Ó Conghaile
Ó Conghaile is an Irish name (from ''Ó Conghalaigh''). Notable people with the name include: * Micheál Ó Conghaile ( fl. 1878–1892), Irish scribe * Micheál Ó Conghaile (writer) (born 1962) * Séamas Ó Conghaile See also * Connolly (other) * Connelly (other) Connelly (from '' Ó Conghalaigh'') may refer to: People * Connelly (surname) Other * 4816 Connelly, A Main-belt asteroid *Connelly Foundation, a Philadelphia philanthropic organization *Connelly Range, a mountain range in British Columbia, Canad ...

Ó Conghalaigh
Ó Conghalaigh is a Gaelic-Irish surname. It derives from the forename ''Conghal'', meaning "fierce as a hound". It is often anglicised as Connolly, Connally, Connelly and occasionally as Conley. In modern Irish it may be spelled as ''Ó Conghaile''. Overview A number of distinct and unrelated families bore the surname in Gaelic Ireland, and with a number of spelling variants. They included: * Ó Conghalaigh of Iar Connacht (now County Galway) * Ó Coingheallaigh in the Kingdom of Desmond (now west County Cork) * Ó Conghalaigh of Derrygonnelly, Fear Manach (now County Fermanagh) * Ó Conghalaigh of Airgíalla (now County Monaghan and/or County Meath) * Ó Conghaile Muirthemne from County Louth In 1890 the surname was the twenty-third most common in Ireland, with three hundred and eighty-one births of the name, mostly in Ulster. By 1996, the ranking had slipped to thirty-third. The variant Conneely was found exclusively in Connacht in 1890, with most occurrences in County Ga ...
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Micheál Ó Conghaile
Micheál Ó Conghaile () was an Irish scribe. Ó Conghaile transcribed poetry, including ''Dán na Gaoithe Móire'' (Night of the Big Wind) and ''Dán an cholera.'' He also transmitted poetry by Antoine Ó Raifteiri and old folk poems. He died ''ar thaoibh an bhóthair'' near the National School of Ballinderreen in the parish of Cummer, County Galway. One scholar who examined his manuscripts, Tomás de Róiste, despaired of understanding Ó Conghaile difficult script, saying "The handwriting is something terrible to make out ... I had it 4 years and found it a Chinese puzzle!" See also * Seán Ó Catháin * Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh () was an Irish scribe. Ó Ceallaigh is known from only a very few manuscripts, such as LN G. 751. His work contains songs by Antoine Ó Raifteiri, stories of the Fianna, and may have known Lady Gregory. One of his manusc ... References * ''Scríobhaithe Lámhscríbhinní Gaeilge I nGaillimh 1700-1900'', William Mahon, in ...
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Floruit
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone flourished. Etymology and use la, flōruit is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of the Latin verb ', ' "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from the noun ', ', "flower". Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement. More specifically, it often is used in genealogy and historical writing when a person's birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when they were alive. For example, if there are wills attested by John Jones in 1204, and 1229, and a record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)". The term is often used in art history when dating the career ...
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Micheál Ó Conghaile (writer)
Micheál Ó Conghaile (born 1962) is an Irish-language writer who lives in Indreabhán, County Galway, Ireland. He was born on the island of Inishtravin in Conamara and was raised in an Irish-speaking community. Cló Iar-Chonnacht In 1985 Ó Conghaile founded Irish-language publishing company Cló Iar-Chonnacht. It publishes books, music and spoken word albums. It is one of the few such companies that employ full-time editors, and he founded it because many Conamara writers were still unpublished. He believes in the importance both of popular works and a high literary standard.Breandán Delapinterview with Micheál Ó Conghaile ''Beo'', Eagrán 112, Lúnasa, 2010: "Tá a fhios agam go raibh easpa mór leabhair Ghaeilge ann blianta ó shin, ach tá réimse leathan go maith ann anois agus sílim go bhfuil dualgas orainn caighdeán níos airde a bheith againn ná mar a bhíodh ann, b’fhéidir deich nó fiche bliain ó shin." His own work includes short stories, a novel, drama, ...
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Séamas Ó Conghaile
James Connolly ( ga, Séamas Ó Conghaile; 5 June 1868 – 12 May 1916) was an Irish republican, socialist and trade union leader. Born to Irish parents in the Cowgate area of Edinburgh, Scotland, Connolly left school for working life at the age of 11, and became involved in socialist politics in the 1880s. Although mainly known for his position in Irish socialist and republican politics, he also took a role in Scottish and American politics. He was a member of the Industrial Workers of the World and founder of the Irish Socialist Republican Party. With James Larkin, he was centrally involved in the Dublin lock-out of 1913, as a result of which the two men formed the Irish Citizen Army (ICA) that year; they also founded the Irish Labour Party along with William O'Brien. Connolly was the long term right-hand man to Larkin in the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU) until taking over leadership of both the union and its military wing the ICA upon Larkin's departure ...
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Connolly (other)
Connolly may refer to: People * Connolly (surname) Places * Connolly, Western Australia, a suburb in Perth, Western Australia * Connolly, County Clare, Ireland * Connolly Park in Collooney, County Sligo, Ireland * Dublin Connolly railway station in Dublin, Ireland See also * Conley (other) * Connelly (other) Connelly (from ''Ó Conghalaigh'') may refer to: People * Connelly (surname) Other * 4816 Connelly, A Main-belt asteroid *Connelly Foundation, a Philadelphia philanthropic organization *Connelly Range, a mountain range in British Columbia, Canada ...