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Aidan
Aidan, Aiden and Ayden are anglicised versions of the Irish male given name ''Aodhán''. The Irish language female equivalent is ''Aodhnait''. Etymology and spelling The name is derived from the name ''Aodhán'', which is a pet form of '' Aodh''. The personal name ''Aodh'' means "fiery" and/or "bringer of fire" and was the name of a Celtic sun god (see Aed). Formerly common only in Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the name and its variants have become popular in England, the United States, Canada, and Australia. In the 2010s, ''Aiden'' rose to the 13th most popular name in the United States as the given name of 129,433 boys, while ''Aidan'' ranked 156th as the given name of 25,399 boys. In the 2000s, ''Aiden'' was 54th most popular name in the United States as the given name of 83,527 boys while ''Aidan'' ranked 55th having been bestowed on 76,493 boys. Other variants are less popular, such as ''Hayden'' 87th, ''Ayden'' 156th, ''Aden'' 333rd, ''Aydan'' 808th, and ''Aydin'' 960th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Of Lindisfarne
Aidan of Lindisfarne (; died 31 August 651) was an Irish monk and missionary credited with converting the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity in Northumbria. He founded a ministry cathedral on the island of Lindisfarne, known as Lindisfarne Priory, served as its first bishop, and travelled ceaselessly throughout the countryside, spreading the gospel to both the Anglo-Saxon nobility and the socially disenfranchised (including children and slaves). He is known as the Apostle of Northumbria and is recognised as a saint by the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, and others. Biography Bede's meticulous and detailed account of Aidan's life provides the basis for most biographical sketches (both classical and modern). Bede says virtually nothing of the monk's early life, save that he was a monk at the ancient monastery on the island of Iona from a relatively young age and that he was of Irish descent. According to Catholic tradition, in Aidan's early years, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Cassar
Aidan Cassar (; born 17 December 1999), known mononymously as Aidan, is a Maltese singer-songwriter. Career In 2018, he competed in the '' Malta Eurovision Song Contest'' with the song "Dai Laga". Following reports that the song, originally described as an original composition, had used a publicly available production beat and could have potentially violated Eurovision rules, it was revamped and re-released. The song placed fourth in the contest. Afterwards, he participated in the '' X Factor Malta''. In 2019, he represented Malta in the OGAE Song Contest with the song "The Feeling". His single " Naħseb Fik" has been compared to " Tick Tock" by Clean Bandit and Mabel and was said to have a similar cord progression. He denied the beat and melody were plagiarised. The song was entered into the '' Mużika Mużika'' song festival in 2021, it was the first time he has written a song in Maltese and performed in Maltese. The music video won music video of the year at Lovin Malta Soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Connolly (fiddler)
Aidan Connolly (; born 1991) is an Irish fiddler and teacher from Dublin. Connolly is known for his unique style of fiddle playing and is a highly sought-after performer both in Ireland and abroad. He has been described by musician Cormac Begley as "one of the best musicians in his generation" and by others as "a leading fiddle player of the current wave of great Irish Traditional music". Early life Connolly was born into a musical family in Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland. He was originally introduced to traditional Irish music by his mother Eileen, a tin whistle player and native of County Kerry, and his uncle Con Moynihan, a fiddle player. His parents bought him his first fiddle for his 8th birthday and he was enrolled at the Craobh Naithí branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, which was then based in Ballinteer (now in Knocklyon). At Craobh Naithí, Connolly had a number of teachers including Brendan Needham, Claire Walsh and Mary O’Halloran. He attended regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Davis
Aidan Davis (born 23 March 1997) is an English street dancer, rapper, and television host. In 2009, he reached the final of the third series of the ITV talent show '' Britain's Got Talent''. He finished fifth place overall and later that year he toured the United Kingdom, making live performances with the series' other finalists. Davis has made numerous performances since ''Britain's Got Talent'', including the 'Diversitoys' tour with Diversity, and as a presenter on the Friday Download show on CBBC. In 2012 Aidan made his first music video, "Let's Dance", which featured Jon Dos. History ''Britain's Got Talent'': 2009 In May 2009, Davis auditioned for the third series of the ITV television talent show '' Britain's Got Talent''. In his audition he performed to Flo Rida's " Low". He received positive comments from all three judges, with Simon Cowell saying "I think you're better than any dancer on this show, you are super, super, super talented". He received three yesses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Máedóc Of Ferns
Saint Máedóc of Ferns (; 6th & 7th century), also known as Saint Aidan (; ; and '), Saint MadocSaint Máedóc of Ferns ationalchurchestrust.org or Saint Mogue (), was an Irish saint who was the first in and the founder of thirty churches. His birth name was Áed, the name of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Baker
Aidan Baker (born 1974) is an electronic musician from Toronto, Ontario, Canada who has released numerous records both as a solo artist and as part of various side projects, including Nadja, ARC, Caudal and Mnemosyne. He has also written several books of poetry.Adian Baker odiscogs.com/ref> He has toured around the world, and has made appearances at the Unsound Festival, MUTEK, and South by Southwest. He is married to Nadja bandmate, Leah Buckareff. Style Baker utilizes a very experimental style of playing guitar, influenced by artists such as Caspar Brötzmann, James Plotkin, Steve Albini, and Justin Broadrick. Influences on his musical structures and sound include Sonic Youth, Swans, Sunn O))), Red House Painters, Godflesh, Codeine, and PJ Harvey. Discography *This section is considered incomplete. You can help by adding to it. *''Element'' (CD-R, Arcolepsy Records, 2000) *''I Fall into You'' (CD-R, Public Eyesore, 2002) **Re-released (CD, Basses Frequences, 2008) *''Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Chambers
Aidan Chambers (27 December 1934 – 11 May 2025) was a British author of children's and young-adult novels. He won both the British Carnegie Medal and the American Printz Award for '' Postcards from No Man's Land'' (1999). For his "lasting contribution to children's literature" he won the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002. Biography Born near Chester-le-Street, County Durham in 1934, Chambers was an only child, and a poor scholar; considered "slow" by his teachers, he did not learn to read fluently until the age of nine. After two years in the Royal Navy as part of his national service, Chambers trained as a teacher and taught for three years at Westcliff High School in Southend-on-Sea before joining an Anglican monastery in Stroud, Gloucestershire in 1960. His young-adult novel ''Now I Know'' (1987) is based partly on his experiences as a monk. His first plays, including ''Johnny Salter'' (1966), ''The Car'' and ''The Chicken Run'' (196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Devine
Aidan Devine is an English–Canadian film actor. Early life Devine was born in England and immigrated with his family to Canada at the age of 15. He studied at Dawson College's Dome Theatre in Montreal, Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ... and began his acting career in Montreal. He would later relocate to Toronto, Ontario. Career His 1993 breakout role came in Denys Arcand's, '' Love and Human Remains''. Since then he has worked steadily in Canadian and American television and cinema capturing two Gemini Awards; a best actor award in 1997 for his performance as Ted Lindsay in '' Net Worth'' and in 1998, a best supporting actor Gemini for his performance as airframe engineer, Jim Chamberlin in '' The Arrow''. He has been nominated three other times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Cooney
Aidan Cooney is an Irish radio presenter. He was a presenter of '' Ireland AM'' on TV3 from 1999 to 2018. He has since began hosting a weekday show on Q102, called Q Breakfast from 7am to 10am. Ireland AM Cooney joined the Ireland AM team in 1999 for its first broadcast. He anchored the sports bulletins in between running in and out of the studio kitchen where he interviewed various chefs and also helped preparing the food. Cooney took part in a “Eat less, move more” three month challenge on ''Ireland AM'' designed to make him lose part his excess weight, he also underwent laboratory tests. In 2010, Cooney spoke to Paul Galvin in his first full interview since Galvin was given an eight-week ban from the CCCC. In 2018, Cooney was absent for several weeks from the show, before it was later confirmed that he had parted ways with the show. Presenter Mark Cagney, who departed the programme in 2019, paid tribute to Cooney on his last show saying that Cooney "was a integral p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Gaelic
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 based ... [...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] |
