By 1995 passenger numbers reached half a million, and Mowlem sold the airport to Irish businessman Dermot Desmond.

Desmond sold the company to Ulster Bank in 1994, which at the time was part of the National Westminster Group, for a reported £ 39 Million.

In 2000, it sold the Daily Express to Richard Desmond and adopted the name of United Business Media.

In 1999, McCann sold his shares, leaving Irish entrepreneur Dermot Desmond as the largest shareholder, with a 19. 8 % holding.

But in the wake of the Desmond Rebellions, large swathes of land in Munster were repopulated with the English in the Munster Plantation ; the largest grant of lands was made to Sir Walter Raleigh, but he never really made a go of it and sold out to Sir Richard Boyle, who later became Earl of Cork and the wealthiest subject of the early Stuart monarchs.

The estate was sold on in parts, with held as curtilage around the house, some small quantities retained privately by Desmond Guinness, the forested Crodaun Woods part sold to what became Coillte and around acquired over time by Kildare County Council.

His CDs have sold millions all over the globe. Desmond was touched to hear about the plight of 38, 000 autistic children in Sri Lanka-only a handful are being helped in schools and parents, carers and autists have to struggle to access public services in health, education specialist speech therapy and respite care on the island.

* Desmond Bristow, A Game of Moles, 1993, published by Little Brown & Company, London.

The play debuted in London with a National Theatre production directed by Derek Goldby and designed by Desmond Heeley at the Old Vic.

A Japanese expert on biology, agriculture, and ecological systems, it was Ai who smuggled Desmond " Coyote " Hawkins onto the Ares ( the two were friends and lovers as students in London ).

* Dr Desmond Curran MB FCP DPM, senior Psychiatrist at St George's Hospital, London and psychiatric consultant to the Royal Navy

* Erasmus Darwin's Improved Design for Steering Carriages — And Cars, by Desmond King-Hele Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London © 2002 The Royal Society.

In 1993, LuPone returned to London to create the role of Norma Desmond in the original production of Andrew Lloyd Webber ’ s Sunset Boulevard at the Adelphi Theatre.

Construction for the new eastern tunnel, in diameter, started on 27 June 1960, and was opened on 2 August 1967 by Desmond Plummer, Leader of the Greater London Council.

Desmond purchased London City Airport from Mowlem for £ 23. 5m in 1995.

Kiri met Desmond Park on a blind date in London in August 1967, and they married six weeks later at St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland.

by Desmond Flower and Henry Maas ( London: Cassell, 1967 )

Almost alone among Western scientists, John Desmond Bernal, Professor of Physics at Birkbeck College, University of London, and a Fellow of the Royal Society, made an aggressive public defense of Lysenko and some years later gave an obituary of ‘ Stalin as a Scientist .’ However, despite Bernal's endorsement, other members of Britain's scientific community retreated from open support of the Soviet Union, and may have been one of the chief reasons for a retreat from Marxism in that country.

Desmond FitzGerald was born Thomas Joseph FitzGerald in London in 1888.

Arthur Desmond Herne Plummer, Baron Plummer of St Marylebone ( known as Desmond Plummer ) ( 25 May 1914 – 2 October 2009 ) was a Conservative Party politician in London and the longest serving Leader of the Greater London Council.

The last " star " to take on the role of Norma Desmond in London was Rita Moreno, who filled in for a vacationing Clark in September and October 1996.

* Desmond Seward, A Brief History of The Hundred Years ' War, London: Robinson, 2003 ( ISBN 1-84119-678-9 )

John Desmond Bernal FRS ( b. 10 May 1901 in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland – d. 15 September 1971 in London, United Kingdom ) was one of the United Kingdom's most well-known and controversial scientists.

He completed a doctorate of ethology at the University of London, under Desmond Morris.

J. C. Squire published him in the London Mercury, and Desmond MacCarthy as literary editor of the New Statesman gave him work.

Martin Bernal was born in 1937 in London, the son of the physicist John Desmond Bernal and artist Margaret Gardiner.

A whole host of Asian stars were featured-Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Usha Uthup, Ravi Shankar, Pandith Amaradeva, Asian actress Jamila Massey and her husband the writer Reginald Massey, Clarence Wijewardene, Annesley Malewana, Mignonne Fernando, Nimal Mendis, The Gypsies, Desmond de Silva were some of the South Asian stars on ' London Sounds Eastern.

This is one of the keeps used during the Desmond Rebellions, and is probably the place where the Earl of Desmond secured his authority in 1573 after casting off his English apparel and donning Irish garments on his return to Munster from London.

In 1950 Desmond left for New York City playing alto and clarinet for Jack Fina, but returned to California after hearing Brubeck's trio on the radio.

In honour of her gold medal win in Sydney, she represented Oceania in carrying the Olympic flag at the opening ceremonies of the next Olympics, in Salt Lake City, joining Archbishop Desmond Tutu ( Africa ), John Glenn ( The Americas ), Kazuyoshi Funaki ( Asia ), Lech Wałęsa ( Europe ), Jean-Michel Cousteau ( Environment ), Jean-Claude Killy ( Sport ), and Steven Spielberg ( Culture ).

Richards has so far been featured in four series as an attorney: Richards joined the cast of NBC's Law & Order spin-off Conviction as Billy Desmond, the undefeated New York City Assistant District Attorney.

* Desmond O ' Malley ' file at Limerick City Library, Ireland

In 1981 Dermot Desmond founded National City Brokers in Dublin.

Filmed at Columbia Pictures / Screen Gems Studios in Culver City and at the Columbia Ranch in Burbank, as well as on various locations in California ( the ribbon cutting ceremony at the Gerald Desmond Bridge, Long Beach ; the " WAR!

In 1973 Sir Desmond was nominated for a peerage as Baron Brayley of the City of Cardiff.

On August 13, 2008, Ridnour was involved in a three-team, six-player deal involving the Sonics ( which had become the Oklahoma City Thunder ), the Milwaukee Bucks, and the Cleveland Cavaliers that sent Milwaukee's Mo Williams to Cleveland, Cleveland's Joe Smith and Milwaukee's Desmond Mason to Oklahoma City, Cleveland's Damon Jones and Ridnour and Adrian Griffin to Milwaukee, which ended Ridnour's five-year run with the Sonics / Thunder.

On August 13, 2008, Jones was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in a three-team, six-player deal involving the Bucks, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Oklahoma City Thunder that also sent Milwaukee's Mo Williams to Cleveland, Cleveland's Joe Smith and Milwaukee's Desmond Mason to Oklahoma City, and Oklahoma City's Luke Ridnour and Adrian Griffin to Milwaukee.

On August 13, 2008, Smith was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in a three-team, six-player deal involving the Thunder, the Milwaukee Bucks, and the Cleveland Cavaliers that sent Milwaukee's Mo Williams to Cleveland, Smith and Milwaukee's Desmond Mason to Oklahoma City, and Cleveland's Damon Jones and Oklahoma City's Luke Ridnour and Adrian Griffin to Milwaukee.

* October 7 – Meighan Desmond, New Zealand actress

Malleson's only published work as screenwriter appears to be “ Lawrence of Arabia from Revolt in the Desert by T. E Lawrence ; Scenario by Miles Malleson, Brian Desmond Hurst and Duncan Guthrie October 4th 1938 ” in Filming T. E.

In October 2006, the airport was purchased from Dermot Desmond by a consortium comprising insurer AIG Financial Products Corp. and Global Infrastructure Partners ( GIP ).

In October 1982 McCreevy launched a motion of no-confidence in the party leader, which evolved into a leadership challenge by Desmond O ' Malley.

In September 1994 Mr Desmond made a payment of £ 100, 000. 00 sterling to Mr Haughey and in October 1996 he made a payment of £ 25, 000 sterling.

Desmond Bagley ( 29 October 1923, Kendal – 12 April 1983, Southampton ), was a British journalist and novelist principally known for a series of best-selling thrillers.

Desmond Keith Carter ( October 15, 1967 – December 10, 2002 ) was convicted of the 1992 murder of Helen Purdy and executed in 2002 by the State of North Carolina at the Central Prison in Raleigh.

The murder of William Desmond Taylor was depicted in David Merrick's production of the Jerry Herman-Michael Stewart " cult " musical " Mack and Mabel " which opened on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre on October 6, 1974 and ran for six previews and 66 regular performances.

Desmond Tremaine Mason ( born October 11, 1977 ) is an American former professional basketball player.

In October 1982, following the resignations of Martin O ' Donoghue and Desmond O ' Malley from the Cabinet, after they supported Charlie McCreevy ’ s motion of no confidence, Gallagher returned as Minister for the Gaeltacht.

" Arrangements were made to deliver this through Barry's sister, Kathy, to Desmond Fitzgerald, director of publicity for Sinn Féin, " with the object of having it published in the World press, and particularly in the English papers, on Saturday 30th October.

James Desmond Peplinski ( born October 24, 1960 in Renfrew, Ontario ) is a Canadian former National Hockey League ( NHL ) player and captain for the Calgary Flames.

* 16 October – Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Desmond Harrington ( born October 19, 1976 ) is an American actor.

Desmond Louis Donnelly ( 16 October 1920 – 3 April 1974 ) was a British politician, author and journalist who was a member of four different political parties during the course of his career, and moved between parties on five occasions.

* Paul Desmond – alto saxophone ( October 1972 quintet for We're All Together Again )

Bernard Maurice, born July 1870, died 4 October 1932, married Teresa Jane Murphy, Children: Gerrard Daniel Joseph Connor, Edward Desmond Connor, Arthur Patrick Kevin Connor, Maurice Bernard Connor ; Mayor of Newcastle ; Member of Board of Health 1901 ; Invested in Eureka Mine, Blackboy Hill goldfield ; A founding member of Toodjay Club 1905 ; J. P .; Educ.