Desmond or Desmond's may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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''Desmond'' (novel), 1792 novel by Charlotte Turner Smith
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Desmond's'', 1990s British television sitcom
Ireland
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Kingdom of Desmond, medieval Irish kingdom
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Earl of Desmond, Irish aristocratic title
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Desmond Rebellions, Irish rebellions during the 16th century led by the Earl of Desmond
Science and technology
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DESMOND (diabetes) DESMOND (Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed) is a UK NHS training course for people with type 2 diabetes that helps people to identify their own health risks and to set their own goals.
Background
DESMOND is th ...
(Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed), a UK NHS diabetes education programme
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Desmond (software)
Desmond is a software package developed at D. E. Shaw Research to perform high-speed molecular dynamics simulations of biological systems on conventional computer clusters. The code uses novel parallel algorithms and numerical methods to achieve ...
, molecular dynamics simulation software
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Storm Desmond
Storm Desmond was an extratropical cyclone and fourth named storm of the 2015–16 UK and Ireland windstorm season, notable for directing a plume of moist air, known as an atmospheric river, which brought record amounts of orographic rainfall to ...
, a windstorm in Britain and Ireland in 2015
Other uses
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Desmond (name)
Desmond is a given name and a surname, derived from the Irish place-name ''Desmond'', an anglicization of the Irish ''Deas-Mhumhna'' ("South Munster"). The Irish peerages of Ormonde, Desmond, and Thomond represented the old sub-kingdoms of East ...
, a common given name and surname
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Desmond (horse)
Desmond (1896 – 1913) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was at his peak as a two-year-old in the early summer of 1898 when he won three races in quick succession including the Coventry Stakes and the July Stakes. He never w ...
(1896-1913), Thoroughbred racehorse
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Desmond's (department store), a former US store
* Desmond, slang term for the
British 2:2 degree classification
See also
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Desman, a tribe of aquatic mammals
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Clíodhna
In Irish mythology, Clíodhna (Clídna, Clionadh, Clíodna, Clíona, transliterated to Cleena in English) is a Queen of the Banshees of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Clíodna of Carrigcleena is the potent banshee that rules as queen over the ''sidheog'' ...
, principal goddess of Desmond, or South Munster
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Limerick Desmond League, an association football league in west County Limerick
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