This period also saw the emergence of a new generation of Scottish poets that became leading figures on the UK stage, including Carol Ann Duffy, who was named as Poet Laureate in May 2009, the first woman, the first Scot and the first openly gay poet to take the post.

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.

Despite the contributions of Duffy and Mendez, there were no female members, as stipulated in the NCS ' constitution which specified that “ any cartoonist ( male ) who signs his name to his published work ” could apply for membership.

Talking with the game's greats would become a pattern for Williams, who talked with Hugh Duffy who hit. 438 in 1894, Bill Terry who hit. 401 in 1930, and Ty Cobb against whom he would argue that a batter should hit up on the ball, opposed to Cobb's view that a batter should hit down on the ball.

John Duffy, the leaders of the Montgomery Improvement Association, joined with other church leaders who had led similar boycott efforts, such as Rev.

On July 1, 2003, Miami was expecting to hear from Bill Duffy, agent for Anthony Carter, who was expected to make $ 4. 1 million the upcoming season provided he exercised his option.

Jim Duffy was educated in Bohermeen National School and St. Patrick's Classical School in Navan, where his classmates included the journalist Simon Cumbers ( who was killed by Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia in 2004 ).

They were Charles Gavan Duffy, who became editor ; Thomas Osborne Davis, and John Blake Dillon.

For the latest sessions they had shared studio space with a band called Sly Silver Sly who featured Jim Kerr's brother Mark ( previously the drummer with Gun ) and bass guitarist Eddie Duffy, and who were working with American songwriter Kevin Hunter.

" This referred to a further personnel change, revealed as a change in bass player with Eddie Duffy being replaced by Ged Grimes ( originally the bass player with Danny Wilson and later a Deacon Blue member who had also played on the Lostboy!

Poets who emerged in this period include Carol Ann Duffy, Andrew Motion, Craig Raine, Wendy Cope, James Fenton, Blake Morrison, Liz Lochhead, Linton Kwesi Johnson and Benjamin Zephaniah.

In September 2009, the school had a visit from the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy who gave a speech to pupils from the school and others from the whole of Aberdeenshire.

In the Red Sox signed Duffy Lewis, who became the left fielder, and, with Speaker and Harry Hooper would form Boston ’ s “ Million-Dollar Outfield ”, one of the finest outfield trios in baseball history, playing together until Speaker was traded to the Cleveland Indians in 1916.

Duffy, who has become unethically involved with Nassau and will reap a financial windfall if MacHardie invests in the company, threatens to blackmail Alfred unless he suppresses his report.

The most notable example being that of Natasha MacBryde who was tormented by Sean Duffy, who was later prosecuted.

Duffy refused to name who had written the offending article.

* The inaugural World Welterweight Champion is Paddy Duffy of Boston, Massachusetts who is recognised following his 17th round knockout of Billy McMillan at Fort Foote, Virginia on 30 October.

This greatly antagonised pro-Treaty Civil War veterans, who in response formed the quasi-fascist Blueshirts ( initially the " Army Comrades Association "), led by the former Garda Commissioner Eoin O ' Duffy to oppose the IRA.

Scottish poets who emerged in the same period included Carol Ann Duffy, who was named as the first Scot to be UK Poet Laureate in May 2009.

The current holder of the post is former Monaghan County Board Chairman Paraic Duffy who was appointed in 2008.

According to Eoin O ' Duffy, an Irish national corporatist, " before everything we must give a national lead to our people ... The first essential is national unity.

Stephen Duffy, lead singer of Duran Duran before they struck fame, had a UK number 4 hit with " Kiss Me " under the name Stephen " Tintin " Duffy ; he had to drop the nickname, however, under pressure of a copyright infringement suit.

The mill was bought out by Duffy Mott and Mott's Cider before eventually closing.

Duffy eventually emigrated to Australia where he became a state premier, before being knighted as a Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George ( KCMG ).

Transesterification of a vegetable oil was conducted as early as 1853 by scientists E. Duffy and J. Patrick, many years before the first diesel engine became functional.

O ' Duffy did an apprenticeship as an engineer in Wexford before working as an engineer and architect in Monaghan.

An interesting sidelight on his growing reputation is the fact that before this election ( Sir ) Charles Gavan Duffy wrote to a friend in Sydney, urging the desirability of Parkes ' being elected.

This lineup performed live for almost a year before Duffy and Colley left the band.

Duffy, who was working as a bartender and bouncer, had never written a screenplay before.

Duffy insists that he wants to get a few more of his films done before returning to the Boondock Saints.

In the days before the anniversary of Superman's death, Ty Duffy, The Daily Planets staff reporter, retraces Superman's cross-country battle with Doomsday ; Duffy resents the assignment.

Even before being admitted to the bar, Duffy was active on the Irish land question, and in that connection in 1842 he became an ally of James Godkin.

Axl Rose from Guns N ' Roses, and Ian Astbury, Billy Duffy, and Mickey Curry, all from The Cult, which Matt Sorum played with both before and after Guns N ' Roses, all made guest appearances on the Steve Jones solo album Fire and Gasoline.

She was educated in Duffy, and at Melrose High School and Stirling College ( now Canberra College ( Weston Campus )), before completing a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology at the Australian National University in 1990.

Devaney coached high school football in Michigan at Big Beaver, Keego Harbor, Saginaw, and Alpena, before joining the Michigan State Spartans staff as an assistant coach under Biggie Munn and continuing under Duffy Daugherty.

Most of the lyrics were written by Alan Duffy, a school friend with whom Steven Wilson had lost touch a few years before the album was released.

Duffy, the player has twelve hours to solve the case before it is closed forever.

Serle ) However, the Duffy / O ' Shanassy link strained, possibly, because O ' Shanassy departed Ireland before the turmoil of 1848, while Duffy was involved in the 1848s troubles.

Although she was joining the cast full time, Duffy only appeared in two network-aired episodes of Grace Under Fire before the series was suddenly canceled in mid-February.

In 2005, Duffy received his first call-up to the majors on April 7 but spent only two weeks with the team before returning to Indianapolis on April 21.

Narrabundah Hill, which borders the western edge of Duffy, is managed by ACT Forests and had contained a mature pine plantation before the fires.