Researching Jim Tunney
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 258 people with the Tunney surname? In that year Tunney was ranked number 3321 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jim means "Form of JAMES. one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
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Jim Tunney (Irish politician)
James C. Tunney (25 December 1923 – 16 January 2002) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.
Tunney was born in Dublin in 1923, and was educated at St. Vincent's C.B.S. in Glasnevin. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency at the 1969 general election. He served continuously in the Dáil until losing his seat at the 1992 general election, having been a TD for Dublin Finglas from 1977 to 1981 when Dublin constituencies were reconfigured as 3-seaters, before being returned for Dublin North-West in 1981. During that period he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education (after 1978, Minister of State at the Department of Education) in three governments. He served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann. He was also Chairman of Fianna Fáil for ten years and served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1984 to 1985.
He also played at senior level for the Dublin county team. He was on the winning side for Dublin in the 1948 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship.
Source: Jim Tunney (Irish politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJim Tunney (American football)
Jim Tunney (born March 3, 1929) is a former American football official in the National Football League (NFL) from 1960 to 1990. In his 31 years as an NFL official, Tunney received a record 29 post-season assignments, including ten Championship games and Super Bowls VI, XI, and XII and named as an alternate in Super Bowl XVIII. He is still the only referee who has worked consecutive Super Bowls, and likely will be the only one to do so.
Following Ben Dreith's death in May 2021, Tunney is the only referee from the first 16 Super Bowls who is still alive.
Source: Jim Tunney (American football), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Tunney
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