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Ó Siadhail
Ó Siadhail / uaSiadhail / uaSiadgail is a Gaelic- Irish surname. Overview There were at least three families of this name in Gaelic Ireland. * Ó Siadhail of Ui Maine, now east County Galway. * Ó Siadhail of Uà Failghe, now County Offaly and County Laois. * Ó Siadhail of TÃr Chonaill, now County Donegal. Little is recorded of the Ui Maine family. Those of Uà Failghe and TÃr Chonaill were ollamhs of medicine, hereditary physicians to the ruling families in the respectives kingdoms and environs. It is not clear if the two were branches of the one family, or unrelated families who happened to bear the same surname. One of the Ó Siadhail branches were physicians in service to the McMahons of Oriel, and later to the O'Neills. In the 1580s, this branch relocated from Brosna, County Kerry to Moycashel, County Westmeath. Current forms The surname is now generally anglicised as O'Shiel, Shiel, Sheil, Sheils, Sheals, Sheal, and Sheilds (or Shiels, Shields as well as O†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaels
The Gaels ( ; ; ; ) are an Insular Celts, Insular Celtic ethnolinguistic group native to Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. They are associated with the Goidelic languages, Gaelic languages: a branch of the Celtic languages comprising Irish language, Irish, Manx language, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic. Gaelic language and culture originated in Gaelic Ireland, Ireland, extending to Dál Riata in western Scotland in the Middle Ages, Scotland. In antiquity, the Gaels Hiberno-Roman relations, traded with the Roman Empire and also End of Roman rule in Britain, raided Roman Britain. In the Middle Ages, Gaelic culture became dominant throughout the rest of Scotland and the Isle of Man. There was also some Gaelic settlement Wales in the Roman era#Irish settlement, in Wales, as well as cultural influence through Celtic Christianity. In the Viking Age, small numbers of Early Scandinavian Dublin, Vikings raided and settled in Gaelic lands, becoming the Norse-Gaels. In the 9th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Kerry
County Kerry () is a Counties of Ireland, county on the southwest coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is bordered by two other counties; County Limerick, Limerick to the east, and County Cork, Cork to the south and east. It is separated from County Clare, Clare to the north by the Shannon Estuary. With an area of and a population of 156,458 as of 2022, it is the List of Irish counties by area, 5th largest of Ireland's 32 counties by land area, and the List of Irish counties by population, 15th most populous. The governing Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority is Kerry County Council. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Kerry is Ireland's most westerly county. Its List of Irish counties by coastline, rugged coastline stretches for and is characterised by bays, sea cliffs, beaches and many small offshore islands, of which the Blaskets and the Skelligs a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiel
Shiel is the name of: * Derek Shiel (1939–2017) painter and sculptor * Dylan Shiel (born 1993), footballer * George Knox Shiel (1825–1893), Democratic US congressman * Graham Shiel (born 1970), rugby coach * John Shiel (1917–2013), professional footballer * M. P. Shiel (1865–1947), British writer * Richard Lalor Shiel (1791–1871), Irish politician, writer and orator * Tim Shiel, musician See also: Ó Siadhail Places * Glen Shiel, Scotland * Loch Shiel, Scotland * River Shiel, Scotland * Shiel Bridge, Scotland * Shiel Hill Shiel Hill is a residential suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located at the southeastern edge of the city's urban area, southeast of the city's centre at the western end of the Otago Peninsula, close to the isthmus joining the ..., Dunedin See also * Shiell * Shiels * '' The Works of M. P. Shiel'' * Kevin O'Shiel (1891–1970), politician {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimi Shields
Jimi Shields (born James J. Shields; 1967), is an Irish musician. He was a member of 1990s indie rock group Rollerskate Skinny. He formed the band the Wounded Knees with former Mercury Rev flutist Suzanne Thorpe in 2001. Personal life Shields is one of five siblings born to a mother who worked as a nurse and a food-industry executive father. The family immigrated to Dublin when he was a child. My Bloody Valentine (band), My Bloody Valentine leader Kevin Shields is his older brother and shoe designer Eileen Shields is his younger sister. Shields is a graduate of Technological University Dublin – Bolton Street. Shields has three daughters with wife and partner Maria Vlahos. Career Shields started playing drums as a teenager with lessons from[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooke Shields
Brooke Christa Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress. A child model starting at the age of 11 months, Shields gained widespread notoriety at age 12 for her leading role in Louis Malle's film ''Pretty Baby (1978 film), Pretty Baby'' (1978), in which she appeared in nude scenes shot when she was 11 years old. She continued to model into her late teenage years and starred in several dramas in the 1980s, including ''The Blue Lagoon (1980 film), The Blue Lagoon'' (1980), and Franco Zeffirelli's ''Endless Love (1981 film), Endless Love'' (1981). In 1983, Shields suspended her modeling career to attend Princeton University, where she subsequently graduated with a bachelor's degree in Romance languages. In the 1990s, Shields returned to acting and appeared in minor roles in films. She also starred in the NBC sitcoms ''Suddenly Susan'' (1996–2000), for which she received two Golden Globe nominations, and ''Lipstick Jungle (TV series), Lipstick Jungle'' (2008–2009). I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Shields
Kevin Patrick Shields (born 21 May 1963) is an Irish musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, who achieved international fame as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine (band), My Bloody Valentine. Their studio albums ''Isn't Anything'' (1988) and ''Loveless (My Bloody Valentine album), Loveless'' (1991) established Shields as a pioneering figure in the shoegaze genre. His texturised guitar sound and his experimentation with his guitars' Vibrato systems for guitar, tremolo systems resulted in the creation of the "glide guitar" technique, which became a recognisable aspect of My Bloody Valentine's sound, along with his meticulous production techniques. Following My Bloody Valentine's dissolution in the late 1990s, Shields became a frequent guest musician, producer, Audio engineering, engineer, and remixer with various bands and artists, including Experimental Audio Research, Yo La Tengo, Dinosaur Jr, and Mogwai. In 1998 he became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micheal O'Siadhail
Micheal O'Siadhail ( ; born 12 January 1947) is an Irish poet. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) and the University of Oslo. He has been a lecturer at TCD, a professor at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, and has been a full-time writer since 1987. He has received several awards, including the Irish American Culture Institute Prize for Poetry in 1982, the Marten Toonder Prize for Literature in 1998, and the Eric Hoffer Book Award in 2020. Early life Micheal O'Siadhail was born into a middle-class family in Dublin. His father, a chartered accountant, was from County Monaghan, and his mother was from Dublin, with roots in County Tipperary. At age twelve, O'Siadhail attended the Jesuit boarding school Clongowes Wood College, an experience he later described in his poetry. At age thirteen, he visited the Aran Islands, an experience he stated had a significant impact on him. Career Micheal O'Siadhail studied at Trinity College Dublin from 1964 to 1984, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Shields (politician, Born 1806)
James Shields (May 10, 1806June 1, 1879) was an Irish American politician and United States Army officer, who is the only person in U.S. history to serve as a Senator for three different states, and one of only two to represent multiple states in the U.S. Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, Shields represented Illinois from 1849 to 1855, in the 31st, 32nd, and 33rd Congresses, Minnesota from 1858 to 1859, in the 35th Congress, and Missouri in 1879, in the 45th Congress. Born and initially educated in Ireland, Shields emigrated to the Americas in 1826. He was briefly a sailor, and spent time in Quebec, before settling in Kaskaskia, Illinois, where he studied and practiced law. In 1836, he was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives, and later as State Auditor. His work as auditor was criticized by a young Abraham Lincoln, who (with his then fiancée, Mary Todd) published a series of inflammatory pseudonymous letters in a local paper. Shields challenged Linc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Shiell
Michael Shiell OFM, Guardian of Killeigh, fl. 1693–98. Shiell was a member of the Ó Siadhail family of Kingdom of Uà Failghe, who were prominent County Offaly and County Laois in the late medieval/early modern era. Shiell was a member of the Franciscan order, and became the guardian of the Franciscan friary at Killeigh, County Offaly, in 1693. In 1698, eight individuals signed a document acknowledging that they had received chalices, pyxes, cups, an oil box, ciborium, a bell and vestments of the friary for safekeeping. Michael Shiell was one of the eight signatories, as was one William Shiell, who received at least three of the items. Krasnodebska-D'Aughton states that "both were probably members of the Ó Siadhail family, who had long associations with the Franciscans in the midlands." See also * MÃcheál Ó Cléirigh * Feardorcha Ó Mealláin Feardorcha Ó Mealláin was an Irish poet the reputed author of ''An DÃbirt go Connachta''. He is said to have been a Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Séamus Ó Siaghail
Séamus Ó Siaghail, OFM (fl. 1636?), was an Irish scribe. Ó Siaghail was a member of the Ó Siadhail bardic family that had lived in Uà Failghe. He was a member of the Franciscan Order, whose patrons included Toirdhealbhach Mac Cochláin, to whom the 1627 English translation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise was dedicated. At some point before October 1636, Séamus Ó Siaghail and his fellow-Franciscan, Aodh Ó Raghailligh, began the process of transcribing and translating ''The Rule of St. Clare'' into the Irish language for the Poor Clares of Bethleham, County Westmeath. However, for reasons unknown, the work remained unfinished, though MÃcheál Ó Cléirigh finished the transcription in mid-October 1636. It was some ten years later before the work was finished at Galway, at the behest of Mary Bonaventure Browne, by Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh. It was completed on 8 December 1647 and is now Royal Irish Academy MS D i 2. See also * Eoghan Carrach Ó Siadhail * Michael Shiell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen O'Shiel
Owen O'Shiel (; 1584 – 21 June 1650) was an Irish physician. He was the chief military surgeon of the Irish Catholic Confederation from 1642 to 1650, during which he was personal physician to military leader Owen Roe O'Neill. O'Shiel was born into an Irish medical family. He left the country around 1604 to study medicine in Paris, Leuven and Padua. Famously known as the "Eagle of Doctors" (), O'Shiel gained renown for his extensive medical expertise and high level of education, becoming highly sought after among the Leinster populace. A particularly staunch Catholic, he joined the Confederate Army and served under Owen Roe O'Neill in the Irish Rebellion of 1641. O'Shiel died at the Battle of Scarrifholis in 1650. Family background The O'Shiels were a family of physicians initially in service to the McMahon family of Oriel, the MacCoghlan family of Delvin, and later to the O'Neill family. Ballysheil in County Down was the family's hereditary estate. The ''Annals of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eoghan Carrach Ó Siadhail
Eoghan Carrach Ó Siadhail (fl. c. 1500–1550) was a poet from County Donegal who wrote in Irish. Biography Eoghan Carrach was a member of the Ó Siadhail family of TÃr Chonaill (now County Donegal). Under the patronage of Niall Connallach (Niall Óg Ó Neill, died 1544), he made a copy of Beatha Cholm Cille. It now exists as University College Dublin, MS A. 8. See also * Ó Siadhail * James Shields (Ohio politician) * Frank Shields * Micheal O'Siadhail Micheal O'Siadhail ( ; born 12 January 1947) is an Irish poet. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) and the University of Oslo. He has been a lecturer at TCD, a professor at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, and has been a fu ..., poet * Seán Ó Siadhail References * '' LámhscrÃbhinnà Gaeilge: Treoirliosta,'' Padraig de Brún, Dublin, 1988. * ''Tyrone's Gaelic Literary Legacy,'' by Diarmaid Ó Diobhlin, in ''Tyrone: History and Society,'' 403–432, ed. Charles Dillon and Henry A. Jefferies, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
