Researching Brigid Keenan
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2537 people with the Keenan surname? In that year Keenan was ranked number 1542 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Brigid Keenan on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Brigid Keenan and the Keenan Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 8656 people with the Keenan surname in the UK? Keenan is now ranked number 681 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Brigid Keenan
Brigid Keenan
Brigid Ann Keenan (born 1939) is an author and journalist.
She was born in Ambala, India, where her father was an officer in the British Indian Army during the Raj. Her family repatriated to the United Kingdom after India's independence in 1947, and she was subsequently sent to convent schools in England and a finishing school in Paris.
Keenan has worked as an editor on Nova magazine, The Observer and The Sunday Times. After marrying a European Union diplomat, she left her successful career as a fashion editor to become a trailing spouse and best-selling author. Her published works include The Women We Wanted to Look Like (1978), Dior in Vogue (1988), Travels in Kashmir (1989), Damascus: Hidden Treasures of the Old City (2001), Diplomatic Baggage: The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse (2005), Packing Up: Further Adventures of a Trailing Spouse (2014), and Full Marks for Trying (2016). She is currently a contributor to The Oldie and Trailing-Spouse.com.
Keenan has lived in Ethiopia, Brussels, Trinidad, Barbados, India, West Africa, Syria and Central Asia. She is a founding board member of the Palestine Festival of Literature.
She is married to Alan Waddams, a retired ambassador, with whom she has two children and four grandchildren.
Source: Brigid Keenan, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Keenan
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