Birrell
Proper noun
Meaning
Birrell (plural Birrells)
A surname.
Examples
Chief executive Alex Birrell said the announcement was "promising" but she hoped the supplies would include the raw materials Australian manufacturers need.
Ó Broin, Leon, Dublin Castle & the 1916 Rising, pp. 81–87 By the time Birrell cabled his reply authorising the action, at noon on Monday 24 April 1916, the Rising had already begun.
Sentencing Birrell at the High Court in Edinburgh in 1991, Lord Caplan told the killer: “Your motives could only be described as evil and your actions were totally ruthless.
The court was told Birrell had hounded Montgomery into starting the fire and had assured him there would be no one inside.
While a win against the New Zealanders is expected, Birrell said SA would struggle against most of the other so-called country teams, particularly NSW and Victoria.
Townshend, Charles, Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion p. 297 Birrell and Nathan had resigned immediately after the Rising.