Holohan Vs. Smolka New Main Event for UFC Fight Night Dublin Live Sat., Oct

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Holohan vs. Smolka New Main Event for UFC Fight Night Dublin Live Sat., Oct. 24 at 4 p.m. ET on Fight Network Toronto – Following a late main event change due to injury, Fight Network’s live UFC Fight Night™ telecast on Saturday, October 24 from 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland will now be headlined by a flyweight showdown between Ireland’s own Paddy “The Hooligan” Holohan (12-1-1) and American Louis “Da Last Samurai” Samurai (9-1). Fight Network will air the live UFC Fight Night™: Holohan vs. Smolka main card exclusively in Canada from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET. The event will be replayed in its entirety in primetime at 9 p.m. ET and again at 10 p.m. PT for viewers on the West Coast. In the main event, Holohan takes on Smolka in a clash of fiery flyweight contenders. In other featured bouts, Northern Ireland’s Norman Parke (21-4-1) welcomes Iranian-born Swedish lightweight Reza “Mad Dog” Madadi (13-3) back to the octagon, Denmark’s Nicolas “Sharpshooter” Dalby (14-0) meets England’s Darren Till (13-0) in a showcase of undefeated welterweight prospects, plus Irish flyweight veteran Neil Seery (15-11) battles Guam native Jon Delos Reyes (8-4). Tonight, Thursday, Oct. 22 at Midnight ET, Fight Network premieres a one-hour UFC® Fight Night Dublin Pre-Show, which features previews, predictions and analysis for the event, and also serves as a lead-in to the live main card. All airings are listed at www.fightnetwork.com. In addition to all the live events, Fight Network is the destination for UFC library content, specials and series, including UFC Unleashed, UFC Now, UFC Ultimate Insider and classic UFC PPV events. This Sunday, Oct. 25 at 9 p.m. ET, catch a full encore presentation of UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier from May 23, 2015 in Las Vegas, which featured Daniel Cormier vs. Anthony Johnson and Chris Weidman vs. Vitor Belfort in a pair of memorable championship bouts, plus a can’t-miss “Round of the Year” contender between Andrei Arlovski and Travis Browne. The full card for UFC Fight Night™: Holohan vs. Smolka includes: Main Card (Live on Fight Network, 4 p.m. ET) -Paddy Holohan (12-1-1) vs. Louis Smolka (9-1) -Norman Parke (21-4-1) vs. Reza Madadi (13-3) -Nicolas Dalby (14-0) vs. Darren Till (13-0) -Neil Seery (15-11) vs. Jon Delos Reyes (8-4) Preliminary Card (Live on UFC Fight Pass, 1:15 p.m. ET) -Stevie Ray (18-5) vs. Mickael Lebout (14-4-1, 1NC) -Aisling Daly (15-5) vs. Ericka Almeida (7-1) -Scott Askham (13-1) vs. Krzysztof Jotko (15-1) -Cathal Pendred (17-4-1) vs. Tom Breese (8-0) -Darren Elkins (19-5) vs. Rob Whiteford (12-2) -Bubba Bush (8-3) vs. Garreth McLellan (11-3) For a full listing of Fight Network’s broadcast schedule, please visit www.fightnetwork.com, follow us on Twitter @fightnet, become a fan on Facebook and visit us on Instagram @fightnet..

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th :i -r; » b; ZL -«¦ I«# cs a; ft .• ' /• c a » ®M*L "(rV \ v~ ,~\ »•' . N \ \ \ \ t V s 0 ,^ / \^ \. i > \O r *• \ \ j X^ ¦\ V \ f :S -" v ,./ ! t MATTHEW BROWN, Ancestry and Descendants COMPILED BY ROBERT SHANNON. 41 BROOKLYN, N. Y. 1900. V ,fl«\* .¦* \ V> \ v,-2> 1: 2*7 During the progress of his labors on the present work, the author has been I fortunate in having the cosperation and assistance ofa number of gentlemen, eminent in history and inliterature, who are now numbered with the dead : MR. JOHN F. MEGINNESS, Williamsport, Pa. ; MR. LEANDER J. McCORMICK, Chicago, 111. ; MR. ANSEL J. McCALL, Bath, N. Y.; REV. JAMES BROWN SCOULLER, D. D., Newville, Pa. Their aid in the work is gratefully remembered, and lotheir memory this volume is reverently inscribed. The author desires especially to return his acknowledgments to the following gentlemen, who have rendered valuable assistance :Rev. James Kerr, D. D., Glas gow, Scotland ;Mr. John W. Pritchard, editor of Christian Nation, New York, N. Y. ;Rev. John Brown, Kinclaven, Perthshire, Scotland; John T. Campbell, Esq., Rockville, Ind. ;Mr. A. L. Brown, Eustis, Fla. ;Mr. Charles M. Foresman, Madi son, Wis. ;Mr. Gilbert M. McMaster, Coraopolis, Pa. ;and Mr.W. S. Blackwood, Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland. And to his relatives, the descendants of Matthew Brown, upon whose encourage ment and coSperation depended the completion of the work, he returns his sincere thanks. GRAVE OF JOHN BROWN, OF PRIESTHILL. INTRODUCTORY. As the progenitor of the Brown Family was a Scotch Cove nanter, and as the ancestors of a large proportion of those who by marriage are made subjects of the present work were Scotch and Scotch-Irish, who suffered persecution on account of their religion, it is deemed expedient to recur to events relating to their history.
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