|
Trevor West
Timothy Trevor West (8 May 1938 – 30 October 2012) was an Irish mathematician, academic and politician. Biography He was born on 8 May 1938 in County Cork, the eldest of four sons of Timothy Roberts West, headmaster of Midleton College, and Dorothy West (née McNeill). He was educated at Midleton College, and The High School, Dublin. West was a graduate of Trinity College Dublin (TCD), where he was elected a scholar, and of the University of Cambridge. In 1970 he was elected a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin and was also an associate professor of mathematics, Junior Dean, and a great supporter of sport at Trinity. He was also a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. He subsequently was a Senior Fellow of TCD. On 19 November 1970, West was elected to Seanad Éireann, at a by-election for the Dublin University constituency caused by the death of Owen Sheehy-Skeffington. After his election, he established a reputation as one of the few liberal voices in the Seanad. He was re-elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Cork
County Cork () is the largest and the southernmost Counties of Ireland, county of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, named after the city of Cork (city), Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. Its largest market towns are Mallow, County Cork, Mallow, Macroom, Midleton, and Skibbereen. , the county had a population of 584,156, making it the third-List of Irish counties by population, most populous county in Ireland. Cork County Council is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority for the county, while Cork City Council governs the city of Cork and its environs. Notable Corkonians include Michael Collins (Irish leader), Michael Collins, Jack Lynch, Mother Jones, Roy Keane, Sonia O'Sullivan, Cillian Murphy and Graham Norton. Cork borders four other counties: County Kerry, Kerry to the west, County Limerick, Limerick to the north, County Tipperary, Tipperary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tercentenary
An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded. Most countries celebrate national anniversaries, typically called national days. These could be the date of independence of the nation or the adoption of a new constitution or form of government. There is no definite method for determining the date of establishment of an institution, and it is generally decided within the institution by convention. The important dates in a sitting monarch's reign may also be commemorated, an event often referred to as a "jubilee". Names * Birthdays are the most common type of anniversary, on which someone's birthdate is commemorated each year. The actual celebration is sometimes moved for practical reasons, as in the case of an official birthday or one falling on February 29. * Wedding anniversaries are also often celebrated, on the same day of the year as the wedding occurred. * Death anniversaries. The Latin phrase '' dies natalis'' (literally "birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael West (playwright)
Michael West (born Dublin, Ireland 1967) is a playwright and translator. West has had a long association with The Corn Exchange Theatre Company, led by Annie Ryan, with whom he has created a number of original plays and adaptations. Productions 2020 ''The Fall of the Second Republic'' by Michael West in collaboration with Annie Ryan 2014 ''Conservatory'' by Michael West, directed by Michael Baker-Caven 2012 ''Dubliners'' by James Joyce, adapted by Michael West and Annie Ryan 2011 ''Man of Valour'' by Michael West, Annie Ryan and performer Paul Reid 2009 ''Freefall'' in collaboration with The Corn Exchange 2006 ''The Canterville Ghost'' adapted for The English National Ballet 2006 ''Everyday'' in collaboration with The Corn Exchange 2004 ''Dublin By Lamplight'' in collaboration with The Corn Exchange 2002 ''Lolita'' by Vladimir Nabokov, adapted by Michael West in collaboration with The Corn Exchange 2001 ''Forest Man'' in collaboration with Team Theatre Company 2001 '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Robinson
Mary Therese Winifred Robinson (; ; born 21 May 1944) is an Irish politician who served as the president of Ireland from December 1990 to September 1997. She was the country's first female president. Robinson had previously served as a senator in from 1969 to 1989, and as a councillor on Dublin Corporation from 1979 to 1983. Although she had been briefly affiliated with the Labour Party during her time as a senator, she became the first independent candidate to win the presidency and the first not to have had the support of Fianna Fáil. Following her time as president, Robinson became the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002. During her tenure as High Commissioner, she visited Tibet in 1998 (the first holder of the office to do so) and criticised Ireland's immigration policy and the use of capital punishment in the United States. She extended her intended single four-year term as High Commissioner by one year to preside over the World Confer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulick O'Connor
Ulick O'Connor ( ; 12 October 1928 – 7 October 2019) was an Irish writer, historian and critic. Early life Born in Rathgar, County Dublin, in 1928 to Matthew O'Connor, the Dean of the Royal College of Surgeons, O'Connor attended Garbally College, Ballinasloe, St. Mary's College, Rathmines and later University College Dublin, where he studied law and philosophy, becoming known as a keen sporting participant, especially in boxing, rugby and cricket, as well as a distinguished debater – during his time there he was an active member of the Literary and Historical Society. He subsequently studied at Loyola University, New Orleans. He was called to the bar in 1951. Career and writings After practising at the Irish Bar in Dublin, O'Connor spent time as a critic before turning to writing. His work spanned areas such as biography, poetry, Irish history, drama, diary, and literary criticism. He was a sports correspondent for ''The Observer'' from 1955 to 1961. He was a well- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Mortell
Michael Philip Mortell is an Irish mathematician and academic. He was the president of University College Cork from 1989 to 1999. Mortell also had a sporting career and played hurling with a number of club sides and the Cork senior hurling team. Early life and education Born in Cork, Mortell was educated at Charleville CBS Secondary School. He studied for his primary degree in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics at University College Cork (UCC) where he was awarded a BSc in 1961 and an MSc in 1963. Mortell subsequently studied at the California Institute of Technology and was awarded a PhD for a thesis on "Waves on Shells" in 1968. Academic career Mortell was named associate professor at the Center for the Application of Mathematics at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania in 1967. From 1973 he was statutory lecturer in the department of Mathematical Physics at UCC and later Professor of Applied Mathematics. He was appointed registrar in 1979 and was named president in 1989. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Mitchell (Irish Politician)
Thomas James Mitchell (29 July 1931 – 22 July 2020) was an Irish republican. He was active in the Irish Republican Army and took part in a raid on Omagh barracks in 1954, being captured and imprisoned. While in jail he was twice elected as a Member of the United Kingdom Parliament, but was disqualified and his elections overturned. Omagh raid Mitchell was born in Dublin on 29 July 1931, and was working there as a bricklayer in 1954. He took part in an unsuccessful IRA raid on a British Army barracks in Omagh, County Tyrone in October 1954, and as a result received a sentence of 10 years imprisonment for treason felony. General election While serving his sentence in Crumlin Road prison, Mitchell was nominated as a Sinn Féin candidate on an abstentionist platform for the Mid-Ulster constituency in the May 1955 UK general election. Mitchell got 29,737 votes, winning the election with a majority of 260. The 1955 elections were historic for Sinn Féin as it was the first ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo MacNeill (rugby Union)
Hugh Patrick MacNeill (born 16 September 1958), commonly known as Hugo MacNeill, is a former rugby union player who played for Ireland, Leinster, the French Barbarians and the British and Irish Lions during the 1980s. During the late 1970s he also played Football for University College Dublin and Dublin University. After retiring from sport, MacNeill went on to serve as a Managing Director for Goldman Sachs. He has also worked as a rugby pundit for TV3 and BBC Radio 5 Live. Education Blackrock College MacNeill completed his secondary level education at Blackrock College. On 20 March 1977, he was a member of the Blackrock College team that won the Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup, defeating St Mary's College 24–12 after extra time at Lansdowne Road. The St Mary's team featured MacNeill's future Ireland teammate Paul Dean. MacNeill scored a conversion and two penalties in extra time to help seal victory for Blackrock. Trinity College Dublin MacNeill subsequently attended Tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Henry (doctor)
Mary Elizabeth Frances Henry (born 11 May 1940 in Blackrock, Cork) is an Irish former politician and medical doctor. She was an independent member of Seanad Éireann. She was elected Pro-Chancellor of the University of Dublin in 2012. By profession she is a University Professor and medical practitioner. In 1966 she married John McEntagart of Dublin, Merchant and they have three children. She is a member of the . She is a graduate of the Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin () ...
[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Garland
Roy Garland is a newspaper columnist for the news publication ''Irish News'' and a member of the Ulster Unionist Party. Career In the 1960s, Garland became convinced that the Northern Ireland civil rights movement was a front for the IRA and Roman Catholic Church and that its activities would lead to the persecution of Protestants. As a result he got deeply involved in paramilitarism, Orangeism and Unionism. At that time one of the organisations Garland supported was Tara (Northern Ireland), Tara, a movement, led by William McGrath (loyalist), William McGrath, which espoused extreme anti-Catholic views. In the late 60s, he worked closely with the Ulster Volunteer Force (1966), UVF in an attempt the strengthen links between the two groups. Garland later became a prominent opponent of McGrath and helped expose his involvement in the Kincora Boys' Home scandal. Some years later, Garland had grave doubts about the direction in which the Orange Order and the Ulster Unionist Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Coulson
Paul Richard Coulson is an Irish billionaire, who is the largest shareholder and chairman of Ardagh Group. In 2021, his fortune was estimated to be $2.8 billion, making him Ireland's 10th most wealthy person. Education Coulson received a bachelor's degree in business studies from Trinity College Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Unive ... in 1973. He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1978, after five years spent with Price Waterhouse, and is an FCA. Career In 1982, Coulson founded an investment and aircraft leasing firm company, Yeoman International Group Limited. In 1998, he bought a stake in the Irish Glass Bottle Company and transformed it into Ardagh Group. References 1952 births Irish billionaires Living people Alumni of Trinity College Dub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Colton
William Paul Colton (born 13 March 1960) is an Irish Anglican bishop. Since 1999, he has served as Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross in the Church of Ireland. Biography Paul Colton attended St Luke's National School, Douglas, Cork, Cork Grammar School and Ashton Comprehensive School, Cork, before being awarded a scholarship to the Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, where he completed the International Baccalaureate in 1978. He studied law at University College Cork (part of the National University of Ireland) and was the first graduate of the university to be elected to a bishopric in the Church of Ireland. He studied theology at Trinity College Dublin. In 1987, he obtained an MPhil degree in ecumenics from Trinity College Dublin, and in 2006, an LLM degree from Cardiff University. His law thesis was on the subject of legal definitions of church membership. In 2013 he creceived a PhD in law also from Cardiff Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
