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McCaffrey
McCaffrey, sometimes spelled Caffrey or McCaffery, is an Irish surname. It is found mostly in the Counties Fermanagh, Monaghan, Cavan and Tyrone in the north west of Ireland. Ballymccaffrey is a townland outside Tempo in county Fermanagh. The surname is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic names ''Mac Gafraidh'', ''Mac Gofraidh'', which mean "son of ''Gafraidh''", "son of ''Gofraidh''". The Gaelic names are forms of the Old Norse ''Guðfróðr''. Notable people with the surname include: People McCaffary * John McCaffary (1820–1851), murderer McCaffrey *Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011), science fiction author *Billy McCaffrey (born 1971), American basketball player *Barry McCaffrey (born 1942), military analyst, former US Army General *Christian McCaffrey (born 1996), American football player *Ed McCaffrey (born 1968), American football player * Francis J. McCaffrey (1917–1989), New York politician *Francis J. McCaffrey Jr. (1902–1972), New York politician and judge * Frank McCaffrey, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry McCaffrey
Barry Richard McCaffrey (born 17 November 1942) is a retired United States Army general and current news commentator, professor and business consultant who served in President Bill Clinton's Cabinet as the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. He received three Purple Heart medals for injuries sustained during his service in the Vietnam War, two Silver Stars, and two Distinguished Service Crosses—the second-highest United States Army award for valor. He was inducted into United States Army Ranger Hall of Fame at the United States Army Infantry Center at Fort Benning in 2007. McCaffrey served as an adjunct professor at the United States Military Academy and was its Bradley Professor of International Security Studies from 2001 to 2008. He received West Point Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy's Distinguished Graduate Award in 2010. He is currently a paid military analyst for NBC and MSNBC as well as president of his own consul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne McCaffrey
Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) was an American writer known for the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, ''Weyr Search'', 1968) and the first to win a Nebula Award (Best Novella, ''Dragonrider'', 1969). Her 1978 novel ''The White Dragon (novel), The White Dragon'' became one of the first science-fiction books to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list, ''New York Times'' Best Seller list. In 2005 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named McCaffrey its 22nd SFWA Grand Master, Grand Master, an annual award to living writers of fantasy and science fiction. She was inducted by the EMP Museum#Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, Science Fiction Hall of Fame on 17 June 2006. She also received the Robert A. Heinlein Award for her work in 2007. Life and career Anne McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the second of three children of An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete McCaffrey
John Paul "Pete" McCaffrey (December 24, 1938 – March 4, 2012) was an American basketball player. He played for the gold medal-winning United States men's national basketball team at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He also played for the fourth place squad at the 1963 FIBA World Championship. McCaffrey was born in Tucson, Arizona and played collegiately at Saint Louis. Later, in 1994, he was inducted into the school's hall of fame. Aside from playing for the national team, McCaffrey played in the Amateur Athletic Union, first for the Buchan Bakers and then for the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots. He was named an AAU All-American three times (1962–1964) while playing for the Wingfoots. He also played 16 times for the United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 .... Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to name change, change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Caffrey
David Caffrey is an Irish film director. Caffrey won the Fantasporto Critics' Award in 1998 for '' Divorcing Jack'' and the Newport Beach Film Festival Audience Award for Best Feature in 2001 for ''On The Nose''. Filmography Short film Feature film * '' Divorcing Jack'' (2018) * '' On the Nose'' (2001) * '' Grand Theft Parsons'' (2003) (Also writer and actor) Miniseries * ''Aristocrats'' (1999) * ''Fallout'' (2006) * ''Prime Suspect 1973'' (2017) TV series References *Landesman, Cosmo (2004). "Grand Theft Parsons." ''Sunday Times ''The Sunday Times'' is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of N ...''. 21 March. External links * Irish film directors 1969 births Living people People from Greystones {{Ireland-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart McCaffrey
Stuart McCaffrey (born 30 May 1979) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Playing career McCaffrey began his career as a trainee with Hibernian, before signing for Aberdeen in July 1998. Failing to break into the Aberdeen first team, he signed on loan for Inverness Caledonian Thistle in September 2000. This was followed by a permanent contract. McCaffrey made more than 150 appearances for Inverness, and has scored five goals. He was part of the Inverness defence, playing alongside the likes of Bobby Mann, Stuart Golabek, Ross Tokely, Grant Munro and Darren Dods. McCaffrey joined St Johnstone on a six-month loan on 31 December 2007, and made the move permanent in April 2008. McCaffrey has Scottish Challenge Cup and Scottish Football League First Division winner's medals, both won whilst playing for Inverness. He has become a regular in the heart of the St Johnstone defence, and has also scored a few goals. Unfortunately, he also scored an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Augustine Caffrey
Andrew Augustine Caffrey (October 2, 1920 – October 6, 1993) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Early life and career Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Caffrey received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the College of the Holy Cross in 1941. He served in the United States Army from May 20, 1944, to July 2, 1946."Index Record for Andrews Caffrey (1920) Veterans Affairs Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem Death File", ''Fold3 by Ancestry.com website''. Retrieved November 8, 2020. He was a lieutenant in the United States Army Signal Corps, Intelligence Branch. He then received a Bachelor of Laws in 1948 from Boston College Law School and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School in the same year. He was an associate professor at Boston College Law School from 1948 to 1955. He was Chief of the Civil Division of the Office of United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1955 to 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Caffrey
Robert Elden Caffrey (born January 7, 1962) is an American former professional baseball catcher and first baseman. Career Caffrey attended Loara High School in Anaheim, California, and California State University, Fullerton, where he played college baseball for the Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team. In the 1984 season, Fullerton won the 1984 College World Series. That year, his 28 home runs and 90 runs batted in were both the fifth-most in college baseball. He played for the United States national baseball team in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He appeared in the Olympics as a designated hitter, catching only four innings, and had a .196 batting average. The Montreal Expos selected Caffrey in the first round, with the 13th overall selection, of the 1984 MLB Draft. He received a $100,000 signing bonus from the Expos. He made his professional debut with the West Palm Beach Expos of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, and batted .132 in 12 games. In 1985, Caffrey under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colm Caffrey
Colm Caffrey, known professionally as Colm Hayes, is an Irish radio broadcaster and sometimes television presenter. He formerly presented weekend breakfasts on RTÉ 2fm. Hayes had a 10-year radio partnership with James "Jim-Jim" Nugent, beginning on '' The Strawberry Alarm Clock'' on FM104 where the pair established themselves as the number one breakfast show in Dublin. The pair moved to national broadcaster RTÉ 2fm to host '' The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show''. While there they also did '' Colm and Jim-Jim's Home Run'' on RTÉ One. When Gerry Ryan died in 2010, Hayes split up with Jim-Jim Nugent and presented '' The Colm and Lucy Show'' with Lucy Kennedy for a time before breaking off on his own and moving to his current timeslot. Since 2021, He presents Colm and Lucy In The Morning along with Lucy Kennedy on Ireland's Classic Hits Radio Private life His real name is Colm Caffrey. He attended Our Lady of Victories BNS in Ballymun, and St. Aidan's C.B.S. in North Dublin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Caffrey
Joe Caffrey (born 1966) is an English actor of theatre, television, and film. Biography Caffrey was born in the shipbuilding town of Wallsend, Northumberland. His father had worked at Swan Hunter's Shipyards and both of his grandfathers were miners. Joe's grandfather, Ned Murray, was an active trade unionist and Labour Party politician as well as a district councilor. His mother, Lynne, is a councillor in Gateshead. Caffrey chose to become an actor and was trained for three years at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. In 1984-85 he was also a member of the a cappella band, ''The Workey Tickets'', who did several fund raising gigs, including a gig at the Albert Hall in London, for the striking miners and their families. Caffrey first began performing theatre in London. He achieved West End stardom in Lee Hall's farce '' Cooking with Elvis''. He had also several TV appearances in ITV and BBC productions and appeared in the Bridget Jones film, '' The Edge of Reason' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Caffrey
Ernest Caffrey (born 1 October 1936) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician and publican. He was elected to Seanad Éireann on his third attempt, on the Industrial and Commercial Panel in 1997. He was elected to Mayo County Council Mayo County Council () is the local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority of County Mayo, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housin ... and Ballina Urban District Council at the 1999 local elections. He lost his seat at the 2002 Seanad election. He was also an unsuccessful candidate at the 1989, 1992, 1997 and 2002 general elections. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Caffrey, Ernie 1936 births Living people Fine Gael senators Members of the 21st Seanad Politicians from County Mayo Members of Mayo County Council People from Ballina, County Mayo Fine Gael candidates in Dáil elections Industrial and Commercial Panel senators ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James J
James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (other), various kings named James * Prince James (other) * Saint James (other) Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, York, James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Film and television * James (2005 film), ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * James (2008 film), ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * James (2022 film), ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * "James", a television Adventure Time (season 5)#ep42, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
