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Ailbhe (other)
Ailbhe ( ) is a unisex Irish language given name. It was originally a masculine name, and was frequently anglicised as ''Albert (given name), Albert'' (a name to which it is etymologically unrelated), but is now more commonly a feminine name. Notable bearers of the name include: * Ailbhe, another name for Saint Ailbe (died 528) * Ailbe Ua Maíl Mhuaidh (Albin O'Molloy, died 1223), bishop * Ailbhe of Ceann Mhara (died 814), cleric * Ailbhe Nic Giolla Bhrighde, Irish screenwriter and author * Ailbhe Darcy (born 1981), Irish poet * Garrihy sisters, Ailbhe Garrihy, Irish social media influencer * Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh (born 1984), poet * Ailbhe Mac Shamhráin (1954–2011), historian and Celticist * Ailbhe McDonagh (born 1982), Irish concert cellist and composer * Ailbhe Smyth (born 1946), academic, feminist, and LGBTQ activist * Ailbe, the dog in ''The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig'' See also * List of Irish-language given names * John Ailbe O'Hara, Judge of the High Court of Justice ... [...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] |
Albert (given Name)
Albert is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Germanic Adalbert and Adelbert, containing the words '' adal'' ("noble") and '' beraht'' ("bright", compare Robert). It is also less commonly used as a surname. Feminine forms of the names "Alberta" are declining in use. Translations * Albanian: Albert * Arabic: ألبرت (''Albirt''), ألبير (''Albīr'') * Armenian: Ալբերտ (Albert) * Azerbaijani: Albert * Bengali: আলবার্ট (Albart), (Ālabārṭa) * Breton: Alberzh * Catalan: Albert * Simplified Chinese: 阿尔伯特（Āěrbótè） * Circassian: Альберт (Albert) * Croatian: Albert * Czech: Albert, Vojtěch * Dutch: Albert, Aalbert, Alberta * Estonian: Albert * Finnish: Albert, Alpertti * French: Albert, * Galician: Alberte, Alberto and Albertos * Valencian: Albert * Georgian: ალბერტი (Alberti) * German: Albert, Albrecht * Greek: Αλβέρτος (Alvértos) * Gujarati: આલ્બર્ટ (Ālbarṭa) * He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailbe
Saint Ailbe ( ; ), usually known in English as St Elvis ( British/ Welsh), Eilfyw or Eilfw, was regarded as the chief 'pre-Patrician' saint of Ireland (although his death was recorded in the early 6th-century). He was a bishop and later saint. Little that can be regarded as reliable is known about Ailbe: in Irish sources from the 8th century he is regarded as the first bishop, and later patron saint of Emly in Munster. Later Welsh sources (from the 11th c.) associate him with Saint David whom he was credited with baptizing and very late sources (16th c.) even give him a local Welsh genealogy making him an '' Ancient Briton''. Saint Ailbe is venerated as one of the four great patrons of Ireland. His feast day is 12 September. He is the patron saint of the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly."History", Emly Parish Sources The < ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailbe Ua Maíl Mhuaidh
Albin O'Molloy () (died 1223) was the Irish bishop of Ferns. Background O'Molloy was native of what is now north County Tipperary. He became a Cistercian monk at Baltinglass, and eventually rose to be abbot of that house. His family, the O'Molloy, claimed descent from the branch of the Connachta later to be known as the southern Uí Néill. Albin's ancestor, Fiachu mac Néill (flourished 507–514), was one of the Kings of Uisnech; his descendants, the Cenél Fiachach, held lands from Birr to Uisnech in southern Westmeath and part of Offaly. Their southern territory became known as Fir Cell (land of the churches) covering a large part of what is now County Offaly, where the surname O'Molloy is still very common. Sermon in Dublin In Lent 1186, when John Comyn, archbishop of Dublin, held a synod at Holy Trinity Church, O'Molloy preached a long sermon on clerical continency, in which he laid all the blame for existing evils on the Welsh and English clergy who had come o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailbhe Of Ceann Mhara
Ailbhe of Ceann Mhara (died 814) was an Irish cleric. Biography The Annals of the Four Masters list Ailbhe among a series of notable deaths in Ireland during the year 814. ''Indrechtach, epscop Cille Mic Duach; Fergus Rátha Lúiricch, abb Fionnghlaisi; Cilleni, abb Ferna; Duibh Insi sgribhneóir Cluana Mic Nóis; Cumusccach, mac Cernaigh, fertighis Arda Macha;& Ailbhe Cinn Mara, d'ég'' Which, translated, reads ''Innreachtach, Bishop of Cill Mic Duach; Fearghus of Rath Luirigh, Abbot of Finnghlais;Cilleni, Abbot of Fearna; Duibhinsi, scribe of Cluain Mic Nois; Cumasgach, son of Cearnach, OEconomus of Ard Macha; and Ailbhe of Ceann Mhara, died.'' Ailbhe was a cleric of the church of Coman of Kinvara, and his obituary demonstrates that a church was already in existence in Kinvara Kinvara or Kinvarra () is a sea port village in the southwest of County Galway, Ireland. It is located in the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Kinvarradoorus in the north of the Baro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Bhrighde
Ailbhe Nic Giolla Bhrighde is an Irish screenwriter and author. From County Donegal, Nic Giolla Bhrighde resides in County Galway County Galway ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region, taking up the south of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht. The county population was 276,451 at the 20 .... She completed a degree in Celtic Studies and an MA in Modern Irish at National University of Ireland, Galway. She was a scriptwriter on Ros na Rún and Seacht (TV series) with the likes of Anne Learmont, Sean de Gallaí and Edel Ní Dhrisceoi. Her books include ''Cáca don Rí'' and ''Cócó an Colgán Cairdiúil''. External links * https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1574227/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Nic Giolla Bhrighde, Ailbhe 20th-century Irish people 21st-century Irish people Living people Irish-language writers People from County Donegal Writers from County Galway Alumni of the University of Galway Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailbhe Darcy
Ailbhe Darcy (born 1981) is an Irish poet and Wales Book of the Year award laureate. Biography Ailbhe Darcy was born in 1981 and grew up in Dublin, Ireland. In 2015, she was awarded an MFA and a PhD from the University of Notre Dame. She won the 2019 Wales Book of the Year and the Pigott Poetry Prize at the 2019 Listowel Writers' Week with her collection ''Insistence'', which was also shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize and the '' Irish Times'' Poetry Now Award. Darcy is a Reader in Creative Writing at Cardiff University. Darcy lives in Cardiff Cardiff (; ) is the capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of in and forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area officially known as the City and County of Ca .... Bibliography Poetry * * * References 1981 births 21st-century Irish poets Irish women poets Writers from Dublin (city) Living people 21st-century Irish women wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garrihy Sisters
Aoibhín Garrihy, Ailbhe Garrihy and Doireann Garrihy are Irish social media influencers, having played different roles in the entertainment industry. Aoibhín is an actress, having played Neasa Dillon in RTÉ One's '' Fair City'' from 2010 to 2013. She was a finalist in the first series of the Irish version of '' Dancing with the Stars''. Ailbhe is a publicist. Doireann is a comedy impressionist, known for two series of ''The Doireann Project'', and radio and television presenter, hosting the revival in 2018 of RTÉ Two's '' The Podge and Rodge Show''. Early life The Garrihys came from Castleknock, County Dublin, the daughters of Eugene and Clare. Eugene is now an entrepreneur, the director of ferry companies Dublin Bay Cruises and Doolin2Aran. Aoibhín Aoibhín (born 20 June 1987) has acting credits including '' Fair City'', '' Love/Hate'', and '' Mattie''. In 2017, Garrihy was a contestant in the first series of RTÉ's ''Dancing with the Stars''. On 26 March 2017, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh is an Irish poet who writes in the Irish language. Born in Tralee, County Kerry, in 1984, she graduated from NUI Galway in 2005 with a BA in Irish and French. She spent time in Bordeaux, France, before returning to Ireland to do an MA in Modern Irish, again at NUI Galway. She went to New York in August 2007 to teach Irish with the Fulbright program in the CUNY Institute for Irish-American Studies at Lehman College in the Bronx. The Arts Council of Ireland The Arts Council (sometimes called the Arts Council of Ireland; legally ) is the independent "Irish government agency for developing the arts". About It was established in 1951 by the government of Ireland, to encourage interest in Irish art ( ... (''An Chomhairle Ealaíon'') awarded her an artist's bursary in 2008. She has helped to translate her own work into English. Ní Ghearbhuigh's first collection, ''Péacadh'', was published in 2008. It has been noted that, although its general tenor i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailbhe Mac Shamhráin
Ailbhe Mac Shamhráin (31 August 1954 – 29 June 2011) was an Irish medieval historian and celticist. Career Mac Shamhráin studied at University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin. He was then a research associate at Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh, NUI Maynooth. Previously, he taught early Irish history & settlement studies at Trinity, St. Patrick's College Drumcondra, and NUI Maynooth, where he lectured on the Medieval Irish Studies Programme at the Department of Old and Middle Irish. Prior to that, he taught History and Irish at Belcamp College Secondary School. In recent years, Mac Shamhráin has led and managed the Monasticon Hibernicum Project (funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences). His database of Early Christian Ecclesiastical Settlement in Ireland from the 5th to the 12th centuries was published online in 2009. He has also published a number of papers on early Irish political and ecclesiastical history, and has contrib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailbhe McDonagh
Ailbhe McDonagh (born 29 November 1982) is an Irish concert cellist and composer. She performs internationally as a soloist, chamber musician and recording artist with several studio albums to her name. McDonagh has composed works for orchestra, chamber music ensembles and pedagocial purposes. Collections of her compositions have been published by Boosey & Hawkes and are featured regularly in the ABRSM, Royal Irish Academy of Music and other exam syllabi. McDonagh is a professor of cello at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin, Ireland. Career Born in Dublin, Ailbhe McDonagh is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York, USA, where she studied under Steven Doane, and the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM), Dublin, Ireland. She currently teaches cello performance at the RIAM. She performs internationally and has appeared as a concerto soloist numerous times in Ireland and abroad, with performances at Carnegie Hall, the Yale Norfolk Festival, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ailbhe Smyth
Ailbhe Smyth (born 1946) is an Irish academic, feminist and LGBTQ activist. She was the founding director of the Women's Education, Resource and Research Centre (WERRC), University College Dublin (UCD). Education and academic career Smyth began lecturing in the French department at the age of 21. During this time, she became increasingly more politically aware and began following the global women's movement, which led her to set up the ''Women's Study Forum'' at the beginning of the 1980s. This was a space where women came together to discuss issues which were affecting them including: work, sex, relationships, childcare, discrimination and violence. This was a discussion group with a strong cultural ethos and they invited women writers, poets, and artists to come and talk about interesting projects that they were involved with at the time. In 1990 Smyth established the Women's Education, Research and Resource Centre (WERRC) at UCD and was head of Women's Studies where she sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
