Aoife Duffin
Aoife ( , ) is an Irish and Gaelic feminine given name. The name is derived from the Irish Gaelic ''aoibh'', which means "beauty" or "radiance". It has been compared to the Gaulish name ''Esvios'' (Latinized ''Esuvius'', feminine '' Esuvia''), which may be related to the tribal name ''Esuvii'' and the theonym ''Esus''. Irish mythology In Irish mythology, Aífe the daughter of Airdgeimm, sister of Scathach, is a warrior woman beloved of Cuchullain in the Ulster Cycle. T. F. O'Rahilly supposed that the Irish heroine reflects an otherwise unknown goddess representing a feminine counterpart to Gaulish ''Esus''. Aífe or Aoife was also one of the wives of Lir in the '' Oidheadh chloinne Lir'' ("Fate of the Children of Lir"), who turned her stepchildren into swans. There is also Aoife (Áiffe ingen Dealbhaoíth), a woman transformed into a crane, whose skin after death became Manannán's "Crane-bag". Biblical rendering The name is unrelated to the Biblical name '' Eva'', wh ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Goidelic Languages
The Goidelic ( ) or Gaelic languages (; ; ) form one of the two groups of Insular Celtic languages, the other being the Brittonic languages. Goidelic languages historically formed a dialect continuum stretching from Ireland through the Isle of Man to Scotland. There are three modern Goidelic languages: Irish ('), Scottish Gaelic ('), and Manx ('). Manx died out as a first language in the 20th century but has since been revived to some degree. Nomenclature ''Gaelic'', by itself, is sometimes used to refer to Scottish Gaelic, especially in Scotland, and therefore is ambiguous. Irish and Manx are sometimes referred to as Irish Gaelic and Manx Gaelic (as they are Goidelic or Gaelic languages), but the use of the word ''Gaelic'' is unnecessary because the terms Irish and Manx, when used to denote languages, always refer to those languages. This is in contrast to Scottish Gaelic, for which "Gaelic" distinguishes the language from the Germanic language known as Scots. In Englis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eva (name)
Eva is a female given name, the Latinate counterpart of English Eve (name), Eve, which is derived from the Hebrew language, Hebrew חַוָּה (Chava/Hava), meaning "life" or "living one", the name of the first woman according to the Hebrew Bible. It can also mean full of life or mother of life. It is the standard biblical form of Eve in many European languages. Evita (other), Evita is a diminutive form, in Spanish. People A–F * Eva Aariak (born 1955), Canadian politician * Eva Adamová (born 1960), Czech volleyball player * Eva Björg Ægisdóttir (born 1988), Icelandic writer * Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (1912–1954), German astronomer * Eva Ahuja (born 1980), Indian actress * Eva Alexander (born 1976), British actress and television presenter * Eva Allen Alberti (1856–1938), American dramatics teacher * Eva Alordiah (born 1988), Nigerian rapper, entertainer, make-up artist, & fashion designer * Eva Amador Guillén (born 1957), Spanish politician * Eva Amaral (born 1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aoife Ní Fhearraigh
Aoife Ní Fhearraigh (), or simply Aoife, is an Irish singer. A well-known interpreter of Irish language songs, she released her first recording in 1991 and worked with Moya Brennan to produce her much acclaimed 1996 album '' Aoife''. She reached international recognition in 1998 when her song "The Best is Yet to Come" was used for the ''Metal Gear Solid'' soundtrack. To date, Aoife has worked closely with artists such as Phil Coulter, Roma Downey and Brian Kennedy, and she has also toured the US, Japan and Europe. Discography *''Loinneog Cheoil'' (1991, with Dervish) *'' Aoife'' (1996) *'' The Turning of the Tide'' (2003) *''Loinneog Cheoil'' (2005, re-recorded) *'' If I Told You'' (2006) See also * Music of Ireland * List of traditional Irish singers This is a list of notable traditional singers from Ireland. Some of the singers alphabetically listed below are known to have sung in both the Irish language, Irish and English language, English language and if so are listed in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aoife Mulholland
Aoife Mulholland ( , ; born 29 May 1982) is an Irish actress and musical theatre performer from Salthill, Galway. Aoife is a successful leading lady in London's West End. She has starred as Roxie Hart (twice) in ''Chicago'', at the Cambridge Theatre and for 18 months as Maria von Trapp in ''The Sound of Music'' at the London Palladium; and as Brooke Wyndham in ''Legally Blonde'' at the Savoy Theatre. She has also appeared in concerts, films and several popular TV series. Career Maria and after Mulholland was first seen nationally in 2006 on the hit BBC TV show '' How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?'' (''HDYSAPLM''). Appearing on the show with her best friend, Abi Finley, Mulholland reached the semi-final, but lost out to Siobhan Dillon in the sing-off in the fifth week, singing "Don't Cry For Me Argentina". Mulholland admitted on ''HDYSAPLM'' that when she first started out she had to sell her car after moving to London, to be able to afford to continue in her chosen c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aoife Moore
Aoife-Grace Moore is an Irish BBC journalist and political correspondent, from Derry, Northern Ireland. Based in the Republic of Ireland, she is best known for breaking the Oireachtas Golf Society scandal, "Golfgate", story with Paul Hosford for the ''Irish Examiner'' in 2020. Background A Derry native, Moore is the niece of Bloody Sunday victim Patrick Doherty. She is a graduate of Glasgow Caledonian University. Career Moore has worked for Press Association, and the ''Irish Examiner''. While working for the ''Examiner'', Moore was the target of tweets as part of the Eoghan Harris Twitter scandal, and has been the subject of workplace sexual harassment. She wrote a bestselling non-fiction book about Sinn Féin "The Long Game: Inside Sinn Féin''" for Sandycove publishing and Penguin in the United Kingdom. Upon its release in September 2023 it was described as "a compelling and revealing account of modern Sinn Féin, which sets out in considerable detail the inner workings ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aoife Melia
Eoghan McDermott (born 15 April 1983) is an Irish television and radio presenter. He has presented '' The RTÉ 2fm Breakfast Show'' on radio and hosted ''The Voice of Ireland'' and Ireland's Junior Eurovision Song Contest selection shows on television. He began his career presenting ''POP4'', a music programme on TG4. He also hosted Xfm Drivetime on radio in the United Kingdom and has narrated ''Love Island Australia'' on television. Early life McDermott was born in Limerick but grew up in Dublin. His father is Kevin McDermott, an author. He is a middle child, the only boy either side of two sisters. His younger sister, Roe McDermott, has written for ''Hot Press'' magazine. When younger, and before he had a career in the media, McDermott intended to become a Garda (police officer) or a schoolteacher. Career Television McDermott is a fluent speaker of the Irish language and originally started his media career on TG4's ''POP4'', a music request and top 40 show. This was followed ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aoife McLysaght
Aoife McLysaght is an Irish geneticist and a professor in the Molecular Evolution Laboratory of the Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, and Government Science Advisor for the Republic of Ireland. Education McLysaght was educated at the Trinity College Dublin where she was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in Genetics in 1998, followed by a PhD in 2002 for research supervised by Kenneth H. Wolfe on the evolution of vertebrate genome organisation.Aoife McLysaght's Career and research Following her PhD, she completed postdoctoral research at the University of California, Irvine working with Brandon Gaut before returning to work in Dublin in 2003. Her research in molecular evolution and comparative genomics has been published in leading peer-reviewed scientific journals including ''Nature'', ''Nature Genetics'', ''Bioinformatics'', ''Genome Research'', ''PNAS'' and the journal ''Yeast''. She has served as senior editor and associate editor for the journals ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aoife Mannion
Aoife Mannion (; born 24 September 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Republic of Ireland women's national team. She was previously capped for England, the country of her birth, at youth level and received her first senior call-up in August 2019 but never appeared before debuting for Ireland in February 2023. Mannion began her senior club career at Aston Villa before appearing for Birmingham City, Manchester City and Manchester United. She has been named to the PFA WSL Team of the Year twice. Early years Mannion was born in Solihull and attended St Peter's Catholic School, where she was a classmate of fellow footballer Jack Grealish. Mannion attended Solihull School sixth form college from 2012 to 2014. Mannion began playing football at the age of six for Celtic Reds under the management of Mark Fogarty, captaining the side to a Warwickshire County League title. In 2006, she left Celtic Reds under-10s to join the Birmingham City Centre of Ex ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aoife Hoey
Aoife Hoey (born 6 September 1983) is an Irish bobsledder who has competed since 2004. She finished 22nd out of 23 in the two-woman event at the 2005 FIBT World Championships in Calgary. At , she was the tallest woman at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Bobsleigh career Aoife and her older sister Siobhán, teamed up in the Winter of 2002 – Aoife as pilot and Siobhain on brake. They received partial funding from the Olympic Council of Ireland but no commercial sponsorship. Following the worst possible start to the 2005–2006 Winter season (Serious injury) they narrowly missed out on qualification for the 2006 Winter Olympics. Teaming up with new recruit Jennifer Corcoran, for the 2007–08 bobsleigh season, Hoey qualified to compete in the European Bobsleigh Cup. She competed in the first two events of the season, finishing fifth at Igls on 22 November 2007 and 14th at Königssee on 29 November 2007. Following a difficult season 2009–2010 racing in European Cup and World Cup event ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aoife Dooley
Aoife Dooley (born 14 April 1991), is an Irish writer, illustrator, comedian and graphic designer. Life A North Dubliner, Dooley has lived in Ballymun and Coolock for most of her life. Her father left when she was young and her mother remarried. She has a younger sister. Dooley's mother died when she was twenty two and although she did regain a relationship with her father, he died in 2017. Dooley was diagnosed as autistic in 2018 which she has credited with allowing her to feel more like herself and then include the awareness and acceptance into her work. She studied in Dublin Institute of Technology, she also studied graphic design in Colaiste Dhulaigh. Her books and illustrations are based on everyday observations of life in Dublin. Her illustrations (which are based on her books) have been turned into an animated TV series for RTÉ starring Al Foran, Emmet Kirwan, Jen Hatton and Enya Martin. Dooley also performs live and has appeared at Electric Picnic and Vodafone Comedy F ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lyra Valkyria
Aoife Cusack (born 23 October 1996) is an Irish professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name Lyra Valkyria. She is a former one-time and the inaugural WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship, Women’s Intercontinental Champion, a one-time NXT Women's Champion and a one-time WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion. Professional wrestling career Early career (2015–2020) After being a student of Fight Factory Pro Wrestling for one year, Cusack made her debut in 2015 adopting the ring name Valkyrie Cain (after the protagonist of the ''Skulduggery Pleasant'' book series by Derek Landy). WWE NXT UK and NXT (2020–2024) Cusack was reported to have signed with WWE on 20 January 2020, and was assigned the ring name Aoife Valkyrie. She competed in her first match on 13 February episode of NXT UK (WWE brand), ''NXT UK'', defeating Amale (wrestler), Amale. In F ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aoife Ahern
Aoife Ahern is the first woman to be dean of engineering at University College, Dublin. Biography Ahern completed her degree in engineering in Trinity College Dublin in 1998 before going to London to the university, where she did a PhD. Ahern returned to Dublin, to lecture in Trinity from 2000 before joining University College Dublin in 2003. In 2016 Ahern became head of the school of Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ... and then went on to become dean of engineering in UCD in 2019. In 2020 she was invited to become a Fellow of Engineers Ireland. Sources {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahern, Aoife Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Alumni of University College London People associated with University College Dublin Li ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |