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- proper noun A
surname of Irish origin.
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Examples
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That talk will be given by Grainne Kirwan from the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology.
From Cyberpsychology to World of Warcraft - 3Dcamp Limerick 2008
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That talk will be given by Grainne Kirwan from the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology.
May 2008 2008
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I met one man, whom I will call Kirwan, on the Galway coast last year.
Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000
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In the 1940s, Celia Kirwan was a bright and vivacious personality widely known and liked in London literary circles.
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Nicholas Murray (1802-1861) under the _nom-de-plume_ of "Kirwan" {604} wrote the celebrated _Letters_ to Archbishop Hughes on the Catholic
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Do revolting and heart-sickening scenes like those described by "Kirwan" and Madam Le Vert, as occurring among females in the a lawful gaming-houses in
A Controversy Between "Erskine" and "W. M." on the Practicability of Suppressing Gambling. 1862
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"Brit" Kirwan, chancellor of the University System of Maryland and former president of the flagship state university.
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If the union recruited Nick Mallett, Wayne Smith, John Kirwan and Dean Ryan en bloc tomorrow, it might just have hired a ready-made dream team.
Nick Mallett and Wayne Smith offer hope for England revival 2011
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Yet amid the jokes about wheelingJason Leonard out of retirement – "It would give a whole new meaning to rolling subs," quipped Kirwan – there was no avoiding the farting elephant in the room.
Nick Mallett and Wayne Smith offer hope for England revival 2011
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For Kirwan and others, the biggest problem is the bowl system, an annual championship ritual that concentrates hundreds of millions of dollars within a small group of schools.
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