Coney Island, County Down is a medieval English word meaning rabbit. Coney Island railway station opened in July 1892 and was closed in January 1950. Coney Island is a spoken-word song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 1989 album, "Avalon Sunset". In the song he revisits his youthful trips with his mother to the seaside at Coney Island. The Shore is a Northern Irish short film directed by Terry George. The film won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. It was filmed entirely at George's family cottage at Coney Island. Coney Island, County Down Coney
Sandra Coney 30 books on topics including history, feminism, and women's health care. In 1993, Coney was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal. In the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours, Coney was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order, for services to women's health. Sandra Coney Sandra Lorraine Coney (born 22 October 1944) is a New Zealand local body politician, writer, feminist, historian, and women's health campaigner. She is best known for her co-authorship (with Phillida Bunkle) of a "Metro" magazine article that alleged that women had been experimented on, without their consent, at National Women's Hospital in Auckland. The article,