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Cahalan Ó Corcrán
Cahalan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adrienne Cahalan (born 1964), Australian sailor * Cissie Cahalan (1876–1948), Irish suffragette * Robert Cahalan (born 1946), American atmospheric scientist * Sinéad Cahalan, Irish camogie player * Susannah Cahalan (born 1985), American journalist and author See also * Cahalane Cahalane is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Conor Cahalane (born 1997), Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer * Damien Cahalane (born 1992), Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer * Michael Cahalane (born 1995), Irish hurler * Nial ...
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Adrienne Cahalan
Adrienne Cahalan (born 1964) was the only woman competing in the 2005–06 Volvo Ocean Race. She is a qualified lawyer and had a master's degree in Applied Meteorology. Adrienne grew up on the Lane Cove River (part of Port Jackson) in Australia. After learning how to sail as a teenager, she began to race lasers and was a member of the twelve-foot skiff club. Since then Adrienne has been part of the Cheyenne crew which broke the Round the World World Speed Record in 2004; she has circumnavigated the globe on several projects, and has had four World Yachtswoman of the Year nominations. This is all with also having experience in three Volvo Ocean Races (formerly known as the Whitbread Round the World Race) prior to her race in the 2005–2006 Volvo Ocean Race. Her education was at Marist Sisters' College, Woolwich, an all girl secondary school in the suburbs of Sydney. She came and gave a speech to her old school (11 March 2015), some of her words were; "33 years ago, I sat in th ...
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Cissie Cahalan
Cissie Cahalan (1876 – 27 August 1948) was an Irish trade unionist, feminist, and suffragette. Biography Cahalan was born in either Cork or Tipperary, and was the daughter of a school teacher. She worked in shops in the city of Dublin, mostly at the department store chain Arnotts. Cahalan participated in several activist movements. She was a member of the Irish Drapers' Assistants' Association (IDAA), and also the Irish Women's Franchise League (IWFL), beginning in 1908. Cahalan was described as one of the only women from a working-class background to have a major role in the Irish suffragette movement. In 1912 she headed the "Ladies Committee" of the Dublin branch of the IDAA, and also was a contributor to the journal run by the union. In the same year, she sought the support of the Dublin Trades' Council for women's suffrage, in her role as a delegate of the IWFL. Cahalan was on the executive committee of the IWFL from 1917–1918. At some point she also served as the se ...
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