Famous People
William Dollard (1842–1851) was the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John in Canada. Noel Dobbyn was runner-up in the Irish version of mastermind in 2007. James McDonald (1824-1890) and Walter McDonald (1830-1899) were important pioneering missionary priests in Auckland, New Zealand. Bob o Keeffe former president of the GAA and who the leinster senior hurling trophy is named after was born in Glengrant, Carrigeen. There is two versions of the Bob O keeffe cup. The old one (pre 2006) depicted a man it in bare feet, which is how Bob played. Bob O Keeffe also trained Laois to their only hurling All Ireland in 1915.
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“Richard Burton is now my epitaph, my cross, my title, my image. I have achieved a kind of diabolical fame. It has nothing to do with my talents as an actor. That counts for little now. I am the diabolically famous Richard Burton.”
—Richard Burton (1925–1984)
“I went into the kitchen and got halfway to the phone before I realized that I couldn’t call her.... A lot of people who lost a mother or father or husband or wife will tell you that they find themselves almost talking out loud. I do that a lot.”
—Bill Clinton (b. 1946)