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Pat Murphy (director)
Pat Murphy (born 1951) is an Irish feminist filmmaker and lecturer, the director of '' Maeve'' (1981), '' Anne Devlin'' (1984), and '' Nora'' (2000). Studies Born in Dublin, Murphy graduated from the Ulster College of Art and Design, followed by a BA in fine art at Hornsey College of Art and an MA in film and television from the Royal College of Art in London, where she studied under feminist theorist Laura Mulvey. In 1977, hoping to train as a cinematographer, she was the first European to achieve a scholarship year at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, which influenced her decision to become a director. She completed a short film, ''Rituals of Memory'', before returning to Ireland to work on her first feature film. Early career Co-directed with John Davies but generally attributed to Murphy, '' Maeve'' (1981) was funded by the British Film Institute and later judged by ''Irish Times'' film critic Tara Brady to be "Ireland's first bona-fide feminist film". I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, part of the Wicklow Mountains range. Dublin is the largest city by population on the island of Ireland; at the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, the city council area had a population of 592,713, while the city including suburbs had a population of 1,263,219, County Dublin had a population of 1,501,500. Various definitions of a metropolitan Greater Dublin Area exist. A settlement was established in the area by the Gaels during or before the 7th century, followed by the Vikings. As the Kingdom of Dublin grew, it became Ireland's principal settlement by the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest in the British Empire and sixth largest in Western Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Devlin
Anne Devlin (1780 – 18 September 1851) was an Irish republicanism, Irish republican who in 1803, while his ostensible housekeeper, conspired with Robert Emmet, and with her cousin, the rebel outlaw Michael Dwyer to renew the Irish Rebellion of 1798, United Irish insurrection against the The Crown, British Crown. When their plans for a Irish rebellion of 1803, rising in Dublin, the Dublin, Irish capital, misfired, she endured torture and imprisonment. Outrage over her treatment secured her release in 1806, after which she was assisted for a period by the Emmet family. A long working life as a laundress ended in destitution. Revolutionary involvement Devlin was born in Cronebeg near Aughrim, County Wicklow, Aughrim in County Wicklow to Wynnie Byrne and Bryan Devlin. The family later moved onto a 32-acre farm outside Rathdrum, County Wicklow, Rathdrum where her father was able to take a sub-lease despite the Protestant-only covenant of the land owner, the Earl of Strafford, ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenda Maddox
Brenda, Lady Maddox ( Murphy; February 24, 1932 – June 16, 2019) was an American writer and biographer, who spent most of her adult life living and working in the UK, from 1959 until her death. She is best known for her biographies, including of Nora Barnacle, the wife of James Joyce, and for her semi-autobiographical book, ''The Half-Parent: Living with Other People's Children''. Education and early life Born Brenda Murphy in Bridgewater, Massachusetts in 1932, she graduated from Harvard University (class of 1953) with a degree in English literature. She also studied at the London School of Economics. Career She was a book reviewer for ''The Observer'', ''The Times'', ''New Statesman'', ''The New York Times'', and ''The Washington Post'', and regularly contributed to BBC Radio 4 as a critic and commentator. Her biographies of Elizabeth Taylor, D. H. Lawrence, Nora Joyce, W. B. Yeats and Rosalind Franklin have been widely acclaimed. She received the ''Los Angeles Times'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewan McGregor
Ewan Gordon McGregor ( ; born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish actor. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2013, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama and charity. While studying drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, McGregor began his career with a leading role in the British series '' Lipstick on Your Collar'' (1993). He gained international recognition for starring as drug addict Mark Renton in '' Trainspotting'' (1996) and as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the ''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy (1999–2005). His career progressed with starring roles in the musical '' Moulin Rouge!'' (2001), action film '' Black Hawk Down'' (2001), fantasy film '' Big Fish'' (2003), and thriller '' Angels and Demons'' (2009). He gained praise for his performances in the thriller '' The Ghost Writer'' (2010) and romantic comedy '' Salmon Fishing in the Yemen'' (2011). McGregor made his directorial debut with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Lynch
Susan Lynch (born 1971) is an actress from Northern Ireland. She is known for her role in the 2003 film '' 16 Years of Alcohol''. Her other film appearances include '' Waking Ned Devine'' (1998), '' Nora'' (2000), '' Beautiful Creatures'' (2000), and '' From Hell'' (2001). In 2020, she was listed as number 42 on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Early life and education Lynch was born in 1971 in Corrinshego, County Armagh, Northern Ireland to an Italian mother (from Trivento) and an Irish father.Flint Marx, RebeccaSusan Lynch Biography", allrovi.com; retrieved 15 August 2011. She has four siblings; her eldest brother is actor John Lynch. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Career In August 2004, she starred in ''The Night Season'' at the Royal National Theatre in London. In 2008, she was one of the leads in '' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot'' at the Almeida Theatre. Her film roles include '' Beautiful Creatures'' (2000),Dic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Barnacle
Nora Barnacle Joyce (born Norah Barnacle; 21 March 1884 – 10 April 1951) was the muse and wife of Irish author James Joyce. Barnacle and Joyce's life together has been the subject of much popular interest. ''Nora Barnacle'', a 1980 play by Maureen Charlton, was made about their relationship. Barnacle was the subject of a 1988 biography, ''Nora: A Biography of Nora Joyce'', by Brenda Maddox, which was adapted into a 2000 Irish film, '' Nora'', directed by Pat Murphy, and starring Susan Lynch and Ewan McGregor. Early life Barnacle was born in a Galway workhouse on 21 March 1884. Her entry in the birth register, which gives her first name as "Norah" (the spelling she used until she met Joyce), is dated 22 March. Her father, Thomas Barnacle, a baker in Connemara, was an illiterate man who was 38 years old when she was born. Her mother, Annie Honoria Healy, was 28 and worked as a dressmaker. The unusual surname Barnacle is derived from the Irish Ó Cadhain, usually anglicised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (born James Augusta Joyce; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the twentieth century. Joyce's novel ''Ulysses (novel), Ulysses'' (1922) is a landmark in which the episodes of Homer's ''Odyssey'' are paralleled in a variety of literary styles, particularly stream of consciousness. Other well-known works are the short-story collection ''Dubliners'' (1914) and the novels ''A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'' (1916) and ''Finnegans Wake'' (1939). His other writings include three books of poetry, a play, letters, and occasional journalism. Born in Dublin into a middle-class family, Joyce attended the Jesuit Clongowes Wood College in County Kildare, then, briefly, the Congregation of Christian Brothers, Christian Brothers–run O'Connell School. Despite the chaotic family li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strokestown Park
Strokestown Park House is a Palladian style Georgian house in Strokestown, County Roscommon, Ireland, set on about . Privately owned by the Westward Group, the house and National Famine Museum which occupies its former out buildings are both open to the public. History The house served as the family home to the Mahons, a well-known military family, from the 1600s until 1981. Captain Nicholas Mahon was the first to be granted around 2,700 acres in the Barony of Roscommon in February 1666 while he was later granted over 3,000 acres in the baronies of Roscommon and Ballintober in July 1678. The later grant was originally in the possession of the O'Conor Roe and became the Strokestown estate. In 1696, a house appeared to have been completed by John Mahon which had earlier been started by his father Captain Nicholas Mahon. This was likely built on top of a ruinous sixteenth century castle structure which was said to have been destroyed in 1552 by Mac Diarmada. By the early 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Museum Of Modern Art
The Irish Museum of Modern Art (), also known as IMMA, is Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art. It is located in Kilmainham, Dublin. History Irish art collector Gordon Lambert met with Taoiseach Charles Haughey and "told him if the State would establish a gallery he would donate his collection." The Irish Museum of Modern Art was established by the Government of Ireland in 1990. It was officially opened on 25 May 1991 by Haughey. Its first Director was Declan McGonagle, who served for 10 years. He was followed by Enrique Juncosa, and then Sarah Glennie. Annie Fletcher has been Director since 2018. Building and grounds The Irish Museum of Modern Art is housed in the 17th-century Royal Hospital Kilmainham. The Royal Hospital was founded in 1684 by James Butler, the Duke of Ormonde and Viceroy to Charles II, as a home for retired soldiers and continued in that use for almost 250 years. The Royal Hospi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish language, Swedish and ) is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the Will and testament, will of Sweden, Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine, and Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature. Since March 1901, it has been awarded annually (with some exceptions) to people who have "done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses." ''The Oxford Dictionary of Contemporary History'' describes it as "the most prestigious prize in the world." In accordance with Nobel's will, the recipient is selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, a five-member committee appointed by the Parliament of Norway. The prize award ceremony is held in Oslo City Hall si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seán MacBride
Seán MacBride (26 January 1904 – 15 January 1988) was an Irish Republican activist, politician, and diplomat who served as Minister for External Affairs from 1948 to 1951, Leader of Clann na Poblachta from 1946 to 1965 and Chief of Staff of the IRA from 1936 to 1937. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1947 to 1957. Rising from a domestic Irish political career, he founded or participated in multiple international organisations of the 20th century, including the United Nations, the Council of Europe and Amnesty International. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974, the Lenin Peace Prize for 1975–1976 and the UNESCO Silver Medal for Service in 1980. Early life MacBride was born in Paris in 1904, the son of Maud Gonne and Major John MacBride.Saturday Evening Post; 23 April 1949, Vol. 221 Issue 43, pp. 31–174, 5p As a founding member of Inghinidhe na hÉireann and Cumann na mBan, his mother was to become a prominent figure in Irish nationalist and republican c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple Bar, Dublin
Temple Bar () is an area on the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin, Ireland. The area is bounded by the Liffey to the north, Dame Street to the south, Westmoreland Street to the east and Fishamble Street to the west. It is promoted as Dublin's 'cultural quarter' and, as a centre of Dublin's city centre's nightlife, is a tourist destination. Temple Bar is in the Dublin 2 postal district. History In medieval (Anglo-Norman) times, the district was part of St. Andrews Parish and one of the earliest structures in the area was the Augustinian Friary of the Most Holy Trinity which was located near present day Cecelia Street from around 1259 onwards. It was a suburb, located outside the city walls. However, the area fell into disuse beginning in the 14th century, as it was exposed to attacks by the native Irish. The land was redeveloped in the 17th century, to create gardens for the houses of wealthy English families. At that time the shoreline of the River Liffey ran fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
