Desmond
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Desmond may refer to:
- Desmond (name)Desmond (name)Desmond is a given name and surname of Irish origin, from the Irish place-name Deas-Mhumhna .As a given name, it is may be shortened to Des...
, a common given name and surname - Kingdom of Desmond, medieval Irish kingdom
- Earl of DesmondEarl of DesmondThe title of Earl of Desmond has been held historically by lords in Ireland, first as a title outside of the peerage system and later as part of the Peerage of Ireland....
, Irish aristocratic title - Desmond RebellionsDesmond RebellionsThe Desmond Rebellions occurred in 1569-1573 and 1579-1583 in the Irish province of Munster.They were rebellions by the Earl of Desmond – head of the FitzGerald dynasty in Munster – and his followers, the Geraldines and their allies against the threat of the extension of Elizabethan English...
, Irish rebellions during the 16th century led by the Earl of Desmond - Desmond'sDesmond'sDesmond's is a British television situation comedy broadcast by Channel 4 from 1989 to 1994. The first series was shot in 1988, with the first episode broadcast in January 1989...
, 1990s British sitcom, screened by Channel 4 - Desmond, slang term for the British 2:2 degree classification
- DESMONDDESMOND (diabetes)DESMOND is a UK NHS training course for people with type 2 diabetes that helps people to identify their own health risks and to set their own goals.- Background :...
(Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed) a UK NHS diabetes education programme - DesmondDesmond (software)Desmond is a software package developed at D. E. Shaw Research to perform high-speed molecular dynamics simulations of biological systems on conventional computer clusters. The code uses novel parallel algorithms and numerical techniques to achieve high performance on platforms containing a large...
software which performs high-speed molecular dynamics simulations. - Desmond (novel)Desmond (novel)Desmond is a novel by Charlotte Turner Smith. The novel focuses on politics during the French Revolution....
, 1792 novel by Charlotte Turner SmithCharlotte Turner SmithCharlotte Turner Smith was an English Romantic poet and novelist. She initiated a revival of the English sonnet, helped establish the conventions of Gothic fiction, and wrote political novels of sensibility.... - Desmond MilesDesmond MilesDesmond Miles is the main protagonist of the Assassin's Creed series. He was born March 13th, 1987, which is the 72nd day of the year...
, a fictional character Assassin's Creed video game franchise