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Caitriona
Catriona is a feminine given name in the English language. It is an Anglicisation of the Irish Caitríona or Scottish Gaelic Catrìona, which are forms of the English Katherine. Bearers of the name Caitríona * Caitríona Balfe (born 1979), Irish actress and former model * Catríona Cannon (born 1968), librarian and academic * Caitríona O'Leary (born 1969), Irish singer * Caitríona O'Reilly (born 1973), Irish poet and critic * Caitríona Ruane (born 1962), Irish politician Caitriona * Caitriona Beggs (born 1977), Irish cricketer * Caitriona Jennings (born 1980), Irish athlete * Caitriona Reed (born 1949), American Buddhist teacher Catriona * Catriona Carey, Irish field hockey and camogie player * Catriona Cuddihy (born 1986), Irish athlete * Catriona Fallon, American rower * Catriona Forrest (born 1984), Scottish field hockey player * Catriona Grant, Scottish politician * Catriona Gray (born 1994), Filipino-Australian beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caitríona Balfe
Caitríona Mary Balfe (; born 4 October 1979) is an Irish actress, producer, director and former model. She began her career as a fashion model in Paris at age 18, working with fashion houses such as Chanel and Louis Vuitton, before transitioning to acting a decade later. Balfe gained early recognition with roles in '' The Beauty Inside'' (2012) and '' H+: The Digital Series'' (2012–2013), along with appearances in films like ''Super 8'' (2011), '' Now You See Me'' (2013), and '' Escape Plan'' (2013). Her breakthrough came with her portrayal of Claire Fraser in the Starz historical drama '' Outlander'' (2014–present), a role that has earned four Golden Globe Award nominations. Balfe's notable film credits include ''Money Monster'' (2016), ''Ford v Ferrari'' (2019), and ''Belfast'' (2021). For her performance in ''Belfast'', she received nominations for a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress. Early life Balfe was born in Dubli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caitriona Jennings
Caitriona Jennings (born 17 June 1980; from Letterkenny, County Donegal) is an Irish Long-distance track event, long distance runner who competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. Early life Jennings attended Loreto Convent Secondary School, Letterkenny, and went on to study Law and Accountancy at the University of Limerick before taking up a job as a tax advisor with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Dublin. She is the sister of Irish international rower and Rio 2016 Olympian Sinead Jennings. Athletics Jennings is a former triathlon, triathlete who represented Ireland at youth level. Since moving to Dublin she has trained with the Rathfarnham club and has been coached by Terry McConnon since 2007. In December 2009 became involved with the Marathon Mission squad and in 2010 she won the Dublin Mini-Marathon. She ran her first marathon in Dublin in October 2011. 2012 Jennings achieved 'A' qualifying standard for the 2012 Olympics with a personal b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caitriona Beggs
Caitriona Mary Beggs (born 15 July 1977) is an Irish former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and occasional wicket-keeper. She appeared in one Test match and 61 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ... between 1995 and 2008. She also played two matches for Northern Districts in 2008. With 1,217 runs, she is Ireland's third-highest run-scorer in ODIs. In Ireland's only Test match, Beggs top-scored in her side's only innings with 68 * as Ireland won by an innings and 54 runs. References External links * * 1977 births Living people Cricketers from Dublin (city) Ireland women One Day International cricketers Ireland women Test cricketers Northern Districts women cricketers Wicket-keepers Irish expatri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caitriona Reed
Caitriona Reed (born 1949) is an American sensei of Thiền Zen Buddhism who also has a background in Vipassanā meditation. She co-founded Ordinary Dharma in Los Angeles, California; the rural Manzanita Village Retreat Center, located in San Diego County; and Five Changes, to mentor aspiring leaders, cultural creatives, and spiritual visionaries. Reed, a member of the American Zen Teachers Association, led retreats and workshops in Vipassana, Deep Ecology, and Buddhism 1981–2008. She received authority to teach Zen from Thich Nhat Hanh in 1992. She is a 'woman of transsexual experience' who transitioned in 1996. She stated about her transitioning, "As a teacher encouraging others to live more honest and authentic lives, it was increasingly difficult for me to deny a basic fact—that I was a woman." Currently, informed by her work as a Buddhist teacher, Reed focuses on public speaking; mentoring individual clients; and together with her partner Michele Benzamin-Miki condu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caitríona O'Reilly
Caitríona O'Reilly (born 1973) is an Irish poet and critic. Life She earned BA and PhD degrees in Archaeology and English at Trinity College, Dublin, where she was awarded a PhD on American poetry, and was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for her poetry collection, ''The Nowhere Birds'' (2001, Bloodaxe); she has also held the Harper-Wood Studentship from St John's College, Cambridge. She is the co-author (with David Wheatley) of a chapbook, ''Three-Legged Dog'' (Wild Honey Press, 2002); her second collection, ''The Sea Cabinet'', followed in 2006. Her poetry can also be found in ''The Wake Forest Irish Poetry Series Vol.1''. She is a widely published critic, has written for BBC Radio 4, translated from the Galician of María do Cebreiro, and published some fiction. She was a contributing editor of the Irish poetry journal ''Metre''; she has collaborated with artist Isabel Nolan and in 2008 was named editor of ''Poetry Ireland Review''. A third collection, ''Geis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caitríona Ruane
Caitríona Ruane (born 1962) is a Sinn Féin politician who served as the Principal Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 2016 to 2017, and was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for South Down from 2003 to 2017. In the first Northern Ireland Executive under First Minister Ian Paisley and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness she was appointed Minister of Education. She faced opposition over the scrapping of the Transfer Examination ( 11-plus) and her subsequent plans for a replacement. She was replaced by John O'Dowd after the 2011 election. Background Ruane is a former professional tennis player who represented Ireland in the Fed Cup. She now lives in Carlingford, County Louth and is married with two children. In the past Ruane has acted as director of the Féile an Phobail and chairperson of the St Patrick's Carnival Committee in Belfast. "Bring Them Home" campaign Ruane was a prominent member of the ''Bring Them Home'' campaign for the Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caitríona O'Leary
Caitríona O'Leary (born 1969) is an Irish singer, composer, and arranger. She is known internationally for her passionate and sophisticated performances of Traditional Irish Music, Early Music, Folk Music, Contemporary Music, and her own work. Called a “national treasure” by the ''Sunday Business Post'' and the “world’s leading early-music avant-gardist” by ''AUDIO Magazine'', her recordings have met with broad critical acclaim. Her recording of The Wexford Carols, the result of many years of her researching and reconstructing traditional Irish Christmas songs and then teaming up with producer Joe Henry, guest singers Tom Jones, Rosanne Cash, and Rhiannon Giddens, and an all-star band featuring Dónal Lunny, Greg Cohen, reached #1 on the Billboard and Amazon charts. Her follow up album, Strange Wonders, The Wexford Carols Volume II, was produced by Ethan Johns and Dom Monks and featured guest performers Alison Balsom, Olov Johansson, Seth Lakeman, and Clara Sanabras. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catriona Cuddihy
Catriona Cuddihy (born 5 December 1986 in Kilkenny, Ireland) is an Irish athlete who was initially selected to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay. Her selection was challenged by Joanna Mills, and Cuddihy was removed from selection. Cuddihy then appealed that decision, and was reinstated. The relay team, including Cuddihy, was one of 16 teams that made Olympic qualification. The team finished in sixth place, with a season best time. Cuddihy, although a member of the relay team, did not get to run. References External links * * 1986 births Living people Olympic athletes for Ireland Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Irish female sprinters Athletes from County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catriona Carey
Catriona Carey is an Irish former international hockey player and camogie player. Convicted of tax offences in 2008 and of theft and fraud in 2020, in early 2022, ''RTÉ Investigates'' reported that Carey was connected to fraudulent business practices. Sport From Gowran in County Kilkenny, Carey is the sister of hurler D. J. Carey. As a camogie player, Carey was a member of the Clara GAA team that won the Féile na nGael Camogie Division 1 competition in 1992. She later went on to play for the Kilkenny camogie team. Also playing field hockey, she earned 72 caps for the Ireland women's national field hockey team, including at the 2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Dublin. She retired from international competition in 2006, after the 2006 Women's Intercontinental Cup, though continued to play club hockey for Hermes Ladies' Hockey Club. She reportedly rejoined the Irish squad in 2008. Financial activities Trained as an accountant, she worked with her brother's cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catriona MacInnes
Catriona MacInnes is a Scottish film-maker. A graduate of MFA (Advanced Film Practice), Screen Academy Scotland, her graduation film ("I'm In Away From Here") was nominated for the Golden Lion Award in Corto Cortissimo at the 65th Venice International Film Festival in 2008. Since then it has won a "Golden Opportunity Award" at Nashville Film Festival and Special Mention for Performance at Arcipelago Film Festival as well as appearing at many other festivals and being nominated in the fiction category of the BAFTA Scotland BAFTA in Scotland is the Scottish branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Formed in 1986, the branch holds two annual awards ceremonies recognising the achievement by performers and production staff in Scottish film, televis ... New Talent Awards during 2009. In 2011 her second short A Cuillin Rising (developed and commissioned by Digicult and funded by Creative Scotland and the UK Film Council) premiered at the BFI London Film festival, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catriona Matthew
Catriona Isobel Matthew (née Lambert; born 25 August 1969) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the US-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Amateur career Catriona Lambert was born in Edinburgh, and grew up in North Berwick. She learned to play golf on the Children's Course and North Berwick West Links in the town. She had a successful junior and amateur career, becoming Scottish Girls champion in 1986 and Scottish Under-21 Stroke Play champion in 1988 and 1989. She captured the Scottish Amateur title in 1991, 1993 and 1994, and the British Amateur title in 1993. She is also a two-time winner of the St Rule Trophy played at St Andrews. She was a member of the 1990, 1992 and 1994 Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup teams. She graduated from the University of Stirling in 1992 having studied accountancy, this being one of a few British universities offering golf scholarships. Professional career Matthew qualified for the LPGA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catriona Millar
Catriona Millar (born 1956) is one of Scotland's foremost Figurative art, figurative painters. Born in Milngavie, Glasgow, she studied at Harrogate School of Art and Grays School of Art, Aberdeen, where her tutors included Joyce W. Cairns, Joyce Cairns RSA and Keith Grant. Since the success of her sell-out 2005 degree show she has achieved an international reputation and exhibited across the UK and Europe including the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. Her works are in both private and public collections. In October 2006 she came to the attention of Charles Saatchi with her first solo exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh. In April 2007 ''The Herald (Glasgow), The Herald'' ranked her in the top five most collectable artists in Scotland. In 2012 Catriona Millar was listed in 'Who's Who in Scotland'. Her paintings can be seen on book jackets and CD covers while many schools and colleges around the world study her work. Catriona Millar works with several charities inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
