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Aisling (given Name)
Aisling is an Irish 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 millennial generation in Ireland, most notably in the "Oh My God What A Complete Aisling" novels. Aisling was the 31st most popular name for baby girls ... [...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 medallists by designs and suggestions for their works. Puvis de Chavannes was a prominent painter in the early Third Republic. Émile Zola described his work as "an art made of reason, passion, and will". Early life and education 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. 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. Puvis de Chavannes was educat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aislín McGuckin
Aislín McGuckin (born May 1974) is a Northern Irish actress. She has appeared in theatre, television, and film roles. Her early film work includes ''The Nephew'' and '' The White Countess''. From 2014 to 2015, she starred as Letitia MacKenzie in the Starz series '' Outlander'', and in 2020, played Marianne's mother, Denise, in the BBC One miniseries '' Normal People''. Early life McGuckin was born in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland to parents Lorcan and Margaret. She grew up the eldest of three children in a Catholic family in Lurgan, County Armagh. She attended Sacred Heart Grammar School in Newry. She was going to study law at university, but changed her mind and instead pursued a degree in acting at Rose Bruford College in South East London. Personal life McGuckin met Aidan McArdle in London through a Royal Shakespeare Company production of ''Richard III Richard III (2 October 145222 August 1485) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 26 June 1483 until his d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigantic (video Game)
''Gigantic'' was a free-to-play strategic third-person shooter video game developed by the independent game studio Motiga and published by Perfect World Entertainment. The game focused on team-based action combat with heroes battling alongside a massive guardian. Players must protect their guardian along with their team and attempt to destroy the opposing team and their guardian. Developers had been talking about the game since 2013, codenamed "Raid" at the time. ''Gigantic'' was announced officially on July 15, 2014 in the E3 2014. shortly after on July 24 of the same year the pre alpha began The game's beta was launched in August 2015. ''Gigantic'' was fully released on Steam, Arc, Xbox One, and Windows 10 on July 20, 2017. On January 31, 2018, it was announced that further development for ''Gigantic'' had ceased and that the game's servers would be discontinued on July 31, 2018, the day that ''Gigantic'' servers officially shut down. Gameplay Teams of five players unite alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diary Of An Oxygen Thief
''Diary of an Oxygen Thief'' is a 2006 Dutch novel, written by Anonymous 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, 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 emotionally abusing women. After the narrator starts attending AA meetings, he sobers up and looks back on his past relationships with a measure of remorse. After taking a job in the United States, the narrator is confronted externally by the absurdity of corporate America, culture shock, and the conflict of moving from the lower to upper-middle class. Internally he grapples with paranoia, addiction, and a legacy of pain. Later, he meets a young, aspiring photographer in New York a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
