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Breslin
Breslin is a given and surname that originates from . The name means “gift to the earth”, but has also been said to be linked to powerful, intelligent, empathy, integrity, righteousness and hope, as well. Notable people Surname * Abigail Breslin (born 1996), American actress * Bernard Breslin (1874–1913), Scottish footballer * Cathal Breslin (born 1978), classical pianist from Northern Ireland * Charles Breslin (1964–1985), IRA member * Cormac Breslin (1902–1978), Irish Fianna Fáil politician * Darren Breslin (born 1985), Irish musician * Edward Breslin (1882–1914), Austrian politician * Éamonn Breslin (1940–2021), Irish Gaelic footballer * Herbert Breslin (1924–2012), American music industry executive * Hope Breslin (born 1999), American soccer player * Howard Breslin (1912–1964), American novelist * Jack Breslin (1920–1988), American Maryland academic administrator * Jack Breslin (footballer) (born 1997), Scottish footballer * Jimmy Breslin (1978– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abigail Breslin
Abigail Breslin (born April 14, 1996) is an American actress. Following a string of film parts as a young child, she rose to prominence at age 10 after playing Olive Hoover in ''Little Miss Sunshine'' (2006), for which Breslin received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to establish herself as a mainstream actress with roles in films such as ''No Reservations (film), No Reservations'' (2007), ''Nim's Island (2008),'' ''Definitely, Maybe'' (2008), My Sister's Keeper (film), ''My Sister's Keeper'', ''Zombieland'' (both 2009), ''Rango (2011 film), Rango'' (2011), The Call (2013 film), ''The Call'', ''August: Osage County (film), August: Osage County'' (both 2013), ''Maggie (film), Maggie'' (2015), and ''Stillwater (film), Stillwater'' (2021). Breslin's other projects include the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox series ''Scream Queens (2015 TV series), Scream Queens'' (2015–2016), where she portrayed List of Scream Queens characters#Libby Putn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Breslin
James Earle Breslin (October 17, 1928 – March 19, 2017) was an American journalist and author. Until the time of his death, he wrote a column for the New York ''Daily News'' Sunday edition.''Current Biography 1942'', pp. 648–51: "Patterson, Joseph Medill" He wrote numerous novels, and columns of his appeared regularly in various newspapers in his hometown of New York City. He served as a regular columnist for the Long Island newspaper ''Newsday'' until his retirement on November 2, 2004, though he still published occasional pieces for the paper until his death. He was known for his newspaper columns that became the brash embodiment of the street-smart New Yorker, chronicling wise guys and big-city power brokers but always offered a sympathetic viewpoint of the white working-class people of New York City, and was awarded the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary "for columns which consistently champion ordinary citizens." Early life and education Breslin was born on October 17, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niall Breslin
Niall Breslin (born 22 October 1980), known as Bressie, is an Irish musician, former Westmeath Gaelic footballer and Leinster Rugby player. Breslin found success as the lead singer, guitarist, songwriter with pop band The Blizzards, as a co-writer and producer with XIX Entertainment and as a solo artist. He was the winning coach on the first, third and fifth seasons of ''The Voice of Ireland''. Biography Early life Born on 22 October 1980 in Dublin, Ireland to father Enda, who was from Bundoran in County Donegal, and mother Mandy, Breslin is the second youngest of five children, including siblings Ronan, Laura, Julie and Andrea. At the age of two, he and his family moved to Mullingar, and attended Coláiste Mhuire in the town. As a result of Enda's military deployment when Breslin was 13, the family relocated to Israel for five months. Breslin attended University College Dublin on a sports scholarship, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Sociology (2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Breslin
John Breslin (; born 1973 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish engineer and full professor at the University of Galway. He is co-founder of the Irish websites boards.ie and adverts.ie. He co-authored the Irish bestselling book ''Old Ireland in Colour'' in 2020, '' Old Ireland in Colour 2'' in 2021, and ''Old Ireland in Colour 3'' in 2023. Internet entrepreneur In 1998, Breslin set up an Internet forum to discuss video games which evolved into boards.ie, one of Ireland's largest indigenous websites. He was awarded Net Visionary awards by the Irish Internet Association in 2005 and 2006. In 2006, he co-founded adverts.ie, an online classified ads website and spin-off from boards.ie. The adverts.ie site was acquired in a joint venture by Distilled Media Group and Schibsted Media Group in 2015. In 2010, Breslin set up the New Tech Post, an online technology publisher. A San Jose office for the New Tech Post was announced by Breslin in March 2011. In 2011, he was announced a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Breslin
Neil David Breslin (born June 9, 1942) is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the New York State Senate. As a Democrat, he has represented a district based in the state capital, Albany, since 1997. He represented parts of Albany and Schenectady counties and all of Montgomery County, including the cities of Albany, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam. Breslin was the longest-tenured member of the New York State Senate, having served for 28 years. Biography Breslin graduated from Fordham University Fordham University is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in New York City, United States. Established in 1841, it is named after the Fordham, Bronx, Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its origina ... in 1964, and received his law degree from the University of Toledo College of Law. In law school he was editor-in-chief of the Law Review and selected as the outstanding student in his class. After being admitted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Lou Breslin
Mary Lou Breslin (born in 1944) is a disability rights law and policy advocate and analyst. She is an adjunct faculty member at the University of San Francisco in the McLaren School of Business Executive Master of Management and Disability Services Program. She is the co-founder of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), a leading national civil rights law and policy center led by individuals with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities. She served as the DREDF's deputy and executive director, and president and chair of board of directors. Breslin was the driving force behind DREDF's leadership in the enactment of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Fair Housing Act, and the Civil Rights Restoration Act. She currently serves as the senior policy advisor with DREDF, focusing on their healthcare research initiatives.Disability Rights and Defense Fund"Mary Lou Breslin" Early life Mary Lou Breslin was born in October 1944 and is a we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Breslin
Patricia Rose Breslin (March 17, 1925 - Oct 12, 2011) was an American actress and philanthropist. She had a prominent career in television, which included recurring roles as Amanda Miller on '' The People's Choice'' (1955–58), and as Laura Harrington Brooks on '' Peyton Place'' (1964–65). She also appeared in '' Go, Man, Go!'' (1954), and the William Castle horror films ''Homicidal'' (1961) and ''I Saw What You Did'' (1965). In 1969, Breslin married NFL mogul Art Modell, and became a well-known philanthropist while living in both Cleveland, Ohio, and Baltimore, Maryland, donating millions of dollars to various educational, health, and art organizations, including the SEED Foundation of Maryland and the Baltimore Museum of Art. She also helped open the Hospice of the Western Reserve at the Cleveland Clinic. Early life Patricia Rose Breslin was born in New York City on St. Patrick's Day 1926, of Irish descent, one of three children born to Edward (a judge) and Marjorie Breslin. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hope Breslin
Hope Elizabeth Breslin (born March 10, 1999) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Brooklyn FC in the USL Super League. Early life Breslin attended Massapequa High School where she would help lead the team to three state national championships. She earned New York State Gatorade Player of the Year award twice. She attended the University of Illinois where she was regarded as one of the soccer team's most important players. In 2018, Breslin scored an equalizer goal at the 2018 Big Ten women's soccer tournament that helped send Illinois to their first semifinal appearance since 2012. During the summer of 2021, Breslin played for the NJ/NY Gotham FC reserves. Club career Angel City FC Breslin was drafted by Angel City FC in the 2022 NWSL Draft, making her just the third player in Illinois program history to be drafted. She was the team's first ever pick, selected 28th overall. She signed a one year contract with the team for their inaugural season. Hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Breslin
Joseph Francis Breslin (May 21, 1950 – June 28, 1982) was an American serial killer. A former mental patient with a record for murder in Pennsylvania and an attempted murder, he was sought after for a 1982 double murder in his hometown of San Luis Obispo, California, but before he could be caught, he was fatally wounded in a gunfight with sheriffs and several campers in Jackpot, Nevada. He was driven to a hospital in Twin Falls, Idaho, where he subsequently succumbed to his injuries. Background A native of Philadelphia born on May 21, 1950, Breslin reportedly had a history of mental illness, for which he spent time in two separate mental institutions in Pennsylvania during the 1960s. While residing there, he killed a fellow patient in 1968 and attacked a nurse, but due to confidentiality, these incidents were covered up and details were never released. At some point in 1975, he was transferred to the California Men's Colony, where he became acquainted with Douglas Cain, his cel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Breslin
Howard Mary Breslin (23 December 1912 – 30 May 1964) was an American novelist and radio script writer. He mainly wrote novels of historical fiction and is most notable for ''The Tamarack Tree'' and "Bad Time at Honda", a short story that was the basis of the film ''Bad Day at Black Rock''. He also published under the nom de plume Michael Niall. Biography Howard Mary Breslin was born in New York City to Kathryn Veronica (née Connelly) and Thomas Niall Breslin, both parents of Irish descent. His father and mother met each other when they both worked at the famed Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. He was raised in Manhattan with his older brother Thomas A. Breslin and younger sister Irene Mary Breslin. Aunts and uncles often lived with the family during his childhood. Breslin lived most of his life in New York City. At the age of ten he started reading the series Rover Boys by Edward Stratemeyer and it inspired him to write. He graduated from Regis High School in 1932, and then earned a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padraic Breslin
Padraic Breslin (14 June 1907 – June 1942) was an Irish communist and translator. After moving to the Soviet Union and renouncing his Irish citizenship he became disenchanted with the USSR, was convicted of "counter-revolutionary agitation", and died in a labor camp in Tatarstan Early life Padraic Breslin was born in London on 14 June 1907. His parents were both Irish, with his father from Glenties, County Donegal. The family returned to Ireland around 1920, to the North Strand in Dublin. Breslin attended school there, and developed an interest in philosophy. He was inspired to join the Communist Party of Ireland in 1922 by his uncles, who had been involved in the American socialist movements. Breslin was the founder and leader of the Party's youth section, the Young Communist League of Ireland, writing articles and editing the youth section's column in the ''Workers’ Republic''. When the Communist Party was dissolved in 1923, he joined the Irish Worker League under the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathal Breslin
Cathal Breslin is a concert pianist originally from Derry, Northern Ireland, now living in Phoenix, Arizona in the United States. He has performed extensively in solo recitals, as a concerto soloist with orchestra and a chamber musician in major concert halls throughout Europe, North America, South America and Asia. Background Cathal Breslin was born in Derry, Northern Ireland. His father, William ("Willie") Breslin, was a History Teacher, well-known Civil Rights Leader and Chairman of the Labor Party in Northern Ireland. In 2008, William Breslin was awarded a medal by the Irish President, Mary McAleese, in a ceremony in Derry honoring the impact of the Northern Ireland civil rights movement. His mother, Gloria Breslin, née Sweeney, was a local Bookkeeper for lawyers and other companies. In 2006, Cathal Breslin married American Flutist, Dr. Sabrina Hu,. He was educated at the Royal College of Music in London with John Barstow (1997–2001), receiving a BMus (Hons) Degree with D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
