Niall Quinn pointed out in his autobiography that McMahon reminded him of Roy Keane in his intensity and will to win: " Because he expected to win trophies, he could make the players at City feel bad about themselves, because we didn't have the same expectations ...

Jim Monaghan, Martin McCauley and Niall Connolly ( known as the Colombia Three ), were arrested in Colombia in August 2001 and were accused of teaching bomb-making methods to FARC-EP.

This work helped inspire Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals ( 1997 ), a collection of essays exploring different scenarios by a number of historians, edited by the historian Niall Ferguson.

In Greek mythology, Isocrates, in his witty declamation Busiris recounts " the false tale of Heracles and Busiris " ( 11. 30 – 11. 40 ), which was a comic subject represented almost entirely in the repertory of early 5th century BC Athenian vase-painters: the theme has a narrow narrative range, according to Niall Livingstone: Heracles being led to sacrifice ; his escape ; the killing of Busiris ; the rout of his entourage.

), son of Fedlimid Rechtmar, was, according to medieval Irish legendary and annalistic sources, a High King of Ireland, and the ancestor of the Connachta, and, through his descendant Niall Noígiallach, the Uí Néill dynasties, which dominated Ireland in the early Middle Ages, and their descendants.

He shoots and apparently kills its pilot, Arthur Frayn ( Niall Buggy ), who has already identified himself as an Eternal in the story's prologue.

Pelias ( Douglas Wilmer ), under the protection of the god Zeus ( Niall MacGinnis ), usurps the throne of Thessaly by storming the palace of King Aristo and killing him ; but learns a prophecy that he will be overthrown by a child of Aristo wearing one sandal.

* Niall Buckler ( b. 1985 ), bass player of rock band Mumm-Ra

* Bond, Niall, " Ferdinand Tönnies's Romanticism ," The European Legacy, 16. 4 ( 2011 ), 487-504.

The " Peter McNally Memorial Cup " in honour of Peter McNally ( Irish International ) Edenderry Snooker Club was won by the St Mary's Snooker Club team in 1997 ; Photo of the team Mick Kane ( capt ), Ger O ' Connor, Anthony Cleary, Richie Toal, John Norris, Larry Mahedy & Niall Heffernan.

Other notable figures who appeared in the series include Rudolph Giuliani ( then the mayor of New York City ), former mayor Ed Koch, former New York governor Mario Cuomo, former U. S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, poet Allen Ginsberg, novelists Alfred Kazin and Brendan Gill, director Martin Scorsese, journalist Pete Hamill, former Congresswoman Bella Abzug, historian Niall Ferguson, philosopher Marshall Berman, writer Fran Lebowitz, engineer Leslie E. Robertson, high wire artist Philippe Petit, and billionaire Donald Trump.

Among his work are the soundtracks to Niall Johnson's " Keeping Mum " ( 2005 ), Joel Hopkins ' " Last Chance Harvey " ( 2008 ), Sophie Barthes ' " Cold Souls " ( 2009 ), James Marsh's " Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980 " ( 2009 ), and Debra Granik's Oscar-nominated film Winter's Bone ( 2010 ).

Canannain was fifth in descent from Flaithbertach mac Loingsig ( died 765 ), high-king of Ireland ; they were the descendants of Niall of the Nine Hostages ( Irish: Niall Noigiallach ), who died c. 405 A. D. by his son, Conall Gulban who gave his name to Tír Conaill, the ' Land of Conall ', now County Donegal.

Past Irish winners include Ronnie Delaney ( 1956-1959 ), Eamonn Coghlan ( 1977, ' 79 -' 81, ' 83, ' 85 and ' 87 ), Marcus O ' Sullivan ( 1986, ' 88 -' 90, 1992 and 1996 ) and Niall Bruton ( 1994 ).

In the book Virtual History ( 1997 ), British historians Andrew Roberts and Niall Ferguson call Gubbins " one of the war's unsung heroes.

Niall Donovan ( 28 ), a Catholic man, was stabbed to death near Dungannon, County Tyrone by the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force ( UVF ).

* David Niall Wilson ( born 1959 ), American writer of horror, science fiction, and fantasy fiction

Predating the formation of County Donegal by centuries, the area was named Inis Eoghain ( the Island of Eoghan ) after Eógan mac Néill, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages ( Niall Naoigeallach, a High King of Ireland ), whose name was also used for Tyrone ( Irish: Tír Eoghain ).

The most successful of these early dynasties were the Uí Néill ( encompassing descendants of Niall of the Nine Hostages such as the Cenel Eoghain ) who as kings of Tara had been conquering petty kingdoms, expelling their rulers and agglomerating their territories under the direct rule of their expanding kindred since the fifth century.

The early history of Clan MacNeil is obscure, however despite this the clan claims to descend from the legendary Niall of the nine hostages.

The clan itself takes its name from a Niall who lived in the 13th or early 14th century, and who belonged to the same dynastic family of Cowal and Knapdale as the ancestors of the Lamonts, MacEwens of Otter, Maclachlans, and the MacSweens.

Four were ancestors of new Irish dynasties ; those of Brión ( the Uí Briúin ), Fiachrae ( the Uí Fiachrach ) and Ailill ( the Uí Ailello ) were known as teóra Connachta, or the historical Three Connachta of the province itself ; that of Niall, the Uí Néill, at first surpassed its parent dynasty, establishing or continuing the so-called High Kingship of Ireland at Tara, and became the most powerful dynasty in Ireland down to early modern times.

The record of the Irish annals, perhaps unreliable at such an early date, records war between the descendants of Niall and the Leinstermen.

In the early 7th century, the Cenel Conaill, one of the tribes of Donegal said to be descended from Niall of the Nine Hostages ( Gaelic: Niall Noigiallach ) and who originated at Mag nItha in the Lower Finn Valley, started to expand into Fanad, possibly forcing the northward retreat of the Corpraige.

Niall O ' Loughlin writes in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Second Edition, " From an early interest in the bittersweet melodic style of Prokofiev and the bizarre and surrealist aspects of Bartok's music, he progressed naturally under the unconventional guidance of Antheil.

By then, his 20 goals for the Republic had made him the national side's all time leading goalscorer-a record which would be broken 10 years later by Niall Quinn, who was in the early stages of his own international career when Stapleton bowed out of the international scene.

* Niall G. F. Christie: The Presentation of the Franks in Selected Muslim Sources from the Crusades of the 12th Century

On his father's side he was great-great-grandson of Niall of the Nine Hostages, an Irish high king of the 5th century.

* Kilree High Cross, 9th century high cross said to be the burial place of Niall Caille, located 4 km southeast of Kells Priory, Co. Kilkenny.

Some clans such as Clan Campbell and Clan Donald claim ancient Celtic mythological progenitors mentioned in the Fenian cycle, with another group including Clan MacSween, Clan Lamont, Clan MacEwen of Otter, Clan Maclachlan, and Clan MacNeil tracing their ancestry back to the 5th century Niall of the Nine Hostages, legendary High King of Ireland, through the O ' Neill dynasty of Cenél nEógain ( Kings of Ailech ).

These royal lines would later produce such great kings as the fourth century King Niall of the Nine Hostages who died in France while cutting off the retreat of the Romans from Britain, and King Brian Boru who died in the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, finally expelling the Vikings from Dublin and Ireland.

O ' Rahilly and his followers believe the Collas are literary doublets of the sons of Niall Noígiallach, eponymous founder of the Uí Néill, who they propose were the true conquerors of Emain in the 5th century.

According to historian Niall Ferguson, " For most of the nineteenth century, N M Rothschild was part of the biggest bank in the world which dominated the international bond market.

Ard Rí Lóegaire from a stained glass window in the National Maritime Museum of Ireland | National Maritime MuseumLóegaire ( floruit fifth century ) ( died c. 462 ), also Lóeguire, is said to have been a son of Niall of the Nine Hostages.

In late prehistoric times, beginning in the fifth century, the ancestors of the Uí Néill — descendants of Niall of the Nine Hostages — expanded into the east midlands of Ireland, southern Ulster and northern Leinster, at the expense of the previous overlords.

Like the family of O ' Neill, that of O ' Donnell of Tyrconnell was of the Uí Néill, i. e. descended from Niall of the Nine Hostages, High-King of Ireland at the beginning of the 5th century ; the O ' Neill, or Cenél nEógain, tracing their pedigree to Eógan mac Néill, and the O ' Donnells, or Cenél Conaill, to Conall Gulban, both sons of Niall.

Eoghan mac Néill ( old orthography: Eóġan mac Néill ) ( died 465 ) son of Niall Noígiallach, was an Irish king who founded the kingdom of Ailech, later Tír Eoghain ( modern County Tyrone ) in the 5th century.

* Ailill mac Echach Mugmedóin, half-brother of Niall of the Nine Hostages ( 5th century AD )

* Niall of the Nine Hostages, High King of Ireland who lived in the early-to-mid 5th century AD

* Niall Caille mac Áeda, High King of Ireland in the 9th century AD

10th century ), a member of the Cenél Conaill dynasty which in medieval Irish genealogy traced itself to Niall of the Nine Hostages ( see Uí Néill ).

Previous men reckoned High King had belonged to the great Uí Néill kindred, the large group of families who claimed to descend from Niall of the Nine Hostages, which dominated much of central and northern Ireland from the 7th century onwards.

An unbeaten century by Niall O ' Brien, half centuries from Eoin Morgan, Andre Botha, and Jeremy Bray, along with four wickets each for Andrew White and Kyle McCallan were the principal contributions.

The term Uí Néill denotes " grandsons / descendants of Niall ", the ancestor noted being Niall of the Nine Hostages ( Niall Noigíallach ), a legendary Connacht king active in the first half of the 5th century.