Researching Shane Kenny
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3586 people with the Kenny surname? In that year Kenny was ranked number 1167 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Shane means "God is gracious" and is of Irish origin.
Records of Shane Kenny on Ancestry
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DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Kenny ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Shane Kenny and the Kenny Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Kenny Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Kenny family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 9986 people with the Kenny surname in the UK? Kenny is now ranked number 583 for popularity in the UK. |
Kenny Family Tree Databases
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Kenny Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 21268 people with the Kenny surname in the USA? Kenny is ranked number 150 for popularity in the USA. |
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Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Shane Kenny. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Shane Kenny
Shane Kenny (born 4 July 1947) is an Irish journalist and broadcaster who worked mainly at RTÉ Radio 1. After gaining a BA from Trinity College Dublin he studied journalism in Newcastle upon Tyne and worked there for the Journal and Chronicle from 1970 to 1973. He was a weekend newscaster on BBC North East radio (1972–3) and later in 1973 he was recruited as a reporter and presenter of 7 Days on RTÉ television (1973–5) before joining RTÉ Radio, where he became a news editor in 1980, in which role he launched and was the first editor of Morning Ireland. He was a longtime news anchor on News at One and This Week, presented RTÉ radio's general election coverage, and also travelled extensively in the Middle East, Europe and the United States to report on international news stories and elections. From 1986 he was the US ABC network's Ireland correspondent. In 1989 he won the top prize "for supreme contribution to Irish journalism" at the National Media Awards. He was press secretary to the 1994–97 "Rainbow Coalition" government, and to its 1996 Presidency of the Council of the European Union. He returned to RTÉ when the government lost the 1997 election and he chose the less political post of business news editor. In 2003 he left RTÉ to research the role of the Russian Marshal Georgi Zhukov in WWII, and establish his own media business, Leader Productions, and a consultancy, Shane Kenny Media CRO. His radio documentary, Hitler's Nemesis - Georgi Zhukov was broadcast on RTE Radio 1 in April 2005 for the 60th anniversary of the end of WWII.RTE radio documentaries. He still appeared on RTÉ as an independent broadcaster, including his Celtic Tiger series Moneymakers interviewing business leaders, and fronting the "Entrepreneur of the Year" series which he brought to RTE television until he stopped in 2007.RTE Guide He became Director of Public Affairs at Dublin City University, and a member of the Executive Board, 2005-2011 with provision that he could continue his broadcasting and consulting work. He retired early in 2011 because of illness.
In 2016 Kenny made a documentary recounting his experience of chronic pain and other side-effects of benzodiazepine, which he had been prescribed first in 2001, but did not take until 2008, and then only for a short time to treat Ménière's disease. In 2020 he alleged that aluminium sulphate in the water supply at his house on Achill Island had triggered a relapse of his debilitating symptoms. In December 2020 he drew first attention in the US and Ireland and the UK to a new study by the FDA which confirmed that benzodiazepines can cause long term injury with articles analysing the results in the famous US website Mad in America on 2 December, and The Sunday Times 6 December.
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