O'Neill

American

[oh-neel] / oʊˈnil /

noun

Eugene (Gladstone), 1888–1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel Prize 1936.
Thomas P(hilip) Tip, 1912–1994, U.S. politician: congressman 1953–87; speaker of the House 1977–87.

O'Neill British

/ əʊˈniːl /

noun

Eugene ( Gladstone ). 1888–1953, US dramatist. His works, which are notable for their emotional power and psychological analysis, include Desire under the Elms (1924), Strange Interlude (1928), Mourning becomes Elektra (1931), Long Day's Journey into Night (1941), and The Iceman Cometh (1946): Nobel prize for literature 1936

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If there was a relieved tone to O'Neill afterwards, there was a weariness from the German.

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O'Neill has dragged them forward by the scruff of the neck, but it has all looked very tired, very stressful, very on the edge of blowing up.

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Little-Pengelly said First Minister Michelle O'Neill, of Sinn Féin, was invited to the briefing but did not attend and she did not know why.

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Last week, on a cold night in Glasgow, Celtic boss Martin O'Neill joined a very select club of managers who have been in charge for 1,000 professional games.

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Martin O'Neill changed eight of his starting line-up and some of the fringe players put in eye-catching displays to secure the club's first ever win in Germany against the side fourth in the Bundesliga.

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