What is "hennessy"

Jas Hennessy & Co., or more simply Hennessy, is a cognac house with headquarters in Cognac, France. Jas Hennessy & Co. sells about 50 million bottles a year worldwide, or more than 40 percent of the world’s cognac, making it the world's largest cognac producer. It is owned by Moët Hennessy, which is in turn owned by LVMH (66%) and Diageo (34%).

Hennessy may refer to:

Hennessy is a 1975 British thriller film directed by Don Sharp and starring Rod Steiger, Trevor Howard, Lee Remick, Richard Johnson, Peter Egan, Stanley Lebor and Patrick Stewart.

Hennessy (or Hennessey) is an Irish surname, being the anglicised form of Ó hAonghusa. Families of this name were found in Kingdom of Uí Failghe and Kingdom of Desmond. Notable people with the surname include:

• Arthur Hennessy (1876–1959), Australian pioneer rugby league identity
• Bill Hennessy, former Irish sportsman
• Carly Smithson (née Hennessy, born 1983), Irish singer
• Claire Hennessy (born 1986), Irish novelist
• Clinton Hennessy (born 1977), Irish sportsperson
• David Hennessy (1858–1890), police chief of New Orleans
• George Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham (1877, 1953), British soldier and Conservative politician
• Jean Hennessy (1874-1944), French politician and member of the Hennessy family
• Jacqueline Hennessy (born 1968), journalist
• Jill Hennessy (born 1968), film and television actress
• Joe Hennessy (born 1956), former Irish sportsperson
• Archbishop John Hennessy (1825–1900), former head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque
• John L. Hennessy (born 1953), American computer scientist and current president of Stanford University
• John Pope Hennessy (1834–1891), eighth governor of Hong Kong
• Josh Hennessy (born 1985), professional ice hockey player
• Kevin Hennessy (born 1961), Irish retired sportsperson
• Larry Hennessy (1929–2008), American basketball player
• Matthew Hennessy, Irish computer scientist
• Miranda Hennessy, British actress and comedian
• Neil Hennessy (born 1978), musician and music producer/engineer
• Patrick Hennessy, several people including
  • Patrick Hennessy (painter), (1915-1980), an Irish artist
  • Sir Patrick Hennessy, (1898–1981), an Irish-born British industrialist,
• Peter Hennessy (born 1947), English historian of government
• Séamus Hennessy, Irish sportsperson
• Swan Hennessy (1866–1929), Irish-American composer resident in Paris
• W. Louis Hennessy (born 1955), 4th Circuit Court Associate Judge in Maryland, former Maryland Delegate
• William John Hennessy (1839–1917), Irish painter

'''Hennessy ''' is one of the 11 constituencies in the Wan Chai District.

The constituency returns one district councillor to the Wan Chai District Council, with an election every four years.

Hennessy constituency is loosely based on the Hennessy Road in the Wan Chai area in Hong Kong Island with estimated population of 14,097.