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The term Galway jury refers to an enlightened and independent jury. The phrase originates from a series of trials held in 1635 upon the right of the king of England to the counties of Ireland. While Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo and Mayo gave judgements in favour of the Crown, Galway opposed it. As a consequence, the sheriff of Galway was fined 1000 pounds and each of the jurors 4000 pounds.
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Michael Davitt was an Irish Nationalist. He was born in 1846 in County Mayo and died in 1906. He joined the Fenians and was sentenced to 15 years penal servitude in 1865 on a charge of importing arms into Ireland. On his release in 1879 he returned to Ireland and with Parnell started the Land League, an anti-landlord organisation.
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Mayo Methot was an actress. She was born in 1904 and died in 1951.
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Virginia Mayo (real name Virginia Clara Jones) is an American actress. She was born in 1920 at St Louis, Missouri.
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Boycotting was originally a name given to an organized system of social and commercial ostracism employed in Ireland in connection with the Land League and the land agitation of 1880 and 1881 and subsequently. Landlords, tenants, or other persons who are subjected to boycotting find it difficult or impossible to get any one to work for them, to supply them with the necessaries of life, or to associate with them in any way. It took its name from Captain James Boycott, a Mayo landlord, against whom it was first put in force.
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Captain Horatio Hornblower is a seafaring adventure starring Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty and James Robertson-Justice in a story based upon the novel by CS Forester about a young British naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars. Captain Horatio Hornblower was directed by Raoul Walsh in 1951.
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Devil's Canyon is a western starring Dale Robertson and Virginia Mayo in a story about a former US marshal who fails to heed the warnings of a lady outlaw and becomes involved in a fatal shooting and is sentenced to ten years imprisonment at an infamous jail. Devil's Canyon was directed by Alfred Werker in 1953.
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Painting The Clouds With Sunshine is a musical starring Dennis Morgan, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson and Lucille Norman in a story about three girls from Los Angeles heading to Las Vegas in search of wealthy men.
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine was directed by David Butler in 1951.
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The Iron Mistress is a biographical drama starring Alan Ladd and Virginia Mayo in the story of Jim Bowie arriving in New Orleans and falling for a southern beauty. The Iron Mistress was directed by Gordon Douglas in 1952.
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The Princess and the Pirate is a musical comedy. It is the story of a cowardly actor who attempts to save a princess when their ship is overrun by pirates. It stars Bob Hope and Virginia Mayo. The Princess and the Pirate was directed by David Butler in 1944.
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