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Aisling (given Name)
Aisling is an Irish language feminine given name meaning "dream" or "vision". It refers to an aisling, a poetic genre that developed in Irish poetry during the 17th and 18th centuries. There is no evidence that it was used as a given name before the 20th century. The name is included in Reverend Patrick Woulfe's 1923 collection of Irish names, with the comment that the name was in use in Derry and Omeath. There are many variant anglicised forms of the name including Ashling, Aislin, Aislinn, Aislene, Ashlyn, and Ashlynn. Pronunciation of the name also varies, with the most common pronunciation being ; other forms acceptable to Irish speakers are and . Others, such as , , and , do not follow the Irish pronunciation. Aisling held steady in the top 20 girls' names in Ireland from 1984 to 1996 and is therefore often linked with the Millennials, millennial generation in Ireland, most notably in the ''Aisling (book series), Oh My God What A Complete Aisling'' novels. Aisling w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Puvis De Chavannes
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (; 14 December 1824 – 24 October 1898) was a French painter known for his mural painting, who came to be known as "the painter for France". He became the co-founder and president of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, and his work influenced many other artists, notably Robert Genin, and he aided Medalist, medallists by designs and suggestions for their works. Puvis de Chavannes was a prominent painter in the early French Third Republic, Third Republic. Émile Zola described his work as "an art made of reason, passion, and will". Early life Puvis de Chavannes was born Pierre-Cécile Puvis in a suburb of Lyon, France, on December 14, 1824. He was the son of a mining engineer and descended from an old noble family of Burgundy (region), Burgundy. He later added the ancestral "de Chavannes" to his name. Throughout his life, he spurned his Lyon origins, preferring to identify himself with the 'strong' blood of the Burgundians, where his father originated. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aisling Loftus
Aisling Sinead Katie Loftus (born 1 September 1990) is a British actress. She began her career as a child actress and first gained prominence through her roles in the BBC dramas '' Five Daughters'' (2010) and '' Dive'' (2010), the play ''Spur of the Moment'', and the film '' Death of a Superhero'' (2011). She has since appeared in the ITV period drama ''Mr Selfridge'' (2013–2015), the BBC series '' War & Peace'' (2016) and '' Broken'' (2017), and the Sky series '' A Discovery of Witches'' (2018–2022) and '' The Midwich Cuckoos'' (2022). Her performance in the film ''Property of the State'' (2016) earned her an IFTA nomination. Early life and education Loftus was born in Nottingham to Irish parents Paddy and Eileen from Drumcondra, Dublin and Roscrea, County Tipperary; she has an older sister Aoife. Throughout her childhood she visited family in Ireland for holidays, in Dublin, Tipperary, Cork, Kerry, Galway and Clare. Loftus attended St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diary Of An Oxygen Thief
''Diary of an Oxygen Thief'' is a 2006 Dutch novel, written anonymously and published in Amsterdam by NLVI. ''Diary of an Oxygen Thief'' was called a "surprise dark-horse Williamsburg best seller" by ''New York Magazine'', referring to the independent art, literature, and music scene in Brooklyn Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ..., New York. Summary Purporting to be an autobiography, ''Diary of an Oxygen Thief'' begins with the narrator, an Irish advertising executive living in London, describing the pleasure he used to receive from Psychological abuse, emotionally abusing women. After the narrator starts attending Alcoholics Anonymous, AA meetings, he sobers up and looks back on his past relationships with a measure of remorse. After taking a job in the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballybraddan
''Ballybraddan'' is an Irish animated television series first broadcast on RTÉ Two in April 2009. The series is produced in Ireland by Monster Animation in association with Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) and the Irish Film Board. Background ''Ballybraddan'', based on an original idea by Gerard O'Rourke, was created and written by Noel McGee and Nora King, and directed by Jason Tammemagi. It comprises 20 X 13 minute episodes, and the action covers nine months in the lives of a disparate and lively group of characters. The series focuses on the fifth class pupils of Ballybraddan National School. The show follows them through the challenges and experiences they face through life in Ballybraddan, the fictional Irish town in which they live. However, it is their love of hurling, an Irish sport and pastime, that brings the characters together, and allows them to cope with life's challenges. Characters Dylan - Voiced by Aileen Mythen - He and Beacon are unofficial leaders of the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ash (novel)
''Ash'' is a young adult fantasy children's novel by Malinda Lo first published in 2009. It is a reworking of the Cinderella fairy tale that reimagines the title character, Ash, as a lesbian teenager. The novel centers around the familiar story of Cinderella, her father recently remarried, and lamenting the misery of her new life with stepsisters and a stepmother. The twist arrives when Ash falls in love with the King's respected huntress Kaisa, after she has made a commitment to dark fairy prince Sidhean. Plot summary Aisling (pronounced Ash-ling), known as Ash to her friends, is a teenage girl whose mother was once apprenticed to the local Greenwitch. Some time after Ash's mother dies, her father, a merchant, goes on a business trip and returns married to a woman with two daughters, the eldest of these is Ana who is Ash's age. Soon after they move in though, Ash's father becomes gravely ill, and instead of allowing the Greenwitch to care for him, Ash's stepmother takes him to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Snake (Shane MacGowan Album)
''The Snake'' is the first album by Shane MacGowan and the Popes, released in 1994 by ZTT Records. It peaked at No. 37 on the UK Albums Chart. The band supported the album with a North American tour. Production The album was produced by Dave Jordan. The guest musicians included Johnny Depp and members of the Dubliners and the Pogues. "Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway" is a cover of the Gerry Rafferty song. Colm Ó Maonlaí contributed on tin whistles. Like a number of songs recorded by MacGowan's previous band, traditional tunes are sometimes used as a base for a new song (for example, the melody for "The Song with No Name" is based on "The Homes of Donegal"). MacGowan wanted a less polished, more straightforward sound, likening the Popes to a bar band. Releases An expanded edition was released in 1995. It had a revised running order and added three additional tracks: the traditional songs "Nancy Whiskey" and " Roddy McCorley", which had been released as b-sides the previous yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Mosher
Christopher Terry Mosher, (born 11 November 1942) is a Canadian political cartoonist for the ''Montreal Gazette''. He draws under the name Aislin, a rendition of the name of his eldest daughter Aislinn (without the second 'n'). Aislin's drawings have also appeared in numerous international publications, such as '' Punch'', ''The Atlantic Monthly'', ''Harper's'', '' National Lampoon'', ''Time'', ''The Washington Star'', ''The New York Times'' and the Canadian edition of ''The Reader's Digest''. According to his self-published website, as of 2020, he is the author of 51 books. Life and career Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Mosher attended fourteen different schools in Montreal, Toronto and Quebec City, graduating from the École des Beaux-arts in 1967. He famously won entrance to this fine arts college (now part of UQAM) by forging his high-school graduation certificate, which he called his most successful work. During his summers as a student, Mosher started drawing cartoons, "portrai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aisling Swaine
Aisling Swaine (pronounced ; born Ballitore, County Kildare, Ireland) is a professor of Peace, Security and International Law at University College Dublin. She has taught as an associate professor of practice of international affairs, focusing on women, security and development at the Elliott School of International Affairs of the George Washington University, as well as teaching at the London School of Economics. Education Swaine attended school at Coláiste Lorcáin in Castledermot. She is a graduate of the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland (PhD 2011) and the University College Dublin (MSc 1999, BA 1998). Career Aisling Swaine started her career as a program manager of community development at Concern Worldwide in Timor-Leste in 2001. In 2003, she stayed in the country to become a program manager for the Traditional Justice and Gender Based Violence Study at the International Rescue Committee. She continued working at the International Rescue Committee until 2006 af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aislinn Paul
Aislinn Claire Paul (; born March 5, 1994) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role in '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' as Clare Edwards, for which she has won two Canadian Screen Awards (2015 and 2016) for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series, in addition to receiving a Young Artist Award nomination in 2010. She also starred in the Hulu series ''Freakish''. Early life Paul was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and began working as a child actor at a very young age, starring in commercials and advertising campaigns. Career Paul was cast as a recurring character on ''Degrassi'' in 2006 when she was only 12 years old and was upgraded to regular a couple years later for season 8. After appearing in nine seasons, she became one of the longest running cast members, eventually exiting the show in 2015 after appearing in more than 220 episodes. For her performance on the show, she was nominated for a Young Artists Award for Best Supporting Young Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aisling O'Sullivan (academic)
Aisling Dominique O'Sullivan is an Irish–New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at the University of Canterbury, specialising in ecological engineering for removal of heavy metals and nutrients from wastewater, in urban and rural environments and as part of mining remediation. Academic career O'Sullivan was born and grew up in Ireland. She completed a PhD titled ''Constructed wetlands for passive biological treatment of mine tailings water at Tara Mines, Ireland'' at the National University of Ireland. From 2001 to 2003, O'Sullivan undertook postdoctoral research at the Center for Restoration of Ecosystems and Watersheds of at the Gallogly College of Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. O'Sullivan then joined the faculty of the University of Canterbury, rising to Professor of Ecological Engineering. O'Sullivan is the leader of the Centre for EcoLogical Technical Solution at Canterbury. O'Sullivan's early research was on removal of heavy metals from contaminated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aisling O'Sullivan
Aisling O'Sullivan (born in Tralee, County Kerry) is an Irish people, Irish actress. Career O'Sullivan attended the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin and joined the Abbey Theatre in 1991. Theatre In 2011 and 2012, she toured Ireland with Druid, playing the titular character in ''Big Maggie'' by John B. Keane. At the National Theatre she played in ''Liolà'', ''Mutabilitie'', and ''The Cripple of Inishmaan''. Film and television She played the grieving mother who commits suicide in ''Six Shooter (film), Six Shooter'', playwright Martin McDonagh's Oscar-winning short film. She is familiar to Irish television audiences as Dr. Cathy Costello from Series 1 to Series 5 in the drama series ''The Clinic (TV series), The Clinic''. Filmography Film Television References 1968 births Living people Irish film actresses Irish stage actresses Irish television actresses Actors from County Kerry People from Tralee {{Ireland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aisling O'Neill
Aisling O'Neill is an Irish actress. She has portrayed Carol Foley in ''Fair City'' for more than two decades. O'Neill's portrayal of Carol earns her personal letters of admiration and bought her an Irish Film and Television Awards, IFTA nomination for Best Female Performance in a Soap or Comedy. Originally from Dublin, O'Neill lives in Gorey, County Wexford. She is a mother of one. Filmography Film Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oneill, Aisling Living people Actresses from Dublin (city) Actresses from County Wexford Irish soap opera actresses Irish television actresses 21st-century Irish actresses 1974 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
