As part of school work, Blair wrote two poems that were published in the Henley and South Oxfordshire Standard, He came second to Connolly in the Harrow History Prize, had his work praised by the school's external examiner, and earned scholarships to Wellington and Eton Colleges.

He wrote to Cyril Connolly from Barcelona on 8 June 1937: " I have seen wonderful things and at last really believe in Socialism, which I never did before.

Bowra had learnt the value of poetry during his experiences of the First World War, and Cyril Connolly wrote that, " He saw human life as a tragedy in which great poets were the heroes who fought back and tried to give life a meaning ".

It was Connolly who, after reading his parents ' papers, wrote apologetically: " The Wilkes were true friends and I had caricatured their mannerisms ... and read mercenary motives into much that was just enthusiasm " and he described Mrs. Wilkes as " a warm-hearted and inspired teacher ".

" I feel satisfied that the US Supreme Court will be moved to give us some relief ," Frank wrote on January 4, 1915 in a series of letters he wrote to Connolly.

Connolly wrote of the case:

The Irish socialist and nationalist James Connolly wrote much about religion and politics, but did not consider the insecurities of Irish loyalists.

In his ruling, Justice Connolly wrote:

Moore wrote this song choosing to focus on the Irish socialist volunteers ( who in later years became known as the Connolly Column ) who were a small contingent within the 15th International Brigade.

Connolly also wrote The New York Times Guide to Buying or Building a Home.

Wenrich married vaudeville performer Dolly Connolly and in 1911 wrote the hit " Red Rose Rag " for her with lyrics by Edward Madden.

He was a friend of many of the most prominent British intellectual and social figures of his day, including Nancy Mitford, Harold Nicolson, about whom he wrote a two-volume biography, Deborah Mitford, and Cyril Connolly.

Connolly, on reviewing Stansky & Abraham's interpretation, wrote " I was at first enchanted as by anything which recalls one's youth but when I went to verify some references from my old reports and letters I was nearly sick ...

John Connolly and David Loucka wrote the screenplay.

Notable members of the Industrial Workers of the World have included Lucy Parsons ; Helen Keller ; Joe Hill ; Ralph Chaplin ; Ricardo Flores Magon ; James P. Cannon ; James Connolly ; Jim Larkin ; Paul Mattick ; Big Bill Haywood ; Eugene Debs ; David Dellinger ; Elizabeth Gurley Flynn ; Sam Dolgoff, Monty Miller ; Indian Nationalist Lala Hardayal ; Frank Little ; ACLU founder Roger Nash Baldwin ; Harry Bridges, briefly, later helped form ILWU ; Minnesota Governor Floyd B. Olson ; Buddhist beat poet Gary Snyder ; Fredy Perlman ; Australian poets Harry Hooton and Lesbia Harford ; graphic artist Carlos Cortez ; artist Kevin McCoy ; counterculture icon Kenneth Rexroth ; Surrealist Franklin Rosemont ; Rosie Kane and Carolyn Leckie, former Members of the Scottish Parliament ; labor and environmental organizer Judi Bari ; folk musicians Utah Phillips, Harry McClintock, Anne Feeney, and David Rovics ; crime writer Jim Thompson ; Finnish folk music legend Hiski Salomaa ; Catholic Workers Dorothy Day and Ammon Hennacy.

Herbert and his music are celebrated in the 1939 film The Great Victor Herbert, where he was portrayed by Walter Connolly and which also featured Mary Martin.

Among his best known musical performances were " The Welly Boot Song ", a parody of the Scottish folk song " The Wark O ' The Weavers ," which became his theme song for several years ; " In the Brownies ", a parody of the hit Village People song " In the Navy " ( for which Connolly filmed a music video ); " Two Little Boys in Blue ", a tongue-in-cheek indictment of police brutality done to the tune of Rolf Harris ' " Two Little Boys "; and the ballad " I Wish I Was in Glasgow ," which Connolly would later perform in duet with Malcolm McDowell on a guest appearance on the 1990s American sitcom Pearl ( which starred Rhea Perlman ).

Connolly ordered a cherry red Stratocaster through Crowley's music shop in Cork in 1963.

The group has been a launchpad for many of the top female musicians in Celtic music, including Eileen Ivers, Winifred Horan of Solas, Cathie Ryan, Heidi Talbot, Liz Knowles, and Deirdre Connolly.

Leaving Sweet in March 1979, Connolly did an interview with German music magazine Bravo saying he was taking time off to be with his family and considering a new musical direction ( countrified rock.

During 1990 Connolly reunited with the original Sweet line-up, for the promotion of a music video documentary in London at Tower Records and again there were rumours of a full band reunion which, ultimately, came to naught.

The soundtrack featured reggae music by Eddy Grant and Harrison himself, with Billy Connolly contributing additional songs.

Connolly remarked of him as a schoolboy, " The remarkable thing about Orwell was that alone among the boys he was an intellectual and not a parrot for he thought for himself ".

It was formally defined as such by the Internet Engineering Task Force ( IETF ) with the mid-1993 publication of the first proposal for an HTML specification: " Hypertext Markup Language ( HTML )" Internet-Draft by Berners-Lee and Dan Connolly, which included an SGML Document Type Definition to define the grammar.

Eoin O ' Duffy led a brigade of 700 Irish volunteers to fight for Franco during the Spanish Civil War, and Frank Ryan led the Connolly column who fought on the opposite side, with the Republican International Brigades.

DiCaprio is a close friend of actor Tobey Maguire, whom he met while auditioning for the Parenthood series in 1990, and is a longtime friend of both fellow actors Kevin Connolly and Lukas Haas, and Titanic and Revolutionary Road co-star Kate Winslet.

Desperate, Wang Lung considers the advice of his pessimistic, worthless uncle ( Walter Connolly ) to sell his land for food, but O-Lan opposes it.

He spent six days filming Sam Jaffe performing the High Lama's monologues, then reshot the scenes twice, once with Walter Connolly because it was felt Jaffe's makeup was unconvincing and he looked too young for the role.

The following day, Islanders prospects Tim Connolly and Taylor Pyatt were traded to the Buffalo Sabres for Michael Peca, who became the team's captain.

* In John Connolly's 2009 novel The Lovers, the two evil angels Anmael and Semjaza each have a letter tattooed or burned on one arm ( Un for Anmael and Fam for Semjaza, although Connolly misidentifies Un as " Und ").

* Tim Connolly, professional ice hockey player, currently playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

* Billy Connolly recorded a mostly spoken-word recording of the song for the George Martin compilation In My Life.

A key intermediary body was the Communist Party of Great Britain's organisation for Irish exiles, the Connolly Association.

It is used regularly for freight traffic, and by certain limited special passenger services on match days to carry GAA fans from southern lines to Connolly Station for Croke Park.

James Connolly and Mary Robinson for the title.

Connolly had another reason for not wanting to go to India: a young woman by the name of Lillie Reynolds.

There, Connolly began to get involved in the Socialist Movement, but with a young family to support, he needed a way to provide for them.

Two months after the birth of his third daughter, word came to Connolly that the Dublin Socialist Club was looking for a full-time secretary, a job that offered a salary of a pound a week.

" Connolly was not actually held in gaol, but in a room ( now called the " Connolly Room ") at the State Apartments in Dublin Castle, which had been converted to a first-aid station for troops recovering from the war.

Connolly was sentenced to death by firing squad for his part in the rising.

Historians have pointed to the manner of execution of Connolly and similar rebels, along with their actions, as being factors that caused public awareness of their desires and goals and gathered support for the movements that they had died fighting for.

In a 1972 interview on the Dick Cavett Show, John Lennon stated that James Connolly was an inspiration for his song, Woman Is the Nigger of the World.