John Geoghegan (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ ɡ ən/; 5 November 1913 – 5 January 1975) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for more than twenty years. [1 ]
Máire Geogheganová-Quinnová (5. září 1950 Carna, Irsko) je irská a evropská politička, od 8. února 2010 komisařka pro výzkum a inovace v Evropské komisi vedené José Barrosem.
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (/ ˈ m ɑːr ə ˈ ɡ eɪ ɡ ən ... /; née Geoghegan; born 5 September 1950) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as a European Commissioner from 2010 to 2014, and as a cabinet minister in various portfolios…
He served as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for twenty-five years and as a Minister of State from 1982 to 1987. [1 ] He played Gaelic football for his local club Dunmore McHales and at senior level for the Galway county team in the 1960s. [2…
The constituency elects five deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Geoghegan is credited with many songs, some of which are still performed, such as Ten Thousand Miles Away, Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye, and his version of Cockles & Mussels is the likely source of at least the chorus of what has become the…