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Úna
Úna is an Irish language feminine given name. It may be derived from the Irish word ''uan'' (lamb). Also, the name Una might mean "the personification of truth, beauty, and unity" cited. Alternative spellings are Una, Oona and Oonagh. The Scottish Gaelic form is Ùna. People with the name * Una McCormack (born 1972), British-Irish academic, scriptwriter and novelist * Una White, Jamaican-British nurse * Una Damon (born 1964), South Korean and American actress * Úna O'Connor (born 1938), Irish sportsperson * Una O'Connor (1880–1959), Irish actress * Una Marson (1905-1965), Jamaican feminist * Una O'Keefe (born 1954) widow of Harry Nilsson * Una Mabel Bourne (1882-1974), Australian pianist and composer * Úna O'Donoghue (born 1981), Irish sportsperson * Úna MacLochlainn (born 1987), Irish singer-songwriter * Una Healy (born 1981), Irish singer-songwriter and member of the girlgroup The Saturdays * Una Merkel (1903–1986), American actress * Una McLean (born 1930), Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Úna O'Connor
Úna is an Irish language feminine given name. It may be derived from the Irish word ''uan'' (lamb). Also, the name Una might mean "the personification of truth, beauty, and unity" cited. Alternative spellings are Una, Oona and Oonagh. The Scottish Gaelic form is Ùna. People with the name * Una McCormack (born 1972), British-Irish academic, scriptwriter and novelist * Una White, Jamaican-British nurse * Una Damon (born 1964), South Korean and American actress * Úna O'Connor (born 1938), Irish sportsperson * Una O'Connor (1880–1959), Irish actress * Una Marson (1905-1965), Jamaican feminist * Una O'Keefe (born 1954) widow of Harry Nilsson * Una Mabel Bourne (1882-1974), Australian pianist and composer * Úna O'Donoghue (born 1981), Irish sportsperson * Úna MacLochlainn (born 1987), Irish singer-songwriter * Una Healy (born 1981), Irish singer-songwriter and member of the girlgroup The Saturdays * Una Merkel (1903–1986), American actress * Una McLean (born 1930), Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Una (other)
Una and UNA may refer to: Places * 160 Una, the asteroid "Una", an asteroid named after the Faerie Queene character * Una River (other), numerous rivers * Una, Himachal Pradesh, a town in India ** Una, Himachal Pradesh Assembly constituency, the state assembly constituency centered around the town ** Una District ** Una Himachal railway station * Una, Gujarat, a town in India ** Una, Gujarat Assembly constituency * Una, Mississippi, an unincorporated community in the United States * Una, Bahia, a town in Brazil * Uña, a municipality in Castile-La Mancha, Spain * Una National Park, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Una (Sava), a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia People * Úna, an Irish given name ** Oona, an Irish given name (Anglicised spelling of ''Úna'') ** Oonagh, an Irish given name (Anglicised spelling of ''Úna'') * Ùna, a Scots-Gaelic given name * Saint Hunna (aka St. Una) (d. 679) a French saint Women with the given name * Una Abell-Brinker (1874–1952), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Úna O'Connor (camogie)
Úna O'Connor (1938 – 4 March 2020) was an Irish sportsperson who played senior camogie with Dublin from 1953 until 1975. She is regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time, a member of the team of the century. the first camogie player to win a Caltex award in 1966,Irish Press December 16, 1966 and the Gaelic Weekly all-star award winner in 1967. Early life Úna O'Connor was born in Fairview, Dublin in 1938. The youngest of eight children, her mother died when she was just eighteen years old. O'Connor grew up in Dublin at a time when the county’s Gaelic footballers were successful. She was a great admirer of Kevin Heffernan and often received coaching advice from him before she played in big games. Playing career Club O'Connor played her club camogie with the Celtic club in Dublin. She enjoyed much success with Celtic, winning ten Dublin county camogie championship titles in all. She was also one of the key players when the club won the first All-Ireland club ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Úna O'Donoghue
Una O'Donoghue born 1981 in Lissarda, County Cork, Ireland is a camogie player, winner of All Ireland camogie medals in 2002, when she was team captain, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009. She led her club to their first county Senior championship title in 2001. She is the holder of Ashbourne Cup and league honours with UCC. as well as National League medals with Cork Cork or CORK may refer to: Materials * Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product ** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container ***Wine cork Places Ireland * Cork (city) ** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G .... She has won three county Senior medals in total with her club. References External links Official Camogie Website* Video highlights of 2009 championshiPart Oneanpart twoVideo Highlights of 2009 All Ireland Senior Final* Report of All Ireland final i [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Úna MacLochlainn
Úna MacLochlainn (born 1987) is an Irish singer-songwriter. Career MacLochlainn is a native of New Inn, County Galway. Her first album, ''Willow Tree'', was released in 2008. She has supported acts such as Sharon Shannon, Don Baker, Mary Coughlan and Johnny Duhan Johnny Duhan (born 30 March 1950) started his career as the 15-year-old frontman of the Irish beat group Granny's Intentions. After success in Limerick and Dublin, the band moved to London and was signed to the Deram Records record label. The .... She is a multi-instrumentalist, performing on the guitar, piano, cello, violin and viola, as well as singing. {{DEFAULTSORT:Maclochlainn, Una Musicians from County Galway 1987 births Living people Irish songwriters 21st-century Irish singers 21st-century Irish women singers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oona
Oona is a feminine given name. It is an Anglicisation of the Irish-language name ''Úna''. Apart from in Ireland, it is also a popular name in Finland. People with the name Oona *Oona Brown (born 2004), American ice dancer *Oona Chaplin (born 1986), Spanish actress and dancer * (born 1986), British dancer and choreographer *Oona Garthwaite (born 1982), American singer-songwriter *Oona A. Hathaway (born 1972), American law professor *Oona Hart, American model and actress *Oona King (born 1967), British politician *Oona Laurence (born 2002), American actress * Oona Louhivaara (born 1987), Finnish actress *Oona O'Neill (1925–1991), wife of Charlie Chaplin *Oona Sormunen (born 1989), Finnish athlete Oonagh *Oonagh Guinness (1910 – 1995), Anglo-Irish socialite, society hostess and art collector *Oonagh McDonald, businesswoman *Senta-Sofia Delliponti, known by the stage name Oonagh, German singer Fictional people with the name * Princess Oona, a character in Disney's Donald Duck co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oonagh
Oona is a feminine given name. It is an Anglicisation of the Irish-language name ''Úna''. Apart from in Ireland, it is also a popular name in Finland. People with the name Oona *Oona Brown (born 2004), American ice dancer *Oona Chaplin (born 1986), Spanish actress and dancer * (born 1986), British dancer and choreographer *Oona Garthwaite (born 1982), American singer-songwriter *Oona A. Hathaway (born 1972), American law professor *Oona Hart, American model and actress *Oona King (born 1967), British politician *Oona Laurence (born 2002), American actress *Oona Louhivaara (born 1987), Finnish actress *Oona O'Neill (1925–1991), wife of Charlie Chaplin *Oona Sormunen (born 1989), Finnish athlete Oonagh *Oonagh Guinness (1910 – 1995), Anglo-Irish socialite, society hostess and art collector *Oonagh McDonald, businesswoman *Senta-Sofia Delliponti, known by the stage name Oonagh, German singer Fictional people with the name * Princess Oona, a character in Disney's Donald Duck com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Una Pope-Hennessy
Dame Una Constance Pope-Hennessy, (n̩e Birch; 21 April 1875 Р16 August 1949) was a British writer, historian, and biographer. She was the daughter of Sir Arthur Birch, and married Major (later Major-General) Richard Pope-Hennessy in 1910. During the First World War, she was a member of the Central Prisoners of War Committee of the British Red Cross Society. For this work, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours. Her two sons were both notable in their own right: James Pope-Hennessy was a writer and Sir John Pope-Hennessy an art historian. She died in 1949 and is buried alongside her husband at Friary Church of St Francis and St Anthony, Crawley. Writings Pope-Hennessy's early published works were historical studies of jades and secret societies. Her first biographies were on Anna Van Schurman and Madame Roland. In 1929 she published ''Three English Women in America'', charting American experience of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Una Stubbs
Una Stubbs (1 May 1937 – 12 August 2021) was an English actress, television personality and dancer who appeared on British television and in the theatre, and occasionally in films. She became known after appearing in the film '' Summer Holiday'' (1963) and later played Rita Rawlins in the BBC sitcoms '' Till Death Us Do Part'' (1965–1975) and ''In Sickness and in Health'' (1985–1992). Her other television roles include Aunt Sally in ''Worzel Gummidge'' (1979–1981) and Miss Bat in ''The Worst Witch'' (1998–2001). She also appeared as Sherlock Holmes's landlady Mrs. Hudson in the BAFTA-winning television series '' Sherlock'' (2010–2017). Career As a 16-year-old, in 1953, she danced in a Folies Bergère-style musical revue, "Pardon My French", at the Prince of Wales Theatre, alongside Frankie Howerd and the pianist Winifred Atwell. She first appeared on television as one of the Dougie Squires Dancers on the British television music show '' Cool for Cats'' in 1956. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Una Troy
Una Troy Walsh (21 May 1910 – 27 September 1993) was an Irish novelist and playwright who wrote under the names Elizabeth Connor and Una Troy. Early life Troy was born in Fermoy, County Cork, the daughter of John S. Troy and Brigid Agnes Hayes. Her father was a lawyer and a judge. Her sister Gráinne (or Grania, 1913-1970) was a musician, and her sister Shevaun (1923-1993) was a poet.Butler, Ann M. Collection List for Una Troy Papers', National Library of Ireland. She was educated at the Loreto Convent in Rathfarnham, Dublin. Career Before and during World War II Writing under the pen name of "Elizabeth Connor", she began her career in 1936 with the publication of the novel ''Mount Prospect'', which was banned in the Irish Free State. Adapted as a play, it garnered the Shaw Prize for new playwrights and was performed on the Abbey stage in 1940. Two subsequent plays by Troy ''Swans and Geese'' and ''An Apple a Day,'' were also performed at the Abbey in the early 1940s. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Language
Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was the population's first language until the 19th century, when English gradually became dominant, particularly in the last decades of the century. Irish is still spoken as a first language in a small number of areas of certain counties such as Cork, Donegal, Galway, and Kerry, as well as smaller areas of counties Mayo, Meath, and Waterford. It is also spoken by a larger group of habitual but non-traditional speakers, mostly in urban areas where the majority are second-language speakers. Daily users in Ireland outside the education system number around 73,000 (1.5%), and the total number of persons (aged 3 and over) who claimed they could speak Irish in April 2016 was 1,761,420, representing 39.8% of respondents. For most of recorded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Una Chi
Una Chi (born Bruna Bianchi; Milan, 5 June 1942 – Cisternino, 19 January 2021) was an Italian translator and writer. Life Bruna Bianchi was born in Milan in 1942. For many years she was a professor of German literature at the University of Milan. She translated into Italian several German literature masterpieces, including Günter Grass' ''From the Diary of a Snail'' (Aus dem Tagebuch einer Schnecke) (Einaudi, Turin, 1974); Max von der Grün's ''Stellenweise Glatteis'' (''Strada sdrucciolevole'', Einaudi, 1977); Max Frisch's ''Bluebeard'' (Einaudi, 1984); and Martin Walser's ''Das Einhorn'' (''Unicorno'', Feltrinelli, 1969). She also translated works by Goethe and Thomas Mann. In 1994 she published her first novel, ''E duro campo di battaglia il letto''. under the pseudonym Una Chi (Italian for "One Who"). She then authored three more erotica books, mostly conspicuous for her scholarly and coldly analytical prose and the crudeness of her narrative. In 1999 she translated a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
