McDonough
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MacDonough, McDonough, MacDonogh, McDonogh is a surname
of Irish
origin. They are Anglicized forms of the Gaelic
name "Mac Donnchadha", which means son of Donnchadh
, other spelling variations of this surname include: MacDonagh and McDonagh.
McDonough may refer to:
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Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
origin. They are Anglicized forms of the Gaelic
Gaels
The Gaels or Goidels are speakers of one of the Goidelic Celtic languages: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx. Goidelic speech originated in Ireland and subsequently spread to western and northern Scotland and the Isle of Man....
name "Mac Donnchadha", which means son of Donnchadh
Donnchadh
Donnchadh is a Gaelic masculine given name. It is composed of the elements donn, meaning "brown"; and chadh, meaning "chief" or "noble". The name is also written as Donnchad, Donncha, Donnacha, Donnchadha and Dúnchad...
, other spelling variations of this surname include: MacDonagh and McDonagh.
McDonough may refer to:
Place names
In the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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- McDonogh, Louisiana
- McDonough, GeorgiaMcDonough, GeorgiaMcDonough is a city in Henry County, Georgia, United States. The population was 22084 at the 2010 census. Inclusion of the unincorporated neighborhoods surrounding McDonough, which are not part of a town/city, raises the population to approximately 30,000 from an estimate in 2008. The city is the...
- McDonough, New YorkMcDonough, New YorkMcDonough is a town in Chenango County, New York, United States. The population was 870 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Thomas McDonough, a naval officer who served on Lake Champlain and other locations....
- McDonough County, Illinois
- MacDonough, DelawareMacDonough, DelawareMacDonough is a small unincorporated communiy in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The community lies north of Odessa and just due south of St. Georges. It is named for Captain Thomas MacDonough....
People
- Al McDonoughAl McDonoughJames Allison McDonough is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 237 games in the National Hockey League and 200 games in the World Hockey Association....
, retired Canadian professional ice hockey player - Alexa McDonoughAlexa McDonoughAlexa Ann Shaw McDonough OC is a Canadian politician who became the first woman to lead a major, recognized political party in Canada, when she was elected the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party's leader in 1980...
, Canadian politician - Ann Patrice McDonoughAnn Patrice McDonoughAnn Patrice McDonough is an American retired competitive figure skater. She is the 2002 World Junior Champion and the 2003 U.S. pewter medalist. McDonough retired from skating in 2004.-Personal life:...
, retired American competitive figure skater - Blair McDonoughBlair McDonoughBlair McDonough is an actor who is best known for playing the role of Stuart Parker in the Australian TV soap opera Neighbours. He first shot to fame in 2001, when he finished runner-up in the inaugural season of the reality TV series Big Brother Australia...
, Australian actor - Bob McDonoghBob McDonoghBob McDonogh was an American racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:-References:...
, American racecar driver - Brian McDonoughBrian McDonoughBrian McDonough is an American Physician and writerBrian McDonough, MD, FAAFP is "Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine and Chairman of The Family Medicine Department at St. Francis Hospital....
, American physician and writer - Bridget McDonoughBridget McDonough- References :...
, American businesswoman - David McDonoughDavid McDonoughDavid G. McDonough represents District 19 in the New York State Assembly, which comprises communities located within Nassau County, New York....
, New York Assemblyman - Darron McDonoughDarron McDonoughDarron Karl McDonough is a former English footballer, most noted as a player for Oldham Athletic and Luton Town.-Playing career:...
, English footballer - Denis McDonoughDenis McDonoughDenis R. McDonough is a foreign policy advisor in the Obama Administration. He currently serves as Deputy National Security Advisor.-Early life and education:...
, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications to President Barack Obama - Frank McDonoughFrank McDonoughProfessor Frank McDonough is a British historian of 20th century Germany and International History- Life :Frank McDonough was born in Liverpool, England. He worked as a shipping clerk and an insurance clerk in two of Liverpool's most famous buildings in the 1970s: The Liver Building and the Cunard...
, British historian of 20th century Germany - Gabe McDonoughGabe McDonoughGabe McDonough is Vice President Music Director at Leo Burnett USA. He has worked on memorable advertisements for clients AB-InBev, McDonald's and State Farm.- Early life :...
, a Canadian record producer who is the Vice President Music Director at Leo Burnett USA. - George MacDonoghGeorge MacdonoghLieutenant General Sir George Mark Watson Macdonogh GBE, KCB, KCMG was a British Army general officer. After early service in the Royal Engineers he became a staff officer prior to the outbreak of the First World War, and held a series of intelligence posts during the war.-Early career:Macdonogh...
, was a British Army general officer. - Giles MacDonoghGiles MacDonoghGiles MacDonogh is a British writer, historian and translator.He has worked as a journalist most notably for the Financial Times , where he covered food, drink and a variety of other subjects. He has also contributed to most of the other important British newspapers, and is a regular contributor...
, (born 1955) is a British writer, historian and translator. - Gordon L. McDonoughGordon L. McDonoughGordon Leo McDonough was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Buffalo, New York, McDonough moved with his parents to Emporium, Pennsylvania, in 1898.He attended the public schools....
, U.S. Representative from California - Guy McDonoughGuy McDonoughGuy Gillis McDonough was an Australian rock musician best known for rhythm guitar and singer-songwriter with the iconic band Australian Crawl. He provided rhythm guitar and lead vocals on two of their well-known songs, "Oh No Not You Again" and "Errol"...
, Australian rock musician - Harry MacdonoughHarry MacdonoughJohn Scantlebury Macdonald was a Canadian singer and recording executive. Under the pseudonym Harry Macdonough, he was one of the most prolific and popular tenors during the formative years of recorded music....
, Canadian singer and recording executive - Hubie McDonoughHubie McDonoughHubert B. McDonough is a retired American professional ice hockey centre. He was never selected in the NHL Entry Draft....
, retired American professional ice hockey centre - Jack McDonoughJack McDonoughJack McDonough was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Fitzroy in the VFL during the early 1900s....
, was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Fitzroy in the VFL during the early 1900s. - Jenny McDonoughJenny McDonoughJenny McDonough is a field hockey forward from Ireland, who made her international debut for Ireland Women's National Team in 2001 against England. She plays club hockey for the Belfast Harlequins. McDonough is employed in Sports Promotions...
, field hockey forward who plays for Ireland. - John McDonoghJohn McDonoghJohn McDonogh was a United States entrepreneur and philanthropist, described as miserly, controversial, and eccentric. He is most famous for endowing public education in two major American cities—New Orleans and Baltimore.-Life and career:McDonogh was born in Baltimore and entered the...
, United States entrepreneur and philanthropist - John McDonough (Savannah mayor), politician and a businessman from Georgia, USA
- John McDonough (sports executive)John McDonough (sports executive)John McDonough is a sports executive who is perhaps best known for his two decades with the Chicago Cubs. In 2007, he left the presidency of the Cubs to become president of the Chicago Blackhawks and guided the team to the 2010 Stanley Cup title, its first since 1961. On June 1, 2011, McDonough...
, (born 1953) is the president of the Chicago Blackhawks. - John E. McDonoughJohn E. McDonoughJohn E. McDonough is a professor of public health at the Harvard School of Public Health. He was an American politician who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1985–1997....
, (born May 21, 1953) is a professor of public health at the Harvard School of Public Health. - John J. McDonoughJohn J. McDonoughJohn J. McDonough was Mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota from 1940 to 1948....
, mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota - John T. McDonoughJohn T. McDonoughJohn Thomas McDonough was an American lawyer and politician.-Early life:He came with his parents to the United States in 1850, and they settled in Dunkirk, New York. He graduated from St. John's College, and studied law at Columbia Law School, finishing as Bachelor of Laws in 1861...
, was an Irish born American lawyer and politician. - Martin McDonoghMartin McDonoghMartin McDonogh was an Irish politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála for the Galway constituency at the June 1927 general election. He was re-elected at the September 1927 and 1932 general elections. He was re-elected at the 1933 general election,...
, (died 24 November 1934) was an Irish politician. - Mary Elizabeth McDonoughMary Elizabeth McDonoughMary Elizabeth McDonough is an American actress , best known for her role as "Erin Walton" in the series The Waltons. In 1988 she married Rob Wickstrom, with whom she had a daughter Sydnee. The couple divorced in 1996. She has Lupus erythematosus, which she blames on leaking silicone breast implants...
, American actress - Matthew McDonoughMatthew McDonoughMatthew McDonough is the drummer for heavy metal band Mudvayne. McDonough is the band's original drummer and has appeared and performed on every release by Mudvayne...
, drummer for American heavy metal band Mudvayne - Megon McDonoughMegon McDonoughMegon McDonough is an American folk/cabaret singer-songwriter and actress, from Chicago, Illinois. After her early solo recording career brought national attention, she became a founding member of Four Bitchin' Babes, performing and recording with them from 1990 to 2001 and then resuming her solo...
, American folk/cabaret singer/songwriter - Neal McDonoughNeal McDonoughNeal P. McDonough is an American film, television and voice actor.-Career:In 1991, McDonough won the Best Actor Dramalogue for "Away Alone". McDonough has made many television and film appearances since then, including Band of Brothers, Boomtown, Star Trek: First Contact, Minority Report and The...
, American actor - Pat McDonoughPat McDonoughPatrick L. McDonough is a Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates. He represents District 7, which covers Baltimore and Harford Counties, along with fellow Republicans J.B. Jennings and Richard K Impallaria. He also served in the House from 1979 to 1983 as a...
, US Maryland politician - Patrick MacDonoghPatrick MacDonoghPatrick MacDonogh was an Irish poet. He was born in Dublin and educated at Avoca School and Trinity College, Dublin. MacDonogh worked as a teacher and commercial artist before joining the staff of Arthur Guinness Son & Co., where he later held a senior executive post.He published five books of...
, was a 20th century Irish poet - Patrick McDonough (cyclist)Patrick McDonough (cyclist)Patrick McDonough is a retired track cyclist from the United States. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he won the silver medal in the men's 4.000m team pursuit, alongside Steve Hegg, Leonard Nitz and David Grylls.-References:*...
(born 1961), American track cyclist - Paul McDonoughPaul McDonoughPaul Roy McDonough was a professional American football player who played end for four seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cleveland Rams....
, was a professional American football player who played end for four seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cleveland Rams. - Pete McDonoughPete McDonoughPeter P. McDonough was a wealthy and influential Irish-Catholic San Francisco bail bondsman. According to the San Francisco News and the SF Chronicle, Pete and his brother Tom founded the first modern Bail Bonds business in the United States, the system by which a person pays a percentage to a...
, San Francisco bail bondsman - Roger I. McDonoughRoger I. McDonoughRoger I. McDonough was an American judge. He served on the Utah Supreme Court from 1938 to 1966. He was the Chief Justice of the Utah Supreme Court from 1947 to 1948 and from 1954 to 1959, and was called upon by President Harry S...
, was an American judge. He served on the Utah Supreme Court from 1938 to 1966. - Roy McDonoughRoy McDonoughRoy McDonough is a former professional football player and manager in the English football league. His surname is occasionally misspelt in the media as Roy McDonagh.-Playing career:...
, English football player and manager who holds the record for red cards in the English professional game - Sally McDonoughSally McDonoughSally McDonough is a Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications and Press Secretary to the First Lady during the Bush administration....
, Press Secretary to First Lady of the United States Laura Bush - Sean McDonoughSean McDonoughSean McDonough is an American sportscaster, currently employed by ESPN.-Early life and career:The son of Boston Globe sportswriter Will McDonough, Sean graduated from Syracuse University in 1984. It was in Syracuse where McDonough began his broadcasting career in 1982 as the play-by-play announcer...
, American television sportscaster - Suzanne Clarke McDonoughSuzanne Clarke McDonoughSuzanne Clarke McDonough is an American journalist, documentary filmmaker and anti-drug activist, and the founder of Project Straight Dope, the nation's first anti-drug abuse project...
, American journalist, documentary filmmaker - Thomas MacdonoughThomas MacDonoughThomas Macdonough was an early-19th-century American naval officer noted for his roles in the first Barbary War, and the War of 1812. He was the son of a revolutionary officer, Thomas Sr. who lived close to Middleton, Delaware. Being the sixth child born, he came from a large family of ten...
, 19th century American naval officer - Will McDonoughWill McDonoughWilliam "Will" McDonough was an American sportswriter for the Boston Globe.-Biography:McDonough attended the English High School of Boston, where he starred in baseball as a pitcher and in football as a quarterback...
, American sportswriter for the Boston Globe - William McDonoughWilliam McDonoughWilliam Andrews McDonough is an American architect, founding principal of , co-founder of with German chemist Michael Braungart as well as co-author of also with Braungart...
, award-winning American architect and author notable for his work in the field of sustainable development - William Joseph McDonough, former Federal Reserve Bank of New York chairman
Education
- McDonogh No. 35 Senior High SchoolMcDonogh No. 35 Senior High SchoolMcDonogh No. 35 Senior High School was the first high school for African-American pupils in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. Prior to 1917, during the era of segregated school systems in the Southern US, no public high school existed in New Orleans for African-American pupils...
, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States- John McDonogh High School shooting, in which two armed men entered the school gymnasium of the high school in New Orleans, USA
- McDonogh SchoolMcDonogh SchoolMcDonogh School is a private, coeducational, K-12, college-preparatory school founded in Owings Mills, Maryland, USA in 1873.- History :The school was established near Baltimore, Maryland in 1873 and funded by the estate of John McDonogh, a former Baltimore resident, who died in 1850...
, a college-preparatory school in Maryland, United States - Alma Grace McDonough Health and Recreation CenterAlma Grace McDonough Health and Recreation CenterThe Alma Grace McDonough Health and Recreation Center is a 2,200 seat multipurpose arena and recreation facility on the campus of Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, West Virginia...
is an arena and recreation facility on the campus of Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, West Virginia. - Maurice J. McDonough High School, a public high school in Maryland, USA
- McDonough School of BusinessMcDonough School of BusinessThe McDonough School of Business is one of the four undergraduate and one of the five graduate schools of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C...
, one of four undergraduate and one of five graduate schools at Georgetown University - The McDonogh ThreeThe McDonogh ThreeThe McDonogh Three were three young African American girls who integrated McDonogh No. 19 Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960.Leona Tate, Tessie Prevost, and Gail Etienne were among five girls who had passed an admission test devised by the Orleans Parish School Board to find black girls...
, three young African American girls who integrated McDonogh No. 19 Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960
Other uses
- McDonogh Day BoycottMcDonogh Day BoycottThe McDonogh Day Boycott on 7 May 1954 was a protest by African American public school students, teachers, and principals in New Orleans. It was one of the city's first organized civil rights protests....
, one of New Orleans' first organized civil rights protests, held in 1954 - McDonogh Road corridor, a heavily-traveled cross-county series of roads in Baltimore County, Maryland
- McDonough County CourthouseMcDonough County CourthouseThe McDonough County Courthouse is located in the McDonough County city of Macomb, in the U.S. state of Illinois. The courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It joined the list in 1972. Macomb, the county seat, is home to one other Registered Historic Place, this one at...
, US National Register of Historic Places - McDonough GymnasiumMcDonough GymnasiumMcDonough Gymnasium is a multi-purpose arena in Washington, D.C. The arena opened in 1951 and holds 2,500 people.Ground was broken for construction of the gymnasium on May 20, 1950; the cornerstone was laid on October 14, 1950; the official ribbon cutting and opening was held December 8, 1951...
, a multi-purpose arena in Washington, D.C. - McDonough ParkMcDonough ParkMcDonough Park is a stadium in Geneva, New York. It is primarily used for baseball and was home to the Geneva Cubs. It holds 3,000 people and opened in 1958.-External links:*...
, a stadium in Geneva, New York. - McDonough Museum of ArtMcDonough Museum of ArtThe McDonough Museum of Art is a center for contemporary art located in Youngstown, Ohio, USA, on the campus of Youngstown State University . Opened in 1991 in a building designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects, the museum focuses on contemporary art through exhibits and art education...
, is a center for contemporary art located in Youngstown, Ohio, - McDonough Bolyard PeckMcDonough Bolyard PeckMcDonough Bolyard Peck, Inc. is a construction management company in the United States with headquarters in Fairfax, VA. It provides a variety of construction management services such as cost estimating, value engineering, constructibility review, CPM scheduling and inspection...
, is a construction management company in the United States with headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia. - USS Commodore McDonough (1862)USS Commodore McDonough (1862)USS Commodore McDonough was a ferryboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Ferryboats were of great value, since – because of their flat bottom and shallow draft — they could navigate streams and shallow waters that other ships could not.-Purchased in New York City in...
, was a ferryboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. - USS MacdonoughUSS MacdonoughUSS Macdonough may refer to:, was an early destroyer, launched in 1900 and served until 1919, was a Clemson-class destroyer, launched in 1920 and served until 1930...
, four ships in the United States Navy - Hill v. McDonoughHill v. McDonoughHill v. McDonough , was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court challenging the use of lethal injection as a form of execution in the state of Florida. The Court ruled unanimously that a challenge to the method of execution as violating the Eighth Amendment to the United States...
, was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court challenging the use of lethal injection - McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. GreenwoodMcDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. GreenwoodMcDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood, 464 U.S. 548 , was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that established a standard for challenging a verdict based on inaccurate answers given by prospective jurors during voir dire....
, was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that established a standard for challenging a verdict based on inaccurate answers given by prospective jurors during voir direVoir direVoir dire is a phrase in law which comes from the Anglo-Norman language. In origin it refers to an oath to tell the truth , i.e., to say what is true, what is objectively accurate or subjectively honest, or both....