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"Andrew O'Shaughnessy (28 July 1866 – 1956) was an Irish politician and industrialist. O'Shaughnessy started his career with the opening of a creamery in Newmarket in 1895. He then added other creameries in County Cork and County Tipperary to build the Newmarket Dairy Company which eventually had twenty four branches. In 1903 he purchased Dripsey Woollen Mills from Charles Olden. In the following years he added Kilkenny Woolen mills, Sallybrook Woollen Mills, Bridgetown Flour mills and Dock Milling Company, Dublin to his ownership, thus establishing himself as one of the leading woollen manufacturers in Ireland. His publishing interests included a stake in Standard Press Ltd and Juverna Press Ltd, Dublin. During this time he also built about 70 cottages for the mill workers in what is now known as the Model Village in Dripsey. Newspaper reports from the time comment on the quality of Dripsey tweed and drapery of which 90 per cent was for export to Paris, London, Asia and Canada. After his death in 1956, Dripsey Woollen Mills remained in the family and went on to win 8 Gold Medals at the Sacramento fair in the 1960s. The mills eventually closed in the 1980s. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork Borough constituency at the 1923 general election. In June 1924 the Minister for External Affairs, Desmond FitzGerald, appointed O'Shaughnessy as representative from Ireland at the International Labour Conference at Geneva. His party label, "Cork Progressive Association", was a name used by the Business and Professional Group, a loose association of businessmen formed during the Third Dáil. He did not contest the June 1927 general election. O'Shaughnessy restored a number of residences of character in Cork, and over his life lived in over sixteen different properties. Among the residences he lived in were St Raphael's house, Montenotte; Windsor in Rochestown (now Rochestown Park Hotel) and Dripsey castle (formerly the home of the Bowen-Colthurst family, and sold by members of the O'Shaughnessy family in 2015). References 1866 births 1956 deaths Independent TDs Members of the 4th Dáil Politicians from County Cork Business and Professional Group TDs "
"Ora (, lit. Radiance) is a moshav in central Israel. Located southwest of Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was established in 1950 by Jews from Yemen on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Jura. The name "Ora" was taken from the Book of Esther 8:16: "For the Jews it was (a time of) radiance."; Hanna Bitan (1999) 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel, Jerusalem, Carta, p. 3, The residents initially lived in tents and by 1954 only thirteen families remained. In 1953 Percy Newman, a British Jewish industrialist, donated money to the Jewish National Fund for the purchase of 3,000 dunams for the moshav. Several North African Jews later joined the moshav. Residents were given tracts of land allocated for poultry farming and continued to live in tents, without running water or electricity, until 1957. Before the establishment of Kiryat HaYovel, the closest neighborhood was Beit VeGan, which was reached on foot or by donkey. In the 1990s, after the wave of Russian immigration to Israel, the moshav increased egg production from 300 million to 500 million eggs a year. References Moshavim Populated places established in 1950 Populated places in Jerusalem District Yemeni-Jewish culture in Israel 1950 establishments in Israel "
"Lionel Williamson (born 8 April 1944) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s.Lionel Williamson at nrlstats.com A talented , he played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership with the Newtown club and also represented Queensland and Australia.Queensland representatives at qrl.com.au Born in Innisfail, Queensland, North Queenslander WilliamsonLionel Williamson at nqsports.com.au played a season with Halifax in 1964-65,Lionel Williamson at rugbyleagueproject.com also playing in the Queensland side from 1964 to 1967.Lionel Williamson at stats.rleague.com Gaining selection in Australia's 1968 World Cup squad, he scored two tries in the Final against France. He moved to Sydney to play with Newtown from 1969 and played 6 continuous seasons with the club.QRL Northern Division at sportingpulse.com During this time he also played for Innisfail in North Queensland. He played in the 1970 World Cup, again scoring in the Final to help Australia to victory. Williamson continued representing Australia until 1974 which was also his final year playing for Newtown.Lionel Williamson at yesterdayshero.com In 2008, the centenary year of rugby league in Australia, Williamson was named in the Newtown Jets 18-man team of the century. Williamson is the brother of former Queensland and Newtown winger Henry Williamson, the grandfather of Sydney Roosters Lindsay Collins and the uncle of former Adelaide Rams, Canberra Raiders, Northern Eagles and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles goal kicking utility player Luke Williamson. References 1944 births People from Innisfail, Queensland Australian rugby league players Queensland rugby league team players Newtown Jets players Australia national rugby league team players City New South Wales rugby league team players New South Wales rugby league team players Halifax R.L.F.C. players Living people "