however, he was unsuccessful. | ||||||
other | He did secure election to Seanad Éireann on the Labour Panel, becoming the youngest ever Senator at the time. | ||||||
other | He was re-elected to the Seanad in 1973. | ||||||
other | Boland was eventually elected to Dáil on his third attempt at the 1977 general election as a Fine Gael TD for the Dublin County North constituency. | ||||||
other | He retained his seat at each election until losing it at the 1989 general election. | ||||||
other | Boland was immediately appointed to the Opposition front bench as Spokesperson on Health. | ||||||
other | He later served as Spokesperson on the Environment. | ||||||
other | In 1981, Fine Gael formed a government with the Labour Party, with Boland becoming Minister for Education. | ||||||
other | He later served in a range of portfolios in Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald's second government, including Minister for the Public Service. | ||||||
other | Brendan Howlin | ||||||
other | Brendan Howlin (born 9 May 1956) is an Irish Labour Party politician who has served as Leader of the Labour Party since May 2016. |
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