Sean Cronin

Sean Cronin (born 6 May 1986) is an Irish rugby player for Leinster in the Pro12. Cronin was educated at Ardscoil Rís in Limerick and has previously played with Shannon and Munster Rugby where he had progressed through their academy to a development contract. After a dynamic Schools Rugby career where he went on to play for Irish Schools, Cronin's rugby career began to take off while playing in the All-Ireland League for Shannon.

Outings for Ireland A and two Magners League appearances for his home province of Munster saw him attract the attention of Connacht who offered him a Full contract in the Summer of 2008. Clearly benefiting from the gametime at Connacht, he earned his first cap against Fiji in November 2009 and his second cap came as a replacement for Rory Best during the Ireland v Wales Six Nations game in March 2010.

He won his first start against New Zealand in the 2010 Summer Tests and also started against Australia.

Cronin has also represented Ireland in rugby at: Ireland Schools, U19, U21, and A (Ireland Wolfhounds) levels.

Sean Cronin (Wisconsin politician)

Sean Cronin is a former meteorologist and political candidate in Wisconsin. His brother, Kevin Cronin, is the lead singer of R.E.O. Speedwagon.

Television career

Cronin served as a weather forecaster, producer and reporter at WIFR in Rockford, Illinois from 1981 to 1983. He then served as weather forecaster and reporter at KOLR in Springfield, Missouri from 1983 to 1984.

After becoming a certified meteorologist by the National Weather Association, Cronin began working at WLUK-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin. In 1986, he became Chief Meteorologist at KOLO-TV in Reno, Nevada and remained there until 1988. From 1988 to 1999, Cronin was Chief Meteorologist at WAOW in Wausau, Wisconsin.

Political career

Cronin was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 7th congressional district in 2000. He lost to incumbent Dave Obey. Cronin is a Republican.

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Seán Cronin

Seán Cronin (29 August 1922 – 9 March 2011) was a journalist and former Irish Army officer and twice Irish Republican Army chief of staff.

Cronin was born in Dublin but spent his childhood years in Ballinskelligs, in the County Kerry Gaeltacht.

During the Second World War, Cronin was an officer in the Southern Command. He later emigrated to New York, where he found work as a journalist. In America, he became involved with Clan na Gael and later joined the Irish Republican Army.

In 1955 he returned from the United States and began work as a subeditor in the Evening Press.

He was soon put in charge of training in the IRA. He outlined his ideas in a booklet, Notes on Guerrilla Warfare. He became the chief strategist for Operation Harvest, a campaign which saw the carrying out a range of military operations from direct attacks on security installations to disruptive actions against infrastructure. He was arrested and imprisoned several times over the course of this campaign (1956–1962).