Monaghan (disambiguation)

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Monaghan is a variant of the Gaelic manacháin, meaning "little monk",^[1], and may refer to the following:

Contents 1 Places 2 People 3 Other 4 See also 5 Footnotes

[edit] Places

• County Monaghan, a county in Ulster province, in the Republic of Ireland.
  • Monaghan, a town in County Monaghan.
  • Monaghan (Dáil Éireann constituency), a former parliamentary constituency in Ireland spanning the whole of County Monaghan.

[edit] People

• Craig Monaghan (b. 1957), former chief financial officer of the Sears Holdings Corporation.
• Dominic Monaghan (b. 1976), an English actor, perhaps best known for his role as Merry in the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy of 2001-2003 and as Charlie Pace in the TV-series Lost.
• Katherine Monaghan (b. 1980), a British actress.
• John R. Monaghan (1873 - 1899), an officer in the United States Navy.
• Liz Monaghan, a Scottish news reporter.
• Michael Monaghan (b. 1980), an Australian rugby player.
• Michelle Monaghan (b. 1976), an American actress.
• Nicola Monaghan, an English novelist, author of The Killing Jar.
• Patricia Monaghan (b. 1946), an American poet and author.
• Thomas Monaghan (1833 -1895), a Welsh trumpeter who received the Victoria Cross for actions during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
• Tom Monaghan (b. 1937), founder of Domino's Pizza and Roman Catholic philanthropist.

[edit] Other

• Monaghan United F.C., an Irish football (soccer) league.
• USS Monaghan, the name of two ships in the US Navy named after John R. Monaghan.
  • USS Monaghan (DD-32), a Paulding-class destroyer, which served in WWI.
  • USS Monaghan (DD-354), the last Farragut class destroyer built, which served in WWII at Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway.

[edit] See also

• Monahan
• Monihan

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ behindthename.com, accessed 29 June 2007

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