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Pól Ó Muirí
Pól is a masculine given name in both the Irish and Faroese languages. Persons with the name *Pól Brennan, (born 1956), Irish, musician. *Pól Callaghan, Northern Irish, politician. *Pól Ó Foighil, (1928–2005), Irish, politician and activist for Irish-speaking. *Pól Jóhannus Justinussen (born 1989), Faroese footballer. *Pól Thorsteinsson, (born 1973), Faroese, a footballer. See also *List of Irish-language given names *Paul (name) Paul is a common Latin Language, Latin masculine given name in countries and ethnicities with a Christian heritage (Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Protestantism) and, beyond Europe, in Christian religiou ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Pol Irish-language masculine given names Masculine given names Faroese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or Gentile name, ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Language
Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous language, indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was the majority of the population's first language until the 19th century, when English (language), English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century, in what is sometimes characterised as a result of linguistic imperialism. Today, Irish is still commonly spoken as a first language in Ireland's Gaeltacht regions, in which 2% of Ireland's population lived in 2022. The total number of people (aged 3 and over) in Ireland who declared they could speak Irish in April 2022 was 1,873,997, representing 40% of respondents, but of these, 472,887 said they never spoke it and a further 551,993 said they only spoke it within the education system. Linguistic analyses o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faroese Language
Faroese ( ; ) is a North Germanic languages, North Germanic language spoken as a first language by about 69,000 Faroe Islanders, of whom 21,000 reside mainly in Denmark and elsewhere. It is one of five languages descended from Old Norse#Old West Norse, Old West Norse spoken in the Middle Ages; the others include Nynorsk, Norwegian, Icelandic language, Icelandic, and the extinct Norn language, Norn and Greenlandic Norse. Faroese and Icelandic, its closest extant relative, are not easily Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible in speech, but the written languages resemble each other quite closely, largely owing to Faroese's Orthographic depth, etymological orthography. History Around 900 AD, the language spoken in the Faroes was Old Norse, which Norse settlers had brought with them during the time of the settlement of Faroe Islands () that began in 825. However, many of the settlers were not from Scandinavia, but descendants of Norse settlers in the Irish Sea region. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pól Brennan
Brennan (, ; born 22 April 1956) is an Irish singer-songwriter. He is a founding member of the family band Clannad, and co-wrote the hit song " Theme from ''Harry's Game''" among many of their other best-known tracks. He left the group in 1990 but rejoined in 2011. He is the brother of Enya, Moya Brennan, Brennan, and Brennan, and a nephew of fellow Clannad members Noel and Duggan. Since the early 1990s, Brennan has gained critical acclaim as a solo artist when he collaborated with Japanese musician Joji Hirota and Chinese musician Guo Yueon the album , featuring a mixture of Celtic and East Asian musical styles. More recently, Brennan wrote the soundtrack for the movie '' When the Sky Falls'' (1999), and performed at the 2001 Carnvaha festival in Wexford, Ireland. Brennan also produced music for the 2018 film ''Penance''. He has toured extensively all over the world and is also joined by many popular artists. In 2008. Brennan won the IFTA award for Best Original Scor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pól Callaghan
Pól Callaghan is an Irish former Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Foyle between 2010 and 2011. Political career On 15 November 2010, Callaghan was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly for the Foyle constituency, succeeding Mark Durkan Mark Durkan (born 26 June 1960) is a retired Irish nationalist politician from Northern Ireland. Durkan was the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from November 2001 to October 2002, and the Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Pa .... Regarding his co-option, he said: "We know the people of Derry are hungry for change and as a new representative I can help build a newly energized SDLP to deliver it." Callaghan failed to retain his seat at the 2011 Assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pól Ó Foighil
Pól Ó Foighil (1 June 1928 – 21 March 2005) was an Irish politician and activist for Irish-speaking, coastal and island communities. A teacher turned co-operative manager, he was an active member of the Fine Gael party, and as a long-serving councillor he was the party's only elected representative in the Connemara Gaeltacht for two decades. He also served as a senator from 1989 to 1993. Early life and family Ó Foighil was born in Thurles, County Tipperary, and was educated by the Christian Brothers in Thurles and at University College Galway (UCG). His first job was as a teacher in the Cois Fharraige area of south Connemara, and he settled in Inverin. He married Chrissie Nic Eoin, and they had seven children. One of their four sons, Éanna, a medical student at UCG, committed suicide in 1982. Ó Foighil later spoke on RTÉ television about the impact of suicide on families. Activism Ó Foighil's first community development effort was the establishment of group schem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pól Jóhannus Justinussen
Pól Jóhannus Justinussen (born 13 January 1989) is a Faroese professional footballer who plays for NSÍ Runavík as a midfielder. He previously played for Valur in Iceland and for the Faroese football clubs B68 Toftir, EB/Streymur and GÍ Gøta. Justinussen made his international debut for the Faroe Islands national football team in 2010. In February 2012, he signed a contract with Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga (, ) is a professional association football league in Denmark and the highest level of the Danish football league system. The league is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams relegated. It is the current ... club AaB Aalborg until the end of the Danish season in June, having been on trial with the club on two occasions in the months before signing. After his contract expired in the summer he signed with NSÍ Runavík in July. He played there until November 2013, when he joined EB/Streymur. He signed a two-year deal, but eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pól Thorsteinsson
Pól Thorsteinsson (born 17 November 1973 in Vágur, Suðuroy) is a retired Faroese football player. He has been spent most of his career in the Faroe Islands, while he had brief stints in Iceland and Denmark. At the end of his career Pól Thorsteinsson played with VB/Sumba, who won the Faroese 1. division; in 2010 they changed their name to FC Suðuroy, and the team will be playing in the best division Vodafonedeildin, but Pól Thorsteinsson decided to end his football career at the end of the 2009 season. He has been capped for the Faroe Islands at senior level. Football career International Football career Pól Thorsteinsson has played 37 matches with the Faroe Islands national football team in the period 1997 to 2004. He played as a defender. Club career * VB Vágur and Sumba/VB 1991-1996 * OB Odense 1996 (he played for the second best team) * VB Vágur1997 * B36 1998-99 * Valur, Iceland 2000 * B36 2001 * NSÍ 2002 * B36 2003-2005 * NSÍ 2006-2007 * VB/Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Irish-language Given Names
This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language given names, their Anglicisation (linguistics), anglicisations and/or English language equivalents. Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form. Some Irish names have false cognates, i.e. names that look similar but are not etymologically related, e.g. is commonly accepted as the Irish equivalent of the etymologically unrelated names Anna (name), Anna and Anne. During the "Celtic Revival, Irish revival", some Irish names which had fallen out of use were revived. Some names are recent creations, such as the now-common female names "freedom" and "vision, dream". Some English-language names are anglicisations of Irish names, e.g. Kathleen (given name), Kathleen from and Shaun from . Some Irish-language names derive from English names, e.g. from Edmund. Some Irish-language names have English equivalents, both deriving from a common source, e.g. Irish (anglicised ''Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul (name)
Paul is a common Latin Language, Latin masculine given name in countries and ethnicities with a Christian heritage (Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Protestantism) and, beyond Europe, in Christian religious communities throughout the world. Paul – or its variations – can be a given name or surname. Origin and diffusion The name has existed since Roman times. It derives from the Roman family name ''Paulus'' or ''Paullus'', from the Latin adjective meaning "small", "humble", "least" or "little". During the Classical antiquity, Classical Age it was used to distinguish the minor of two people of the same family bearing the same name. The Patrician (ancient Rome), Roman patrician family of the Aemilia (gens), Gens Aemilia included such prominent persons as Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 219 BC), Lucius Aemilius Paullus, Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, Aemilia Tertia, Tertia Aemilia Paulla (the wife of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish-language Masculine Given Names
Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was the majority of the population's first language until the 19th century, when English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century, in what is sometimes characterised as a result of linguistic imperialism. Today, Irish is still commonly spoken as a first language in Ireland's Gaeltacht regions, in which 2% of Ireland's population lived in 2022. The total number of people (aged 3 and over) in Ireland who declared they could speak Irish in April 2022 was 1,873,997, representing 40% of respondents, but of these, 472,887 said they never spoke it and a further 551,993 said they only spoke it within the education system. Linguistic analyses of Irish speakers are therefore bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masculine Given Names
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A '' Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. In Western culture, the idioms "" and "being on first-name terms" refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
