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Seóirse
Seoirse () is an Irish masculine given name. It is the Irish equivalent of George (given name), George. The name was rare in Ireland prior to the ascension of the House of Hanover to the throne of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland in the early 18th century. A rare variant of the name is Seorsa. People People with the name Seoirse include: *Seóirse Bodley (1933–2023), Irish composer and associate professor of music *Seoirse Brún (George Browne; fl. 1876), Irish scribe *Seoirse Bulfin (born 1979), Irish hurling manager and player *George Clancy (politician), Seoirse Clancy (George Clancy; 1881–1921), Irish nationalist politician *Seoirse Mac Cluain (1894–1949), Irish-language scholar *Seoirse Mac Tomáis, the Irish name of George Derwent Thomson (1903–1987), British classical scholar, Marxist philosopher, and scholar of the Irish language *Seoirse Ó Dochartaigh (born 1946), Irish musician, artist and writer See also *List of Irish-language given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seóirse Bodley
Seóirse Bodley (; 4 April 1933 – 17 November 2023) was an Irish composer and associate professor of music at University College Dublin (UCD). He was the first composer to become a Saoi of Aosdána, in 2008. Bodley is widely regarded as one of the most important composers of twentieth-century art music in Ireland, having been "integral to Irish musical life since the second half of the twentieth century, not just as a composer, but also as a teacher, arranger, accompanist, adjudicator, broadcaster, and conductor". Biography Bodley was born George Pascal Bodley in Dublin. His father was George James Bodley (1879–1956), an employee of the London Midland & Scottish Railway Company (Dublin office), and later of the Dublin Ports and Docks Board. His mother, Mary (''née'' Gough, 1891–1977), worked for the Guinness brewery.Cox (2010), p. 1. He attended schools in the Dublin suburbs of Phibsboro and Glasnevin before he moved at the age of nine to Coláiste Mhuire at Parnell Squ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |